查看更多>>摘要：Species of pseudoplesiopine and pseudochromine fishes from the Socotra Archipelago are reported based mainly on collections made in 1999 and 2000. Two species of the pseudoplesiopine genus Chlidichthys Smith are recorded: C. bibulus (Smith) and C. cacatuoides Gill and Edwards. Seven species of the pseudochromine genus Pseudochromis Rtippell are recorded: P. chrysospilus sp. nov., P. leucorhynchus Lubbock, P. linda Randall and Stanaland, P. nigrovittatus Boulenger, P. sankeyi Lubbock, P. socotraensissp. nov. and an undetermined species (allied to P. punctatus Kotthaus). Pseudochromis chrysospilus belongs to a newly diagnosed P. caudalis-complex; it differs from other members of the complex in various meristic and coloration details. Pseudochromis socotraensis belongs to a newly diagnosed P. dutoiti-complex; it differs from other members of the complex in adult size, various meristic characters and live coloration. Based on both the collection records and additional visual records made in 1999 and 2000 the archipelagic distribution ranges of each species and the biotopes inhabited by them are described. Two additional species are tentatively reported from the Socotra Archipelago on the basis of sight records: P. dixurus Lubbock and P. omanensis Gill and Mee.
查看更多>>摘要：Two new species of oribatid mites, Temburongia similanensis sp. nov. (Synichotritiidae) and Austrophthiracarus trape-zoides sp. nov. (Phthiracaridae), are described based on adult specimens from leaf litter on Similan Islands, Thailand. Temburongia similanensis sp. nov. differs from T. patoi Mahunka, 1990 in having simple prodorsal and notogastral setae, one pair of median prodorsal cristae, two pairs of exobothridial setae, two longitudinal rows of ano-adanal setae, coxal setation of 3-1-2-3, tridactylous legs, and, more unusually, clusters of bothridial brachytrachea which are unknown in other syni-chotritiid mites. Austrophthiracarus trapezoides sp. nov. can be distinguished from the similar species A. pseudotuberculous Mahunka, 2008 by the presence of a large trapezoid prodorsal tubercle and longer notogastral setae (seta c, reaching d_1). A checklist of Thai Euptyctima, including 19 species in four families (Oribotritiidae, Euphthiracaridae, Synichotritiidae, and Phthiracaridae), their synonyms and distributional data are presented. Plonaphacarus semiaciculatus (Mahunka, 2008) comb. nov. is proposed as a new combination for Rhacaplcparus semiaciculatus Mahunka, 2008.
查看更多>>摘要：Rhipidomys ochrogaster is a poorly known sigmodontine rodent from the Yungas of southeastern Peru, known only from a few specimens collected more than 110 years ago. This work reports a new specimen from Yanacocha, Puno, Peru, collected on 22 May 2010; provides a morphological description and comparisons with R. leucodactylus and R. gardneri; characterizes the habitat; and presents data on the diet of the species. This discovery stresses the urgent need for additional inventory work in the region, inorder to document its biodiversity.
查看更多>>摘要：The coronuloid barnacle family-group names Cylindrolepadinae, Stomatolepadinae, Chelolepadinae, Cryptolepadinae and Tubicinellinae of Ross & Frick, 2007 are considered nomen nudum according to Article 8.6 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, but appear in several subsequent published works and internet taxonomic databases. It is the purpose of this communication to rectify this situation. These five subfamilial names are proposed and defined herein anew, as Cylindrolepadinae subfam.nov., Stomatolepadinae subfam. nov., Chelolepadinae subfam. nov., Cryptolepadinae subfam. nov. and Tubicinellinae subfam. nov. The remaining valid family-group names within the Coronuloidea are also listed and defined herein.
查看更多>>摘要：The family-group name Microecinae Loynes, Joseph and Keogh, 2009 was erected by Loynes et al. (2009) following their phylogenetic analysis of the Australo-Papuan robins (Aves: Passeriformes: Petroicidae). Loynes et al. (2009) assigned to Microecinae one genus Microeca Gould, 1840, which as conventionally construed (see Boles 2007) comprises six species (M. flavjgaster, M. fascinans, M. griseoceps, M. hemixantha, M. flavovirescens, M. papuana) found in Australia, New Guinea and some surrounding islands (see Schodde and Mason 1999, Boles 2007 for details). Loynes et al. (2009) were able to include only the first three of those six species in their analysis. They did, however, transfer a further species from Eopsaltria to Microeca, which was thus recognized as M.flaviventris.
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