bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Sigmaxinella cearense sp. nov. from sandstone reefs off Fortaleza (Ceara State, Brazil) (Desmacellidae, Mycalina, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae)
Authors: SALANI SULA , LOTUFO TITO M.D.C. , HAJDU EDUARDO
Published: May 2019

Sigmaxinella cearense sp. nov. is described here on the basis of a single specimen collected in 2004 at Parque Estadual Marinho da Pedra da Risca do Meio, off Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. This is the first record of Sigmaxinella for the Atlantic Ocean. The new species differs from the other eleven Sigmaxinella species by the absence of raphides/microxea, and is the only species with a single category of styles as megascleres (mean length 435µm, mean width 12µm), and sigmas (mean length 21µm). The new species appears to be closer to Australian species of Sigmaxinella, on the basis of overall spicule morphology (mainly dimensions and categories of megascleres). This could be suggestive of a transpacific track for the colonization of the South Atlantic, instead of the shorter Agulhas track.Key words: Sigmaxinella, taxonomy, Parque Estadual da Pedra da Risca do Meio, sponge, new species, sandstone reef, Brazil
Lopharcha moriutii, sp. nov. and Polylopha cassiicola Liu & Kawabe (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Chlidanotinae, Polyorthini) from Thailand and Hong Kong
Authors: NASU YOSHITSUGU
Published: May 2019

Lopharcha moriutii, sp. nov., is described from Thailand and Hong Kong; the genus is recorded from China for the first time. Polylopha cassiicola is recorded from Hong Kong. Adults and genitalia are illustrated.
Tardigrada nova: a bibliographic analysis and catalogue of new species described in Zootaxa before 2006
Authors: ZHANG ZHI-QIANG
Published: May 2019

During 2002 to 2005, 35 papers on Tardigrada were published in Zootaxa by 22 authors from nine countries with descriptions of 33 new species. A bibliographic analysis of these papers is presented here along with a catalogue of new species of Tardigrada described in these papers.
First Asian report of the genus Chilibathynella Noodt, 1963 (Bathynellacea, Syncarida), with the description and biogeographic significance of a new species from Kotumsar Cave, India
Authors: REDDY Y. RANGA
Published: May 2019

The gen us Chilibathynella Noodt , 1963, presently contains two species: C. clandestina Noodt, 1963 and C. australiensis Schmi nke, 1973, fr om Central Chile an d southe r n Australia, respectivel y. A third spe cies, nam ed Chilibathynella kotumsarensis n. sp., is described herein f r om a cave in India. Th e new species has a unique combi n ation o f morphological cha r acters , which, inter alia, include six-segme nted anten na, presence of epip odite on th oraco pod I and of three en dopodal setae on the male thor acopod VIII , inhomonomous row o f spines on uro podal s ymp od, spineless uropod al endopodite, and convex anal operculu m. Some of these characters have not only necessitated pa r tial amendment of the generic diagnosis , but could p r ove of value in phylogenetic studies as well . Furthermore , the discovery of the new species is of interest because it is the first r ecor d of Chilibathynella from Asia as well as the tropical zone , thus filling a huge gap in the global distrib ution of t his genus.
First record of the genus Libiocoris Kormilev 1957 (Heteroptera: Aradidae) from China, with the description of two new species
Authors: BAI XIA S. , YANG CHUN W. , CAI WAN Z.
Published: May 2019

Libiocoris Kormilev 1957 is recorded from China for the first time. Libiocoris heissi Bai, Yang & Cai, and Libiocoris sinensis Bai, Yang & Cai, are described as new to science. A key to the species of this genus is given and diagnostic morphological features of new species are illustrated.
Taxonomic review of three saperdine genera, Mandibularia Pic, Mimocagosima Breuning and Parastenostola Breuning (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
Authors: LIN MEIYING , LI WENZHU , YANG XINGKE
Published: May 2019

This paper presents diagnoses, descriptions, photographs of habitus and genitalia, and distribution of three Asian saperdine genera, Mandibularia Pic, Mimocagosima Breuning, and Parastenostola Breuning. Mandibularia humeralis Gressitt, 1951 is transferred to Mimocagosima. Mandibularia quadricolor Gressitt, 1951 is transferred to Parastenostola and regarded as a junior synonym of P. brunnipes (Gahan). Parastenostola nigroantennata sp. nov. from Mainland China and P. nigroantennata taiwanensis subsp. nov. from Taiwan are described. Keys to these genera and to species of Parastenostola and Mimocagosima are given. This study has brought the total number of species and subspecies of these genera to six.
A survey of the genus Phortica Schiner from Kenya, Africa (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
Authors: PRIGENT STÉPHANE , CHEN HONG-WEI
Published: May 2019

Nine species of the genus Phortica are found from Kenya, African, including two known and seven new species: Phortica (Allophortica) sexpunctata (Séguy, 1938), P. (Phortica) sobodo Burla, 1954, P. (P.) angulata sp. nov., P. (P.) curvispina sp. nov., P. (P.) machoruka sp. nov., P. (P.) manjano sp. nov., P. (P.) melanopous sp. nov., P. (P.) vinywelea sp. nov. and P. (P.) unispina sp. nov. The seven new species belong to the foliiseta species complex that is early found from the Oriental Region. A key to all Kenyan species is provided.
New Cryptodacus (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Panama, with a key to the known species
Authors: NORRBOM ALLEN L. , KORYTKOWSKI CHESLAVO A.
Published: May 2019

