bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Effects of Age and Immune Landscape on Outcome in HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in the NCCTG N9831 (Alliance) and NSABP B-31 (NRG) Trials
Authors: Chumsri Saranya , Serie Daniel J. , Li Zhuo , Pogue-Geile Katherine L. , Soyano-Muller Aixa E. , Mashadi-Hossein Afshin , Warren Sarah , Lou Yanyan , Colon-Otero Gerardo , Knutson Keith L. , Perez Edith A. , Moreno-Aspitia Alvaro , Thompson E. Aubrey
Published: February 2019

Purpose:

Young age has been shown to be an independent predictor of poor outcome in breast cancer. In HER2-positive breast cancer, the effects of aging remain largely unknown.

Experimental Design:

A total of 4,547 patients were included [3,132 from North Central Cancer Treatment Group (NCCTG) N9831 and 1,415 from National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) B-31]. Pathologic stromal tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (sTIL) and molecular tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (mTIL) signatures were evaluated.

Results:

In NCCTG N9831, comparable benefit of trastuzumab was observed in all patients [age ≤ 40; HR, 0.43; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.28–0.66; P < 0.001; and age > 40; HR, 0.56; 95% CI, 0.45–0.69; P < 0.001]. Similar results were observed in NSABP B-31 (age ≤ 40; HR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.29–0.68; P < 0.001; and age > 40; HR, 0.42; 95% CI, 0.33–0.54; P < 0.001). Among patients who received chemotherapy alone, younger age was associated with poor outcome in the hormone receptor–positive subset, but not the hormone receptor–negative subset, in both trials. Although there was no association between sTILs and age, a small, but significant increase in mTIL CD45 and some immune subset signatures were observed. Among patients who received chemotherapy alone, patients over 40 years of age with lymphocyte-predominant breast cancer had excellent outcome, with 95% remaining recurrence free at 15 years.

Conclusions:

Among patients treated with trastuzumab, there was no significant difference in outcome related to age. Our study suggests that trastuzumab can negate the poor prognosis associated with young age.
Plasma HER2 (ERBB2) Copy Number Predicts Response to HER2-targeted Therapy in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Authors: Siravegna Giulia , Sartore-Bianchi Andrea , Nagy Rebecca J. , Raghav Kanwal , Odegaard Justin I. , Lanman Richard B. , Trusolino Livio , Marsoni Silvia , Siena Salvatore , Bardelli Alberto
Published: February 2019

Purpose:

ERBB2 (HER2) amplification is an emerging biomarker in colon cancer, conferring sensitivity to combination anti-HER2 therapy. Measurement of HER2 copy number is typically performed using surgical specimens, but cell-free circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) analysis may be a noninvasive alternative. We determined the sensitivity of plasma copy number (pCN) for detecting ERBB2 amplifications and whether pCN correlated with tissue-detected copy number. We also assessed response to HER2-targeted therapy based on pCN and suggest a pCN threshold predictive of response.

Experimental Design:

Forty-eight pretreatment and progression plasma samples from 29 HER2-positive patients in the HERACLES A clinical trial were tested using the Guardant360 cfDNA assay. We correlated ERRB2 pCN with progression-free survival (PFS) and best objective response (BOR) and applied an adjustment method based on tumor DNA shedding using the maximum mutant allele fraction as a surrogate for tumor content to accurately determine the pCN threshold predictive of response.

Results:

Forty-seven of 48 samples had detectable ctDNA, and 46 of 47 samples were ERBB2-amplified on the basis of cfDNA [2.55–122 copies; 97.9% sensitivity (95% confidence interval, 87.2%–99.8%)]. An adjusted ERBB2 pCN of ≥25.82 copies correlated with BOR and PFS (P = 0.0347).

Conclusions:

cfDNA is a viable alternative to tissue-based genotyping in the metastatic setting. The cfDNA platform utilized correctly identified 28 of 29 (96.6%) of pretreatment samples as ERBB2-amplified and predicted benefit from HER2-targeted therapy. In this study, an observed pCN of 2.4 and an adjusted pCN of 25.82 copies of ERBB2 are proposed to select patients who will benefit from HER2-targeted therapy.
Clonotypic Diversity of the T-cell Receptor Corroborates the Immature Precursor Origin of Cutaneous T-cell Lymphoma
Authors: Hamrouni Abdelbasset , Fogh Hanne , Zak Zoulika , Ødum Niels , Gniadecki Robert
Published: February 2019

Purpose:

Mycosis fungoides is one of the most common types of extranodal T-cell lymphomas, considered to be caused by malignant transformation of the mature T cells residing in the skin. However, some clinical observations such as the multifocal distribution of mycosis fungoides lesions or patterns of relapse after radiotherapy are not readily explainable by the mature T-cell origin theory.

Experimental Design:

We have performed a detailed analysis of T-cell receptor (TCR) rearrangements in single malignant cells and in biopsies from mycosis fungoides tumors composed of >80% of malignant cells using next-generation sequencing (NGS) to pinpoint the relationship between neoplastic cells in mycosis fungoides. We have also aimed to detect malignant, circulating T-cell by whole blood TCR sequencing.

Results:

We found a substantial clonal heterogeneity in the mycosis fungoides samples with regards to TCR, and we demonstrated that lymphoma cells harboring identical TCRγ sequences may harbor different TCRα and β sequences. Lack of absolute TCRα, -β, -γ monoclonality was further confirmed by TCR amplification and sequencing from microdissected lymphoma cells. We have also found the TCR rearrangements characteristic for lymphoma cells in patients' peripheral blood despite the lack of leukemic blood involvement; however, the circulating TCRγ clonotype did not always represent the dominant cutaneous clonotype.

