bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Guided graph spectral embedding: Application to the C. elegans connectome
Authors: Petrovic Miljan , Bolton Thomas A. W. , Preti Maria Giulia , Liégeois Raphaël , Van De Ville Dimitri
Published: March 2019

Graph spectral analysis can yield meaningful embeddings of graphs by providing insight into distributed features not directly accessible in nodal domain. Recent efforts in graph signal processing have proposed new decompositions—for example, based on wavelets and Slepians—that can be applied to filter signals defined on the graph. In this work, we take inspiration from these constructions to define a new guided spectral embedding that combines maximizing energy concentration with minimizing modified embedded distance for a given importance weighting of the nodes. We show that these optimization goals are intrinsically opposite, leading to a well-defined and stable spectral decomposition. The importance weighting allows us to put the focus on particular nodes and tune the trade-off between global and local effects. Following the derivation of our new optimization criterion, we exemplify the methodology on the C. elegans structural connectome. The results of our analyses confirm known observations on the nematode’s neural network in terms of functionality and importance of cells. Compared with Laplacian embedding, the guided approach, focused on a certain class of cells (sensory neurons, interneurons, or motoneurons), provides more biological insights, such as the distinction between somatic positions of cells, and their involvement in low- or high-order processing functions.
Four new species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from South America
Authors: SANSEVERINO ANGELA M. , FITTKAU ERNST J.
Published: March 2019

Male and pupa of Tanytarsus amazonicus sp. nov. as well as males of T. digitatus sp. nov., T. friburgensis sp. nov. and T. jacaretingensis sp. nov. from South America are described and diagnosed. The four species can be separated mainly by differences in the antennal ratio, dorsomedian extension of the eye, wing setation, shape of the anal tergal bands, anal point armament and in the form of the superior volsella, digitus and median volsella lamellae. Tanytarsus amazonicus sp. nov., T. digitatus sp. nov. and T. friburgensis sp. nov. do not seem to be closely related to any other described Neotropical Tanytarsus, while T. jacaretingensis sp. nov. is morphologically similar to T. monospinosus Ekrem & Reiss, 1999. Tanytarsus amazonicus sp. nov., T. digitatus sp. nov. and T. friburgensis sp. nov. are recorded from Brazil and T. jacaretingensis sp. nov. from Brazil and French Guyana.
The enigmatic Dacochile microsoma Poinar & Brown: Tanyderidae or Bruchomyiinae?
Authors: POINAR GEORGE , BROWN ALEX E.
Published: March 2019

An examination of character states in a second Burmese amber specimen of Dacochile microsoma Poinar & Brown from the type locality confirms the original placement of this species in the family Tanyderidae and not the Bruchomyiinae, as proposed by Woodley (2005). Of special interest are a row of heavily sclerotized processes shaped like rose thorns and positioned on the inside of the hind tibiae and first two tarsal segments. These processes, which point upward towards the body, suggest that at least the females of Dacochile supported themselves from vegetation by their hind legs, similar to the behavior of some present-day tanyderids.
Tanaidacea (Crustacea; Peracarida) from chemically reduced habitatsóthe hydrothermal vent system of the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Escabana Trough and Gorda Ridge, northeast Pacific
Authors: LARSEN KIM
Published: March 2019

The tanaidacean fauna from hydrothermal vents habitats on the Juan de Fuca Ridge, Escabana Trough, Gorda Ridge and from experimental wood deployments, is examined. The material revealed species belonging to the genera; Armaturatanais, Meromonakantha, Neotanais, Pseudotanais, Protanais, Typhlotanais, and an undescribed typhlotanaid genus. The tanaidaceanfauna was almost exclusively dominated by Protanais, which in turn was almost exclusively found on recovered wood blocks. Most species are new to science and the species Armaturatanais trispinipodus n. sp. and Protanais ligniamator n. sp. are described. New information on tanaidacean ontogenetic variation is given for Protanais ligniamator.
Thaumatelsonine Stenothoids (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Part 2
Authors: KRAPP-SCHICKEL TRAUDL
Published: March 2019

The amphipod family Thaumatelsonidae was established by Gurjanova (1938) on the basis of the existence of special morphological characters in both the antennae and the urosome in certain southern genera of Stenothoidae; the separation of these taxa from the Stenothoidae has, however, been difficult and the family was reduced to subfamily rank by Barnard (1972). The present study confirms the validity of the Thaumatelsoninae, its taxa are shown to be very closely related to each other. A key to those thaumatelsonid genera with a blade-shaped telson of largely or completely vertical orientation is provided, and an additional genus Verticotelson nov.gen. (type V. mantis n.sp.) is erected. Antatelson cuneatum n. sp. is described, and a key to all Antatelson species provided.
Sternarchorhynchus curumim (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), a new species of tube-snouted ghost electric knifefish from the lowland Amazon basin, Brazil
Authors: DE SANTANA CARLOS D. , CRAMPTON WILLIAM G.R.
Published: March 2019

Sternarchorhynchus curumim, a new species of tube-snouted ghost knifefish, is described from the main river channel of the Rio Tefé, in the lowland Amazon basin of Brazil. This species is diagnosed from congeners on the basis of body and fin pigmentation, meristic characters such as number of scales above the lateral line at mid-body, and morphometric characters such as relative body proportions. We also provide notes on the ecology and electric organ discharges of this species.Resumo. Sternarchorhynchus curumim, uma espécie nova de ituí, é descrita do canal principal do rio Tefé na bacia Amazônica do Brasil. Esta espécie é diagnosticada dos congêneres com base na pigmentação do corpo e das nadadeiras, caracteres merísticos tal como, o número de escamas acima da linha lateral no centro do corpo, e caracteres morfométricos como as proporções corporais. Nós também, fornecemos notas sobre as descargas do órgão elétrico e ecologia desta espécie.
A new species of Brethesiella (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from California, USA, a parasitoid of Steatococcus tabernicolus (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
Authors: TRJAPITZIN VLADIMIR A. , TRIAPITSYN SERGUEI V.
Published: March 2019

