Male Paratype Research Articles

A new species of Cerapopsis (Amphipoda: Corophiidea: Kamakidae) from the Strait of Messina, central Mediterranean Sea

A new species of Cerapopsis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Kamakidae), C. alexandri sp. nov., is described from the Strait of Messina (central Mediterranean Sea). The specimens were collected in July 2011 and January 2012, in front of the village of Favazzina (Calabria Region, Southern Italy), from 40 to 50 m depth. C. alexandri sp. nov. is characterized by head lateral cephalic lobe strongly extended forward, eyes completely enclosed within lobe and peduncolate, anteroventral margin strongly recessed and moderately excavate, male gnathopod 1 slender with carpus elongate, male gnathopod 2 grossly enlarged, and propodus enlarged with posterodistal margin complex. C. alexandri sp. nov. shows a strong sexual dimorphism, evident in gnathopods 1 and 2 morphology and size (smaller in females), and pereopods 3 and 4. The new species differs from described species of the genus (C. longipes and C. takamado) by morphological characteristics of mouth parts; male gnathopod 2, in which propodus shows posterodistal teeth long and slender; telson; epimeral plate 3; and uropod 1 and 2 marginal spinulation. Different male paratypes are also described, showing the morphological variability within the species. The main morphological difference between the holotype and paratypes occurred in gnathopod 2. The genus Cerapopsis is now known to contain three species.

A new scorpion genus, Gint gen. n., from the Horn of Africa (Scorpiones: Buthidae)

A new scorpion genus is described, Gint gen. n., similar to genera Buthacus Birula, 1908 and Neobuthus Hirst, 1911 to which it is compared. Buthus calviceps Pocock, 1900 is transferred to the new genus, which includes only two species, Gint gaitako sp. n. from Ethiopia and Gint calviceps comb. n. from Somaliland and Somalia (Puntland). Information is provided on the localities and habitats of both species. In addition to morphological analysis we described also karyotype of male paratype of Gint gaitako sp. n., 2n=30.

Notes on an enigmatic Bornean megophryid, Leptolalax dringi Dubois, 1987 (Amphibia: Anura)

The original description of the Bornean megophryid Leptolalax dringi was not sufficient to differentiate the species fromits Bornean congeners. The species was later re-described but the redescription included characters from both type spec-imens and Leptolalax from other sites, including undescribed species. Analyses of the advertisement call of specimensassigned to L. dringi have been published but call descriptions differ markedly from each other. Moreover, published pic-tures of L. dringi are dubious in identification. Thus, the identity of L. dringi is enigmatic, hindering taxonomic work onBornean Leptolalax. We herein provide detailed descriptions of the type series as well as recently obtained topotypic spec-imens. We also present the results of an analysis of the advertisement call of a male paratype. These data will facilitate future taxonomic work on Bornean Leptolalax.

An unusual, dwarf new species of Neotropical freshwater stingray, Plesiotrygon nana sp. nov., from the upper and mid Amazon basin: the second species of Plesiotrygon (Chondrichthyes: Potamotrygonidae)

