cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) amazonica Enderlein 1913
Creators: name: Mawdsley, Jonathan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Xylocopa
Xylocopa amazonica

description: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) amazonica Enderlein 1913: 259–260
Fig. 2
Known distribution. Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Ceará, Guapore, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraíba, Rondônia; Hurd 1978: 46). Type Locality: “ Brasilien. Óbidos” (Enderlein 1913: 260).
Material examined. Brazil: Pará: Cachimbo, VI.1955, F. M. Oliveira (1 ♂), XI.1961, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (2 ♀), VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (8 ♀); Conceição do Araguaia, VII.1959, M. Alvarenga (1 ♂); Guama, 8.V.1956, E. Lobato (1 ♀).
Notes. Females of this species are similar to those of X. (N.) suspecta Moure and Camargo from southern Brazil, a species which has also been reported from the Amazon basin (Moure and Camargo 1988 and records below). The most obvious difference between females of these two species is in the coloration of the wing iridescence, which is brilliant green in X. (N.) suspecta but duller and more greenish-blue, particularly at the base of the wings, in X. (N.) amazonica. Females of X. (N.) suspecta also have much coarser punctures on the metasomal tergites than females of X. (N.) amazonica. Xylocopa (N.) suspecta was not described at the time that Hurd (1978) published his annotated catalog, and thus it is possible that some of the records for X. (N.) amazonica from southern Brazil in Hurd (1978) may actually refer instead to X. (N.) suspecta.
description: Published as part of Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2018, New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 631 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3699701
Elasmopus pectenicrus
Creators: name: Al-Kandari, Manal
name: Polikarpov, Igor
name: Nithyanandan, Manickam
name: Al-Yamani, Faiza
name: Grintsov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maeridae
Elasmopus
Elasmopus pectenicrus

description: 49. Elasmopus pectenicrus (Spence Bate, 1862) **
Syn.: Elasmopus serrula Walker, 1904; Maera pectenicrus Spence Bate, 1862
Regional records: Iraq: Salman 1998; Kuwait: Jones 1986; Saudi Arabia: Manokaran et al. 2021.
Habitat: Intertidal and subtidal zones; sand, mud, rocks, pebble, and shells.
** Taxonomic note: Myers & Momtazi (2015) questioned the records of E. pectenicrus from Iraq (Salman 1998) and Kuwait (Jones 1986) but considered these findings too poorly described to be allocated to later described and morphologically similar Elasmopus alkhiranensis. We include here this species with caution as requiring the further morphological revision.
description: Published as part of Al-Kandari, Manal, Polikarpov, Igor, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Al-Yamani, Faiza & Grintsov, Vladimir, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 5351 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391121
Occurrence, bioavailability, and environmental risk of heavy metals and metalloids in the sediment and drawdown area of fengshuba drinking water reservoir
Creators: name: Wang, Jing
name: Cui, Kangping
name: Liu, Xiaowei
name: Chen, Hongjie
name: Chen, Yihan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Heavy metal and metalloid pollution in reservoir systems has attracted widespread attention due to their toxic, persistent, and nonbiodegradable characteristics. This study investigated the distribution and risks of heavy metals and metalloids in the sediment and drawdown area of the Fengshuba reservoir system. Sediment phase exhibited substantial heavy metal and metalloid pollution and higher ecological risk that the drawdown phase. There were significant differences in the structure and composition of the total metal content and the bioavailable fraction between the sediment and the drawdown area, which indicates that the total metal content and the bioavailable fraction might dominantly regulate by a complex combination of sediment characteristics. Positive Matrix Factorization model was used to identify sources of heavy metals and metalloids pollution and revealed that heavy metals and metalloids contamination in Fengshuba reservoir might originate from anthropogenic activities. Evaluations from risk assessment show that As and Cd in the reservoir system may pose health risks. Knowledge of distribution, potential risk assessment, and source apportionment of heavy metals and metalloids in the Fengshuba drinking water is critical in promoting the sustainable development of the reservoir, developing water management and conservation strategies in the Fengshuba reservoir.
Melomys howi Kitchener 1996
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Melomys
Melomys howi

