bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) microfylacas, a new species of sentinel crab (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae) from western Japan
Authors: NAGAI TAKA S. , WATANABE TETSUYA , NARUSE TOHRU
Published: March 2019

A new species of the Macrophthalmus telescopicus complex is described from Japan. The new species is closely allied to M. telescopicus (Owen, 1839), M. milloti Crosnier, 1965, and M. serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991. Macrophthalmus microfylacas sp. nov., however, is distinguished from these three species by the shape of the second and third anterolateral teeth, the shape of the gap between the first and second teeth, and a small body size. The new species can also be differentiated from M. milloti and M. serenei by the shape of the subproximal tooth of the male cheliped dactylus, while it differs from M. telescopicus by the shape of the G1.
A new species of frog (genus Eleutherodactylus) from a cloud forest in Western Colombia
Authors: GARCÍA JUAN C. , LYNCH JOHN D.
Published: March 2019

A new species of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Leptodactylidae) is described from a cloud forest in western Departamento del Cauca, in Munchique National Park, sector La Romelia, between 2550 and 2750 m., and E. hectus is verified for the region.
Checklist and distribution patterns of apoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae and Crabronidae) of Cuba
Authors: GENARO JULIO A.
Published: March 2019

Information on Sphecidae and Crabronidae is summarized for Cuba and an updated checklist is presented, including distributional data. The following new records are presented: CUBA, Nitela sp. and five undescribed species of Trypoxylon; BAHAMAS (Eleuthera Island), Oxybelus analis; HISPANIOLA, Podium fulvipes, O. analis and Trypoxylon orientinum; JAMAICA, T. orientinum; MONA ISLAND, T. orientinum and Bembix americana antilleana; NAVASSA ISLAND, Trypoxylon n. sp. and Tachysphex dominicanus. Tachytes antillarum Cameron, 1906 is newly synonymized with. T. tricinctus (Fabricius, 1804). The native fauna of apoid wasps of Cuba is composed of 89 species and contains three elements: species endemic to Cuba (44.2%); species endemic to the West Indies and shared among various islands (30.6 %); and continental species whose distribution includes the West Indies (25.9 %).
Notes on the genus Astinus Stål (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Vietnam, with the description of the female of Astinus intermedius Miller
Authors: TRUONG XUAN L. , ZHAO PING , CAI WANZHI Z.
Published: March 2019

Two species of Astinus Stål of the reduviid subfamily Harpactorinae (A. siamensis and A. intermedius) from Vietnam are recognized and keyed. Astinus intermedius Miller, 1954 is reported for the first time from Vietnam. The female of A. intermedius is described. The dorsal habitus, head and pronotum, genital structures, and other diagnostic morphological features of the two species are illustrated.
An annotated checklist of the earthworm fauna of Turkey (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae)
Authors: CSUZDI CS. , ZICSI A. , MISIRLIOòLU M.
Published: March 2019

A checklist of the Lumbricid earthworms in Turkey is presented. Each entry is accompanied by complete references and, where it is appropriate, remarks are also added. The present list consists of 66 species of which 24 spp. (36.4%) seem to be Anatolian endemics. This indicates a highly specialized earthworm fauna predominated by the representatives of the genera Healyella Omodeo & Rota, 1989 and Dendrobaena Eisen, 1874.
New species of palaearctic Oribotritiidae (Acari, Oribatida)
Authors: NIEDBAŁA WOJCIECH
Published: March 2019

Seven new Palaearctic species of the oribatid mite family Oribotritiidae are described: Oribotritia baikalica sp. nov. from Russia, O. shikoku sp. nov. from Japan, O. schusteri sp. nov. and O. turcica sp. nov. from Turkey, O. tashkentae sp. nov. from Uzbekistan, Maerkelotritia kirghizica sp. nov. from Kyrgizstan and Indotritia tricarinata sp. nov. from Slovenia.
A new genus and species of grasshopper from China (Orthoptera: Acrididae Catantopinae)
Authors: YIN XIANG-CHU , LI XIN-JIANG
Published: March 2019

This paper reports a new genus and species of Catantopinae: Guizhouacris xiai gen et sp. nov. The new genus is similar to Genimen I. Bolivar, 1917, but differs from the latter in: 1) lateral lobes of metasternum separated in apical part and 2) prozona about 2.5 (%) and 2.7 (&) times longer than metazona. The new genus is also similar to Rhinopodisma Mishchenko, 1954 (= Aserratus Huang, 1981), but differs from the latter in: 1) diameter of tympanal aperture longer than half tergum and 2) face not projected between two eyes. Type specimens are deposited in the Museum of Hebei University (MHU).
Phylum Tardigrada Doyère, 1840. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: GUIDETTI ROBERTO , BERTOLANI ROBERTO
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Phylum Onychophora Grube, 1853. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: MAYER GEORG , OLIVEIRA IVO DE SENA
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Phylum Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: ZHANG ZHI-QIANG
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Class Trilobita Walch, 1771. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level clas­sification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: ADRAIN JONATHAN M.
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Order Opiliones Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: KURY ADRIANO B.
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Order Scorpiones C.L. Koch, 1850. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: PRENDINI LORENZO
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Order Solifugae Sundevall, 1833. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: PRENDINI LORENZO
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Superorder Parasitiformes Reuter, 1909. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: BEAULIEU FRÉDÉRIC , DOWLING ASHLEY P. G. , KLOMPEN HANS , DE MORAES GILBERTO J. , WALTER DAVID EVANS
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Suborder Oribatida van der Hammen, 1968. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: SCHATZ HEINRICH , BEHAN-PALLETIER VALERIE M. , OCONNOR BARRY M. , NORTON ROY A.
Published: March 2019

