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Fährt man mit dem Zug durch das Rheintal zwischen Bonn und Bingen, so ist man von dem schroffen Kerbtal mit seinen Efeu-bewachsenen Schieferfelsen, nackten Felskuppen, niedrigen Eichenwäldern, Weinbergen und nicht zuletzt Burgen fasziniert. Bei genauerem Hinsehen vor Ort erweisen sich diese Habitate jedoch ganz überwiegend bryologisch als langweilig. Es herrscht sauerer Schiefer vor, auf dem Hypnum, Ceratodon und Polytrichum piliferum doninieren; die Wälder sind trocken, Die Felsen von Brombeeren und Schlehen überwachsen und undurchdringlich, nackte Felsen mit Bryum argenteum bestanden. Interessante Orte gibt es nur wenige, die im Folgenden zusammen- und vorgestellt sind.
Der Südrand des Kyffhäuser im nördlichen Thüringen ist eine der trockensten (500 mm Jahresniederschlag) und wärmsten (10° Jahresmitteltemperatur) Regionen Deutschlands. Zudem wird er von Zechstein-Gipsen gebildet, die sehr wasserdurchlässig sind und nur eine geringe Bodenauflage haben, sodass große Partien von Natur aus waldfrei sind. Daraus resultiert eine für Deutschland ziemlich einzigartige Vegetation, die nur in Anklängen auch im Südharz und im Unstruttal zu finden ist. Sie besteht aus kontinentalen Steppenelementen (Stipa, Adonis, Mannia fragrans), mediterranen Elementen (Riccia ciliifera, Tortula brevissima, Tortula revolvens, letztere von Reimers als Wüsten-Steppenmoose bezeichnet) und arktisch-alpinen Elementen (Athalamya hyalina, Tortella densa).
During the past years, Fontinalis specimens with round, concave leaves were collected in Germany and Spain, which were named as F. antipyretica var. mollis. A comparison with the type of F. mollis revealed that they are not identical and accordingly are described as new variety, F. antiypretica var. rotundifolia.
Die Beobachtung einer verbreiteten Sippe aus dem Bryum capillare Komplex mit nicht schraubig zusammengedrehten Blättern, nicht austretender Rippe und schmalem Blattsaum warf die Frage auf, ob es sich dabei um einen Genotyp handelt und wenn ja, welchen Namen er tragen muss. Zunächst wurde geklärt, dass die Nominatform von Bryum capillare Pflanzen mit stark schraubig zusammengedrehten Blättern, austretender Rippe und starkem Blattsaum umfasst, die genannte Sippe also nicht dazu gehört. Ein Versuch belegte, dass die Nominatform in hyperhygrischer Kultur unverändert blieb, die abweichende Sippe also keine Hygromorphose oder durch Übergänge mit der Nominatform verbunden ist. Sie war von Schimper als Bryum capillare var. α bezeichnet worden und wird hier als var. schimperi legitimisiert. Gleichzeitig wird die im Flachland und Mittelgebirge auf basischen Felsen und Mauer beheimatete Sippe aus dem Bryum capillare Komplex, welche fälschlicherweise als Bryum elegans bezeichnet wurde, als Bryum capillare var. simile neu beschrieben.
Das Untere Moseltal erstreckt sich von Trier bis zur Mündung in den Rhein bei Koblenz. Es liegt zwischen dem bryologisch gesehen relativ artenarmen quarzitischen Hunsrück im Süden (vgl. Archive for Bryology 69) und der Eifel im Norden und führt überwiegend durch Devonschiefer. Bryologisch interessant wird es durch eine Vielzahl von Xerothermelementen, deren Vorkommen durch die steilen, oft südexponierten Felspartien begünstigt werden. Diese gelten wie die mediterranen Faunenelemente an der Mosel (Würfelnatter, Sattelschrecke, Gottesanbeterin, Smaragdeidechse etc.) als Relikte des postglazialen Wärmeoptimums mit 2-3°C höheren Mitteltemperaturen, die sich an kleinklimatisch begünstigten Stellen haben halten können. Diese Hypothese ist jedoch unbelegt, da Moose sich auch später über Sporen angesiedelt haben können. Genauso brauchen Vorkommen mediterraner Vögel wie die der Zippammer keine Relikte zu sein. Die Frage ließe sich heute nur über die genetsichen Distanzen der DNA Sequenzen moselanischer und mittelmeerischer Populationen klären. Die Frage schließt ein, ob die Vorkommen auf Einzelansiedlungen von Arten zurückgehen, oder ob sich Relikte der mediterraner Moosvegetation in Form von Resten von Moosgesellschaften handelt, da im Boreal ganze Moosgesellschaften und nicht Einzelarten eingewandert sind. Von Hübschmann (1967) arbeitete übereinstimmende Vegetationsaufnahmen aus Südfrankreich in seine Tabellen von der Mosel ein und kam dadurch zum Schluss, dass es sich um identische Gesellschaften handelt.
