bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus Ptychoderes Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Ptychoderini)
Authors: MERMUDES JOSÉ RICARDO M. , NAPP DILMA SOLANGE
Published: March 2019

A review and cladistic analysis of the genus Ptychoderes Schoenherr, 1823 is presented. The genus and the following seventeen known species are redescribed: P. nebulosus (Olivier, 1795) (type species), P. elongatus (Germar, 1824), P. viridanus Boheman, 1833, P. virgatus Fåhraeus, 1839, P. obsoletus Jekel, 1855, P. depressus Jekel, 1855, P. mixtus Jekel, 1855, P. callosus Jekel, 1855, P. antiquus Jekel, 1855, P. brevis Jordan, 1894, P. longicollis Jordan, 1894, P. bivittatus Jordan, 1894, P. rugicollis Jordan, 1895, P. jordani Frieser, 1959, P. crustatus Frieser, 1988, P. magnus Mermudes & Napp, 2004 and P. jekeli Mermudes & Napp, 2004. New synonyms are proposed: Ptychoderes nebulosus (Olivier, 1795) = Ptychoderes tricostifrons Fåhraeus, 1839 syn. nov. = Ptychoderes columbianus Jekel, 1855 syn. nov.; and Ptychoderes antiquus Jekel, 1855 = Ptychoderes affinis Jordan, 1894 syn. nov. A key to species and maps of their geographical distribution are provided. The cladistic analysis with 24 taxa and 50 characters from body vestiture, external morphology, wing venation, male and female terminalia and rectal loop, resulted in a single cladogram showing, for the first time, a hypothesis of phylogenetic relationship  among genera of Anthribinae. The analysis included the seventeen species of Ptychoderes, as defined in the taxonomic review, along with the type species of the genera presently considered as belonging to Ptychoderini Jekel, 1855: Cerambyrhynchus schoenherri Montrouzier, 1855, Phloepemon acuticornis (Fabricius), Phloeotragus heros (Fabricius), Tribotropis prasinata (Fåhraeus, 1839), Hypselotropis annulicornis (Fåhraeus, 1839) and Unanthribus maximus Mermudes, 2003. A hypothesis of the phylogenetic relationships among the Neotropical genera of Ptychoderini is presented in parenthetical notation: ((Tribotropis + Hypselotropis) (Unanthribus + Ptychoderes)). The monophyly of Ptychoderes is supported by 14 synapomorphies and its interrelationships are as follows: ((P. crustatus (P. brevis + P. jekeli)) ((P. longicollis (P. jordani (P. obsoletus+P. magnus) (P. depressus+P. virgatus))) (P. mixtus (P. bivittatus ((P. callosus+P. rugicollis) (P. viridanus (P. antiquus (P. elongatus+P. nebulosus)))))))).
Two Seira Lubbock 1869 (Collembola, Arthropleona, Entomobryidae) new to science, with remarkable secondary sexual characters
Authors: ZEPPELINI DOUGLAS , BELLINI BRUNO CAVALCANTE
Published: March 2019

Two new species of Seira Lubbock 1869 are described and illustrated. The males of these species show modifications in the fore legs, probably associated with sexual courtship and/or mating behavior. Despite the similarity of the modifications of the two species, they are not otherwise similar. Thus the similarity is due to convergence rather than homology. These are the first records of sexual dimorphism other than genital openings in Entomobryidae.
Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a key to the genera of the New World
Authors: SHARKEY MICHAEL
Published: March 2019

Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are described, Amputoearinus Sharkey n. gen., and Austroearinus Sharkey n. gen. Biological information is given for members of both genera. Five new species are described, Amputoearinus matamata Sharkey n. sp., Amputoearinus fernandezi Sharkey n. sp., Austroearinus chrysokeras Sharkey n. sp., and Austroearinus melanopodes Sharkey n. sp. Two new combinations are made, Austroearinus rufofemoratus n. comb., Austroearinus unicolor (Schrottkey) n. comb. A key to the genera of the New World is presented.
The Stephanidae (Hymenoptera) of Mexico, with description of six new species and key to western Foenatopus Smith
Authors: AGUIAR ALEXANDRE P.
Published: March 2019

The Mexican genera and species of Stephanidae, and the western species of Foenatopus Smith are revised. Twelve species are recognized, two in Foenatopus and ten in Megischus Brullé, all but one occurring in Mexico. Six new species of Megischus are described, M. anaxeus sp. n., M. celaenocephalus sp. n., M. jaliscoensis sp. n., M. melanogladius sp. n., M. mexicanus sp. n., and M. peninsularis sp. n. One genus (Foenatopus Smith) and four species are registered for the first time in Mexico, F. annulipes Kieffer, M. arizonicus Townes, M. bicolor (Westwood), and M. niger Smith. Many new distribution records in Mexico and intensive new morphological variation are registered, illustrated and discussed for M. texanus Townes. Much new morphological variation is reported and illustrated for M. arizonicus. The male of F. aurantiiceps Brues is reported for the first time. Mexico is identified as an area of overlapping distribution between the essentially North American M. bicolor and the typically Central American M. niger; intermediate forms between these two species are described, and new diagnostic features are proposed for their identification. Some of the treated species are proposed as possibly highly endemic, occurring only in particular regions in the country, namely M. peninsularis, restricted to Baja California, and M. celaenocephalus, restricted to central Mexico. Some of the morphological variation observed for F. aurantiiceps is tentatively linked to specimens occurring in the south vs. north of the Amazon river, and to localities of high vs. low altitude. General stephanid morphology is illustrated, its correspondent terminology updated, and a key is provided for recognition of all treated genera and species. Full description is provided for each new taxon, and photographic illustrations are provided for all valid taxa. Extensive biometric data, and RGB formulas for color variation are provided for nearly all treated species.
Taxonomic study on new-record genus Bambusana Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) in China
Authors: DAI WU , ZHANG YALIN
Published: March 2019

