bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Revision of the Chinese species of the leafhopper genus Dayus Mahmood(Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of three new species
Authors: QIN DAO-ZHENG , ZHANG YA-LIN
Published: February 2019

The Chinese sepcies of the typhlocybine genus Dayus Mahmood are revised. A total of five species, including three new species—lii n.sp, lamellatus n.sp and membranaceus n.sp from Fujian Province are described, and a key to Chinese Dayus species is included.
Studies on some Libyan species of Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea)
Authors: USMANI MOHAMMAD KAMIL
Published: February 2019

The present study is based on eight species representing five genera and two subfamilies belonging to the family Pamphagidae. Specimens from twenty eight localities in Fezzan region (Southern Libya) infesting various cultivated and wild plants were collected. Brief diagnosis of the family Pamphagidae is given. Key to the subfamilies and genera belonging to this family is provided mainly based on conventional as well as genitalic characters. Additional characters of male and female genitalia at generic level and differentiating characters of all species are briefly described. This is the first systematic collection of Pamphagidae from this region. Two species, Tmethis cisti and T. maroccanus were recorded for the first time from Fezzan region.
A review of the genus Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species
Authors: XUE WAN-QI , SONG WEN-HUI
Published: February 2019

This paper includes a key to the Palaearctic species groups of Botanophila, characteristics of each species group (key and characteristics compiled by Michael Ackland), and keys to the species of Botanophila from China. This paper also provides the characters of the genus Botanophila and describes three new species, namely B. densispinula sp. nov., B. platysurstyla sp. nov. and B. subspinulibasis sp. nov.; Botanophila nigrifrontata (Fan & Zheng) is synonymized with B. melametopa (Fan); and B. zhuoniensis (Jin) and B. nigribella (Deng) are redescribed. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Entomology, Shenyang Normal University.
Description of Nasocoris lautereri sp. nov. from the Balkan peninsula, with a review of the genus Nasocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Authors: KMENT PETR , BRYJA JOSEF
Published: February 2019

Nasocoris lautereri sp. nov., from Greece and Croatia, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus Nasocoris Reuter, 1879, in the Balkan peninsula, linking its two previously known disjunct areas of distribution (the Western Mediterranean and the area from Ukraine and Israel to Mongolia). All 15 known species of the genus are reviewed and information on their distribution, host plants, and life cycle is summarized. The first precise records of Nasocoris platycranoides Montandon, 1890 from Spain are added.
The coral-associated shrimp genus Pontonides (Caridea, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae) in Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam, with description of two new species
Authors: MARIN IVAN
Published: February 2019

Three of the six known species of the palaemonid shrimp genus Pontonides Borradaile, 1917 are reported from Nhatrang Bay, Vietnam. Pontonides unciger Calman, 1939 is redescribed based on an ovigerous female collected from the bushy black coral, Antipathes sp. (Antipatharia, Antipathidae), at a depth of 40–45 m. Pontonides maldivensis (Borradaile, 1917) associated with the coral Tubastrea micrantha Ehrenberg, 1834 (Scleractinia, Dendrophylliidae) and P. asperulatus Bruce, 2005 associated with the sea whip Cirripathes sp. (Antipatharia, Antipathidae) are recorded for the first time from Vietnam, and the latter species for the first time outside their type locality. Two new species, P. ankeri n. sp., and P. tatianae n. sp., are described from a sea whip Cirripathes sp. and from bushy black coral Rhipidipathes sp. (Antipatharia, Antipathidae), respectively. A diagnosis of the genus Pontonides and a key to all currently recognized species are provided.
New taxa of Aboilinae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China
Authors: FANG YAN , ZHANG HAICHUN , WANG BO , ZHANG YUTAO
Published: February 2019

A new genus, Sigmaboilus gen. nov., is established and attributed to Aboilinae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Prophalangopsidae). It includes three new species, Sigmaboilus gorochovi sp. nov., S. sinensis sp. nov., and S. longus sp. nov., from the Middle Jurassic of Daohugou in Inner Mongolia, China, and is distinguished from other genera within Aboilinae by the remarkably long C vein in the tegmen.
The megalopa stage of Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819 and Portunus gibbesii (Stimpson, 1859) (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae) from the southeastern Atlantic coast of the United States
Authors: NEGREIROS-FRANSOZO MARIA LUCIA , MEYERS NADIA , FRANSOZO VÍVIAN , VICTOR SUSAN THORTON-DE
Published: February 2019

The identification of megalopae from plankton samples is difficult, because this larval stage is the least well known among crab larvae, unknown in some species and poorly described in others. Wild megalopa specimens of some swimming crabs (family Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815) were captured alive from neuston samples obtained during summer surveys near the coast of Charleston, South Carolina (U.S.A). For identification purposes, larvae were reared to the 8th juvenile instar. After reaching the 5th juvenile instar, the juvenile crabs exhibited morphological features suitable for identification to the species level. The specimens belonged to two species of Portunidae, Portunus spinimanus Latreille, 1819 and P. gibbesii (Stimpson, 1859). Their megalopae were described in detail and compared to other portunid megalopae known from the southeastern Atlantic coast of the U.S.A. Species-specific characters of portunid megalopae are the number of carpal spines on the chelipeds, the relative size of the sternal spines (7th sternite), the number of antennal flagellum segments, and the setation of mouthparts.
The pitfalls of exaggeration: molecular and morphological evidence suggests Kaliana is a synonym of Mesabolivar (Araneae: Pholcidae)
Authors: ASTRIN JONAS J. , MISOF BERNHARD , HUBER BERNHARD A.
Published: February 2019