Im Rahmen einer jetzt schon ganzen Reihe von Gebietsmonographien soll hier die Moosflora ausgewählter „hot spots“ im Lahntal zusammengestellt werden. Grund ist, dass – wie schon früher erwähnt – eine einfache Möglichkeit eröffnet werden soll, sich ohne große Recherchen über die Besonderheiten der deutschen Moosflora zu informieren, zumal aber auch der Personenkreis, der solche Zusammenstellungen erbingen kann, insbesondere aus eigener Anschauung, immer kleiner wird und bei der deutlichen Abnahme von floristisch ausgebildeten Bryologen oder lokalfloritsisch orientierten Mooskennern eine Zusammenstellung von Nöten wird.
In the past, many bryophyte species were regarded as endemic to the Alps. Herzog listed more than 70 examples. Many of them are micro-endemisms or merely alpine forms of other species (Leptodontium styriacum) and not of taxanomic value, or considered as relics from the last interglacial period, although the Alps were covered by glaciers during the last ice age, which made a survival almost impossible, especially for forest species and epiphytes. Several of these species turned out to occur as well in Asia (Distichophyllum carinatum) or were described from there under a different name (Tayloria rudolphiana as T. delavayi). So far, one important species, Brotherella lorentziana, remained unsolved. A recent study revealed that this species is present in Asia, where it is known as B. henonii. At the present state of knowledge, five species namely Herbertus sendtneri, Riccia breidleri, Barbula bicolor, Marsupella ramosa and Trochobryum carniolicum must still be considered as endemic.
The identity of Braunia alopecura (Brid.) Limpr. with Braunia secunda (Hook.) Bruch & Schimp.
(2013)
Braunia alopecura, originally regarded as species endemic to the Southern Alps, later known in addition from the the Cape Verde Islands and recently reported from the Indohimalaya, has revealed to be identical with the neotropical Braunia secunda. This is another case of an American species in the Southern Alps and in Europe in general, as well as an example of possible long distance dispersal.
Type material of the species of Alloxysta described by Cameron and Fergusson and deposited in the Natural History Museum of London has been revised. Seven species are considered valid: Alloxysta abdera Fergusson, 1986, A. basimacula (Cameron, 1886), A. crassa (Cameron, 1889), A. mullensis (Cameron, 1883), A. piceomaculata (Cameron, 1883), A. pleuralis (Cameron, 1879) and A. semiaperta Fergusson, 1986. A. basimacula, A. crassa, A. maculicollis (Cameron, 1886), A. perplexa (Cameron, 1889) and A. piceomaculata are here removed from synonymy with A. macrophadna (Hartig, 1841). A. rufi ceps (Cameron, 1883) is removed from synonymy with A. victrix (Westwood, 1833). A. caledonica (Cameron, 1886) and A. perplexa are here synonymized with A. basimacula. A. maculicollis, A. ruficeps and A. ruficollis (Cameron, 1883) are here synonymized with A. castanea (Hartig, 1841). A. ancylocera (Cameron, 1886) was correctly synonymized with A. fuscicornis (Hartig, 1841), A. curvicornis (Cameron, 1883) was correctly synonymized with A. victrix and A. filicornis (Cameron, 1889) was correctly synonymized with A. macrophadna. Complete redescriptions and illustrations are given for valid species. A key for all the Alloxysta species found so far in Great Britain is given.
Mit 35 Projekten ist das Werk Theodor Storms das meistverfilmte des deutschen Realismus. Das besondere Interesse der Produzenten und Regisseure gilt den Stoffen, von denen Storm erzählt: Liebe, Partnerschaft und Ehe sowie familiäre Beziehungen, die dem Wandel sozialer Prozesse unterliegen und häufig scheitern. Dass Novellen und Erzählungen Storms Vorlagen für Drehbücher wurden, hat wohl auch mit der Nähe seiner Texte zum Theater zu tun; Storm bezeichnete die Novelle als „die Schwester des Dramas und die strengste Form der Prosadichtung“, die „die tiefsten Probleme des Menschenlebens“ behandelt und eine geschlossene Form darstellt. Aufbau, Personenkonstellation, Konflikte und ihre Lösung sind ebenso Strukturmerkmale beider Gattungen wie Steigerung, Wendepunkt und Katastrophe.