A new species of the relatively poorly known Neotropical freshwater stingray genus Plesiotrygon Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987 is described from the main channel and smaller tributaries (Ríos Itaya and Pachitea) of the upper Amazon basin in Peru. The first specimen to be collected, however, was from much farther east in Rio Solimões in 1996, just down-river from Rio Purus (specimen unavailable for this study). Plesiotrygon nana sp. nov., is a very distinctive and unusually small species of freshwater stingray (Potamotrygonidae), described here mostly from three specimens representing different size classes and stages of sexual maturity. Plesiotrygon nana sp. nov., is distinguished from its only congener, P. iwamae Rosa, Castello & Thorson, 1987, by numerous unique features, including: dorsal coloration composed of very fine rosettes or a combination of spots and irregular ocelli; very circular disc and snout; very small and less rhomboidal spiracles; short snout and anterior disc region; narrow mouth and nostrils; denticles on dorsal tail small, scattered, not forming row of enlarged spines; adult and preadult specimens with significantly fewer tooth rows; fewer caudal vertebrae; higher total pectoral radials; very small size, probably not surpassing 250 mm disc length or width, males maturing sexually at around 180 mm disc length and 175 mm disc width; distal coloration of tail posterior to caudal stings usually dark purplish-brown; and features of the ventral lateral-line canals (hyomandibular canal very narrow, infraorbital and supraorbital canals not undulated, supraorbital and infraorbital loops small and narrow, supraorbital loop very short, not extending posteriorly to level of mouth, jugular and posterior infraorbital canals short, not extending caudally to first gill slits, subpleural loop very narrow posteriorly; absence of anterior and posterior subpleural tubules). To provide a foundation for the description of P. nana sp. nov., morphological variation in P. iwamae was examined based on all type specimens as well as newly collected and previously unreported material. Two specimens topotypic with the male paratype of P. nana sp. nov., referred to here as Plesiotrygon cf. iwamae, are also reported. Relationships of the new species to P. iwamae are discussed; further characters indicative of Plesiotrygon monophyly are proposed, but the genus may still not be valid. Plesiotrygon nana sp. nov., is commercialized with some regularity in the international aquarium trade from Iquitos (Peru), an alarming circumstance because nothing is known of its biology or conservation requirements.

Review of the European genera of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata) and the species occurring in Slovakia

The study presents a review of the European fauna of Eviphididae (Acari: Mesostigmata), based on over 4,000 specimens, including type specimens in the Berlese Acaroteca, Florence. The European fauna is shown to include 29 species in 16 genera. These genera are reviewed, and a key provided for their identification. The fauna of Slovakia includes 14 genera and 19 species. These species are reviewed, and keys are provided for their identification. The European fauna includes the genera Alliphis Halbert 1923, Alloseius Mašán & Halliday 2009a, Copriphis Berlese 1910, Crassicheles Karg 1963, Evimirus Karg 1963, Eviphis Berlese 1903, Halolaspis Mašán & Halliday 2009a, Neocrassicheles gen. nov., Pelethiphis Berlese 1911, Pseudoalliphis Mašán & Halliday 2009a, Rafaphis Skorupski & Błaszak 1997, Scamaphis Karg 1976, Scarabacariphis Mašán 1994a, Scarabaspis Womersley 1956, Thinoseius Halbert 1920 and Uroiphis Berlese 1903. All of these genera except Evimirus and Thinoseius occur in Slovakia. The genus Uroiphis Berlese 1903, with type species Uroiphis scabratus Berlese 1903 (= Eviphis holsaticus Willmann 1937), is considered to be a valid genus, and is removed from synonymy with Eviphis. The new taxa described here are Neocrassicheles gen. nov., with type species Neocrassicheles sternomus sp. nov., and Uroiphis montivagus sp. nov. The previously unknown adult female of Crassicheles striatus (Berlese 1903) and male of Uroiphis scabratus Berlese 1903 are described for the first time. The following new synonymies are proposed: Alliphis brevisternalis Ma & Wang 1998 and Alliphis yinchuanensis Gu & Bai 1997 are synonyms of Alliphis necrophilus Christie 1983; Alliphis hirschmanni Arutunian 1991 is a synonym of Alliphis scarabaeorum Ogandzhanyan 1969; Alliphis montanus Koroleva 1968, Alliphis rotundianalis Mašán 1994a and Scarabaspis altaicus Sklyar 1999 are synonyms of Alloseius pratensis (Karg 1965); Hypoaspis evansi Arutunian 1993 is a synonym of Scamaphis equestris (Berlese 1911); Iphidoides concentricus Oudemans 1904 is a synonym of Uroiphis striatus Berlese 1903; Eviphis holsaticus Willmann 1937 and Iphidosoma bennwili Schweizer 1961 are synonyms of Uroiphis scabratus Berlese 1903; Scarabacariphis grandisternalis Mašán 1994a is a synonym of Scarabacariphis ankavani (Arutunian 1992); Bactriphis Athias-Henriot 1980 is a synonym of Uroiphis Berlese 1903. The male and deutonymphal paratypes of Alliphis stenosternus Gu & Liu 1996 are misidentified specimens of Alloseius pratensis (Karg 1965). One genus and three species are reported from Slovakia for the first time: Alliphis kargi Arutunian 1991, Rafaphis with Rafaphis microsternalis Skorupski & Błaszak 1997, and Uroiphis greeni (Evans 1980). Alliphis and Uroiphis are represented in Slovakia by several species each; all other genera in Slovakia are represented by single species. The external morphology and ecology of the European genera and Slovakian species are reviewed. Most of the species are coprophilous and associated with coprophilous insects; a complete list of their phoretic associations is given. The eviphidid species occurring in Slovakia can be classified into three general ecological groups and five subgroups: (A) edaphic detriticoles, with four species; (B) saprophilous detriticoles, with five species, subdivided into (B1) non-specialised coprophiles, with one species, and (B2) specialised coprophiles, with four species; (C) insecticoles, with nine species, subdivided into (C1) non-specialised insecticoles, with three species, and (C2) specialised insecticoles, with six species. Uroiphis montivagus sp. nov. is not classified ecologically because it is only known from two specimens. Some species that occur in very fresh wet dung or very humid habitats (Alloseius pratensis, Crassicheles striatus, Neocrassicheles sternomus sp. nov.), have a specific morphological adaptation consisting of elongate pointed lateral lobes on pulvilli II–IV in the non-phoretic female. An elongation of some components of the pulvillus also occurs in some strongly hygrophilous Blattisociidae, and the modified pulvillus appears to facilitate the mite's movement in semiaquatic substrates.

