bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
The (In-)Validity of Turkey’s Reservation to Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
Authors: Phillips Thomas James
Published: July 2019

The aim of this article is to examine Turkey’s reservation to Article 27 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (iccpr) and to advance a plausible argument for its invalidity based upon the relevant secondary rules of international law.
Correction of typographical errors in the protologue of six taxa in China
Authors: LIN YUN , XU DONGXIAN , YUN YINGXIA
Published: July 2019

Type is most significant material for taxonomy. Type information is the elementary for taxonomic research. However, some errors often exist in the type citaion or designation on account of typographical error or some other inadvertent negligence (Yang & Wiersema 2006, Weston & Woods 2013, Wang et al. 2015, Yuan & Yang 2016, Sun et al. 2016). It is necessary to rectify type error, not only confirming the author original intention, but also avoiding spreading wrong information to others.
A review of the mygalomorph spiders of the Raveniola caudata species-group (Araneae, Nemesiidae)
Authors: ZONSTEIN SERGEI
Published: July 2019

The caudata species-group of the genus Raveniola Zonstein 1987 is newly established and reviewed. The group includes R. redikorzevi (Spassky 1937) from Turkmenistan and R. caudata sp. n. from Tajikistan. Both members of the group differ from other congeners by the much longer posterior lateral spinnerets with long-digitiform apical segment, as well as by the characteristic, broadly-tipped and keeled embolus.
New species and records of Psocoptera (Insecta) from Argentina
Authors: ALDRETE ALFONSO N. GARCÍA
Published: July 2019

From Argentina, one species of Polypsocus and five species of Lachesilla are here described and illustrated, as well as the male of L. corbalanae García Aldrete. New records are presented of 10 species previously not known in this country, also records of three species already known in Argentina. A total of 106 species are now recorded in Argentina.
Revision of the Afrotropical genus Scolopsomorpha Melichar (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae)
Authors: CONSTANT JEROME
Published: July 2019

The genus Scolopsomorpha Melichar, 1912 is moved from the Dictyopharidae to the Tropiduchidae and 2 new species are added to the genus: S. debakkeri (Congo) and S. boulardi (Central African Republic). The genus is provisionally placed in the subtribe Eutropistina Fennah, 1982 of the Eutropistini Kirkaldy, 1906. A lectotype is designated for Scolopsomorpha africana Melichar, 1912. Habitus, male and female genitalia are illustrated and a distribution map is provided.
A new species of Helgreelia Gaimari (Diptera: Odiniidae) from Brazil, with a key to the Neotropical species of Odiniidae
Authors: DA SILVA CARVALHO FILHO FERNANDO , ESPOSITO MARIA CRISTINA , DE CÁSSIA OLIVEIRA DOS SANTOS RITA
Published: July 2019

The genus Helgreelia Gaimari was previously known only from two species described from Costa Rica. Helgreelia gaimarii n. sp. is described from Brazil based on male and female specimens collected in the Amazon Basin with butterfly traps. A key to the described Neotropical species of Odiniidae is provided.
Paulella, new name for a Bryozoan Homonym (Cyclostomata)
Authors: GONTAR VALENTINA I.
Published: July 2019

The recent unintentional creation of a bryozoan secondary homonym requires a change of name for the species affected. Gontar (2009) established the new monotypic genus Paulina (order Cyclostomata), with type species Paulina taylori, for a small, ramifying uniserial species of Oncousoeciidae from the upper shelf of the Pacific coast of the middle Kurile Islands, Russia. Paulina Gontar, 2009 is preoccupied by Paulina Grigelis, 1977 (Protozoa, Foraminifera). Paulella nom. nov. (gender feminine) is here proposed as a replacement genus, resulting in the new combination Paulella taylori (Gontar, 2009).
Revision of the genus Penthoscapha Heller (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Entiminae, Eupholini) with notes on the genera of Eupholini from New Guinea
Authors: RIEDEL ALEXANDER
Published: July 2019

A preliminary key to the genera of Papuan Eupholini is given. The hitherto monotypic subgenus Niphetoscapha Heller 1914 is transferred from Rhinoscapha Montrouzier 1855 to Gymnopholus Heller 1901: Gymnopholus (Niphetoscapha) wichmanni (Heller), comb. n.. It is closely related to G. audax Gressitt 1966 and G. nitidus Gressitt & Sedlacek 1967 which are moved from the subgenus Symbiopholus Gressitt 1966 to Niphetoscapha. The record of the genus Celebia Thomson 1857 for New Guinea is reported as erroneous. The genus Penthoscapha Heller from montane and subalpine habitats of the central mountains of West New Guinea is revised. A lectotype is designated for the type-species, P. lorentzi Heller, 1914. Penthoscapha toxopei (Gressitt & Sedlacek 1967), comb. n. is transferred from Gymnopholus. Four new species of Penthoscapha are proposed: P. doormanensis sp. n., P. gerhardschereri sp. n., P. pulverea sp. n., P. similis sp. n.. All species of Penthoscapha are described, a key is provided, and their distribution is mapped. Reduction of hind wings in Penthoscapha and fusion of elytra in P. gerhardschereri are interpreted as consequences of flightlessness. Extracuticular pigments are described and illustrated for P. doormanensis, P. gerhardschereri, and P. pulverea. The phylogenetic placement of Penthoscapha among Eupholini is briefly discussed.
Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae)
Authors: KIMSEY LYNN S.
Published: July 2019

