[Entomology • 2018] Revision of the Bee Group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with Notes on Potential Conservation Concerns and A Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus

Anthophora hololeuca Cockerell, 1923

in Orr, Pitts & Griswold, 2018. 

 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4511.1.1 

Abstract

Anthophora (Micranthophora) comprises the largest subgenus of Anthophora in the Western Hemisphere, with 26 species. Though previously synonymized with the Anthophora (Heliophila), Anthophora (Micranthophora) is here confirmed as a subgenus, morphological and multi-gene molecular phylogenetic evidence refute this and the synonymy of A. (Micranthophora) to A. (Heliophila) is formally rejected. Characters for (Micranthophora) are given and a key to species is provided. Seven new species are described: Anthophora (Micranthophora) caudata Orr, sp. nov.; Anthophora (Micranthophora) chihuahua Orr, sp. nov.; Anthophora (Micranthophora) escalante Orr, sp. nov.; Anthophora (Micranthophora) parkeri Orr, sp. nov.; Anthophora (Micranthophora) rara Orr, sp. nov.; Anthophora (Micranthophora) striata Orr, sp. nov.; and Anthophora (Micranthophora) timberlakei Orr, sp. nov. Further, four new synonyms are enacted: A. arthuri and A. flexipes to A. albata, A. nigritula to A. exigua, and A. xanthochlora to A. pachyodonta. Distributional and phenological data, as well as known details of nesting biology and floral specialization, are provided. Future research directions and species of potential conservation interest are also discussed. 

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Anthophorini, Heliophila, systematics, taxonomy, new species

Michael C. Orr, James P. Pitts and Terry Griswold. 2018. Revision of the Bee Group Anthophora (Micranthophora) (Hymenoptera: Apidae), with Notes on Potential Conservation Concerns and A Molecular Phylogeny of the Genus. Zootaxa. 4511(1); 1–193. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4511.1.1

[Mammalogy • 2018] Phenotypic Evolution in Marmoset and Tamarin Monkeys (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) and A Revised Genus-level Classification

Six genera of Callitrichinae: Callimico, Callithrix, Cebuella, Mico, Leontopithecus and Saguinus.

  Garbino & Martins-Junior, 2018. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.002

Drawings by B. Rossi. 

Highlights

• First Platyrrhini phylogeny to use data from genic and non-genic nuclear regions.

• Vocalization and pelage traits presented strong phylogenetic signal.

• Phyletic position of the midas group of Saguinus is not resolved.

• First Callitrichinae classification using behavior, morphology, and molecular data.

• Proposal to divide Saguinus in the subgenera Leontocebus, Saguinus and Tamarinus.

Abstract

Marmosets and tamarins (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) constitute the most species-rich subfamily of New World monkeys and one of the most diverse phenotypically. Despite the profusion of molecular phylogenies of the group, the evolution of phenotypic characters under the rapidly-emerging consensual phylogeny of the subfamily has been little studied, resulting in taxonomic proposals that have limited support from other datasets. We examined the evolution of 18 phenotypic traits (5 continuous and 13 discrete), including pelage, skull, dentition, postcrania, life-history and vocalization variables in a robust molecular phylogeny of marmoset and tamarin monkeys, quantifying their phylogenetic signal and correlations among some of the traits. At the family level, our resulting topology supports owl monkeys (Aotinae) as sister group of Callitrichinae. The topology of the callitrichine tree was congruent with previous studies except for the position of the midas group of Saguinus tamarins, which placement as sister of the bicolor group did not receive significant statistical support in both Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Inference analyses. Our results showed that the highest value of phylogenetic signal among continuous traits was displayed by the long call character and the lowest was exhibited in the home range, intermediate values were found in characters related to osteology and skull size. Among discrete traits, pelage and osteology had similar phylogenetic signal. Based on genetic, osteological, pelage and vocalization data, we present an updated genus-level taxonomy of Callitrichinae, which recognizes six genera in the subfamily: Callimico, Callithrix, Cebuella, Mico, Leontopithecus and Saguinus. To reflect their phenotypic distinctiveness and to avoid the use of the informal “species group”, we subdivided Saguinus in the subgenera Leontocebus, Saguinus and Tamarinus (revalidated here).

Keywords: Leontocebus, Long call, Morphology, Subgenera, Tamarinus, Taxonomy, Vocalization

Fig. 2B. Callitrichine tree drawn based on the present phylogeny and previously published ones.

Drawings by Bárbara Rossi

Conclusions

In this study, we demonstrated that vocalization and pelage characters can have a phylogenetic signal that is stronger than or comparable to the traditionally used osteological ones. Our robust phylogeny of callitrichinae shows that the position of the midas group of Saguinus is still unresolved.

This study is the first to offer a classification of Callitrichine that takes into account phylogenetic relationships, morphological, molecular and behavioral characters. As such, we propose that the phenotypic differences among the three clades of Saguinus are better represented in the group’s taxonomy by dividing the genus in three subgenera: Leontocebus, Saguinus and Tamarinus. Like any other taxonomic hypothesis, the one presented here is subject to testing, and future studies including additional characters may offer subsides to further divide the recognized genera or even elevate some of the subgenera to full genera.