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Order Araneae Clerck, 1757. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: DUNLOP JASON A. , PENNEY DAVID
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Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: AHYONG SHANE T. , LOWRY JAMES K. , ALONSO MIGUEL , BAMBER ROGER N. , BOXSHALL GEOFFREY A. , CASTRO PETER , GERKEN SARAH , KARAMAN GORDAN S. , GOY JOSEPH W. , JONES DIANA S. , MELAND KENNETH , ROGERS D. CHRISTOPHER , SVAVARSSON JÖRUNDUR
Published: March 2019

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Class Collembola Lubbock, 1870. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: JANSSENS FRANS , CHRISTIANSEN KENNETH A.
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Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: VAN NIEUKERKEN ERIK J. , KAILA LAURI , KITCHING IAN J. , KRISTENSEN NIELS P. , LEES DAVID C. , MINET JOËL , MITTER CHARLES , MUTANEN MARKO , REGIER JEROME C. , SIMONSEN THOMAS J. , WAHLBERG NIKLAS , YEN SHEN-HORN , ZAHIRI REZA , ADAMSKI DAVID , BAIXERAS JOAQUIN , BARTSCH DANIEL , BENGTSSON BENGT Å. , BROWN JOHN W. , BUCHELI SIBYL RAE , DAVIS DONALD R. , PRINS JURATE DE , PRINS WILLY DE , EPSTEIN MARC E. , GENTILI-POOLE PATRICIA , GIELIS CEES , HÄTTENSCHWILER PETER , HAUSMANN AXEL , HOLLOWAY JEREMY D. , KALLIES AXEL , KARSHOLT OLE , KAWAHARA AKITO Y. , KOSTER SJAAK J. C. , KOZLOV MIKHAIL V. , LAFONTAINE J. DONALD , LAMAS GERARDO , LANDRY JEAN-FRANÇOIS , LEE SANGMI , NUSS MATTHIAS , PARK KYU-TEK , PENZ CARLA , ROTA JADRANKA , SCHINTLMEISTER ALEXANDER , SCHMIDT B. CHRISTIAN , SOHN JAE-CHEON , SOLIS M. ALMA , TARMANN GERHARD M. , WARREN ANDREW D. , WELLER SUSAN , YAKOVLEV ROMAN V. , ZOLOTUHIN VADIM V. , ZWICK ANDREAS
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Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: PAPE THOMAS , BLAGODEROV VLADIMIR , MOSTOVSKI MIKHAIL B.
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Pisces. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: ESCHMEYER WILLIAM N. , FONG JON D.
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Class Amphibia Gray, 1825. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classi­fication and survey of taxonomic richness
Authors: BLACKBURN DAVID C. , WAKE DAVID B.
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Notes on Chinese Allopachria Zimmermann, with descriptions of two new species from Guangxi (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Authors: BIAN DONGJU , JI LANZHU
Published: March 2019

Two new species of the genus Allopachria Zimmermann, 1924: A. elongata sp. nov. and A. yanfengi sp. nov. fromGuangxi Autonomous Region, China are described, illustrated and compared with related species. Allopachria ernsti We-walka, 2002 is recorded from China (Guangxi) for the first time. In addition, a figure of the paramere of Allopachrialiselotteae Wewalka, 2000 is presented and corrected, and the identification of A. dieterlei Wewalka, 2000, recorded from Jiangxi province by Bian & Ji (2010), is changed to A. miaowangi Wewalka, 2010.
Species of Euglossa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) belonging to the purpurea species group occurring in eastern Brazil, with description of Euglossa monnei sp. n.
Authors: NEMÉSIO ANDRÉ
Published: March 2019

Species of Euglossa Latreille, 1802 belonging to the Euglossa purpurea Friese, 1899 species group occurring in the Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil are here revised, illustrated and provided with key for their identification. Seven species of the E. purpurea group were found to occur in eastern Brazil, one of them considered as a new species, Euglossa monnei sp. n. Euglossa avicula is recorded for the first time outside the state of Espírito Santo in the Atlantic Forest and new regional records are presented for other four species. Records of E. avicula outside the Atlantic Forest are dismissed and the identity of some species is discussed.
Spionidae (Annelida) from shallow waters around the British Islands: an identification guide for the NMBAQC Scheme with an overview of spionid morphology and biology
Authors: RADASHEVSKY VASILY I.
Published: March 2019

This is the third guide in a series aimed to help in the identification of northern European samples through the NationalMarine Biological Analytical Quality Control (NMBAQC) Scheme. A review is presented of general morphology andbiology of one of the most common groups in marine and estuarine communities worldwide, spionid polychaetes(Annelida: Spionidae). An identification key to 20 genera and a list of 80 species likely to occur in waters around Britainand Ireland are provided based on the taxonomic literature, collection records and the author’s examination of various collections. The names are updated but some records need verification.
A review of the blennioid fish family Tripterygiidae (Perciformes) in the Red Sea, with description of Enneapterygius qirmiz, and reinstatement of Enneapterygius altipinnis Clark, 1980
Authors: HOLLEMAN WOUTER , BOGORODSKY SERGEY V.
Published: March 2019

The fishes of the blennioid family Tripterygiidae of the Red Sea are reviewed. Twelve species are recognised: Norfolkiabrachylepis, Helcogramma obtusirostris, H. steinitzi and nine species of Enneapterygius. Enneapterygius qirmiz sp. nov.is described for a species originally described, but not named, by Clark (1980), of which the specimens on which she hadbased her description had become lost. Clark’s (1980) Enneapterygius altipinnis is re-instated as a valid species, and itsinclusion as one of a complex of several species is discussed. Enneapterygius ventermaculus reported as first record forthe Red Sea. Detailed colour descriptions are given for all species, including their colour underwater where possible, as many of the species are cryptic and difficult to identify.
Revision of the Oriental leafhopper genus Parallygus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of new species
Authors: DAI WU , VIRAKTAMATH C. A. , WEBB M. D. , ZHANG YALIN
Published: March 2019