The ten North American species of the tiphiid genus Myzinum Latreille are reviewed, redescribed and a key to species provided. The new species cocoritensis is described from southern Arizona, USA and northern Sonora, Mexico. Three genera described by Argaman 1994 (Tokoparta, Fikoplesa and Ekepirka) are synonymized under Myzinum Latreille. Myzinum spilonotum (Cameron 1908) is newly synonymized under maculatum (Fabricius 1793), Myzinum beryli (Brimley 1927) under obscurum (Fabricius 1805), and the two subspecies of Myzinum beryli, parksi Krombein 1938 and patei Krombein 1938, are synonymized under carolinianum (Panzer 1806). Myzinum fulviceps (Cameron 1900) is removed from synonymy under quinquecinctus (Fabricius 1775) and is treated as a valid species.
First record of the genus Paracloeodes Day (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Uruguay and description of two new species
Authors: EMMERICH DANIEL , NIETO CAROLINA
Published: July 2019

Eleven species of the genus Paracloeodes are recorded from South America. This genus is reported for the first time in Uruguay. Two new species (P. charrua and P. morellii) are described based on nymphs. A key for all South American species of Paracloeodes is included.
A second species of Brasilotyphlus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Brazilian Amazonia
Authors: MACIEL ADRIANO O. , MOTT TAMI , HOOGMOED MARINUS S.
Published: July 2019

Brasilotyphlus is rediagnosed in light of the discovery of a second species of the genus, B. guarantanus sp. nov., in the municipality of Guarantã do Norte, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil. The new species differs from B. braziliensis mainly in annular counts, having 151–170 primaries and at most 2 secondaries (instead of 142–147 primaries and 23–36 secondaries).
Description of a new species of Teratohyla Taylor (Amphibia: Athesphatanura: Centrolenidae) from north-western Ecuador
Authors: CISNEROS-HEREDIA DIEGO F. , YÁNEZ-MUÑOZ MARIO H. , ORTEGA-ANDRADE H. MAURICIO
Published: July 2019

We describe a new species of Glassfrog of the family Centrolenidae. This new taxon, Terarohyla sornozai sp. nov., is diagnosed by having a protruding snout in lateral profile, uniform green dorsal colouration in life, concealed prepollex, extensive webbing between the outer fingers, fully webbed toes, and small body size. It inhabits the Non-Seasonal Evergreen Foothill and Lowland forests in the provinces of Esmeraldas, Imbabura, and Pichincha, north-western Ecuador.
Ocellus-bearing Neobythites species (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) from the West Atlantic with description of a new species
Authors: NIELSEN JØRGEN G. , UIBLEIN FRANZ , MINCARONE MICHAEL M.
Published: July 2019

Three species of the ophidiid genus Neobythites containing ocelli in the dorsal fin are known from the West Atlantic: Neobythites gilli Goode and Bean 1885, N. ocellatus Günther 1887 and N. monocellatus Nielsen 1999. In the year 2000, 18 specimens of Neobythites were caught on the upper continental slope off eastern Brazil. This is the first documented record of a Neobythites specimen off Brazil since the holotype of N. ocellatus was caught in 1873. Seventeen of the specimens are referable to N. ocellatus and one to N. monocellatus. Until now the distribution of N. ocellatus was considered to be from off Atlantic Florida, the Caribbean Sea and then a gap of 4500 km to the type locality off Brazil. However, the holotype and the 17 specimens differ from the more northerly recorded specimens in pattern and number of spots and ocelli on the dorsal fin. The 18 Brazilian specimens have two distinct ocelli, one near the origin of the dorsal fin and one above the midpoint of the fish, and further back occasionally a small, black spot, while the northern specimens occasionally have a small, black spot near the origin of the fin, a distinct ocellus above the midpoint and up to three ocelli further posteriorly. Consequently a new species, N. multiocellatus, is described based on 59 specimens from the Caribbean Sea to off Atlantic Florida. The record of the N. monocellatus specimen extends its distribution about 3000 km southwards. A comparison of the four ocellus-bearing species from the West Atlantic is made.
A revision of the African species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
Authors: ZDZISŁAWA ZDZISŁAWA T.
Published: July 2019

The taxonomic position and synonymy of 11 native afrotropical species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 are discussed and re-descriptions are provided. Lectotypes are here designated for Odontolochus sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979. The genus Loeblietus Endrödi, 1973 is formally synonymized with Odontolochus Schmidt, 1916 and seven new species level synonyms are proposed: Odontolochus chevalieri Paulian, 1942 syn. n., O. parcepunctatus Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n., O. sulcatus Endrödi, 1964 syn. n., and Loeblietus sulcatus Endrödi, 1979 syn. n. are found to be junior synonyms of O. raffrayi Paulian, 1942. Odontolochus granulipennis Petrovitz, 1956 syn. n. and O. heyrovskyi Balthasar, 1963 syn. n. are considered conspecific with O. spinicollis (Harold, 1871) and Odontolochus elgonensis Balthasar, 1961 syn. n. conspecific with O. oberthueri (Clouët, 1900). The name Anodontolochus Paulian, 1942 is determined to be unavailable as no type species was designated with the original description. A key to the 11 species of Odontolochus is provided, sexual dimorphic characters are described and illustrated for the first time, and a general diagnosis of the tribe on the world basis is included.
The Old-World genus Ceratothripoides (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with a new genus for related New-World species
Authors: MOUND LAURENCE A. , NICKLE DAVID A.
Published: July 2019

A key is provided to five Old World species that comprise the genus Ceratothripoides Bagnall, and the species C. revelatus (Priesner) is recalled from synonymy with C. brunneus Bagnall. Five New World species previously placed in this genus are here allocated to Retanathrips Mound & Nickle gen.n., with Physothrips funestus Hood as type species.
Checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) in America North of Mexico
Authors: LEE SANGMI , HODGES RONALD W. , BROWN RICHARD L.
Published: July 2019