A new species of the encyrtid wasp genus Brethesiella Porter, 1920 is described from the Mojave Desert in California, USA. The type series of B. mojave sp. n. was reared from the margarodid scale Steatococcus tabernicolus Ferris on creosote bush, Larrea tridentata. The genus Aztecencyrtus Timberlake, 1926 is synonymized under Brethesiella and its two described species are transferred to the latter as B. flava (Timberlake, 1926) comb. n. and B. iceryae (Howard, 1892) comb. n. A brief review of the encyrtid parasitoids of Margarodidae, a diagnosis of Brethesiella, and an annotated key to its six described species with known females in the New World are provided.
A dryinid wasp in Early Eocene amber from the Paris basin (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
Authors: PEINADO JULIE , WALLER ALAIN , WALLER ALAIN
Published: March 2019

Pseudodryinus parisiensis sp. n., is described from the Earliest Eocene French amber. The potential relationships of the new species are discussed. The present discovery supports the important differences between the French and Baltic Eocene ambers.
A new species of Nanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Mai Ndombe, central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of Congo
Authors: SCHLIEWEN ULRICH K. , STIASSNY MELANIE L.J.
Published: March 2019

Nanochromis wickleri, a new cichlid species from Lake Mai Ndombe in the central Congo basin, is described. The large, deep-bodied species differs from all congeners in the possession of an elevated soft dorsal fin ray count (10–11 vs. 5–8) and by the presence, in adults, of strongly produced membranous fin lappets on the second and third dorsal fin spines. Pending comprehensive phylogenetic analysis Nanochromis wickleri is tentatively placed within a morphologically diagnosable subclade of Nanochromis, herein named the “nudiceps group”.
Craspedorrhynchus linardii, a new species of chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from the Gray-headed Kite (Aves: Falconiformes: Accipitridae)
Authors: VALIM MICHEL P.
Published: March 2019

A new species of the genus Craspedorrhynchus Kéler, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) is described and illustrated based on specimens from a Gray-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis (Latham, 1790) (Aves: Falconiformes: Accipitridae), collected in Fazenda Água Limpa, Brasília-DF, Brazil. This is the first species of chewing louse described from the Gray-headed Kite.
Two new species of Cumacea (Malacostraca, Peracarida) from Peter The Great Bay (Sea of Japan)
Authors: TZAREVA LUDMILA , VASSILENKO STELLA
Published: March 2019

Cumacean material, collected in Peter the Great Bay (Sea of Japan), near Furugelm and Bolshoy Pelis Islands at the depths of 3–17 m, was investigated. Two new species inhabiting sublittoral zone were found and are described in this work as Lamprops tenuis sp. nov. and Bodotria furugelmiensis sp. nov.
Description of the preimaginal instars and redescription of the adult stage of Belostoma elongatum Montandon (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)
Authors: DE REYES CRISTINA A. , ESTÉVEZ ANA L. , Schnack JUAN A.
Published: March 2019

The five instars of Belostoma elongatum Montandon are described and figured. Immature specimens were obtained from eggs carried by an incubating male of this species captured at San Cosme, Corrientes Province, Argentina (27 o 28’ S, 58 o 50 W). Thirtyfive emerged individuals were reared in the laboratory from the first stadium.
First fossil Eccoptarthridae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Mesozoic of China
Authors: LIU MING , REN DONG
Published: March 2019

In this paper a new species Cretonanophyes zherikhini sp. nov. and a new genus and species Abrocar brachyorhinos gen. et sp. nov., all placed within the family Eccoptarthridae, are described and illustrated. They pertain to the Late Jurassic Yixian Formation of the western Liaoning province, China. This finding represents the first record of fossil eccoptarthrids from China.
Heterorhabditis floridensis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Heterorhabditidae) from Florida
Authors: NGUYEN KHUONG B. , GOZEL UGUR , K_PPENH_FER HEATHER S. , ADAMS BYRON J.
Published: March 2019

In a survey of entomopathogenic nematodes associated with plants and trees in areas adjacent to production citrus groves in Florida, a new species of nematode in the genus Heterorhabditis was found based of morphological and molecular studies. The new nematode is described as Heterorhabditis floridensis n. sp. H. floridensis n. sp. is characterized by males, females, and infective juveniles. For males, the number of papillae in the terminal group of bursa is variable, either with 2 pairs of papillae (40%), with 3 papillae on one side and 2 papillae on the other side (30%), with one pair of papillae (20%), or with three pairs of papillae (10%). SW and GS values are 179 and 50, respectively. Females have a typical vulva pattern, which is different from that of closely related nematode species H. bacteriophora, H. mexicana, and H. indica. For infective juveniles, EP=109 (101–122) µ m, ES=135 (123–142) µ m, tail length=103 (91–113) µ m, and a=27.6 (25–32) are different from those of the above-mentioned three related nematodes. Phylogenetic analysis based on ITS regions show that the new species forms a clade with H. mexicana, H. baujardi and H. indica and differs from these species by several nucleotide autapomorphies.
New mouthless nematode of the genus Parastomonema Kito, 1989 (Nematoda: Siphonolaimidae) from a mangrove forest on the coast of Thailand, and erection of the new subfamily Astomonematinae within the Siphonolaimidae
Authors: KITO KENJI , ARYUTHAKA CHITTIMA
Published: March 2019