When the Venezuelan genus Kaliana Huber, 2000 was described, it was based on a single male specimen that was morphologically unique among pholcid spiders, especially in its extremely exaggerated male genitalia. The morphology of the recently discovered female suggests a close relationship with Mesabolivar González-Sponga, 1998. Using molecular sequences (mitochondrial CO1, 16S, and nuclear 28S) of Kaliana yuruani Huber, 2000 and 53 other pholcid taxa (152 sequences, 19 of them sequenced in this study) in a Bayesian and a maximum parsimony approach, we show that Kaliana is not sister group of, but nested within the species-rich South American genus Mesabolivar. Therefore, we argue that Kaliana is a junior synonym of Mesabolivar (Mesabolivar yuruani, n. comb.). Complementing previous studies on pholcid phylogeny, we also present evidence for a close relationship between Mesabolivar and Carapoia, support the synonymy of Anomalaia and Metagonia with molecular data, support the monophyly of 'ninetines' and question the recently postulated position of Priscula as nested within the New World clade.
Redescriptions of last instar larvae of Ischyronota conicicollis (Weise, 1890) and Ischyronota desertorum (Gebler, 1833) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
Authors: ŚWIĘTOJAŃSKA JOLANTA , BOROWIEC LECH
Published: February 2019

Last instar larvae of Ischyronota conicicollis (Weise, 1890) and Ischyronota desertorum (Gebler, 1833) are redescribed and figured in detail using light microscope as well as SEM images. Larvae of Ischyronota are distinct within the tribe Cassidini and differ from those of the other genera in body not flattened dorso-ventrally, in thorax lacking scoli and in possessing abdomen with very short or completely reduced lateral scoli. The reduction of lateral scoli of body is probably correlated with feeding on succulent plants of saline habitat (Chenopodiaceae). Detailed examination showed that bodies of immatures of both species are covered with cauliflower-shaped sensilla, while pointed setae are only found on the middle of thoracic and first three abdominal sternites. Perhaps this character is also correlated with living in steppes and semi-deserts areas. Examination also showed that larvae of I. desertorum posses one-segmented maxillary palpi. This character has diagnostic value for I. desertorum and is unique within Cassidinae, which usually have two-segmented maxillary palpi.
A new species of Colotes Erichson (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) from Russia
Authors: TSHERNYSHEV SERGEI E.
Published: February 2019

A new Malachiid beetle, Colotes dubatolovi sp. n., known only from its type locality, Volgogradskaya Oblast, Russia, is described with figures of habitus, male palpi and terminal abdominal segments, and a distribution map.
A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Authors: WELLSO STANLEY G. , MANLEY GARY V
Published: February 2019

The Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group is currently comprised of five species from North American localities north of Mexico. One previously described and synonymized species, C. quadriimpressa Gory & Laporte, 1837 is resurrected. In addition, neotypes are designated for C. femorata, C. rugosiceps Melsheimer, 1845 and C. viridiceps Melsheimer, 1845 as the type specimen for each of these species is lost. A key is included to facilitate identification of the 12 species, 11 of which have deciduous trees as hosts and one species from woody goldenrod, Chrysoma pauciflosculosa (Michx.). Six new species of Chrysobothris are described herein: C. mescalero, C. seminole, C. wintu, C. comanche, C. caddo, and C. shawnee. The new species are each fully described and the elytra, male genitalia, and female pygidium (8th abdominal tergite) of all species are illustrated.
Aurimastris, new genus of the treehopper tribe Amastrini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae)

Authors: EVANGELISTA OLÍVIA , SAKAKIBARA ALBINO M.
Published: February 2019

A new genus and two new species are described from Brazil: Aurimastris new genus; Aurimastris expansa new species (type species) (Mato Grosso), and Aurimastris otina new species (Rio de Janeiro). A key to Amastrini genera and illustrations are given, including the male genitalia.
First record of the genus Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) in the Neotropics, with description of two new species from Panama
Authors: MEDIANERO ENRIQUE , NIEVES-ALDREY JOSÉ LUIS
Published: February 2019

Two new species of Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer 1910, Disholcaspis bettyannae and D. bisethiae (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) are described from Panama. The two new species induce galls on Quercus bumelioides Liebm. and Q. lancifolia Schledl & Cham. (Fagaceae, sect. Quercus, White Oaks). Diagnostic characters, gall descriptions, distribution, biological data, as well as inquiline and parasitoid associated community data of the new species are given. The new species represent the first records of the genus Disholcaspis from the Neotropical region.
A new species of the genus Lycodon (Boie, 1826) from the southwestern mountains of China (Squamata: Colubridae)
Authors: VOGEL GERNOT , LUO JIAN
Published: February 2019

A new species of the genus Lycodon from the Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China is described, Lycodon gongshan sp. nov. This species is similar to L. fasciatus, but differs in its longer tail, especially in males, and larger number of subcaudals, especially in females. The number of ventrals and maximum body size is greater in both sexes of the new species. From the Lycodon ruhstrati group, the new species differs in the colour of the belly and the dorsal bands. This new species seems to be endemic to Yunnan Province, People’s Republic of China. The holotype of Ophites fasciatus Anderson, 1879 appears to have been lost, so a neotype is designated in order to address the status of this taxon.
Description of the larva of Potamophilops cinereus (Blanchard) from Southeastern Brazil (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Larainae)
Authors: VANIN SERGIO ANTONIO , COSTA CLEIDE
Published: February 2019