Notes on identity of Cephennomicrus sumatranus (Franz) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)

As a result of examination of the holotype of Neseuthia sumatrana Franz, 1984 (subsequently placed in the genus Cephennomicrus), Lathomicrus gen. n. is established for this species (with Lathomicrus sumatranus comb. n. as the type species). The single male paratype included in the type series of N. sumatrana was found to have been misidentified, and is fixed as the holotype of a newly described C. fesumatranus sp. n. from Babahrot, Sumatra (Indonesia). Diagnostic characters including the aedeagi of both treated species are illustrated. A key to the Old World genera of Cephenniini is provided.

Chapter 9. Systematic Revision of Sub-Saharan African Dormice (Rodentia: Gliridae: Graphiurus) Part II: Description of a New Species of Graphiurus from the Central Congo Basin, Including Morphological and Ecological Niche Comparisons with G. crassicaudatus and G. lorraineus1

A new species of Graphiurus, G. walterverheyeni, is described. It is represented by two young adults, a female (holotype) and male (paratype), obtained from two sites in the central Congo Basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The new species is the possible morphological and phylogenetic counterpart of G. crassicaudatus, endemic to West Africa. Although the new species resembles G. crassicaudatus in texture and coloration of pelage, along with certain derived cranial features, G. walterverheyeni, n. sp., is separated not only by its much smaller body size as evidenced by the significant contrasts in external, cranial, and dental metrics between the two species, but also by proportional differences.The South Central faunal region of equatorial Africa (Grubb, 1978, 1982, 2001; Colyn, 1991; Colyn and Van Rompaey, 1994; Happold, 1996), and the Salonga-Lukenie-Sankuru landscape (Congo Basin Forest Partnership, 2006), identify the biogeographic landscape of G. walterverheyeni, n. sp. Scant habitat information associated with the specimens suggests that this Congo Basin endemic occurs in seasonally flooded tropical lowland forest formations. Two other species of Graphiurus, G. lorraineus and G. surdus, are broadly sympatric with the new species, but neither has been recorded from the two collection localities.Determining species diversity of sub-Saharan dormice embraces epidemiological concerns in addition to strictly taxonomic and biogeographic inquiries. The first documented outbreak of human monkeypox outside Africa occurred in the midwestern United States in 2003 and was associated with a shipment of captive mammals (Funisciurus sp., Heliosciurus sp., Cricetomys sp., Atherurus sp., Hybomys sp., and Graphiurus sp.) from Ghana (Guarner et. al., 2004). Following this outbreak, certain species of African dormice occurring in West and Central Africa are currently being scrutinized as possible hosts of monkeypox virus (Orthopoxviridae), which can produce a severe illness in humans resembling smallpox (Hutson et al., 2007; Levine et al., 2007). Understanding the ecology and epidemiology of this virus requires correct identification of mammalian host species so that accurate, relevant geographic and ecological data can be analyzed.