A new species of mouthless nematode Parastomonema papillosum sp. nov. was described based on specimens collected in muddy sediments of a mangrove forest in Samut Songkhram, Thailand. Parastomonema papillosum sp. nov. is the second species of the genus and differs from the type species P. fijiense Kito, 1989 in having short body length (1.5–3.0 mm), short cephalic setae (1.5–2.6 µm), and a weakly cuticularized gubernacular apophysis in the male. Astomonematinae subfam. nov. was erected for the two mouthless genera Astomonema and Parastomonema in the Siphonolaimidae based on the diagnostic feature of a degenerate alimentary canal and female reproductive system with paired ovaries.
Order Testudines Batsch, 1788. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: FRITZ UWE
Published: March 2019

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“Phylum Nematoda Cobb 1932. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: HODDA MIKE
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Order Schizomida Petrunkevitch, 1945. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: PRENDINI LORENZO
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Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: SLIPINSKI S. A. , LESCHEN R. A. B. , LAWRENCE J. F.
Published: March 2019

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Phylum Phoronida Hatschek, 1888. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richnes
Authors: EMIG CHRISTIAN C.
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Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: WILSON D. E. , REEDER D. M.
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Recent and fossil Isopoda Bopyridae parasitic on squat lobsters and porcelain crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea), with notes on nomenclature and biogeography
Authors: BOYKO CHRISTOPHER B. , WILLIAMS JASON D. , MARKHAM JOHN C.
Published: March 2019

The parasitic isopod family Bopyridae contains approximately 600 species that parasitize calanoid copepods as larvae and decapod crustaceans as adults. In total, 105 species of these parasites (~18% of all bopyrids) are documented from Recent squat lobsters and porcelain crabs in the superfamilies Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea. Aside from one endoparasite, all the bopyrids reported herein belong to the branchially infesting subfamily Pseudioninae. Approximately 29% (67 of 233 species) of pseudionine species parasitize squat lobsters and 16% (38 of 233 species) parasitize porcelain crabs. Bopyrids are found in five of six squat lobster families (lacking only in Kiwaidae) and the sole porcelain crab family Porcellanidae. Six pseudionine genera are shared between squat lobsters and porcelain crabs. The deepest bathymetric records of bopyrids on squat lobster hosts (5210 m), and records of swellings interpreted as indications of bopyrid presence in fossil host taxa are noted. Four nomenclatural issues are resolved and the proper form of citation for the French zoologist C. E. Hesse is provided. Biogeographic distributions for squat lobsters and porcelain crabs are discussed and compared to those of hermit crabs.
Redescription of Desertoniscus taschkentensis (Verhoeff, 1930) and description of Desertoniscus schmalfussi n. sp. (Isopoda: Oniscidea)
Authors: Gmkashani@gmail.com GHASEM M. , ALLSPACH ANDREAS
Published: March 2019

Desertoniscus schmalfussi n. sp. is described, D. taschkentensis (Verhoeff, 1930) formerly considered as Protracheonis-cus taschkentensis is redescribed and a lectotype is designated, and their diagnostic characters are figured. Desertoniscusschmalfussi n. sp. differs from all other species of the genus in having long setae on the apex of the male pleopod endopodite I and in having male pereiopod VII carpus with a distinct ridge on the dorsal margin.
The genus Anisocentropus McLachlan (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae) in Japan
Authors: ITO TOMIKO , HAYASHI YUMIKO , SHIMURA NORIYOSHI
Published: March 2019

We reviewed the Japanese species of Anisocentropus McLachlan (Trichoptera, Calamoceratidae) and confirmed 3 species, Anisocentropus (Anisocentropus) kawamurai (Iwata, 1927), A. (A.) pallidus (Martynov, 1935) and A. (A.) magnificus Ulmer, 1907. The last species is recorded from Japan for the first time. For clear comparisons, adult and immature stages of the three species are described based on associations established by rearing larvae. The male, female and pupa of A. (A.) kawamurai, female and pupa of A. (A.) pallidus and female and immature stages of A. (A.) magnificus are newly described. Anisocentropus (A.) minutus (Martynov, 1930), known from southeastern Asia, is synonymized with A. (A.) kawamurai (Iwata, 1927).
Leucodellus Reuter, 1906 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylini): key to species, revised species composition and diagnosis
Authors: KONSTANTINOV FEDOR V.
Published: March 2019

Leucodellus is redefined to include six species and an updated diagnosis is given for this phyline genus. Illustrated keyand diagnoses for all species are provided. The genus Leucophylus Duwal, Yasunaga & Lee is synonymized with Leucodellus Reuter, 1906. L. nathaliae Josifov, 1974 is transferred to the genus Compsidolon Reuter, 1899.
A new rhamphorhynchid (Pterosauria: Rhamphorhynchidae) from the Middle/Upper Jurassic of Qinglong, Hebei Province, China
Authors: LÜ JUNCHANG , UNWIN DAVID M. , ZHAO BO , GAO CHUNLING , SHEN CAIZHI
Published: March 2019