 Guilherme S.T. Garbino and Antonio M.G. Martins-Junior. 2018. Phenotypic Evolution in Marmoset and Tamarin Monkeys (Cebidae, Callitrichinae) and A Revised Genus-level Classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 118; 156-171. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2017.10.002

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[Crustacea • 2017] Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with Notes on Their Relatives (Amphipoda, Eusiroidea)

Epimeria (Drakepimeria) loerzae, 
E. (Hoplepimeria) quasimodo & 
E. (Drakepimeria) cyrano 

d'Udekem d'Acoz & Verheye, 2017

NaturalSciences.be  DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359 

Abstract

The present monograph includes general systematic considerations on the family Epimeriidae, a revision of the genus Epimeria Costa in Hope, 1851 in the Southern Ocean, and a shorter account on putatively related eusiroid taxa occurring in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic seas. The former epimeriid genera Actinacanthus Stebbing, 1888 and Paramphithoe Bruzelius, 1859 are transferred to other families, respectively to the Acanthonotozomellidae Coleman & J.L. Barnard, 1991 and the herein re-established Paramphithoidae G.O. Sars, 1883, so that only Epimeria and Uschakoviella Gurjanova, 1955 are retained within the Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871. The genera Apherusa Walker, 1891 and Halirages Boeck, 1891, which are phylogenetically close to Paramphithoe, are also transferred to the Paramphithoidae. The validity of the suborder Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013, which conflicts with traditional and recent concepts of Eusiroidea Stebbing, 1888, is questioned. Eight subgenera are recognized for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic species of the genus Epimeria: Drakepimeria subgen. nov., Epimeriella K.H. Barnard, 1930, Hoplepimeria subgen. nov., Laevepimeria subgen. nov., Metepimeria Schellenberg, 1931, Pseudepimeria Chevreux, 1912, Subepimeria Bellan-Santini, 1972 and Urepimeria subgen. nov. The type subgenus Epimeria, as currently defined, does not occur in the Southern Ocean. Drakepimeria species are superficially similar to the type species of the genus Epimeria: E. cornigera (Fabricius, 1779), but they are phylogenetically unrelated and substantial morphological differences are obvious at a finer level. Twenty-seven new Antarctic Epimeria species are described herein: Epimeria (Drakepimeria) acanthochelon subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) anguloce subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) colemani subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) corbariae subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) cyrano subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) havermansiana subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) leukhoplites subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) loerzae subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) pandora subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) pyrodrakon subgen. et sp. nov., E. (D.) robertiana subgen. et sp. nov., Epimeria (Epimeriella) atalanta sp. nov., Epimeria (Hoplepimeria) cyphorachis subgen. et sp. nov., E. (H.) gargantua subgen. et sp. nov., E. (H.) linseae subgen. et sp. nov., E. (H.) quasimodo subgen. et sp. nov., E. (H.) xesta subgen. et sp. nov., Epimeria (Laevepimeria) anodon subgen. et sp. nov., E. (L.) cinderella subgen. et sp. nov., Epimeria (Pseudepimeria) amoenitas sp. nov., E. (P.) callista sp. nov., E. (P.) debroyeri sp. nov., E. (P.) kharieis sp. nov., Epimeria (Subepimeria) adeliae sp. nov., E. (S.) iota sp. nov., E. (S.) teres sp. nov. and E. (S.) urvillei sp. nov. The type specimens of E. (D.) macrodonta Walker, 1906, E. (D.) similis Chevreux, 1912, E. (H.) georgiana Schellenberg, 1931 and E. (H.) inermis Walker, 1903 are re-described and illustrated. Besides the monographic treatment of Epimeriidae from the Southern Ocean, a brief overview and identification keys are given for their putative and potential relatives from the same ocean, i.e., the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic members of the following eusiroid families: Acanthonotozomellidae Coleman & J.L. Barnard, 1991, Dikwidae Coleman & J.L. Barnard, 1991, Stilipedidae Holmes, 1908 and Vicmusiidae Just, 1990. This overview revealed the existence of a new large and characteristic species of Alexandrella Chevreux, 1911, A. chione sp. nov. but also shows that the taxonomy of that genus remains poorly known and that several ‘variable widespread eurybathic species’ probably are species complexes. Furthermore, the genera Bathypanoploea Schellenberg, 1939 and Astyroides Birstein & Vinogradova, 1960 are considered to be junior synonyms of Alexandrella. Alexandrella mixta Nicholls, 1938 and A. pulchra Ren in Ren & Huang, 1991 are re-established herein, as valid species. It is pointed out that this insufficient taxonomic knowledge of Antarctic amphipods impedes ecological and biogeographical studies requiring precise identifications. Stacking photography was used for the first time to provide iconographic support in amphipod taxonomy, and proves to be a rapid and efficient illustration method for large tridimensionally geometric species. A combined morphological and molecular approach was used whenever possible for distinguishing Epimeria species, which were often very similar (albeit never truly cryptic) and sometimes exhibited allometric and individual variations. However in several cases, taxa were characterized by morphology only, whenever the specimens available for study were inappropriately fixed or when no sequences could be obtained. A large number of Epimeria species, formerly considered as eurybathic and widely distributed, proved to be complexes of species, with a narrower (overlapping or not) distribution. The distributional range of Antarctic Epimeria is very variable from species to species. Current knowledge indicates that some species from the Scotia Arc and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula are narrow range endemics, sometimes confined to one island, archipelago, or ridge (South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, Elephant Island or Bruce Ridge); other species have a distribution encompassing a broader region, such as the eastern shelf of the Weddell Sea, or extending from the eastern shelf of the Weddell Sea to Adélie Coast. The most widely distributed species are E. (D.) colemani subgen. et sp. nov., E. (E.) macronyx (Walker, 1906), E. (H.) inermis Walker, 1903 and E. (L.) walkeri (K.H. Barnard, 1930), which have been recorded from the Antarctic Peninsula/South Shetland Islands area to the western Ross Sea. Since restricted distributions are common among Antarctic and sub-Antarctic Epimeria, additional new species might be expected in areas such as the Kerguelen Plateau, eastern Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea or isolated seamounts and ridges, where there are currently no Epimeria recorded. The limited distribution of many Epimeria species of the Southern Ocean is presumably related to the poor dispersal capacity in most species of the genus. Indeed with the exception of the pelagic and semi-pelagic species of the subgenus Epimeriella, they are heavy strictly benthic organisms without larval stages, and they have no exceptional level of eurybathy for Antarctic amphipods. Therefore, stretches deeper than 1000 m seem to be efficient geographical barriers for many Epimeria species, but other isolating factors (e.g., large stretches poor in epifauna) might also be at play. The existence of endemic shelf species with limited dispersal capacities in the Southern Ocean (like many Epimeria) suggests the existence of multiple ice-free shelf or upper slope refugia during the Pleistocene glaciations within the distributional and bathymetric range of these species. Genera with narrow range endemics like Epimeria would be excellent model taxa for locating hotspots of Antarctic endemism, and thus potentially play a role in proposing meaningful Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean.