A new species of <I>Schendylops</I> Cook, 1899 from a high plateau of the Córdoba mountains (central Argentina), with notes on other Neotropical members of the genus (Myriapoda: Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha)

Schendylops achalensis sp. n. (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Schendylidae) is here described and illustrated from a female (holotype) and a male (paratype) from Pampa de Achala plateau, Cordoba mountains (central Argentina). The new species is characterized by having well defined pore fields on the sterna of the anterior and posterior region of the body, but totally absent on the intermediate ones, this character being shared by only four other Neotropical species of the genus, i.e., Schendylops demangei (Pereira, 1981), Schendylops demartini (Pereira & Minelli, 1996), and Schendylops placcii (Pereira & Minelli, 1996) from Argentina, and Schendylops minutus (Pereira & Minelli, 1993) from Venezuela, with which it is here compared in detail. New diagnoses for these latter species are also given.

On the identity of Labronema plica Ciobanu, Popovici & Decraemer, 2004 and proposal for its transfer to the genus Thonus Thorne, 1974 (Nematoda: Dorylaimoidea)

Nematology , 2008, Vol. 10(4), 599-602 Short communication On the identity of Labronema plica Ciobanu, Popovici & Decraemer, 2004 and proposal for its transfer to the genus Thonus Thorne, 1974 (Nematoda: Dorylaimoidea) Marcel C IOBANU 1 , 2 , ∗ , Iuliana P O P OVI C I 1 , Wilfrida D ECRAEMER 3 , 4 and Reyes P ENA -S ANTIAGO 2 During a revision of a number of species belonging to the genus Thonus Thorne, 1974 and analysis of the rela- tionships of this genus with its relatives, including Cras- solabium Yeates, 1967, Labronema Thorne, 1939 and Takamangai Yeates, 1967 (see Pena-Santiago & Ciobanu, 2007a, b), several species with problematical identity or taxonomy were re-examined to try to establish more ro- bust diagnostic features to separate the taxa concerned. Labronema plica Ciobanu, Popovici & Decraemer, 2004, described from a salt-affected area in Romania, is an in- teresting species as its general morphology also fits the Thonus pattern. Type material (female holotype, one fe- male paratype and the only male paratype) were available to study, as well as one new specimen (a young female), also from the type locality. Their study provided addi- tional data to clarify its identity. Re-examination of Labronema plica type material (Fig. 1) showed that the female had the following mor- phology: lip region offset by marked depression, rela- tively high and cap-like, i.e. , with its inner portion dis- tinctly elevated. Lips largely amalgamated. Cheilostom distinctly widened in posterior half. Guiding ring simple, plicate. One of two anterior ventrosublateral pharyngeal gland nuclei lacking or obscure. Junction between pha- ryngeal base and cardia enveloped by a very shallow, ring- like, structure. Genital tract poorly differentiated: oviduct 110-115 µ m long or 2.4-2.5 corresponding body diam. 1 Institute of Biological Research, Department of Plant and Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, 48 Republicii Str., RO-400015 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2 Departamento de Biologia Animal, Vegetal y Ecologia, Universidad de Jaen, Campus ‘Las Lagunillas’ s/n, Edificio B3, 23071-Jaen, Spain 3 Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium 4 University of Ghent (UGent) Department of Biology, Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium ∗ Corresponding author, e-mail: icb@cluj.astral.ro Received: 4 December 2007; revised: 16 January 2008 Accepted for publication: 16 January 2008 Keywords: diagnosis, new combination, Romania, taxonomy, Thonus plica n. comb. long, with small, more or less spheroid, pars dilatata ; dis- tinct sphincter marking oviduct-uterus junction; uterus a simple tube 100-115 µ m long or 2.2-2.5 corresponding body diam. Pars proximalis vaginae longer than wide, with slightly sigmoid walls, surrounded by weak mus- culature. Pars refringens vaginae with two separated, tri- angular sclerotised pieces in longitudinal optical section. Pars distalis vaginae short, lacking any differentiation. Vulva pore-like. Two developed gland cells, one anterior, other posterior, present near vagina-vulva junction. Cau- dal pores comprising two subterminal pairs, one lateral, one subdorsal. Male tail straighter ventrally than that of female. This species is characterised by its medium size (L = 1.31-1.38 mm), lip region cap-like and 13.0-13.5 µ m diam., odontostyle 11-12 µ m long with aperture occupy- ing ca two-fifths of total length, guiding ring simple (but plicate), neck 287-312 µ m long, expanded part of pha- rynx 110-127 µ m long or 38-40% of total neck length, pars refringens vaginae with two separated pieces in op- tical section, vulva pore-like and almost equatorial (V = 50-53), presence of pre- and post-advulvar cuticular wrin- kles, presence of gland cells near vagina-vulva junction, tail conoid-rounded (25-26 µ m; c = 52-53; c ′ = 0.7), and male with 16 contiguous precloacal mid-ventral supple- ments and spicules 53 µ m long. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2008 599 Also available online - www.brill.nl/nemy

