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A taxonomic study of the genus Panesthia (Blattodea, Blaberidae, Panesthiinae) from China with descriptions of one new …
One new species Panesthia guizhouensis sp. n. and one new subspecies Panesthia stellata concava ssp. n. are described and illustrated. The male of Panesthia antennata Brunner von …
A new parasitoid of Bazaria turensis (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae): Campoplex bazariae sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)
A new solitary endoparasitoid of the larva of Bazaria turensis Ragonot, 1887 (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) in Qinghai province, China, Campoplex bazariae Sheng, sp. n., belonging to th…
The new genus Pheude (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cossoninae) with description of a new species from mainland China
A new weevil, Pheude punctatus gen. et sp. n., of the tribe Dryotribini in Cossoninae, is described from Guangdong Province, South China. It differs from the related genera Dryotr…
The origin and early evolution of metatherian mammals: the Cretaceous record
Metatherians, which comprise marsupials and their closest fossil relatives, were one of the most dominant clades of mammals during the Cretaceous and are the most diverse clade of…
A new species and synonymy of the Neotropical Eucelatoria Townsend and redescription of Myiodoriops Townsend
The New World tropics represents the most diverse region for tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae), but it also contains the most narrowly defined, and possibly the most conf…
Focus stacking: Comparing commercial top-end set-ups with a semi-automatic low budget approach. A possible solution for…
In this manuscript we present a focus stacking system, composed of commercial photographic equipment. The system is inexpensive compared to high-end commercial focus stacking solu…
The LifeWatch approach to the exploration of distributed species information
This paper introduces a new method of automatically extracting, integrating and presenting information regarding species from the most relevant online taxonomic resources. First, …
When DNA barcoding and morphology mesh: Ceratopogonidae diversity in Finnmark, Norway
DNA barcoding in Ceratopogonidae has been restricted to interpreting the medically and veterinary important members of Culicoides Latreille. Here the technique is utilised, togeth…
Revision of Chaetocnema semicoerulea species-group (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) in China, with de…
Chinese species of Chaetocnema semicoerulea group are revised and three new species described as new: C. salixis sp. n., C. yulongensis sp. n. and C. deqinensis sp. n.. A key to a…
A new Eastern Asian Hycleus and key to the Chinese species of the phaleratus group (Coleoptera, Meloidae, Mylabrini)
A new species of Hycleus belonging to the phaleratus group, and close to H. phaleratus, is described. The new species, Hycleus marcipoli, is distributed in China (Gansu and Taiwan…
A new replacement name for Tropidocephala speciosa Ding, 2006 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Delphacidae)
A new replacement name is proposed for the species Tropidocephala speciosa Ding, 2006 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Delphacidae: Tropidocephalini), preoccupied by Tropidocephala spec…
A new genus of soft coral (Cnidaria, Octocorallia) from the Republic of Congo (Pointe-Noire Region)
A new genus of soft coral from the Republic of Congo is described, Complexum gen. n. Nine West African octocoral species previously described in the genus Alcyonium by Tixier-Duri…
A synopsis of the genus Ethmia Hübner in Costa Rica: biology, distribution, and description of 22 new species (Lepidopt…
We discuss 45 Costa Rican species of Ethmia Hübner, 1819, including 23 previously described: E. delliella (Fernald), E. bittenella (Busck), E. festiva Busck, E. scythropa Walsingh…
Susceptibility to an inoculum of infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus (IHHNV) in three batches of wh…
The present study evaluated the susceptibility of three different batches of whiteleg shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei from Mexico to an inoculum of infectious hypodermal and haematopo…
Agonistic behaviour in juvenile southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii (Decapoda, Palinuridae): implications for develo…
The Southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, is a temperate species of spiny lobster with established well managed fisheries in Australia and New Zealand. It has also been under co…
Reference values for feeding parameters of isopods (Porcellio scaber, Isopoda, Crustacea)