A heavily compressed, but nearly complete fossil skeleton recovered from the Middle/Upper Jurassic Tiaojishan Forma-tion of Mutoudeng, Qinglong County, Hebei Province, China, represents a new genus and species of long-tailed pterosaur,Qinglongopterus guoi gen. et sp. nov. The holotype and only known specimen has an estimated forelimb length of 0.18m. The new taxon is distinguished by a relatively short skull, a remarkably short pteroid with a distinctive knob-like distalexpansion, and a prepubis with a relatively slender distal process. Phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that Qinglongopter-us is a member of Rhamphorhynchidae, exhibiting many of the unique character states found in members of this clade.Qinglongopterus is strikingly similar to Rhamphorhynchus and more closely related to this taxon than to any other rham-phorhynchine, this pairing is supported by morphometric data and several synapomorphies (short, broad nasal process ofthe maxilla; forelimb length more than four times that of the hind limb; wing-phalanx one more than twice the length ofthe tibia). Qinglongopterus demonstrates that the highly derived skeletal morphology of Rhamphorhynchus, known onlyfrom the latest Jurassic (Tithonian) of Europe, had already appeared by the start of the Late Jurassic. This hints at evolu-tionary stasis in Rhamphorhynchinae, a phenomenon seemingly also present in two other clades of basal pterosaurs,Anurognathidae and Scaphognathinae, and contrasting sharply with basal monofenestratans which appear to have undergone extensive evolutionary change during the same interval.
Heleodromia Haliday newly recorded from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Empidoidea)
Authors: LIU XIAOYAN , WANG JINJING , YANG DING
Published: March 2019

The genus Heleodromia Haliday is recorded from China for the first time with the following three species belonging tothe subgenus Heleodromia: Heleodromia (Heleodromia) didyma sp. nov., H. (H.) helanshana sp. nov., and H. (H.) immaculata Haliday. A key to the known species of Heleodromia from China is presented.
Three new species of the oonopid spider genus Ischnothyreus (Araneae: Oonopidae) from Tioman Island (Malaysia)
Authors: KRANZ-BALTENSPERGER YVONNE
Published: March 2019

Three new species of the genus Ischnothyreus (I. tioman, I. tekek and I. namo) are described from Tioman Island off theeastern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Two of the described species show peculiar cheliceral modifications that are discussed with respect to similar structures found in other families.
Remarks on the taxonomic status of Jaera danubica Brtek, 2003 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Janiridae)
Authors: BORZA PÉTER
Published: March 2019

The representative of the genus Jaera Leach inhabiting continental waters throughout Europe has a rather complex taxonomic history. After discovering it in the River Tisza, Hungary, Dudich (1930) identified it as Jaera nordmanni (Rathke). This emerged to be a mistake, as the species was found to be identical with the subsequently described Jaera sarsi Valkanov (Kesselyák 1938). On the contrary, Veuille (1979) argued that the freshwater form is different from the brackish water species J. sarsi, and described it as a new species, J. istri Veuille, 1979. The new terminology has become widely used; however, recently the concept received criticism, implying that the characteristics distinguishing J. istri from J. sarsi fall within the confines of intraspecific variability (Tobias et al. 2005). Here I tentatively accept the latter point of view, and will refer to the species as J. sarsi in the following, but I also wish to point out that this matter could be settled using molecular methods.
Fur mites of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart (Acari: Chirodiscidae) parasitizing the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber belorussicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) in NE Poland (Suwałki)
Authors: BOCHKOV ANDRE V. , LABRZYCKA ANNA , SKORACKI MACIEJ , SAVELJEV ALEXANDER P.
Published: March 2019

Twenty species of the genus Schizocarpus Trouessart, 1896 (Acari: Chirodiscidae) are recorded from six live individuals of the Eurasian beaver Castor fiber belorussicus Lavrov (Rodentia: Castoridae) captured by modified fish-traps near Wiżajny village (Suwałki, north-eastern Poland). Eight species are described as new: Schizocarpus heatherae sp. nov., S. faini sp. nov., S. klompeni sp. nov., S. parahumilis sp. nov., S. gozdziewskii sp. nov., S. pseudonumerosus sp. nov., S. zurowskii sp. nov., and S. testiculatus sp. nov. Twelve previously described species are as follows: S. brachyurus (Dubinina, 1964), S. capitis (Dubinina, 1964), S. curtus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985, S. fedjushini (Dubinina, 1964), S. insignis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985, S. intercalatus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985, S. numerosus (Dubinina, 1964), S. parvus (Dubinina, 1964), S. pygidialis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985, S. radiatus Fain and Lukoschus, 1985, S. subhexapilis Fain and Lukoschus, 1985, and S. subparvus (Dubinina, 1964). Data on geographical distribution and microhabitats of Schizocarpus spp. detected on C. f. belorussicus in the Suwałki population are summarized in table format.
A new species of Ansonia (Anura: Bufonidae) from northern Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar
Authors: WILKINSON JEFFERY A. , SELLAS ANNA B. , VINDUM JENS V.
Published: March 2019

A new species of Ansonia is described from northern Tanintharyi Division, Myanmar. The new species is the first recordof Ansonia from Myanmar. It is phylogenetically most closely related to A. kraensis at the Isthmus of Kra, Thailand, butcan be distinguished from A. kraensis and all other species of Ansonia from Thailand and the Malay Peninsula by a combination of several morphological characters and dorsal and ventral color patterns.
Review of the leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), with description of two new species from China
Authors: XING JI-CHUN , VIRAKTAMATH C. A. , DAI REN-HUAI , LI ZI-ZHONG
Published: March 2019

The leafhopper genus Jilinga Ghauri (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini) is reported for the first time from Chinaand two new species, Jilinga linzhiensis sp. nov. and Jilinga asymmetrica sp. nov. are described and illustrated. A key is given to distinguish all species of the genus.
Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. colei (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)
Authors: GILL ANTHONY C. , ALLEN GERALD R. , ERDMANN MARK
Published: March 2019