description: 270.
Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rat
Melomys howi
French: Mélomys de How / German: Riama-Mosaikschwanzratte / Spanish: Rata de cola moteada de Riama
Other common names: Riama Island Melomys
Taxonomy. Melomys howi Kitchener, 1996,
Riama Island, Tanimbar Islands, Moluc-cas, Indonesia.
G. G.Musser and M. D. Carleton in 2005 found M. howi to be similar to some M. cf. lutillus from Papua New Guinea and suggested that it belonged to the M. cervinipes group, including M. bannisteri, M. fraterculus, M. lutillus, and M. obiensis. In their 2017 morphometric analysis on skulls, P H. Fabre and colleagues found M. how: as-
sociated with a group coon of M. burtoni, M. cervinipes, M. cooperae, M. fraterculus, M. frigicola, M. lutillus, and also “ M. burton?” from Halmahera. Monotypic.
Distribution. Riama I, S Moluccas, Indonesia.
Descriptive notes. Head—body 111-112 mm, tail 135-137, ear 15-2—15-5 mm, hindfeet 26-27 mm; weight 61-73 g. The Riama Island Mosaic-tailedRat is a Melomys of small body mass. Upperparts are tawny (yellow brown), head is cinnamon, and ventral area is grayish buff to pure white. Tail is of about same size as or slightly longer (121-123%) than head-body length, the scales flat and not sculptured, with three hairs per scale, andtail is bicolored, glaucous dorsally and pale gray ventrally. Feet are broad. There is a dark ring around eyes. Females have two pairs of mammae.
Habitat. Open low bushes beneath the patches of Casuarina (Casuarinaceae) trees 5 m tall, on coastal areas from sea level to 200 m.
Food and Feeding. Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rats have been seen to eat seeds in leaf litter beneath shrubs.
Breeding. One female was pregnant with two embryos, and another lactating and with two placentalscars.
Activity patterns. Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rats are diurnal and terrestrial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. A group of 10-15 individuals was observed feeding by day for one hour in an area of ¢.5 m®, Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient in The IUCN Red List owing to absence of recent information on its distribution, threats, status, and ecology. The Riama Island Mosaic-tailed Rat is known only from three specimensat the type locality.
Bibliography. Fabre, Fitriana et al. (2017), Kitchener & Suyanto (1996), Musser & Carleton (2005).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 697, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Maera Leach 1814
Creators: name: Al-Kandari, Manal
name: Polikarpov, Igor
name: Nithyanandan, Manickam
name: Al-Yamani, Faiza
name: Grintsov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maeridae
Maera

description: Genus Maera Leach, 1814
Syn.: Leptpthoe Stimpson, 1853
description: Published as part of Al-Kandari, Manal, Polikarpov, Igor, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Al-Yamani, Faiza & Grintsov, Vladimir, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 5351 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391121
BaTyR : perspectives
Creators: name: Jimenes, Rémi
Publisher: name: Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes
Year: 2024
Subjects: histoire du livre
histoire de l'imprimerie
typographie
matériel d'imprimerie
base de données
BaTyR
TypoReF
Patrimoine écrit
Livre ancien
Renaissance
XVIe
Ornements
Polices de caractères
archives
indexation

description: Perspectives 2025-2027 de publication et d'alimentation de la base BaTyR, par Rémi Jimenes, à l'occasion de l'Atelier de présentation de la nouvelle Base de Typographie de la Renaissance BaTyR, précédent l’assemblée générale 2024 du programme de recherche « Bibliothèques Virtuelles Humanistes » (CESR, Tours). Vendredi 29 novembre 2024, au Centre d’Études Supérieures de la Renaissance de Tours.

– Conclusion : corpus et planning prévisionnel
Maera irregularis Myers & Nithyanandan 2016
Creators: name: Al-Kandari, Manal
name: Polikarpov, Igor
name: Nithyanandan, Manickam
name: Al-Yamani, Faiza
name: Grintsov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maeridae
Maera
Maera irregularis

description: 50. Maera irregularis Myers & Nithyanandan, 2016
Regional records: Kuwait: Myers & Nithyanandan 2016; this study (KISR-FM075C/ Amphipoda /046; Fig. 3L).
Local distribution and occurrence: Khor Al-Sabiyah (Al-Shumaima), Kuwait Bay (Al-Salam beach, Ras Ajuza), Al-Nuwaiseeb, Failaka Island, Umm Al-Maradim Island; frequent (29%).
Habitat: Intertidal zone; sand, rocks, pebble, seagrass, and sponges.
description: Published as part of Al-Kandari, Manal, Polikarpov, Igor, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Al-Yamani, Faiza & Grintsov, Vladimir, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 5351 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391121
Agrilocida ferrierei Steffan 1964
Creators: name: Rahmani, Zahra
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Lotfalizadeh, Hossein
name: Mokhtari, Azizollah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pteromalidae
Agrilocida
Agrilocida ferrierei

