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Green, charismatic, microendemic, and threatened: breeding biology of the leaf frog Pithecopus rusticus (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Veluma Ialú Molinari De Bastiani, Joana Priscilla Boschetti, Julia Renata Ernetti, Tiago Gomes Dos Santos, Elaine Maria Lucas
Pithecopus rusticus is a small and charismatic leaf frog species known only from the type locality, in the Brazilian Subtropical Highland Grasslands of the Atlantic Forest, southern Brazil. In this...
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Release the confetti! A new genus and species of Indo-West Pacific bubble snails (Cephalaspidea: Haminoeidae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Trond R. Oskars
The bubble snail family Haminoeidae has traditionally been the richest in genera within Cephalaspidea; however, most of these genera were erected based on only the characteristics of the shell or e...
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Phenology and impact of abiotic factors with a temporal lag on the abundance of common crab spider, Xysticus cristatus (Clerck, 1757) (Araneae: Thomisidae) in the agroecosystems of Kashmir J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Shazia Riyaz Shah, Abdul Ahad Buhroo
Xysticus cristatus is a Palearctic species, very abundant in the north-western Himalayas having a temperate climate. It is one of the predominant species in the agroecosystems of Kashmir. For a per...
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Erratum: Important corrections to the recent revision of Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-27
Published in Journal of Natural History (Vol. 58, No. 5-8, 2024)
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Host plants and nymph morphology of an endemic treehopper, Pyrgonota bifoliata, in the Mount Makiling Forest Reserve, Luzon, Philippines J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Chun-Yu Lin, Munetoshi Maruyama, Sheryl A. Yap, Chung-Ping Lin
Pyrgonota bifoliata (Insecta: Hemiptera: Membracidae) is a distinct endemic Philippine treehopper species complex distinguished by its extremely elevated and bifurcated pronotal structures. An earl...
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Taxonomic revision of the South American genus Polynoncus Burmeister, 1876 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Trogidae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Vinícius Costa-Silva, Werner P. Strümpher, Patricia J. Thyssen, Fernando Z. Vaz-de-Mello
The South American genus Polynoncus Burmeister encompasses 38 valid species that are considered to be endemic to South America. In this work, we provide a comprehensive revision of this genus. Poly...
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A survey of cheiracanthiid spiders (Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae) from Hainan Island, China J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-28 Zhao-Yi Li, Feng Zhang
Six species in two genera of the family Cheiracanthiidae Wagner, 1887 are studied from Hainan Island, China, including two new species: Cheiracanthium bawanglingense sp. n. (♀♂) and Eutittha hainan...
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On the systematic allocation of Liomma Roewer, 1959 (Arachnida: Opiliones: Nomoclastidae) and discovery of a putative synapomorphy for Nomoclastinae J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Adriano B. Kury, Osvaldo Villarreal, Miguel Medrano
This study, based on the discovery and examination of male specimens of Liomma laeve Roewer, 1959, proposes the reclassification of the monotypic genus Liomma Roewer, 1959. Currently placed in Gras...
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Synopsis of the remarkable family Phloeidae (Hemiptera: Pentatomoidea): species identification, chromatic polymorphism and updated distribution J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Guilherme Enrique Luisi López, Cristiano Feldens Schwertner
The Neotropical family Phloeidae includes three species within two genera, Phloea Lepeletier and Serville, 1825 and Phloeophana Kirkaldy, 1908, distributed in South America. Due to their large size...
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Heterochely and laterality in Fredius ibiapaba Santos, Tavares, Silva, Cervini, Pinheiro and Santana, 2020 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae), endemic species from the Ibiapaba plateau, Northeast Brazil J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Paulo Henrique Pereira Nobre, Whandenson Machado do Nascimento, Carlos Antonio Muniz Martins, Juliana Gonçalves de Araújo, Allysson Pontes Pinheiro, José Roberto Feitosa Silva, Livanio Cruz dos Santos
The aim of this study was to investigate whether Fredius ibiapaba presents heterochely and laterality of the larger chela, highlighting its implications for the biology and ecology of the species. ...
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The life histories of Americerura (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae: Cerurinae) from southern Brazil, with the description of a new species J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Ryan A. St Laurent, Ana Paula S. Carvalho, Elton Orlandin, Eduardo Carneiro
The life histories of four species of sympatric Brazilian Cerurinae (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae), belonging to the recently erected genus Americerura St Laurent and Goldstein, are fully documented f...
