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Egg envelopes and cuticle renewal in Porcellio embryos and marsupial mancas
An important adaptation to land habitats in terrestrial isopod crustaceans is development of embryos in a fluid-filled female brood pouch, marsupium. The study brings insight into…
Exoskeleton anchoring to tendon cells and muscles in molting isopod crustaceans
Specialized mechanical connection between exoskeleton and underlying muscles in arthropods is a complex network of interconnected matrix constituents, junctions and associated cyt…
Molting and cuticle deposition in the subterranean trichoniscid Titanethes albus (Crustacea, Isopoda)
Terrestrial isopods are a suitable group for the study of cuticle synthesis and calcium dynamics because they molt frequently and have evolved means to store calcium during molt. …
Cartographic analysis of woodlice fauna of the former USSR
An inventory of the woodlice fauna of the former USSR yielded 190 species, 64 of them were recorded from the territory of Russia. According to the cartographic analysis, the limit…
Katatopygia gen. n., a monophyletic branch segregated from Boletina (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)
The genus Katatopygia gen. n. is proposed for the Boletina erythropyga/punctus-group that was first introduced by Garrett (1924, 1925) and currently comprises eight described spec…
New records and a new species of chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) found on Columbidae (Columbiformes)…
The chewing lice (Phthiraptera) of Columbidae (Columbiformes) from Pakistan are studied. Six species of chewing lice with new host records are recorded and one new species of the …
Terrestrial slugs (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) in the NATURA 2000 areas of Cyprus island
Terrestrial slugs of the Island of Cyprus were recently studied in the framework of a study of the whole terrestrial malacofauna of the island. The present work was carried out in…
A new species of the cicada genus Cicadatra Kolenati, 1857 (Hemiptera, Cicadidae) from Pakistan with a key to the known…
A new species of cicada, Cicadatra ziaratica sp. n., is described from Pakistan. Male genitalia, timbal and opercula are described and illustrated as important diagnostic characte…
A new wild, pollinating bee species of the genus Tetraloniella from the Arabian Peninsula (Hymenoptera, Apidae)
A new species of the eucerine bee genus Tetraloniella Ashmead (Apinae: Eucerini) is described and figured from central Saudi Arabia and Qatar. Tetraloniella (Tetraloniella) persic…
Review of Australasian spider flies (Diptera, Acroceridae) with a revision of Panops Lamarck
The Australasian spider flies (Diptera: Acroceridae) are reviewed, with all eight currently recognized genera diagnosed and figured. The panopine genus Panops Lamarck, 1804 from A…
A new species and new record of the leafhopper genus Seriana Dworakowska (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from …
Seriana menglaensis sp. n. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) is described and illustrated from Southwest China. S. equata (Singh, 1969) is recorded for the …
A new species of genus Syntactus Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae) with a key to Oriental and Easte…
A new species, Syntactus jiulianicus Sun & Sheng, sp. n. belonging to the tribe Pionini of the subfamily Ctenopelmatinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), collected from Jiangxi Provi…
Three new species of Fancy Case caterpillars from threatened forests of Hawaii (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigidae, Hyposmoco…
The endemic Hawaiian moth genus Hyposmocoma includes 348 described species and perhaps twice as many that remain undescribed. The genus is unusual within Lepidoptera in that its l…
Notes on the Stenus cirrus group, with description of two new species from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
Two new species, S. zhangdinghengi sp. n., S. maoershanus sp. n., of the Stenus cirrus group are described from South China, Guangxi Province. The male of S. fellowesi Puthz, 2003…
First record of the genus Phradis Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Tersilochinae) from the Neotropical Region
One new species of the genus Phradis, P. peruvianus sp. n., from the mountainous part of Peruvian Amazonia, is described and illustrated. This is the first record of the genus fro…
A new genus of oak gallwasp, Coffeikokkos Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., with a description of a new species from Cos…
A new genus of oak gallwasp, Coffeikokkos Pujade-Villar & Melika, gen. n., is described from Costa Rica. Diagnostic characters and generic limits of the new genus are discussed in…
