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Revision der Gattung Berosus LEACH 1. Teil: Die paläarktischen Arten der Untergattung Enoplurus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

Abstract: Thirteen Palaearctic species of the genus Berosus (subg. Enoplurus HOPE) are treated. Two new species are described: jaechi sp.n. (Mediterranean) and nipponicus sp.n. (Japan) Lectotypes are designated for acutispina FAJRMAIRE, asiaticus KUWERT, chinensis KNISCH, frontifoveatus KUWERT, fulvus KUWERT, furcatus BOHEMAN, gracilispina REGIMBART, guttalis REY, lenkoranus KUWERT, samarkanti KUWERT, schusteri KUWERT and spinosus STEVEN. Berosus fallax ORCHYMONT is a new synonym of B. chinensis KNISCH. The male genitalia of all species are illustrated. A key to the Palaearctic species is provided.

Monogeneans of the families Microcotylidae Taschenberg, 1879 and Heteraxinidae Price, 1962 from Western Australia, including the description of Polylabris sandarsae n. sp. (Microcotylidae)

Abstract: Twelve species of monogeneans of the family Microcotylidae and one species of the family Heteraxinidae were collected from fishes of the Swan River Estuary and adjacent coastal marine embayments near Perth in Western Australia. The genera represented were: Microcotyle (four species), Solostamenides (one species), Diplasiocotyle (two species), Polylabris (five species) and Gonoplasius (one species). Microcotyle pomatomi Goto from Pomatomus saltator (Pomatomidae) is proposed as a senior synonym of M. australiensis MacCallum, M. debueni Mane-Garzon and M. temnodontis Sandars from the same host. M. helotes Sandars, reported from the teraponid fishes Pelates sexlineatus (type-host) and Pelsartia humeralis (new record), is redescribed and illustrated. Microcotyle arripis Sandars from Arripis georgianus (Arripidae) is briefly redescribed and illustrated, and a single specimen of Microcotyle sp. from Sillaginodes punctatus (Sillaginidae) is reported. Solostamenides pseudomugilis (Hargis) from Mugil cephalus (Mugilidae) is redescribed and illustrated, and compared to S. mugilis from the same host. Recent reports and the affinities of Diplasiocotyle johnstoni Sandars and D. agonostomi (Sandars) from Aldrichetta forsteri (Mugilidae) are briefly discussed. The affinities of the genus Polylabris to the subfamily Prostatomicrocotylinae and the doubtful validity of the subfamily Polylabrinae are discussed. Polylabris sillaginae (Woolcock), a new record from Sillago schomburgkii (Sillaginidae), is redescribed and proposed as a senior synonym of P. parasillaginae (Sandars). Polylabris sandarsae n. sp. is described from Sillago maculata (Sillaginidae) as a new species based on the character combination of paired vaginal pores, 6–10 large testes and the haptor clearly overlapping the testicular field. Brief descriptions and illustrations of two unidentified species of Polylabris from the sillaginid fishes Sillaginodes punctatus and Sillago bassensis are included. They differ from previously described species in the low number, small size and distribution of the testes. A brief discussion is given of Polylabris gerres from Gerres subfasciatus (Gerridae). The heteraxinid Gonoplasius carangis from Pseudocaranx dentex (Carangidae) is redescribed and illustrated, detailing hamuli and marginal hooks for the first time. Specimens of all the above species are lodged in the British Museum (Natural History) Collection.

Late Osagean and Meramecian Actinocrinites (Echinodermata: Crinoidea) from the Mississippian Stratotype Region

Abstract: Actinocrinites Miller from the Mississippian stratotype region of Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri are redescribed and redefined based upon study of the type material and morphometric analyses. Actinocrinites pernodosus, A. lowei, A. jugosus, A. gibsoni, and A. probolos n. sp. are recognized as valid species that occur in these strata. A combination of both metric and qualitative characters must be used to differentiate these species. Actinocrinites is known from the Montrose Chert Member of the Keokuk Limestone, the Keokuk Limestone, and the lower part of the Warsaw Formation, all late Osagean, in the stratotype region. In addition, Actinocrinites pernodosus and A. lowei are reported from the early Meramecian upper part of the Warsaw Formation, which is the first Meramecian occurrence of Actinocrinites in the stratotype region. Actinocrinites probolos n. sp. was ancestral to A. lowei, and the latter was probably ancestral to A. pernodosus.Nomenclatural and systematic acts include the following: 1) Actinocrinites lowei (Hall, 1858) is the senior synonym of Actinocrinus brontes Hall, 1860, Actinocrinites lobatus (Hall, 1860), and A. unicarinatus (Hall, 1860); 2) Actinocrinites jugosus (Hall, 1860) is the senior synonym of A. augustatus Miller and Gurley, 1894; and 3) the concept applied incorrectly to A. lobatus by Wachsmuth and Springer (1897) represents a distinct species, Actinocrinites probolos n. sp.

Boganiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) associated with cycads in South Africa: two new species and a new synonym

Abstract: Two new species of Metacucujus are described: M. transvenosi and M. goodei from Encephalartos transvenosus and E. natalensis male cones respectively. Relationships, distribution and host plants are discussed. An unusually high frequency of teratological malformations is described in Metacucujus transvenosi and M. goodei. Afroboganium capense EndrA¶dy-Younga, 1986, is a junior synonym of Micrambe propria Grouvelle, 1899, resulting in the new combination Afroboganium proprium (Grouvelle, 1899).

Systematics of the genus Colocasiomyia de Meijere (Diptera: Drosophilidae): cladistics, a new generic synonym, new records, and a new species from Nepal

Abstract: The fly species crassipes de Meijere is transferred from the Sphaeroceridae to the Drosophilidae since Platyborborus de Meijere, a monotypic genus, is a junior synonym of Colocasiomyia de Meijere. Colocasiomyia crassipes is a very highly modified member of the genus due to its flattened body, reduction and loss of many groundplan setae, deep antennal fossae, and crassate hind legs. The holotype and only known specimen, from Java, is redescribed in detail and illustrated. New records of Colocasiomyia stamenicola (Carson & Okada) and C. gigantea (Okada) are reported from Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, considerably outside their reported ranges. Colocasiomyia nepalensis sp. n. is described from Kathmandu, Nepal. Cladistic relationships in the genus are briefly examined and related to biogeography and aroid host use.

On Arcacythere Hornibrook, 1952 (Cytheracea, Ostracoda, Crustacea), a senior synonym of Rockallia Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978

Abstract: . The type specimens of Arcacythere chapmani Hornibrook, 1952 (the type species of Arcacythere Hornibrook, 1953; Tertiary, New Zealand) have been re-examined and are shown to have internal carapace features identical to those of Rockallia Whatley, Frame & Whittaker, 1978. Rockallia is known from Cenozoic deep-sea sediments worldwide and from the Oligocene and Miocene of northwestern Europe. The external carapace morphologies of Arcacythere and Rockallia show only minor distribution of the fossae. Rockallia is, therefore, shown to be a subjective junior synonym of Arcacythere. An emended diagnosis of A. chapmani is given.

Cheirurina (Trilobita) from the Upper Ordovician of Västergötland and other regions of Sweden

Abstract: Upper Ordovician (Ashgill) Cheirurina (Trilobita) from Vastergotland, Sweden, are described on the basis of a new collection from Skultorp, as well as old collections housed in Swedish museums. Some Ashgill trilobites from other regions of Sweden and Poland are discussed for comparison. Where available, the relevant originals of Linnarsson (1869), Holm (1898), Olin (1906), Tornquist (1905) and Warburg (1925) are refigured. Eighteen species belonging to ten genera (one not determined) are described or discussed. Two new species, Pseudosphaerexochus parallelus and Pseudosphaerexochus? dubius are described. Sphaerocoryphe thomsoni Reed, 1906 from the Ashgill of Girvan, Scotland, is regarded as a junior subjective synonym of S. dentata Angelin, 1854 from the Ashgill of Vastergotland. The Swedish Cybeloides loveni (Linnarsson, 1869) differs from the Scottish Cybeloides girvanensis (Reed, 1906) only on a subspecific level. In addition to nineteen species previously known to be common to the lower-middl...

Three Phytoseiid Mites from Korea (Acari: Phytoseiidae)

Abstract: Phytoseius (Phytoseius) koreanus RYU et EHARA, n. sp. was described from Korea. Amblyseius volgini WAINSTEIN et BEGLJAROV and A. quaesitus WAINSTEIN et BEGLJAROV, previously recorded only from the U.S.S.R. and China, were redescribed based on Korean specimens. Amblyseius magnus WU is a synonym of A. volgini, and A. (A.) repletus WU et LI is a synonym of A. quaesitus.

Systematics and biogeography of Marsikomerus Attems, 1938, a misunderstood genus of centipedes (Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae)

Abstract: Marsikomerus (Attems 1938) is transferred from Geophilidae to Schendylidae, and shown to be a senior synonym of Simoporus (Chamberlin 1940) and Lanonyx (Chamberlin 1953) The type species M pacificus is redescribed and illustrated in detail from the holotype; similar but less extensive treatment is provided for M lanaius and Mtexanus The value of some traditionally used characters and the distribution of the genus (Hawaii, southwestern United States, northern Mexico) are discussed

Cardium angulatum Lamarck, 1819: a misinterpreted senior synonym of Cardium alternatum Sowerby, 1840

Abstract: Examination of the type material of Cardium angulatum Lamarck 1819, demonstrates that the name is not a synonym of C. rugosum as it has often been accepted. Instead it proves that C. angulatum is the valid name for the Indo Pacific species known as C. alternatum Sowerby, 1840. Because Sowerby’s name is not that of a common and/ or economically important species, it is proposed to adopt Lamarck’s name.

Redefinition of the genus Notoplax H. Adams, 1861, and recognition of the monotypic New Zealand genus Pseudotonicia Ashby, 1928 (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Acanthochitonidae)

Abstract: The genus Notoplax is redefined, and the monotypic genus Pseudotonicia, endemic to New Zealand, which was previously considered a synonym of Notoplax, is recognised as a distinct genus and defined....