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A silk-floss tree (Ceiba speciosa) provides an oasis for floral visitors in an otherwise hostile suburban-farmland environment J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-15 Mónica E. Riojas-López, Hugo Eduardo Fierros-López, Eric Mellink
Keystone components in green urban spaces can make a big difference in supporting either impoverished or rich animal communities. Trees that produce thousands of flowers at densities higher than th...
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New species of Ampithoe Leach, 1814 from Todos-os-Santos Bay, Bahia State, Brazil J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Jessika Alves, Elizabeth G. Neves, Rodrigo Johnsson
Ampithoe is one of the most diverse genera of Ampithoidae, commonly found in shallow waters associated with algae. This genus is distinguished by the absence of antenna 1 accessory flagellum, pereo...
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Integrative microscopy to explore physical and nanomechanical properties of eggshells of diapausing embryos in Rotifera: a proof-of-concept study J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Stephanie Meyer, Thiago Q. Araujo, Elizabeth J. Walsh, Robert L. Wallace, Rick Hochberg
Diapausing embryos of invertebrates represent investments in future populations. Thus, they must be capable of withstanding a variety of environmental assaults. Consequently, their eggshells should...
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Quadrupedal terrestrial locomotion in emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 John Davenport, Vincent Bels
Birds generally employ bipedal terrestrial locomotion; their wings flap synchronously to provide aerial propulsion. Penguins (Spheniscidae) are non-flyers that use their modified wings (flippers) t...
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Revision of the Peruvian tarantula Homoeomma peruvianum (Chamberlin, 1916): description of a new genus with eleven new species and insights to the evolution of montane tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Radan Kaderka, Tim Lüddecke, Milan Řezáč, Veronika Řezáčová, Martin Hüsser
The Peruvian tarantula Homoeomma peruvianum (Chamberlin, 1916) is revised. As the type specimens do not fit the diagnostic characters of Homoeomma Ausserer, 1871, especially because of the differen...
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Taxonomic revision of the Polycentropus confusus species group (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Alexander Benjamin Orfinger
The Polycentropus confusus species group (Trichoptera: Polycentropodidae) comprises 19 nominal species occurring throughout the eastern Nearctic Region. This group has never been comprehensively tr...
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Taxonomy of Oemini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), with key to American genera, notes and new taxa J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Antonio Santos-Silva, Francisco Eriberto de L. Nascimento, Juan Pablo Botero
A key to American genera of Oemini is provided. The problematic separation between Oemina and Methioidina is discussed, and they are synonymised. The male genitalia of some species currently includ...
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Taxonomic revision of the subgenus Synagris (Paragris) de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Marco Selis
The taxonomy of the subgenus Paragris de Saussure, 1855 of the genus Synagris Latreille, 1802 is revised, with recognition of the following species and synonymies: Synagris huberti de Saussure, 185...
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A new species of Aphanogmus Thomson (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) parasitising predatory cecidomyiids in mite-induced galls of Pongamia pinnata in India J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 A. P. Ranjith, S. V. Ayiswarya, B. Niveditha, D. R. Priyadarsanan
Ceraphronidae is one of the small, commonly collected families of parasitoid Hymenoptera. Aphanogmus cecidovorus Ranjith sp. n. is described here as a parasitoid of the acarivorus cecidomyiid Micro...
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Panta rei: taxonomic changes and stability of terrestrial Cetartiodactyla over time J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli
The number of recognised taxa tends to change continually over time in many groups of animals. It can be hypothesised, however, that non-elusive, relatively large taxa of great appeal to humans wou...
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Breeding biology of the grey-browed brushfinch Arremon assimilis (Aves: Passerellidae) in the Eastern Andes of Colombia J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 María Isabel Castaño, María Alejandra Meneses-Giorgi, Laura N. Céspedes Arias, Carlos Daniel Cadena, Jorge Enrique Avendaño
The timing of breeding is a key component of the life history of birds. In the tropics, where avian diversity is higher and environmental variability is less predictable than in temperate latitudes...
