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A new, well-preserved genus and species of fossil Glaphyridae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Mesozoic Yixian Form…
A new genus and species of fossil Glaphyridae, Cretohypna cristata gen. et sp. n., is described and illustrated from the Mesozoic Yixian Formation. This new genus is characterized…
A revision of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Java (Coleoptera, Lycidae)
The Javanese fauna of the species group Cautires obsoletus is revised. Altogether, eight Javanese species were classified in the group; five of them are proposed to be junior subj…
Oxydromus Grube, 1855 reinstated over Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 (Polychaeta, Hesionidae)
The hesionid polychaete genera Oxydromus Grube, 1855 and Ophiodromus Sars, 1862 have been regarded as synonyms with the former considered as invalid since it was thought to be a j…
A remarkable new genus of leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Iassinae) from Southeast Asia
Tardrabassus pakneunensis, n. gen. & sp. is described and illustrated. The new genus shows morphological affinities to three leafhopper subfamilies, Tartessinae, Deltocephalinae, …
Orientisargidae fam. n., a new Jurassic family of Archisargoidea (Diptera, Brachycera), with review of Archisargidae fr…
A pair of fly impressions is described as a new species of a new genus, Orientisargus illecebrosus gen. et sp. n., referred to a new family Orientisargidae fam. n. within Archisar…
A new species of the genus Himertosoma from the Ryukyus, Japan, with a key to species from the Palaearctic and Oriental…
A new species of the genus Himertosoma Schmiedeknecht, H. kuslitzkii sp. n., was discovered in Amamioshima Island, the Ryukyus. This new species resembles two Oriental species, H.…
New species of Isotomiella Bagnall, 1939 from Southeast of Brazil (Collembola, Isotomidae)
Two new species of the genus Isotomiella Bagnall, 1939 are described and illustrated, the first: I. macedoi sp. n., based on males and females, from the “Parque Nacional da Serra …
A new fossil cricket of the genus Proanaxipha in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Pent…
A new species of the cricket genus Proanaxipha Vickery & Poinar (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Pentacentrinae) from Early Miocene Dominican amber is described and illustrated. Proanaxiph…
Taxonomic notes on the Macrocheilus Hope (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Helluonini) from Oriental Region, with description of …
Taxonomic notes, together with illustrated characters, on the oriental species of the genus Macrocheilus Hope, 1838 (Carabidae, Helluonini) are provided. One new species, Macroche…
Dental morphology of the Lesser Bamboo Rat, Cannomys badius (Rodentia, Spalacidae)
Cannomys and Rhizomys are the sole living genera of the tribe Rhizomyini (Rhizomyinae, Spalacidae, Rodentia), known in the fossil record since the Late Miocene. The dental morphol…
A review of the genus Megapulvinaria Young (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Coccidae) from China, with a description of a new spe…
Prior to this study, only Megapulvinaria maxima (Green) was known from China. However, a new species M. beihaiensis Wang & Feng, sp. n. is described below and M. maxima is redescr…
A new genus of the tribe Issini (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Issidae) from China
Macrodarumoides petalinus, a new genus and species of Issidae (Hemiptera) are described based on specimens from Yunnan and Guangxi, China.
An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Recent azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with an…
The 120 presently recognized genera and seven subgenera of the azooxanthellate Scleractinia are keyed using gross morphological characters of the corallum. All genera are illustra…
A revision and phylogenetic analysis of Stoiba Spaeth 1909 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
Stoiba Spaeth, 1909 is revised with a phylogenetic analysis of 38 adult morphological characters for nine Stoiba species and 11 outgroup species (Mesomphaliini, Ischyrosonychini, …
A revision of Evaniscus (Hymenoptera, Evaniidae) using ontology-based semantic phenotype annotation
The Neotropical evaniid genus Evaniscus Szépligeti currently includes six species. Two new species are described, Evaniscus lansdownei Mullins, sp. n. from Colombia and Brazil and…
Aphaereta ceratitivora sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, T…
A new gregarious larval-pupal endoparasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Tephritidae) is described and illustrated: Aphaereta ceratitivora sp. n. (Braconidae: Alys…
Two new species of Euglossa from South America, with notes on their taxonomic affinities (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
Two new species of the genus Euglossa Latreille, subgenus Glossurella Dressler are here presented. Euglossa (Glossurella) embera sp. n., from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia, and…
A revision of the Megachile subgenus Litomegachile Mitchell with an illustrated key and description of a new species (H…
The species of Megachile subgenus Litomegachile are revised with a review of the species morphology, biology, and plant associations. A new species, Megachile pankus, is described…
Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine met…
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has voted in favour of a revised version of the amendment to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature that was pro…
A new species of Fuziidae (Insecta, Blattida) from the Inner Mongolia, China
A new species attributed to the genus Parvifuzia Guo & Ren, 2011, Parvifuzia peregrina sp. n., is described from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Daohugou Village, Inn…
Molecular phylogeny of the Trechus brucki group, with description of two new species from the Pyreneo-Cantabrian area (…
A molecular phylogeny of the species from the Trechus brucki clade (previously T. uhagoni group) based on fragments of four mitochondrial genes and one nuclear gene is given. We d…
A review of the species of Rhynchopsilopa Hendel from China (Diptera, Ephydridae)
Species of the shore-fly genus Rhynchopsilopa Hendel from China are reviewed. Four new species (Rhynchopsilopa guangdongensis sp. n., R. huangkengensis sp. n., R. jinxiuensis sp. …
Description of a new species of the genus Glenea from Tibet, China (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Saperdini)
A new species, Glenea jini sp. n. is described from Tibet, China. It can be separated from other species of the genus Glenea Newman by the complicated black and ochre markings as …
The status of the genus Bostryx Troschel, 1847, with description of a new subfamily (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Bulimulidae)
The status of the genus Bostryx is discussed and, based on morphological and molecular data, restricted to a group of species related to B. solutus, for which the new subfamily na…