Conclusions:

These findings can be explained by a model where malignant transformation takes place during early T-cell development giving rise to circulating premalignant clones, which home to the skin producing clinically apparent lesions of cutaneous lymphoma. Therapeutic strategies in T-cell lymphoma should therefore target those early lymphoma precursor cells.
New Hope in Prostate Cancer Precision Medicine? miRNA Replacement and Epigenetics
Authors: Bjartell Anders
Published: February 2019

SPINK1 +/ETS− prostate cancer is an aggressive disease with poor clinical outcome. New data suggest a novel treatment by upregulating the expression of miR-338-5p/-421 through epigenetic modulation or by miRNA replacement. This is a new and interesting concept that warrants further exploration in clinical trials.

See related article by Bhatia et al., p. 2755
A presença feminina na exposição Visões da arte no acervo do MAC USP 1950-2000
Authors: Silva Bruna Fernanda Vieira
Published: February 2019

Este artigo analisa a presença de artistas mulheres na exposição Visões da arte no acervo do MAC USP 1950-2000, a segunda parte da mostra de longa duração do acervo do Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo (MAC USP), a partir das teorias feministas de arte, pensando tanto na representatividade de artistas mulheres na exposição quanto na questão do gênero dentro do MAC USP como um todo.
First record of the callianassid ghost shrimp Neocallichirus jousseaumei (Nobili, 1904) (Decapoda: Axiidea) from India
Authors: Beleem Imtiyaz , Poriya Paresh , Gohil Bharatsinh
Published: February 2019

From India, two species of the callianassid ghost shrimp genus Neocallichirus Sakai, 1988 are known. In this study, Neocallichirus jousseaumei (Nobili, 1904) is first recorded from India based on a single specimen collected from intertidal zone of Diu coast.  A brief description for giving evidence of the identification and notes on habitat is presented.
Pollination ecology of three ecologically valuable carpetweed herbs, Mollugo cerviana, M. nudicaulis and M. pentaphylla (Molluginaceae)
Authors: Sulakshana Maddala , Raju Aluri Jacob Solomon
Published: February 2019

Mollugo cerviana, M. nudicaulis and M. pentaphylla are annual herbs which usually grow in open dry sandy and sandy/loamy soils, and also occur in moist habitats, especially cultivated lands.  The flowers possess five tepals, functional stamens and 3-carpelled ovary with several ovules and three stigmas.  M. nudicaulis and M. pentaphylla are pollinated by insects.  Haplothrips uses the flowers for breeding and feeding, which affects pollination.  These species have specialized floral structural and functional behaviours for self-induced and spontaneous autogamy while keeping the options open for insect pollination after anthesis.  They are facultative autogamous, which is reflected in pollen-ovule ratios and natural fruit and seed set rates.  Seed dispersal modes include anemochory, ombrohydrochory and hydrochory.  The seeds germinate immediately after their dispersal, and soil moisture is important in rupturing the seed coat.  These species are best adapted to survive in open dry habitats as they take advantage of any sign of temporary humidity to complete their life cycle quickly.
Media reporting on the protected areas in Maharashtra, India: a thematic analysis
Authors: Narayan Trupthi , Sekhsaria Pankaj
Published: February 2019

This research paper is an account and analysis of English media reporting on wildlife conservation and protected areas (PAs) in Maharashtra, India, between 1994 and 2015.  It is based on 269 articles that first appeared in the media and were then edited for publication in the ‘Protected Area Update’.  The analysis attempts to draw out significant themes that the media deems important in matters of wildlife conservation.  Themes that emerge prominently are related to issues of land, displacement of people, development projects, and tourism.  We also discovered that some PAs like the Sanjay Gandhi National Park and the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve receive disproportionately large media space, while a third of the PAs were not reported on at all.  This does not imply that these areas were not reported in the larger media that the newsletter draws upon, but points to the skewed coverage and (limited) importance these PAs get.  We argue that media content analysis is a useful tool because the media is the first interface for the general public on issues of wildlife conservation and plays an important role in shaping public opinion.  To our knowledge, this is the first such state-wide study of media reporting of wildlife conservation issues; it provides important insights into the wildlife conservation discourse in the country as well as the concerns, priorities, and challenges of the media.
On the rediscovery of Onychomesa susainathani, an emesine bug endemic to India (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)
Authors: Ghate Hemant Vasant , Sarode Balasaheb
Published: February 2019

Onychomesa susainathani Wygodzinsky, 1966, an emesine bug known so far only from its type specimen, is illustrated with additional descriptive notes herein from Maharashtra State in India.  It is a rediscovery after about 60 years.
Thrombectomy in Childhood Stroke
Authors: Sporns Peter B. , Kemmling André , Hanning Uta , Minnerup Jens , Sträter Ronald , Niederstadt Thomas , Heindel Walter , Wildgruber Moritz
Published: February 2019

Background

Several randomized trials have shown the efficacy of thrombectomy for large intracranial vessel occlusions in adults. However, the safety and efficacy of thrombectomy in children are unknown. We aimed to investigate the feasibility and outcome of thrombectomy in pediatric patients.