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Phenology, sex-ratio and protandry in three stag beetle species (Lucanidae) from central Italy J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Daniele Dendi, Lorenzo Rugiero, Raffaele Luiselli, Julia E. Fa, Giovanni Amori, Luca Luiselli
This study examines the annual activity patterns and variation in sex ratios across different months of the year for three Lucanidae species (Lucanus cervus, Lucanus tetraodon and Dorcus parallelip...
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First record of an atypical and non-stridulatory sound produced by the larvae of two species of Dichotomius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Maria Victoria Sánchez, Manuel David Barria
The following study presents the first record of an atypical sound never reported before produced by the larvae of two species of dung beetles from Argentina, Dichotomius (Luederwaldtinia) carbonar...
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New species and records of Oecobius Lucas, 1846 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Alireza Zamani, Yuri M. Marusik
New data on the oecobiid spiders of the genus Oecobius Lucas, 1846 occurring in Iran and Azerbaijan are provided. Five species are described as new to science: O. dariusi sp. n. (♀; Alborz and Tehr...
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Towards a biogeography of Amazonian soil microarthropods J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Pedro A. C. L. Pequeno, Sergio Santorelli Jr, Raimundo N. C. Ferreira, Evanira M.R. dos Santos, Elizabeth Franklin
Geographic isolation underlies major hypotheses on the biogeography of Amazonian fauna, but evidence is largely biased towards vertebrates. We show that environmental variation is at least as impor...
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Determination of the relativistic value of museum natural collections J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 Marcin Lawenda, Jerzy Błoszyk, Szymon Konwerski
Nature museums and university natural collections deal with the deposition and conservation of numerous representatives of flora and fauna. The work related to the maintenance of the collection is ...
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Phylogenetic analysis of Aciagrion Selys (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Gurinder Kaur Walia, Gagandeep Kaur Dhillon
Odonates are useful biological indicators of environmental health because of their pollution-free habitat requirements and amphibiotic life cycle. Due to habitat destruction by industrial developme...
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Generalists and specialists of brood parasitism in spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Akira Shimizu, Emily A. Sadler, Yutaka Nishimoto, Hiroaki Kurushima, Shun´Ichi Makino, Tomoji Endo, Jin Yoshimura, Frank E. Kurczewski, James P. Pitts
Based on emergence records from trap nests and naturally occurring nests, we determined the brood parasitism behaviour of Irenangelus punctipleuris (Pompilidae: Ceropalinae) for the first time and ...
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Glyptothorax primusplicae, a new species of rheophilic catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from the Chindwin basin, Manipur J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-13 Bungdon Shangningam, Laishram Kosygin
Glyptothorax primusplicae, sp. n., is described from the Pamtujang River, a tributary of the Chakpi River, Chindwin basin in Manipur, India. It is diagnosable by the following combination of charac...
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A new species of sponge-inhabiting amphipod, Leucothoe jimi sp. n. (Amphilochidea: Leucothoidae) from Gujarat state, India J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Dimple Thacker, Alan Myers, Jigneshkumar Trivedi
A new species of sponge-inhabiting amphipod belonging to the family Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 is described from Gujarat, India. Leucothoe jimi sp. n. can be differentiated from two closely related sp...
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Proposal of a new family for Hirodai ohtsukai gen. n. et sp. n. (Crustacea: Copepoda) infesting Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, 1829 (Perciformes: Uranoscopidae) from the south-west coast of India J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Panakkool Thamban Aneesh, Ameri Kottarathil Helna, Appukuttannair Biju Kumar, Balu Alagar Venmathi Maran
Both male and female of Hirodai ohtsukai gen. n. et sp. n. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) are described based on specimens recovered from the Dollfus’ stargazer Uranoscopus guttatus Cuvier, 1829...
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Historical diversification of Pseudonympha Wallengren, 1857 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Clarke J. M. van Steenderen, Ernest L. Pringle, Martin H. Villet
The butterfly genus Pseudonympha and several related genera are endemic to southern Africa. Although many of the species are montane, some inhabit the arid interior of South Africa, offering an opp...
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Helminth parasitic ecology in Gymnodactylus geckoides Spix, 1825 (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) from Caatinga domain, north-eastern Brazil J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Leonardo Pessoa Cabus Oitaven, Jaqueline Bianque de Oliveira, Geraldo Jorge Barbosa de Moura
Gymnodactylus geckoides is an endemic lizard from the Caatinga domain. However, the relationship of G. geckoides with its parasites remains largely unknown. Therefore, the present study aimed to id...