Cryptodacus trinotatus Norrbom & Korytkowski, new species, and C. univittatus Norrbom & Korytkowski, new species, are described from Panama. New distribution records are reported for C. obliquus Hendel (Panama), C. ornatus Norrbom (Ecuador), and C. tau (Foote) (Costa Rica). A key to the species of the genus is provided.
The species of Pandeleteius Schoenherr of coastal Chile and Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
Authors: HOWDEN ANNE T.
Published: May 2019

The taxonomy and biology of Pandeleteius variegatus (Pierce) and Pandeleteius baccharis Kuschel living along the arid coast of Peru and Chile is reviewed. Genitalia of both species are illustrated. Another two species recorded from this area are known only from their descriptions.
A new species of Neoatriplectides Holzenthal, 1997 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Atriplectididae), from Brazil, including description of the pupa of the genus
Authors: DUMAS LEANDRO LOURENÇO , NESSIMIAN JORGE LUIZ
Published: May 2019

The adult male and pupa of a new species of the genus Neoatriplectides Holzenthal, 1997, are described and figured based on specimens collected in the Mantiqueira Mountain Range, southeastern Brazil. A male of Neoatriplectides desiderata, sp. nov., was associated with the unidentified larva described by Holzenthal, 1997. The new species is differentiated from N. froehlichi Holzenthal, 1997, mainly by the division of abdominal segment X into 2 triangular projections, absent in N. froehlichi. The pupal description is the first for this genus.
A checklist of Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from the Fiji islands
Authors: SCHWABE ENRICO , SIRENKO BORIS I. , SEETO JOHNSON
Published: May 2019

A compiled list of Fiji Islands chitons, including an updated chresonymy list and identification key, is provided. To the nine species previously known from the literature ten more are added. Of the 19 species now known from Fijian waters, one is a deep-water species and two are also known from fossils. A redescription of Callochiton neocaledonicus Kaas & Van Belle, 1990, and a detailed description of subadult specimens of Choneplax littlerorum Sirenko, 2003 are herein provided. Chiton spinosetatus Bergenhayn, 1930 is here regarded as a synonym of Chiton subassimilis Souverbie in Souverbie & Montrouzier, 1866. A lectotype designation is herein made for one of the numerous syntypes of Cryptoplax jugosus Bergenhayn, 1930 and for one of the two syntypes of Chiton reticulatus Nierstrasz, 1905 to stabilize the type localities for these species. For the same reason, and to clarify the confusing type status of Lepidopleurus niasicus Thiele, 1906, a lectotype is also selected from the three available syntypes. Acanthopleura nigropunctata Carpenter, 1865 and Tonicia novemrugata Bergenhayn, 1930, formerly placed in Tonicia, are both reassigned to the genus Lucilina on the basis of radular differences of both genera (second lateral tooth quadricuspid in Lucilina vs. unicuspid in Tonicia) and the geographic isolation of the Tonicia, of which species occur in central and south American waters only.
Report on the turrid genera Gemmula, Lophiotoma and Ptychosyrinx (Gastropoda: Turridae: Turrinae) from the China seas
Authors: LI BAOQUAN , LI XINZHENG
Published: May 2019

Based on the material deposited in the Marine Biological Museum of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, the present paper reports 26 turrid species, which belong respectively to three genera of the subfamily Turrinae, including four new species, Gemmula grandigyrata sp. nov., Gemmula flata sp. nov., Lophiotoma pseudocosmoi sp. nov., and L. verticala sp. nov., and four species newly recorded from the China seas. Gemmula grandigyrata sp. nov. is peculiar in the genus in having a large conical protoconch of six whorls; Gemmula flata sp. nov. is similar to the “martini series Powell, 1964” in the shell profile, but can be easily separated from the species of this series by the shell sculpture; Lophiotoma pseudocosmoi sp. nov. differs from the close species of the genus Lophiotoma and a similar species of the genus Gemmula, G. cosmoi (Sykes, 1930), by the peripheral carina and the shell height; Lophiotoma verticala sp. nov looks like a species of genus Fusiturris, F. undatiruga (Bivona, 1832), but differs from the latter by the stronger axial fold, less conspicuous spiral folds, stronger peripheral carina and deeper sinus.
New records of eutardigrades (Tardigrada) from Faial and Pico Islands, the Azores, with the description of two new species
Authors: FONTOURA PAULO , PILATO GIOVANNI , LISI OSCAR
Published: May 2019

Five eutardigrade species from the Azores are reported in this study. Three of them are new records for the Azores, and another two, Macrobiotus almadai sp. nov. and Doryphoribius picoensis sp. nov., are new to science. Macrobiotus almadai sp. nov. belongs to the hufelandi group but it differs from the other species of the group in some characters of buccopharyngeal apparatus (narrow buccal tube, buccal armature without bands of teeth) and eggs (the terminal disc of processes may appear smooth, but in some orientations it shows very small teeth). Doryphoribius picoensis sp. nov. has cuticle with undulations and some small gibbosities and pharyngeal bulb with two macroplacoids and neither microplacoid nor septulum. It differs from D. macrodon Binda, Pilato & Dastych, 1980, in having no color, indistinct gibbosities, different buccal armature and claws of hind legs shorter than those of the other legs. It differs from D. maranguensis Binda & Pilato, 1995 by: absence of small cuticular tubercles, claws of the hind legs shorter than those of the other legs, small lunules present.
New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence
Authors: ZHOU KAIYA , WANG QIUXIAN
Published: May 2019