Methods and Results

We performed a retrospective analysis of all children (<18 years of age) who presented with large‐vessel occlusion and were treated with mechanical thrombectomy at 3 German tertiary‐care stroke centers. Interventional results and clinical outcomes were assessed using the Pediatric National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale at 24 hours and on day 7 after thrombectomy as well as after 3 months (modified Rankin Scale). After screening of local registries for all performed thrombectomies, 12 children were included. Median Pediatric National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score on admission was 12.5 (interquartile range 8.0‐21.5). Angiographic outcomes for thrombectomy were good in all patients (6×modified Treatment in Cerebral Infarction Score 3, 6×modified Treatment in Cerebral Infarction Score 2b). Moreover, most patients showed an improvement of neurological outcome after thrombectomy with a median Pediatric National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale of 3.5 (interquartile range 1‐8) at day 7 and a modified Rankin Scale of 1.0 (interquartile range 0‐2.0) at 3 months. No major periprocedural complications were observed.

Conclusions

In our retrospective study thrombectomy was safe in childhood stroke, and treated children had good neurological outcomes.
A natural laboratory in southern Spain: new hybrids of wild daffodils (Narcissus, Amaryllidaceae)
Authors: LÓPEZ-TIRADO JAVIER
Published: February 2019

Daffodils exhibit the highest diversity in the Iberian Peninsula around the world. It is a group that can hybridize easily and new species and hybrids are still being found. In this work, a natural patch in which four Narcissus species bloom at the same time is studied. An exhaustive analysis of the study area showed four new hybrids, described as follows: three nothospecies (N. ×trianoi, N. ×repulloi and N. ×egabrensis) and one nothosubspecies (N. ×christopheri nothosubsp. sanchezii). These results must encourage botanists to keep on working in this genus within the Iberian Peninsula, where further findings should be found. Cordoba stands as one of the richest provinces in daffodils.
Catalog of the anomuran and brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura) of the Hawaiian Islands
Authors: CASTRO PETER
Published: February 2019

A total of 68 species of anomuran and 284 living species of brachyuran crabs are listed as reliably occurring in the Hawaiian Islands. These figures include 12 species of brachyurans known to have been introduced, but not four species of anomurans and nine brachyurans whose identifications are questionable and two species of anomurans and 14 brachyurans that appear to have been recorded from the islands in error. Five species of anomurans and one brachyuran so far only known from the Midway Islands are included in the total number of Hawaiian species, but not five species of brachyurans only known from Johnston Atoll that are included only for their biogeographical interest. The Hawaiian crab fauna shows a predominance of wide ranging Indo-West Pacific species (41% of Anomura, 58% of Brachyura), some degree of endemicity (37% of Anomura, 14% of Brachyura), but it is much impoverished in terms of total number of species when compared with the crab fauna of the Indo-Malayan Archipelago, regarded as a center of diversification for many marine taxa. Several taxonomic changes are also made: Trapezia neglecta Castro, 2003, is ascertained to be a junior synonym of T. intermedia Miers, 1886, and a lectotype and a paralectotype are selected for Grapsus oceanicus Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846 (Grapsidae).
Four new species of Rhagovelia in the robusta group from Colombia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae)
Authors: PADILLA-GIL DORA N.
Published: February 2019

Four new species from Colombia are described: Rhagovelia cachipai sp. n., Rhagovelia nicolai sp. n., Rhagovelia nariñensis sp. n., and Rhagovelia imperatrix sp. n., all belong to robusta group. A key to Rhagovelia species of the robusta group from Colombia is provided.
Trichoptera — the newest insect order host of temnocephalans (Platyhelminthes, Temnocephalida) and the description of a new species of Temnocephala from Brazil
Authors: AMATO JOSÉ F. R. , AMATO SUZANA B. , SEIXAS SAMANTHA A. , VIDIGAL TEOFÂNIA H. D. A. , DE PAULA ANDRADE CYNTHIA
Published: February 2019

Trichoptera Kirby, 1813, is the second order of Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 (after Hemiptera Linnaeus, 1758) to be found hosting temnocephalans anywhere in the world. Temnocephalans were found on caddisfly larvae from the genus Barypenthus Burmeister, 1839 while collecting aquatic insects from a small creek in Serra do Cipó, State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Thirty-six larvae and their cases were examined, of which 20 (55.5%) were positive for specimens of Temnocephala Blanchard, 1849. Juvenile and adult temnocephalans were always devoid of body pigmentation and were living on the dorsal and ventral body surfaces of the larvae. The eye pigmentation was deep red, disappearing in specimens fixed in ethanol. Eggs were found in larger numbers on the dorsal thoracic segments. The most distinctive characters of the temnocephalans found on caddisfly larvae were found in the cirrus and the vagina. The comparison of the general anatomy and, in particular, the morphology of the cirrus and the vagina with those of Temnocephala curvicirri Amato & Amato, 2005, described from aquatic heteropterans (Belostoma spp.), from the State of Rio Grande do Sul, which is revisited, showed that although these characters are of the same type and nature they are not equal, differing primarily in size and morphology of the cirrus and the muscularity of the middle portion of the vagina. The egg deposition sites are different and the cirrus and the vagina are characterized for the first time as being ‘complex’.
Three new species of Tetilla Schmidt, 1868 (Tetillidae, Spirophorida, Demospongiae) from Bahia, northeastern Brazil
Authors: FERNANDEZ JULIO C. C. , PEIXINHO SOLANGE , PINHEIRO ULISSES S. , MENEGOLA CARLA
Published: February 2019

