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Masner, a new genus of Ceraphronidae (Hymenoptera, Ceraphronoidea) described using controlled vocabularies
A ceraphronid wasp genus, Masner Mikó & Deans, gen. n., with one species, M. lubomirus Deans & Mikó, sp. n. is described from Australia and Fiji based on male specimens. This new …
Masnerium wellsae gen. n., sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Sceliotrachelinae) a parasitoid of Aleuroduplidens well…
Masnerium wellsae Polaszek, gen. n., sp. n. is described from Merbein, Victoria, Australia. It is a primary endoparasitoid of the whitefly Aleuroduplidens wellsae Martin, describe…
Revision of Scelio pulchripennis - group species (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)
The charismatic pulchripennis-group of Scelio Latreille is revised and 18 species are treated. The species group is described and diagnosed. Eight new species are described: S. cl…
New species of the plesiomorphic genus Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea, Platygastridae) from South Africa
Two new species of Nixonia Masner (Hymenoptera, Platygastridae, Scelioninae), Nixonia masneri sp. n. and Nixonia mcgregori sp. n. are described from South Africa and further recor…
Orwellium, a new Valdivian genus of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera)
Orwellium enigmaticum is described as a new genus and species. This species is endemic to the Valdivian forests of Chile. The genus is hypothesized to be the sister-group of the s…
Review of the Spirobolida on Madagascar, with descriptions of twelve new genera, including three genera of 'fire millip…
Twelve new genera and 37 new species of Spirobolida are described: Corallobolus cruentus gen. n., sp. n., Sanguinobolus maculosus gen. n., sp. n., Colossobolus semicyclus gen. n.,…
Leipanthura casuarina, new genus and species of anthurid isopod from Australian coral reefs without a "five-petalled" t…
A new minute anthurid isopod, 2.7 mm long, is described. It is notable ina uropod with almost cylindrical terminal rami, lacking the typical anthuroid uropodal structure in which …
Longiflagrum amphibium, a new estuarine apseudomorph tanaid (Crustacea, Peracarida) from north-western Australia
Australian tanaidacean material collected during spring 1993 and 1994 and autumn 1994 and 1995 in vicinity of Port Hedland and Oyster Island (NW Australia) included over 800 of sp…
Brucerolis gen. n., and Acutiserolis Brandt, 1988, deep-water southern genera of isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda, Serolidae)
Acutiserolis Brandt is rediagnosed (coxal dorsal plates 2–5 slot into each other with no aperture between; coxal plate 6 has a blunt process on its anterior margin slotting into a…
A new species of Metatanais Shiino, 1952 (Crustacea, Tanaidacea, Paratanaoidea) from Australian coral reefs, with a re…
This paper presents a description of the new species Metatanais bipunctatus sp. n. found on coral reefs at two sites in Australia: Lizard Island (Queensland) and Ningaloo Reef (no…
Do circum-Antarctic species exist in peracarid Amphipoda? A case study in the genus Epimeria Costa, 1851 (Crustacea, Pe…
The amphipod genus Epimeria is species rich in the Southern Ocean and at present eight of its 19 species are reported with circum-Antarctic distributions. For the first time, spec…
A new species of Foza Reed & Cumberlidge, 2006 from northern Madagascar (Decapoda, Brachyura, Potamoidea, Potamonautida…
Foza ambohitra sp. n. is described from Ambohitra, Antsiranana Province, northern Madagascar at 421 m elevation. This species is distinguished by characters of the carapace, the m…
New genera and species of the marine isopod family Serolidae (Crustacea, Sphaeromatidea) from the southwestern Pacific
The marine isopod family Serolidae is reviewed for the oceanic regions of the tropical and subtropical southwestern Pacific, namely from off Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, nort…
First records of a leptestherid clam shrimp in Australia (Crustacea, Spinicaudata, Leptestheriidae, Eoleptestheria)
Eoleptestheria ticinensis, a highly variable Eurasian species, was collected from three widely separated sites in northern Australia. Each population is described and compared wit…
A new genus of Ectinosomatidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from sublittoral sediments in Ubatuba, São Paulo State, Brazil…
Both sexes of a new genus and species of Ectinosomatidae (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from sublittoral sediments collected on the inner continental shelf in Ubatuba, São Paulo State …