The species of Bambusana Anufriev, 1969 from China are studied, and two new species, B. fopingensis sp. nov. and B. multidentata sp. nov., are described as new. Both the genus and its type species, B. bambusae (Matsumura, 1914), are reported for the first time from China. The type and other material are deposited separately in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS) and Entomological Museum of Northwest A&F University (EM), which are indicated under each species.
Neobaculentulus heterotarsus sp.n. from Liaoning, China (Protura: Berberentulidae)
Authors: BU YUN , XIE RONG DONG
Published: March 2019

Neobaculentulus heterotarsus, sp. n. is described from Anshan city, Liaoning province, Northeast China. An updated key to the species of Neobaculentulus is presented.
Morphology and systematics of Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae), a rare associate of the palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum in Trinidad
Authors: GIBLIN-DAVIS ROBIN M. , KANZAKI NATSUMI , YE WEIMIN , CENTER BARBARA J. , THOMAS W. KELLEY
Published: March 2019

Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp., a rare associate of the American palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum in Trinidad, is described and illustrated. Adults of B. gerberae n. sp. were examined with scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for ultrastructural comparisons with other members of the genus. Bursaphelenchus paracorneolus, B. hofmanni and B. hylobianum appear to be the closest related taxa to B. gerberae n. sp. based upon shared morphological features of male caudal papillae arrangement, general spicule morphology, female tail shape, and molecular analysis of the near-full length small subunit (SSU) rDNA, D2D3 expansion segments of the large subunit (LSU) rDNA and partial mitochondrial DNA COI. In addition to significant molecular sequence differences in SSU, LSU and mtCOI consistent with separate species status, B. gerberae n. sp. can be differentiated from B. paracorneolus by differences in bursa and condylus shape of males, and c’ in females, from B. hofmanni by differences in rostrum and condylus shape and spicule curvature in males, and c’ in females, and from B. hylobianum by differences in the number of lateral incisures, and rostrum shape, tapering and curvature of the spicule lamina, and cucullus shape in males. Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp. is also close to B. corneolus. Unfortunately, this isolate was not available for sequencing attempts, but differs from B. gerberae n. sp. in lack of stylet knobs in both sexes and relative postuterine sac length in females. Population growth of B. gerberae n. sp. was measured in a time-course experiment at 23° C in the laboratory on cultures of the fungus, Monilinia fructicola grown on lactic acid treated, 5% glycerol-supplemented potato dextrose agar (LGPDA). Nematode counts rapidly increased from 500 to about 600,000 per plate within 14 days and then dropped to and plateaued at about 300,000 for up to 28 days.
A new species of Proaphelinoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) with a key to world species and additional records from Tamil Nadu, India
Authors: MENAKADEVI C. , MANICKAVASAGAM S.
Published: March 2019

A new species of Proaphelinoides (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae), P. chidambaramensis Manickavasagam & Me-nakadevi sp. nov., is described from Tamil Nadu, India, and a key to world species is provided. The males of Proapheli-noides are recorded for the first time. Coccophagoides orientalis (Agarwal), Encarsia dorunga Hayat and Eretmocerus rajasthanicus Hayat are also reported as new distributional records for the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
The wing-to-wing coupling mechanism of Scutelleridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
Authors: CZAJA JOANNA
Published: March 2019

The wing-to-wing coupling mechanism of 19 species representing 19 genera of Afrotropical Scutelleridae is studied andthree types were recognized. A phylogenetic significance of the morphological modifications of these structures in Scutelleridae was briefly discussed.
Type material housed in the Helminthological Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Authors: LUNASCHI LIA I. , ÁLVAREZ VICTOR HUGO MERLO , DAMBORENEA CRISTINA
Published: March 2019

A catalogue of type specimens of the Helminthological Collection of the División Zoología Invertebrados, of Museo deLa Plata (FCNyM-UNLP), Argentina, is presented. It includes Platyhelmithes, Nematoda, Nematomorpha and Acan-thocephala. The collection comprises type lots for 217 species: 90 nematodes, 50 digeneans, 28 Nematomorpha, 19 mono-geneans, 17 turbellarians, 8 cestodes and 5 acanthocephalans. Specific names are listed systematically, followed by type host, type locality, specimens, collection number and bibliographic reference.
Two new Rhitymna species (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Hainan Island, China
Authors: QUAN DAN , LIU JIE
Published: March 2019

Two new species of the genus Rhitymna are described from Hainan Island (southern China): Rhitymna tangi sp. nov., Rhi-tymna macilenta sp. nov. Morphological descriptions and illustrations of the two new species are given. The type speci-mens of those new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing (IZCAS) and in college of Life Sciences, Hubei University in Wuhan (HBU).
A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae) from Pulau Nias, Indonesia
Authors: DAVID PATRICK , VOGEL GERNOT
Published: March 2019

A new species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826, Oligodon wagneri sp. nov., is described on the basis of a singlespecimen originating from Nias Island, off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. It differs from other species of the regionby the combination of a constant number (15) of dorsal scale rows, undivided hemipenes, entire anal plate, form of den-tition, and dorsal pattern of white crossbars alternating with three irregular reticulations. This new species is comparedwith other species of the Greater Sunda Islands with 15 or 17 dorsal scale rows. An updated checklist and key to Oligodon species of the region of Sumatra is provided.
Gryllus mandevillus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) is a valid field cricket species
Authors: WEISSMAN DAVID B. , FUNK DAVID H. , WALKER THOMAS J.
Published: March 2019