Der Zeitraum der nach Storms Werken gedrehten Kino-und Fernsehfilme umfasst rund 90 Jahre von dem ersten Stummfilm 1917, nach der Novelle „John Riew“, bis Destova vila, einer tschechischen Adaption der „Regentrude“ im Jahre 2010. Die Breite der ausgewählten Erzählungen belegt, dass die Geschichte der Storm-Filme zugleich eine „Aneignungsgeschichte der Novellistik dieses Autors“ (Harro Segeberg) ist.
Seit mehr als 14 Jahrhunderten glauben Muslime, Sunniten wie Schiiten, daran, dass der Prophet Muhammad (gest. 632) der letzte Prophet sei und nach ihm bis zum jüngsten Tag weder weitere Propheten noch Gesandte kommen werden. Im 19. Jahrhundert ist eine neue islamische Bewegung in Erscheinung getreten. Diese neue islamische Glaubensgemeinschaft der sogenannten "Ahmadiyya"1 wurde 1891 von Mirza Ghulam Ahmad im indischen Punjab ins Leben gerufen. Anfangs erhob er den Anspruch, ein Erneuerer (mugaddid) des Islam zu sein. Einige Jahre später ging er, über seinen Aufruf zur Erneuerung hinausgehend, dazu über zu erklären, er sei der verheißene Messias und Mahdi2 des Islam. Schließlich verkündete er, göttliche Offenbarungen erhalten zu haben und ein Prophet Gottes zu sein. Diese Verkündigungen widersprechen, theologisch gesehen, eindeutig den Glaubenslehren der orthodoxen Muslime und riefen folglich ihren Zorn hervor. Trotzdem wurde die Ahmadiyya als eine unabhängige islamische Gemeinde im Jahre 1901 in Qadian registriert. ...
Records of Odonata from Kubah National Park, near Kuching in west Sarawak, are presented. Eighty-five species are known from the national park. Notable records include Drepanosticta drusilla, Rhinocypha species cf spinifer, Bornagriolestes species, Anaciaeschna species and Macromidia genialis erratica.
Records of Odonata from Kuching and Samarahan, the western administrative divisions of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo, are presented. Forty-two species are listed from Bako National Park, and eighty-nine species are listed from various other locations. Notable records, not yet publishedin detail elsewhere, include Aciagrion ?fasiculare, Bornargiolestes species, Pericnemis species cf triangularis, Coeliccia new species and Tetrathemis flavescens.
A boat dug out of a Alnus (alder) trunk about 4,000 years ago had the space between the transom (stern) board and the slot cut in the hull caulked with mosses principally a mass of Anomodon viticulosus but there were thirteen other mosses and one liverwort. The mosses allow the tentative deduction that the boat may not have been caulked at Degersee or, if caulked there, the mosses had been gathered elsewhere in the vicinity and brought to the boat.
The species richness of the frugivorous fruit fly fauna of western African (in particular of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria) is discussed. The diversity is compared at a national level and between the ecoregions within the national boundaries of the study area. A new species, Dacus goergeni sp. nov. is described and additional taxonomic notes are presented.
The new species Cephalocyclus majomaensis and Oscarinus cabreroi from Mexico are described and figured. While studying specimens from Mexico to complete a systematic revision of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of that region, we found a couple of species new to science. They belong to the genera Cephalocyclus Dellacasa, Gordon and Dellacasa, 1998 and Oscarinus Gordon and Skelley, 2007, and are described here.
Ostracods belonging to the genus Bennelongia differ much in valve morphology between adults and juveniles. Adult valves are asymmetrical, characterised by a beak-like feature in the anteroventral region of the left valve, and, with some notable exceptions, mostly have smooth or weaklyornamented valves. Juvenile specimens, on the other hand, have valves that are almost symmetrical, with no beak-like feature and are often heavily ornamented. We have examined the last 3 - 4 juvenile stages of 6 Bennelongia species from 5 different lineages, in order to decipher the types of external valve ornamentation and their recurrences during ontogeny and across lineages. It is clear that ornamentation is more prevalent at the early instar stages compared to the last 2 pre-adult stages, and especially when compared to the adult stage itself. We also examined the surprising presence of a calcified inner lamella with a prominent inner list in the pre-adult stages of Bennelongia species, that is usually absent in juveniles of other ostracods, thus questioning if heterochronic processes have provided an intermediate valve morphology between the simple (normal) cypridinid juvenile state and the heavily derived and modifi ed state of adult Bennelongia. We discuss the possible (speculative) functionality of the ornamentation in juveniles.