A checklist of Gelechiidae in America north of Mexico is provided based on additions of new taxa and nomenclatorial changes in publications since 1978. This checklist includes the addition of 253 new species and 8 new genera, 30 species and 5 genera previously unrecorded from North America, 4 species inadvertently omitted in the previous checklist, and many nomenclatorial changes. Ymeldia Hodges, 1963 is transferred to Oecophoridae. The following new synonymies are established: Neoschema Povolny, 1967, n. syn. of Gnorimoschema Busck, 1900; Scrobipalpulopsis Povolný, 1987, n. syn. of Scrobipalpula Povolný; 1964, Tuta Kieffer & Jörgensen, 1910, rev. syn. of Phthorimaea Meyrick, 1902; Eupolella Fletcher, 1940, n. syn. of Dichomeris Hübner, [1818]; Eupolis Meyrick, 1923, n. syn. of Dichomeris Hübner, [1818]; Aristotelia nigrobasiella Clarke, 1932, n. syn. of Aristotelia isopelta Meyrick, 1929; Aristotelia intermediella (Chambers, 1879), n. syn. of Aristotelia pudibundella (Zeller, 1873); Gelechia brumella Clemens, 1864, n. syn. of Chionodes continuella (Zeller, 1839); Anacampsis bidiscomaculella (Chambers, 1874), rev. syn. of Anacampsis fullonella (Zeller, 1873); Aroga trachycosma (Meyrick, 1923), n. syn. of Aroga elaboratella (Braun, 1923); and Dichomeris caryaefoliella (Chambers, 1872), n. syn. of Dichomeris georgiella (Walker, 1866). The following new combinations are made: Monochroa pullusella (Chambers, 1874), n. comb., Monochroa robusta (Braun, 1921), n. comb., Gnorimoschema klotsi (Povolný, 1967), n. comb., Gnorimoschema powelli (Povolný, 1998a), n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides chiquitella (Busck, 1910), n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides chiquitelloides (Powell & Povolný, 2001), n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides elaborata (Povolný, 2000), n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides insularis (Powell & Povolný, 2001) n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides isolata (Povolný, 2000) n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides spinosa (Povolný, 2000), n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides totalis (Povolný, 2000), n. comb., Scrobipalpuloides truncata (Povolný, 2000), n. comb., Scrobipalpula lutescella (Clarke, 1934), n. comb., Scrobipalpula lycii (Powell & Povolný, 2001), n. comb., Scrobipalpula physaliella (Chambers, 1872), n. comb., and Scrobipalpa arenaceariella (Powell & Povolný, 2001), n. comb. New records for the Nearctic Region are given for Carpatolechia fugitivella (Zeller), Carpatolechia notatella (Hübner), Carpatolechia proximella (Hübner), and Altenia perspersella (Wocke). This checklist also provides the type localities of species based on examination of specimens and published references. Subfamilies have been divided into tribes, which has required rearrangement of genera. References that include new taxa or nomenclatorial changes since 1978 are provided.
Description of the final instar larva of Homeoura lindneri (Ris, 1928) and redescription of the larva of H. chelifera (Selys, 1876) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
Authors: LOZANO FEDERICO , MUZÓN JAVIER , TORRES SABRINA
Published: July 2019

The final instar larvae of Homeoura lindneri and H. chelifera are described and illustrated based on reared specimens from Argentina. A generic diagnosis is provided, as well as a key to the larvae of the most common genera of Coenagrionidae present in Argentina.
Five new species of Tetranychidae (Acarina, Prostigmata) from south Tunisian oasis areas
Authors: AUGER PHILIPPE , BEN CHAABAN SAMAH , GRISSA KAOUTHAR LEBDI , KHOUALDIA OTHMAN , FLECHTMANN CARLOS H. W.
Published: July 2019

In this paper we present the description of five new species of tetranychid mites collected in south Tunisian oasis areas. These are: Bryobia alveolata sp. nov., Aplonobia crispipilis sp. nov., Petrobia (Petrobia) carthagensis sp. nov., Petrobia (Petrobia) pseudotetranychina sp. nov. and Tetranychus (Tetranychus) atriplexi sp. nov. The notion of dorsal tubercles used to separate the sub-genera Tetranychina from Petrobia sensu stricto and Mesotetranychus among the genus Petrobia is also discussed.
Water mites of the genus Limnesia Koch, 1836 (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Limnesiidae) from China, with description of four new species
Authors: YI TIANCI , JIN DAOCHAO
Published: July 2019

Seven species of Limnesia Koch, 1836, from China are described or redescribed from newly collected material. Treated herein are four new species (Limnesia diploseta sp. nov., Limnesia turgeotrochanter sp. nov., Limnesia megaseta sp. nov. and Limnesia hirtigenitalia sp. nov.) as well as three previously known species (Limnesia maculata (Müller, 1776), Limnesia papillosa Viets, 1935 and Limnesia undulata (Müller, 1776)).
Evidence of cryptic speciation in a fossorial reptile: description of a new species of Blanus (Squamata: Amphisbaenia: Blanidae) from the Iberian Peninsula
Authors: ALBERT EVA M. , FERNÁNDEZ ADRIÁN
Published: July 2019

A recent phylogeographic study using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA revealed the presence of two well defined allopatric clades of Blanus cinereus in the Iberian Peninsula. Using both univariate and multivariate statistical analyses, we show evidence of morphological differentiation between the two clades. Despite the lack of visually diagnosable morphological characters, the morphological and molecular data suggest that differentiation between the two clades was significantly enough to prevent in the past gene flow and therefore to warrant a specific status for each of the two clades. We suggest that the constraints of the subterranean life could increase the chances of experiencing cryptic speciation in worm lizards. In order to establish a taxonomic re-arrangement for the Iberian Blanus we designate a lectotype for B. cinereus from populations of central Iberia and describe a new species; Blanus mariae sp. nov. from southwestern regions of the Iberian Peninsula.
A review of the genus Trachelas (Araneae: Corinnidae) from China
Authors: ZHANG FENG , FU JIAN-YING , ZHU MING-SHENG
Published: July 2019