Walker (in Weissman, Walker, & Gray 2009) described a new species of Gryllus, G. jamaicensis, a second species recorded from Jamaica to the widespread G. assimilis (Fabricius 1775).   The two taxa are apparent sister species and are morphologically indistinguishable. They can be separated by three calling song characteristics: pulses per chirp, average pulse rate, and dominant frequency.
Illustrated key for the identification of the known zoeal stages of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda) from tropical and subtropical Brazil, southwestern Atlantic
Authors: KOETTKER ANDREA G. , SUMIDA PAULO Y.G. , LOPES RUBENS M. , FREIRE ANDREA S.
Published: March 2019

Approximately 370 brachyuran species have so far been recorded from the Brazilian coast, 123 of which have had theirlarval stages fully or partially described. The pictorial guide allows the identification of the first zoea of 110 species. Theremaining 13 species with known larval stages are treated to the genus level because of difficulties in the morphological differentiation of closely related species.
The first record of Cavernulina orientalis (Thomson & Simpson, 1909) (Octocorallia: Pennatulacea: Veretillidae) from the Bay coast of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Authors: VEENA S. , KALADHARAN P.
Published: March 2019

Benthic fauna from in and around Visakhapatnam has been studied by: Radhakrishna (1964); Sudarsan (1983); Adiseshasai (1992) and Vijayakumaran (2003). Previous records have mentioned the collection of specimens of the sea pen genus Cavernularia Valenciennes, 1850 from these waters (Radhakrishna 1964) but species of the closely related (or perhaps synonymous) genus Cavernulina Kuekenthal & Broch, 1911 have not been identified until now.
On the identity of the generic name Iulidesmus Silvestri, 1895(Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae)
Authors: HOFFMAN RICHARD L.
Published: March 2019

One of the most enigmatic of the early generic names impacting negatively on the taxonomy and nomenclature of Neotropical diplopods is Iulidesmus, proposed by Filippo Silvestri in 1895. The type species Iulidesmus typicus was based upon a female holotype, so that the structure of the male genitalia was (and remains) unknown for the species and genus.
Descriptions of six known species of Plectus Bastian, 1865 (Nematoda, Plectida, Plectidae) from India with a discussion on the taxonomy of the genus
Authors: TAHSEEN QUDSIA , MUSTAQIM MALKA
Published: March 2019

Detailed descriptions of six species of Plectus reported for the first time from India are given on the basis of LM and SEMobservations. Plectus geophilus de Man, 1880, P. aquatilis Andrássy, 1985, P. parvus Bastian, 1865, P. minimus Cobb,1893, P. magadani Kuzmin, 1979 and P. communis Bütschli, 1873 are described and illustrated. The salient morphologicalcharacters of the species are given. The taxonomy of the genus has been discussed along with the status of species pre-senting a great degree of morphometric overlap and continuous variation. An emended diagnosis of the genus is provided with incorporation of relatively consistent and less variable characters.
First record of Prionocrangon Wood Mason & Alcock, 1891 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Crangonidae) in the East Pacific and description of a new species from western Mexico
Authors: HENDRICKX MICHEL E. , AYÓN-PARENTE MANUEL
Published: March 2019

A new species of the rare genus Prionocrangon is described from the central Gulf of California, Mexico. This is the firstrecord for this genus of Crangonidae in the east Pacific which is otherwise widely distributed in the Atlantic, Pacific andIndian oceans. Prionocrangon incisum sp. nov. differs from all other known species of Prionocrangon by the presence ofa deep notch near the posteroventral margin of the sixth abdominal somite. Presence of post-embryonic larvae in one partly spent female indicates that P. incisum sp. nov. exhibits abbreviated larval development.
A revision of the subgenus Eurycercus (Eurycercus) Baird, 1843 emend. nov. (Cladocera: Eurycercidae) in the Holarctic with the description of a new species from Alaska
Authors: BEKKER EUGENIYA I. , KOTOV ALEXEY A. , TAYLOR DEREK J.
Published: March 2019

Frey (1975) subdivided the genus Eurycercus Baird, 1843 (Cladocera: Eurycercidae) into three subgenera: E. (Eurycer-cus) s.str., E. (Bullatifrons) Frey, 1975 and E. (Teretifrons) Frey, 1975. We conducted a revision of the subgenera Eurycer-cus (Eurycercus) and E. (Bullatifrons) in the Holarctic based on the morphology of parthenogenetic females and aphylogeny of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI ) sequences. The following six species are found to be valid: E. lamel-latus (O. F. Müller, 1776); E. macracanthus Frey, 1973; E. pompholygodes Frey, 1975; E. microdontus Frey, 1978; E. lon-girostris Hann, 1982; E. nipponica Tanaka & Fujuta, 2002. The separation of E. vernalis Hann, 1982 from E. longirostrislacks morphological and genetic justification, so E. vernalis is a junior synonym of E. longirostris. A new species, E. ber-ingi sp. nov., was found in several localities in Alaska, U.S.A. Its characters are intermediate between two subgenera sensuFrey (1975): a median keel is expressed, but only in the posterior portion of the carapace dorsum (while it is absent in E.(Bullatifrons) and passes through all the dorsum in Eurycercus s.str.); the dorsal head pores are located on the bubble-likeprojection (a character of the subgenus E (Bullatifrons), but the latter is sitting on a prominent transverse fold (character ofthe subgenus Eurycercus s.str.). The COI tree also does not support separation of the subgenus E. (Bullatifrons) from E. (Eu-rycercus), while separation of E. (Teretifrons) is well-supported. So, we propose to avoid a separation of E. (Bullatifrons) andregard all the species previously placed there as belonging to the subgenus E. (Eurycercus) emend. nov. We also demonstrat-ed that E. macracanthus, E. pompholigodes, E. longirostris and E. nipponica have much broader distributional ranges than previously known.
Idahelops alpagutae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini): a new genus and species from the Aegean region of Turkey
Authors: KESKIN BEKIR , NABOZHENKO MAXIM V.
Published: March 2019

