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    A systematic revision of Neotropical lizards in the clade Hoplocercinae (Squamata: Iguania)

    Torres-Carvajal, OmarEtheridge, Richard [AuthorE-mail: rether@sunstroke.sdsu.edu]De Queiroz, Kevin [Author...
    1页
    查看更多>>摘要：The clade Hoplocercinae includes 13 species assigned to three taxa traditionally ranked as genera-Enyalioides, Hoplocercus, and Morunasaurus-, and distributed on both sides of the Andes from Panama to Brazil. We provide a revised taxonomy of Hoplocercinae including synonymies, diagnoses, standardized descriptions, distributions, notes on color and natural history, and a key for species identification. We also propose vernacular names in English and Spanish for all species.
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    East African giant millipedes of the tribe Pachybolini (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)

    HENRIK ENGHOFF
    41页
    查看更多>>摘要：The East African species of the milhpede tribe Pachybolini are revised. Three new genera are described: Crurifarcimen n. gen. (monotypic, type species: C. vagans n. sp., Tanzania), Hyperbolus n. gen. (type species: H. apicomplexus n. sp., Tanzania andUganda; further species: H. morogoroensis Kraus, 1958, Tanzania, transferred from Pachybolus), Parabolus n. gen. (type species: Trigoniulus dimorphus Carl, 1909, Tanzania, transferred from Pachybolus, further species: P. cal-ceus n. sp., Kenya). Hadrobolus Cook, 1897 and its only species, H. crassicollis (Peters, 1855), Mozambique, are redescribed. Epibolus bravensis (Silvestri, 1897) and E. mossabicensis Lawrence, 1967, are both synonymised under E. pulchripes (Gerstacker, 1873), Somalia to Mozambique, rendering Epibolus Cook, 1897, monotypic. Pachybolus Cook, 1897, is restricted to its poorly known type species, P. tectus Cook, 1897, Zanzibar. A cladistic analysis of Pachybolini (W Africa, E Africa, Madagascar) does not support monophyly of the EastAfrican genera, but does support a clade consisting of Crurifarcimen+Hyperbolus+Parabolus, as well as monophyly of the two latter genera.
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    Afrophilodana africana n. gen, n. sp. (Acari: Mesostigmata) from Kenya: the second species of the family Philodanidae

    JENO KONTSCHANOWEN SEEMAN
    11页
    查看更多>>摘要：A new monotypic genus, Afrophilodana africana n. gen, n. sp. (Trigynaspida: Parantennuloidea: Philodanidae) is described from two females found in soil samples from Kenya. The family Philodanidae Kethley, 1977 is redefined and the affinities of the new genus discussed. The leg chaetotaxy is also provided and compared with other members of the Parantennuloidea. The family Philodanidae Kethley, 1977a (Acari: Mesostigmata) are unusual trigynaspid mites, and a curiosity even within the Trigynaspida, being represented by a single species, Philodana Johnstoni Kethley, 1977a, collected from a tenebrionid beetle in North America. Initially, the Philodanidae were provisionally placed in the Paranteimu-loidea on the basis of morphological evidence (Kethley 1977a), a decision later supported by a phylogeny of leg chaetotaxy (Kethley 1977b). In the latter work another undescribed genus "NG. Jamaica" is also regarded as a philodanid mite, but this species has never been described.
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    Naming tiie Bonaire banded box jelly, Tamoya ohboya, n. sp (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Tamoyidae)

    ALLEN G. COLLINSBASTIAN BENTLAGEWILLIAM (BUD) GILLANTARA H. LYNN...
    16页
    查看更多>>摘要：A new species of cubozoan jellyfish has been discovered in shallow waters of Bonaire, Netherlands (Dutch Caribbean). Thus far, approximately 50 sightings of the species, known commonly as the Bonaire banded box jelly, are recorded, and three specimenshave been collected. Three physical encounters between humans and the species have been reported. Available evidence suggests that a serious sting is inflicted by this medusa. To increase awareness of the scientific disciplines of systematics and taxonomy, the public has been involved in naming this new species. The Bonaire banded box jelly, Tamoya ohboya, n. sp., can be distinguished from its close relatives T. haplonema from Brazil and T. sp. from the southeastem United States by differences in tentacle coloration, cnidome, and mitochondrial gene sequences. Tamoya ohboya n. sp. possesses striking dark brown to reddish-orange banded tentacles, nematocyst warts that densely cover the animal, and a deep stomach. We provide a detailed comparison of nematocyst data from Tamoya ohboya n. sp., T. haplonema from Brazil, and T. sp. from the Gulf of Mexico.
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