description: Agrilocida ferrierei Steffan, 1964
(Figures 1, 2)
Agrilocida ferrierei Steffan, 1964: 104. Holotype J – MHNG, France. Chalcedectoides saharensis Hedqvist, 1967: 182. Holotype ♀ – MHNG, Algeria; synonymy by Bouček (1976).
Material examined
1♀, Iran, Kerman, Koohpayeh (30.481°N, 57.305°W, 1803 m a.s.l.), Malaise trap, 14 August 2018, Sh. Mohebban Leg.
Diagnosis
Female. Body length 4.31 mm. Head in frontal view 1.25× wider than high (Figure 2 (a)); toruli inserted above lower margins of eyes (Figure 2 (a)); scape not reaching median ocellus (Figure 2 (a)); head in dorsal view with width 2.09× length (Figure 2 (b)); POL 2.8× longer than OOL (Figure 2 (b)); eye in lateral view with height 1.5× length (Figure 2 (c)). Mesoscutum width 1.72× length (Figure 2d); mesoscutellum length 0.77× width (Figure 2 (d)). Forewing (Figure 2 (e)) infuscate area between parastigma and apex of postmarginal vein except for hyaline region behind marginal vein; basal cell with one row of setae; basal fold setose; marginal vein 1.52× longer than postmarginal vein and 2.6× longer than stigmal vein. Propodeum without median carina but with longitudinal paramedial furrows in middle third (Figure 2 (f)). Gaster 1.88× longer than wide, Gt 1 with posterior margin deeply emarginate (Figure 1).
Distribution in Iran. Kerman province (current study).
General distribution. Palaearctic (Algeria, Central Asia, France, Israel, North Africa), including Iran (new record).
Remarks
The recently collected female from Iran differs slightly from the type specimen in both general colouration and the forewing venation: the dorsal aspect of the mesosoma is yellowish red, whereas in the holotype the scapulae, mesoscutellum, metanotum and a median area of the propodeum are mixed with green, blue and bronze metallic colour; further, the marginal vein is 2.6× the length of the stigmal vein whereas in the holotype the marginal vein is nearly 3× the length of the stigmal vein.
Remarks
A comparison was made with the original description of the holotype.
description: Published as part of Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2023, New findings of Cleonymidae and Ooderidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Iran, with description of a new species of Oodera Westwood, pp. 710-723 in Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 57 (9 - 12) on pages 712-714, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2208763, http://zenodo.org/record/8071111
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) aurulenta
Creators: name: Mawdsley, Jonathan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Xylocopa
Xylocopa aurulenta

description: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) aurulenta (Fabricius 1804: 351)
Fig. 3
Known distribution. Brazil (Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Guapore, Minas Gerais, Pará, Rio Branco, Rondônia), Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname (Hurd 1978: 48). Type locality: “America meridionali” (Fabricius 1804: 351).
Material examined. Brazil: Amazonas: Tapuruquara, X.1954, A. Aguirre (1 ♀), VI.1963, L. Guidani (58 ♀), Tefé, XI.1959 (1 ♀); Pará: Belem, X.1954, O. Rego (1 ♀), X.1955 (1 ♀), 6.X.1954 (1 ♀), XI.1960 (1 ♀), Brancanca, 22.III.1956, M. C. Oliveira (1 ♀), Curusamba, Óbidos, VII.1955, J. Brazilino (1 ♀), 1.VIII.1954, J. Brazilino (1 ♀), Fordlândia, I.1956, R. Damageno (1 ♀), Mosqueiro, 29.VIII.1954, N. Cerqueira (1 ♀).
Notes. This species belongs to a well-defined South American species group whose females have orange pubescence on the mesosoma. Moure (1949) provides a key to several species in this group, which however does not include X. (N.) aurulenta. Females of this species can be readily separated from those of the other Amazon basin species in this group by the lack of orange pubescence on the first metasomal tergite.
description: Published as part of Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2018, New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 631 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3699701
Melomys leucogaster
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Melomys
Melomys leucogaster

description: 271.
White-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat
Melomys leucogaster
French: Mélomys a ventre blanc / German: WeilRbauch-Mosaikschwanzratte / Spanish: Rata de cola moteada de vientre blanco
Other common names: \ White-bellied Melomys
Taxonomy. Pogonomys leucogaster Jentink, 1908,
Alkmaar, 300 m, Lorentz River, southern Province of Papua, Indonesia.
Although M. leucogaster was originally described in genus Pogonomys, its mosaic tail scales, each subtending one small hair, clearly ally it with Melomys. Monotypic.
Distribution. S New Guinea from the Lorentz River E to the Mori River; also Bavo I, Yule I, and probably other offshore Is. Four specimens in the Leiden Museum are said to have been collected in Jayapura, on N coast of New Guinea, far from any other known locality for this species; confirmation of locality required.
Descriptive notes. The largest of the New Guinean Melomys species. Head-body up to ¢.210 mm, tail about same length or shorter, scaled to tip, one hair to each scale, colored dark dorsally, lighter below. Fur is soft but not woolly, dark brown to reddish, but pure white in a broad band below. Hindfeet are broad.
Habitat. [.owland forests from sea level to 1400 m.
Food and Feeding. The White-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat is assumed to be omnivorous, but may be carnivorous in some circumstances, as several were caught apparently foraging at low tide on a reef off Bavo Island (west of Port Moresby).
Breeding. Limited reproductive data indicate a litter size of two.
Activity patterns. Although morphology indicates a scansorial ability, the White-bellied Mosaic-tailed Rat is readily trapped on the ground and, in some cases, such as Bavo Island, where there is minimal vegetation of any sort.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Despite being a common species,little is known about the ecology of the White-bellied Mosaictailed Rat.
Bibliography. Flannery (1995a, 1995b), Menzies (1996), Musser & Carleton (2005), Tate (1951).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 697, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Indonemoura guangxiensis Li and Yang, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Li, Weihai
name: Yang, Ding
name: Sivec, Ignac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Nemouridae
Indonemoura
Indonemoura guangxiensis