Idahelops alpagutae, a new genus and species, is described from Aegean region of Turkey (Balikesir and Izmir provinces).Idahelops belongs to the cylindrinotoid group of the subtribe Cylindrinotina. The genus is close to Armenohelops Nabo-zhenko, 2002, from which it differs in the presence of large granules on the elytral intervals, the epipleural carina raisedand reaching the elytal apex (the apical part of the elytra of Armenohelops is sloping, without a horizontal platform), and the completely pubescent body (Armenohelops is without pubescence).
Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) of Ethiopia
Authors: ERMILOV SERGEY G. , SIDORCHUK EKATERINA A. , RYBALOV LEONID B.
Published: March 2019

In 2009–2010, a total of 99 species, 75 genera and 45 families of oribatid mites in Ethiopia were registered. Of these, 89species, 55 genera and 26 families are first records for the country. The updated list of oribatids of Ethiopia includes 128species, 94 genera and 55 families. An annotated checklist oribatid mite taxa of Ethiopia with known distributions is provided.
Analysis of primary structure loops from Hairpins 35 and 48 of the Nematoda SSU rRNA gene provides further evidence that the genera Tripylina Brzeski, 1963, Trischistoma Cobb, 1913 and Rhabdolaimus de Man, 1880 are members of Enoplida
Authors: ZHAO ZENGQI , LI DONGMEI , BUCKLEY THOMAS R.
Published: March 2019

A comparison of small subunit (SSU) rDNA sequences has revealed that a rare nucleotide transition A→G and a trans-version G→Y occurred simultaneously in the evolutionarily conserved loops of Hairpins 35 and 48 of the SSU rRNA geneof Tripylina Brzeski 1963, Trischistoma Cobb 1913 and Rhabdolaimus de Man 1880. The same pair of substitutions oc-curred in all Enoplida analysed but not in other nematodes. This evidence from the primary structure of Hairpins 35 and48 indicates that Tripylina, Trischistoma and Rhabdolaimus are members of Enoplida, supporting previous phylogenetic analyses.
An extraordinary new genus and three new species of Acostemmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from Madagascar with comments on the morphology and classification of the tribe
Authors: ZAHNISER J. N. , NIELSON M. W.
Published: March 2019

The circumscription and morphological characterization of the deltocephaline tribe Acostemmini is revised based on dis-coveries of new and poorly known taxa from recent collections in Madagascar and from examination of the type speci-mens of Alocoelidia fulva Evans, Iturnoria insulana Evans, and Protonesis delegorguei Spinola. Alocoelidia Evans 1954,Caelidioides Signoret 1880, Iturnoria Evans 1954, and Protonesis Spinola 1850 were previously placed in Coelidiinaebut were later removed from the subfamily and until now have been unplaced to subfamily are placed here in Deltocepha-linae: Acostemmini, new placement. A new genus and species, Ikelibeloha cristata gen. n., sp. n., are described that havean unusually modified structure of the head and a large, crested pronotum. Molecular data (28S, Histone H3 genes) wereobtained for Ikelibeloha and Iturnoria, and analyzed with other members of Deltocephalinae. Results of the phylogeneticanalyses show strong support for the monophyletic clade ((Acostemma, Eryapus), (Ikelibeloha, Iturnoria)) and thus a re-lationship between previously described Acostemmini, Ikelibeloha, and Iturnoria has strong statistical support, and aclose relationship is inferred between these and the morphologically similar Alocoelidia, Caelidioides, and Protonesis.Two new species of Alocoelidia, A. maurae sp. n. and A. chasei sp. n. are described, and the genus is redescribed. Themale genitalia of Caelidioides tristis (Signoret), Iturnoria insulana, Alocoelidia fulva, and Acostemella rubra Evans areillustrated and described for the first time. The female genitalia of A. fulva, C. tristis and I. insulana are described and thefirst and second valvulae of C. tristis are illustrated. The habitus and face of Protonesis delegorguei are illustrated and thegenus is redescribed. The characters traditionally used to define Acostemmini are reviewed with notes on their known de-grees of variation, and characters that differentiate Acostemmini from the closely related tribe Stegelytrini are discussed.The type of Malagasiella minima Evans was also examined, and Malagasiella Evans, 1954 is considered a junior syn-onym of Doratulina Melichar, 1903 (Deltocephalinae: Stenometopiini), syn. n. giving the new combination Doratulina minima (Evans) comb. n.
Review of the Australian leafhopper genus Trocnada with notes on related genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae)
Authors: DAI WU , DIETRICH CHRISTOPHER H.
Published: March 2019

The Australian leafhopper genus Trocnada Walker is reviewed and includes three previously described species: T. alpinaEvans, T. dorsigera Walker and T. minuta Evans. Redescriptions of the genus and species are provided and include the firstdescriptions and illustrations of the genitalia. Taxonomic notes on all species of the genus and comparisons with related generaare given. A key to all species is provided and geographical distribution data are provided. Morphological evidence is given to support original definition of Trocnadini including only the type genus and a key to tribes of Iassinae is also provided.
Three new synonyms among Australian Thripinae (Insecta: Thysanoptera)
Authors: MOUND LAURENCE A.
Published: March 2019