A new species of Gekko is described from the south slope of the west Qinling Mts in Gansu, China. Gekko wenxianensis, sp. nov., is characterized by its nostril-rostral contact, moderate sized body with dorsal tubercles extending from the occiput and temporal region to the back and tail base, but lacking on the forelimb and thigh, 6–8 precloacal pores in a continuous series in males, and tail generally with two cloacal spurs on each side. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using 1556 bp of mtDNA (825 bp COI and 731 bp cyt b) from 7 species of Gekko indicate that the new species is the sister taxon of G. japonicus. It is the twelfth species of Gekko recorded from China.
Description of the immature stages of Notalina morsei Holzenthal, 1986 (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae) and an updated key to larvae of Neotropical Leptoceridae genera
Authors: CALOR ADOLFO R. , FROEHLICH CLAUDIO G.
Published: May 2019

The endemic Neotropical long-horned caddisfly subgenus Notalina (Neonotalina) Holzenthal contains nine described species, but its immature stages are unknown. In this paper the larvae and pupae of Notalina morsei Holzenthal 1986 from southeastern Brazil are described and illustrated. Larvae of the subgenus are easily recognized from other Neotropical leptocerids by the following characters: ventral apotome which is broad anteriorly and narrow posteriorly; the metanotum with three sclerites; the metasternum bearing 10–12 setae; the gill arrangement, usually including ventral and dorsal filaments from abdominal segments II to VI; and abdominal tergite IX with 6 long and 4 short setae. An updated key to known larvae of Neotropical Leptoceridae genera is provided.
Two new species of Leptoceridae (Trichoptera) from Florida, USA
Authors: RASMUSSEN ANDREW K. , HARRIS STEVEN C. , DENSON DANA R.
Published: May 2019

Diagnoses, descriptions, and illustrations of male and female genitalia are given for two new species of Leptoceridae: Setodes chipolanus n. sp. from limestone-bottom streams within the Chipola River Basin and Ceraclea limnetes n. sp. from small natural lakes lying within the Munson Sandhills of the Apalachicola National Forest.
A new species of Leucochrysa and a redescription of Leucochrysa (Nodita) clepsydra Banks (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)
Authors: TAUBER CATHERINE A. , ALBUQUERQUE GILBERTO S. , TAUBER MAURICE J.
Published: May 2019

A new species, Leucochrysa (Nodita) digitiformis, is described from an agricultural area in the coastal region of southeastern Brazil. In accordance with the most recent key to some agriculturally-associated lacewings in Brazil (Freitas and Penny 2001), this species would have been identified as Leucochrysa (Nodita) clepsydra Banks, which was described from the Andean region of Colombia (1,000–1,340 m). However, a comparison of our Brazilian specimens with Banks’s syntypes of L. (N.) clepsydra showed that Freitas and Penny’s redescription of L. (N.) clepsydra differs markedly from Banks’s types in body size, wing shape, and male genitalia. To facilitate reliable identification of natural enemies in South American agroecosystems, we redescribe L. (N.) clepsydra (male and female) from the type specimens, describe a similar species from Brazil, and modify the existing key.
Revision of the leafhopper genus Reticulum (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
Authors: DAI WU , ZHANG YALIN
Published: May 2019

The leafhopper genus Reticulum from China is reviewed and refined. Two new species, R. trispinosum sp. nov. and R. lanceolatum sp. nov., are described. A detailed morphological description and illustrations of the new species are provided. A key to species of Reticulum is also provided.
A new species of Hedyselmis Hinton and notes on the phylogeny of the genus (Coleoptera: Elmidae)
Authors: ČIAMPOR JR. FEDOR , ČIAMPOROVÁ-ZAŸOVIČOVÁ ZUZANA
Published: May 2019

A new species, Hedyselmis belatani sp. nov., is described from West Malaysia, based on morphological characters. The description includes detailed drawings of the most important structures. Four fragments of DNA, three mitochondrial (cox1, cob, rrnL) and one nuclear (SSU), were sequenced and compared with H. opis Hinton and other elmid species. The taxonomic position of H. belatani sp. nov., its distribution and the phylogeny of the genus are discussed.
Revision, phylogeny and natural history of Cotithene Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Authors: FRANZ NICO M.
Published: May 2019

Cotithene Voss, a previously monotypic genus of Neotropical derelomine flower weevils (Curculionidae: Derelomini), is revised, with provision of a key to the species, cladistic analysis and notes on its natural history. The following six new species are described: C. anaphalanta (Costa Rica), C. dicranopygia (Costa Rica), C. leptorhamphis (Costa Rica, Panama), C. melanoptera (Venezuela), C. stratiotricha (Costa Rica) and C. trigaea (Costa Rica). The monophyly of Cotithene is supported by the characters of a dorsomedially expanded, carinate rostrum, ventrally angulate head, long and anteriorly directed setation on the anterior margin of the prosternum and an apicodorsally expanded aedeagus with paired sclerites in the male, and subcontiguous to separated procoxal cavities in the female. Particularly the males of several species have intriguing and allometrically scaled modifications on the head (triangular projections, long setae) and pronotum (expansion, tumescences), which possibly play a role in male-to-male conflicts. Cotithene species are specialized to visit and reproduce on a narrow range of typically closely related species of Cyclanthaceae. The adults do not function as pollinators, and the herbivorous larvae develop in the fruiting organs of their hosts, frequently triggering the abortion of infructescences. An analysis of 12 taxa (5 outgroup, 7 ingroup) and 32 morphological characters yielded a single most parsimonious cladogram (L = 38, CI = 89, RI = 93) with the topology (C. dicranopygia, (C. stratiotricha, ((C. leptorhamphis, C. trigaea), (C. globulicollis Voss, (C. anaphalanta, C. melanoptera))))). The evolution of morphological traits and host shifts is examined in light of the proposed phylogeny.
A new species of Bryophryne (Anura: Strabomantidae) from southern Peru
Authors: LEHR EDGAR , CATENAZZI ALESSANDRO
Published: May 2019