Six species of the genus Trachelas from China are reviewed, with descriptions of two new species: Trachelas fanjingshan sp. nov. and T. fasciae sp. nov. Drassodes digitusiformis (Hu, 2001) is transferred to Trachelas, as a junior synonym of Trachelas alticolus Hu, 2001. Trachelas acuminus (Zhu et An, 1988), T. japonicus Bösenberg et Strand, 1906 and T. sinensis Chen, Peng et Zhao, 1995 are redescribed and illustrated. A key and a distribution map of Chinese Trachelas are provided.
New species of the family Julidae Leach 1814 from Altai, Russia (Diplopoda, Julida)
Authors: MIKHALJOVA ELENA V.
Published: July 2019

Three new species of the millipede family Julidae Leach 1814 are described from the Republic of Altai, Siberia, Russia: Julus azarovae sp. n., Julus insolitus sp.n. and Sibiriulus rectangulus sp.n.
A new species of Scolelepis (Polychaeta: Spionidae) from sandy beaches in China, with a review of Chinese Scolelepis species
Authors: ZHOU JIN , JI WEIWEI , LI XINZHENG
Published: July 2019

A new species of Spionidae, Scolelepis (Scolelepis) daphoinos sp. nov., is described and illustrated from northern China seas. The species was frequently encountered and highly abundant on sand beaches, but rarely found in subtidal areas. It was formerly misidentified as S. (S.) squamata (Müller, 1806) in China but differed from the latter species in several details in morphology, including the presence of obvious reddish pigmentation patches and the absence of unidentate hooded hooks. Another two Scolelepis species, S. (S.) lingulata Imajima, 1992 and S. (S.) variegata Imajima, 1992, are reported for the first time from Chinese waters. Two species of Scolelepis, S. (S.) globosa Wu & Chen, 1964 and S. (S.) lefebvrei (Gravier, 1905), were reported previously; therefore, five species in this genus are known from China in total. A key to all Scolelepis species from Chinese waters is provided.
Loxosomella almugnecarensis n. sp. (Entoprocta: Loxosomatidae)a new sponge epizoite from the Iberian Mediterranean Sea
Authors: DE FIGUEROA J. MANUEL TIERNO , SÁNCHEZ-TOCINO LUIS
Published: July 2019

The Loxosomatidae is the most species-rich of the four families belonging to the phylum Entoprocta, comprising more than two-thirds of the total number of entoprocts worldwide (Iseto et al. 2008). It comprises solitary forms, usually commensal, whereas the species of the other three families are colonial (Nielsen 2001). Members of this family and of the colonial family Loxokalypodidae can be distinguished from other entoprocts because they lack a star-cell complex at the transition between stalk and body (Nielsen 1989). Although loxosomatids can be found on a range of living and non-living substrata, sponges are common hosts for these animals and 17 entoproct species have been found inhabiting them (Iseto et al. 2008; Sánchez-Tocino & Tierno de Figueroa 2009b). Until now, only five valid species have been reported from sponges from the Mediterranean Sea: Loxosomella raja (Schmidt), L. cochlear (Schmidt), L. tethyae (Salensky), L. pes (Schmidt) and L. ameliae Sánchez-Tocino & Tierno de Figueroa (Prenant and Bobin 1956; Nielsen 2008; Sánchez-Tocino & Tierno de Figueroa 2009b). In the present paper, we describe a new Loxosomella species that lives on the sponge Hyrtios collectrix (Schulze) in the Alboran Sea (West Mediterranean Sea), where L. tethyae, L. pes and L. ameliae have been reported (Sánchez-Tocino & Tierno de Figueroa 2009a, b).
Taxonomic revision of Neotropical Dicepolia Snellen (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Authors: HAYDEN JAMES E.
Published: July 2019

Dicepolia Snellen (syn. Endolophia Hampson) is revised to include thirteen species distributed in the Neotropics and Madagascar. The genus is diagnosed and differentiated from similar Neotropical Pyraloidea. The two previously described species, the type species D. roseobrunnea (Warren) (tropical South America) and D. rufitinctalis (Hampson) (Central and South America), are redescribed. Seven new species are described: D. aerealis sp. nov., D. amazonalis sp. nov., D. artoides sp. nov., D. bicolor sp. nov., D. cuiabalis sp. nov., D. vaga sp. nov. and D. venezolalis sp. nov. Four Malagasy species are transferred to Dicepolia: D. marginescriptalis (Kenrick) comb. nov., D. marionalis (Viette) comb. nov., D. munroealis (Viette) comb. nov., and D. rufeolalis (Mabille) comb. nov. Two continental African species are transferred from Endolophia to other odontiine genera: Emprepes sudanalis (Zerny) comb. nov. and Tegostoma aequifasciale (Zerny) comb. nov. D. roseobrunnea is identified as the “rosada da oiticica,” a historical seed-boring pest of Licania in northeastern Brazil; published observations of larval morphology and behavior are summarized. Habitus and genitalia of all species are illustrated, and a key to the Neotropical species is given.
A review of the genus Tripylina Brzeski, 1963 (Nematoda: Triplonchida), with descriptions of five new species from New Zealand
Authors: ZHAO ZENG QI
Published: July 2019