The Oriental leafhopper genus Parallygus Melichar is revised and redescribed based on study of its type species, P. divar-icatus Melichar, from Sri Lanka. Based on its paired aedeagal shafts, a feature of some other tribes, it is only tentativelyretained in Athysanini. Three new species, Parallygus burmindicus Viraktamath & Webb, sp. nov. (India: West Bengal,Meghalya; Myanmar: Mishmi Hills), P. jiuhuaensis Dai & Zhang, sp. nov. (China: Anhui) and P. rameshi Viraktamath &Webb, sp. nov. (India: West Bengal) are described and illustrated together with P. divaricatus Melichar and Parallygusguttatus Matsumura comb. reinstated described from Taiwan. The latter species is reinstated into its original genus Pa-rallygus from Phlepsius and is also recorded from mainland China and India (new records). A key to species is also provided.
A relict new species of Oreobates (Anura, Strabomantidae) from the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests of Minas Gerais, Brazil, and its implication to the biogeography of the genus and that of South American Dry Forests
Authors: TEIXEIRA MAURO , AMARO RENATA CECÍLIA , RECODER RENATO SOUSA , DE SENA MARCO AURÉLIO , RODRIGUES MIGUEL TREFAUT
Published: March 2019

A new species of Oreobates is described from Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park, Januária, Minas Gerais state, in theAtlantic Dry Forests of Brazil. The new species is distinguished from all other Oreobates by having the following combi-nation of characters: large tympanum, discs broadly enlarged and truncate on Fingers III and IV, smooth dorsal skin, nup-tial pads absent, snout subacuminate, and a very short pulsatile (2–3 pulses) single-noted advertisement call with dominantfrequency of about 3150 Hz, and no harmonic structure. Molecular phylogenetic analyses using partial sequences of themitochondrial genes cytochrome b (cyt b) and 16S using multiple outgroups recovered the new species within Oreobatesand sister to O. heterodactylus. The latter species inhabits the Dry Forests of Mato Grosso (Cerrado) and Bolivia (Chiq-uitano forests), and is strictly associated to these habitats, which suggests a preterit connection between Chiquitano andAtlantic Dry Forests. The discovery of a new Oreobates in the Atlantic Dry Forest is of great importance for the conservation of these dry forests, as it is known only from this type of habitat.
Charinus bromeliaea sp. n. (Amblypygi: Charinidae); a new species of bromeliad inhabiting whip spider from French Guyana
Authors: JOCQUE MERLIJN , DE LEÃO GIUPPONI ALESSANDRO PONCE
Published: March 2019

A new species of Charinus Simon, 1892 is described from French Guyana, raising the number of species in the genus to48 (27 for the Neotropical region and 19 for South America). Charinus bromeliaea sp. n. is distinguished from the otherspecies in the genus by morphological characteristics and unique ecology. Adapted to live in Achmea bromeliads on gran-ite inselbergs, this species is an interesting addition to the wide range of habitats Charinus species are found in. This is also the first record of the genus from French Guyana and this record extends the geographic distribution of the genus.
Bathyferula, a new Caribbean deep-water turrid genus (Gastropoda: Turroidea), with description of a large-sized new species
Authors: STAHLSCHMIDT PETER , LAMY DOMINIQUE , FRAUSSEN KOEN
Published: March 2019

The examination of five specimens of a turrid species from various Caribbean locations led us to the recognition of a new species and genus. Although the group of turriform gastropods comprise already about 340 valid genera and subgenera (Taylor et al. 1993) we have not been able to find a genus that, even in a very broad sense, could accommodate the new species. Therefore, we propose the new genus Bathyferula.
A new species of the genus Aeschnosoma Selys, 1870 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae s.s.)
Authors: FLECK GÜNTHER , NEISS ULISSES G.
Published: March 2019

The larva, the adult male and the adult female of Aeschnosoma hamadae sp. nov. are described and illustrated. This species belongs to the A. elegans group of species. A comparison with other species of this group is given.
Nonmarine ostracods (Crustacea) from South Korea, including a description of a new species of Tanycypris Triebel (Cyprididae, Cypricercinae)
Authors: CHANG CHEON YOUNG , LEE JIMIN , SMITH ROBIN J.
Published: March 2019

Preliminary surveys of brackish and freshwater habitats in the southeast and east of South Korea produced a total of fifteenspecies. Ten of these species are new records for Korea, and one additional species, belonging to the genus Tanycypris, isnewly described herein. Twenty-seven species of nonmarine ostracods are now reported from Korea, but this is probablyonly a small proportion of the actual number of species inhabiting the peninsula. The presence of Dolerocypris ikeyaiSmith & Kamiya, 2006, Cryptocandona brehmi (Klie, 1934), Cryptocandona tsukagoshii Smith, 2011, Physocypria nip-ponica Okubo, 1990 and Vestalenula cylindrica (Straub, 1952) on the Korean Peninsula demonstrates that these species are also distributed on the continent, and are not endemic to Japan.
A new atyid genus and species from Madagascar (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)
Authors: RICHARD JASMINE , DE GRAVE SAMMY , CLARK PAUL F.
Published: March 2019