A new species of Bryophryne from southern Peru (Cusco Region) is described. Specimens were found in the leaf litter of cloud forest at elevations of 2350–3215 m. The new species has a maximum snout-vent length of 21.9 mm in adult females, 18.9 mm in adult males and is the smallest species of the genus. It lacks a tympanum and dentigerous processes of vomers, has dorsolateral folds, and males without vocal slits and without nuptial pads. The new species is most similar to B. bustamantei but differs in being smaller, having discontinuous dorsolateral folds, the males lacking vocal slits, and an overall darker ventral coloration. Bryophryne contains three species all of which lack a tympanum. The deep valley of the Río Apurímac as a distributional barrier separating Phrynopus from Bryophryne is discussed.
New and noteworthy records of Rodentia (Erethizontidae, Sciuridae, and Cricetidae) from Paraguay
Authors: D’ELÍA GUILLERMO , MORA ISMAEL , MYERS PHIL , OWEN ROBERT D.
Published: May 2019

Extensive field work conducted in Paraguay since 1995 allowed us to present the first records for this country of the family Sciuridae (Sciurus urucumus), the genus Bibimys (B. chacoensis), and the species Akodon paranaensis, in addition to the first formal mention of Oxymycterus misionalis, and noteworthy records of Cerradomys maracajuensis, Pseudoryzomys simplex, and Sphiggurus spinosus. These records demonstrate that the mammal fauna of the Paraguayan Oriental Region is more similar in species richness and composition to that of adjacent regions of Argentina and Brazil than previously realized.
Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
Authors: EBRAHIMI EBRAHIM , CARPENTER JAMES M.
Published: May 2019

Fifty-one genera and 182 species of vespid wasps, belonging to four subfamilies, have been recorded from Iran. A catalog for the region is provided. Locality data for 64 species which were collected or examined during this study are presented. Among them, 10 species represent new records for Iran. An illustrated key to the recorded genera is also presented.
A new genus and two new species of fossil Elaterids from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Authors: CHANG HUALI , ZHANG FAN , REN DONG
Published: May 2019

A new genus and two new species of fossil Elateridae are described and illustrated: Paralithomerus gen. nov., P. exquisitus sp. nov, and P. parallelus sp. nov. Both species were collected from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation of western Liaoning, China. Fossil elaterids expressing a sutured mesoventrite have been otherwise discovered only from the Upper Jurassic strata of Karatau.
Two new species of the Oriental genus Neodurium Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae) from Southwest China
Authors: ZHANG ZHENG-GUANG , CHEN XIANG-SHENG
Published: May 2019

Two new species of Neodurium Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae: Parahiraciini), N. weiningensis Zhang & Chen, sp. nov. (Guizhou: Weining) and N. duplicadigitum Zhang & Chen, sp. nov. (Yunnan: Dali), are described from Southwest China. Male genitalia of the new species are illustrated. A key for identifying the species of Neodurium is included.
New species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) from Borneo and Sumatra
Authors: NIEDBALA WOJCIECH
Published: May 2019

Twenty nine species of ptyctimous mites (Acari, Oribatida) were collected from Borneo, Sabah and Sarawak provinces (Malaysia) and Sumatra (Indonesia). Among them one species of Mesoplophoridae and six species of Phthiracaroidea, are described. They are: Mesoplophora (Parplophora) brevicarinata sp. nov., Plonaphacarus heterosetosus sp. nov., Plonaphacarus longicarinatus sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus niahensis sp. nov., Hoplophthiracarus mielcareki sp. nov., Archiphthiracarus pachetos sp. nov. and Notophthiracarus abacus sp. nov. Half of the species found are endemics and nearly half of them are widespread.
A review of the Chinese species of Bothropolys Wood, 1862 (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae)
Authors: MA HUI-QIN , SONG DA-XIANG , ZHU MING-SHENG
Published: May 2019

The present paper reviews the centipede species of the genus Bothropolys Wood, 1862 (Lithobiomorpha: Lithobiidae) of the Chinese fauna, including two species recorded from China for the first time. Diagnoses of the genus and the species, detailed account on species distribution and a key to the Chinese Bothropolys species are included.
A Checklist of Cicadidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) from Vietnam, with Some Taxonomic Remarks
Authors: LEE YOUNG JUNE
Published: May 2019

This paper provides the first checklist of Cicadidae (Hemiptera) from Vietnam, comprising 111 species belonging to 36 genera. In addition, the following taxonomic changes are proposed: Aola Distant, 1905 syn. nov. is synonymized with Haphsa Distant, 1905; Cicada orientalis (Distant, 1912) is transferred to Pomponia Stål, 1866 to become Pomponia orientalis (Distant, 1912) comb. nov.; Pomponia scitula Distant, 1888 and Aola bindusara (Distant, 1881) are transferred to Haphsa Distant, 1905 to become Haphsa scitula (Distant, 1888) comb. nov. and Haphsa bindusara (Distant, 1881) comb. nov.; Platylomia divergens (Distant, 1917), Platylomia assamensis Distant, 1905, Platylomia diana Distant, 1905, Platylomia saturata (Walker, 1858) and Platylomia pieli Kato, 1938 are transferred to Macrosemia Kato, 1925 to become Macrosemia divergens (Distant, 1917) comb. nov., Macrosemia assamensis (Distant, 1905) comb. nov., Macrosemia diana (Distant, 1905) comb. nov., Macrosemia saturata (Walker, 1858) comb. nov. and Macrosemia pieli (Kato, 1938) comb. nov.; Cryptotympana corvus (Walker, 1850) is removed from the Vietnamese fauna because this record is thought to have been based on a misidentification. Taxonomic remarks and information on geographic distributions are also provided.
A new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from north-east Queensland, Australia
Authors: HOSKIN CONRAD J. , HIGGIE MEGAN
Published: May 2019