Description of a new species of the leafhopper genus Zyginella Löw from Southwest China (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhl…
A new species, Zyginella menghaiensis sp. n. (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Zyginellini), is described from China and a key to species of Zyginella from China is provide…
Two new genera and two new species of Mantophasmatodea (Insecta, Polyneoptera) from Namibia
Two new species and two new genera (Pachyphasma, Striatophasma) of Mantophasmatodea are described from Namibia. Pachyphasma brandbergense is endemic to the Brandberg massif; Stria…
Two new species of Quedius Stephens, subgenus Raphirus Stephens from Yunnan, Southwest China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae…
Two new species of the genus Quedius Stephens collected from Nabanhe Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, Q. nabanhensis sp. n. and Q. maoxingi sp. n., are described and illustrated. …
Female genitalia of Seasogonia Young from China, with a new synonym and a new record (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadell…
Seasogonia Young, 1986 is a sharpshooter genus with 13 species, four of them recorded from China. In this paper, S. sandaracata (Distant, 1908) is recorded as new for China and S.…
Five new species of the genera Heerz Marsh, Lissopsius Marsh and Ondigus Braet, Barbalho and van Achterberg (Braconidae…
Five new species belonging to the poorly known Neotropical doryctine parasitoid wasps genera Heerz Marsh (H. ecmahla sp. n. and H. macrophthalma sp. n.), Lissopsius Marsh (L. paci…
Description of a new species of Platynus Bonelli from the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America (Coleoptera, C…
A new species of the genus Platynus Bonelli, P. daviesi, is described from specimens collected in the Appalachian Mountains. The species is structurally most similar to P. parmarg…
A new species and first record of the genus Triacanthella Schäffer, 1897 (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Hypogastruridae) fo…
The first species of the genus Triacanthella to be recorded from Africa is described. Triacanthella madiba sp. n. belongs to the Southern Hemisphere group of the genus. It is morp…
Rove beetle subtribes Quediina, Amblyopinina and Tanygnathinina: systematic changes affecting Central European fauna (C…
In preparation for the new edition of the identification keys of rove beetles of Central Europe (Volume 4 of the “Die Käfer Mitteleuropas”), the following systematic problems affe…
New genus and species of broad-nosed weevils from Baltic amber and notes on fossils of the subfamily Entiminae (Coleopt…
Arostropsis groehni gen. et sp. n. is described from Baltic amber and temporarily placed in the tribe Naupactini. It differs from all recent Naupactini genera with open corbels by…
Review of Anhoplocampa Wei (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae), with description of a new species and a new combination
Anhoplocampa is redescribed based on new material. Anhoplocampa bicoloricornis sp. n. from China is described. A. yunanensis (Haris & Roller, 1999) comb. n. is transferred from Tr…
On whose shoulders we stand – the pioneering entomological discoveries of Károly Sajó
The excellence of Károly Sajó as a researcher into Hungary’s natural history has been undeservedly neglected. Yet he did lasting work, especially in entomology, and a number of hi…
Types of geographical distribution of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) in Central Europe
A comparison of the geographical distribution patterns of 647 species of Chrysomelidae in Central Europe revealed 13 types of distribution: (1) widely distributed, (2) southern, (…
The adipokinetic hormone family in Chrysomeloidea: structural and functional considerations
The presented work is a hybrid of an overview and an original research paper on peptides belonging to the adipokinetic hormone (AKH) family that are present in the corpora cardiac…
Cytogenetics, cytotaxonomy and chromosomal evolution of Chrysomelinae revisited (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
Nearly 260 taxa and chromosomal races of subfamily Chrysomelinae have been chromosomally analyzed showing a wide range of diploid numbers from 2n = 12 to 2n = 50, and four types o…
Barcoding Fauna Bavarica: Myriapoda – a contribution to DNA sequence-based identifications of centipedes and millipedes…
We give a first account of our ongoing barcoding activities on Bavarian myriapods in the framework of the Barcoding Fauna Bavarica project and IBOL, the International Barcode of L…
A remarkable case of mosaic parapatry in millipedes
The parapatric boundary between Tasmaniosoma compitale Mesibov, 2010 and T. hickmanorum Mesibov, 2010 (Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) in northwest Tasmania was mapped in preparation f…
