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On the identity and systematic placement of Onthophagus viriditinctus Reitter, 1892 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A re-description and new records of Onthophagus viriditinctus Reitter, 1892 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini), an uncommon species from Iran, are provided. The taxonomic position and some nomenclatural problems are discussed.
Ziani, Stefano
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Associations between soil characteristics and ground‐nesting bees on farms Associations entre les caractéristiques du sol et les abeilles terricoles dans les exploitations agricoles

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We collected ground‐nesting bees at 35 farms over two summers and assessed their abundance, diversity, and community composition in relation to local soil characteristics (texture, compaction, slope, and ground cover). Ground‐nesting bee abundance and species richness increased with bare ground and sand content.
Cécile M. Antoine   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A new species of little-known subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus) (Trombidiformes: Erythraeidae) from southeastern Iran

open access: yesPersian Journal of Acarology
A new species of the subgenus Leptus (Amaroptus), L. (A.) saboorii Haddadi & Noei sp. nov. is described and illustrated based on an ectoparasitic larva collected from an unidentified grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in Chah Nimeh reservoir, Zahak ...
Malihe Haddadi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biting midges from Dominican amber : 3. Species of the tribes Culicoidini and Ceratopogonini (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The following 10 new species of biting midges are described and illustrated from Dominican amber: Culicoides (Oecacta) antilleanus, C. (0.) brodzinskyi, C. (0.) ambericus, C. (0.) hispanicolus, C. mammalicolus, Brachypogon (B.) american us, B. (Isohelea)
Grogan, William L. Jr.   +1 more
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West Palaearctic species of the genus Diostracus Loew, 1861 (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A new status (as subgenera of Diostracus Loew, 1861) for Sphyrotarsus Mik, 1874, Lagodechia Negrobov & Tsurikov, 1996 and Ozmena Özdikmen, 2010 stat. nov. is proposed. A new species, Diostracus (Sphyrotarsus) kustovi sp.
Grichanov, Igor Ya.
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Hidden in plain view: A new Labeo (Cyprinidae: Labeoninae) endemic to the Kouilou‐Niari River basin in the Lower Guinea ichthyological province

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Labeo niariensis sp. nov., a small‐sized Labeo species, is described from the Kouilou‐Niari River system in the Lower Guinean ichthyofaunal province. The species is a member of the newly erected Labeo annectens species group. Morphologically, it is distinguished from all congeners by the presence of a deeply bifurcate posterior process of the ...
Tobit L. D. Liyandja   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 from South Africa, with description of three new species (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Capalictus, a new subgenus of Lasioglossum Curtis, 1833 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae), endemic to the South African Cape Province, is described. The type species is Halictus mosselinus Cockerell, 1945. Evylaeus (Sellalictus) fynbosensis (Pauly et al.
Gibbs, Jason   +2 more
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Diversity and development of the hemibacula of croaking geckos (Sphaerodactylidae: Aristelliger)

open access: yesJournal of Anatomy, EarlyView.
Geckos in the genus Aristelliger exhibit enigmatic mineralized elements in their hemipenes, called hemibacula. We examined hemibacula of every species of Aristelliger using μCT, clearing and staining, and histology. We found hemibacula exhibit lineage‐specific morphology, isometric growth after sexual maturity, and are composed of mineralized ...
Aaron H. Griffing   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pseudochrysis Semenov, 1891 is the valid genus name for a group of cuckoo wasps frequently referred to as Pseudospinolia Linsenmaier, 1951 (Hymenoptera, Chrysididae)

open access: yesDeutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 2017
The cuckoo wasp genus Pseudochrysis Semenov, 1891 is currently treated by several authors as a junior subjective synonym of Euchroeus Latreille, 1809, due to a type species designation by O. W. Richards in 1935.
Paolo Rosa   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

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