The caridean family Atyidae is currently known by 29 species in Madagascar, which are found throughout riverine habi-tats, caves and swamps. The present study describes a new genus and species from a mountain stream in the RanomafanaNational Park, South East Madagascar. The new genus is characterised by possessing a short unarmed rostrum, absenceof teeth on the carapace, the carpus of the second pereiopod being elongated with an anterior excavation, all pereiopodswith exopods (fifth vestigial or reduced), the presence of a single uropodal diaeresis spine, a long appendix masculinaarmed with numerous spiniform setae on the second male pleopod and in carrying 11–14 eggs of 1.4–1.5 × 1.00–1.1mm in size.
Diplogyniidae (Acari: Mesostigmata) associated with Panesthia cockroaches (Blattodea: Blaberidae)
Authors: SEEMAN OWEN D.
Published: March 2019

Five new Australian species of Paradiplogynium and one new species of Lobogyniella are described from Panesthia, a genusof subsocial wood cockroaches. Paradiplogynium panesthia Womersley, originally collected from Panesthia cribrata in NewSouth Wales, is redescribed. The new mite species are Paradiplogynium caitlinae sp. nov., Paradiplogynium damieni sp. nov.and Paradiplogynium elizabethae sp. nov. from Panesthia tyroni tryoni; Paradiplogynium isaaci sp. nov. from Panesthia cri-brata; Paradiplogynium kaii sp. nov. from Panesthia sloanei; and Lobogyniella harrynahmani sp. nov. from Panesthiaancaudellioides. Paradiplogynium and Lobogyniella are re-diagnosed and a key to Paradiplogynium is provided. EachPanesthia species has a large and a small species of diplogyniid mite associated with it. In two instances, geographically distanthost populations had different species of mite. Mites are restricted to a single host, except the widespread species Paradiplogy-nium nahmani, which is now known from Titanolabis colossea (Dermaptera), Pan. ancaudellioides, Pan. cribrata and Pan. sloanei.
Colletteichthys occidentalis, a new Toadfish Species from the Arabian Peninsula and Northern Arabian Sea (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)
Authors: GREENFIELD DAVID W.
Published: March 2019

The second known species in the genus Colletteichthys is described from the Arabian Peninsula and the northern ArabianSea, supporting the validity of the genus Colletteichthys. Compared to the other known species, C. dussumieri from India,C. occidentalis has only a single tentacle above the eye whereas C. dussumieri has two or more. Colletteichtyhs dussumieri is restricted to the west coast of India.
A new aetosaur genus (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) from the early Late Triassic of southern Brazil
Authors: DESOJO JULIA B. , EZCURRA MARTÍN D. , KISCHLAT EDIO E.
Published: March 2019

We describe the new aetosaur Aetobarbakinoides brasiliensis gen. et sp. nov. from the early Late Triassic (late Carnian-early Norian) Brazilian Santa Maria Formation. The holotype is composed of a partial postcranium including several cer-vical and dorsal vertebrae and ribs, one anterior caudal vertebra, right scapula, right humerus, right tibia, partial right pes,and anterior and mid-dorsal paramedian osteoderms. Aetobarbakinoides is differentiated from other aetosaurs by the pres-ence of cervical vertebrae with widely laterally extended prezygapophyses, mid-cervical vertebrae with anterior articularfacet width more than 1.2 times wider than the posterior one, anterior caudal vertebrae with extremely anteroposteriorlyshort prezygapophyses, elongated humerus and tibia in relation to the axial skeleton, and paramedian osteoderms with aweakly raised anterior bar. A cladistic analysis recovered the new species as more derived than the South American generaAetosauroides (late Carnian-early Norian) and Neoaetosauroides (late Norian-Rhaetian), and it is nested as the sister-tax-on of an unnamed clade, composed of Typothoracisinae and Desmatosuchinae, due to the absence of a ventral keel in thecervical vertebrae. Aetobarbakinoides presents a skeletal anatomy previously unknown among South American aetosaurs,with the combination of presacral vertebrae with hyposphene, anteroposteriorly short and unkeeled cervical vertebrae,gracile limbs, and paramedian osteoderms with a weakly raised anterior bar. Aetobarbakinoides is among the oldest knownaetosaurs together with Aetosauroides from Argentina and Brazil and Stagonolepis robertsoni from Scotland, indicatinga widely distributed early record for the group. In addition, the recognition of a suite of derived features in Aetobarbaki-noides, which is one of the oldest known aetosaurs, is in agreement with an older origin for the group, as it is expected by the extensive ghost lineages at the base of the main pseudosuchian clades.
Suctorian ciliates (Ciliophora, Suctorea) as epibionts of stream-dwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic region
Authors: DOVGAL IGOR , PEŠIĆ VLADIMIR
Published: March 2019

Based on original data from recent research, numerous new records of the suctorian species living as epibionts on stream-dwelling aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) in the southwestern Palaearctic area are giv-en. The following species are reported for the first time for the national faunas: Setodiscophrya deplanata (Matthes, 1954)(Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey), Discophrya helmidis Matthes, 1954 (Montenegro, Tur-key), Elatodiscophrya hochi (Matthes, 1954) (Bosnia and Hercegovina, Turkey), Periacineta buckei (Kent, 1881) (Mon-tenegro, Greece), Discophrya lichtensteinii (Claparede & Lachmann, 1859) (Turkey, Iran). The characteristics of the suctorians as epibionts of stream-dwelling arthropods are briefly outlined.
Peanut worms of the phylum Sipuncula from the Nha Trang Bay (South China Sea) with a key to species
Authors: ADRIANOV ANDREY V. , MAIOROVA ANASTASSYA S.
Published: March 2019