Complements to the morphology of Troglokhammouanus steineri Lourenço, 2007 (Scorpiones: Pseudochactidae) based on scanning electron microscopy

A detailed morphological description, based on scanning electron microscopy, is proposed for the recently described pseudochactid scorpion, Troglokhammouanus steineri Lourenço, 2007. As already indicated in the original description, the male (juvenile) paratype has been prepared for SEM studies, but the results are only presented in this publication.

The systematic position of some nippostrongyline nematodes (Trichostrongylina: Heligmosomoidea) parasitic in Argentinean sigmodontine rodents

The systematic position of two nippostrongyline nematodes described from Argentinean sigmodontine rodents is clarified. The first species, Hassalstrongylus multiovatus Suriano & Navone, 1992, parasitic in Akodon simulator Thomas from the province of Tucumán, was studied on the basis of type and voucher material. H. multiovatus is proposed as a junior synonym of Trichofreitasia lenti Sutton & Durette-Desset, 1991, a parasite described from Oligoryzomys flavescens (Waterhouse) in the province of Buenos Aires. The holotype and three of seven paratypes deposited as H. multiovatus were identified as T. lenti. One male paratype was identified as Guerrerostrongylus uruguayensis Sutton & Durette-Desset, 1991, a parasite described from O. flavescens in Uruguay. Three female paratypes were identified as Guerrerostrongylus sp. The second species, Stilestrongylus scapteromys Suriano & Navone, 1996, parasitic in Scapteromys aquaticus Thomas from the province of Buenos Aires, was studied on voucher material. Stilestrongylus scapteromys and Malvinema frederici Digiani, Sutton & Durette-Desset, 2003, the type-species of Malvinema Digiani, Sutton & Durette-Desset, 2003, were described from the same host and geographical region. As they are considered to refer to one and the same taxon, the new combination Malvinema scapteromys n. comb. is proposed for this species.

Distribution and morphological variation of Eleutherodactylus mercedesae Lynch & McDiarmid, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) with first record for Peru

We report new distributional information for Eleutherodactylus mercedesae in Bolivia, and provide the first record for Peru based on an adult female. This species, previously endemic to Bolivia, now ranges across about 1000 km in cloud forests on the Amazonian slopes of the Andes from southern Peru to central Bolivia. We provide the first morphological description of females based on two specimens, compare them with the male type and paratype, add some observations to the original description, and comment on variation in the species.

Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma sp. n. (Odonata: Libellulidae), com Chave das Espécies do Gênero que Ocorrem no Estado do Rio de Janeiro

The new species is described and illustrated from a male collected in the Restinga de Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (holotype) and two other male paratypes from the Goias State, Brazil. Micrathyria pseudhypodidyma sp.nov. belongs to the didyma group and the closest species seems to be Micrathyria hypodidyma Calvert, 1906, from which it can be easily distinguished by presenting the first abdominal sternite smooth, whereas in M. hypodidyma the sternite has an indented plate. An illustrated key to identify the species with occurrence in the Rio de Janeiro State and comments about them are presented.

A New Species of Colubrid Snake (Synophis) from Western Colombia

-Based on characters of external morphology, scutellation, and osteology, we describe a new species of Synophis from the Pacific versant of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia. Assignment of this species to Synophis is tentative, pending a reassessment of nothopsin relationships. Some natural history notes are reported for the new species. RESUMEN.-Con base en caracteres de morfologia externa, escamaci6n y vertebras, se describe una nueva especie de Synophis del bosque nublado de la vertiente pacifica de la Cordillera Occidental de Colombia. La referencia de esta especie a Synophis es provisoria y queda a la espera de una revisi6n de las relaciones de los not6psinos. Se reportan algunos aspectos de la historia natural de la nueva especie. In August 1994, personnel from the Laboratorio de Herpetologia of the Universidad del Valle, in Colombia, began an intensive survey of the herpetofauna at Hacienda San Pedro on the Pacific slopes of the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia. Among the material collected at this site are two specimens representing an undescribed species referable to Synophis. In three years of work at Hacienda San Pedro, only two specimens of Synophis were collected. Herein, we describe this new species and discuss morphological variation and current problems encountered in studying the systematics of the genera Emmochliophis (E. fugleri and E. miops) and Synophis (S. bicolor, S. calamitus, and S. lasallei; sensu Hillis, 1990) and present natural history data for the new species. As indicated by Bogert (1964) and Hillis (1990), attempts to study the biology of these enigmatic snakes have been thwarted by a paucity of specimens, presumably because of low population densities and/or semifossorial habits. MATERIALS AND METHODS Because of the presumed sister relationship between the genera Synophis and Emmochliophis (sensu Hillis, 1990) and the similarity among their species, we compare and diagnose the new species with respect to members of Emmochliophis, Synophis, and Xenopholis (see the Appendix). To assess the validity of current phylogenetic hypotheses, we also examined a variety of 2 Corresponding Author. 4 Present Address: Division of Vertebrate Zoology, Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA. other colubrid genera. Data from specimens unavailable for examination were compiled from Bogert (1964), Hillis (1990), Nic6foro-Maria (1950, 1970), Peracca (1896), and Werner (1923). The sex of the female holotype was determined by visual examination of the relatively short tail length and small girth and was confirmed by the lack of radiodense hemipenial spines in radiographs (Card and Mehaffey, 1994). The sex of the male paratype was verified by presence of hemipenes and chin tubercles. Color descriptions are based on preserved specimens, field notes, and photographs of the paratype in life. Body measurements were made to the nearest 0.1 mm with a metal straight ruler and digital calipers. Illustrations were drawn with the aid of a Nikon SMZ-U dissecting microscope with a camera lucida attachment. The coordinates of the type locality were determined using a Magellan CPS satellite receiver. Vertebral characters were examined from radiographs (1.25-min exposure; 5 mV; 45 KV), dried skeletal material, and cleared-and-doublestained vertebrae. These materials were compared with descriptions by Bogert (1964), Fritts and Smith (1969), and Hillis (1990). Teeth were counted on the right side of the holotype only and were observed from the radiographs. Synophis plectovertebralis sp. nov. (Figure 1) Holotype.-UVC 11858, a female collected on 31 March 1995 by Luciano Atoy Ortega at Hacienda San Pedro, about 6 km south El Queremal, Municipio Dagua, Departamento del Valle del Cauca, Colombia, 03?29'N, 76042'W, at 1800 m on the Pacific versant of the Cordillera Occi-