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Two new species of Chromadorida (Nematoda) from the intertidal zone of the Yellow Sea, China J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Mengdi Chu, Yingdong Hao, Mian Huang
Two new species of free-living marine nematodes were discovered off the coast of the Yellow Sea, China, and they are described here as Actinonema diplobulba sp. nov. and Nannolaimoides brevicaudatu...
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Integrative taxonomy of a new Belciana species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Dyopsinae) from northern Thailand J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-10 Markku J. Pellinen, Reza Zahiri
A new species of the Oriental tropical genus Belciana Walker, 1862, Belciana jeremyi sp. n., is described from northern Thailand, Lampang Province. The new species is closely related to Belciana he...
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Glyptothorax prionotos, a new sisorid catfish from Myanmar and Thailand (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Sisoridae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Heok Hee Ng, Maurice Kottelat
Glyptothorax prionotos, a new species of sisorid catfish from the Salween drainage in southern Myanmar and western Thailand, is described. It differs from its Indochinese congeners by a combination...
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Two new species of Cymbasoma (Multicrustacea: Copepoda: Monstrilloida: Monstrillidae) from the North Atlantic J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-10-03 Eduardo Suárez-Morales, Nancy F. Mercado-Salas
Monstrilloid copepods are protelean endoparasites of benthic invertebrates. Their adult free-living stage is chiefly found in the plankton of shallow coastal systems, estuaries and coral reefs; the...
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Review of Loxocorys Meyrick, 1894 (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae) with description of a new species from Korea and Taiwan J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-29 Jae-Cheon Sohn
The genus Loxocorys is reviewed along with the type species, L. sericea (Butler) and a new congener, L. curvilineata sp. nov. from Korea and Taiwan. The external and genital features of the two spe...
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Notes on the hypselostomatid snails (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from limestone hills in Western Cambodia with a new record and a new species J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-27 Chirasak Sutcharit, Peng Bun Ngor, Barna Páll-Gergely, Ekgachai Jeratthitikul, Warut Siriwut, Ruttapon Srisonchai, Ting Hui Ng, Parin Jirapatrasilp, Somsak Panha
Thirteen hypselostomatid microsnails have been reported so far from Cambodia: 10 species from the Mekong Delta karsts in the south and three species from the Sisophon-Battambang limestone hills in ...
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Molecular and morphological analyses reveal a new hypogean species of amphipod in the genus Crangonyx Bate, 1859 (Crustacea: Crangonyctidae) within the floridanus species complex, from Suwannee County, Florida J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-14 Joshua M. Sisco, Thomas R. Sawicki
ABSTRACT Crangonyx stinei sp. n. is described from Peacock Springs Cave, in Wes Skiles Peacock Springs State Park, Suwannee County, Florida. Crangonyx stinei sp. n. was collected from the cave benthos via SCUBA cave diving techniques. Molecular analyses of the nuclear 18S and 28S rDNA and mitochondrial 16S rDNA reveal significant phylogenetic differences between C. stinei sp. n. and closely related
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Natural history and ecology of the slender crayfish (Faxonius compressus): an ecosystem engineer in the Western Highland Rim, USA J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Zackary A. Graham, Zachary J. Loughman
ABSTRACT Ecosystem engineers influence the physical environment, which changes the distribution and availability of resources to other organisms. Based on their burrowing abilities, freshwater crayfish have been widely recognised as ecosystem engineers. Crayfishes construct burrows that range from simple, rudimentary depressions in aquatic systems, to complex, labyrinth-like terrestrial burrows that
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Whole and nearly complete mitochondrial genomes of an endemic and endangered neotropical rabbit (Romerolagus diazi) assembled using non-invasive eDNA metagenomics (field droppings) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 J. Antonio Baeza, Jorge Ortega, Leslie M. Montes-Carreto, Jose Antonio Guerrero
The volcano rabbit Romerolagus diazi is an endemic neotropical species restricted to the central part of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt and considered ‘endangered’ by the International Union for C...