Larvae of Potamophilops cinereus (Blanchard, 1841) from Brazil, São Paulo, Ribeirão Grande (Fazenda Intervales, Rio Carmo) are described for the first time and illustrated. The larvae were found associated with adults. The larva of P. cinereus is most similar to larvae of species of the Mexican and Central American genera Disersus Sharp and Hispaniolara Brown, but can be easily distinguished chiefly by the head being not visible when seen from above, due to being concealed by the anterior projection of the pronotum. Comparisons of the three genera are presented. Photographs of the adult habitus of P. cinereus are also furnished. A key to the larvae of the genera of Larainae of Brazil is included.
Two new species of Deois Fennah, 1949 (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from Brazil
Authors: CARVALHO GERVÁSIO SILVA , Teixeira Juliana Stephanie Galaschi
Published: February 2019

Two new species of Deois Fennah (Hemiptera: Cercopidae), Deois (Deois) bisignata Carvalho sp. nov. and Deois (Deois) quadrisignata Teixeira sp. nov., are described and illustrated from central Brazil.
The advertisement call of Proceratophrys renalis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) (Amphibia: Anura: Cycloramphidae)
Authors: SANTANA DIEGO JOSÉ , RODRIGUES RICARDO , DE ALBUQUERQUE RALPH LACERDA , LARANJEIRAS DANIEL ORSI , PROTÁZIO ARIELSON DOS SANTOS , FRANÇA FREDERICO GUSTAVO RODRIGUES , MESQUITA DANIEL OLIVEIRA
Published: February 2019

Proceratophrys renalis (Fig. 1A) was recently revalidated (Prado & Pombal 2008). This frog species comprises a population previously recognized as P. boiei. It occurs in Atlantic forest from Paraíba to south of Bahia State, and in the interior of Brazil, close to transitions between Cerrado and Caatinga biomes, including Jequitinhonha river basin in Minas Gerais State (Prado & Pombal 2008).
Discovery of the worker caste and descriptions of two new species of Anomalomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with unique abdominal morphology
Authors: BOROWIEC MAREK L. , SCHULZ ANDREAS , ALPERT GARY D. , BAŇAŘ PETR
Published: February 2019

The hitherto unknown worker caste of Anomalomyrma Taylor, 1990 is described for the first time. Two new species, Anomalomyrma boltoni n. sp. from Cameron Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia and Anomalomyrma helenae n. sp. from El Nido region of Palawan, Philippines, are described. In workers of both new species abdominal segments II and III (petiole and postpetiole) are rigidly fused together across both tergites and sternites. This is the first report of such fused abdominal morphology in worker Formicidae. Both new species lack a vertical lamella on the mandible, originally considered to be diagnostic for the genus and the main character separating Anomalomyrma from Protanilla Taylor, 1990. Modified generic diagnoses are proposed for both Anomalomyrma and Protanilla. Wing venation is described for the first time from an anomalomyrmine alate gyne, and prospects for the future of the nomenclature of the group's genera are discussed. A modified key to the genera of Leptanillinae is given along with a short note on the correct authorship of some leptanilline names.
Three new species of Docosia Winnertz from central and southern Europe (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
Authors: KURINA OLAVI , ŠEVČÍK JAN
Published: February 2019

Three new European species of Docosia Winnertz are described, photographed and their terminalia illustrated. Docosia muranica sp. nov. is described on the basis of material from central Slovakia and northern Greece, while the material of D. rameli sp. nov. and D. kerkini sp. nov. originates from northern Greece only. The number of described European species of Docosia has thus increased to 32.
Buprestis bruchi Obenberger 1928, a new synonym of Buprestis striata Fabricius 1775 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Authors: BELLAMY C. L. , WESTCOTT RICHARD L.
Published: February 2019

A single species of the nominate genus Buprestis Linnaeus 1758 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) was described from South America: B. bruchi Obenberger 1928. Recently, in response to a request, images of the type specimen (Fig. 1) and attendant labels were sent by colleagues at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the type is housed. Although subgeneric placement was not given in the recent world catalogue (Bellamy 2008), it is clear from this photograph that it should be placed in the subgenus B. (Cypriacis) Casey 1909 and in fact is conspecific with B. striata Fabricius 1775. The two color forms of B. striata (Figs. 2, 3) are from specimens in the first authors’ collection.
Revised description of a poorly known Mediterranean Dictyoceratid bath sponge, Spongia (Spongia) zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida)
Authors: CASTRITSI-CATHARIOS JEANNE , VAN SOEST ROB W. M. , KEFALAS EFTHIMIOS , VACELET JEAN
Published: February 2019