In this paper we describe three new species of Tetilla from stretches of the coast of Bahia, northeastern Brazil, all collected in shallow waters and soft bottoms. Tetilla pentatriaena sp. nov. is distinct from other species of the genus by the unique possession of five categories of triaenes: two of protriaenes and three of anatriaenes. Tetilla muricyi sp. nov. and Tetilla rodriguesi sp. nov. are the first species in the genus registered exclusively from mangrove ecosystems and are distinct from most species of Tetilla by their lack of microscleres. Tetilla muricyi sp. nov. differs from all species by its spiculation and by having a reticulate skeleton of secondary oxeas. Tetilla rodriguesi sp. nov. differs from other species without sigmaspires by the presence of three categories of oxeas, two of trichoidal protriaenes and one of exclusively rhizoidal anatriaenes. In addition to the three new species described here we also provided one identification key to the Tetilla species occurring in the Atlantic Ocean.
Erratum: El-Banhawy, E.M. & M. Knapp, M. (2011) Mites of the family Phytoseiidae Berlese from Kenya (Acari: Mesostigmata). Zootaxa, 2945, 1–176.
Authors: EL-BANHAWY E. M. , M. KNAPP M.
Published: February 2019

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Cryptic species, life cycles, and the phylogeny of Clytia (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Campanulariidae)
Authors: LINDNER ALBERTO , GOVINDARAJAN ANNETTE F. , MIGOTTO ALVARO E.
Published: February 2019

Medusae and polyps of Clytia are abundantly found in coastal marine environments and one species in the genus—Clytia hemisphaerica (Linnaeus, 1767)—has become an important experimental model. Yet, only 10 species in the genus have had their life cycle investigated. Most species of Clytia are also poorly described, and detailed life cycle and morphological studies are needed for accurate species-level identifications. Here, we investigated the life cycle of Clytia elsaeoswaldae Stechow, 1914, a species described for the tropical western Atlantic and subsequently considered conspecific to the nearly-cosmopolitan species Clytia gracilis (Sars, 1850) and Clytia hemisphaerica, originally described for the temperate North Atlantic. Based on observations of mature medusae and multiple colonies from southeastern Brazil and the U. S. Virgin Islands (type locality), our results show that C. elsaeoswaldae is morphologically distinct from C. gracilis and C. hemisphaerica. The morphological results are corroborated by a multigene phylogenetic analysis of the genus Clytia, which shows that C. gracilis-like species form a polyphyletic group of several species. These results suggest that the nearly-cosmopolitan distribution attributed to some species of Clytia may be due to the non-recognition of morphologically similar species with more restricted ranges.
The millipede family Niponiosomatidae new to the fauna of Taiwan, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species (Diplopoda, Chordeumatida)
Authors: MIKHALJOVA ELENA V. , GOLOVATCH SERGEI I. , CHANG HSUEH-WEN
Published: February 2019

A new genus and two new species of the millipede order Chordeumatida, family Niponiosomatidae, are described from Taiwan: Taiwaneuma gen. nov., Taiwaneuma crinitum sp. nov. (the type species) and Taiwaneuma ramuligerum sp. nov. The family Niponiosomatidae is new to the fauna of Taiwan. The distributions of both new species are mapped.
Revision of fossil species of Dryinus belonging to constans group, with descrip-tion of a new species (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
Authors: OLMI MASSIMO , GUGLIELMINO ADALGISA , VOLLARO MASSIMO
Published: February 2019

Dryinus alamellatus Olmi & Guglielmino, sp. nov. is described from amber collected in Dominican Republic. A revision and a key to the fossil Neotropical species of Dryinus Latreille 1804 belonging to constans group is presented.
On the type specimens of Dichromatos corupa and Dichromatos montanus (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Melanoplinae)
Authors: CIGLIANO M. M.
Published: February 2019

The purpose of this note is to correct a nomenclatural problem associated with the names of two grasshopper species of the South American genus Dichromatos Cigliano, D. corupa and D. montanus.
Uropodina mites with unusual chelicerae from Thailand (Acari: Mesostigmata)
Authors: KONTSCHÁN JENŐ
Published: February 2019

A new monotypic genus Editella thailandica gen. nov., sp. nov., is described on the basis of one female and two males collected in Thailand. The new genus is unusual among Uropodina by the presence of an internal sclerotised node associated with the levator tendon in large, strongly dentate chelicerae. Taxonomic notes on the genus Hutufeideria are presented and three new species are described (Hutufeideria thailandica sp. nov., Hutufeideria phuketensis sp. nov., Hutufeideria alata sp. nov.). The name of the Australian species Hutufeideria hirschmanni (Hiramatsu, 1978) is a homonym of Hutufeideria hirschmanni Hiramatsu, 1978, from New Guinean, hence Hutufeideria hirschmannoides nom. nov. is proposed as a replacement name for the Australian species.
Homoplasy: from detecting pattern to determining process in evolution, but with a secondary role for morphology?
Authors: ASSIS LEANDRO C. S. , DE CARVALHO MARCELO R. , WHEELER QUENTIN D.
Published: February 2019