Pseudochromis ammeri sp. nov. and P. eichleri sp. nov. are described from Indonesia (Raja Ampat Islands, West Irian andHalmahera) and the Philippines (Calamianes Group, Boracay and northern Palawan), respectively. In having in combina-tion a dark longitudinal stripe on the body and the anterior tip of the palatine tooth patch directed medially behind poste-rolateral arm of vomerine tooth patch, the two species closely resemble P. colei Herre from the Philippines. The latterspecies is redescribed on the basis of the holotype from Culion and two specimens recently collected in northern Palawan. The three species closely resemble each other but differ in live coloration and several scale count characters.
Errata Corrigenda and update for the “Synthesis of Brazilian Collembola: an update to the species list.” ABRANTES et al. (2010), Zootaxa, 2388: 1–22
Authors: ABRANTES EDUARDO ASSIS , BELLINI BRUNO CAVALCANTE , BERNARDO ALESSANDRA DO NASCIMENTO , FERNANDES LILIANE HENRIQUES , DE MENDONÇA MARIA CLEIDE , DE OLIVEIRA ELISIANA PEREIRA , QUEIROZ GABRIEL COSTA , SAUTTER KLAUS DIETER , DA SILVEIRA TATIANA CRISTINA , ZEPPELINI DOUGLAS
Published: March 2019

We present in the following an Errata Corrigenda for Abrantes et al. (2010) Table 2 and general counting. Furthermore, we include all additional records for Brazilian Collembola during 2010 and 2011 as an update for the species list. The update was made following the same methodology and criteria as Culik and Zeppelini (2003), and Abrantes et al. (2010). All data will fit the same table marked differently to be recognized at glance. The references presented here are restricted to the citations concerning the update only; therefore the references presented in Culik and Zeppelini (2003), and Abrantes et al. (2010) will not be repeated.
Notes on the morphology and ecology of the adult females of Nesippus species (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) with a key for identification
Authors: DIPPENAAR SUSAN M. , JORDAAN BEA P.
Published: March 2019

Nesippus Heller, 1868 species are members of Pandaridae without dorsal plates on the second free thoracic segment. Cur-rently there are five accepted species, namely N. orientalis Heller, 1868, N. crypturus Heller, 1868, N. vespa Kirtisinghe,1964, N. tigris Cressey, 1967 and N. nana Cressey, 1970. Members of Nesippus were collected from a variety of elasmo-branch hosts caught in the nets of the Natal Sharks Board, set off the KwaZulu-Natal coast, South Africa. Of these, rep-resentatives of N. orientalis were the most cosmopolitan and commonly encountered and the easiest to identify. Specimensof N. vespa and N. tigris were fairly host specific, often encountered and also relatively easy to identify. Difficulty in theidentification of specimens of N. crypturus and N. nana is mainly due to morphological variations observed in specimensof N. crypturus which is also a relatively widely distributed species. However, the main distinguishing features of the dif-ferent species are highlighted and a key is provided to assist in the identification of the adult females. Additionally, ecological aspects like prevalence, mean intensity and mean abundance of each species are also calculated and reported.
New data on the distribution and morphology of the West African squeaker frog Arthroleptis langeri Rödel, Doumbia, Johnson & Hillers, 2009 (Amphibia: Anura: Arthroleptidae)
Authors: NOPPER JOACHIM , GONWOUO LEGRAND NONO , HILLERS ANNIKA , SANDBERGER LAURA , OHLER ANNEMARIE , RÖDEL MARK-OLIVER
Published: March 2019

Arthroleptis langeri Rödel, Doumbia, Johnson & Hillers 2009 is a genetically and morphologically distinct West African squeaker frog species. It was described based on one individual from a forest at 567 m a.s.l. in the East Nimba National Forest, Liberia. However, it was believed to be potentially more widespread in the Western Guinean rainforest ecoregion (Rödel et al. 2009). We herein report on additional specimens of this species. Three frogs were discovered in the collection of the Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN 1998.1779, 1998.1820, 2000.6982; Table 1). These frogs were very similar to the holotype and originated from near the type locality on Mt. Nimba (Seka Valley forest and New Camp forest, respectively; altitudinal data is only provided for MNHN 1998.1820 found at 700 m a.s.l.); the specimens were collected in 1966 and 1969 by Maxime Lamotte. In addition we have recorded a population on top of Mt. Jideh in the Putu Range, south-eastern Liberia (N 5°38’23’’ W °811’8’’), approximately 200 km from the type locality (Fig. 1).
New species and new records of millipedes of the genus Rhinocricus Karsch, 1881 (Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae) from southern Brazil
Authors: RODRIGUES PATRÍCIA E.S. , OTT RICARDO , RODRIGUES EVERTON N.L.
Published: March 2019

Until now no species of Rhinocricus have been described or registered for the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In thiswork we describe and illustrate five new species of Rhinocricus from Rio Grande do Sul: R. itauba sp. nov., R. gauchussp. nov., R. guaritas sp. nov., and R. serranus sp. nov., described from specimens of both sexes, and R. vacariensis sp. nov.based on a single male. The species R. divaricatus, R. padbergi and R. serratus are registered for the first time for this state. A key to Rio Grande do Sul species is presented.
Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander, poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae)
Authors: RIBEIRO GUILHERME CUNHA
Published: March 2019