Spongia (Spongia) zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) is a real problem for taxonomists. This is due to the fact that it exhibits a wide diversity of forms as well as similarities with other species of the genus. Nevertheless, professional sponge fishermen are able to recognize this species easily based on their own empirical criteria. The lack of easily recognized taxonomic characters in conjunction with the ambiguity concerning the original description makes necessary an updated description of the species. We tried to solve the uncertainty existing among the taxonomists who have been involved with the description of this Mediterranean sponge, basing our description on the Schmidt type specimen and on material deposited in the Amsterdam Museum. In this paper we have summoned up not only the known morphological characters used for the identification of other species belonging to this genus (color, size, shape, skeleton structure, size of the fibers) but also additional morphological characters, used for a first time, aiming to obtain a clearer picture. These new characteristics are: tensile strength, skeletal density, morphology of the conules and the organic content of the fiber mass.
Remarkable Australasian marine diversity: 18 new species in Pentaceration Just, 2009 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Paramunnidae)
Authors: JUST JEAN
Published: February 2019

Eighteen new species in Pentaceration Just, 2009 (Isopoda, Paramunnidae) are described. From the Arafura Sea: Pentaceration bifida; from south eastern Australia: P. bovicornis, P. denticornis, P. globopleonis, P. lancifera, P. magna, P. megalomos, P. omalos, P. rihothalassa, P. serrata, P. simplex, P. tasmaniensis; from New Zealand: P. curvicornis, P. dentifera, P. novaezealandia, P. epipedos, P. setosa; from the Kermadec Trench: P. kermadecia. A key to the 20 known species of Pentaceration is given. Pentaceration is the most diverse genus in the Paramunnidae and has the greatest depth range (7 to 5340 meters). The general distribution of the genus and the presence of species with functional eyes at shelf depth (all other species blind) suggest a shallow water Gondwana origin.
Dikerogammarus istanbulensis sp. n., a new amphipod species (Amphipoda: Gammaridae) from Turkey with a key for the genus
Authors: ÖZBEK MURAT , ÖZKAN NURCAN
Published: February 2019

A new amphipod species, Dikerogammarus istanbulensis sp. nov., is described. Specimens were collected from a reservoir, near Silivri district, İ stanbul province, Turkey. The new species is similar to Dikerogammarus bispinosus Martynov, 1925 except for the presence of setae on inner surface of basal segment of pereopod 7 in both sexes and absence of long setae on the ventral side of second peduncle segment of antenna 1. In addition, epimeral plate 2 has many setae along the ventral margin in both sexes. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of the new species are given. Differences between the new species and related species are discussed. An identification key for the genus Dikerogammarus is presented.
Two nematode species of the family Tobrilidae (Enoplida) De Coninck, 1965 from Lake Baikal, Russia
Authors: GAGARIN VLADIMIR G. , NAUMOVA TATYANA V.
Published: February 2019

Two nematode species found in Lake Baikal, Gorevoi Utes (Russia) are presented. Eutobrilus mirandus sp. n. differs from all other species of the genus Eutobrilus by the markedly anterior position of the vulva (V=26–31%). The new species is similar to E. andrassyi Altherr, 1963 in body size and stoma structure but differs in the comparatively thicker body (males, a = 32–45 versus a = 60–75), shorter stoma (males, 26–27 µm long versus 35–40 µm long), longer spicules (48–53 µm versus 40 µm), and absence of crystalloids. A redescription and new illustrations of Paratrilobus delicatus (Shoshin, 1988) Andrássy, 2007, including a description of the previously unknown females, are also given.
A new species of stagnicoline snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) from the extreme North of Western Siberia
Authors: VINARSKI MAXIM V.
Published: February 2019

The data on taxonomy and distribution of stagnicoline snails[1] of the northern part of Western Siberia (Lower Ob’ drainage basin) are relatively scant. The most recent survey of this group in the region was presented by Dolgin (2001) in his unpublished thesis where three stagnicoline species are recorded: Lymnaea (Stagnicola) palustris (O.F. Müller, 1774), L. (S.) terebra (Westerlund, 1885), and L. (S.) zebrella (B. Dybowski, 1913). Earlier authors published some data on stagnicolines of the northern water bodies of Western Siberia (Westerlund 1887; Lindholm 1919; Khokhutkin 1966; Drozdov 1967; Dolgin & Johansen 1980; Dolgin & Novikova 1984), however, all those researchers, as well as Dolgin (2001), did not study the anatomical traits of the snails they had at their disposition and, thus, species identification was carried out solely on the basis of conchological characters. Meanwhile, conchological traits in stagnicoline snails are known to display a large extent of intra- and interspecific variation (Jackiewicz 1993), and therefore are not completely suitable for reliable species determination. In order to discriminate between numerous lymnaeid species, the study of shell characters should be accompanied by the examination of the structure of the reproductive organs. In some cases, it is utterly impossible to distinguish between certain stagnicoline species on the ground of conchological traits (Jackiewicz 1993).
Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål in Australia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)
Authors: CASSIS GERASIMOS , SYMONDS CELIA
Published: February 2019

The Australian species of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål are revised. The previously described species L. discordis Drake, 1955 and L. leai (Hacker, 1928) are redescribed. Tingis aemula Drake is transferred to Lasiacantha. Sixteen species are described as new to science: L. aureolus sp. nov., L. darwini sp. nov., L. dysmikos sp. nov., L. ephemera sp. nov., L. eremophila sp. nov., L. gingera sp. nov., L. graminicola sp. nov., L. inaquosa sp. nov., L. kosciuszko sp. nov., L. luritja sp. nov., L. nipha sp. nov., L. pilbara sp. nov., L. quilpie sp. nov., L. serraseta sp. nov., L. vittata sp. nov. and L. windorah sp. nov. Lasiacantha compta Drake is posited as incerte sedis. A key to species, phylogenetic analysis, and discussion of biogeography and host plant associations are provided.
On the recent Cyclocypridinae (Podocopida, Candonidae) with description of two new genera and one new species
Authors: KARANOVIC IVANA
Published: February 2019