We describe a new species of velvet gecko (Diplodactylidae: Oedura) from north-east Queensland, Australia. Oedura jowalbinna sp. nov. is a robust, medium-sized (SVL 60–69 mm) gecko that is readily distinguished from its congeners by its distinctive dorsal colour pattern. The dorsum is grey with faint freckling and a pale, dark-edged band across the neck and another across the base of the tail. The combination of a yellow tail and a grey body is also distinctive. Oedura jowalbinna sp. nov. also differs significantly from the most similar congener, O. coggeri, in a multivariate analysis of morphology and scalation, primarily due to its smaller body size, higher interorbital, supralabial and infralabial scale counts, and lower subdigital lamellae scale count. These traits are generally non-overlapping between O. jowalbinna sp. nov. and O. coggeri, however, more individuals of O. jowalbinna sp. nov. need to be assessed to accurately determine variation within the new species. All O. jowalbinna sp. nov. were found at night on overhangs in dissected sandstone escarpment south-west of the town of Laura. Surveys are required to determine the distribution of O. jowalbinna sp. nov. across the sandstone escarpments of the Laura region. This species is the third reptile species (along with the skinks Ctenotus quinkan and C. nullum) described that has a highly localised range centred on the sandstone escarpments of the Laura region. Additionally, included herein is a comparison of O. coggeri and O. monilis. Typical dorsal colour pattern differs between these two species but the large amount of variation (particularly in O. coggeri) merges these differences. Oedura coggeri and O. monilis could not be distinguished in multivariate analyses of morphology and scalation. Genetic data and further analyses of colour pattern, morphology and scalation are required to resolve species boundaries within and between these two species.
On the identity of the species described in the genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 by L. J. Dobroruka from the former Czechoslovakia (Czech and Slovak Republics) (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha)
Authors: TUF IVAN HADRIÁN , WYTWER JOLANTA , TAJOVSKÝ KAREL
Published: May 2019

Type material of the species or subspecies from the centipede genus Lithobius Leach, 1814 found in Dobroruka´s collection, as well as the specimens identified by Dobroruka from the collections of the National Museum in Prague and of the Southern Moravia Museum in Znojmo were revised. As a result, all nine species or subspecies of Lithobius described by Dobroruka from former Czechoslovakia are synonyms of other European species, as follows: Lithobius corrigendus Dobroruka,1988 = Lithobius lucifugus L. Koch, 1862; Lithobius erythrocephalus mohelensis Dobroruka,1959 = Lithobius erythrocephalus C.L. Koch, 1847; Lithobius evae Dobroruka,1958 = Lithobius tenebrosus Meinert, 1872; Lithobius magurensis Dobroruka,1971 = Lithobius muticus C.L. Koch, 1847; Lithobius purkynei Dobroruka,1957 = Lithobius macilentus L. Koch, 1862; Lithobius pusillus johni Dobroruka,1959 = Lithobius lapidicola Meinert, 1872; Lithobius tatricus Dobroruka,1958 = Lithobius mutabilis L. Koch, 1862; Lithobius tatricus monounguis Dobroruka,1958 = Lithobius latro Meinert, 1872; and Monotarsobius homolaci Dobroruka,1971 = Lithobius (Sigibius) burzenlandicus Verhoeff, 1931.
Clarification of the taxonomy of extant crickets of the subfamily Eneopterinae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea; Gryllidae)
Authors: ROBILLARD TONY , DESUTTER-GRANDCOLAS LAURE
Published: May 2019

The cricket subfamily Eneopterinae has recently been the focus of many research papers on various subjects ranging from systematics and phylogeny (Robillard & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2004a, 2005, 2006; Desutter-Grandcolas & Robillard, 2006; Robillard, 2006; Otte, 2007), acoustic communication (Desutter-Grandcolas, 1998; Robillard & Desutter-Gradcolas, 2004b; Robillard et al., 2007), behavioural studies (Preston-Mafham, 2000), life history (Zefa et al., 2006; Miyoshi et al., 2007), to chromosomal structure (Ferreira & Cella, 2006, and references within).
On Putaoa, a new genus of the spider family Pimoidae (Araneae) from China, with a cladistic test of its monophyly and phylogenetic placement
Authors: HORMIGA GUSTAVO , TU LIHONG
Published: May 2019

The spider genus Putaoa new genus (Araneae, Pimoidae) is described to place two species of pimoids from China, Putaoa huaping new species (the type species) and P. megacantha (Xu & Li, 2007) new combination. Parsimony analysis of morphological characters provides support for the monophyly of Putaoa and for its sister group relationship to the genus Weintrauboa Hormiga, 2003 and corroborates the monophyly of Pimoidae.
Further records of burrow-associated palaemonid shrimps (Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
Authors: ANKER ARTHUR , DE GRAVE SAMMY
Published: May 2019