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The mitochondrial genome of the endemic and endangered trumpet-nosed bat Musonycteris harrisoni (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Sonia Basaldúa, Milena Rodriguez-Pilco, Yocelyn Gutiérrez-Guerrero, Jorge Ortega, J. Antonio Baeza
ABSTRACT The trumpet-nosed bat Musonycteris harrisoni (family Phyllostomidae) is endemic to the western Pacific slope of Mexico, and is considered endangered given prolonged and continuous population decline. This study, for the first time, assembled and characterised in detail the mitochondrial genome of this species that is in need of genomic resources. The mitogenome of Musonycteris harrisoni is
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Description of Elthusa aquabio sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), a branchial fish parasitic isopod from Indian waters J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-17 Panakkool Thamban Aneesh, Ameri Kottarathil Helna, Smrithy Raj, Appukuttannair Biju Kumar
A new branchial fish parasitic cymothoid species, Elthusa aquabio sp. n. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), is described based on the ovigerous female collected from an unknown host obtained from t...
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Correction J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-15
Published in Journal of Natural History (Vol. 57, No. 21-24, 2023)
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Two new species of the subgenus Petrobia (Petrobia) Müller from Saudi Arabia J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Jawwad Hassan Mirza, Muhammad Kamran, Fahad Jaber Alatawi
ABSTRACT The present study describes and illustrates two new species of the subgenus Petrobia (Petrobia), P. (P.) arabica sp. nov. and P. (P.) tabarjalensis sp. nov., collected in the Northern Region (Jouf) of Saudi Arabia They were found inhabiting wild host plants, Haloxylon salicornicum (Amaranthaceae) and Chrozophora sp. (Euphorbiaceae), respectively. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.or
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A comparative account of the embryonic lineage and gonad development in two species of Rhabditidae (Nematoda) J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-08-03 S. Ahlawat, Q. Tahseen
ABSTRACT Nematodes serve as excellent models for developmental studies, with a good number of favourable properties. The family Rhabditidae is a paraphyletic group of bacterivorous nematodes showing diversity in the structure of gonads, mode of reproduction, cleavage pattern, etc. In the present paper, two species of Rhabditidae, namely Mesorhabditis paucipapillata Paetzold, 1955 and Cephaloboides
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Are cleaning interactions offered by large cleaners positive? J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Juan P. Quimbayo, Rui Freitas, Luiz A. Rocha, Hudson T. Pinheiro
ABSTRACT Cleaning symbiosis is a cooperative interspecific interaction among reef fishes that helps to maintain healthy marine communities. Despite its importance, our knowledge on the cleaner role of many species, and on the costs and benefits of these interactions, is still scarce. Here, we report for the first time an adult Guinean angelfish Holacanthus africanus acting as cleaner of the smaller
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Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Guartelá State Park, State of Paraná, Southern Brazil: diversity, bioacoustics and description of five new species J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Marcos Fianco
ABSTRACT Tettigoniidae is the most diverse family within Orthoptera; its species inhabit forests all over the world, with the tropical and subtropical forests hosting the greatest number of species. Brazil is the country with the largest remnants of preserved forests, and is the country with the most recorded species of katydids. Even so, only two faunistic inventories have been carried out, both in
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Evolutionary assessment of the rove beetle subfamily Proteininae Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) triggered by the X-ray based description of its first fossil in Baltic amber from Denmark J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-24 Josh Jenkins Shaw, Ming Bai, Alexey Solodovnikov
ABSTRACT The taxonomic composition, phylogeny, ecology, biology, behaviour, and fossil record of Proteininae Erichson, 1839 is reviewed to place the first Eocene fossil specimen from Baltic amber in the knowledge framework of this rove beetle subfamily. The Baltic amber fossil is a poorly preserved female which was examined using X-ray micro-computed tomography (μ-CT). It is assigned to the genus Proteinus
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The Goniodidae (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) of peafowl (Aves: Galliformes: Pavo), with description of a new genus J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Daniel R. Gustafsson, Alexandra A. Grossi, Mengjiao Ren, Fasheng Zou
ABSTRACT Five species of goniodid lice are known from Asian peafowls of the genus Pavo Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus CV. 1758. Systema naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th ed. Stockholm (Sweden): Salvius; p. iv + 824. [Google Scholar]: Goniodes pavonis (Linnaeus, 1758 Linnaeus CV. 1758. Systema naturae per Regna