The advantage of using terrestrial isopods in toxicity studies is that a battery of parameters can be tested at different levels of biological complexity. Feeding parameters for e…
Differences in life-history and ecological traits between co-occurring Panulirus spiny lobsters (Decapoda, Palinuridae)
Coexistence of closely related species may be promoted by niche differentiation or result from interspecific trade-offs in life history and ecological traits that influence relati…
Population structure, sex ratio and growth of the seabob shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri (Decapoda, Penaeidae) from coasta…
This study evaluated the growth and population structure of Xiphopenaeus kroyeri in Babitonga Bay, southern Brazil. Monthly trawls were conducted from July 2010 through June 2011,…
Reproductive traits of the symbiotic pea crab Austinotheres angelicus (Crustacea, Pinnotheridae) living in Saccostrea p…
Pea crabs of the family Pinnotheridae exhibit a symbiotic life style and live associated with a variety of different marine organisms, especially bivalves. Despite the fact that p…
Reproductive biology of the sea anemone shrimp Periclimenes rathbunae (Caridea, Palaemonidae, Pontoniinae), from the Ca…
Caridean shrimps are a highly diverse group and many species form symbiotic relationships with different marine invertebrates. Periclimenes rathbunae is a brightly colored shrimp …
Results of the global conservation assessment of the freshwater crabs (Brachyura, Pseudothelphusidae and Trichodactylid…
The freshwater crabs of the Neotropics comprise 311 species in two families (Pseudothelphusidae and Trichodactylidae) and one or both of these families are found in all of the cou…
Molecular perspective on the American transisthmian species of Macrobrachium (Caridea, Palaemonidae)
The closure of the Isthmus of Panama (about 3.1 million years ago) separated previously continuous populations and created two groups of extant species, which live now in the Paci…
Grooming as a secondary behavior in the shrimp Macrobrachium rosenbergii (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea)
The giant freshwater prawn, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, is a large shrimp extensively used in aquaculture whose grooming behaviors were analyzed in this study. Macrobrachium rosenb…
Diversity of the free-living marine and freshwater Copepoda (Crustacea) in Costa Rica: a review
The studies on marine copepods of Costa Rica started in the 1990’s and focused on the largest coastal-estuarine systems in the country, particularly along the Pacific coast. Diver…
Italian natural history museums on the verge of collapse?
The Italian natural history museums are facing a critical situation, due to the progressive loss of scientific relevance, decreasing economic investments, and scarcity of personne…
An annotated checklist of the chrysidid wasps (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae) from China
An annotated checklist of the Chinese Chrysididae is provided. The list includes 188 species and subspecies in twenty three genera of five subfamilies. Four species are proposed a…
Supplementary catalogue of the Anthomyiidae (Diptera) of China
The present catalogue of Anthomyiidae attempts to list all species (173) described or recorded from mainland China (165) and Taiwan (8) that for various reasons are not treated in…
A new species of Atheroides Haliday (Hemiptera, Aphididae) native to North America
We report and describe the first species of Atheroides Haliday presumed to be native to North America, collected at the Valles Caldera National Preserve, New Mexico, USA. We hypot…
The oribatid mite subgenus Galumna (Galumna) (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) in the Philippines
Five species of the subgenus Galumna (Galumna) (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) are registered in the Philippine oribatid mite fauna. A new species, G. (G.) makilingensissp. n., is …
On the identity of some weevil species described by Johann Christian Fabricius (1745–1808) in the Museum of Zoology of …
The types of thirty-two nominal weevil species described by Johann Christian Fabricius are reviewed and lecto- and paralectotypes are designated for twenty-two of them. A neotype …
Five new species of Minettia (Minettiella) (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) from China
Five species of Minettia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from the South of China are described as new to science: Minettia (Minettiella) bawanglingensissp. n., M. (Minettiella) clavatasp.…
Three new rotundabaloghid mites (Acari, Uropodina) from Sabah (Malaysia)