Sipunculan worms from the Vietnamese waters are still poorly investigated, while they are well known from Chinese andTaiwanese waters of the South China Sea. During the years 2008–2010, therefore, we collected sipunculans from NhaTrang Bay in South Vietnam. Twenty species of peanut worms representing eleven genera and five families of the phylumSipuncula are recognized from more than one thousand individuals collected from various biotopes. Fifteen species arenew records for Nha Trang Bay with Nephasoma pellucidum being a new record for the South China Sea. Species accountsinclude the most important taxonomic characters as well as quantitative characteristics, distributions, and specific biotopedata. All species were illustrated in living conditions with everted introvert and tentacular apparatus. Accordingly, a key up to species level is provided.
Sharks of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf: a first annotated checklist (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii)
Authors: MOORE ALEC B.M. , WARD ROBERT D. , PEIRCE RICHARD
Published: March 2019

The first evidence-based checklist of sharks of the Persian (Arabian) Gulf is presented based on appraisal of primary lit-erature and new data, including identifications verified by COI barcoding. Evidence of the occurrence of 26 species in theGulf is presented, and the possible presence of a further 17 species is discussed. Carcharhinidae is the most species-richfamily (16 species) present. The first substantiated Gulf records of the spinner shark Carcharhinus brevipinna, blacktipreef shark C. melanopterus¸ and scalloped hammerhead Sphyrna lewini are provided, along with a new record of the rarelyreported grey nurse shark Carcharias taurus. The diversity of the Gulf’s shark fauna, and possible influences on it, are briefly discussed.
A new species of the genus Clubiona Latreille (Araneae, Clubionidae) from Hainan Island, China
Authors: ZHU BIRAN , REN HAIQING , CHEN JIAN
Published: March 2019

The genus Clubiona Latreille, 1804 is the biggest genus of Clubionidae and the only genus reported from China till now. According to Platnick (2011), a total of 578 species have been described from all over the world, of which 100 species were reported from China (Song et al. 1999). Various field collections in Hainan Island, China were carried out by the colleagues of Hubei University in 2010. During these we have found a Clubiona species, which has a wing-shaped femoral apophysis and is described here as new to the science.
The Pamphagidae (Orthoptera) from East Algeria and description of a new species
Authors: BENKENANA NAIMA , HARRAT ABBOUD , PETIT DANIEL
Published: March 2019

Through a 3-year survey of 9 stations in North East of Algeria, we recorded 16 species of grasshopper belonging to thefamily Pamphagidae. The National Park of Belezma, near Batna city, appears to be the richest region for this family, with10 species. Notably, Paracinipe sulphuripes, only known from Djelfa, is present at Belezma, showing unexpected rela-tionship between these two areas, separated by 280 km. Within the Pamphagus djelfensis complex, a new species is de-scribed, P. batnensis Benkenana & Petit, easily distinguishable by its epiphallic characters. Taking into account severalstudies dealing with other Algerian stations, we provide certain climatic constraints of most species, as illustrated by bio-climagrams. We show that the semi-arid stage with fresh winter and sub-humid stage with cold winter correspond to the most suitable conditions for this family.
Redescription and lectotype designation of Helichus cordubensis Berg (Coleoptera: Dryopidae)
Authors: RODRIGUEZ G. A. , MANZO V.
Published: March 2019

Helichus cordubensis Berg, 1885 is redescribed based on type material and new material. A lectotype is designated for this species. Male genitalia are illustrated for the first time.
Revision of the genus Andraegoidus Aurivillius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
Authors: R. JUAN PABLO BOTERO , MONNÉ MARCELA L.
Published: March 2019

A revision of the genus Andraegoidus Aurivillius, 1920, based on a study of external morphology and terminalia, is pre-sented. The genus and species are redescribed; two subspecies are elevated to species level: Andraegoidus fabricii (Du-pont, 1838) status nov. and A. richteri (Bruch, 1908) status nov.; synonyms are proposed: Trachyderes fulvipennis(Dupont, 1838) = A. fabricii and T. zonatus (Dalman, 1823) = A. rufipes (Fabricius, 1787). The genus is composed of 10species and no subspecies: A. cruentatus (Dupont, 1838), A. distinguendus Hüdepohl, 1985, A. homoplatus (Dupont,1838), A. fabricii (Dupont, 1838), A. lacordairei (Dupont, 1838), A. laticollis Tippmann, 1953, A. richteri (Bruch, 1902),A. rufipes (Fabricius, 1878), A. translucidus Botero & Monné, 2011 and A. variegatus (Perty, 1832). A key to species for each gender as well as photographs and geographical distribution maps are provided.
Oroides pakaluki new genus and new species of Coccidulini from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
Authors: TOMASZEWSKA WIOLETTA , ŚLIPIŃSKI ADAM
Published: March 2019

Oroides gen. nov., along with O. pakaluki sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae, Coccidulini) from New Guinea is described and illustrated. Placement of this genus within Coccinellidae is discussed.
Two new species of Trigonotylus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Stenodemini) from western Canada and northwestern United States
Authors: SCUDDER G. G.E. , SCHWARTZ MICHAEL D.
Published: March 2019

Two new species of stenodemine Miridae from western Canada and the United States are described. Trigonotylus exilis n.sp. from British Columbia to northern California and Utah, and T. setosus n. sp. from northern British Columbia, YukonTerritory, and adjacent northern Northwest Territories and Alaska are documented. A key to the species of Trigonotylusfrom this study region is provided to allow identification of the included fauna. Host plant species are identified. Lactic acid is proposed as an alternative to potash as a dissection medium for male genitalia.
A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Beybienkoana Gorochov (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Euscyrtinae)
Authors: LIU HAO-YU , SHI FU-MING
Published: March 2019

Three new species of the genus Beybienkoana Gorochov, 1988 from China are described and illustrated, B. trapeza sp.nov., B. ditrapeza sp. nov. and B. majora sp. nov. A key to Chinese species of this genus is provided. A distribution map of all species in the world is presented.
Description of the imago of Noirotitermes noiroti Cancello & Myles 2000 (Isoptera: Termitidae: Syntermitinae), with new records
Authors: CONSTANTINO REGINALDO
Published: March 2019