Keywords: Alexandrella; Amphipoda; Epimeria; Eusiroidea; Senticaudata; Southern Ocean

Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz and Marie L. Verheye. 2017. Epimeria of the Southern Ocean with Notes on Their Relatives (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Eusiroidea).  European Journal of Taxonomy. 359;  1–553.  DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.359

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[Botany • 2017] Thismia nigricoronata • A New Species of Burmanniaceae (Thismieae, Dioscoreales) from Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Laos, and A Key to Subgeneric Classification

Thismia nigricoronata  Kumar & S.W.Gale

DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.319.3.2 

Abstract

Thismia nigricoronata is described as a new species in family Burmanniaceae. Both morphological and phylogenetic analyses indicate that this new Lao endemic is allied to T. taiwanensis in section Glaziocharis, and it can be differentiated on the basis of its longer vestigial stem leaves, reflexed free outer perianth lobes and ornamented, vibrantly coloured outer surface of the perianth tube. The infrageneric taxonomy of Thismia is reviewed, the genera Geomitra and Scaphiophora are officially reduced to sectional status in Thismia, and all species are enumerated in systematic order. A key to all currently accepted subgenera, sections and subsections is presented to facilitate further examination of their phylogenetic integrity in light of apparent conflict between the traditional morphology-based system and the emerging DNA-based classification.

Keywords: achlorophyllous plants, Dioscoreaceae, holomycoheterotrophs, Laotian flora, Thismiaceae, Monocots

FIGURE 4. Thismia nigricoronata  Kumar & S.W.Gale. 
A. Plant in habitat. B. Habit. C. Close-up of the crown. D. Whole plant showing the structure of the crown. E. Whole plant showing the structure of the annulus. F. Transverse section of the perianth tube. G. Dorsal view of the crown. H. Stamens showing the anther locules. I. Stamens showing the connectives and staminal tube.

Thismia nigricoronata Kumar & S.W.Gale, sp. nov. 

Thismia nigricoronata is morphologically similar to Thismia taiwanensis but can be differentiated on the basis of its longer vestigial stem leaves (more than 6 mm long in the former versus less than 6 mm in the latter); its reflexed free outer perianth lobes (versus erect and projecting upwards in the latter); the ornamented outer surface of its perianth tube, which is verrucose below and papillose above (versus smooth and glabrous in the latter); and its vibrantly coloured perianth tube (versus translucent white in the latter).

 Habitat:— Thismia nigricoronata was discovered on a steep slope of a limestone mountain, growing among leaf litter in clayey soils under a dense evergreen canopy.

  Etymology:— The species epithet refers to the black, crown-like structure formed above the annulus by the fusion of the three inner perianth lobes. Hence the taxon may informally be referred to as ‘the black-crowned thismia’.

 Pankaj Kumar, Stephan W. Gale, Ji-Hong Li, Somsanith Bouamanivong and Gunter A. Fischer. 2017. Thismia nigricoronata, A New Species of Burmanniaceae (Thismieae, Dioscoreales) from Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Laos, and A Key to Subgeneric Classification.    Phytotaxa. 319(3); 225–240.  DOI:  10.11646/phytotaxa.319.3.2

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[Entomology • 2017] Synonymy of Reikosiella Yoshimoto under Merostenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with A Checklist of World Species and A Revision of Those Species with Brachypterous Females