The recent representatives of the subfamily Cyclocypridinae Kaufmann, 1900 are revised here, based on some newly collected Australian material, as well as an extensive study of type material of already described species deposited in various museums. The following two new genera are proposed: Kempfcyclocypris gen. nov. and Keysercypria gen. nov. The genus Kempfcyclocypris is erected to include single new species from subterranean waters of New South Wales, Australia. Kempfcyclocypris australis gen. et sp. nov. can be distinguished from other members of the subfamily by the following characters: 6-segmented antennula, absence of the sexual bristles on antenna, weakly asymmetrical prehensile palps, absence of the basal seta on the second thoracopod, and the long distal seta on the penultimate segment of the third thoracopod. Keysercypria is erected to include some South American species previously described in the genera Physocypria Vávra, 1897 or Cypria Zenker, 1854. The main characters of this genus are: rather globular carapace, with or without marginal tubercles; very short setae on endopodal segments of the third thoracopod; unequally long setae “h1” and “h2” on the terminal segment of the same appendage; and the presence of the basal seta on the second thoracopod. Keysercypria affinis (Klie, 1933) comb. nov. is chosen as the type species and, together with K. deformis (Klie, 1940) comb. nov., K. longiseta (Klie, 1930) comb. nov., K. obtusa (Klie, 1940) comb. nov., and K. pellucida (Sars, 1901), redescribed in the present paper and lectotype and paralectotype are designated. After examining and redescribing the type species of the genus Physocypria Vávra, 1897, P. bullata Vávra, 1897, the genus Mecynocypria Rome, 1962 is synonymised with Physocypria. Lectotype of P. bullata is here designated. For each valid genus a diagnosis, a key to species and a distribution map are provided. A list of six genera and 87 species, currently belonging to the subfamily Cyclocypridinae, is given at the end of the paper, along with their synonyms. Twenty four species are not included in the keys due to lack of data; these are also listed at the end of the paper.
Siphonoecetini Just, 1983 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Ischyroceridae) 13: Western Australian species of Bubocorophiina in Rhinoecetes, Cephaloecetes, Sinoecetes, Borneoecetes and Pararhinoecetes gen. nov.
Authors: JUST JEAN
Published: February 2019

The Western Australia fauna of Bubocorophiina (Siphonoecetini) from the Albany area in the south to Port Hedland in the north-west, a coastal stretch of about 2000 km, is reported. One new genus and 11 new species are described: Rhinoecetes sinuduopopulus sp. nov., R. rockinghamia sp. nov., R. makritrichoma sp. nov., R. lowryi sp. nov., R. caetus sp. nov., R. karkharius sp. nov., R. wamus sp. nov., R. setosus sp. nov., Borneoecetes minimus sp. nov. (first record of Borneoecetes Barnard & Thomas, 1984 from Australia); Sinoecetes reni sp. nov. (first record of Sinoecetes Ren, 2012 from Australia), and Pararhinoecetes bicornis gen. et sp. nov. In addition, Cephaloecetes enigmaticus, previously described from the southeast coast of Australia, is recorded in the Albany area. A key to Western Australian Bubocorophiina is presented, and the distribution around Australian of the genera in the subtribe is commented upon.
Simulation of Daily Extreme Precipitation over the United States in the CMIP5 30-Yr Decadal Prediction Experiment
Authors: Stegall Steve T. , Kunkel Kenneth E.
Published: February 2019

The CMIP5 decadal hindcast (“Hindcast”) and prediction (“Predict”) experiment simulations from 11 models were analyzed for the United States with respect to two metrics of extreme precipitation: the 10-yr return level of daily precipitation, derived from the annual maximum series of daily precipitation, and the total precipitation exceeding the 99.5th percentile of daily precipitation. Both Hindcast simulations and observations generally show increases for the 1981–2010 historical period. The multimodel-mean Hindcast trends are statistically significant for all regions while the observed trends are statistically significant for the Northeast, Southeast, and Midwest regions. An analysis of CMIP5 simulations driven by historical natural (“HistoricalNat”) forcings shows that the Hindcast trends are generally within the 5th–95th-percentile range of HistoricalNat trends, but those outside that range are heavily skewed toward exceedances of the 95th-percentile threshold. Future projections for 2006–35 indicate increases in all regions with respect to 1981–2010. While there is good qualitative agreement between the observations and Hindcast simulations regarding the direction of recent trends, the multimodel-mean trends are similar for all regions, while there is considerable regional variability in observed trends. Furthermore, the HistoricalNat simulations suggest that observed historical trends are a combination of natural variability and anthropogenic forcing. Thus, the influence of anthropogenic forcing on the magnitude of near-term future changes could be temporarily masked by natural variability. However, continued observed increases in extreme precipitation in the first decade (2006–15) of the “future” period partially confirm the Predict results, suggesting that incorporation of increases in planning would appear prudent.
How to Make the Earth Orbit the Sun in 1614
Authors: Graney Christopher M.
Published: February 2019