The North American entomologist, A.A. Girault, arrived in Australia in late 1911 at the age of 28, to take up an appointment as economic entomologist to the Queensland Bureau of Sugar Experimental Stations near Cairns. He published extensively on the taxonomy of Australian parasitic Hymenoptera, but achieved particular notoriety through issuing a series of 63 privately published papers before his death in 1941. Gordh et al. (1979), in reproducing facsimile editions of each of these papers, provided an extensive overview of Girault’s life and opinions, many of which were expressed outrageously on a wide range of topics. In these papers Girault made available over 900 new species-group names, mostly Hymenoptera but with 139 that applied to Australian Thysanoptera. Unfortunately, the identity of these species has been a continuing problem. The publications include no biological information. Most species were described in three or four lines from single, often damaged specimens, and distinguished from each other on colour rather than structure. The original slide preparations are available in the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, but these are remarkably poor, with cover glasses broken, labels inadequate and scarcely legible, and many bearing multiple species. As a result of extensive studies on the Australian thrips fauna over the past 50 years, 77 of the 139 Girault Thysanoptera names are now placed into synonymy, including two new synonyms discussed below. The purpose of this note is to establish the nomenclatural validity of these synonyms, according to the Code of Zoological Nomenclature, so that they can be included in an expanded web-based account of Australian Terebrantia (Mound et al. 2012).
Redescription of two ghost shrimps (Decapoda: Axiidea: Callianassidae) from the Middle Miocene of the Central Paratethys: systematics, intraspecific variation, and in situ preservation
Authors: HYŽNÝ MATÚŠ , HUDÁČKOVÁ NATÁLIA
Published: March 2019

A redescription of two Middle Miocene burrowing ghost shrimps of the Central Paratethys, Callianassa brocchiiLőrenthey, 1897 and Callianassa pseudorakosensis Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929, is provided. Material form-ing the basis of this study comes from the Studienka Formation (lower 'Sarmatian', Serravallian) of the Slovak part of theVienna Basin and exhibits preservation allowing reassignment of the studied taxa to the genera Neocallichirus Sakai, 1988and Eucalliax Manning & Felder, 1991 respectively. The major cheliped of both species exhibits two distinct morphotypesinterpreted herein as possible sexual dimorpism. Several specimens of both taxa are preserved within the tube structuresand are interpreted as in situ preservation within the burrows. Type material of both studied taxa and additional collections from the roughly coeval strata of Hungary and Austria were also studied.
Catalogue of the type-species of the genera of the Cerambycidae, Disteniidae, Oxypeltidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region
Authors: MONNÉ MIGUEL A.
Published: March 2019

The present list includes all available names, both valid and invalid, and the type-species of the genera and subgenera ofCerambycidae, Disteniidae, Oxypeltidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Two new family-groupnames are proposed: Neoibidionini (type-genus: Neoibidion, a replacement name for Ibidion Audinet-Serville, 1834, ju-nior homonymy of Ibidion Gory, 1833) for Ibidionini Thomson, 1861 and Proholopterini (type-genus Proholopterus, areplacement name for Holopterus Blanchard, 1851, junior homonymy of Holopterus Brehm, 1845) for Holopterini La-cordaire, 1868. Oideterus Thomson, 1857a:15 is revalidated with the type-species, Oideterus buquetii Thomson, 1857 (bymonotypy). Udeterus Thomson, 1858b:515 is a junior synonym of Oideterus Thomson, 1857. Acanthocornis Monné &Monné, 2011 (Prioninae, Meroscelisini) is a new synonym of Hyleoza Galileo, 1987 and Acanthocornis flavus Monné &Monné, 2011 = Hyleoza confusa Tavakilian & Galileo, 1991. The genus Acanthocornis Monné & Monné, 2011 was erro-neously described in the tribe Anacolini. Acanthinodera Hope, 1834 is considered a nomen protectum and hereafter usedas valid genus name. Amallopodes Lequien, 1833 is a nomen oblitum consequently invalid name. Hephaestion (?) zikaniMelzer, 1923 is designated as the type-species of Parahephaestion Melzer, 1930; Corynellus mimulus Bates, 1885 as thetype-species of Corynellus Bates, 1885; Cosmius ochraceus Perty, 1832 as the type-species of Cosmius Perty, 1832 non Cosmius Dumeril, 1806, Diptera, and Alampyris nigra Bates, 1881 as the type-species of Alampyris Bates, 1881.
Megymenum distanti, a new remarkable species of the Dinidoridae subfamily Megymeninae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Dinidoridae) from India
Authors: KOCOREK ANNA , GHATE HEMANT
Published: March 2019

Megymenum distanti, a new species of the dinidorid subfamily Megymeninae, is described from India and is comparedwith M. affine and M. brevicorne. It is the sixth species of this genus known from India. Remarks on the habitat, wherethe type material was collected, photographs of the host plant and a brief description of all instars are provided. This species is of a different color as an adult and as nymphs, a situation which is unusual.
A revision of the southern African katydid genus Griffiniana Karny (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae)
Authors: NASKRECKI PIOTR , BAZELET CORINNA S.
Published: March 2019

The South African genus Griffiniana Karny of squamipterous to macropterous katydids (Tettigoniidae: Mecopodinae:Aprosphylini) is revised and a key to species is provided; G. duplessisae sp. n. from the Western Cape Province is de-scribed; acoustic behavior of G. capensis Karny, G. duplessisae, and G. longipes (Naskrecki) is described. The genusEwanella Naskrecki is considered a junior synonym of Griffiniana, and E. breviuscula Gorochov is synonymized with G. longipes.
Synonymy of Orthomus susanae Serrano & Borges, 2009 with Orthomus annae (Donabauer, 2008) (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
Authors: SERRANO ARTUR R.M. , AGUIAR CARLOS A.S. , BOIEIRO MÁRIO , BORGES PAULO A.V. , REGO CARLA , AMORIM ISABEL R. , RIBEIRO SÉRVIO P. , PEREIRA FERNANDO
Published: March 2019

