Five new species and three new subspecies of Erebidae and Noctuidae (Insecta, Lepidoptera) from Northwestern North America, with notes on Chytolita Grote (Erebidae) and Hydraecia Guenée (Noctuidae) [PDF]
This is the publisher’s final pdf. The published article is copyrighted by Pensoft Publishers and can be found at: http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/.Several taxonomic issues in the moth families Erebidae and Noctuidae are addressed for ...
Crabo, Lars +4 more
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Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) atacamensis (Diptera: Culicidae), a new species from Northern Chile
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) atacamensis, a new species in the subgenus Nyssorhynchus, is described and validated using morphological characters of the male and female adult, male genitalia and immature stages. Molecular characterization employing sequences
Christian R González +1 more
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A new species of Elachista Treitschke, 1833 (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Elachistinae) from China, with identification keys to the Asian species of the Elachista saccharella species group [PDF]
A new species, Elachista olekarsholti sp. nov., is described from Henan, China. The habitus and male genitalia are diagnosed and illustrated in detail. This is the first record of the Elachista saccharella species group in China.
Virginijus Sruoga
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Two new cavernicolous species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae, Trechinae, Anillini) from Texas with a revised key to Texas species [PDF]
Two new species of blind cavernicolous ground beetles in the genus Anillinus Casey are described from Texas. Based on the structure of the male genitalia, Anillinus reddelli sp. nov.
Igor M. Sokolov
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Clitoral development in the mouse and human. [PDF]
The goal of this report is (a) to provide the first detailed description of mouse clitoral development, and (b) to compare mouse and human clitoral development.
Baskin, Laurence +4 more
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Courtship in Drosophila Mosaics: Sex-Specific Foci for Sequential Action Patterns [PDF]
Mosaic fate mapping is used to locate the foci determining sex-specific steps in the mating behavior of Drosophila. Male performance of following females and displaying wing vibration toward them requires that a focus inside the head be constituted of ...
Benzer, Seymour, Hotta, Yoshiki
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This paper deals with two species of Scoposcartula Young, 1977 that are very similar to each other externally (form and color pattern): S. frontaliana (Metcalf, 1955) comb. nov. (from the state of Bahia, NE. Brazil) and S.
Gabriel Mejdalani +1 more
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Oospila curvimargo Herbulot, 1991 is formally reinstated from synonymy with O. sporadata (Warren, 1906), and Oospila arycanda (Druce, 1892) is reinstated from synonymy with O. stagonata (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) based on differences in their genitalia.
J. Viidalepp, A. Lindt
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Genital evolution: why are females still understudied? [PDF]
The diversity, variability, and apparent rapid evolution of animal genitalia are a vivid focus of research in evolutionary biology, and studies exploring genitalia have dramatically increased over the past decade. These studies, however, exhibit a strong
Malin Ah-King +2 more
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49, XXXXY syndrome: An infant presenting with ambiguous genitalia
Presences of normal genes on the Y chromosome are essential for normal sex determination and sex differentiation of male genitalia. Several genes on the X chromosome and other autosomes have been shown to be anti-testes and have a detrimental effect on ...
Rajendra B Nerli +4 more
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