Noirotitermes is a monotypic termite genus known only from Brazil. Noirotitermes noiroti was described based on a single sample from Piauí, Brazil, with only a few soldiers and several workers. Noirotitermes seems to be related to Macuxitermes Cancello & Bandeira 1992, another poorly known monotypic genus of Syntermitinae.
New records of the grassland leafhopper genus Doratura Sahlberg (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Chiasmini) from China
Authors: DUAN YANI , ZHANG YALIN
Published: March 2019

New records for the Old World grassland leafhopper genus Doratura Sahlberg from China are provided. Four species arerecorded with D. concors, D. homophyla and D. stylata recorded from China for the first time. A key to males is provided and their genitalia are illustrated.
A cryptic complex of species related to Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970 from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific, including descriptions of ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 (Digenea: Transversotrematidae)
Authors: HUNTER JANET A. , CRIBB THOMAS H.
Published: March 2019

Transversotrema licinum Manter, 1970 was described from two species of fishes from Moreton Bay, Queensland, and sub-sequently reported from 13 further species from six families in the Indo–West Pacific region. This study records specimensmorphologically similar to T. licinum from 48 fish species from 11 families. A combined analysis of the second internaltranscribed spacer region (ITS2) of ribosomal DNA and morphological data revealed a complex of at least 15 species andfrom these data ten new species of Transversotrema Witenberg, 1944 are described here. T. licinum sensu stricto is char-acterised in terms of morphology, distinct genotype, wide host distribution (Kyphosidae, Lutjanidae, Monodactylidae,Mugilidae, Pomacentridae and Sparidae) and, at present, is known only in Moreton Bay. The following new species areproposed: T. atkinsoni n. sp. from nemipterids from Heron Island (southern GBR) and Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia);T. borboleta n. sp. from chaetodontids and lutjanines (Lutjanidae) from Lizard Island and Heron Island; T. cardinalis n.sp. from lutjanines and a haemulid from Lizard Island; T. carmenae n. sp. from nemipterids from Lizard Island; T. dam-sella n. sp. from pomacentrids, a labrid and a mugilid from Lizard Island; T. espanola n. sp. from lutjanines from Heronand Lizard Islands; T. fusilieri n. sp. from caesionines (Lutjanidae) from Lizard Island; T. manteri n. sp. from caesioninesfrom Lizard Island and Ningaloo Reef; T. nova n. sp. from a nemipterid from New Caledonia; and T. witenbergi n. sp.from caesionines from Heron Island. Transversotrema borboleta n. sp. is itself probably a complex of at least three closelyrelated species but these are not yet sufficiently well delineated to allow separate descriptions. Four putative species re-ferred to as Species A–D recognised from molecular analysis have not been described because of insufficient data. Mostspecies are evidently strongly restricted to families or subfamilies of fishes. Only T. licinum appears to be genuinely eu-ryxenic. Transversotrema borboleta infects chaetodontids and lutjanids but the nature of the distribution may be an indi-cation that it represents a species complex. Most of the species appear to have restricted ranges, being absent from susceptible host species at some localities.
Leptoecia midatlantica, a new species of the deep-sea quill-worms (Polychaeta: Onuphidae: Hyalinoeciinae) from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Authors: BUDAEVA NATALIYA
Published: March 2019

A new species of the genus Leptoecia Chamberlin, 1919, collected from the northern part of the Mid-Atlantic ridge at depths around 2100–2700 m, is described. Leptoecia midatlantica sp. nov., is characterized by the presence of both uni- and bidentate simple falcigers on the first pair of parapodia, presence of dorsal cirri on all chaetigers, dorsoventrally flattened organic tube, and appearance of the first subacicular hooks around chaetiger 28–39. The unusually high intraspecific variability of several morphological characters (dentition of falcigers, shape of prostomium, and number of anal cirri) in the examined material is described. A key for the seven known species of the genus Leptoecia is provided.
A new species of Balaustium von Heyden, 1826 (Acari: Actinotrichida, Erythraeidae) from Spain
Authors: MĄKOL JOANNA , ARIJS YVES , WÄCKERS FELIX
Published: March 2019

An erythraeid mite, Balaustium hernandezi sp. nov., was found in large numbers in a greenhouse in Spain. The larva,deutonymph and female of the new species are described based on material obtained during experimental rearing. Dataand information on feeding habits, food spectrum, mode of reproduction and life cycle are provided. The potential role of the species as a biological control agent is discussed.
The genus Leptoplana (Leptoplanidae, Polycladida) in the Mediterranean basin. Redescription of the species Leptoplana mediterranea (Bock, 1913) comb. nov.
Authors: GAMMOUDI MEHREZ , EGGER BERNHARD , TEKAYA SAÏDA , NOREÑA CAROLINA
Published: March 2019

A revision of the genus Leptoplana Ehrenberg, 1831 in the Mediterranean basin is undertaken. This revision deals withthe distribution and validity of the species of Leptoplana known for the area. The Mediterranean sub-species polyclad,Leptoplana tremellaris forma mediterranea Bock, 1913 is elevated to the specific level. Leptoplana mediterranea comb.nov. is redescribed from the Lake of Tunis, Tunisia. This flatworm is distinguished from Leptoplana tremellaris mainlyby having a prostatic vesicle provided with a long diverticulum attached ventrally to the seminal vesicle, a genital pit clos-er to the male pore than to the female one and a twelve-eyed hatching juvenile instead of the four-eyed juvenile of L. tremellaris. The direct development in L. mediterranea is described at 15 °C.
The emesine assassin bug genus Empicoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of two new species
Authors: ISHIKAWA TADASHI , TRUONG XUAN LAM , OKAJIMA SHÛJI
Published: March 2019