description: Indonemoura guangxiensis Li and Yang, sp. nov.
(Figs. 1–6)
Diagnosis. Dorsal sclerite of epiproct with a pair of heavily sclerotized strips at lateral margins. Median lobe of paraproct bifurcated into a wide tip with three black spines medially.
Adult. Male body length 3.5 mm; forewing length 5.0 mm, hindwing length 4.0 mm. Female body length 4.5–4.8 mm, forewing 6.0– 6.3 mm, hindwing 5.0– 5.3 mm. Head dark; antennae dark brown; mouthparts yellow. Thorax and pronotum dark brown. Wings hyaline. Legs brown, femora darker brown distally. Abdomen yellow; hypopygium including cerci brown; hairs on abdomen mostly pale.
Male genitalia. (Figs. 1–5): Tergum 9 distinctly sclerotized posteriorly, weakly sclerotized anteriorly, with a triangular mid­anterior incision, and with two groups of several tiny black spines and long hairs at mid­posterior margin. Sternum 9 with slender vesicle; hypoproct wide basally, then distinctly tapering toward tip. Tergum 10 weakly sclerotized anteriorly, strongly sclerotized posteriorly, with a large median concavity bearing several tiny black spines closely set at mid­lateral margin. Cercus slightly sclerotized, nearly cylindrical. Epiproct long and curved anteriorly, dorsal sclerite with a pair of heavily sclerotized lateral margins; ventral sclerite strongly sclerotized, produced ventrally into a ridge with several tiny spines. Paraproct divided into three lobes: outer lobe distinctly sclerotized, abruptly curved dorsally, with a large, forked spine apically; median lobe sclerotized, strongly curved anterodorsally, with a wide, bifurcated tip, bearing three black spines; subtriangular inner lobe weakly sclerotized, shorter than outer and median lobes.
Female genitalia. (Fig. 6): Sternum 7 produced into a pentagonal, sclerotized pregenital plate, its blunt posterior margin reaching the middle of sternum 8. Subgenital plate subquadrate and expanded postero­laterally. Sternum 8 with four transverse sclerotized areas at posterior margin (two lateral ones short and straight, two median ones long and slightly bent). Cercus cylindrical.
Type Material. Holotype male (preserved in 75% alcohol): Guangxi, Maoershan National Nature Reserve, 2003. VI. 30, Xingyue Liu. Paratypes, three females, same data as holotype. Types deposited in the Entomological Museum of China Agricultural University, Beijing.
Etymology. The species is named after its type locality, Guangxi.
Remarks. This species seems to be related to I. nohirae (Shimizu, 1994) in the overall shape of the epiproct, but can be distinguished from the latter by the dorsal sclerite with long sclerotized strips and the arrangement of spines on the paraproct.
description: Published as part of Li, Weihai, Yang, Ding & Sivec, Ignac, 2005, Two new species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China, pp. 1-5 in Zootaxa 893 on pages 1-3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170937
Callocleonymus Masi 1940
Creators: name: Rahmani, Zahra
name: Rakhshani, Ehsan
name: Lotfalizadeh, Hossein
name: Mokhtari, Azizollah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Pteromalidae
Callocleonymus

description: Callocleonymus Masi, 1940
Callocleonymus Masi, 1940: 289.
Type species: Callocleonymus pulcher Masi, 1940, by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2023, New findings of Cleonymidae and Ooderidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Iran, with description of a new species of Oodera Westwood, pp. 710-723 in Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 57 (9 - 12) on page 714, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2208763, http://zenodo.org/record/8071111
Melomys lutillus
Creators: name: Don E. Wilson
name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Melomys
Melomys lutillus

