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Two new sympatric species of the pirate spider genus <i>Ero</i> C.L. Koch, 1836 from the cloud forest of Saint Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean (Araneae: Mimetidae)
No full textA remarkable morphologically and genetically distinct species of the genus Ero C.L. Koch, 1836 is described based on both sexes from the cloud forest of the island of Saint Helena: Ero lizae sp. nov. Another new species, Ero natashae sp. nov., is also described on the basis of morphological differences in the male and female genitalia. Both species were initially reported a single species, Ero aphana (Walckenaer, 1802), from the island by Unzicker (1977).A remarkable morphologically and genetically distinct species of the genus Ero C.L. Koch, 1836 is described based on both sexes from the cloud forest of the island of Saint Helena: Ero lizae sp. nov. Another new species, Ero natashae sp. nov., is also described on the basis of morphological differences in the male and female genitalia. Both species were initially reported a single species, Ero aphana (Walckenaer, 1802), from the island by Unzicker (1977).</p
Two new ‘incertae sedis’ syllids (Annelida: Syllidae) from Brazilian oceanic islands
No full textOceanic islands harbor a unique and distinct fauna and flora, usually isolated by distance and the deep sea, making them fascinating environments to study. Despite their importance, taxonomic accounts from Brazilian oceanic islands have only recently begun to focus on important groups such as the Syllidae family. In this article, we present detailed descriptions and illustrations of two new species, Brevicirrosyllis paulolanai sp. nov. from Trindade Islands, and Westheidesyllis splendida sp. nov. from Rocas Atoll. These two species belong to genera currently of uncertain affinities within the family, in both cases previously included in the Eusyllinae subfamily. Moreover, we provide updated identification keys for both genera to facilitate their future identification.Oceanic islands harbor a unique and distinct fauna and flora, usually isolated by distance and the deep sea, making them fascinating environments to study. Despite their importance, taxonomic accounts from Brazilian oceanic islands have only recently begun to focus on important groups such as the Syllidae family. In this article, we present detailed descriptions and illustrations of two new species, Brevicirrosyllis paulolanai sp. nov. from Trindade Islands, and Westheidesyllis splendida sp. nov. from Rocas Atoll. These two species belong to genera currently of uncertain affinities within the family, in both cases previously included in the Eusyllinae subfamily. Moreover, we provide updated identification keys for both genera to facilitate their future identification.</p
Une salamandre géante « préglaciaire » d’Europe : nouveau signalement du Pliocène supérieur du Caucase
No full textDes os crâniens et post-crâniens désarticulés d’une salamandre géante (Cryptobranchidae : Andrias sp.) ont été trouvés dans les dépôts du Pliocène supérieur de la localité de Belorechensk dans le Caucase du Nord. Ces restes appartenaient probablement à un individu décédé au cours de la phase de croissance rapide et d’une longueur totale d’environ 90 à 100 cm. La salamandre géante de Belorechensk est l’une des plus récentes et des plus connues d’Europe.Disarticulated cranial and postcranial bones of a giant salamander (Cryptobranchidae: Andrias sp.) were found in the Upper Pliocene deposits of the Belorechensk locality in the Northern Caucasus. These remains probably belonged to one individual that died during a stage of rapid growth and had a total length of about 90-100 cm. The giant salamander from Belorechensk is among the geologically youngest and the easternmost known in Europe.</p
<i>Jambu</i>, a new genus of tarantula from Brazil (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Theraphosinae)
No full textThe genus Jambu gen. nov. is proposed based on two new species: Jambu paru gen. et sp. nov. and Jambu manoa gen. et sp. nov. Hapalopus butantan is transferred to Jambu; consequently, Jambu butantan gen. et comb. nov. is proposed. The geographic distribution of J. butantan is extended on the basis of new material collected. The new genus and the new species are here diagnosed, described and illustrated. The shape of the genitalia of Jambu resembles that of Hapalopini but differs from most of them by the presence of type IV urticating setae. The presence of this type of urticating setae allows us to hypothesize that this new genus is phylogenetically related with Grammostolini. Males of Jambu differ from those of other genera of Grammostolini by the presence of a paraembolic apophysis on the palpal bulb. Females also differ from those of other Grammostolini by the spermathecae morphology, with one medial lamp-shaped or heart-shaped receptacle. The homology of some features and the taxonomic placement of the new genus are discussed.</p