Merostenus (Merostenus) congoensis 

Gibson, 2017 

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4255.1.1 

Abstract

Reikosiella Yoshimoto, 1969 is synonymized under Merostenus Walker, 1837 n. syn. and treated as M. (Reikosiella), one of four subgenera recognized in the genus. Hirticauda Bouček, 1988, previously treated as a subgenus of Reikosiella, is synonymized under M. (Merostenus) n. syn., and two subgenera established in Reikosiella by Gibson (1995) are synonymized under Merostenus and treated as the subgenera M. (Capreocauda) and M. (Incohata) n. syns. The new generic synonymy is proposed after morphological comparison of females and males of Merostenus and Reikosiella sensu Gibson (1995), including reanalysis of features possessed by a basal group of genera of Eupelminae whose females share two hypothesized symplesiomorphies—a medially divided mesotrochantinal plate and lack of a mesotibial apical groove. A checklist of the 51 world species assigned to Merostenus is given, with 1 described species in M. (Incohata), 6 in M. (Capreocauda), 6 in M. (Reikosiella) and 38 in M. (Merostenus). All but one, the type species of Merostenus, represent new combinations. The species of Merostenus with brachypterous females are revised, with 8 of 10 species described as new. In addition to M. (Merostenus) excavatus (Dalman) (♀, ♂) from the Palaearctic, described in the same subgenus are one new species from Mexico, Merostenus (Merostenus) mexicanus n. sp. (♀), and seven from the Afrotropical region, Merostenus (Merostenus) distigma n. sp. (♀: Kenya, Tanzania), Merostenus (Merostenus) micropterus n. sp. (♀: Democratic Republic of the Congo), Merostenus (Merostenus) platyscapus n. sp. (♀: South Africa), Merostenus (Merostenus) reticulatus n. sp. (♀, ♂: Kenya), Merostenus (Merostenus) speculum n. sp. (♀: Burundi), Merostenus (Merostenus) congoensis n. sp. (♀: Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Merostenus (Merostenus) longistylus n. sp. (♀, ♂: South Africa). The first seven species are assigned to the excavatus species-group of M. (Merostenus) based on females sharing a completely sclerotized pronotum and apically truncate syntergum. Also treated is M. (Reikosiella) melinus (Yoshimoto) n. comb. (♀: Argentina, Brazil, Hawaii), the only species known with macropterous to variably strongly brachypterous females. Six species are transferred to other genera. Merostenus ferrugineus Yoshimoto & Ishii is transferred to Anastatus Motschulsky as A. ferrugineus (Yoshimoto & Ishii) n. comb., Merostenus guamensis Yoshimoto & Ishii and Merostenus palauensis Yoshimoto & Ishii are transferred to Eupelmus Dalman and provisionally classified in E. (Eupelmus) as E. (Eupelmus) guamensis (Yoshimoto & Ishii) n. comb. and E. (Eupelmus) palauensis (Yoshimoto & Ishii) n. comb., Eupelminus subapterus Ashmead is transferred to E. (Eupelmus) as E. (Eupelmus) subapterus (Ashmead) n. comb., and Eupelminus robustus Brues and Eupelminus tarsatus Waterston are transferred to Arachnophaga (Parasolindenia Brues) as Arachnophaga (Parasolindenia) robusta (Brues) n. comb. and Arachnophaga (Parasolindenia) tarsata (Waterston) n. comb. The character-state analysis and treated species are illustrated through macrophotography and, except for A. robusta, notes and illustrations provided for the excluded species to assist their future recognition.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Eupelminae, brachyptery, Afrotropical, Neotropical, Palaearctic

Gary A. P. Gibson. 2017. Synonymy of Reikosiella Yoshimoto under Merostenus Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), with A Checklist of World Species and A Revision of Those Species with Brachypterous Females. Zootaxa. 4255(1); 1-65. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4255.1.1

[Botany • 2017] Taxonomic Revision of Sabicea Subgenus Anisophyllae (Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) from Tropical Africa, with Four New Species

Sabicea sthenula 

 (N. Hallé) Razafimandimbison, B. Bremer, Liede & S.A. Khan

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.293.1.1

Abstract

A taxonomic revision of Sabicea subgenus Anisophyllae (Rubiaceae), a group restricted to Central and East Africa, is presented here. This work, based on a study of herbarium specimens and field observations in Cameroon and Gabon, includes a survey of the morphological features of the group, a key to the species, descriptions of all the taxa, and IUCN conservation status assessments. Fifteen species are recognised, four of which are described as new (Sabicea mapiana, S. ndjoleensis, S. parmentierae, S. sciaphilantha), three former varieties are raised to species rank (S. crystallina, S. jacfelicis, S. tersifolia), and one species previously sunk into synonymy is restored (S. bequaertii). Two new infraspecific taxa are also described, Sabicea crystallina subsp. engongensis and S. sciaphilantha subsp. hirsuta. The group has its center of diversity in Gabon, where 10 of the 15 species occur, three of them being endemic to the country.

Keywords: Conservation status, Guineo-Congolian Region, IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria, Lower Guinea, taxonomy, Rubiaceae, Sabicea, tropical African flora, Eudicots

Lise L.A. Zemagho, Sigrid Liede-Schumann, Olivier Lachenaud, Steven Dessein and Bonaventure Sonke. 2017.  Taxonomic Revision of Sabicea Subgenus Anisophyllae (Ixoroideae, Rubiaceae) from Tropical Africa, with Four New Species.  Phytotaxa. 293(1); 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.293.1.1

[Entomology • 2016] Taxonomic Revision of Perdita subgenus Heteroperdita Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with Descriptions of Two Ant-like Males

[A-B] Perdita (Heteroperdita) pilonotata Timberlake
[C-E]  Perdita (Heteroperdita) prodigiosa Portman & Griswold, 2016

 DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4214.1.1

Utah State University entomologist Zach Portman reports nine, newly identified species of desert bees of the genus Perdita, including two species of ant-like males (pictured), which are completely different in appearance from their mates. 

photo: Zach Portman 

Abstract

Perdita subgenus Heteroperdita Timberlake, a distinctive subgenus of 22 species from the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico, all specialists on Tiquilia (Boraginaceae), is revised. Nine new species are described: Perdita (Heteroperdita) desdemona Portman, sp. n., P. (H.) exusta Portman & Griswold, sp. n., P. (H.) hippolyta Portman & Griswold, sp. n. (male previously incorrectly described as P. pilonotata Timberlake), P. (H.) hooki Portman & Neff, sp. n., P. (H.) nuttalliae Portman, sp. n., P. (H.) prodigiosa Portman & Griswold, sp. n., P. (H.) sycorax Portman, sp. n., P. (H.) titania Portman & Griswold, sp. n., and P. (H.) yanegai Portman, sp. n. The following sexes are associated and described for the first time: the male of P. (H.) frontalis Timberlake, 1968, the female of P. (H.) optiva Timberlake, 1954, and the true male of P. (H.) pilonotata Timberlake, 1980. Perdita (H.) fasciatella Timberlake, 1980 is proposed as a junior synonym of P. (H.) sexfasciata Timberlake, 1954. A neotype is designated for P. (H.) pilonotata Timberlake, 1980. Two species in particular, P. prodigiosa and P. pilonotata, are sexually dimorphic with distinctive ant-like males. Information is presented on floral relationships, phenology, and geographic distribution. Identification keys for males and females are provided.