Three new species of the family Rotundabaloghiidae are discovered and described from Sabah, Malaysia. The unusual Angulobaloghia rutra sp. n. differs from the other known Anguloba…
Two new species of the genus Epuraea Erichson, 1843 from China (Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Epuraeinae)
Two new species belonging to the consobrina-group of the subgenus Micruria Reitter, 1875 (genus Epuraea Erichson, 1843), E. (M.) lanuginosasp. n. and E. (M.) pulliginissp. n., fou…
On the validity of Epeorella Ulmer, 1939 (Ephemeroptera, Heptageniidae) with general considerations on the Heptageniida…
The type material of Epeorella borneonia Ulmer, 1939, the sole species of the genus Epeorella Ulmer, 1939 is reinvestigated and a lectotype (male imago) is designated. Based on se…
Kakuna taibaiensis sp. n. and a newly recorded species of Dicranotropis (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae) from China
One new species of the delphacid genus Kakuna Matsumura, K. taibaiensis Ren & Qin, sp. n. is described from Mt. Taibai in Shaanxi Province, China. Dicranotropis montana (Horvath, …
Morphological and karyotypic differences within and among populations of Radopholus similis
Twenty populations of Radopholus similis from three countries and different hosts (19 populations from ornamental plants and one population from ginger) were compared using morpho…
A synoptic review of the genus Thaumaspis Bolívar (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) with the description of a …
Two new species of the new genus Athaumaspisgen. n., Athaumaspis minutussp. n. and Athaumaspis tibetanussp. n. from Vietnam and China are described. The subgenus Pseudothaumaspis …
ChiloKey, an interactive identification tool for the geophilomorph centipedes of Europe (Chilopoda, Geophilomorpha)
ChiloKey is a matrix-based, interactive key to all 179 species of Geophilomorpha (Chilopoda) recorded from Europe, including species of uncertain identity and those whose morpholo…
Hisonotus acuen, a new and phenotypically variable cascudinho (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Hypoptopomatinae) from the u…
A new species of Hisonotus is described from the headwaters of the rio Xingu. The new species is distinguished from its congeners by having a functional V-shaped spinelet, odontod…
Three new species of the Stenus cirrus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Jiangxi, South China
Three new species from Jiangxi, China, are described and illustrated: S. wugongshanus sp. n., S. mingyueshanus sp. n., and S. songxiaobini sp. n. A previously published key to the…
Revision of the paraphyletic genus Koerneria Meyl, 1960 and resurrection of two other genera of Diplogastridae (Nematod…
Recent inferences of phylogeny from molecular characters, as well as a reexamination of morphological and biological characters, reject the monophyly of the nematode genus Koerner…
Checklist of the superfamilies Oestroidea and Hippoboscoidea of Finland (Insecta, Diptera)
An updated checklist of the superfamilies Oestroidea and Hippoboscoidea recorded from Finland is presented. The checklist covers the following families: Calliphoridae, Rhiniidae, …
Checklist of the family Anthomyiidae (Diptera) of Finland
An updated checklist of the the genera and species of Anthomyiidae (Diptera) found in Finland is provided.
Checklist of the families Scathophagidae, Fanniidae and Muscidae of Finland (Insecta, Diptera)
A revised checklist of the Scathophagidae, Fanniidae and Muscidae recorded from Finland is presented. Phaonia amicula Villeneuve, 1922 is noted from Finland for the first time.
Checklist of the family Ephydridae of Finland (Insecta, Diptera)
A checklist of 112 species of shore flies (Ephydridae, Diptera) recorded from Finland is presented. Comparing this to the list of Hackman (1980), 52 changes are made: 25 species a…
Checklist of the Braulidae, Camillidae, Diastatidae and Drosophilidae of Finland (Diptera, Ephydroidea)
A checklist of the Braulidae (1 species), Camillidae (3 spp.), Diastatidae (10 spp.) and Drosophilidae (67 spp.) of Finland is presented. Campichoetinae is included as a subfamily…
Checklist of the family Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) of Finland
A checklist of the family Sphaeroceridae (Diptera) recorded from Finland.
Checklist of the fly families Chyromyidae and Heleomyzidae (Diptera) of Finland
A Finnish checklist of the sphaeroceroid fly families Chyromyidae and Heleomyzidae is provided.
Checklist of the family Chloropidae (Diptera) of Finland
A checklist of 147 species the Chloropidae (Diptera) recorded from Finland. Centorisoma elegantulum Becker is recorded for the first time from Finland.
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