The genus Leptostylopsis of Hispaniola (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Acanthocinini)
The generic differences and similarities between Leptostylus LeConte and Leptostylopsis Dillon (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Acanthocinini) are discussed. Leptostylopsis is redescrib…
Fossil harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones) from Bitterfeld amber
Fossil harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Dyspnoi and Eupnoi) are described from Bitterfeld amber, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. The exact…
Systematics and phylogeography of the Dysdera erythrina species complex (Araneae, Dysderidae) in Sardinia
Sardinia is the second largest island in the Mediterranean and, together with Corsica and nearby mainland areas, one of the top biodiversity hotspots in the region. The origin of …
A new species of Incestophantes Tanasevitch, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from Ukraine
A new spider species, Incestophantes australis sp. n. (Linyphiidae), found on the Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine is described and illustrated. It is morphologically closely related to…
Lepthyphantes christodeltshev, a new species from Greece (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
The male and female of Lepthyphantes christodeltshev sp. n. are described from mainland Greece. The presently accepted subdivision of Lepthyphantes s.l. into separate genera is c…
A review of the West African genus Saraina (Araneae, Salticidae)
The West-African genus Saraina is revised. The type species Saraina rubrofasciata Wanless & Clark, 1975 is redescribed based on its type material. Earlier records of S. rubrofasci…
Further notes on the Harmochireae of Africa (Araneae, Salticidae, Pelleninae)
Four new spiders,Bianor paulyi sp. n. (♂♀; from Madagascar and the Comoros), Microbianor deltshevi sp. n. (♂♀; from Madagascar), M. madagascarensis sp. n. (♂♀; from Madagascar), a…
Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) – II
Taxonomic and faunistic amendments are provided for 15 species and one subspecies of comb-footed spiders (Theridiidae) of the Mediterranean region, in the genera Anatolidion, Epis…
A new species of Loxosceles (Araneae, Sicariidae) from Tunisia
A new species of the spider genus Loxosceles, L. mrazig sp. n., found in Tunisia is described and illustrated. The male bulb shows a high degree of morphological similarity to tha…
A new species of the basal araneomorph spider genus Ectatosticta
The hypochilid spider Ectatosticta davidi (Simon) is redescribed on the basis of adults from Mt. Taibaishan in Shaanxi Province, China; the specimens from Qinghai Province previou…
The first lowland species of the Holarctic alpine ground spider genus Parasyrisca (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Hungary
The first lowland species of the alpine genus Parasyrisca, Parasyrisca arrabonica Szinetár & Eichardt, sp. n., is described from the sandy grasslands of Hungary. The genus was hit…
On two sibling Lathys species (Araneae, Dictynidae) from northern Europe
New diagnoses for the morphologically closely related species Lathys humilis (Blackwall, 1855) and L. nielseni (Schenkel, 1932) are provided. These species are most easily disting…
A revision of the African wolf spider genus Amblyothele Simon
The African lycosid genus Amblyothele Simon is revised and its sub-family placement clarified. A diagnosis is provided for the genus in relation to other genera in the sub-family …
On the huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 from South and Central America (Aran…
The huntsman spider genera Sparianthina Banks, 1929 and Anaptomecus Simon, 1903 are reviewed. The type species of Sparianthina, Sparianthina selenopoides Banks, 1929, is redescrib…
A survey of East Palaearctic Hersiliola Thorell, 1870 (Araneae, Hersiliidae), with a description of three new genera
Three new genera and eight new species of Hersiliidae are described from the East Palaearctic (Afganistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uz…
The Ebo-like running crab spiders in the Old World (Araneae, Philodromidae)
A recent phylogenetic analysis within Philodromidae has shown that Ebo, in its current limits, is a paraphyletic assemblage of spiders characterized by a strongly elongated second…
Prospects for using DNA barcoding to identify spiders in species-rich genera
While previous research has indicated the utility of DNA barcoding in identifying spider species sampled from a localized region, the effectiveness of this method over a broader g…
Fifty years of devotion to spiders: a concise biography of Christo Deltshev, with a complete list of his publications a…