Fabrician types of new world Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Alticini) deposited in the Zoological Museum of Kiel University collections with notes on Fabrician types of other collections and new combinations for species formerly
No full textType specimens of Oedionychina Chapuis, 1875 described by Fabricius from the Kiel collection are examined and illustrated. Lectotypes are designated for the following species: Chrysomela albicollis Fabricius, 1787; Chrysomela nobilitata Fabricius, 1787; Chrysomela quadrifasciata Fabricius, 1787; Chrysomela quadriguttata Fabricius, 1781; Galleruca atomaria Fabricius, 1801; Galleruca decemguttata Fabricius, 1801; Galleruca fasciata Fabricius, 1798; Galleruca humeralis Fabricius, 1801; Galleruca lunata Fabricius, 1801; Galleruca nitida Fabricius, 1801; Galleruca obsoleta Fabricius, 1801; Galleruca petaurista Fabricius, 1801; Galleruca quadrinotata Fabricius, 1798; Galleruca sellata Fabricius, 1801. The species status is restored for Chrysomela quadriguttata Fabricius, 1781 and Alagoasa areata (Germar, 1824) comb. nov. The following new combinations are proposed: Phenrica quadriguttata (Fabricius, 1781), Asphaera nitida (Fabricius, 1801), Phenrica obsoleta (Fabricius, 1801), Alagoasa areata areata (Germar, 1824), Alagoasa areata decempunctata (Latreille, 1833), Alagoasa areata escuintla Bechyné, 1955, Alagoasa areata macromela Bechyné, 1958, Alagoasa areata praecessa Bechyné, 1959, Alagoasa areata recuperata Bechyné, 1959; all comb. nov. New placement: Galleruca avicenniae Fabricius, 1792 is removed from Alticini and placed in Galerucini incertae sedis; Galleruca trifasciata Fabricius, 1801 is removed from Chrysomelidae and placed in genus Ora Clark, 1865 (Scirtidae Fleming, 1821).</p
La gestion des chèvres férales <i>Capra hircus</i> Linnaeus, 1758 en Grèce méridionale insulaire : implications pour la préhistoire
No full textDes populations de chèvres férales Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758, issues d’animaux domestiques échappés ou libérés, sont répandues dans les îles grecques. Bien qu’ils se comportent comme de véritables chèvres sauvages, beaucoup de ces animaux appartiennent à quelqu’un et sont utilisées par leur(s) propriétaire(s) principalement comme source de viande peu coûteuse mais de grande valeur. Alors que les braconniers tuent eux aussi quelques animaux pour la consommation domestique, de nombreux propriétaires capturent de grands groupes d’animaux vivants dans des pièges ou lors de chasses en battue, puis relâchent la plupart des femelles et conservent la plupart des mâles pour les vendre à des bouchers urbains. Outre le fait que beaucoup de chèvres férales sont des biens privés, la distinction entre ces animaux et ceux des troupeaux domestiques voisins est souvent masquée par la fuite ou la remise en liberté d’animaux domestiques, par la capture et l’apprivoisement des individus féraux, et par l’approvisionnement en eau et peut-être en fourrage afin d’empêcher la dispersion des troupeaux féraux. À partir des renseignements collectés lors des interviews avec des éleveurs et des trappeurs, complétés par des observations directes, nous décrivons d’abord la formation, le comportement et la gestion des populations récentes de chèvres férales sur les îles de Crète, Cythère et Próti en Grèce méridionale. Bien que les mutations profondes survenues dans la démographie et l’exploitation du territoire rural durant les dernières décennies aient facilité l’expansion des populations de chèvres férales, la capture en masse de ces animaux par piégeage ou en battue n’est manifestement pas une innovation récente. Pour conclure, nous discutons des leçons qui peuvent être tirées de ces observations concernant la formation des populations férales et la gestion des chèvres sauvages, férales et domestiques pendant la préhistoire.Populations of feral goats Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758, descended from escaped or released domesticates, are widespread in the islands of Greece. Although they behave like truly wild goats, many of these animals