In 1614 the Jesuit astronomer Christoph Scheiner and his student, Johann Georg Locher, proposed a physical mechanism to explain how the Earth could orbit the sun. An orbit, they said, is a perpetual fall. They proposed this despite the fact that they rejected the Copernican system, citing problems with falling bodies and the sizes of stars under that system. In 1651 and again in 1680, Jesuit writers Giovanni Battista Riccioli and Athanasius Kircher, respectively, considered and rejected outright this idea of an orbit as a perpetual fall. Thus this important concept of an orbit was proposed, considered, and rejected well before Isaac Newton would use an entirely different physics to make the idea that an orbit is a perpetual fall the common way of envisioning and explaining orbits.
Hours Worked Across the World: Facts and Driving Forces
Authors: Fuchs-Schündeln Nicola
Published: February 2019

I summarise new facts on hours worked differences across countries and their driving forces. The facts are derived from a comprehensive analysis of micro data sets. First, hours worked are substantially higher in poor than in rich countries. Second, lower hours worked in Europe than in the US can partly be explained by differences in vacation weeks and partly by differences in the demographic structure. Moreover, employment rates tend to be higher and weekly hours worked lower in Western Europe and Scandinavia than in the US, with the opposite being true in Eastern and Southern Europe. Last, among core-aged individuals, married women form the group that exhibits the largest differences in hours worked across countries. International differences in taxation, and especially in the tax treatment of married couples, are an important driver of these differences.
Birds of a Feather
Authors: Poch John
Published: February 2019

The fame of George Herbert’s “Easter-wings” is due not only to the complex theological meanings developed throughout the poem but also to how its form and shape function poetically: the words of the poem are arranged to create both a rhythmic pattern and the shape of wings. It may very well be the most recognized “shape poem” in English. This visual pattern of the poem affects the meanings inherent in the words and lines. How and why Herbert literally shaped this poem affects our understanding and enjoyment of it, though this how and why may have been misunderstood for centuries due to the way it was first and is usually printed: centered on the page.
Ethical Controversies of Familial Searching: The Views of Stakeholders in the United Kingdom and in Poland
Authors: Granja Rafaela , Machado Helena
Published: February 2019

Familial searching is a technology that detects genetic relatedness. The term is generally used to refer to searches conducted in criminal DNA databases to identify criminal suspects through their connection with relatives. Beyond criminal investigation purposes, familial searching might also be used for the identification of unknown bodies and missing persons. The United Kingdom and Poland are cases that illustrate the variability of familial searching meanings, uses, and regulations. In the United Kingdom, familial searching is regulated by exceptionality and is mainly used for the identification of suspects in serious criminal cases. In Poland, familial searching is regulated within the framework of expanding the scope of its application to the search and/or identification of missing persons. Drawing on interviews with diverse key stakeholders in the United Kingdom and Poland, we address the ethical controversies of familial searching in the field of criminal investigation and in the domain of missing persons together. We argue that the views of stakeholders about the ethical controversies of familial searching lead to prescribing specific notions of social risks, public good, and the accountability of the state.
Health Care Utilization and Prescribing Patterns for Adult Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Authors: McCoul Edward D. , Weinreich Heather M. , Mulder Hillary , Man Li‐Xing , Schulz Kristine , Shin Jennifer J.
Published: February 2019

Objective

Eustachian tube dysfunction (ETD) prompts >2 million adult visits in the United States annually. While disease prevalence and health care utilization are established for children, practice patterns for adults remain unknown. Our objective was to determine national resource utilization for adult ETD.

Study Design

Cross‐sectional study.

Setting

National database sample.

Subjects and Methods

The Truven Health MarketScan Databases (2010‐2014) analytic cohort included health care encounters of patients ≥18 years of age with a diagnosis of ETD, otitis media with effusion, or tympanic membrane retraction. Visits associated with recent diagnoses of acute upper respiratory infection, head and neck cancer, or radiation therapy were excluded. Acute ETD (<3 months) and chronic ETD (≥3 months) were subgroups. Medication usage was quantified by class.

Results

ETD was diagnosed for 1,298,987 patients, 11% of which was chronic. Over 92% of patients were seen in outpatient clinics, most often by otolaryngology (57%) for chronic ETD and by general medicine (49%) for acute ETD. Medications were frequently utilized, as 530,146 (53.7%) patients received ≥1 prescription. Top prescriptions for chronic ETD included intranasal corticosteroids (22%), antibiotics (22%), oral corticosteroids (13%), and analgesics (6%). The overall annual cost of prescribed medications associated with visits in which either acute or chronic ETD was diagnosed exceeded $8.5 million for a mean of $80.78 per patient who filled a prescription.

Conclusion

Adult ETD is frequently treated with several medication classes by a variety of provider types. Understanding the potential adverse effects and cost associated with these practices should be a priority.
Survival Impact of Adjuvant Therapy in Salivary Gland Cancers following Resection and Neck Dissection
Authors: Aro Katri , Ho Allen S. , Luu Michael , Kim Sungjin , Tighiouart Mourad , Yoshida Emi J. , Mallen‐St Clair Jon , Shiao Stephen L. , Leivo Ilmo , Zumsteg Zachary S.
Published: February 2019

Objective

To evaluate the impact of postoperative radiotherapy (PORT) and chemotherapy on survival in salivary gland cancer (SGC) treated with curative‐intent local resection and neck dissection.