David Wake and colleagues provided a thought-provoking review of the concept of homoplasy through the integration, within a phylogenetic framework, of genetic and developmental data (Wake et al. 2011). According to them (p. 1032) “Molecular sequence data have greatly increased our ability to identify homoplastic traits.” This is made clear, for example, in their flow chart for homoplasy detection (Figure 2, p. 1034), wherein homoplasy is discovered through the mapping of “traits of interest” onto a phylogram, a practice common in the molecular phylogenetic paradigm. The “mapping” is usually of morphological characters that are employed to support the chosen (molecular) topology, but which, as a consequence, do not themselves contribute to the formation of those topologies (Assis & Carvalho 2010).
Morphometric and morphological variation in Myotis simus Thomas (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with an appraisal of the identity of Myotis guaycuru Proença based on the analysis of the type material
Authors: MORATELLI RICARDO , PERACCHI ADRIANO L. , DE OLIVEIRA JOÃO A.
Published: February 2019

Twelve species are recognized in the South American bat genus Myotis Kaup (Vespertilionidae, Myotinae), with several nominal forms currently regarded as synonyms, among them Myotis guaycuru Proença, 1943. Its holotype, so far the only specimen assigned to the species, has not been examined in recent taxonomic reviews. To address the taxonomic status of M. guaycuru, we located and redescribed its holotype and compared it to representatives and/or descriptions of all South American species in the genus. Qualitative traits, namely the plagiopatagium attached at ankles, the short and wooly fur and the lingually displaced P3, unambiguously assign the holotype of M. guaycuru to Myotis simus Thomas (1901). The analysis of cranial variation and pelage color across a wide geographical range of M. simus reveals morphometric and morphological discontinuity between Bolivian and Amazonian/Peruvian samples, the latter including topotypes of M. simus. The holotype of M. guaycuru was found to be morphometrically and morphologically more similar to these Amazonian samples than to the geographically nearer Bolivian sample, preventing the use of this nominal form to refer to the Bolivian population if its distinction suggested by morphometric analyses is confirmed by the analyses of other character systems.
Species of Chlorops Meigen from Palaearctic China (Diptera, Chloropidae)
Authors: CUI YUSI , YANG DING
Published: February 2019

The genus Chlorops Meigen is recorded from Palaearctic China. The following five species are described as new to science: Chlorops flavipalpus sp. nov., C. gansuensis sp. nov., C. liupanshanus sp. nov., C. trisetifer sp. nov., and C. xinjiangensis sp. nov. One species, C. rufinus Zetterstedt, is newly recorded from China. A key to the species of the genus from Palaearctic China is presented.
The Trichoptera of Lord Howe Island, including 3 new species, larvae and keys
Authors: WELLS ALICE
Published: February 2019

Three new Trichoptera (caddisfly) species are described for the small south-western Pacific seamount island of Lord Howe, all probably endemics. These are 2 hydropsychids, Cheumatopsyche erskinensis sp. nov. and C. howensis sp. nov., and a leptocerid, Symphitoneuria neboissi sp. nov. These are the first species recorded from Lord Howe in the respective genera and increase to 5 the number of genera recorded from the island, and to 9 the number of named species. Features of 2 distinctive but unidentified Cheumatopsyche larvae, larval cases of S. neboissi sp. nov., and the larva and case of Tasiagma eremica Neboiss are illustrated and described. Life stages of species in 3 other genera are recorded from the island: several larvae and females identified as Ulmerochorema (Hydrobiosidae); 2 females of a species of Triplectides (Leptoceridae); and a larva of Plectrocnemia (Polycentropodidae), which is illustrated. Although, conceivably, none of these 3 has permanent populations, the 3 genera are included in the checklist of Trichoptera of Lord Howe Island and in the identification keys provided for Trichoptera adults and larvae of the island.
Description of two new species of Lucanus Scopoli (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from southeastern Tibet, China
Authors: HUANG HAO , HE YANG , SHI ZHENG
Published: February 2019

Two new species of stag beetles, Lucanus cheni new species and Lucanus langi new species, are described from southeastern Tibet, China. Male and female genitalia of the new species are illustrated and compared to those of the similar species. A new status and a new synonym are presented: Lucanus thibetanus furcifer Arrow new status = Lucanus pseudosingularis Didier & Séguy new synonymy.
Early zoeal development of the shrimp Hippolyte leptocerus (Decapoda, Caridea, Hippolytidae) GUILLERMO GUERAO (Spain), ESTEBAN HERNÁNDEZ (Spain) & ÁNGEL URZÚA (Germany)
Authors: GUERAO GUILLERMO , HERNÁNDEZ ESTEBAN , URZÚA ÁNGEL
Published: February 2019

The morphology of the first three zoeal stages of Hippolyte leptocerus (Heller, 1863) are described and illustrated in detail from laboratory-hatched material. The ovigerous females were collected on the Alfacs Bay, Ebro Delta, Spain (Western Mediterranean). The early larval stages (ZI, ZII, ZIII) showed the anterolateral margin of carapace with denticulations, a median tubercle behind rostrum, scaphocerite segmented distally (only ZI and ZII), exopodal seta at the maxillule and pleonite 5 with a pair of dorsolateral spines. The morphology of the first three zoeal stages of H. leptocerus is typical of species with an extended larval development. Morphological characteristics of the genus Hippolyte are discussed.
The complex advertisement calls of Allobates myersi (Pyburn, 1981) (Anura: Aromobatidae) from São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Brazil
Authors: SIMÕES PEDRO IVO , LIMA ALBERTINA P.
Published: February 2019