This paper provides an overview of the life and scientific work of Dr Christo Deltshev, the doyen of Bulgarian araneology. It also analyses his more important research contributio…
A checklist to the wasps of Peru (Hymenoptera, Aculeata)
The first checklist to the 225 genera and 1169 reported species-group taxa of aculeate wasps of Peru is presented. The list is based on a literature survey and examination of Peru…
Review of Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) of China, with descriptions of four new species
General data on distribution and available host records are provided for the seventeen known Chinese species of Tersilochinae, distributed in five genera. Four species, Diaparsis …
Two new species of Xanthopimpla (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Western Amazonia, with a revised key to the Neotropic…
Xanthopimpla Saussure, 1892 is one of the largest genera of the family Ichneumonidae. The genus is very species rich in Indo-Australia but poorly represented in the Neotropical re…
Saharo-Sindian buthid scorpions; description of two new genera and species from Occidental Sahara and Afghanistan
Two new genera and species of Saharo-Sindian buthid scorpions are described on the basis of single specimens collected respectively in the deserts of Occidental Sahara and the Nor…
Economically Beneficial Ground Beetles. The specialized predators Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) and Stenaptinus jess…
Adults of Pheropsophus aequinoctialis (L.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Brachininae: Brachinini), are largely nocturnal predators and scavengers on animal and plant materials. The dail…
Alburnoides qanati, a new species of cyprinid fish from southern Iran (Actinopterygii, Cyprinidae)
Alburnoides qanati, sp. n. is described from a qanat in the Pulvar River drainage of Fars Province in southern Iran. The new taxon is distinguished from other members of the genus…
The first fossil leptofoenine wasp (Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae): A new species of Leptofoenus in Miocene amber from the …
The first fossil of the pteromalid subfamily Leptofoeninae Handlirsch is documented. Leptofoenus pittfieldae sp. n. is described and figured from a single male preserved in Early …
A description of the flea species Paractenopsyllus madagascarensis n. sp. and the female sex of Paractenopsyllus raxwor…
An alcohol collection of 990 fleas from Madagascar (2003-2005) was deposited in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, and recently made available for study. Among the mate…
The genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in southeast Brazil, with the description of three new species
A new synthesis of the geographical distribution of the genus Ananteris Thorell, 1891 (Scorpiones, Buthidae) in Brazil is proposed. Three new species, Ananteris chagasi sp. n., An…
An update of Zelotibia (Araneae, Gnaphosidae), a spider genus with a species swarm in the Albertine Rift
The spider genus Zelotibia Russell-Smith & Murphy, 2005 is reviewed. Eight new species, all from forest areas in the Albertine Rift, are described: they are Z. angelica (♀), Z. cu…
Revision of Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae)
Agathodesmus Silvestri, 1910 includes A. baccatus (Carl, 1926) comb. n. from New Caledonia, A. bucculentus (Jeekel, 1986) comb. n. from Queensland, Australia, and A. johnsi sp. n.…
The millipede genus Glomeris Latreille, 1802 (Diplopoda, Glomerida, Glomeridae) in North Africa
In North Africa, the genus Glomeris is shown to encompass 11 species, all of which are keyed. These include: G. troglokabyliana sp. n. from several caves in Algeria, G. monostriat…
Review of the millipede genus Eutrichodesmus Silvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae), with descriptions…
Eutrichodesmus, the largest genus in the Oriental family Haplodesmidae, is reviewed, redefined and shown to encompass 24 recognizable species, all keyed, including the following n…
The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae: Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of mi…
A ten-year inventory of the Gaoligongshan in western Yunnan Province, China, yielded more than 1000 adult spider specimens belonging to the symphytognathoid families Theridiosomat…
Publication and dissemination of datasets in taxonomy: ZooKeys working example
A concept for data publication and semantic enhancements proposed by ZooKeys and applied in the milestone paper of Miller et al. (2009) is described. For the first time in systema…
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