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    Two new species of shrub frogs (Rhacophoridae: Pseudophilautus) from Sri Lanka

    MADHAVA MEEGASKUMBURAKELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI
    18页
    查看更多>>摘要:Two new species of Sri Lankan shrub frogs of the genus Pseudophilautus are described. These species are diagnosed from their congeners on the basis of morphology, morphometries and mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Pseudophilautus sch-neideri, new species, is distinguished from all Sri Lankan Pseudophilautus by its small size (< 22.8 mm SVL), distinct tympanum and supratympanic fold, sharp canthal edges, granular throat, chest and belly, and absence or presence of a vomerine ridge. Pseudophilautus hankeni, new species, is distinguished by its diminutive size (< 21.9 mm SVL), distinct tympanum, rounded canthal edges, tuberculated outer edge of lower arm, tuberculated dermal fold on outer edge of foot, granular throat, chest and belly, and the absenceof a vomerine ridge. Pseudophilautus schneideri inhabits shrubs in open areas of the low to mid-elevations of the island's south-western 'wet zone' (rainfall > 2,000 mm * yr~(-1)), including anthropogenic habitats, while P. hankeni is found on shrubs inthe understorey of montane forests of the highest peaks (c. 1,200-1,600 m elevation) of the Knuckles region. These descriptions bring the total number of valid species of Sri Lankan Pseudophilautus to 67', 48 of which are extant.

    New species of Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton, 1952 (Acari: Klinckowstroemiidae), associated with passalid beetles from Mexico and Panama

    GABRIEL A. VILLEGAS-GUZMANPEDRO REYES-CASTILLOTILA M. PEREZ
    18页
    查看更多>>摘要:Four new species of the genus Klinckowstroemia are described, all obtained from passalid beetles collected in Mexico and Panama. The species are: Klinckowstroemiapennula, sp. nov., K. melissae sp. nov., K. stilla sp. nov., and K. oconnori sp. nov. Wefound two instances where different mite species inhabited the same host, K. pennula, and K. melissae on Pseu-dacanthus sp., and K. pennula and K. candidoi on Oileus bifidus. This is the first record of the genus Klinckowstroemia from Panama. An updatedkey for the 24 species of Klinckowstroemia is presented.

    On the identity of Microananteris, with a discussion on pectinal morphology, and description of a new Ananteris from Brazil (Scorpiones, Buthidae)

    RICARDO BOTERO-TRUJILLOJORGE ARI NORIEGA
    16页
    查看更多>>摘要:The characters originally used to define the monotypic genus Micro ananteris Lourenco, 2003 are reanalyzed from the point of view of their usefulness to justify its recognition as a genus apart from Ananteris Thorell, 1891. A study of pectinal morphology conducted with Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) in six species of Ananteris, along with the results presented by Lourenco (2003) and other authors, demonstrate that both genera cannot be separated based on the shape of the peg sensillae but demonstrate this character's (and the presence of seta-like structures) immediate usefulness at the species level instead. Such analysis of the morphological attributes of Microananteris as defined by Lourenco (2003) reveals there is no evidence in support of its validity. Therefore, Microananteris is synonymized with Ananteris and Microananteris minor Lourenco, 2003 transferred to this genus. A new species of Ananteris is also described from the Natural Reserve Palmari in the Brazilian Amazon.

    The new deep-sea families Ceboearidae fam. nov., Cyclocaridae fam. nov. and Thoriellidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)

    J.K. LOWRYH.E. STODDART
    16页
    查看更多>>摘要:Within the Lysianassoidea three new families are established: Ceboearidae fam. nov. is established for the deep-sea bathypelagic genera Cebocaris J.L. Barnard, 1964; Crybelocephalus Tattersall, 1906; Crybelocyphocaris Shoemaker, 1945; Cyphocarioides Birstein & Vinogradov, 1970; Mesocyclocaris Birstein & Vinogradov, 1964; Mesocyphocaris Birstein & Vinogradov, 1960; Metacyclocaris Birstein & Vinogradov, 1955; Metacyphocaris Tattersall, 1906 and Paracyphocaris Chevreux, 1905; Cyclocaridae fam. nov. is established for the deep-sea demersal scavenging genus Cyclocaris Stebbing, 1888; and Thoriellidae fam. nov. is established for the abyssopelagic genera Chevreuxiella Stephensen, 1915, Danaella Stephensen, 1925, Parachevreuxiella Andres, 1987 and Thoriella Stephensen, 1915. The families Ceboearidae and Thoriellidae are reported from Australian waters for the first time, in the form of Metacyphocaris helgae Tattersall, 1906 and Parachevreuxiella justi sp. nov.