Memories of Cas Jeekel, friend, colleague, and role model
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Detecting taxonomic signal in an under-utilised character system: geometric morphometrics of the forcipular coxae of Sc…
To date, the forcipules have played almost no role in determining the systematics of scutigeromorph centipedes though in his 1974 review of taxonomic characters Markus Würmli sugg…
Additional moults into ‘elongatus’ males in laboratory-reared Polydesmus angustus Latzel, 1884 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida,…
The number of stadia during post-embryonic development is supposed to be fixed in most species of the millipede order Polydesmida. For the first time since 1928, additional moults…
Cytogenetics of the true bug infraorder Cimicomorpha (Hemiptera, Heteroptera): a review
The Cimicomorpha is one of the largest and highly diversified infraorders of the Heteroptera. This group is also highly diversified cytogenetically and demonstrates a number of un…
Species recognition through wing interference patterns (WIPs) in Achrysocharoides Girault (Hymenoptera, Eulophidae) inc…
Wing interference patterns (WIPs) are shown to be an important tool for species recognition in the genus Achrysocharoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). This is demonstrated b…
Two new species of genus Rhopalopsole (Insecta, Plecoptera, Leuctridae) from China
Two new species of Rhopalopsole Klapálek from China are described: R. exiguspina Du & Qian, sp. n. and R. ampulla Du & Qian, sp. n., which were collected in Guizhou province, Chin…
A new species of Chilicola from Bahia, Brazil (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), with a key to the species of the megalostigma …
The bee genus Chilicola Spinola (Xeromelissinae) is recorded from the State of Bahia, Brazil for the first time, based on a new species of the megalostigma group of the subgenus H…
Project Description: DNA Barcodes of Bird Species in the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, U…
The Division of Birds, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, has obtained and released DNA barcodes for 2,808 frozen tissue samples. Of th…
Literature based species occurrence data of birds of northeast India
The northeast region of India is one of the world’s most significant biodiversity hotspots. One of the richest bird areas in India, it is an important route for migratory birds an…
The future of the past in the present: biodiversity informatics and geological time
The biological and palaeontological communities have approached the problem of informatics separately, creating a divide between communities that is both technological and sociolo…
Cambrian archaeocyathan metazoans: revision of morphological characters and standardization of genus descriptions to es…
Archaeocyatha represent the oldest calcified sponges and the first metazoans to build bioconstructions in association with calcimicrobes. They are a key group in biology, evolutio…
Engaging the broader community in biodiversity research: the concept of the COMBER pilot project for divers in ViBRANT
This paper discusses the design and implementation of a citizen science pilot project, COMBER (Citizens’ Network for the Observation of Marine BiodivERsity, http://www.comber.hcmr…
Studying the effects of virtual biodiversity research infrastructures
The research environment of scholars is increasingly web-based. This makes it urgent to study the effects of moving to the Web on research practices, scholarly output and innovati…
Who learns from whom? Supporting users and developers of a major biodiversity e-infrastructure
Support systems play an important role for the communication between users and developers of software. We studied two support systems, an issues tracker and an email service avail…
Data standards, sense and stability: Scratchpads, the ICZN and ZooBank
The International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature has used the Scratchpads platform (currently being developed and maintained by ViBRANT) as the foundation for its redesigne…
Towards the bibliography of life
This paper discusses how we intend to take forward the vision of a Bibliography of Life in the ViBRANT project. The underlying principle of the Bibliography is to provide taxonomi…
Creative Commons licenses and the non-commercial condition: Implications for the re-use of biodiversity information
The Creative Commons (CC) licenses are a suite of copyright-based licenses defining terms for the distribution and re-use of creative works. CC provides licenses for different use…
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