Pyburn (1981) described Allobates myersi from Waracá, Comisaria de Vaupés, in Colombia, including the new species in the Allobates femoralis group (sensu Silverstone 1976). Advertisement calls of A. myersi were described as a series of whistle-like note pairs, with dominant frequency between 3100–3800 Hz, emitted at a rate of 224.6 notes per minute. However, only a short, 1.4 s long sonogram was presented in the original paper. From its description, A. myersi has been mentioned only in a few revisionary studies, but no further data on calls were provided (Grant et al. 2006, Lötters et al. 2007).
Morphology of the complete larval development of the symbiotic crab Sestrostoma balssi (Shen, 1932) (Varunidae: Gaeticinae)
Authors: KORNIENKO ELENA S. , KORN OLGA M.
Published: February 2019

Larval development of the symbiotic crab Sestrostoma balssi (Shen, 1932) (Varunidae: Gaeticinae) inhabiting Russian waters of the Sea of Japan is described and illustrated for the first time from material reared in the laboratory. The development includes five zoeal and a single megalopal stages. The first megalopa was attained at 20–22°C 35 days after hatching. The present paper is the first description of the complete larval development in the genus Sestrostoma. The larvae of S. balssi share all principal characters of the family Varunidae but are distinguished from the typical varunid larvae by the absence of a well-developed antennal exopod in the zoea and the presence of an 8-segmented antennal flagellum in the megalopa.
New species and new records of Syndicus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
Authors: JAŁOSZYŃSKI PAWEŁ
Published: February 2019

Three new species of Syndicus Motschulsky, 1851 are described: S. (s. str.) phangngaensis sp. n. (Thailand: Phang Nga), S. (s. str.) kampucheanus sp. n. (Cambodia: Mondol Kiri), and S. (Semisyndicus) schuelkei sp. n. (China: Yunnan). New distributional records are presented for S. paeninsularis bilobatus Jałoszyński, 2004 (from Laos: Bolikhamsai and Cambodia: Mondol Kiri), S. (s. str.) echinatus Jałoszyński, 2004 (from W Malaysia: Selangor), S. (s. str.) difficilis Jałoszyński, 2004 (from Thailand: Chiang Mai), S. (s. str.) himalayanus Franz, 1975 (from Nepal: Chitwan), and S. (Semisyndicus) leai leai Franz, 1971 (from W Malaysia: Selangor). The female of S. paeninsularis bilobatus is described for the first time; this species and S. kampucheanus are the first Scydmaeninae reported to occur in Cambodia.
A brief revision of brachypterous Phaneropterinae of the tropical Andes (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Odonturini)
Authors: BRAUN HOLGER
Published: February 2019

The main purpose of this paper is the description of two very tiny, long-legged, and short-winged katydids from the eastern slope of the eastern Andean cordillera of south-east Ecuador, Nanoleptopoda nigrifrons gen. et sp. nov. and N. albifrons sp. nov., the first species along with its ultrasound calling song. The monospecific and closely-related genus Parangara is included in Odonturini. Dichopetala inca and Anisophya equatorialis are transferred under the so far monospecific genus Cohnia, so that now the tribe includes three genera with six species from the tropical Andes. The ecological background of wing reduction in relation to elevation is briefly discussed.
Salmo tigridis, a new species of trout from the Tigris River, Turkey (Teleostei: Salmonidae) DAVUT TURAN (Turkey), MAURICE KOTTELAT (Switzerland) & YUSUF BEKTAŞ (Turkey)
Authors: TURAN DAVUT , KOTTELAT MAURICE , BEKTAŞ YUSUF
Published: February 2019

Salmo tigridis, new species, from the Tigris River drainage, Turkey, is distinguished from the other species of Salmo in Turkey and adjacent basins by having a greater number of scale rows between the end of the adipose-fin base and lateral line (19–20, vs. 12–17); a greater number of scale rows between dorsal-fin origin and lateral line (32–35, vs. 23–32); and a deeper and stouter caudal peduncle (its depth 11.5–12.6 % SL, vs. 9.3–11.5, except in S. cf. macrostigma).
The fossil mite family Archaeorchestidae (Acari, Oribatida) I: redescription of Strieremaeus illibatus and synonymy of Strieremaeus with Archaeorchestes
Authors: SIDORCHUK EKATERINA A. , NORTON ROY A.
Published: February 2019

Strieremaeus is one of several oribatid mite genera proposed by Max Sellnick based on adult specimens preserved in Eocene Baltic amber. The original specimens of its type-species—S. illibatus Sellnick, 1918—were lost and the genus has received no further empirical study. For many years Strieremaeus was included in the family Eremaeidae, but recently this placement was questioned. Herein we redescribe S. illibatus based on the study of 31 non-type adult specimens from both Baltic and Rovno ambers. Among these are four Baltic specimens identified by Sellnick and currently deposited in the Kaliningrad Museum of Amber (KMA), which we designate as neotype (KMA 197-36) and paraneotypes (KMA 197-34, 197-35, and 197-37). Six immature specimens were associated with this species, of which three—one deutonymph, two tritonymphs—could be studied in detail and their characters are included in the redescription. The type specimens of a second species of Strieremaeus proposed by Sellnick—S. cordiformatus Sellnick, 1918—are also lost and two non-type specimens in the KMA seem to have been misidentified by Sellnick; therefore, we treat S. cordiformatus as a species inquirenda. A new diagnosis of Strieremaeus is presented, and the Cretaceous fossil genus Archaeorchestes is considered a junior subjective synonym, based on examination of the holotype of the type-species, A. minguezae Arillo & Subías, 2000. As a consequence, Strieremaeus is currently the sole genus in Archaeorchestidae. Strieremaeus minguezae (n. comb.) is only tentatively maintained as a distinct species, as no certain distinguishing traits could be found. Two families are reported from the fossil record for the first time: Zetomotrichidae from Baltic amber and Zetorchestidae from Rovno amber. In ancillary discussion we note how the specialized tarsal structure of S. illibatus is consistent with its likely arboreal habitat. We also discuss preservation properties and artifacts, note the dimensional discrepancy between cuticular remnants of the mite and its larger imprint in amber, and strongly recommend measuring more than the cuticular remnants themselves. Further, we provide information on different methods to observe amber inclusions, and for the first time report birefringence of fossil cuticular remnants in thin, airless preparations.
Two new species of Xanthomicrogaster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina, with a key to species of the genus
Authors: MARTÍNEZ JUAN JOSÉ , RIVERÓN ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR
Published: February 2019