Knowledge of the biodiversity of Madeiran islands has for long attracted entomologists in search of new, rare or biologically interesting beetle species. During the XIXth century, Trevor Wollaston extensively sampled the Madeiran islands, compiling a list of almost 700 beetle species, many of them new to science and described by him (e.g., Wollaston 1854, 1865). Thus, for many decades it was thought that the inventory of Madeiran beetle diversity was complete (Machado 2006, but see Lobo & Borges 2010). However, particularly in recent decades, a number of beetle species (most of them of small size and from groups taxonomically more difficult) have been described (see a complete list in Borges et al. 2008b) and important taxonomic revisions have also been made incorporating critical analysis by taxonomic experts. For these reasons, it was as a surprise to find a medium-size and yet undescribed ground beetle species following an extensive survey of epigean arthropods occurring in Madeiran laurel forest fragments. The new species was described in a generic revision of Madeiran Orthomus Chaudoir, 1838 submitted to Zootaxa (Serrano et al. 2009) and the species was included in the comprehensive list of Madeiran terrestrial biodiversity (Borges et al. 2008a), a reference publication on Madeiran fauna and flora published in May 2008. This book also presented a chapter where the distribution of the new species was modelled using predictive distribution models (Jiménez-Valverde et al. 2008).
The taxonomic status of the Castelo dos Sonhos Hantavirus reservoir, Oligoryzomys utiaritensis Allen 1916 (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)
Authors: AGRELLOS RODRIGO , BONVICINO CIBELE R. , ROSA ELIZABETH SALBÉ T. , MARQUES APARECIDO A.R. , D’ANDREA PAULO S. , WEKSLER MARCELO
Published: March 2019

Species of the genus Oligoryzomys are commonly found accross Latin America, and several of them play important rolesas natural reservoirs of Hantaviruses. Here we demonstrate that O. utiaritensis, the natural reservoir of hantavirus Castelodos Sonhos in northwestwern Brazil and previously considered a junior synonym of O. nigripes or O. eliurus, is a validspecies. Morphology, morphometry, karyotyping, and phylogenetic reconstructions based on nuclear (intron 7 of the beta-fibrinogen gene) and mitochondrial (cytochrome b) DNA show that O. utiaritensis differs from O. nigripes and from otherforms of the genus, including the recently described taxon O. moojeni. Oligoryzomys utiaritensis differs in external (whit-ish ventral pelage and tail weakly bicolored) and cranial (incisive foramina never extending posteriorly the alveolus lineof M1) characters from sympatric species. It has the highest diploid number (2n=72) within Oligoryzomys, and is charac-terized by three putative synapomorphies in cytochrome b, and one in intron 7 of beta fibrinogen. We also point to theassignment of Oligoryzomys eliurus as a junior synonym of O. nigripes. Finally, we present phylogenetic analyses of in-trageneric relationships showing that O. utiaritensis is a member of a clade containing Amazonian and Cerrado taxa, including O. moojeni, O. rupestris, and O. delicatus.
A new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 from northern Thailand, with an extensive description and molecular characters (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae)
Authors: Wongthamwanich Nattarin , Panha Somsak , Sierwald Petra , Wesener Thomas , Thirakhupt Kumthorn
Published: March 2019

As a first step towards an inventory of the giant pill-millipedes in Thailand, a new species of the genus SphaerobelumVerhoeff, 1924, S. truncatum n. sp. is described from Nan Province, northern Thailand. A determination key is presentedfor all five known Sphaerobelum species. Clear morphological differences between S. truncatum n. sp. and the other fourSphaerobelum species were found on the anterior telopods. For the first time in Sphaerobelum, the partial mitochondrialCOI gene was sequenced for S. truncatum n. sp. and compared with distance, maximum parsimony and maximum likeli-hood methods to those of species from other giant pill-millipede genera. Sphaerobelum truncatum n. sp. was found to dif-fer from all other analyzed giant pill-millipedes, including species of Zephronia Gray, 1832, by 22–30%, includingnumerous amino acid changes, supporting the separate status of Sphaerobelum among other giant pill-millipede genera.Maximum likelihood and parsimony analyses support the placement of Sphaerobelum in the Zephroniidae. Figures of allrelevant structures of Sphaerobelum truncatum n. sp. are provided to allow the use of these characters in future descriptions of species of the family Zephroniidae.
Hyper-validation of five nomina of amphibians and reptiles threatened by senior synonyms or homonyms
Authors: DUBOIS ALAIN , BOUR ROGER
Published: March 2019

Five nomina of amphibians and reptiles introduced by Laurenti (1768) and traditionally used in European herpetology (Hyla,Natrix, Lacerta viridis, Podarcis muralis, Triturus cristatus) are threatened by senior synonyms or homonyms published earlierby Garsault (1764) in a work that has long remained unnoticed by herpetologists. In a previous paper, we used Article 23.9.1 ofthe Code on reversal of precedence to validate these well-known nomina. The validity of our action was challenged because wehad only used indirect evidence for this validation, quoting a single reference for each of these five nomina instead of 25. Herewe argue that our action was indeed valid under the Code, but, to preclude any further discussion, we provide 25 references or more to the use of each of these five nomina in order to “hyper-validate” them.
Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
Authors: McCOSKER JOHN E. , LONG DOUGLAS J. , BALDWIN CAROLE C.
Published: March 2019