Study Design

Retrospective population‐based cohort study.

Setting

National Cancer Database.

Subjects and Methods

Patients with SGC who were undergoing surgery were identified from the National Cancer Database between 2004 and 2013. Neck dissection removing a minimum of 10 lymph nodes was required. Because PORT violated the proportional hazards assumption, this variable was treated as a time‐dependent covariate.

Results

Overall, 4145 cases met inclusion criteria (median follow‐up, 54 months). PORT was associated with improved overall survival in multivariable analysis, both ≤9 months from diagnosis (hazard ratio [HR], 0.26; 95% CI, 0.20‐0.34; P <. 001) and >9 months (HR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.66‐0.86; P <. 001). In propensity score–matched cohorts, 5‐year overall survival was 67.1% and 60.6% with PORT and observation, respectively (P <. 001). Similar results were observed in landmark analysis of patients surviving at least 6 months following diagnosis. Adjuvant chemotherapy was not associated with improved survival (HR, 1.15; 95% CI, 0.99‐1.34; P =. 06).

Conclusion

PORT, but not chemotherapy, is associated with improved survival among patients with SGC for whom neck dissection was deemed necessary. These results are not applicable to low‐risk SGCs not requiring neck dissection.
The Impact of RVU‐Based Compensation on Patient Safety Outcomes in Outpatient Otolaryngology Procedures
Authors: Stanisce Luke , Ahmad Nadir , Deckard Nathan , Solomon Donald , Spalla Thomas C. , Gaughan John P. , Koshkareva Yekaterina
Published: February 2019

Objective

To determine the effects an incentive‐based physician compensation model has on safety outcomes related to outpatient otolaryngology surgical procedures.

Study Design

A retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained database assessing the difference in outpatient surgical volume and postoperative adverse outcomes before and after the implementation of a relative value unit (RVU)–based payment structure.

Setting

Single‐center academic otolaryngology practice operating at a hospital‐owned ambulatory surgery center.

Subjects and Methods

Data prospectively collected from outpatient otolaryngology surgical cases performed at the surgery center from April 2013 to April 2018 were retrospectively reviewed. Equal pre‐RVU and post‐RVU study periods were calculated for 4 surgeons based on their chronological transition in payment structure (range, 46‐56 months). Case volume and incidence rates of adverse outcomes, including postoperative infections, emergency department visits, unplanned hospital admissions, and returns to the operating room, were compared between the pre‐RVU and post‐RVU study periods at both the surgeon and group levels.

Results

At the group level, the post‐RVU period was associated with a higher volume of surgical cases (P =. 001). No significant differences were observed in the overall incidence of adverse outcomes (P =. 21) or among the specific rates of postoperative hospitalizations (P =. 39), infections (P =. 45), unplanned returns to the operating room (P = 1.00), or emergency department visits (P =. 39). Comparable results were observed at the individual surgeon level.

Conclusion

The implementation of an incentive‐based salary was not associated with a change in the incidence of adverse safety outcomes in the setting of increased outpatient otolaryngology procedures.
La mort de l’enfant, ou la vérité de la littérature : Sarinagara de Philippe Forest
Authors: Saliot Anne-Gaëlle
Published: February 2019

Résumé

Cette étude, en se consacrant au roman Sarinagara (2004), propose une réflexion sur la représentation de la mort de l’enfant et son lien intrinsèque à une pensée de la vérité littéraire dans l’œuvre du romancier et essayiste Philippe Forest. Elle avance l’hypothèse qu’il n’est d’autre expérience dont l’incommensurabilité puisse s’inscrire dans un tel questionnement de la littérature que celle des camps. Elle examine la manière dont Sarinagara entretien un dialogue avec l’œuvre du philosophe Giorgio Agamben, et matérialise le modèle de « l’hétérographie », terme utilisé par Forest pour désigner une tendance de l’autobiographie à se constituer « en une histoire de l’autre ». Elle analyse le protocole de vérité élaboré par Forest qui consiste en l’écriture d’une « forme-de-vie » caractérisée par une approche spécifique de l’image en tant que redoublement. Il s’agit aussi de situer le récit de Forest dans la lignée de Roland Barthes.
Comparison of the effects of buprenorphine and methadone in combination with medetomidine followed by intramuscular alfaxalone for anaesthesia of cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy
Authors: Mahdmina Alaleh , Evans Abigail , Yates David , White Kate L
Published: February 2019

Objectives

The aim of this study was to compare the quality of anaesthesia and analgesia between methadone and buprenorphine in combination with medetomidine after induction with intramuscular (IM) alfaxalone in cats undergoing ovariohysterectomy.

Methods

Fifty-one female cats (American Society of Anesthesiologists status I–II), with a median age of 12 months (range 2–60 months), weighing a mean ± SD of 2.5 ± 0.5 kg, were recruited to the study. Cats were randomly allocated to receive medetomidine (600 µg/m2) and buprenorphine (180 µg/m2) (group MB) or medetomidine (500 µg/m2) and methadone (5 mg/m2) (group MM) IM. Anaesthesia was induced 15 mins later using alfaxalone (3 mg/kg) IM. Anaesthesia was maintained with isoflurane in oxygen. All cats received meloxicam preoperatively. Quality of premedication and induction and intraoperative physiological parameters were recorded. Atipamezole (50% of medetomidine dose) was administered at the end of surgery. Cats were assessed postoperatively by the same blinded observer using a simple descriptive scale, numeric rating scale, dynamic interactive visual analogue scale (DIVAS) and UNESP-Botucatu multidimensional composite pain scales, at 10, 20 and 30 mins post-extubation. Parametric and non-parametric data were compared using Student’s t-test or Mann–Whitney U-tests, respectively.