The genus Xanthomicrogaster is reported for the first time from Argentina. Two new species, X. sayjuhu Martínez sp. nov. from NE Argentina, and X. otamendi Martínez sp. nov. from the delta of the Parana River are described and illustrated. These include the first reports of the genus from temperate latitudes in South America. A key to species of Xanthomicrogaster is provided.
Description of the male of Sphallopterus batesi Fragoso, 1982 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycini), with biogeographical considerations
Authors: TABOADA-VERONA CARLOS , TORREZ ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ , ARANA MARCELO D.
Published: February 2019

The male of Sphallopterus batesi Fragoso, 1982 is described for the first time. New records of geographic distribution are presented for Bolivia (new country record) and Brazil, and the biogeography of the species is analysed.
Review of the Afrotropical genus Dwightla McKamey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of a new species from Nigeria
Authors: LU LIN , ZHANG YALIN
Published: February 2019

The Afrotropical leafhopper genus Dwightla previously included five species: D. acutipennis (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy), D. alecto (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy), D. angolana (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy), D. delongi Zahniser & Dietrich and D. hercules (Linnavuori & Al-Ne’amy). A new species, Dwightla medleri sp. nov. from Nigeria, is described and illustrated and a checklist and key to species of this genus are provided.
New species of Australian microgastrine parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) documented through the ‘Bush Blitz’ surveys of national reserves
Authors: FAGAN-JEFFRIES ERINN P. , COOPER STEVEN J.B. , AUSTIN ANDREW D.
Published: February 2019

The braconid subfamily Microgastrinae are ecologically important parasitoids of larval lepidopterans, but are poorly studied in many regions of the world. In this study, we focus on describing new species of microgastrine wasps, in part from specimens collected on six different ‘Bush Blitz’ surveys of regional reserves in South Australia and Tasmania. Ten species of Microgastrinae are described as new and DNA barcodes of the genes COI and wingless are provided: three species in the genus Choeras Mason: C. bushblitz Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov., C. parvoculus Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov., and C. zygon Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov.; six species in the genus Dolichogenidea Viereck: D. bonbonensis Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov., D. brabyi Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov., D. forrestae Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov., D. garytaylori Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov., D. kelleri Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov., and D. lobesiae Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov.; and one species from the genus Sathon Mason: S. oreo Fagan-Jeffries & Austin sp. nov. These new species represent just a small fraction of the potential of ‘Bush Blitz’ surveys in regional Australia, which provide DNA-quality material allowing an integrative taxonomic approach and offer a window into the biodiversity of some of the least studied areas of the continent.
Austrolebias ephemerus (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new annual fish from the upper Rio Paraguai basin, Brazilian Chaco
Authors: VOLCAN MATHEUS VIEIRA , SEVERO-NETO FRANCISCO
Published: February 2019

A new species of Austrolebias belonging to the A. bellottii species group is herein described from the Brazilian Chaco, Mato Grosso do Sul state, constituting the northernmost record of the genus in Brazil, as well as the first record of this genus on the left bank of the Rio Paraguai. The new species is distinguished from all other species of the A. bellottii group by the following combination of characters: pectoral fin posterior margin reaching vertical between base of 4th and 7th anal fin rays in females, a high number of gill rakers in the first branchial arch, a lower head width in both sexes, and a small number of neuromasts in the preopercular series. Additionally, we provide information on ecology and the conservation status of the new species.
The taxonomic and nomenclatural status of the nomen Anabates pulvericolor Sclater, 1858 (Aves: Furnariidae), with a neotype designation
Authors: STOPIGLIA RENATA , DUBOIS ALAIN , BOCKMANN FLÁVIO A. , RAPOSO MARCOS A.
Published: February 2019

Different authors have suggested that Anabates pulvericolor Sclater, 1858 might be the valid nomen for Synallaxis propinqua Pelzeln, 1859 or for Synallaxis gujanensis huallagae Cory, 1919. However, due to doubts regarding the taxonomic identity of Anabates pulvericolor Sclater, 1858, of which the unique type is lost, neither of these nomina has been displaced by the senior nomen pulvericolor. Our analysis of the case reveals that Anabates pulvericolor Sclater, 1858 is correctly identifiable with Synallaxis gujanensis huallagae Cory, 1919, of which it is a senior subjective synonym. According to the Code, the senior subjective synonym Synallaxis gujanensis pulvericolor (Sclater, 1858) should be adopted. Given the fact that the holotype of Anabates pulvericolor Sclater, 1858 is missing and that it has been impossible to identify it from its description until now, we designate a neotype from“Río Napo, Ecuador”, its original type locality.
1. Publishing Industry
Authors: Jefferies Janis
Published: February 2019