Keywords: Hymenoptera, Apoidea, new species, Tiquilia, synonymy, identification

Perdita pilonotata Timberlake 

Perdita prodigiosa Portman & Griswold, sp. n. 

Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the Latin prodigiosus, meaning “unnatural,” “wonderful,” or “prodigious” due to the bizarre features of the male

Perdita rhodogastra is gathering pollen from Tiquilia latior. Desert bee of the Perdita genus collecting pollen from a matted crinklemat plant near southern California's Salton Sea. Utah State University entomologist Zach Portman reports new, newly identified species of the bee genus in the Dec. 23, 2016, issue of  Zootaxa.

photo: Zach Portman/Utah State University 

Perdita rhodogastra Timberlake

Portman, Zachary M., John L. Neff and Terry Griswold. 2016. Taxonomic Revision of Perdita subgenus Heteroperdita Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with Descriptions of Two Ant-like Males.
Zootaxa. 4214(1); 1–97.  DOI:  10.11646/zootaxa.4214.1.1

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[Ichthyology • 2017] Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny of the Ornamental Wood-eating Catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals Undescribed Diversity and Parapatric Clades

Fig. 1. Voucher specimens examined in this study, from the new subgenus Panafilus (lyretail clown plecos):
(1) Pf. albivermis, (2) Pf. albomaculatus, (3) Pf. nocturnus, (4) Pf. n. sp. Huallaga L329, (5) Pf. n. sp. Huallaga L351, (6) Pf. n. sp. Ucayali L425, (7) Pf. n. sp. Moa L453, (8) Pf. n. sp. Napo L466, (9) Pf. nix, (10) Pf. n. sp. Madeira;
 new subgenus Panaqoco (Orinoco clown plecos): (11) Pc. maccus, (12) Pc. n. sp. Tomo L465, (13) Pc. n. sp. Orinoco L448;
new subgenus Panaqolus (the tiger clown plecos): (14) Pq. changae, (15) Pq. gnomus, (16) Pq. purusiensis, (17) Pq. n. sp. Curua Una, (18) Pq. n. sp. Tocantins L002, (19) Pq. n.sp. Negro L169, (20) Pq. n. sp. Ucayali L206, (21) Pq. n. sp. Branco L306, (22) Pq. n. sp. Amazon L397, (23) Pq. tankei, (24) Pq. n. sp. Itaya L459;
and new genus Pseudoqolus: (25) Ps. koko.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.040 

Highlights

• Respective genera Panaqolus (exclusive of putative congener ‘Panaqolus’ koko) and Panaque are strongly monophyletic. 

• Within Panaqolus s.s., species are distributed across three strongly monophyletic clades.

• New subgenera are erected for each of the three subclades within Panaqolus.

• A new genus is erected for the enigmatic species ‘Panaqolus’ koko.

• Western tributaries of the Amazon Basin are an epicenter of wood-eating catfish diversity.

Abstract

Approximately two-dozen species in three genera of the Neotropical suckermouth armored catfish family Loricariidae are the only described fishes known to specialize on diets consisting largely of wood. We conducted a molecular phylogenetic analysis of 10 described species and 14 undescribed species or morphotypes assigned to the wood-eating catfish genus Panaqolus, and four described species and three undescribed species or morphotypes assigned to the distantly related wood-eating catfish genus Panaque. Our analyses included individuals and species from both genera that are broadly distributed throughout tropical South America east of the Andes Mountains and 13 additional genera hypothesized to have also descended from the most recent common ancestor of Panaqolus and Panaque. Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of two mitochondrial and three nuclear loci totaling 4293 bp confirmed respective monophyly of Panaqolus, exclusive of the putative congener ‘Panaqolus’ koko, and Panaque. Members of Panaqolus sensu stricto were distributed across three strongly monophyletic clades: a clade of 10 generally darkly colored, lyretail species distributed across western headwaters of the Amazon Basin, a clade of three irregularly and narrowly banded species from the western Orinoco Basin, and a clade of 11 generally brown, broadly banded species that are widely distributed throughout the Amazon Basin. We erect new subgenera for each of these clades and a new genus for the morphologically, biogeographically and ecologically distinct species ‘Panaqolus’ koko. Our finding that perhaps half of the species-level diversity in the widespread genus Panaqolus remains undescribed illustrates the extent to which total taxonomic diversity of small and philopatric, yet apparently widely distributed, Amazonian fishes may remain underestimated. Ranges for two Panaqolus subgenera and the genus Panaque overlap with the wood-eating genus Cochliodon in central Andean tributaries of the upper Amazon Basin, which appear to be a global epicenter of wood-eating catfish diversity.

Keywords: Neotropics; undescribed species; L-numbers; biogeography; western Amazon; introgression

Conclusions

Our finding that approximately half of the species-level diversity in the widespread genus Panaqolus may remain undescribed is illustrative of the extent to which total taxonomic diversity of even commercially exploited Amazonian fish lineages may remain underestimated by current taxonomies. Our erection of strongly monophyletic subgenera for the species-rich genus Panaqolus should help to facilitate both the conservation and taxonomic description of species by making at least the major clades easier to identify and by restricting the number of congeners that future taxonomists would have to examine to adequately diagnosis new Panaqolus species. Moreover, our strong phylogenetic support for large-scale biogeographical influence on the diversification of Panaqolus helps to justify and spatially delimit studies by regional researchers with regular access only to collections representing regional diversity.