description: 272.
Papua Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat
Melomys lutillus
French: Petit Mélomys / German: Neuguinea-Grasland-Mosaikschwanzratte / Spanish: Rata de cola moteada de pradera de Papua
Other common names: Grassland Melomys, Papua Grassland Melomys
Taxonomy. Uromys lutillus Thomas, 1913,
“Owgarra, Angabunga Rl[iver]., S.E. Brit-ish New Guinea [= Papua New Guinea].”
Initially described as a member of Uromys, M. lutillus was classified in subgenus Melo- mys by H. Rimmler in 1936. G. H. H. Tate in 1951 found it to differ from the M. rufescens group. T. F. Flannery in 1995 and J. I. Menzies in 1996 considered M. burton: and M. lutillus to be conspecific, but G. G. Musser and M. D. Carleton in 2005 re-
tained them as two distinct species. In a first molecular study, in 2011, L. M. Bryant and coworkers found M. lutillus and M. burtoni to be in the same clade, but with M. lutillus a species complex. P. H. Fabre and team in 2017 found different lineages of M. lutillus in a large M. burtoni clade, but did not reach any conclusions regarding its taxonomy. Monotypic.
Distribution. N, C & SE New Guinea.
Descriptive notes. Head—body 90-115 mm, tail 113-120, ear 14-16 mm, hindfeet 23— 26 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Papua Grassland Mosaictailed Rat, one of the smallest Melomys, is characterized by a soft yellowish-brown dorsal pelage, darker on back owing to presence of numerous black-tipped guard hairs, and either a pure white or a buff ventral one. Tail is dark above and light below, with three hairs per tail scale; tail is equal to orslightly longer than head-body length. Females have two pairs of mammae.
Habitat. Always found in grassland habitats, and may occur also in abandoned, and other disturbed, areas. Elevational range from sea level to 2200 m and possibly higher.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. Mean litter size is 2-2.
Activity patterns. The Papua Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat makes nests on the ground in clumps of grass, and is scansorial.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. The Papua Grassland Mosaic-tailed Rat is quite common throughout its range.
Bibliography. Bryant et al. (2011), Fabre, Fitriana et al. (2017), Flannery (1995b), Menzies (1996), Musser & Carleton (2005), Rimmler (1936), Tate (1951).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 697, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Meximaera undetermined
Creators: name: Al-Kandari, Manal
name: Polikarpov, Igor
name: Nithyanandan, Manickam
name: Al-Yamani, Faiza
name: Grintsov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maeridae
Meximaera
Meximaera undetermined

description: 51. Meximaera sp. *
Regional record: Kuwait: this study (KISR-FM075C/ Amphipoda /053).
Local distribution and occurrence: Khor Al-Sabiyah, Qaruh Island, Umm Al-Maradim Island; rare (2%).
Habitat: Intertidal and subtidal zones; rocks and pebble.
*Remarks: Undescribed species.
description: Published as part of Al-Kandari, Manal, Polikarpov, Igor, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Al-Yamani, Faiza & Grintsov, Vladimir, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 5351 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391121
Maxillipius rectitelson Ledoyer 1973
Creators: name: Al-Kandari, Manal
name: Polikarpov, Igor
name: Nithyanandan, Manickam
name: Al-Yamani, Faiza
name: Grintsov, Vladimir
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Maxillipiidae
Maxillipius
Maxillipius rectitelson

description: 52. Maxillipius rectitelson Ledoyer, 1973 ++
Regional record: Kuwait: this study (KISR-FM075C/ Amphipoda /047).
Local distribution and occurrence: Al-Khiran, Al-Nuwaiseeb, Failaka Island; occasional (13%).
Habitat: Intertidal and subtidal zones; sand, pebble, shells, rocks, Sargassum spp., tubes of blue coral-worm Spirobranchus sinuspersicus, and sponges.
description: Published as part of Al-Kandari, Manal, Polikarpov, Igor, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Al-Yamani, Faiza & Grintsov, Vladimir, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 5351 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391121
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) carbonaria Smith 1854
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Xylocopa carbonaria

description: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) carbonaria Smith 1854: 358
Fig. 4
Known Distribution. Brazil (Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte; Hurd 1978: 53). Type Locality: “Brazil (Tapajos)” (Smith 1854: 358).
Material examined. Brazil: Pará, Cachimbo, VI.1955, F. M. Oliviera (1 ♀), X.1955, M. Alvarenga (1 ♀), VI.1962, M. Alvarenga and F. M. Oliveira (64 ♀), Santarém, VII.1955, M. Silva (1 ♀), IX.1955, M. Alvarenga (5 ♀), X.1955, M. Silva (5 ♀), M. Alvarenga (1 ♀), XI.1955, M. Silva (16 ♀), X.1955, M. Alvarenga (1 ♀), 10.XII.1955, M. Silva (5 ♀), V.1960 (2 ♀).
Notes. The small body size, dense black pubescence on much of the mesonotum and metasomal tergites, and black wings with feeble violet iridescence are diagnostic for females, at least among the species of subgenus Neoxylocopa in the Amazon basin.
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Melomys matambuai Flannery, Colgan & Trimble 1994
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Melomys matambuai