An extraordinary new family of spiders from caves in the Pacific Northwest (Araneae, Trogloraptoridae, new family)
The new spider genus and species Trogloraptor marchingtoni Griswold, Audisio & Ledford is described as the type of the new family Trogloraptoridae. The oblique membranous division…
Two additional new species of the Stenus indubius group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China
Two new species of the Stenus indubius group from China are described: S. huapingensis sp. n. from Guangxi Province and S. zhujianqingi sp. n. from Zhejiang Province. Habitus phot…
A charismatic new species of green lacewing discovered in Malaysia (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae): the confluence of citizen…
An unusual new species of green lacewing (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae: Semachrysa jade sp. n.) is described from Selangor (Malaysia) as a joint discovery by citizen scientist and prof…
Cucujus tulliae sp. n. – an endemic Mediterranean saproxylic beetle from genus Cucujus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera, Cuc…
Cucujus tulliae sp. n. is described as a new member of genus Cucujus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Cucujidae), which enumerates at present eleven species distributed in Eurasia and…
On immature and adult forms of Trichognathus marginipennis Latreille, 1829 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Galeritini)
The pupa of Trichognathus marginipennis Latreille, 1829 is described for the first time and the adult is redescribed. Habitus and important structures of larva, pupa and adult are…
Four new species of the leafhopper genus Kapsa Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae), with a …
In the present paper, four new species, Kapsa acuminata, K. quadrispina, K. puerensis and K. yanheensis spp. n. from southwest China are described and illustrated, and a key to th…
A new species of Peucoglyphus Bernhauer from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
Peucoglyphus ken sp. n., a new species from New Guinea is described. Adding the new species, this rare Wallacean genus from the tribe Staphylinini (subtribe Philonthina) currently…
A new species of Pseudaulacaspis MacGillivray, 1921 from China (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Diaspididae) with a key to Chines…
A new species of armored scale, Pseudaulacaspis zhenyuanensis Wei & Feng, sp. n. is described and illustrated from specimens collected on Spermadictyon suaveolens in China. A key …
Integrating specimen databases and revisionary systematics
Arguments are presented for the merit of integrating specimen databases into the practice of revisionary systematics. Work flows, data connections, data outputs, and data standard…
From documents to datasets: A MediaWiki-based method of annotating and extracting species observations in century-old f…
Biological field notebooks are records of lives spent outside in nature. Part diary, part scientific record, field notebooks often contain details required to understand the locat…
The notes from nature tool for unlocking biodiversity records from museum records through citizen science
Legacy data from natural history collections contain invaluable and irreplaceable information about biodiversity in the recent past, providing a baseline for detecting change and …
Image based Digitisation of Entomology Collections: Leveraging volunteers to increase digitization capacity
In 2010, the Australian Museum commenced a project to explore and develop ways for engaging volunteers to increase the rate of digitising natural history collections. The focus wa…
Nomenclatural benchmarking: the roles of digital typification and telemicroscopy
Nomenclatural benchmarking is the periodic realignment of species names with species theories and is necessary for the accurate and uniform use of Linnaean binominals in the face …
DScan – a high-performance digital scanning system for entomological collections
Here we describe a high-performance imaging system for creating high-resolution images of whole insect drawers. All components of the system are industrial standard and can be ada…
InvertNet: a new paradigm for digital access to invertebrate collections
InvertNet, one of the three Thematic Collection Networks (TCNs) funded in the first round of the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biological Collection…
Whole-drawer imaging for digital management and curation of a large entomological collection
Whole-drawer imaging is shown to be an effective tool for rapid digitisation of large insect collections. On-line, Whole-drawer images facilitate more effective collection managem…
No specimen left behind: industrial scale digitization of natural history collections
Traditional approaches for digitizing natural history collections, which include both imaging and metadata capture, are both labour- and time-intensive. Mass-digitization can only…
Results and insights from the NCSU Insect Museum GigaPan project
Pinned insect specimens stored in museum collections are a fragile and valuable resource for entomological research. As such, they are usually kept away from viewing by the public…
Increasing the efficiency of digitization workflows for herbarium specimens
The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium has been databasing and imaging its estimated 7.3 million plant specimens for the past 17 years. Due to the size of the collection, we have…
Developing integrated workflows for the digitisation of herbarium specimens using a modular and scalable approach
Digitisation programmes in many institutes frequently involve disparate and irregular funding, diverse selection criteria and scope, with different members of staff managing and o…
‘From Pilot to production’: Large Scale Digitisation project at Naturalis Biodiversity Center
By the end of 2009 the Dutch Government awarded the establishment of NCB Naturalis with €30M funding. The amount is invested in three programs: Scientific Infrastructure for DNA B…
The development of a digitising service centre for natural history collections
Digitarium is a joint initiative of the Finnish Museum of Natural History and the University of Eastern Finland. It was established in 2010 as a dedicated shop for the large-scale…
The US Virtual Herbarium: working with individual herbaria to build a national resource
The goal of the US Virtual Herbarium (USVH) project is to digitize (database, image, georeference) all specimens in all US herbaria, enabling them to be made available through a s…
OpenUp! Creating a cross-domain pipeline for natural history data
Multimedia data held by Natural History Museums and Universities are presently not readily accessible, even within the natural history community itself. The EU project OpenUp! is …
Five task clusters that enable efficient and effective digitization of biological collections
This paper describes and illustrates five major clusters of related tasks (herein referred to as task clusters) that are common to efficient and effective practices in the digitiz…
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