Despite the ubiquitous nature of symbiosis in palaemonid shrimps (Caridea: Palaemonidae) which live in or on varied invertebrate hosts, such as echinoderms, sponges, ascidians, hard and soft corals, etc., very few taxa have been recorded living in burrows constructed by other animals. This is in sharp contrast to the rich burrow-dwelling diversity in the Alpheidae, in which numerous genera associate with a great variety of burrowing animals, including stomatopods (Hayashi 2002; Ďuriš & Anker 2014), echiurans (Anker et al. 2005, 2015), other alpheid shrimps (e.g. De Grave 2004; Anker & Marin 2006), and especially numerous ghost and mud shrimps (e.g. Anker, 2011; Anker & Lazarus 2015).
Taxonomic and nomenclatorial revision within the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Odontocheilina W. Horn in a new sense—21. Pentacomia paranigrimarginata sp. nov. and P. nigrimarginata Huber with revised key to Pentacomia species (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
Authors: MORAVEC JIŘÍ , BRZOSKA DAVID
Published: May 2019

A new species of the genus Pentacomia Bates, 1872 (restored to the original concept of the genus by Moravec 2018a) is described from Bolivia as P. paranigrimarginata sp. nov. The new species is compared to P. nigrimarginata Huber, 1999 of which the differential diagnosis and redescription are also given. Both species are illustrated with colour photographs of the habitus and diagnostic characters. A revised key to 12 recognized species of Pentacomia with illustrative figures of important diagnostic characters is given.
Catalogue of type specimens of the agamid lizard genus Japalura s. l. (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae)
Authors: DENZER WOLFGANG , MANTHEY ULRICH , CAMPBELL PATRICK D
Published: May 2019

The genus Japalura Gray, 1853 s. l. currently comprises 34 species (Japalura n=7; Cristidorsa Wang, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Lin, Jiang, Che & Siler, 2018, n=2; Diploderma Hallowell, 1861, n=25). Furthermore the species Diploderma polygonatum is composed of its nominate form and three additional subspecies. For all but one species primary types (holo-, syn- or lectotypes) are available, and in most cases paratypical specimens have also been deposited. The type specimen of Japalura yunnannensis appears to be lost.
Climate Change Amplification of Natural Drought Variability: The Historic Mid-Twentieth-Century North American Drought in a Warmer World
Authors: Cook Benjamin I. , Seager Richard , Williams A. Park , Puma Michael J. , McDermid Sonali , Kelley Maxwell , Nazarenko Larissa
Published: May 2019

In the mid-twentieth century (1948–57), North America experienced a severe drought forced by cold tropical Pacific sea surface temperatures (SSTs). If these SSTs recurred, it would likely cause another drought, but in a world substantially warmer than the one in which the original event took place. We use a 20-member ensemble of the GISS climate model to investigate the drought impacts of a repetition of the mid-twentieth-century SST anomalies in a significantly warmer world. Using observed SSTs and mid-twentieth-century forcings (Hist-DRGHT), the ensemble reproduces the observed precipitation deficits during the cold season (October–March) across the Southwest, southern plains, and Mexico and during the warm season (April–September) in the southern plains and the Southeast. Under analogous SST forcing and enhanced warming (Fut-DRGHT, ≈3 K above preindustrial), cold season precipitation deficits are ameliorated in the Southwest and southern plains and intensified in the Southeast, whereas during the warm season precipitation deficits are enhanced across North America. This occurs primarily from greenhouse gas–forced trends in mean precipitation, rather than changes in SST teleconnections. Cold season runoff deficits in Fut-DRGHT are significantly amplified over the Southeast, but otherwise similar to Hist-DRGHT over the Southwest and southern plains. In the warm season, however, runoff and soil moisture deficits during Fut-DRGHT are significantly amplified across the southern United States, a consequence of enhanced precipitation deficits and increased evaporative losses due to warming. Our study highlights how internal variability and greenhouse gas–forced trends in hydroclimate are likely to interact over North America, including how changes in both precipitation and evaporative demand will affect future drought.
Safety and Efficacy of a Trans-Eyelid Facial Rejuvenation Surgery Combining Partial Repositioning of Orbital Fat and Midface Lift in Chinese Patients: A Prospective Case Series
Authors: Liu Yin , Xiao Minqin , Zhao Yanan , Qiu Wei , Xiao Hong
Published: May 2019

Objective:

To describe the combined technique of midface lift and partial release of orbital fat for facial rejuvenation and evaluate the safety and aesthetic results.

Methods:

This was a single-center study that included patients who underwent facial rejuvenation from January 2010 to December 2016. The orbital fat was partially removed, and the cheek fat pads were repositioned to exfoliate the myocutaneous flaps of the lower eyelids and midface through a sub-ciliary incision. The cheek soft tissue pads and orbital fat were restored and sutured to the periorbital membranes and orbital margins. Postoperatively, the patients were examined at 6 and 18 months for changes in the shapes of cheeks, eyelid joints, sunken eyepit, and nasolabial sulcus along with procedural complications.

Results:

A total of 179 (177 women; 2 men) eligible patients with a mean age of 47.17 years underwent the procedure. The shapes of cheeks and eyelid joints of all patients improved, along with shallowing of the sunken eyepit and nasolabial sulcus at 6- and 18-month follow-up. The surgical procedure involved minor trauma without facial scarring, lower eyelid flinch, and dislocation. None of the patients reported complications of nerve injuries, long-term chemosis conjunctiva, periocular swelling, or dislocation of the lower eyelids. Only 2 patients who underwent subsequent pouch surgeries had slight ectropion, which was restored within 4 months of surgery.