description: 273.
Manus Island Mosaic-tailed Rat
Melomys matambuai
French: Mélomys de Manus / German: Manus-Mosaikschwanzratte / Spanish: Rata de cola moteada de Manus
Other common names: Manus Island Melomys, Manus Melomys
Taxonomy. Melomys matambuai Flannery, Colgan & Trimble, 1994,
Manus Island, Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea.
In original 1994 description, T. F. Flannery and colleagues included a genetic analysis showing that M. matambuai is distant from other Melomys taxa and found in a clade with M. rufescens. J. 1. Menzies in 1996 confirmed that this species belongs in the M. rufescens division. K. M. Helgen in 2003 found it close to M. paveli. Monotypic.
Distribution. Manus I, Papua New Guinea.
Descriptive notes. Head-body 151 mm, tail 141, ear 18 mm, hindfeet 30-31 mm; weight 145 g. The ManusIsland Mosaic-tailed Rat is a large representative of Melomys genus. It is characterized by a soft, dense reddish-brown to tawny dorsal pelage, and a pure white ventral surface. Tail is uniformly black and shorter than head-body length. Females have two pairs of mammae.
Habitat. Recorded in forested areas, including a cacao plantation.
Food and Feeding. No information.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. The Manus Island Mosaic-tailed Rat seems to be a largely arboreal species.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Endangered in The IUCN Red Listbecause is known from a very small range (c.2354 km?) in a very fragmented habitat under many threats.
Bibliography. Flannery (1995b), Flannery et al. (1994), Helgen (2003), Menzies (1996).
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Megaluropus Hoek 1889
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Megaluropus

description: Genus Megaluropus Hoek, 1889
Syn.: Phylluropus K.H. Barnard
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Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) cearensis Ducke 1910
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Xylocopa cearensis

description: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) cearensis Ducke 1910: 85
Fig. 5
Known Distribution. Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Pará, Paraíba, Rio Grande do Norte; Hurd 1978: 54). Also reported here from Amazonas and Rondônia. Type locality: Caridade, Ceará, Brazil (Ducke 1910: 85).
Material examined. Brazil: Amazonas: Tapuruquara, V.1963, L. Guindani (4 ♀), VI.1963, L. Guindani (3 ♀); Pará: Belem, VI.1956, M. C. Oliveira (1 ♀); Conceição do Araguaia, IX.1959, J. S. P. Costa (1 ♀), II.1960, J. S. P. Costa (13 females), Mangabeira, Mocajuba, V.1953, O. Rego (1 ♀); Rondônia: Pedro Velho, 2.XI.1954, Barros (3 ♀).
Notes. The female of this species is superficially similar in overall appearance to that of X. (N.) grises- cens Lepeletier but is much smaller in overall body size and total body length, as noted in the key. The date of publication of the paper by Ducke in which this species was described has been given by various authors and databases as 1909, 1910, or 1911 (Hurd and Moure 1963; Hurd 1978). Although the first portion of Volume 28 of the “Revue d’Entomologie” was indeed published in 1909, the indication at the bottom of p. 81 in the middle of the Ducke (1910) paper indicates that the particular issue containing the description of Xylocopa cearensis was published in “Mars [= March], 1910.”
description: Published as part of Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2018, New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 631 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3699701
Indonemoura trispina Li and Sivec, sp. nov.
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name: Yang, Ding
name: Sivec, Ignac
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Indonemoura trispina

description: Indonemoura trispina Li and Sivec, sp. nov.
(Figs. 7–11)
Diagnosis. Epiproct with weak apical indentation, and with ventral sclerite strongly sclerotized, expanded ventrally into a ridge with several spines. Outer lobe of paraproct bulbous at base and forming a heavily sclerotized blade at its tip; median lobe with two more slender lobes.
Adult. Male body length 5.5 mm; forewing length 7.5 mm, hindwing length 6.0 mm. Head, antennae, and mouthparts dark brown. Thorax dark brown; pronotum yellowish brown with margins dark brown. Wings hyaline. Legs brown. Abdomen yellow; hypopygium including cerci yellowish brown; hairs on abdomen mostly pale.
Terminalia (Figs. 7–11): Tergum 9 weakly sclerotized, slightly constricted medially, with a shallow triangular mid­anterior indentation. Sternum 9 with slender vesicle; hypoproct wide basally, then distinctly tapering toward tip with three terminal spines. Tergum 10 weakly sclerotized except posterior margin strongly sclerotized, with a quadrangular membranous patch, and with two groups of several tiny black spines medially. Cercus slightly sclerotized, nearly cylindrical, notched at base. Epiproct slightly constricted at middle, with weak apical incision, with ventral sclerite strongly sclerotized, expanded ventrally into a ridge bearing several spines. Paraproct divided into three lobes widely fused basally: outer lobe bulbous at base and forming a heavily sclerotized blade at its tip; median lobe with two more slender lobes; inner lobe narrow and heavily sclerotized.
Female. Unknown.
Type Material. Holotype male (preserved in 75% alcohol), Guangdong, Ruyuan, Nanling National Natural Reserve, 2003. III. 25, Ding Yang. Type deposited in the Entomological Museum of China Agricultural University, Beijing.
Etymology. The specific name refers to the three terminal spines of the hypoproct.
Remarks. The new species is somewhat similar to I. hubeiensis Yang and Yang, 1991 in having the pointed inner lobe of the paraproct and expanded ridge of the ventral sclerite of the epiproct, but may be separated from the latter by the shape of the outer lobe and ventral ridge. In I. hubeiensis, the outer lobe is terminated into three sharp prongs and the enlarged ridge of the ventral sclerite is semicircular.
description: Published as part of Li, Weihai, Yang, Ding & Sivec, Ignac, 2005, Two new species of Indonemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China, pp. 1-5 in Zootaxa 893 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.170937
Callocleonymus pulcher Masi 1940
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Callocleonymus pulcher