Barail Wildlife Sanctuary (BWS) lies amidst the tropical forests of the state Assam, India between the coordinates 24o58' – 25o5' North latitudes and 92o46' – 92o52' East longitudes. It covers an area of about 326.24 sq. km. with the altitude ranging from 100 – 1850 m. An ongoing study on the group Marchantiophyta (liverworts, bryophyta) of BWS reveals the presence of 42 species belonging to 24 genera and 14 families. Among these, one genus (Conocephalum Hill) and 13 species are recorded as new for the state of Assam, eight species have been found which are endemic to India, seven species are recorded as rare and one species, Heteroscyphus pandei S.C. Srivast. & Abha Srivast. as threatened within the study area. Out of 24 genera identified, 46% have been found growing purely as terrestrials, 25% as purely epiphytes and 29% have been found to grow both as terrestrials as well as epiphytes. Among these, a diverse and interesting range of microhabitats have also been observed for each taxon. It has been found that genera having vast range of microhabitats comprise large percentage of the total liverwort flora of BWS.
Two new species of Deltosoma Thomson, 1864 are described from French Guiana: D. humeralis sp. nov. and D. fernandezi sp. nov. Deltosoma lacordairei Thomson, 1864 is redescribed based on examination of the holotype. A study of the aedeagi of these three species was conducted. Dorsal habitus photographs of both sexes, ventral photographs of males, and aedeagi photographs are provided.
This addendum to “An annotated list of the centipedes (Chilopoda) in The National Collection of Arachnids (Colección Nacional de Arácnidos, CNAN), Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México” (México City), is based on new samples deposited in the last three years. It updates the preliminary list of 197 samples determined to genus and/or species. In this paper a total of 132 samples were added: Scutigeromorpha, 27; and Scolopendromorpha, 105. It also provides new state distribution records for Dendrothereua linceci (Wood, 1867), Scolopendra morsitans Linnaeus, 1758, S. polymorpha Wood, 1861, Rhysida immarginata (Porat, 1876), Scolopocryptops melanostomus Newport, 1845, Newportia spinipes Pocock, 1896, and Ectonocryptoides quadrimeropus Shelley and Mercurio, 2005.
New Zealand species of Iphimediidae, Amphipoda, are revised. Based on new material from the Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand, two new species are described in detail: Labriphimedia meikae sp. nov. and Labriphimedia martinae sp. nov. A key to the six species belonging to three genera of New Zealand Iphimediidae is provided.
Data are presented for 29 chrysomelid species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) occurring in the Cayman Islands, West Indies, 26 of these not having been reported from these islands previously. Altica occidentalis Suffrian is removed from the genus Lysathia Bechyné and reinstated in Altica Geoffroy. Chaetocnema perplexa Blake is synonymized with Chaetocnema confinis Crotch, new synonymy. Omophoita cyanipennis octomaculata (Crotch) is synonymized with Omophoita cyanipennis (Fabricius), new synonymy. The following nine species are named and described: Apraea luciae, Apraea priscilae, Cryptocephalus catharinae, Cryptocephalus kirki, Cryptocephalus paulotigrinus, Longitarsus alisonae, Megistops adiae, Nyctiplanctus bifasciatus, Syphrea thurstonae, all are new species. Taxonomic notes and a key to species, as well as information on plant associations and extralimital distribution, are also provided.
Odonata records from Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve and the surrounding area in Johor, Peninsular Malaysia are presented. A total of 44 Odonata species from eight families were collected in the area in October 2012. All of these records are new to Ayer Hitam Forest Reserve. Indothemis carnitica is a new record for Malaysia.
An overview of Nepenthes in the Philippines is presented. Four new species, Nepenthes extincta sp. nov., N. kitanglad sp. nov., N. kurata sp. nov. and N. leyte sp. nov. are described and illustrated from the Philippines and placed in the Nepenthes alata group. An updated circumscription and key to the species of the group is provided. Delimitation and comparison with the Regiae group is given. All four of the newly described species are assessed as threatened using the International Union for the Conservation of Nature 2012 standard, and one, N. extincta sp. nov. is considered likely to be already extinct due to open-cast mining. Logging and conversion of forest habitat are thought to be the main threats to the other three species.