Leptotyphlops broadleyi, a new species of worm snake from Côte d'Ivoire (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)

WALLACH, V., and D.E. HAHN. 1997. Leptotyphlops broadleyi, a new species of worm snake from Côte d'Ivoire (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae). Afr. J. Herpetol. 46(2): 103–109. A new species of diminutive West African Leptotyphlops is described, based upon a series of 13 specimens from south-central Côte d'Ivoire. It resembles L. bicolor but differs in having a lower number of mid-dorsal scales, a relatively longer tail with higher number of subcaudals, an enlarged, hexagonal prefrontal (broader than deep and at least twice as large as supraocular), a tail terminating in a vertically compressed ridge, a relatively stouter body, and a smaller average and maximum size. The visceral anatomy is described, based upon a male and female paratype, and a key to the Leptotyphlops of Côte d'Ivoire is presented.

A New Genus and Species of Cricket from Venezuela and a Case Report on the Occurrence of Epiphallic Glands among the Eneopteridae (Orthoptera: Grylloidea)

A new cricket from Venezuela, Adenophallusia naiguatana gen. et sp. n., is described. Its most distinctive feature is the presence of a pair of sac-shaped epiphallic glands. This type of gland is not uncommon in certain members of South American phalangopsid crickets, but the present case seems to be the first reported from the Eneopteridae. Adenophallusia, the new genus of Eneopterid cricket described here is a member of the tropical American subfamily Tafaliscinae Desutter, 1987. It shares characteristics of the Paroecanthini Gorochov, 1986, which comprises Paroecanthus and Amblyrhetus and Diatrypini Desutter, 1987, a monotypic tribe containing Diatrypa [Desutter (1990) mentions a new, still undescribed genus for this tribe]. Adenophallusia also bears some peculiarities that do not fit either tribe (cf. table 1): generally its body morphology agrees more closely with Paroecanthini, while phallic structure resembles more that of Diatrypini. When more material of this cluster of crickets become known, the tribal definitions will probably need to be reconsidered. Only three specimens ofA. naiguatana, sp. n. are known, and nothing else is known about the species, beyond the label's data. The male genitalia of this cricket possess a pair of well developed epiphallic glands. As far as we know, this is the first case to be reported on the occurrence of such gland among the Eneopteridae although some neotropical phalangopsids belonging to the Luzarinae do have them (Mello 1992, Mello & Reis 1994, Desutter-Grandcolas 1995). The terminology we employ for the structures of the phallic complex follows Desutter (1990). ADENOPHALLUSIA Mello & Camargo e Mello, n. gen. Type species: A. naiguatana, n. sp. The present genus resembles Paroecanthus Saussure 1859 in several aspects, including the harp veins of the fore wings which are divided into two clusters, but differs from that genus by the following: fore tibiae with an internal tympanum only; stridulum not as sharply bi-sinuose; male genitalia not elongate, its structures well developed (not regressed); epiphallus distinctly bilobate (not shaped as a duck bill), each lobe with a round opening on its infero-distal portion associated to a pair of sac-shaped glandular structures; epiphallic parameres elongate, longitudinally oriented; dorsal cavity well developed; ectophallic apodemes conspicuous; endophallic sclerite long and well pigmented. (See table 1 and figs. referred therein). Adenophallusia naiguatana Mello & Camargo e Mello, n. sp. Figs. 1, 2 to 7, 16 to 18, table 1 Males.-Size medium, yellowish to medium brown, body covered by fine pubescence. Head slightly wider than front margin of pronotum; lateral ocelli small, median absent; space between antenna narrower than sockets, maxillary palpi as in Fig. 2. Pronotum wider posteriorly, inferior margin of lateral lobes straight, fore and hind angles evenly round. Fore wings covering abdomen, its dorsal surface as in Fig. 3, lateral field with two juxtaposed longitudinal veins, the inferior one with many sinuose oblique branches. Hind wings slightly shorter than fore wings. Supra-anal plate bearing a conspicuous spine (Fig. 4). Limbs rather short and robust; fore tibia with an oval internal tympanum; hind femora thick; hind tibia with 5 external and 4 internal dorsal spurs, apical spurs typical for the subfamily (cf. Desutter 1990); hind basitarsus with 3 external and 2 internal spines. Genitalia as in figs. 16, 17 and 18. Females.-Similar to males except by the following: dorsal surface of fore wings with several oblique veins, not united by cross-veins; lateral field with only one branched longitudinal vein below angulation. Ovipositor depressed, normally developed, its apical valves acute and crenulated (Figs. 5 to 7). Measurements.-in mm (holotype male-paratype male/ allotype): body length 16.64-15.45/17.91; head width 3.18-3.0/ 3.64; pronotum length 3.54-3.47/4.18; pronotum width 4.093.9/4.36; fore wing length 10.72-10.0/11.09; hind femora length 10.45-10.36/12.36; hind tibia length 9.0-8.58/9.64; ovipositor length 8.54. Material examined.-Holotype male and allotype: Naiguata, D.F., Venezuela, 2.400 feet, vii-23-1939, G.V.Berthier leg.; 1 male paratype: Los Canales, Naiguata, D.F., Venezuela, 720 meters, ix-24-1938, same collector. All specimens kept at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Acknowledgments We thank the Entomology Department of The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for loan of material and Dr. Dan Otte for reviewing the manuscript and providing the artwork of Fig. 1. JOURNAL OF ORTHOPTERA RESEARCH No. 5, AUG. 1996 65 This content downloaded from 157.55.39.181 on Thu, 29 Sep 2016 04:34:31 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms

A New Species of Protosmia Ducke From SpainWith Notes on Related Species(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

A trap‐nesting program in northern Spain undertaken in cooperation with Dr. Enrique Asensio (Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, Valladolid) over the past few years has resulted in numerous nests of megachilids. One of these represents a new species of Protosmia Ducke. It is described here in order to make the name available for the description of its nesting biology, and is named in honor of Dr. Asensio, in recognition of his considerable help in this trap‐nesting study.In the following description, abdominal segments are numbered based on the metasoma; expressions in parentheses in the description of the male represent departures among male paratypes from characteristics described for the holotype.

A New Anchylorhynchus from Panama (Petalochilinae: Curculionidae: Coleoptera)1

Anchylorhynchus bicarinatus OɧBrien, new species, is described based on a large series of specimens collected in blacklight traps on Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone (now Province of Panama), Panama. It is the first species of Anchylorhynchus known outside of South America. Illustrations of a male paratype in dorsal and lateral views, and a frontal view of its head, rostrum, and antenna are included. Also illustrated in dorsal and lateral views is the apex of the phallus of the holotype.

On the Male of Psylla myrtilli W. Wagner With Description of a New Psylla Species from the Far East (Homoptera: Psyllidae)

AbstractExamination of the single male paratype of Psylla myrtilli W. Wagner revealed that it belongs to a different species, Psylla corcontum Šulc. The genitalia of two males from the USSR considered to be the genuine myrtilli, are reproduced. A related new species from the Far East is described under the name Psylla amabilis.

A New Species of Tatera from Tanzania with a Description of its Life History and Habits Studffid in Captivity

The orange belt of Tanzania centres about the small African town of Muheza. One mile west of the town there is a slight ridge, along which the road runs. The holotype and allotype of a new species of Tatera were collected from a grove of palms to the left of the road, but no burrows were found here. To the right in the midst of dense cultivation is a five-acre patch which has never been cultivated. This patch is the home of the Black gerbils of the orange belt of Tanzania and from it seven female and three male para-types were taken.