Notholimnophila exclusa (Alexander, 1922) remains the only known species of the genus Notholimnophila Alexander,1924. Acantholimnophila Alexander, 1924 includes two species, A. maorica (Alexander, 1922) and A. bispina (Alexander,1922). These taxa, known exclusively from New Zealand, cannot be properly identified on the basis of available taxonom-ic information, and this situation prevents the advancement of any further studies. In this paper, Notholimnophila and Acantholimnophila are revised and the included species are redescribed and illustrated in detail.
New troglomorphic Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Western Caucasus
Authors: VARGOVITSH ROBERT S.
Published: March 2019

Two highly troglomorphic species of the family Arrhopalitidae Stach, 1956 are described from the caves of the Western Caucasus: Arrhopalites macronyx sp. nov. and Troglopalites stygios gen. nov. sp. nov. They inhabit epineustonic and hygropetric zones of subterranean realm and are characterized by much elongated claws, long antennae with annulations between subsegments of the fourth antennal segment, absence of strongly spine-like setae on dens, presence of accreted teeth on posterior lamellae and well-developed anterior lamella of mucro. Together with some diagnostic characters of the genus Arrhopalites Börner, 1906, Troglopalites gen. nov. shows reduced chaetotaxy of the sixth abdominal segment, almost linear trichobothrial pattern on great abdomen, and plurichaetosis on the forth antennal segment. Remarks on re-examination of trichobothrial complex chaetotaxy of Arrhopalites karabiensis Vargovitsh, 2009 and A. peculiaris Vargovitsh, 2009 from the Crimean caves are also included.
Revision of the subgenus Scymnus (Parapullus) Yang from China(Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Authors: CHEN XIAO-SHENG , REN SHUN-XIANG , WANG XING-MIN
Published: March 2019

The subgenus Scymnus (Parapullus) Yang, 1978 is herein revised. Eight species of the Parapullus fauna are known tooccur in China up to the present. The following five species are described as new to science: Scymnus (Parapullus) adun-catus sp. nov., S. (P.) malleatus sp. nov., S. (P.) nanlingicus sp. nov., S. (P.) parallelicus sp. nov., S. (P.) solus sp. nov..Diagnoses, colorized illustrations and distributions are provided for each species. A key to the Chinese species is also presented.
A new genus of the tribe Parahiraciini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae) from China with the description of two new species
Authors: ZHANG ZHENG-GUANG , CHEN XIANG-SHENG
Published: March 2019

A new issid genus of the tribe Parahiraciini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae) is described from China: Neotetricodesgen. nov.. Two new species, N. quadrilamina sp. nov. (China: Guizhou, Leigongshan National Natural Reserve) and N.kuankuoshuiensis sp. nov. (China: Guizhou, Kuankuoshui National Natural Reserve), are described and illustrated. Thetribe Parahiraciini is discussed briefly. A key to the genera in the tribe Parahiraciini and a key to species of the genus Neotetricodes are given.
Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species
Authors: RICARTE ANTONIO , NEDELJKOVIĆ ZORICA , ROTHERAY GRAHAM E. , LYSZKOWSKI RICHARD M. , HANCOCK E. GEOFFREY , WATT KENNETH , HEWITT STEPHEN M. , HORSFIELD DAVID , WILKINSON GEOFFREY
Published: March 2019

The results of the hoverfly (Syrphidae) collection by the ‘Malloch Society’ on the Greek island of Lesvos are presented.Fieldwork took place from February to March 2006 and from May to June 2010. An account of 66 species from 28 generais provided including two species new to science, five species new to Greece and data for several rarely recorded species.We describe Eumerus armatus Ricarte and Rotheray sp. nov., a medium size species with red abdomen. We also describeSphiximorpha hiemalis Ricarte, Nedeljković and Hancock sp. nov., a hairy species with distinctive colour and pollinositypatterns and abdomen shape. The female of Eumerus claripennis Coe, 1957 is described and the male genitalia are figured.The majority of species encountered belonged to the typically Mediterranean genera Eumerus (8 spp.), Merodon (16 spp.)and Paragus (6 spp.). Approximately 71% of the recorded species also occur in Turkey. This supports the idea that West Mediterranean and Anatolian faunas overlap in Lesvos.
New species and key of Aeletes Horn (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Abraeinae) from Brazil
Authors: LEIVAS FERNANDO W.T. , MISE KLEBER M. , ALMEIDA LÚCIA M. , MACARI BRUNA P. , GOMY YVES
Published: March 2019

A new species of abraeine histerid, Aeletes (s. str.) nicolasi sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Paraná State, Brazil.An identification key is provided to the known Brazilian species of Aeletes. Ecological data are provided for the new species and for the genus, being the first record of Aeletes in carrion.
Phlegra Simon, 1876, Phintella Strand 1906 and Yamangalea Maddison, 2009 (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae)— new species and new generic records for Australia
Authors: ŻABKA MAREK
Published: March 2019

Phlegra Simon, Phintella Strand and Yamangalea Maddison are newly recorded from Australia, each genus beingrepresented here by one new species: Phlegra proszynskii, Phintella monteithi and Yamangalea lubinae. The diagnoses and descriptions are provided and remarks on distribution are given.
Description of Nebulovena persa Pujade-Villar & Paretas-Martínez gen. n. and sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Figitinae ) from Iran, with a key to the genera of Figitinae
Authors: PARETAS-MARTÍNEZ JORDI , RAKHSANI EHSAN , FATHABADI KHALIL , PUJADE-VILLAR JULI
Published: March 2019