Gaidropsarus pacificus (Temminck & Schlegel), a junior synonym of Rhinonemus cimbrius (Linnaeus) (Pisces: Gadiformes: Gadidae)

Abstract: The gadid fish, Gaidropsarus pacificus, originally described as Motella pacifica by Temminck & Schlegel (1842) is reduced to a junior synonym of Rhinonemus cimbrius (Linnaeus, 1758). Confusion on the systematic status of Gaidropsarus pacificus seems to have resulted from the inadequate description of barbels in the original description of Motella pacifica.

Systematic status of Thominx platyrrhinorum Barus, 1961 (Nematoda: Capillariidae).

Abstract: A reexamination of the type specimens of Thominx platyrrhinorum Barus, 1961, described from the small intestine of the monkey Cebus capucinus from a zoo in Czechoslovakia, has revealed that it belongs to the genus Aonchotheca Lopez-Neyra, 1947. The minute refractile formations on the surface of the proximal part of the spicular sheath, originally described as spines in this species, are also present in Aonchotheca annulosa parasitizing murid rodents. Since there are no substantial morphological or biometrical differences between these two species, as indicated by the description of A. annulosa specimens originating from Apodemus sp. from Czechoslovakia, T. platyrrhinorum is considered to be a synonym of A. annulosa (Dujardin, 1845). Another synonym of the latter is the species originally described as Thominx sadovskoi (sic) (= sadovskajae) Morozov in Skryabin et al. 1957. Armocapillaria Gagarin et Nazarova, 1966, earlier considered a synonym of Pterothominx Freitas, 1959, is now reerected as a subgenus of Aonchotheca Lopez-Neyra, 1947. Armocapillaria moschiferi and Capillaria brochieri are transferred to Aonchotheca as A. (A.) moschiferi (Gagarin et Nazarova, 1966) comb. n. and A. (A.) brochieri (Justine, 1988) comb. n.

The deepsea ophidiid fish genusLamprogrammus, a senior synonym ofBassobythites, with notes on the synonymy and distribution ofL. brunswigi

Abstract: Bassobythites Brauer is a junior synonym ofLamprogrammus Alcock.L. macropterus Smith and Radcliffe is a junior synonym ofL. brunswigi Brauer.L. brunswigi is diagnosed by having: a basibranchial tooth patch; the postero-dorsal margin of the maxillary free or nearly so; a relatively well-developed opercular spine in larger examples. Known distribution is circumtropical except for the eastern Pacific, at trawled depths of 800–1600 m.

Synopsis of the Oriental mayfly genus Eatonigenia (Ephemeroptera: Ephemeridae)

Abstract: The burrowing mayfly genus Eatonigenia Ulmer is distributed throughout tropical Asia and contains six nominal species, including four species previously described in the genus as well as Eatonigenia chinei (Dang) [= Heterogenesia chinei Dang], New Combination, and Eatonigenia philippina (Navas) [= Hexagenia philippina Navas], New Combination. Heterogenesia Dang (described in the family Palingeniidae) is shown to be a junior synonym of Eatonigenia, New Synonym. Catalogue information is given for each of the species, and names are maintained pending further associations of larval and adult stages becoming available.

Eine neue Glabellula-Art aus dem Sächsischen Bernstein. (Diptera, Bombyliidae)†

Abstract: The bee-fly Glabellula hannemanni n. sp. from Saxon amber (Miocene) is described and figured in detail. It is a fossil record of a representative of the subfamily Mythicomyiinae and shows many characteristics of the fossil Proglabellula electrica and recent species of Glabellula. By comparing the fossil Proglabellula and Glabellula-species with recent Glabellula species great similarities were found and only very few substantial differences. Therefore Proglabellula Hennig, 1966 should be regarded as a synonym of Glabellula Bezzi, 1902.

Seltene Halmfliegenarten aus Deutschland. (Diptera, Chloropoidea)†

Abstract: Four rare species of the new family of Siphonellopsidae and of the family of Chloropidae from the formerly GDR are presented: Apotropina brevivenosa (Dely-Draskovits), Centorisoma elegantulum Becker (both as new of the Middle Europe), Calamoncosis laminiformis (Becker) and Crassivenula brachyptera (Thalhammer). Calamoncosis stipae Nartshuk as a new synonym of Calamoncosis laminiformis (Becker) is established.

Reexamination of the holotype of Pseuderythrinus rosapinnis Hoedeman, 1950, a synonym of Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus Agassiz, 1829 (Pisces, Characiformes, Erythrinidae)

Abstract: The holotype and only known specimen of Pseuderythrinus rosapinnis Hoedeman, 1950 from Surinam is reexamined for the dentition of its palatal arch. Its morphometric and meristic data are compared with four species of erythrinids from the Guianas. Pseuderythrinus rosapinnis turns out to be a synonym of Hoplerythrinus unitaeniatus.