The molecular phylogeny of Miliusa (Annonaceae) is reconstructed, with 27 (of ca. 50) species included, using a combination of seven plastid markers (rbcL exon, trnL intron, trnL-F spacer, matK exon, ndhF exon, psbA-trnH spacer, and ycf1 exon) constituting ca. 7 kb. In addition, two new species of Miliusa are described from the Malesian area: M. butonensis sp. nov. from Buton Island, Indonesia and M. viridifl ora sp. nov. from Papua New Guinea. The former is included in the molecular phylogenetic analysis. The reconstructed phylogeny corresponds well to the informal morphological grouping proposed earlier. A revised key to 13 Austro-Malesian species of Miliusa is provided.
The external morphology of the thorax and abdomen of four species of Neotropical Hesperiidae, belonging to different tribes, are described and illustrated. The morphological characters traditionally used in the classification of the family are reviewed and new information is added with emphasis on the characters usually neglected in the classification and identification of Hesperiidae and Lepidoptera. The use of these characters, along with those commonly used in literature for the identification and taxonomy of the family, is discussed, aiming to contribute to comparative studies of morphology and taxonomy of this group.
Dilatitibialis Duverger (61 species) (Coleoptera: Coccinelidae: Coccidulinae; Hyperaspidini) is discussed, species described, illustrations provided, and a key to all recognized taxa included. Cleothera cognata Mulsant, Cleothera cruciferae Mulsant, Cleothera fuscomaculata Mulsant, Cleothera gaynoni Mulsant, Cleothera glyphica Mulsant, Cleothera jucunda Mulsant, Cleothera luteola Mulsant, Cleothera mulsanti Kirsch, Cleothera oseryi Mulsant, Cleothera poortmanni Mulsant, Cleothera scenica Mulsant, Cleothera semicincta Weise, Cleothera tropicalis Mulsant, Hinda guttipennis Weise, Hyperaspis carolinae Crotch, Hyperaspis ceciliae Crotch, Hyperaspis dilatata Crotch, Hyperaspis florifera Vogel, Hyperaspis gravabilis Brèthes, Hyperaspis hybridula Crotch, Hyperaspis laterinotata Brèthes, Hyperaspis silvani Crotch, and Hyperaspis suzannae Crotch are transferred to Dilatitibialis, becoming new combinations. Lectotypes are designated for D. boliviana, D. cognata, D. florifera, D. fuscomaculata, D. gaynoni, D. glyphica, D. gravabilis, D. guttipennis, D. luteola, D. jucunda, D. mulsanti. D. poortmanni, D. retigera, D. scenica, D. semicincta, and D. staudingeri. A total of 38 new species of Dilatitibialis are described: Dilatitibialis annie, D. carmen, D. cindy, D. connie, D. crystal, D. dawn, D. diana, D. edith, D. edna, D. elaine, D. ellen, D. emily, D. ethel, D. fallax, D. florence, D. gladys, D. grace, D. josephine, D. kim, D. lillian, D. lois, D. marjorie, D. norma, D. paula, D. peggy, D. phyllis, D. rita, D. robin, D. rosa, D. shannon, D. sheila, D. sherry, D. sylvia, D. thelma, D. tiffany, D. tina, D. tracy, and D. wendy. Corrections are made to titles of previous Parts of this series, as follows: South American Coccinellidae, Part XII (Gordon 2007) is changed to Part XIII; South American Coccinellidae, Part XII (Gordon et al. 2013) is changed to Part XIV.
We present a preliminary checklist of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila) compiled for St. Eustatius, an island located in the Lesser Antilles of the eastern Caribbean. The list has nine species, including six that have not been previously documented on St. Eustatius. One species is exotic to the Caribbean, one species is found only on St. Eustatius and St. Kitts, and five species occur elsewhere in the Lesser and Greater Antilles. Two of the collected specimens could not be assigned to a species; their geographical distributions are unknown.
Die folgende filmographische Übersicht ist der erste Teil einer umfassenden Dokumentation der Darstellung von Rock- und Popmusik im Film. Sie umfasst:
- Biopics über Pop- und Rockmusiker und Musikagenten und -manager; Schlüsselfilme;
- Geschichten fiktionaler Musiker und Bands;
- Geschichten, die im Milieu der Tonstudios, der Clubs, des Tourlebens spielen;
- Geschichten, in denen mindest eine der Figuren
Pop- oder Rockmusiker ist.