Jeffries’ article focuses on the increasing emphasis in the publishing sphere put upon digitisation and sustainability, and the transformation of books to ereaders, from paper to screen. She looks at this firstly from the perspective of the author, and then of the reader, focussing on the pressure that giants like Amazon are putting on publishers and published authors, with its ‘print on demand facilities’. She moves on to discuss the fate of books in this electronic age, pointing out that many bookshops have still managed to flourish during this more competitive era. The article finishes by touching on innovative initiatives within the sphere, where text meets technology, such as Stephen Fry’s YourFry — a collaborative global project to reinterpret the words and narrative of Stephen’s new memoir, More Fool Me.
Expanding the Goddard CSH Algorithm for GPM: New Extratropical Retrievals
Authors: Tao W.-K. , Iguchi T. , Lang S.
Published: February 2019

The Goddard convective–stratiform heating (CSH) algorithm has been used to retrieve latent heating (LH) associated with clouds and cloud systems in support of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The CSH algorithm requires the use of a cloud-resolving model to simulate LH profiles to build lookup tables (LUTs). However, the current LUTs in the CSH algorithm are not suitable for retrieving LH profiles at high latitudes or winter conditions that are needed for GPM. The NASA Unified-Weather Research and Forecasting (NU-WRF) Model is used to simulate three eastern continental U.S. (CONUS) synoptic winter and three western coastal/offshore events. The relationship between LH structures (or profiles) and other precipitation properties (radar reflectivity, freezing-level height, echo-top height, maximum dBZ height, vertical dBZ gradient, and surface precipitation rate) is examined, and a new classification system is adopted with varying ranges for each of these precipitation properties to create LUTs representing high latitude/winter conditions. The performance of the new LUTs is examined using a self-consistency check for one CONUS and one West Coast offshore event by comparing LH profiles retrieved from the LUTs using model-simulated precipitation properties with those originally simulated by the model. The results of the self-consistency check validate the new classification and LUTs. The new LUTs provide the foundation for high-latitude retrievals that can then be merged with those from the tropical CSH algorithm to retrieve LH profiles over the entire GPM domain using precipitation properties retrieved from the GPM combined algorithm.
Hemispheric Specialization for Processing Chinese Characters: Some Evidence from Lexical Decision Vocal Reaction Times
Authors: Rastatter Michael P. , Scukanec Gail , Grilliot Jeff
Published: February 2019

Lexical decision vocal reaction times (RT) were obtained for a group of Chinese subjects to unilateral tachistoscopically presented pictorial, single, and combination Chinese characters. The RT showed a significant right visual-field advantage, with significant correlations of performance between the visual fields for each type of character. Error analysis gave a significant interaction between visual fields and error type—significantly more false positive errors occurred following left visual-field inputs. These results suggest that the left hemisphere was responsible for processing each type of character, possibly reflecting superior postaccess lexical-decision processes.
Effects of the Eyerobics Visual Skills Training Program on Static Balance Performance of Male and Female Subjects
Authors: McLeod Bill , Hansen Edward
Published: February 2019

10 male and 10 female students in physical education aged 19 to 23 yr. were each randomly assigned to both the experimental and control groups. Experimental subjects were given the 4-wk. Eyerobics visual skills training to assess its effects on static balance performance as measured on a balance stabilometer. Analysis indicated that the women performed significantly better than the men over-all. Balance performance by the trained group improved significantly.
Pleasantness and Emotionality of Words: Relation When Stimuli are Controlled
Authors: Campos Alfredo
Published: February 2019

We affirm that there is no correlation between values of pleasantness-unpleasantness and emotionality; however, the level of pleasantness and of unpleasantness influence the intensity of emotionality. We presented four lists of-words (concrete-pleasant, concrete-unpleasant, abstract-pleasant, abstract-unpleasant) to 120 subjects who scored each word on two scales, pleasantness and emotionality. We obtained a correlation of .01 between the two variables; however, we found a positive correlation (.55) when we used pleasant words and a negative correlation (−.58) when wc used unpleasant words.
A model-driven approach to enable the simulation of complex systems on distributed architectures
Authors: Bocciarelli Paolo , D’Ambrogio Andrea , Falcone Alberto , Garro Alfredo , Giglio Andrea
Published: February 2019

The increasing complexity of modern systems makes their design, development, and operation extremely challenging and therefore new systems engineering and modeling and simulation (M&S) methods, techniques, and tools are emerging, also to benefit from distributed simulation environments. In this context, one of the most mature and popular standards for distributed simulation is the IEEE 1516-2010 - Standard for M&S high level architecture (HLA). However, building and maintaining distributed simulations components, based on the IEEE 1516-2010 standard, is still a challenging and effort-consuming task. To ease the development of full-fledged HLA-based simulations, the paper proposes the MONADS method (MOdel-driveN Architecture for Distributed Simulation), which relies on the model-driven systems engineering paradigm. The method takes as input system models specified in Systems Modeling Language, the reference modeling language in the systems engineering field, and produces as output the final code of the corresponding HLA-based distributed simulation through a chain of model-to-model and model-to-text transformations. The obtained simulation code is based on the HLA Development Kit software framework, which has been developed by the SMASH-Lab (System Modeling and Simulation Hub - Laboratory) of the University of Calabria (Italy), in cooperation with the Software, Robotics, and Simulation Division (ER) of NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston (TX, USA). The effectiveness of the method is shown through a case study that concerns a military patrol operation, in which a set of drones are engaged to patrol the border of a military area, in order to prevent both ground and flight attacks from entering the area.