Tripylina contains six accepted species. Morphologically, five new species can be briefly characterized as follows: T. tearoha sp. nov., T. manurewa sp. nov. and T. tamaki sp. nov. each have a single ventromedian seta and two pairs of lateral setae in the cervical region; T. tearoha sp. nov. differs from T. tamaki sp. nov. by de Man’s Index a (25–30 vs 20– 23), and differs from T. manurewa sp. nov. by the distance of the ventromedian cervical seta from the head end (62–77 vs 78–86 μ m). T. manurewa sp. nov. differs from T. tamaki sp. nov. by de Man’s Index a (24–29 vs 20–23). Molecularly, these three new species can be differentiated by SSU & LSU analysis. Tripylina yeatesi sp. nov. and T. kaikoura sp. nov. are characterised by relatively long bodies, and the absence of ventromedian cervical setae; Tripylina yeatesi sp. nov. differs from T. kaikoura sp. nov. by de Man’s Indices: a (29–30 vs 22–23), b (5.8–6.0 vs 6.0–6.2), c (18–26 vs 14–16) and c’ (2.0–2.6 vs 2.7–3.0), respectively. Among the six previously described species, the main distinguishing features for T. arenicola and T. ursulae are their subventral stoma denticles lying posterior to the dorsal tooth, which differentiates them from T. longa, T. macroseta, T. sheri and T. stramenti. All published species also can be differentiated by: body length; values of De Man’s Indices a, b, c, c’ and V; presence or absence of setae and setal positions. A key is provided for all eleven species of the genus.
Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Oecophoridae I: the genus Promalactis Meyrick
Authors: WANG SHUXIA , KENDRICK ROGER C. , STERLING PHILIP
Published: July 2019

Ten species of the genus Promalactis Meyrick, 1908 are reported based on the specimens collected from Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Seven of them are described as new: P. quinilineata sp. nov., P. similinfulata sp. nov., P. noviloba sp. nov., P. longiuncata sp. nov., P. biovata sp. nov., P. lobatifera sp. nov. and P. apicispinifera sp. nov. Images of the adults and genitalia are provided.
A new Paraleptamphopidae (Crustacea Amphipoda) in the burrow of Virilastacus rucapihuelensis (Parastacidae) and surrounding peat bogs. Rudolphia macrodactylus n. gen., n. sp. from southern South America
Authors: GROSSO LUIS E. , PERALTA MARCELA
Published: July 2019

A new genus and species of a chilean Paraleptamphopidae is described. Rudolphia n. gen. shares eleven characters with the family diagnosis sensu Bousfield, 1983. The diagnosis of the new genus is: A1 and A2 long; A1 equal to length of body, A1 inner flagellum scale shaped, calceoli gammarid-type in males only; Mx1 asymmetrical; Gn1 propodus mittenlike, palmar index = 1.81; Gn2 carpus longer than Gn1, palmar index = 2.39; coxal gills: P2–5 and 7 bilobate, P6 ovoid; dactyls of pereopods very long; Pleopods multiarticulate, Pl 2 sexually dimorphic; Uropods birami, rami uniarticulate, Ur1 and Ur2 exopodites scarcely shorter than endopodites, Ur1 peduncle longer than rami, Ur2 resembling Ur1 but much shorter, Ur3 subequal in length to Ur2, Ur3 peduncle shorter than rami, rami acuminated of equal length, with pairs of a bifid and a plumose setae; Telson cleft halfway. Rudolphia macrodactylus n. sp. is the first discovery of Paraleptamphopidae sp. out of New Zealand. A cladistic analysis allows us support that Paraleptamphopidae clade was differentiated before the New ZealandSouth America separation (80–85 mya).
On the presence of Anchistioides willeyi (Borradaile, 1899) (Decapoda: Caridea: Anchistioididae) in the Red Sea
Authors: MARIN IVAN
Published: July 2019

The palaemonoid family Anchistioididae Borradaile, 1915 includes a single genus Anchistioides Paulson, 1875 with four known valid species: Anchistioides compressus Paulson, 1875 (type species), A. willeyi (Borradaile, 1899), A. australiensis (Balss, 1921) and A. antiguensis (Schmitt, 1924). Borradaile (1915) suggested two more species within the genus Amphipalaemon Nobili, 1901 (a junior synonym of Anchisitioides Paulson), Amphipalaemon gardineri Borradaile, 1915 (= Anchistioides gardineri) and Amphipalaemon cooperi Borradaile, 1915 (= Anchistioides cooperi) which were later synonomyzed with Anchisitioides willeyi by Gordon (1935), who also suggested their conspecificity with Anchistioides australiensis. At the present time, Anchistioides australiensis is a valid species (Bruce, 1971; Chace & Bruce, 1993) based on specific morphological features such as the presence of sharp postorbital tooth, oblique distal lamela of scaphocerite and sharply produced spines on posterodorsal angles of sixth abdominal somite (see Bruce, 1971: fig. 9). The other Indo-Pacific species, Anchistioides compressus and A. willeyi, can be clearly identified by specific form of scaphocerite, the presence of a well marked blunt postorbital tubercle in A. willeyi which is absent in A. compressus (e.g., Bruce, 1971) and the number of ventral rostral teeth (3-4 large ventral rostral teeth present in A. willeyi while up to 8 small ventral rostral teeth in A. compressus (Paulson, 1875; Gordon, 1935)). Anchistioides antiguensis is clearly separated geographically being known only from the tropical Western Atlantic and Caribbean region (Schmitt, 1924; Holthuis, 1951; Wheeler & Brown, 1968; Martinez-Iglesias, 1986; Markham et al, 1990; Ramos-Porto et al, 1998; Cardoso, 2006).
A new stygobiotic Xiphocaridinella (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) from the Motena Cave, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region of Georgia, Caucasus
Authors: MARIN IVAN
Published: July 2019