It is clear from the biogeographical patterns observed in both Panaqolus and Panaque, as well as the Cochliodon group examined elsewhere (e.g., Armbruster, 2003), that Andean affluents of the southwestern Amazon Basin are an epicenter of wood-eating fish diversity, with some drainages having up to five different sympatric but unrelated species of wood-eating catfish coexisting on the same pieces of submerged wood. See Lujan et al. (2011) for a detailed study of trophic resource partitioning in one such diverse assemblage.

Nathan K. Lujan, Christian A. Cramer, Raphael Covain, Sonia Fisch-Muller and Hernán López-Fernández. 2017. Multilocus Molecular Phylogeny of the Ornamental Wood-eating Catfishes (Siluriformes, Loricariidae, Panaqolus and Panaque) reveals Undescribed Diversity and Parapatric Clades. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. In Press.  DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.12.040

  

[Herpetology • 2016] Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards Varanus spp. (Squamata: Varanidae) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation

Varanus macraei is restricted to Batanta Island off the coast of New Guinea

Photographed by André Koch
   DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1 

Abstract

We analysed scale morphology and micro-structure from five different body regions using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) across all nine recognized subgenera of the monitor lizard genus Varanus including 41 different species investigated. As far as we are aware, this qualitative visual technique was applied by us for the first time to most monitor lizard species and probably also to the primary outgroup and sister species Lanthanotus borneensis. A comprehensive list of 20 scalation characters each with up to seven corresponding character states was established and defined for the five body regions sampled. For the phylogenetic approach, parsimony analyses of the resulting morphological data matrix as well as Bremer and bootstrap support calculations were performed with the software TNT. Our results demonstrate that a variety of micro-ornamentations (i.e., ultra- or micro-dermatoglyphics) as seen in various squamate groups is hardly present in monitor lizards. In several species from six out of nine subgenera, however, we found a honeycomb-shaped micro-structure of foveate polygons. Two further samples of Euprepiosaurus Fitzinger, 1843 exhibit each another unique microscopic structure on the scale surface. Notably, the majority of species showing the honeycombed ultra-structure inhabit arid habitats in Australia, Africa and the Middle East. Therefore, it can be inferred that this microscopic scalation feature, which has also been identified in other desert dwelling lizard species, is taxonomically and ecologically correlated with a xeric habitat type in varanids, too. In addition, the systematic affiliation of V. spinulosus, an endemic monitor lizard species from the Solomon Islands with an extraordinary scale shape, is discussed in the light of current hypotheses about its phylogenetic position within the Varanidae. Due to its unique scalation characteristics, in combination with other morphological evidence, a new monotypic subgenus, Solomonsaurus subgen. nov., is erected for this enigmatic monitor lizard species. Furthermore, we propose a taxonomic splitting of the morphologically and ecologically heterogeneous subgenus Euprepiosaurus comprising the Pacific or mangrove and the tree monitor lizards, respectively, again based on the SEM data. Thus, for the members of the highly arboreal V. prasinus species group erection of a new subgenus, Hapturosaurus subgen. nov., is justified based on the autapomorphic scale shape in concert with further morphological, phylogenetic and ecological evidence. In addition, V. reisingeri originally described as a distinct species is considered conspecific with the wide-spread V. prasinus due to joint synapormorphic features in the ventral scale micro-structure. Consequently, V. prasinus is (again) rendered polytypic with the taxon reisingeri being assigned subspecies status here.

        In conclusion, the established scalation characters allow discrimination of single species even among closely-related Varanus species, such as the members of the V. indicus species group. Together with a recently published identification key for Southeast Asian monitor lizards based on macroscopic phenotypic characters (Koch et al. 2013), the SEM-pictures of the present study may serve as additional references for the microscopic identification of CITES-relevant monitor lizard skins and products, respectively.

Keywords: Reptilia, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), species determination, Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)

The attractive Varanus macraei is restricted to Batanta Island off the coast of New Guinea. It is probably highly threatened by the commercial pet trade.

Photographed by André Koch

Yannick Bucklitsch, Wolfgang Böhme and André Koch. 2016. Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. Zootaxa. 4153(1);   DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4153.1.1

ResearchGate.net/publication/306247818_Scale_Morphology_and_Micro-Structure_of_Monitor_Lizards_Squamata_Varanidae_Varanus_spp_and_their_Allies_Implications_for_Systematics_Ecology_and_Conservation

André Koch, Thomas Ziegler, Wolfgang Böhme, Evy Arida and Mark Auliya. 2013. Pressing Problems: Distribution, Threats, and Conservation Status of the Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus spp.) of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago.  Herpetological Conservation and Biology. 8(Monograph 3); 1-62.

http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_8/monographs/Koch_etal_2013.pdf

[Herpetology • 2015] Sorting Out Moss Frogs: mtDNA Data on Taxonomic Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Indochinese Species of the Genus Theloderma (Anura, Rhacophoridae)