Five species of the reduviid genus Empicoris are recognized in Vietnam, including a previously recorded species E. ru-bromaculatus (Blackburn). Two species, E. montanus sp. n. and E. laocaiensis sp. n., are newly described. Empicorisminutus Usinger and E. tesselatoides Wygodzinsky et Usinger are recorded from Vietnam for the first time. A key to the species of Vietnamese Empicoris is presented.
A new species of the palaearctic genus Dasypoda Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera: Dasypodaidae) from the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia
Authors: MICHEZ DENIS , PAULY ALAIN
Published: March 2019

Dasypoda is a genus of solitary bees previously recorded as endemic in the Palaearctic region from Portugal to Japan. Wedescribe here a new species of Dasypoda (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Melittidae), Dasypoda riftensis sp. nov., collected fromEthiopia, Great Rift Valley, Gallo. This species is the first record of the genus Dasypoda in Sub-Saharan Africa and is of phylogenetic importance. We discuss biogeographical implications of the record in Ethiopia.
A new species of extinct fossil scops owl (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae: Otus) from the Archipelago of Madeira (North Atlantic Ocean)
Authors: RANDO JUAN CARLOS , PIEPER HARALD , ALCOVER JOSEP ANTONI , OLSON STORRS L.
Published: March 2019

The extinct Madeiran Scops Owl Otus mauli n. sp. is described from fossil bones found in Quaternary sites on MadeiraIsland (Madeira Archipelago, North Atlantic Ocean). It is the first extinct bird to be described from this archipelago andthe first extinct species of Strigiformes known from anywhere in Macaronesia. The forelimb bones of the new taxon aresimilar in size to those of the Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops Linnaeus) but the hindlimb bones are longer, especially thetarsometatarsus, which is much longer and more slender than in O. scops. The estimated body weight and wing loading,together with the proportions of hindlimb bones (femur, tibiotarsus and tarsometatarsus) in relation to total length of legbones (femur+tibiotarsus+tarsometatarsus), seem to indicate a ground-dwelling life-style. Human arrival and subsequenthabitat alterations (introduction of alien taxa, burning, etc.) are the most probable causes of its extinction. The same spe-cies or a close relative is documented from dunes on the island of Porto Santo, but the quality of preservation of its bones precludes more certain identification.
Revision of the Oocyclus Sharp of Brazil with description of ten new species(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Laccobiini)
Authors: CLARKSON BRUNO , SHORT ANDREW E.Z.
Published: March 2019

The Brazilian species of the water scavenger beetle genus Oocyclus Sharp, 1882 are revised. Fourteen species are recog-nized, including ten described as new from southern and southeastern Brazil: Oocyclus acuru sp. n., O. aeneus sp. n., O.alterosa sp. n., O. caparao sp. n., O. flexus sp. n., O. itapecori sp. n., O. itapicum sp. n., O. rotundus sp. n., O. xanthus sp.n., and O. yubai sp. n. New records for two of the three previously recorded Brazilian species, O. decorus (Kuwert) andO. fryanus Balfour-Browne, are given. One species, O. iguazu (Oliva), is newly recorded from the country as well as fromParaguay. The holotypes of O. fryanus and O. schubarti d’Orchymont are redescribed. A key and high-resolution imagesof each species are provided. Consistent with the biology of other members of the genus, all species are found in rocks seeps and other hygropetric habitats.
The first record of Astichus Förster (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entiinae), parasitoids of Ciidae (Coleoptera) in bracket fungi, from the Afrotropical Region and the description of four new species from South Africa
Authors: NESER OTTILIE C.
Published: March 2019

The genus Astichus Förster (Eulophidae: Entiinae) is recorded for the first time from sub-Saharan Africa and four newspecies are described from South Africa: A. micans n. sp., A. silvani n. sp., A. gracilis n. sp. and A. naiadis n. sp. .Astichusspecies are known as parasitoids of Ciidae (Coleoptera) tunnelling and living in bracket fungi. The South African speciesemerged together with Ciidae from a variety of bracket fungi from many localities in the region. They are easily separatedfrom known Astichus species from other regions in the world by their distinctive colour and patterning. A key to the SouthAfrican Astichus species, distribution maps, and notes on biology are included, as well as identifications of Ciidae and bracket fungus specimens encountered in the study.
On the identity of Dichotrachelus maculosus Fairmaire and D. sabaudus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae)
Authors: MEREGALLI MASSIMO , PERRIN HÉLÈNE
Published: March 2019

During the compilation of the Catalogue of the Palaearctic Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae by the first author, particular attention was given to the correct identification of a few early names of uncertain attribution within Dichotrachelus Stierlin, 1853. Early description and geographical distribution suggested that two of these names could be the senior synonyms of commonly used names for species of the Western Alps. Both these names have been placed in synonymy with other species, sometimes doubtfully and not respecting priority.
Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Costa Rica, part 1. Genera Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster and Meggoleus Townes
Authors: KHALAIM ANDREY I. , BROAD GAVIN R.
Published: March 2019

The Costa Rican fauna of three tersilochine genera, Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster and Meggoleus Townes, is re-vised. Seven species, A. barycnemica sp. nov., A. bribria sp. nov., A. compressor sp. nov., A. hansoni sp. nov., A. mega-frons sp. nov., A. noyesi sp. nov. and B. costaricensis sp. nov., are described as new. Allophrys divaricata Horstmann, M.spirator Townes and two groups of undescribed species of Allophrys are newly recorded from Costa Rica. A key to theCosta Rican species of Allophrys is provided. Finger-shaped sensory flagellar structures, previously known in two European species of Phradis Förster, are registered in all Costa Rican species of Allophrys, Barycnemis and Meggoleus.
A new species of the leafhopper genus Riseveinus Li, 1995 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) from China
Authors: LI YU-JIAN , LI ZI-ZHONG
Published: March 2019