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Feeding, agonistic and cooperative behavioural responses of shallow-water benthic marine scavengers J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 John Davenport, Mark Jessopp, Luke Harman, Valerio Micaroni, Rob McAllen
ABSTRACT Baited remote underwater video station (BRUVS) investigations of benthic scavenging by fish and invertebrates were conducted in an Irish sea lough. Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) baits were deployed under natural light during the day and under dim red light at night. Ethograms for feeding mechanisms and agonistic behaviours were established for four abundant scavengers (two crabs: the harbour
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Peter Artedi’s ‘Idea institutionum Trichozoologiae’ and the classification of mammals J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Theodore W. Pietsch, Hans Aili
ABSTRACT Among several manuscripts left behind by Swedish naturalist Peter Artedi following his untimely death in 1735 is an unfinished effort to classify the mammals, or the ‘hairy animals’, as Artedi called them. Titled ‘Idea institutionum Trichozoologiae’ (‘An outline of the principles of the science of hairy animals’), it presents a four-tier hierarchy composed of orders, sections (‘sectio’), genera
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Two new species of Eurydice Leach, 1815 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Andaman Islands, northern Indian Ocean J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-07-05 Pathan Anil, K.A. Jayaraj
ABSTRACT Eurydice andamanensis sp. nov. and Eurydice mohani sp. nov. are described from intertidal sandy beaches of South Andaman, Andaman Islands. Eurydice andamanensis sp. nov. can be identified by the posterior margin of pleotelson being one-fourth of the pleotelson in width, weakly convex with 11 plumose marginal setae and 4 robust setae; appendix masculina 0.8 times as long as endopod, projecting
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A revision of the West African freshwater crab genus Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969 (Brachyura: Deckeniidae: Deckeniinae) based on new morphological and genetic data J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Neil Cumberlidge, Pierre A. Mvogo Ndongo, Paul F. Clark, Sankoh Salieu, Thomas von Rintelen
ABSTRACT The freshwater crab genus Afrithelphusa Bott, 1969, is endemic to Sierra Leone and Guinea and comprises four species: A. afzelii Colosi, 1924, A. gerhildae Bott, 1969, A. leonensis (Cumberlidge, 1987), and A. monodosa (Bott, 1959). Afrithelphusa taxonomy is reviewed based on type material and newly obtained undescribed specimens. The species are redescribed, based on new morphological and
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Revision of the species described in Metriocnemus van der Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) by Edwards (1931), with the description of two new species J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Mariano Donato, Juan Pablo Zanotto Arpellino, Augusto Siri
ABSTRACT A revision is presented of the species described by Edwards in the genus Metriocnemus van der Wulp. The species M. fasciventris Edwards and M. griseovitattus are redescribed and the immatures of the former species are described for first time. Two new species of Metriocnemus, M. cavipenis sp. nov. and M. tucumanus sp. nov., are described and figured based on adult males. A key to Neotropical
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Two new species of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus) endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar Archipelagos with a key to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Valter Weijola, Fred Kraus
ABSTRACT We describe two new species of Varanus, one each endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar Archipelagos in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, respectively. The new species belong to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus and, therein, to the widely distributed and relatively species-rich Varanus indicus group. They can be distinguished from all other recognised species by scalation, colour-pattern and genetic
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Rediscovery of the forgotten Paraluederwaldtia bituberculata (Mello-Leitão, 1922) (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae) and a review of the relationships of the genus Paraluederwaldtia Mello-Leitão, 1927 J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Rafael N. Carvalho, Adriano B. Kury
ABSTRACT Paraluederwaldtia Mello-Leitão, 1927 has its complex historical background herein revised and its position inside Pachylinae Sørensen, 1884 evaluated by cladistic analysis. Based on the results yielded here, Paraluederwaldtia is represented by two species [Paraluederwaldtia ankeri sp. nov. and Paraluederwaldtia bituberculata de Mello-Leitão, 1922 (type species)] endemic to the Atlantic province
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Medusozoans from the Mexican Pacific: a review based on historical literature and recent observations J. Nat. Hist. (IF 0.8) Pub Date : 2023-06-15 Mariae C. Estrada-González, José Agüero, María A. Mendoza-Becerril
ABSTRACT Medusozoans are diverse in species number (4100) and life stages and are of ecological and social importance worldwide. However, studies of medusozoans in the Mexican Pacific (MP) are limited and scattered. Given that its maritime (2,320,380 km2) and coastal (7828 km) regions are the most extensive in Mexico, as well as its geomorphological and ecosystem complexity, the medusozoan fauna of