Fig. 1. Theloderma species of Indochina and Thailand.
a, Th. horridum (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha Le Ban N. P., photo N. A. Poyarkov); b, Th. stellatum (Thailand, Uthai Thani Province, Hauy Kha Khaeng W. S.; photo P. Pawangkhanant); c, Th. cf. stellatum [described below as Theloderma vietnamense sp. nov.] (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong); d, Th. pictum (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha LeBan N. P.; photo P. Pawangkhanant); e, Th. licin (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha Le Ban N. P., photo P. Pawangkhanant); f, Th. cf. asperum, northern population (Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao; photo N. L. Orlov); g, Th. cf. asperum, southern population (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); h, Th. asperum (Thailand, Kamphaeng Phet Province, photo P. Pawangkhanant); i, Th. ryabovi, male (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); j, Th. ryabovi, female (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); k, Th. bicolor (Vietnam, Lao Cai, Fan Si Pan Mt.; photo N. L. Orlov); l, Th. corticale (Vietnam, Quang Tri Province, Ban Cup; photo N. L. Orlov); m, Th. gordoni, northern population (Vietnam, Lao Cai, Sa Pa; photo N. L. Orlov); n, Th. gordoni, southern population (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); o, Th. lateriticum (Vietnam, Bac Giang; photo Nguyen Thien Tao); p, Th. rhododiscum (China, Yunnan; photo N. L. Orlov); q, Th. palliatum (Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Bi Doup; photo E. A. Galoyan); r, Th. chuyangsinense (Vietnam, Dak Lak Province, Chu Yang Sin; photo N. A. Poyarkov); s, Th. truongsonense (Vietnam, Quang Tri Province, Ban Cup; photo N. L. Orlov); t, Th. bambusicola (Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Cat Loc; photo N. A. Poyarkov); u, Th. cf. nebulosum (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province; photo N. L. Orlov); v, Th. cf. truongsonense (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); w, (Vietnam, Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba; photo A. B. Vassilieva); x, Th. petilum (Vietnam, Dien Bien Province, Muong Nhe; photo Le Trung Dung).

N. A. Poyarkov, N. L. Orlov, A. V. Moiseeva, et al. 2015. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 22(4) 

Abstract

We discuss phylogenetic relationships and taxonomic diversity of the rhacophorid frogs of the genus Theloderma in sight of the novel phylogenetic data obtained from the Bayesian analysis of the up to 1987 bp length fragment of mtDNA (12S rRNA, tRNAval, and 16S rRNA) from the 90 specimens of 21 nominal species of Theloderma and 3 species of Nyctixalus. Our data suggest monophyly of the tribe Nyctixalini, including Th. moloch, and indicate deep divergence between the three major clades: Th. horridum + Th. stellatum group, Nyctixalus and the rest of the Theloderma species (Theloderma sensu stricto). We establish new subgenus Stelladerma subgen. nov. for Th. horridum + Th. stellatum group and discuss provisional taxonomy of Nyctixalini. We also indicate that the taxonomic status of the certain Indochinese Theloderma requires reassessment. In particular, our data suggest deep divergence between Malayan and Indochinese taxa of Th. asperum group and indicate non-monophyly of Th. asperum sensu lato; we resurrect the name Th. albopunctatum (Liu et Hu, 1962) for the Indochinese species. We provide molecular evidence for synonimization of Th. chuyangsinense Orlov et al., 2012 with Th. palliatum Rowley et al., 2011; as well as morphological and genetic evidence for syninomization of Th. bambusicola Orlov et al., 2012 with Th. laeve (Smith, 1924). We indicate a deep morphological and genetic differentiation within the Th. truongsonense (Orlov et Ho, 2005) complex. Finally, we report on the deep divergence within Th. stellatum Taylor, 1962 from eastern Thailand, southern Cambodia, and Vietnam, and describe a new species, Theloderma vietnamense sp. nov., based on morphological, acoustic and genetic lines of evidence.

Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; molecular phylogeny; sequence divergence; morphology; morphometrics; advertisement call; cryptic species; Vietnam

Fig. 1. Theloderma species of Indochina and Thailand.
a, Th. horridum (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha Le Ban N. P., photo N. A. Poyarkov); b, Th. stellatum (Thailand, Uthai Thani Province, Hauy Kha Khaeng W. S.; photo P. Pawangkhanant); c, Th. cf. stellatum [described below as Theloderma vietnamense sp. nov.] (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong); d, Th. pictum (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha LeBan N. P.; photo P. Pawangkhanant); e, Th. licin (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha Le Ban N. P., photo P. Pawangkhanant); f, Th. cf. asperum, northern population (Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao; photo N. L. Orlov); g, Th. cf. asperum, southern population (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); h, Th. asperum (Thailand, Kamphaeng Phet Province, photo P. Pawangkhanant); i, Th. ryabovi, male (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); j, Th. ryabovi, female (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); k, Th. bicolor (Vietnam, Lao Cai, Fan Si Pan Mt.; photo N. L. Orlov); l, Th. corticale (Vietnam, Quang Tri Province, Ban Cup; photo N. L. Orlov); m, Th. gordoni, northern population (Vietnam, Lao Cai, Sa Pa; photo N. L. Orlov); n, Th. gordoni, southern population (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); o, Th. lateriticum (Vietnam, Bac Giang; photo Nguyen Thien Tao); p, Th. rhododiscum (China, Yunnan; photo N. L. Orlov); q, Th. palliatum (Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Bi Doup; photo E. A. Galoyan); r, Th. chuyangsinense (Vietnam, Dak Lak Province, Chu Yang Sin; photo N. A. Poyarkov); s, Th. truongsonense (Vietnam, Quang Tri Province, Ban Cup; photo N. L. Orlov); t, Th. bambusicola (Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Cat Loc; photo N. A. Poyarkov); u, Th. cf. nebulosum (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province; photo N. L. Orlov); v, Th. cf. truongsonense (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); w, (Vietnam, Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba; photo A. B. Vassilieva); x, Th. petilum (Vietnam, Dien Bien Province, Muong Nhe; photo Le Trung Dung).