Nebulovena persa, gen. n. and sp. n. is described from Iran. This is the first record of the subfamily Figitinae from Iran.Nebulovena is distinguished from all other figitines by the veins of the radial cell being nebulous and the head subtrian-gular. The morphology of N. persa is illustrated and compared to other figitines. A key to all genera of Figitinae plus Melanips (currently included in the Aspicerinae) is given and illustrated.
Notes on the Genus Apotrechus (Orthoptera: Gryllacrididae: Gryllacridinae) from China
Authors: GUO LI-YING , SHI FU-MING
Published: March 2019

A key to the species of the genus Apotrechus Brunner von Wattenwyl from China is presented. A new species and a newcombination are reported: A. bilobus sp. nov., A. parvospinus (Liu & Yin, 2002) com. nov. The specimens recorded here are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University.
New Mexican and Central American species of Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) mimetic of flies
Authors: HESPENHEIDE HENRY A.
Published: March 2019

The genus Agrilus participates in a number of mimicry complexes. At least 23 species in México and Central America areconsidered to belong to one of the complexes that putatively have flies as models. In this complex, characterized by thecolor pattern of red-blue/black-pale, 11 new species are described —Agrilus updikei, new species; Agrilus marthae, newspecies; Agrilus dipterioides, new species; Agrilus opitzi, new species; Agrilus exquisitus, new species; Agrilus zumba-doi, new species; Agrilus coloradoensis, new species; Agrilus frankparkeri, new species; Agrilus cavei, new species;Agrilus alajuelensis, new species; and Agrilus percaroides, new species. Two species groups are recognized, based onAgrilus basalis Chevrolat and A. percarus Kerremans. Previously described species are provided with a diagnosis or redescribed, and additional specimen records are given. All species are illustrated.
New species of Glenophisis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hexacentrinae) from Singapore, with key to species
Authors: TAN MING KAI
Published: March 2019

One new species of Glenophisis from Singapore is described: Glenophisis singapura sp. n. Key to the species of Glenophisis is also provided.
Neogergithoides, a new genus with a new species from China (Hemiptera: Issidae)
Authors: SUN YANCHUN , MENG RUI , WANG YINGLUN
Published: March 2019

Neogergithoides gen. nov. is described from China with N. tubercularis sp. nov. as the type species. Morphological structures,male and female genitalia and female internal reproductive organs of the new species are described and illustrated. A key to genera of Hemisphaeriini is provided. The genus is compared to other superficially similar genera.
New records of the water mite family Arrenuridae from the Afrotropical region, with the description of 11 new species and two new subspecies (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
Authors: SMIT HARRY
Published: March 2019

Ten new species and two new subspecies of the water mite genus Arrenurus are described from the Afrotropical region,i.e. Arrenurus abyssinicus n. sp., A. altomontanus n. sp., A. baleensis n. sp., A. bechuanicus n. sp., A. botswanicus n. sp.,A. coronopetiolatus n. sp., A. flavus n. sp., A. monocavus n. sp., A. okavango n. sp. and A. serratipetiolatus n. sp., A.chutteri longipes n. subsp., A. concavus longifissus n. subsp. One new species of the genus Thoracophoracarus is de-scribed, T. fluviatilis n. sp. The following taxa are proposed to the rank of a full species: A. chutteri K.O. Viets, A. damasiLundblad and A. grandis Walter & Bader. Arrenurus odonatophilus Müchberg is transferred to the subgenus Brevicau-daturus Smit, while A. discretus Cook is synonymized with the latter species. Arrenurus vanopus Cook is synonymizedwith A. capensis Thor, and the female of A. petri Cook must be assigned to A. capensis. The presumed female of A. petriis described therefore again. The male of A. latifoliatus K. Viets is redescribed and the female of this species is described for the first time.
Two new species of marine flatworm from southern China facilitate determination of the phylogenetic position of the genus Nerpa Marcus, 1948 and the histochemical structure of the nervous system in the genus Paucumara Sluys, 1989 (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Maricola)
Authors: CHEN JIA-JIA , LI WEI-XUAN , SLUYS RONALD , WU MING-QI , WANG LEI , LI SHUANG-FEI , WANG AN-TAI
Published: March 2019

Two new species of flatworm, collected from a beach at eastern Shenzhen, China, were studied through an integrative approach by combining morphological, histological, histochemical (acetylcholinesterase, AChE), and molecular (18S r- DNA) data. These species belong to two genera of marine triclads, previously unrecorded from China, viz. Nerpa Marcus, 1948 and Paucumara Sluys, 1989.        Nerpa fistulata Wang & Chen, sp. nov. is characterized by: transparent body; principally pentamerous intestine with three distinct commissures; two very large, prepharyngeal testis follicles; a semi-circular lens in each eye cup; a penis papilla provided with a chitinized, pointed stylet; lateral bursae communicating with the oviduct and opening ventrally to the exterior via a duct. Phylogenetically N. fistulata groups with one member of the family Bdellouridae. This new, Chinese species of Nerpa introduces a major geographic disjunction, as the type species N. evelinae was described from the bay of Santos, Brazil, so that the genus is now known from both Atlantic as well as Pacific coasts.        The species Paucumara falcata Wang & Li, sp. nov. is characterized by: three distinct pale yellow transverse pigmentation bands on its dorsal side, between which some snowflake-like specks are randomly distributed, and a brown transverse band anteriorly to the eyes; 8–11 testicular follicles on either side of the body, the follicles extending from immediately behind the ovaries to half-way along the pharyngeal pocket; a musculo-parenchymatic organ with a sclerotic, curved tip projecting from the anterior wall of the male atrium, ventrally to the root of the penis papilla. Phylogenetically P. falcata groups with its congener P. trigonocephala, with the genus Paucumara forming the sister taxon of the genus Ectoplana. Comparison of the nerve structure of P. falcata, as revealed by AChE histochemistry, with that of eight other species of triclad suggested that the nervous system of marine planarians is simpler than that of species of freshwater planarians, but revealed also that the nerve structure is rather variable among species.        The copulatory position exhibited by two partners in Paucumara falcata is remarkable in that they intertwine, with their heads pointing downwards and the tails pointing upwards, the entire process lasting about 10 min. Such a copulatory position has never before been reported for triclad flatworms.
Revision of the Agrilus purpurifrons species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae)
Authors: JENDEK EDUARD , NAKLÁDAL OTO
Published: March 2019