description: Callocleonymus pulcher Masi, 1940
Callocleonymus pulcher Masi, 1940: 291. Syntypes ♀♀. – DEZP, Somalia.
Material examined
1♀, Iran, Isfahan province, Najafabad (32.633°N, 51.358°W, 1654 m a.s.l.), Malaise trap, 24 July 2013, E. Nader leg.
Distribution in Iran. East Azarbaijan (Lotfalizadeh and Khalghani 2008) and Isfahan (current study) provinces.
General distribution. Afrotropical (Somalia); Palaearctic (Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan), including Iran (Lotfalizadeh and Khalghani 2008).
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Notanisus Walker 1837
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Notanisus

description: Notanisus Walker, 1837
Notanisus Walker, 1837: 352.
Type species: Notanisus versicolor Walker, 1837, by monotypy.
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Melomys bougainville Troughton 1936
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Melomys bougainville

description: 275.
Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat
Melomys bougainville
French: Mélomys de Bougainville / German: Bougainville-Mosaikschwanzratte / Spanish: Rata de cola moteada de Bougainville
Other common names: Bougainville Island Melomys, Bougainville Melomys
Taxonomy. Melomys bougainuville Troughton, 1936,
Buin, Bougainville Island, Solomon Islands.
Initially considered a subspecies of M. rufescens, M. bougainville was elevated to species rank by T. F. Flannery and S. Wickler in 1990, and according to J. I. Menzies in 1996 it belongs to the M. rufescens division and, as demonstrated by K. M. Helgen in 2003, shows similarities to M. rufescens, M. matambuai, and M. pavel.. Monotypic.
Distribution. Bougainville I and Buka I (Papua New Guinea) and Choiseul I (Solomon Is).
Descriptive notes. Head-body 149-170 mm, tail 98-140, ear 14—15-5 mm, hindfeet 27-5-28-5 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. This medium-sized, broad-footed Melomys seems very similar to the Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat (M. rufescens) of Duke of York Island, but is the smallest Melomys species and is characterized by a bright yellowish-red dorsalpelage and ivory-colored or buffy-white ventral one. Tail, which has one very small hair pertail scale,is shorter than head-body length, and semi-prehensile. Females have two pairs of mammae.
Habitat. Disturbed habitats, rural gardens, and possibly within houses.
Food and Feeding. Diet is composed of plantain banana.
Breeding. No information.
Activity patterns. Little is known, but it issuspected that the Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat has similar habits to those of the Black-tailed Mosaic-tailed Rat.
Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.
Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. The Bougainville Mosaic-tailed Rat lacks ecological information and taxonomic studies to assess its validity.
Bibliography. Flannery (1995a), Flannery & Wickler (1990), Helgen (2003), Menzies (1996), Troughton (1936a).
description: Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 698, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260
Megaluropus excavatus Ledoyer 1979
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Megaluropus excavatus

description: 53. Megaluropus excavatus Ledoyer, 1979 ++
Regional record: Kuwait: this study (KISR-FM075C/ Amphipoda /048).
Local distribution and occurrence: Al-Khiran, Al-Nuwaiseeb, Failaka Island; occasional (15%).
Habitat: Intertidal and subtidal zones; sand, shells, pebble, rocks, and Sargassum spp.
description: Published as part of Al-Kandari, Manal, Polikarpov, Igor, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Al-Yamani, Faiza & Grintsov, Vladimir, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 5351 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391121
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) fimbriata Fabricius 1804
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Xylocopa fimbriata