A new stygobiotic atyid shrimp from the genus Xiphocaridinella Sadowsky, 1930 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Atyidae) is described based on morphology and DNA analysis from an underground lake inside the Motena Cave (Martvili Municipality, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Western Georgia, Caucasus). The new species is genetically well isolated from the West Georgian relatives and clearly differs from the other Caucasian congeners by specific lanceolate unarmed rostrum, turned forward, and by long fingers of pereiopod I and II in both males and females.
New species and record of Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) from China
Authors: KANG ZEHUI , XUE ZHAOXIANG , ZHANG XIAO
Published: July 2019

Four new species of Ptychoptera Meigen, 1803 from China, P. emeica sp. nov., P. circinans sp. nov., P. lucida sp. nov. and P. separata sp. nov. are described and illustrated. One new record from China, P. yankovskiana Alexander, 1945 is redescribed and illustrated. A key to males of Ptychoptera species known to occur in China is presented.
Mystus prabini, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Bagridae) from Arunachal Pradesh, north-eastern, India
Authors: DARSHAN ACHOM , ABUJAM SANTOSHKUMAR , KUMAR RAM , PARHI JANMEJAY , SINGH YAMBEM SURESH , VISHWANATH WAIKHOM , DAS DEBANGSHU NARAYAN , PANDEY PRAMOD KUMAR
Published: July 2019

Mystus prabini, new species, is described from the Sinkin and the Dibang River in the Lower Dibang Valley District of Arunachal Pradesh, India. The new species differs from all South-Asian congeners except M. bleekeri, M. cavasius, M. zeylanicus,  M. falcarius, M. seengtee, M. cineraceus, M. ngasep, M. rufescens and M. ankutta in having a long adipose fin that reaches anteriorly (vs. distinctly does not reach) the base of the last dorsal-fin ray. The new species can be distinguished from the named nine species in having (vs. lacking) a narrow black mid-lateral stripe extending from the anterior region of tympanic spot to the rounded black spot at the caudal-fin base. The analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequence shows that the K2P value between Mystus prabini and all other Mystus species ranges from 8.6–22.1%. Mystus prabini is closest genetically to M. bleekeri and M. albolineatus, from which species it has a genetic distance of 8.6% and 13.9%, respectively. The genetic distance (K2P) between the new species and M. dibrugarensis is 21.1%.
A new species of Pristimantis (Anura: Craugastoridae) from the cloud forests of Colombian western Andes
Authors: AMÉZQUITA ADOLFO , SUÁREZ GUSTAVO , PALACIOS-RODRÍGUEZ PABLO , BELTRÁN IVÁN , RODRÍGUEZ CAMILO , BARRIENTOS LUCAS S. , DAZA JUAN M. , MAZARIEGOS LUIS
Published: July 2019

The frogs of the genus Pristimantis are recognized for their characteristic reproductive mode and for their incredible diversity of species, becoming the genus with the highest number of species within tetrapod vertebrates. We describe here a new species of Pristimantis from the northwestern Andes of Colombia. The species was found between 2000-2500 m.a.s.l., mostly within moss hanging of tree branches in a tropical cloud forest. It can be easily distinguished from other Pristimantis species of the western Andes by the unique black and white patterning in the ventral surface and the flanks, the hourglass-shaped dorsal folds, and the prominent conical tubercles on eyelids, heels, and outer edge of tarsus. A phylogenetic analysis further supports its status of a lineage reciprocally monophyletic to P. satagius and separated by a genetic distance of 0.03; the latter species bear whitish rather than predominantly black ventral coloration. To the best of our knowledge, this species is only known from the 2,500 ha nature reserve Mesenia-Paramillo, despite other research on this area of the country. Therefore, the species is declared vulnerable while new evidence on its distribution range is accumulated.
Clinical Approach After Complicated Ear Mold Fitting: A Case Series of Six Patients and Evaluation of Literature
Authors: van den Boer Cindy , van Spronsen Erik , Holland Carlijn T. Q. , Ebbens Fenna A. , Waterval Jérôme J.
Published: July 2019

Objectives:

Insertion of mold material into the middle ear is a complication of molding procedure for ear impression. These cases are referred to an ENT specialist. There is no standardized approach to this problem. Literature shows different clinical strategies. The aim of this study is to share our experience and to analyze the adverse outcome of different clinical approaches.

Methods:

A case series of six patients with molding material inside the middle ear after complicated molding procedure for swimming earplugs are described. Additionally, available literature was reviewed to analyze results of the clinical approach after iatrogenic molding procedures. Forty-nine ears were included.

Results:

In-office removal of the material is associated with a significant risk of adverse outcome if the eardrum cannot be examined. This also accounts for ossicular involvement.

Conclusions:

Temporal bone CT is advised in patients after complicated ear mold fitting if the tympanic membrane cannot be examined completely or the middle ear is involved. Blind removal should be avoided. Retroauricular transcanal tympanotomy or transmastoidal tympanotomy with facial recess approach is best practice in case the mold material has entered the middle ear. A clinical treatment algorithm is presented.
The Strengths-Based Inclusive Theory of Work
Authors: Owens Rhea L. , Allan Blake A. , Flores Lisa Y.
Published: July 2019

This paper describes a new vocational theory—the strengths-based inclusive theory of work (S-BIT of Work). This theory addresses the ever-changing, dynamic nature of the world of work and integrates counseling psychology’s core values of emphasizing vocational psychology, strengths-based perspectives, multiculturalism, and social justice. We aim to provide a holistic vocational theory to inform career and work counseling practice by increasing clinicians’ cultural responsivity, promoting clients’ strengths and optimal functioning, and addressing a variety of vocational challenges across developmental stages. This first article in the Major Contribution includes a discussion of the S-BIT of Work’s core assumptions and theoretical propositions, research supporting the development of the S-BIT of Work, as well as future directions. The second and third articles in this Major Contribution discuss a model of fulfulling work, and the infusion of positive psychology and cultural responsivity in work counseling practice, respectively.
The role of hollow silica nanospheres and rigid silica nanoparticles on acoustic wave absorption of flexible polyurethane foam nanocomposites
Authors: Zangiabadi Zohreh , Hadianfard Mohammad Jafar
Published: July 2019