Results

Forty-one cats completed the study. No significant differences were detected between groups before or during anaesthesia. No cats required rescue analgesia. DIVAS scores at 10 mins were significantly less in the MM group compared with the MB. No differences between groups at any other time points were detected using the four metrology instruments.

Conclusions and relevance

Both protocols provided good anaesthesia conditions for ovariohysterectomy in the cat.
Evaluation of targeted bupivacaine for reducing acute postoperative pain in cats undergoing routine ovariohysterectomy
Authors: Fudge James Mack , Page Bernie , Mackrell Amy , Lee Inhyung
Published: February 2019

Objectives

This study sought to determine if bupivacaine targeted at specific, potentially painful sites could enhance postoperative analgesia in routine feline ovariohysterectomies. A secondary objective was to assess the utility of multiple acute pain scales for cats in a high-volume surgery setting.

Methods

Two hundred and twelve cats were included in a prospective, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Anesthesia included buprenorphine, ketamine, dexmedetomidine and isoflurane. A ventral midline ovariohysterectomy was performed and cats were administered bupivacaine (2 mg/kg), placebo control (0.9% saline) or sham control (observation only) intraoperatively at the ovarian suspensory ligaments and vessels, uterine body and incisional subcutaneous tissues. Two pain scales were used to assess cats postoperatively. Initially, a multidimensional composite pain scale (MCPS) and a 0–10 numeric pain rating scale (NRS) were used. Subsequently, the MCPS was replaced with a modified Colorado State University Feline Acute Pain Scale (mCSU). Pain scores for the test groups were compared using a one-way ANOVA and a Holm–Bonferroni post hoc analysis when a difference was found ( P <0.05).

Results

Pain for the bupivacaine group was lower than the control groups at 1 h post-recovery and discharge, attaining significance with higher body weights. The P values were 0.008 and 0.004 for 1 h post-recovery and discharge, respectively. Pain scores between evaluators for the MCPS and NRS correlated poorly with r values for 1 h post-recovery and discharge of −0.08 and 0.22, respectively. Additionally, the MCPS proved difficult to use and time consuming, especially for feral and fractious patients, and was replaced with the mCSU.

Conclusions and relevance

Targeted bupivacaine reduced early postoperative pain scores following routine feline ovariohysterectomies. The technique used was simple, requiring just over a minute to perform at minimal additional cost. The MCPS was not ideal for use in a high-volume spay setting.
One last scuffle before we cherish brand love forever
Authors: Junaid Muhammad , Hussain Khalid , Hou Fujun
Published: February 2019

The extant literature on brand love lacks appraisal of theories and discourse on the conceptualizations of brand love. This work differentiates these conceptualizations, categorizes in three mutually exclusive forms, and labels as perfect two-way love, imperfect two-way love, and perfect one-way love.
Modeling long-term health outcomes of patients with cystic fibrosis homozygous for F508del-CFTR treated with lumacaftor/ivacaftor
Authors: Rubin Jaime L. , O’Callaghan Lasair , Pelligra Christopher , Konstan Michael W. , Ward Alexandra , Ishak Jack K. , Chandler Conor , Liou Theodore G.
Published: February 2019

Background:

Lumacaftor/ivacaftor combination therapy is efficacious and generally safe for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) homozygous for the F508del-CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) mutation. However, long-term survival benefits of lumacaftor/ivacaftor (LUM/IVA) cannot yet be quantified. Simulation models can provide predictions about long-term health outcomes. In this study, we aimed to project long-term health outcomes of LUM/IVA plus standard care (SC) in patients with CF homozygous for F508del-CFTR.

Methods:

This modeling study was an individual patient simulation in US patients aged ⩾6 years with CF, homozygous for F508del-CFTR. The primary outcome was projected survival among (a) a cohort of patients who ever initiated LUM/IVA, accounting for treatment discontinuations, and (b) a cohort of patients who remain on continuous LUM/IVA. Patient characteristics and model parameters were derived from clinical trials: VX14-809-109, VX13-809-011B, TRAFFIC/TRANSPORT, and PROGRESS; published literature; and the US CF Foundation Patient Registry.

Results:

Lumacaftor/ivacaftor + SC is expected to increase median survival by 6.1 years versus SC alone, accounting for treatment discontinuations. The incremental median predicted survival versus SC assuming initiation of LUM/IVA at ages 6, 12, 18, and 25 years was 17.7, 12.6, 8.0, and 3.8 years, respectively. Assuming lifetime treatment with LUM/IVA, incremental median survival was predicted to be 7.8 years longer in the LUM/IVA + SC cohort. Initiating LUM/IVA at ages 6, 12, 18, and 25 years and assuming lifetime treatment resulted in incremental median predicted survival of 23.4, 18.2, 11.0, and 4.8 years, respectively.

Conclusions:

Lumacaftor/ivacaftor is projected to increase survival for patients with CF. Initiation at an early age and treatment persistence result in further increments in projected survival.