The Agrilus purpurifrons species-group comprising twelve species from the Oriental region is defined and revised. A key to species is provided and complemented with illustrations of habitus and genitalia. Three new species are described: Agrilus cameronius sp. nov. (Malaysia); A. puncak sp. nov. (Indonesia); and A. vendibilis sp. nov. (Indonesia). The following taxonomic changes are proposed: the specific names lacroixi Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov. and chapaensis Descarpentries & Villiers, 1967 syn. nov. are junior synonyms in the synonymy of A. morio Kerremans, 1895; the name rousselatae Baudon, 1968 stat. rev. is removed from the synonymy of A. lacroixi Obenberger, 1936 and revalidated as the specific name of A. rousselatae Baudon, 1968.
Impact of Gulfstream-IV Dropsondes on Tropical Cyclone Prediction in a Regional OSSE System
Authors: Ryan Kelly , Bucci Lisa , Delgado Javier , Atlas Robert , Murillo Shirley
Published: March 2019

Aircraft reconnaissance missions remain the primary means of collecting direct measurements of marine atmospheric conditions affecting tropical cyclone formation and evolution. The National Hurricane Center tasks the NOAA G-IV aircraft to sample environmental conditions that may impact the development of a tropical cyclone threatening to make landfall in the United States or its territories. These aircraft data are assimilated into deterministic models and used to produce real-time analyses and forecasts for a given tropical cyclone. Existing targeting techniques aim to optimize the use of reconnaissance observations and partially rely on regions of highest uncertainty in the Global Ensemble Forecast System. Evaluating the potential impact of various trade-offs in the targeting process is valuable for determining the ideal aircraft flight track for a prospective mission. AOML’s Hurricane Research Division has developed a system for performing regional observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) to assess the potential impact of proposed observing systems on hurricane track and intensity forecasting. This study focuses on improving existing targeting methods by investigating the impact of proposed aircraft observing system designs through various sensitivity studies. G-IV dropsonde retrievals were simulated from a regional nature run, covering the life cycle of a rapidly intensifying Atlantic hurricane. Results from sensitivity studies provide insight into improvements for real-time operational synoptic surveillance targeting for hurricanes and tropical storms, where dropsondes released closer to the vortex–environment interface provide the largest impact on the track forecast. All dropsonde configurations provide a positive 2-day impact on intensity forecasts by improving the environmental conditions known to impact tropical cyclone intensity.
Characteristics of Intense Convection in Subtropical South America as Influenced by El Niño–Southern Oscillation
Authors: Bruick Zachary S. , Rasmussen Kristen L. , Rowe Angela K. , McMurdie Lynn A.
Published: March 2019

El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is known to have teleconnections to atmospheric circulations and weather patterns around the world. Previous studies have examined connections between ENSO and rainfall in tropical South America, but little work has been done connecting ENSO phases with convection in subtropical South America. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) has provided novel observations of convection in this region, including that convection in the lee of the Andes Mountains is among the deepest and most intense in the world with frequent upscale growth into mesoscale convective systems. A 16-yr dataset from the TRMM PR is used to analyze deep and wide convection in combination with ERA-Interim reanalysis storm composites. Results from the study show that deep and wide convection occurs in all phases of ENSO, with only some modest variations in frequency between ENSO phases. However, the most statistically significant differences between ENSO phases occur in the three-dimensional storm structure. Deep and wide convection during El Niño tends to be taller and contain stronger convection, while La Niña storms contain stronger stratiform echoes. The synoptic and thermodynamic conditions supporting the deeper storms during El Niño is related to increased convective available potential energy, a strengthening of the South American low-level jet (SALLJ), and a stronger upper-level jet stream, often with the equatorward-entrance region of the jet stream directly over the convective storm locations. These enhanced synoptic and thermodynamic conditions provide insight into how the structure of some of the most intense convection on Earth varies with phases of ENSO.
Drinking stories as a narrative genre: The five classic themes
Authors: Sandberg Sveinung , Tutenges Sébastien , Pedersen Willy
Published: March 2019

Drinking stories feature widely in Western societies. Many people eagerly share their stories in the aftermath of drinking events. These stories are also common in books, movies, music and the media. Based on qualitative interviews with 104 young Norwegian heavy episodic drinkers, the article seeks to establish drinking stories as a distinct narrative genre. We argue that this narrative genre of drinking stories comes from an oral storytelling tradition which uses transgressions to trigger interest, entertain, and challenge commonly held views. These transgressions typically come in the form of playful violations of conventions and common sense and tend to centre around five classic themes: sex, bodily harm, bodily fluids, lawbreaking and pranks. While often dismissed as trivial, vulgar and of little literary value, drinking stories are highly valued by many people and have significant consequences for how people experience drinking and behave while being drunk.