Conclusion:

To conclude, the combined partial orbital fat repositioning and midface lift via sub-ciliary approach is a successful treatment option for facial rejuvenation with no major complications.
Investigation of mechanical properties of nanostructured Al-SiC composite manufactured by accumulative roll bonding
Authors: Meselhy AF , Reda MM
Published: May 2019

To manufacture high-strength, fine dispersed and uniform distribution of Al-5 vol.% SiC composite, accumulative roll bonding process is proposed and applied through this study. The microstructure illustrates and validates a good distribution of SiC reinforced in the Al 1050 matrix. It is found that after eight pass, the mean grain size of the composite sample is 188 nm. It can be concluded from tensile test that by increasing the number of passes the strengths of both Al ARBed and composite samples increase; however, their ductility decreases at the initial accumulative roll bonding pass and then increases. The tensile strength of Al-SiC composite sample is greater than the annealed Al 1050 used as the original raw material by five times. The strengthening of the proposed composite sample occurs due to grain refinement, uniformity, reinforcing role of particles, strain hardening, bonding quality and size of particles. From the hardness test, it is concluded that, after the initial pass, hardness increased quickly, then dwindled and finally saturated by further rolling. Observations discovered that the failure mode in the composite occurs due to the shear fracture. From the experimental investigation, governing equations are derived to describe the effect of the number of accumulative roll bonding passes on the tensile strength and elongation of manufactured metal matrix composite materials. It is found that the tensile strength and elongation can be described as an exponential function of the number of passes. Numerical results from these equations are more consistent with the experimental investigation.
Colonialism and Contested Cultures of Victory in the French Empire of the 1920s
Authors: Hassett Dónal
Published: May 2019

More than any other belligerent power, France relied heavily on the contribution of her colonies during the First World War. Thus, the triumph over the Central Powers and the culture(s) of victory which emerged from it were undeniably ‘imperial’. But what did this mean for the postwar Empire? This article explores the extent to which victory was a disruptive force in France's Empire. It examines how actors of all ideological, social and ethnic backgrounds from across France's colonies articulated their own visions of how victory in the First World War should shape the future of the Empire. It considers their attempts to place the war into their broader narratives of the Empire, past, present and future and thus impose their own ideas of what a just postwar imperial order should look like. Drawing on examples from across the Empire, it underlines the extent to which victory in the First World War gave rise to competing and often opposing demands for a new settlement among colonial administrators, colonial citizens and colonial subjects. In doing so, it teases out the contradictory role played by imperial cultures of victory in simultaneously facilitating contestation of the colonial system and limiting the radicalism of such challenges to Empire.
Influence of Color on Emotion Recognition Is Not Bidirectional: An Investigation of the Association Between Color and Emotion Using a Stroop-Like Task
Authors: Ikeda Shinnosuke
Published: May 2019

The association between color and emotion has been shown, with red facilitating recognition of anger and green facilitating recognition of happiness. However, it has been unclear if emotional stimulus conversely facilitates and/or inhibits recognition of such colors. This study used a Stroop-like task, which required participants to ignore facial expressions and recognize color, in order to investigate the influence of emotion on recognition of color. In addition, this study investigated the association between color and emotion recognition from emoticons, as it was recently suggested that the process of emotion recognition from emoticons was different from that of actual faces. Results revealed that for facial expressions and emoticons, color influenced emotion recognition, in line with previous studies. Conversely, facial expression did not influence recognition of color. The results suggest that in emotion recognition people consider surrounding contextual information and integrate it automatically; however, in color recognition, they do not.
Labor Market Institutions and Performance Economic Within Trial Labor Market Models: Flexibility, Rigidity, and Flexicurity
Authors: Sahnoun Marwa , Abdennadher Chokri
Published: May 2019

The purpose of this article is to identify economic performance through three labor market models (flexibility, rigidity, and flexicurity) that result from the effect of the labor market regulation. After conducting a comparative analysis of the flexibility, rigidity, and flexicurity models of the labor market using a feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) applied to 18 organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) countries for the period between 2005 and 2013, we reached the following results. First, the effect of the labor market regulation on the unemployment rate appears to be particularly important for demographic groups (women and young people) on the flexible labor market. The union density and bargaining coverage seem to have the best results in the unemployment rate on the flexible market. More coordinated collective bargaining appears to reduce unemployment on the rigid labor market compared with the flexible one. However, our results are opposed to the neoclassical assertions which suggest that women are excluded from the permanent employment when a strict employment protection legislation (EPL) is excised. We also show that the replacement rate, the duration of unemployment benefits, the active labor market policies, permanent immigration inflows, and the tax wedge seem to have the best results on the flexible labor market, while the other variables have mixed effects on the different models of the labor market. These findings can provide policy makers and regulators with a better understanding of the performance of the flexible labor market and its behavior in the face of labor market institutions and adverse economic shocks. In fact, the government should liberalize strict labor laws.
The basin and range systems and their evolution of the northwestern margin of Junggar Basin, China: Implications for the hydrocarbon accumulation
Authors: Zhou Yucheng , Chen Qinghua , Wu Kongyou , Wang Xi , Liu Yin
Published: May 2019