N. A. Poyarkov, N. L. Orlov, A. V. Moiseeva, et al. 2015.
  Russian Journal of Herpetology. 22(4)

Nikolay A. Poyarkov, Jr., Nikolai L. Orlov, Anna V. Moiseeva, Parinya Pawangkhanant, Thiti Ruangsuwan, Anna B. Vassilieva, Eduard A. Galoyan, Tao Thien Nguyen and Svetlana S. Gogoleva. 2015. Sorting Out Moss Frogs: mtDNA Data on Taxonomic Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationships of the Indochinese Species of the Genus Theloderma (Anura, Rhacophoridae). Russian Journal of Herpetology. 22(4): 241–280 

ResearchGate.net/publication/287330801_Sorting_out_moss_frogs_mtDNA_data_on_taxonomic_diversity_and_phylogenetic_relationships_of_the_Indochinese_species_of_the_genus_Theloderma_Anura_Rhacophoridae

Nguyen Quang Truong and Nguyen Vu Khoi. 2008. First record of Theloderma stellatum Taylor, 1962 from Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang Province, southern Vietnam. Herpetology Notes. 1: 61-62 

HerpetologyNotes.seh-herpetology.org/Volume1_PDFs/Nguyen_Herpetology_Notes_Volume1_pages61-62.pdf

Fig. 1. Theloderma species of Indochina and Thailand.
  a, Th. horridum (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha Le Ban N. P., photo N. A. Poyarkov); b, Th. stellatum (Thailand, Uthai Thani Province, Hauy Kha Khaeng W. S.; photo P. Pawangkhanant); c, Th. cf. stellatum [described below as Theloderma vietnamense sp. nov.] (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong); d, Th. pictum (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha LeBan N. P.; photo P. Pawangkhanant); e, Th. licin (Thailand, Satun Province, Tha Le Ban N. P., photo P. Pawangkhanant); f, Th. cf. asperum, northern population (Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Province, Tam Dao; photo N. L. Orlov); g, Th. cf. asperum, southern population (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); h, Th. asperum (Thailand, Kamphaeng Phet Province, photo P. Pawangkhanant); i, Th. ryabovi, male (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); j, Th. ryabovi, female (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); k, Th. bicolor (Vietnam, Lao Cai, Fan Si Pan Mt.; photo N. L. Orlov); l, Th. corticale (Vietnam, Quang Tri Province, Ban Cup; photo N. L. Orlov); m, Th. gordoni, northern population (Vietnam, Lao Cai, Sa Pa; photo N. L. Orlov); n, Th. gordoni, southern population (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); o, Th. lateriticum (Vietnam, Bac Giang; photo Nguyen Thien Tao); p, Th. rhododiscum (China, Yunnan; photo N. L. Orlov); q, Th. palliatum (Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Bi Doup; photo E. A. Galoyan); r, Th. chuyangsinense (Vietnam, Dak Lak Province, Chu Yang Sin; photo N. A. Poyarkov); s, Th. truongsonense (Vietnam, Quang Tri Province, Ban Cup; photo N. L. Orlov); t, Th. bambusicola (Vietnam, Lam Dong Province, Cat Loc; photo N. A. Poyarkov); u, Th. cf. nebulosum (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province; photo N. L. Orlov); v, Th. cf. truongsonense (Vietnam, Kon Tum Province, Kon Plong; photo N. L. Orlov); w, (Vietnam, Khanh Hoa Province, Hon Ba; photo A. B. Vassilieva); x, Th. petilum (Vietnam, Dien Bien Province, Muong Nhe; photo Le Trung Dung).

[Crustacea • 2015] Uca (Xeruca), A New Subgenus for the Taiwanese Fiddler Crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Decapoda: Ocypodidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence

FIGURE 3. Uca formosensis, ♂ from Haishangu, Hsinchu, Taiwan (NCHUZOOL 13673, CW 27.9 mm),
A, dorsal view; B, frontal view showing the right major chela.

FIGURE 2. Uca formosensis. A, B, holotype (USNM 54472, CW 28.8 mm) recognized by Crane (1975);
E, ♀ from Haishangu, Hsinchu (NCHUZOOL 13849, CW 32.2 mm), showing the tuberculate swelling on carapace behind right dorsolateral margin (arrowed) (E) scale = 5 mm.DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.1

Abstract

The fiddler crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae), restricted to the western part of Taiwan and the offshore Penghu (Pescadores) Islands in the Taiwan Strait, has been placed under the subgenus Uca (Gelasimus) Latreille, 1817 (= Uca (Thalassuca) Crane, 1975) based on only less than a dozen specimens, but later suggested under the subgenus Tubuca Bott, 1973 because the similarity of external morphology. A suite of characters of carapace, major cheliped, gastric mill, male first gonopod, and chela handedness, as well as the phylogenic relationships (mitochondrial 16S rDNA and cytochrome oxidase subunit I, and nuclear 28S rDNA), nevertheless support this species belongs to its own subgenus. A new subgenus Uca (Xeruca) subgen. nov. is herein established for U. formosensis.

Key words: Xeruca, new subgenus, Uca formosensis, fiddler crab, Ocypodidae, taxonomy, Taiwan, 16S rDNA, cytochrome oxidase subunit I, 28S rDNA

Systematic account

Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815

Subfamily Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815

Genus Uca Leach, 1814

Uca (Xeruca) subgen. nov.

Uca (Thalassuca) Crane, 1975: 75 (part); Rosenberg 2001: 840, 848, 851 (part).

Tubuca Bott, 1973: 322 (part).

Uca (Tubuca)—Beinlich & von Hagen 2006: 10, 14, 15, 25 (part); Ng et al. 2008: 241 (part).

Type species. Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921, by present designation.

Etymology. From the Greek xeros for “dry,” for the high intertidal habitat of the type species, in arbitrary combination with the genus name Uca. Gender feminine.

Shih, Hsi-te. 2015. Uca (Xeruca), A New Subgenus for the Taiwanese Fiddler Crab Uca formosensis Rathbun, 1921 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Ocypodidae), based on morphological and molecular evidence. Zootaxa 3974(2): 151–169. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.1

http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2015/f/zt03974p169.pdf