description: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) fimbriata Fabricius 1804: 340
Fig. 6
Known Distribution. Barbados, Belize, Brazil (Pará, Rio Branco), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Honduras, Martinique, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, St. Kitts, Suriname, Trinidad, Venezuela (Hurd 1978: 77). Recorded here from Roraima, Brazil. Type locality: “America meridionali” (Fabricius 1804: 340).
Material examined. Brazil: Roraima: Surumu (4 ♀).
Notes. Females of this species can be readily recognized by the unique pair of tubercles or “horns” on the frons, as described in the key. The length and prominence of the two tubercles varies greatly among females in this species, and even varies among specimens which were collected at the same time at the same locality (Hurd 1978; Mawdsley 2017).
description: Published as part of Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2018, New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 631 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3699701
Notanisus clavatus Boucek 1961
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Notanisus clavatus

description: Notanisus clavatus Bouček, 1961
Notanisus clavatus Bouček, 1961: 471.
Holotype ♀ – NMPC, Georgia.
Material examined
2♀♀, Iran, North Khorasan province, Maneh and Semelghan County, Gharkhoad national park (37.471°N, 56.407°W, 1471 m), swept on weeds, 27 June 2018, Z. Rahmani, leg.
Distribution in Iran. West Azarbaijan (Lotfalizadeh et al. 2019) and North Khorasan provinces (current study).
General distribution. Palaearctic (China, Europe, Georgia, Kazakhstan), including Iran (Gibson 2015; Lotfalizadeh et al. 2019).
description: Published as part of Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2023, New findings of Cleonymidae and Ooderidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Iran, with description of a new species of Oodera Westwood, pp. 710-723 in Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 57 (9 - 12) on page 715, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2208763, http://zenodo.org/record/8071111
Megaluropus undetermined
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Megaluropus undetermined

description: 54. Megaluropus sp. cf. M. monasteriensis Ledoyer, 1976 ++
Regional record: Kuwait: this study (KISR-FM075C/ Amphipoda /049).
Local distribution and occurrence: Al-Messilah beach, Al-Khiran, Al-Nuwaiseeb, Failaka Island, Kubbar Island, Qaruh Island; occasional (10%).
Habitat: Intertidal and subtidal zones; sand, rocks, shells, and pebble.
description: Published as part of Al-Kandari, Manal, Polikarpov, Igor, Nithyanandan, Manickam, Al-Yamani, Faiza & Grintsov, Vladimir, 2023, An annotated checklist of the Amphipoda (Crustacea) of Kuwait, north-western Arabian Gulf, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 5351 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5351.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8391121
Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) frontalis
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Xylocopa frontalis

description: Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) frontalis (Olivier 1789: 64)
Fig. 7
Known distribution. Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Guanabara, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraíba, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Branco, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Santa Catarina, São Paulo), Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, México (Chiapas, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad, Uruguay, Venezuela (Hurd 1978: 79-80). Type locality: “Cayenne” (Olivier 1789: 64).
Material examined. Brazil: Pará: Belém (1 male), Óbidos (1 ♀, 1 ♂), Pará (7 ♀, 1 ♂); Rondônia: Porto Velho (1 ♀), Porto Velho-Abunã Road km 65 (1 ♀). Peru: Huánuco: Tingo María (1 ♀). Venezuela: Ama- zonas, Cerro de la Neblina (1 ♀).
Notes. Females of this species can be readily recognized by the unique transverse carina on the frons which has the median ocellus embedded in the center of the transverse carina. This species is an important pollinator of many tropical plant species (Hurd 1978).
description: Published as part of Mawdsley, Jonathan R., 2018, New records and diagnostic notes on large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: genus Xylocopa Latreille), from the Amazon River basin of South America, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 631 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3699701
Notanisus oulmesiensis
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Notanisus oulmesiensis

description: Notanisus oulmesiensis (Delucchi, 1962)
Amarisca oulmesiensis Delucchi, 1962: 12. Holotype ♀ – ETHZ, Morocco. Combination by Bouček (1991 [1990]], p. 204).
Material examined
1♀, Iran, Kerman province, Golbaf (29.882°N, 57.728°WE, 1743 m), 5 October 2018, Malaise trap, Sh. Mohebban Leg.
Distribution in Iran. Isfahan (Lotfalizadeh et al. 2019) and Kerman (current study) provinces.
General distribution. Palaearctic (Europe, Morocco, Turkey, Uzbekistan), including Iran (Lotfalizadeh et al. 2019).
description: Published as part of Rahmani, Zahra, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein & Mokhtari, Azizollah, 2023, New findings of Cleonymidae and Ooderidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Iran, with description of a new species of Oodera Westwood, pp. 710-723 in Journal of Natural History (Oxford, England) (Oxford, England) 57 (9 - 12) on page 715, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2023.2208763, http://zenodo.org/record/8071111