Pure polyurethane foam and nanocomposite foam are used to absorb sound. In this study, hollow silica nanospheres and rigid silica nanoparticles were added to the polyurethane matrix and their sound absorption properties were investigated by impedance tube and compared with pure polyurethane foam. Reinforcement phase influences on the morphology of the matrix were studied by scanning electron microscopy. Due to greater effects of the rigid silica nanoparticles on the morphology of the matrix, it was expected to increase the sound absorption coefficient of the rigid silica nanoparticles/polyurethane, more than hollow silica nanospheres/polyurethane, but the results show that the hollow silica nanospheres increased absorption coefficient of the composite more efficiently. The crust of hollow silica nanospheres increases the number of boundaries in a sound wave, and the air gap inside them cause the sound wave to damp. So the intrinsic property of the hollow silica nanospheres is more effective than the matrix morphology. Thus, by the same content of reinforcement in the matrix, hollow silica nanosphere/polyurethane sample with sound absorption coefficient of 0.87 for a thickness of 9 cm has the highest sound absorption coefficient compared to the rigid silica nanoparticles/polyurethane sample and pure polyurethane foam. In pure and nanocomposite samples, sound absorption coefficient increased by increasing the thickness of samples.
Key attributes of an effective human source handler: Implications for handler selection and training
Authors: Henry Pamela , Rajakaruna Nikki , Crous Charl , Buckley John
Published: July 2019

Despite the importance of human source intelligence very little has been written about the selection of police officers to undertake the specialist role of handler, and approaches to training in this specialist area. This research examined the nature of handling and the core attributes of effective human source handlers as perceived by 22 experienced handlers. Participants described handling as characterised by relationship alliance, task alliance and technique. Participants also identified attributes associated with the effective handling of human sources. Findings have important implications for the selection and training of officers for the role of human source handler.
Evaluation of ‘the R-Model’ crisis intervention de-escalation training for law enforcement
Authors: Peterson Jillian , Densley James , Erickson Gina
Published: July 2019

This study presents findings from a process and outcome evaluation of a custom crisis intervention and de-escalation training for law enforcement, delivered in-house to a suburban Minnesota police department (the R-Model: Research, Respond, Refer). Individual officer survey data showed the R-Model significantly decreased stigma and increased self-reported knowledge of mental health resources over baseline. Knowledge of resources held at the 4-month follow-up. One-year follow-up data at the agency level, showed decreases in the number of crisis calls for service and the number of repeat calls to the same addresses, even when compared to crisis call rates at similar police departments. Findings provide preliminary evidence that the R-Model may be an effective model that warrants additional study.
School-Based Group Mentoring and Academic Outcomes in Vulnerable High-School Students
Authors: Chan Wing Yi , Kuperminc Gabriel P. , Seitz Scot , Wilson Christyl , Khatib Nadim
Published: July 2019

This study examined the association between participation in a school-based group-mentoring program (Project Arrive) and academic outcomes in a group of ninth-grade students who had been identified as at high risk of high-school dropout ( n = 239). Comparison participants were ninth-grade students with similar levels of risk ( n = 980). Using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) with a propensity score to reduce selection bias, and a partially clustered model to account for nonindependence of data in program students, we found that Project Arrive students earned more credits by the end of 9th grade and 10th grade; and reported increased instructional time by the end of 9th grade, than comparison students.
Refining Big Data
Authors: Gogołek Włodzimierz
Published: July 2019

Refining big data is a new multipurpose way to find, collect, and analyze information obtained from the web and off-line information sources about any research subject. It gives the opportunity to investigate (with an assumed level of statistical significance) the past and current status of information on a subject, and it can even predict the future. The refining of big data makes it possible to quantitatively investigate a wide spectrum of raw information on significant human issues—social, scientific, political, business, and others. Refining creates a space for new, rich sources of information and opens innovative ways for research. The article describes a procedure for refining big data and gives examples of its use.
Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome in a patient with protein-losing enteropathy
Authors: Hanna Ramy M. , Hasnain Huma , Abdelnour Lama , Yanny Beshoy , Burwick Richard M.
Published: July 2019

Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) is an ultra-rare disease induced by many triggers, all of which produce a common end phenotype of microangiopathic hemolysis and thrombotic microangiopathy. We herein describe a 63-year-old woman with ongoing protein-losing enteropathy and frequent transudates caused by hypoalbuminemia. The patient was treated with eculizumab with a full hematologic and partial renal response. Protein-losing enteropathy is an inflammatory condition that has been linked with increased complement activation, which can trigger aHUS in patients with loss of CD55 expression. The patient in the present case had an increased estimated glomerular filtration rate but stage IV to V chronic kidney disease. One year later, she remains off dialysis with a stable estimated glomerular filtration rate. We herein report an unusual trigger of complement activation that in turn triggered aHUS in this patient.
Portal vein gas and pneumatosis intestinalis: A case of intestinal necrosis caused by acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning?
Authors: Changsheng Li , Heliu Dai , Zhicheng Fang , Xianyi Yang , Lin Chai , Hui Guo
Published: July 2019

Acute organophosphorus pesticide poisoning (AOPP) is fairly common in rural areas of Asia. The symptoms of AOPP are mainly caused by acetylcholine accumulation. According to the clinical characteristics, AOPP symptoms can fall into the following three categories: muscarinic, nicotinic, and central. Death from fatal poisoning is caused by respiratory paralysis, and neurological complications are common. However, no case of intestinal necrosis caused by AOPP has been reported. Hepatic portal vein gas and pneumatosis intestinalis are considered typical and early imaging manifestations of intestinal necrosis. In this article, we describe a very rare case of computed tomography imaging-proven intestinal necrosis caused by AOPP.
Changes in prevalence of faecal occult blood positivity over time
Authors: Goulding Anna , Clark Gavin RC , Anderson Annie S , Strachan Judith A , Fraser Callum G , Steele Robert JC
Published: July 2019

Objectives

Changes in the prevalence of faecal occult blood test positivity over time have not been previously reported, but could have important implications. This study examined the positivity of the initial guaiac faecal occult blood test, a surrogate marker for colorectal bleeding, in participants aged 50 in a national bowel screening programme.