We describe Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov. based on 7 specimens collected using the submersible Johnson Sea-Link fromdeepwater (428–562 m depth) areas of the Galápagos Islands. It is presumed to be endemic to the archipelago. The newspecies differs from its congeners in its coloration, the length of its anal-fin base, and in other morphological characters. The disjunct distribution of species of the widely-distributed Indo-Pacific genus Bythaelurus is discussed.
A contribution to the knowledge of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) in France
Authors: PEŠIĆ VLADIMIR , SMIT HARRY , GERECKE REINHARD
Published: March 2019

A list is given of the water mite material of the genus Atractides Koch, 1837 (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) deposited inthe Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris. Atractides allgaier Gerecke, 2003 and A. remotus Szalay, 1948 are recordedfor the first time for France. From running waters in central-southern France, Atractides marsus n. sp. and A. angelieri n. sp. are described.
Batrisoplisus Raffray, 1908, a new synonymy of Trisinus Raffray, 1894 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), with description of three new Chinese species
Authors: YIN ZI-WEI , NOMURA SHÛHEI , ZHAO MEI-JUN
Published: March 2019

The genus Batrisoplisus Raffray, 1908 is synonymized with Trisinus Raffray, 1894, with twenty-two new combinations:T. amamianus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. constrictus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. esakii (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T.galloisi (Jeannel, 1958) comb. n., T. inermis (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. monostatos (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. oka-motoi (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. parallelus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. raffrayi (Jeannel, 1958) comb. n., T.sagamianus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. satsumanus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. sawadai (Nomura, 1991) comb. n.,T. subtilis (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. tamino (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. tanabei (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. tenui-formis (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. torticornis (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. tosanus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. uroce-ratus brevispinis (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. uroceratus uroceratus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n., T. venustus (Jeannel,1958) comb. n. and T. volcaninsulanus (Nomura, 1991) comb. n. Trisinus is recorded for the first time from China. Threenew species from Yunnan Province are described, illustrated and keyed: T. pharelatus Yin & Nomura sp. n., T.shaolingiger Yin & Nomura sp. n. and T. shuixiuifer Yin & Nomura sp. n. A checklist of the world species of Trisinus is provided.
Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan
Authors: AKHTER MUHAMMAD ATIQUE , DRUMONT ALAIN , RIZVI SYED ANSER , AHMED ZUBAIR
Published: March 2019

Thirty-two species, belonging to ten genera are listed in this work, including eight species newly recorded from the coun-try. The study is based upon material collected in Pakistan between 2004–2010. The genus Cryptalaus Ohira is recordedfrom Pakistan for the first time. Two species Cryptalaus tamargrahensis sp. n. and Agrypnus dadarensis sp. n. are de-scribed as new and a key to the Pakistani species of the genera Agrypnus Eschscholtz, Lanelater Arnett, Drasterius Eschscholtz and Heteroderes Latreille are provided.
Hydroporus sejilashan sp. n., a new diving beetle of the acutangulus-complex from Xizang, China (Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), and notes on other taxa of the genus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae)
Authors: JIA FENGLONG , ZHAO SHUANG , FERY HANS
Published: March 2019

Hydroporus sejilashan sp. n. is described from Xizang Autonomous Region (Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), China. It belongs tothe acutangulus-complex of the Hydroporus planus-group and can be separated from all four other members of the speciescomplex by the completely distinctly matt surface in both sexes. In addition it can be distinguished from Hydroporusacutangulus Thomson, 1856 and H. polaris Fall, 1923 by the shape of the anterior protarsal claw, which is strongly curvednear the base and more straight distally in the latter two species, but evenly curved in the new species and in the other twospecies of the complex, namely H. tibetanus Zaitzev, 1953 and H. tuvaensis Pederzani, 2001. The habitus of all fivemembers of the complex are provided, along with illustrations of the male and female genitalia of the new species andthose of H. tibetanus. The lectotype of H. sumakovi Poppius, 1912, a taxon which until now has been treated as a juniorsynonym of H. acutangulus, is designated. Preliminary studies reveal that H. sumakovi is probably more closely relatedto H. polaris than to H. acutangulus. Older, doubtful previous records of Hydroporus nigellus Mannerheim, 1853 fromChina are confirmed with new records from Qinghai and Sichuan Provinces. Twelve species of the genus Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 are now known from China, only two of which occur in Tibet.
Poecilimon bosphoricus group (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae): iteration of morpho-taxonomy by song characteristics
Authors: KAYA SARP , ÇIPLAK BATTAL , CHOBANOV DRAGAN , HELLER KLAUS-GERHARD
Published: March 2019