Nicht aufgenommen wurden Geschichten, die durch den exzessiven oder ästhetisch auffallenden Einsatz von Rock-(Film-)Musik bemerkenswert sind (wie Easy Rider, USA 1969, Dennis Hopper). Nicht oder nur im Ausnahmefall aufgenommen sind Tanzfilme (wie Dirty Dancing, USA 1987, Emile Ardolino), Rock-Opern und -Musicals (wie The Rocky Horror Picture Show, USA 1975, Jim Sharman).
Cteniogaster, a new genus of small ground spiders is described from Kenya and Tanzania. It encompasses seven new species, three of which are known from both sexes: C. toxarchus sp. nov., the type species, C. conviva sp. nov. and C. hexomma sp. nov. Three species are known from females only: C. lampropus sp. nov., C. sangarawe sp. nov. and C. taxorchis sp. nov. and one only from males: C. nana sp. nov. The new genus can be recognised by the presence of a posterior ventral abdominal f eld of strong setae and anterior lateral spinnerets with enlarged piriform gland spigots in males. A cladistic analysis attributes the genus to Liocranidae, Cybaeodinae. The results of the analysis performed do not produce an unequivocal autapomorphy for Liocranidae, but provide a combination of non-homoplasious character changes that offers significant potential for recognising genera as Liocranidae. Moreover, robust apomorphies are determined within Liocranidae for the subfamilies Liocraninae and Cybaeodinae. Based on these fi ndings Toxoniella Warui & Jocqué, 2002 is transferred from Gallieniellidae to Liocranidae, Cybaeodinae. Jacaena Thorell, 1897, Plynnon Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001 and Teutamus Thorell, 1890 are transferred to Corinnidae, Phrurolithinae and Montebello Hogg, 1914 to Gnaphosidae. Itatsina Kishida, 1930 is synonymised with Prochora Simon, 1886.
We revise the species-level taxonomy of the Crematogaster (Crematogaster) degeerispecies-assemblage, a group of related ants occuring in Madagascar and the wider Malagasy region, and further provide an identification key to all species-groups of the genus Crematogaster in this region. Within the C. degeeri-assemblage, we recognize twelve species based upon morphological data from worker, queen and male ants, as well as genetic data from the barcode region of cytochrome oxidase I. Seven new species are described: Crematogaster alafara Blaimer sp. nov., C. bara Blaimer sp. nov., C. mafybe Blaimer sp. nov., C.maina Blaimer sp. nov., C. malahelo Blaimer sp. nov., C. masokely Blaimer sp. nov., C. ramamy Blaimer sp. nov. Crematogaster tricolor Gerstäcker, 1859 (stat. rev.) and C. dentata Dalla Torre, 1893 (stat. nov.) are raised to species level, and the following new synonymies are proposed: Crematogaster degeeri lunaris Santschi, 1928 as a synonym of C. degeeri Forel, 1886; Crematogaster sewelli improba Forel, 1907 and C. sewelli mauritiana Forel, 1907 as synonyms of C. dentata Dalla Torre, 1893, and C. pacifi ca Santschi, 1919 as a synonym of C. lobata Emery, 1895. Species descriptions, images, and distribution maps and identification keys based on worker ants, as well as on queen ants where available, are presented for all twelve species. In addition, we present a molecular gene tree for cytochrome oxidase I and summarize levels of sequence divergence within and between species of the C. degeeri-species-assemblage. Our findings are discussed in the light of previous work on Malagasy Crematogaster ants.
Anomalies in female receptacle of Plagiochasma appendiculatum Lehm. & Lindenb.- A report from J&K.
(2013)
The genus Plagiochasma belonging to the order Marchantiales has been very well worked out with respect to the structure and development of male and female receptacles. In the present paper, the author reports abnormalities in archegoniophores along with the anatomical details of the same. This report from J&K is altogether new.
Based on newly designated type material, four poorly known NE Atlantic cheilostome bryozoan species are redescribed and imaged: Cellaria harmelini d’Hondt from the northern Bay of Biscay, Hippomenella mucronelliformis (Waters) from Madeira, Myriapora bugei d’Hondt from the Azores, and Characodoma strangulatum, occurring from Mauritania to southern Portugal. Moreover, Notoplites saojorgensis sp. nov. from the Azores, formerly reported as Notoplites marsupiatus (Jullien), is newly described. The genus Hippomenella Canu & Bassler is transferred from the lepraliomorph family Escharinidae Tilbrook to the umbonulomorph family Romancheinidae Jullien.