belong to someone and are exploited by their owner(s) primarily as a source of low-cost but high-value meat. While poachers also kill some of these animals for domestic consumption, many owners capture larger groups alive in traps or drives and then release most females but retain most males for sale to urban butchers. Apart from the status of many feral goats as private property, the distinction between such animals and nearby domestic herds is often obscured by the escape or release of domesticates, by the capture and taming of feral individuals, and by the provision of water and perhaps fodder to discourage feral groups from dispersing. Using information from interviews with herders and trappers, supplemented by first-hand observations, we first describe the formation, behaviour and management of recent feral goat populations on the southern Greek islands of Crete, Kythera and Proti. Although the radical changes in rural demography and land use of recent decades have facilitated the expansion of feral goat populations, the mass capture of these animals by trapping or driving is clearly not a recent innovation. We then discuss possible lessons from these observations for the formation of feral populations and for the management of wild, feral and domestic goats in prehistory.</p
Revision of the Eurybrachidae XVIII. The Australian genus <i>Olonia</i> Stål, 1862: Four new species, new records and biological data (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)
No full textFour new species of the Australian genus of Eurybrachidae (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha) Olonia Stål, 1862 are described from northern Queensland: O. albomarginata sp. nov., O. aschei sp. nov., O. jackiei sp. nov. and O. lindae sp. nov. Host plants and natural history data are documented and additional new records provided for O. guillaumei Constant, 2018, O. hochae Constant, 2018, O. picea Kirkaldy, 1906, O. rubicunda (Walker, 1851) and O. soulierae Constant, 2018. Trophobiosis is recorded for the first time in the genus, between a female of O. hochae and ants of the genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), representing the second record of trophobiosis in Australian Eurybrachidae. The male terminalia of the new species are illustrated and photographs of collection and live specimens, distribution maps, biological data and an identification key are provided. The genus Olonia currently contains sixteen species. </p
Revision of the genus <i>Porcellionides</i> Miers, 1877 (Isopoda: Porcellionidae) in the Ibero-Balearic region
No full textUntil now, the genus Porcelliniodes Miers, 1877 is represented in the Ibero-Balearic region by seven species. The study of 721 specimens from Portugal and Spain has led to the identification of 11 species, including poorly known species, and the description of a new species, Porcellionides ibericus sp. nov. This new species is characterized by the absence of transverse ridges on the pereonites, medium-sized lateral lobes on the cephalon, the pleon slightly retracted in relation to the pereon, pereopods without sexual differentiation, and a truncated posterior inner tip in the male pleopod I. We consider P. glaber (Koch, 1856), P. hispanus (Vandel, 1953), P. lucasioides (Vandel, 1953), P. lusitanus (Vandel, 1946), and P. molleri (Verhoeff, 1901) as valid species, while P. buddelundi (Verhoeff, 1901) and P. rufocinctus (Dollfus, 1892) are considered species inquirendae. Five species are recorded for the first time in some Portuguese districts and seven in some Spanish provinces.</p
Taxonomy of the ant genera <i>Leptothorax</i> Mayr, 1855 and <i>Temnothorax</i> Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of China with descriptions of twenty-eight new species and a key to the known Chinese species
No full textThe Chinese members of the genera Leptothorax Mayr, 1855 and Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 are reviewed based on the morphological characters of the worker caste, and 66 species are recognized in China to date. A new synonym is proposed: T. opaciabdomin (Chang & He, 2001) is a junior synonym of T. mongolicus (Pisarski, 1969). Twenty-eight new species of Temnothorax, T. bailu sp. nov., T. chun sp. nov., T. chunfen sp. nov., T. chushu sp. nov., T. dahan sp. nov., T. dashu sp. nov., T. daxue sp. nov., T. dong sp. nov., T. dongzhi sp. nov., T. guyu sp. nov., T. hanlu sp. nov., T. jingzhe sp. nov., T. lichun sp. nov., T. lidong sp. nov., T. liqiu sp. nov., T. lixia sp. nov., T. mangzhong sp. nov., T. qingming