More than 20 species were reported under the circum Black Sea lineage Poecilimon bosphoricus group (Orthoptera, Tet-tigonioidea, Phaneropterinae). The taxonomy of the group has for a long time been controversial; once these species weretransferred to Eupoecilimon and many new species have been described since the revision by Ramme (1933) or synonymshave been suggested/re-established. This study aims to test the classification of the group presently based on morpholog-ical characters by bioacoustic data. The following results were obtained or conclusions arrived. First, several qualitativemorphological characters previously used in descriptions/diagnoses of the species are variable and overlap between spe-cies. Those are the elevation and widening of pronotum in metazona, the emargination of caudal margin of pronotal discand the structure of male subgenital plate at caudal margin. Thus, still the male cercus, especially the orientation of den-ticles, is the most productive structure may allow more objective delimitation of species. As in qualitative morphology thegeneral morphometry seems uninformative for the taxonomy of the group. Second, male calling song and partly the num-ber of stridulatory pegs are more useful characters both for delimitation of species and describing their relationships. Es-pecially, the pattern of the syllable, the number of impulses per syllable and the duration of early part of syllable in speciesgroup allow us a more objective delimitation of the species and definition of relationships. Third, from the distributionand relationships of species, we suggested three radiation centres for the lineage: (1) Northwest Anatolia + Eastern Bal-kans, (2) Northeast Anatolia + Caucasus and (3) Crimea. Fourth, after evaluating morphological and song phenotypes we considered 21 species in P. bosphoricus group constituting three subgroups: (1) P. sureyanus and P. kocaki (+ P. athos),(2) P. turcicus + P. turciae and (3) P. bidens, P. bischoffi, P. bosphoricus, P. cervus, P. demirsoyi, P. geoktschajcus, P. hei-nrichi, P. istanbul, P. miramae, P. pliginskii, P. proximus, P. roseoviridis sp. n., P. scythicus, P. similis and P. tauricus (+ P.djakonovi). The following nomenclatural actions were made: (1) P. roseoviridis Chobanov & Kaya sp. n. described, (2)P. similis proximus Ünal, 2010 raised to species level as P. proximus stat. n., (3) P. naskrecki Ünal, 2001 syn.n. syn-onymised with P. demirsoyi Sevgili, 2001 (4) P. diversus Ünal, 2010 syn.n. and P. anatolicus Ramme 1933 syn.n. put insynonymy with P. sureyanus Uvarov, 1930, (5) P. oligacanthus Miram, 1938 syn.n. and P. tereckensis Stshelkanovtzev,1910 stat.rev. resynonymised with P. similis Retowski, 1889, (6) P. beybienkoi Tarbinsky, 1932 syn.n. and P. kusnezoviMiram, 1929 syn.n. synonymised with P. tauricus Retwoski, 1888, and (7) P. boldyrevi Miram, 1938 syn.n. synonymised with P. pliginskii Miram, 1929.
The genus Doryctes Haliday, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) in China
Authors: BELOKOBYLSKIJ SERGEY A. , TANG PU , HE JUN-HUA , CHEN XUE-XIN
Published: March 2019

Thirteen Chinese species of Doryctes Haliday, 1836 are recognized. Four new species, D. flavistigma sp. nov., D. hain-anensis sp. nov., D. mayunae sp. nov., and D. yunnanicus sp. nov., are described and illustrated. Five species, i.e., D. ma-layensis (Fullaway, 1919), D. petiolatus Shestakov, 1940, D. striatellus (Nees, 1834), D. undulatus (Ratzeburg, 1852), andD. yogoi Watanabe, 1954, are recorded from China for the first time. A key to Chinese species of the genus Doryctes is provided.
A new species of Glyptapanteles (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), a larval parasitoid of Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), along with some new host records of parasitoids from Peninsular India
Authors: GUPTA ANKITA , PEREIRA BLAISE
Published: March 2019

A new species, Glyptapanteles hypermnestrae Gupta and Pereira, is described from Maharashtra, India, and comparedwith closely allied species. This new species was bred from parasitized larvae of Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus) (Lep-idoptera: Nymphalidae). In addition to this, two hymenopteran parasitoids, Apanteles folia Nixon (Braconidae: Microgas-trinae) and Brachymeria indica (Krausse) (Chalcididae), are for first time reported parasitizing larvae of Arhopalaamantes (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and pupae of Pareronia valeria (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) respectively.
Towards addressing the current state of confusion within the Hexabothriidae Price, 1942 (1908): Callorhynchocotyle Suriano & Incorvaia, 1982 (Monogenea: Hexabothriidae) re-visited, with the preliminary evaluation of novel parameters for measuring haptoral armature of hexabothriids
Authors: VAUGHAN DAVID , CHRISTISON KEVIN
Published: March 2019

The monogenean family, Hexabothriidae Price, 1942 (1908), currently consists of 15 valid genera parasitic on the gills ofchondrichthyan fishes. The hexabothriid literature is littered with inconsistencies, ambiguity and editorial errors whichhampers the progress and the development of investigations after the significant treatment of the family by Boeger &Kritsky (1989). A lack of consistency in the measurement protocol for the haptoral armature of hexabothriids is highlight-ed and discussed. The preliminary results of a new measurement protocol incorporating existing and novel parameterswere explored for the first time using statistical analyses. Character variables were investigated for their utility as poten-tially useful discriminators using univariate and multivariate analyses. The elimination of age-associated variance in suck-er sclerites was performed by ratio-transformation of the data to an age-dependant variable. Character variables with ahigh coefficient of variance after accounting for age were disqualified for use in the subsequent analyses. A coefficient ofvariance exceeding a conservative 10% limit was considered the result of measurement error resulting from the small sizesof these variables and therefore may also reflect the limitations of hardware and software in making small but accuratemeasurements. The proposed protocol is tested on representatives of Callorhynchocotyle and a Rajonchocotyle species totest the utility of character variables in separating species. Principle Component Analysis of the combination of the sucker-sclerites and the hamulus provided a preliminary level of robustness in separating Callorhynchocotyle species with theexception of Callorhynchocotyle hydrolagi for which there were insufficient data. Results confirm the importance of thehamulus in providing valuable diagnostic significance but the shape of the sucker sclerites as a function of total length anddiameter may also provide significant potential. Callorhynchocotyle is revisited with the addition of new specimens for 3of the species. The new data resulting from the measurement protocol are included in the redescription of Callorhynchoc-otyle marplatensis, Callorhynchocotyle callorhynchi and Callorhynchocotyle amatoi. Supplemental information is provided for C. hydrolagi and Callorhynchocotyle sagamiensis.