Methods

Data from the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme were used to study the initial positivity of the guaiac faecal occult blood test between 2007 and 2017. Positive predictive values of the testing process for colorectal cancer and adenoma were assessed over the same time period.

Results

Across Scotland, the initial guaiac faecal occult blood test positivity increased from 4.1 to 10.8%. In NHS Grampian and NHS Fife, two of the three NHS Boards which began roll-out of screening in 2007, it increased from 4.0 to 10.9%. In the Scottish Bowel Screening Programme, the positive predictive value declined from 11.0 to 6.6% for colorectal cancer and increased from 31.6 to 39.8% for adenoma.

Conclusions

In the Scottish programme over a decade, initial guaiac faecal occult blood test positivity increased in participants aged 50. This may be associated with changes in lifestyle and might have implications for screening clinical outcomes, including positive predictive value.
Diagnosis of ball-bearing faults using support vector machine based on the artificial fish-swarm algorithm
Authors: Lin Chih-Jer , Chu Wen-Lin , Wang Cheng-Chi , Chen Chih-Keng , Chen I-Ting
Published: July 2019

Ball bearings are important parts of all modern rotating machines. Their function is to reduce friction, support rotating shafts and spindles, and bear loads. Bearing damage can result in abnormal vibrations, cause machine malfunction, and even be dangerous. In this study, analysis of four different ball-bearing conditions was carried out: normal bearings and bearings with inner ring, rolling body, and outer ring malfunction. This was based on electromechanical vibration signals produced on a fault diagnosis simulation platform. The objective was to use a series of signal processing analytical methods to build a set of identification models used to forecast malfunction. Wavelet packet transform technology was first used to process the vibration signal. The signals were pre-processed and analyzed before eigenvalue calculation was done to analyze the signal changes which allowed determination of the nature of the bearing malfunction to be made. The extracted eigenvalues and ball-bearing status categories were input to the support vector machine for model training and testing. Finally, the constructed model parameters were integrated with particle swarm optimization, and the artificial fish-swarm algorithm was used to obtain the optimal parameters for the classifier, and this improved the accuracy of malfunction classification.
A future of journalism beyond the objectivity–dialogue divide? Hybridity in the news of entrepreneurial journalists
Authors: Ruotsalainen Juho , Hujanen Jaana , Villi Mikko
Published: July 2019

As pioneers of new ideas and practices, many entrepreneurial journalists spearhead the change of journalism towards hybridity. By applying appraisal theory, this article examines a hybrid of objectivity and dialogue in daily news articles by five entrepreneurial journalism outlets – Axios, MustRead, National Observer, The Skimm and the Voice of San Diego. For comparative purposes, a dataset from three legacy media outlets was also analysed. The results show that the entrepreneurial journalism outlets employ journalistic dialogue in otherwise stylistically objective news texts notably more often than do legacy media outlets. Dialogic registers provide subtle, non-partisan assessments of events and issues and make the news more informal. Such a hybrid form of journalism serves the functions of sense-making, establishing an interpersonal connection between ‘private’ audiences and ‘public’ news, and connecting journalism with fields outside of its core. By doing so, the hybrid journalism of entrepreneurial journalists offers a distinctive vision of the futures of news journalism.
Book review: Millar, K.M. 2018: Reclaiming the Discarded: Life and Labour on Rio’s Garbage Dump
Authors: Rodríguez Diana Jiménez Thomas
Published: July 2019

Millar, K.M. 2018: Reclaiming the Discarded: Life and Labour on Rio’s Garbage Dump. Durham and London: Duke University Press. xii + 236 pp. £18.99 paper. ISBN: 9780822370505
Untoward laughter and the micropolitical: social action, politics and the will after the sovereign subject
Authors: Sharpe Scott
Published: July 2019

From a commonsense perspective, an outburst of laughter appears to demonstrate little more than a lack of subjective will; it certainly does not register as having political significance. Yet, this is also to render the political in commonsense terms. As the emerging body of literature on the question of the micropolitical suggests, there is, beneath the essentially representational sphere of macropolitics, a micropolitics of affective force. In exploring the political potential of eruptions of laughter, I argue that grasping the novelty of the micropolitical requires that we shift debate away from the scalar questions of large and small, towards the distinction between the ordinary and the singular. Untoward laughter, by protracting the process through which affective force crosses a threshold of perception and becomes remarkable, draws attention to the micropolitics of everyday life. In pursuing this argument, first, I draw on the work of Helmuth Plessner to make a case for the fundamentally ‘undecidable’ nature of laughter: laughter expresses an ‘answer’ to an unanswerable situation. Yet, I argue that Plessner’s phenomenological explanation of laughter is insufficiently sensitive to the micropolitics of bodies, their affective and intensive transformations. Second, then, I draw on Nietzsche’s critique of the sovereignty of subjective will, arguing that the ‘I’ who laughs is merely the dominant drive among a series of conflicting drives. Finally, I draw on Gilles Deleuze’s The Fold, to show that such drives are never ‘mine’. As untoward laughter demonstrates so clearly, the events of the world are always constituted through much more dynamic foldings of material and incorporeal forces.