sp. nov., T. qiu sp. nov., T. qiufen sp. nov.,T. shuangjiang sp. nov., T. xia sp. nov., T. xiaohan sp. nov., T. xiaoman sp. nov., T. xiaoshu sp. nov., T. xiaoxue sp. nov., T. xiazhi sp. nov., T. yushui sp. nov., are described from China based on worker caste. Three species of Temnothorax, T. desioi (Menozzi, 1939), T. susamyri (Dlussky, 1965) and T. volgensis (Ruzsky, 1905) are recorded in China for the first time. The following eight species are recorded in a province or autonomous region of China for the first time: Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793) is a new record in Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan; Temnothorax angulohumerus Zhou et al., 2010 is a new record in Guizhou and Tibet; T. argentipes (Wheeler, 1928) is a new record in Sichuan and Yunnan; T. mongolicus (Pisarski, 1969) is a new record in Inner Mongolia; T. reticulatus (Chang & He, 2001) is a new record in Beijing, Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Shaanxi and Yunnan; T. spinosior (Forel, 1901) is a new record in Yunnan; T. taivanensis (Wheeler, 1929) is a new record in Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan; and T. zhejiangensis Zhou et al., 2010 is a new record in Henan and Guangxi. A key based on the worker caste is provided for the 66 known Chinese species.</p
The Redouté brothers
No full textThis work provides the first comprehensive biography of the three Redouté brothers, Antoine-Ferdinand, Pierre-Joseph and Henri-Joseph. Originating from humble origins in the Ardennes, they all took root in Paris where Antoine-Ferdinand became a decorative painter. By contrast Pierre-Joseph and Henri-Joseph embarked as botanical illustrators on a scientific and aesthetic career including numerous contributions to the prestigious royal paintings on vellum. The central figure of this work is Pierre-Joseph, whose accurate illustrations document science during the late phase of the Enlightenment, throughout the turbulences of the French Revolution, the Napoleonic era and into the Restoration. Thus, Pierre-Joseph provided works for Empress Josephine and Queen Maria Amalia. An indefatigable worker, he produced an enormous number of botanical illustrations, many of a very high calibre. A large number of which were reproduced as engravings for a long list of publications which multiplied by many times the effect of his work. His association with the new Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, but also notably with C.-L. L’Héritier and the Geneva botanist A. P. de Candolle, ensured successive commissions. Henri-Joseph joined the scientific team that accompanied Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign, documenting plants, animals and artifacts. Although his output was more geared towards paintings of animals, he was frequently asked to contribute botanical works for Pierre-Joseph. In essence the focus of this book is not on the written record but on the pictorial. Furthermore it offers a panorama of the travellers, collectors, scientists, gardeners and illustrators in one of the great centres of the time – Paris.Hans Walter Lack is professor at the Freie Universität Berlin and served as director at the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin from 1990 to 2014. His PhD was at the University of Vienna on the systematics of the genus Picris. He is a specialist of the Cichorieae and has published and lectured widely on the history of plant taxonomy. His focus is now on plant illustration. He is a member of the Academies of Sciences in Göttingen and Erfurt, a recipient of the Linnaean Medal and has organized major botanical exhibitions in Berlin, Oxford and Vienna.James A. Compton studied horticulture at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, then at Chelsea Physic Garden, London. His PhD was at the University of Reading on the Systematics of the genus Actaea including Cimicifuga. He went on to postdoctoral DNA sequencing research on Cyclamen and Eranthis. He has collaborated on a revision of tribe Wisterieae and is now studying the genus Lilium.Martin W. Callmander gained his PhD at the University of Neuchâtel on the Biogeography and Systematics of the Pandanaceae family. His postdoctoral research at the Missouri Botanical Garden focused on its Conservation in Madagascar. Now Curator of the Library, Archives and publications at the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques in Geneva, where his research includes the scientific enhancement of botanical historical collections and archives.</p