Basin and range system in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin highly controlled the distribution of sediments and oil and gas. Detailed studies of basin and range system will be helpful in understanding the formation of hydrocarbon resources. Based on the previous studies and geophysical data, we analyze the structural characteristics and their evolution of basin and range system in this area. Although the basement of the Junggar Basin is still uncertain, high resolution of geophysical data suggests that the basement of the basin generally has lower and much stable gravity and magnetic anomalies than that in the orogenic belts around the basin and these anomalies are uneven in the basin, implying the basement may be assembled by different blocks. The amalgamation of these blocks will affect the deformation of the corresponding sedimentary cover. Detailed seismic interpretation across the basin and range system suggest that the imbricate thrust faults are dominant structural styles in this area. The Zaire-Hala’alate mountains were raised after multi-stage tectonic movement, and they started to rise in Late Carboniferous. The evolution of the western margin of the Junggar Basin can be divided into three stages, which are the initial formation stage in Late Carboniferous, the foreland basin developed stage from Permian to Jurassic and the rejuvenated foreland basin stage in Cenozoic. The coupling processes of basin and range system caused the formation, migration, and accumulation of the hydrocarbon resources both in space and time in the northwestern margin of the Junggar Basin.
Consistency is key in online learning: Evaluating student and instructor perceptions of a collaborative online-course template
Authors: Scutelnicu Gina , Tekula Rebecca , Gordon Beth , Knepper Hillary J
Published: May 2019

This study examines the features and benefits of a collaborative online-course template designed for and used by the department of public administration program at a mid-Atlantic university in the USA. Drawing on a multi-informant original survey addressed to students and faculty the study aims to answer the question: to what extent are online-course templates beneficial to student learning and instructor teaching experiences? Findings suggest that, overall, both students and faculty had positive perceptions of the template’s consistency in terms of format and access, but students found the template to be more beneficial to their learning than did faculty to their teaching.
Feline Ocular Mycobacteriosis: Clinical Presentation, Histopathological Features, and Outcome
Authors: Stavinohova Renata , O’Halloran Conor , Newton Jonathan Richard , Oliver James Andrew Clive , Scurrell Emma , Gunn-Moore Danièlle Audry
Published: May 2019

This study describes clinical and histopathological features, treatment, and outcome of cats diagnosed with ocular mycobacteriosis. Cases diagnosed from 2012 to 2017 were reviewed for (a) histopathological evidence of ocular (pyo)granulomatous inflammation containing acid-fast bacilli with mycobacterial morphology, (b) positive mycobacterial culture and/or mycobacterial DNA identified by polymerase chain reaction of ocular tissue, or (c) presumed mycobacteriosis based on ophthalmic examination and positive interferon-gamma release assay. Twenty-five cats (31 eyes) were included; 14 cats (17/31 eyes, 55%) were blind at presentation (unilateral: n = 12 cats; bilateral: n = 2 cats); one unilaterally affected cat later became bilaterally blind. Another 5 cats (7/31 eyes, 23%) became blind after initially being bilaterally visual (unilateral: n = 3 cats; bilateral: n = 2 cats). The commonest ocular finding was uveitis (87%). The main histopathological features were granulomatous to pyogranulomatous chorioretinitis with retinal detachment, anterior uveitis, optic neuritis, episcleritis, scleritis, and/or retrobulbar cellulitis. Nineteen cats (76%) had systemic signs, with disseminated disease being diagnosed in 9, defined by interstitial pulmonary disease, generalized lymphadenopathy, and/or nonocular infection. Nine cats were diagnosed with Mycobacterium bovis, 2 with Mycobacterium microti, 1 with Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, and 1 with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex. The infecting species was unknown in the remaining cats. Combined surgery (enucleation: n = 5 cats; biopsy: n = 3 cats) and systemic treatment with 2 or 3 appropriate antibiotics for 2 to 7 months resulted in remission in 8 of the 10 cats treated; however, the cat treated with dual therapy relapsed after 8 months. A total of 16 cats (64%) were euthanized; 2 were lost to follow-up.
Seen and Not Heard: The Service User’s Experience Through the Justice System of Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses
Authors: McCartan Kieran F. , Harris Danielle A. , Prescott David S.
Published: May 2019

User experience and client satisfaction is capturing more attention in the field of social services. The provision of treatment services to individuals convicted of sexual offenses, in particular, has expanded exponentially over the last 20 years. This growing population is now interviewed, interrogated, investigated, assessed, managed, treated, supervised, and surveilled, while their perspective as “service users” is almost entirely absent from research. To that end, this article introduces the service user voice within the context of society’s responses to sexual offending. We conducted thematic analysis on secondary data from interviews with 93 individuals. These include 74 men from the United States and 19 men from the United Kingdom, all of whom had been convicted for sexual offenses. The original qualitative data from the two original studies were freshly analysed, inductively and deductively, using Thematic Analysis so that the themes, as well as resulting codes, were appropriate and fit for purpose. Specific themes emerged from each of three clear stages in their service user journey: (a) Interactions with the formal criminal justice system (police, courts, and custodial corrections), (b) Interactions with community corrections (probation and parole), and (c) Interactions with treatment providers (rehabilitation, therapists, and evaluators). We describe the service user experience at each stage and discuss how policy and practice can resolve areas of disconnection. We suggest several ways to promote and privilege the service user voice for those convicted of sexual crimes.
Two Statue Fragments of a ‘snty’ from Thebes
Authors: Rashed Mohamed Gamal
Published: May 2019

Publication of two fragments from two similar statues, from the Karnak cachette (CK 1185), at the Egyptian Museum (N.239). The large fragment presents the first known attestation of the title siȜ nt.t (/ snty) ‘the prime minister’ on a Theban monument. The fragments, their inscriptions and style are studied and compared to parallels, proving that they belong to two different statues dated to the early Ptolemaic Period.