The paper deals with the species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Riseveinus Li. A new species, R. baoshanensis sp. nov., from Yunnan Province, China is described and a key to species is provided.
Six new species of Paraleia Tonnoir (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): amphinotic elements at the northern range of the Andes
Authors: OLIVEIRA SARAH SIQUEIRA , DE SOUZA AMORIM DALTON
Published: March 2019

Paraleia was originally described by Tonnoir for P. fulvescens, known from Australia. More recently, eleven Neotropicalspecies were added to the genus—nine of which are from Chile and southern Argentina, one from Bolivia, and one fromPeru. This distribution pattern is typical of many mycetophilid genera. Six new Neotropical species of Paraleia from theAndean Colombia and Ecuador are herein described. Male terminalia of P. bolivari sp. n., P. denticulata sp. n., P. fumosasp. n., and P. tonnoiri sp. n., as well as female terminalia of P. bolivari sp. n., P. denticulata sp. n., P. fumosa sp. n., P.nidorosa sp. n., P. sharkeyi sp. n., and Paraleia sp. are illustrated. High-resolution photos of wings for all species are presented. An identification key for world species of Paraleia is provided.
Description of the final stadium larva of Telebasis obsoleta (Selys, 1876) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
Authors: LOZANO FEDERICO , MUZÓN JAVIER , SCATTOLINI CELESTE
Published: March 2019

The final stadium larvae of Telebasis obsoleta is described and illustrated based on one reared specimen from Argentina.Notes on habitat and new provincial records of Odonata are also provided. The larva of Telebasis obsoleta has five palpalsetae, a feature shared only with the larva of T. demerara. All other known Telebasis species have six or seven palpal setae.Telebasis obsoleta and T. demarara can be distinguished by the presence of two small denticles near the tip of the prementum in T. obsoleta, and by the color pattern of the distal half of the caudal lamellae.
Notes on the larval morphology of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) species parasitoids of gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Europe
Authors: GÓMEZ JOSE F. , NIEVES-ALDREY JOSE LUIS
Published: March 2019

A comparative study of the larval morphology and biology of Arthrolytus glandium Bouček, Cecidostiba fungosa Geof-froy in Fourcroy, Cecidostiba geganius (Walker), Pteromalus bedeguaris (Thomson), Pteromalus hieracii (Thomson),Pteromalus isarchus Walker, Rivasia fumariae Askew & Nieves-Aldrey and Stinoplus lapsanae Graham (Pteromalidae)is presented. These eight species are all parasitoids of gall wasps in Europe and are components of communities associatedwith different gall-wasp food guilds: galls on herbs, shrubs and oaks. Special attention was paid to larval body shape, headcapsule characters, the mouthparts and especially the mandibles and the chaetotaxy of the head. Diagnostic characters ofthe genera are provided and except for R. fumariae the terminal instar larvae of all studied species are described and illus-trated for the first time with scanning electron photomicrographs. Information on the biology of each species, including new rearing records, is given.
Revision of Neotropical species of Empididae (Diptera) described by Mario Bezzi. VIII. The species described in Hilarempis Bezzi
Authors: RAFAEL J. A.
Published: March 2019

Mario Bezzi described 10 Neotropical species in Hilarempis Bezzi, 1905. Six of them are re-described and illustrated fromtype and non-type specimens. Currently all re-described species remain in Hilarempis: H. argentifera Bezzi, 1909, H. bar-batula Bezzi, 1909, H. carinata Bezzi, 1909, H. elegans Bezzi, 1909, H. gymnaspis Bezzi, 1909 and H. xanthocera Bezzi,1905. The primary or secondary type specimens of these species were examined, except for H. xanthocera, and lectotypespecimens are here designated for H. barbatula, H. carinata and H. gymnaspis. The remaining four species of Hilarempis described by Bezzi were either destroyed or could not be located.
Two new species of soft-winged flower beetles of the genus Kuatunia Evers, 1945–48 (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) from China and northeastern Russia
Authors: TSHERNYSHEV SERGEI E.
Published: March 2019

Two new malachiid beetle species of the genus Kuatunia Evers are described: K. nordica sp. n., from Taimyr peninsula,northeastern Russia, and K. wolongensis sp. n., from China, Wolong Nature Reserve. Figures of male habiti, elytral ap-pendices, genitalia, and a distribution map for newly recorded species are given, and a determination key to all species of the genus is provided.
A new species and record of Serpulidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Cross Seamount in the Hawaiian Chain
Authors: BAILEY-BROCK JULIE H. , MAGALHÃES WAGNER F.
Published: March 2019

A new species of the serpulid genus Metavermilia Bush, 1905 and a new record of the genus Omphalopomopsis Saint-Joseph, 1894 are described from deep-sea lava rocks collected from 2,013 m at Cross Seamount, southwest of the Hawaiiarchipelago. Metavermilia zibrowii sp. nov., differs from its congeners mostly by the presence of a simple and concaveoperculum, extent of the thoracic membrane and tube morphology. Omphalopomopsis langerhansii (Marenzeller, 1885)is the type species of the genus and it is only known through its type specimen. This species is characterized by a simpleoperculum with a shallow convex calcareous endplate, cylindrical peduncle, presence of Apomatus chaetae and high num-ber of teeth in the thoracic uncini. This is the first record of this species outside the type locality and both genera are newly recorded for the Hawaiian Islands.