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Parabathynellidae) from Western Australia. Journal of
Natural History 44(17/18, May):993-1079. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930903537066. ABS: Ten
new species of Brevisomabathynella Cho, Park & Ranga Reddy, 2006 are
described and illustrated from the arid region of Western Australia.
Comparison of the external morphology revealed the presence of three
common characters distributed among the 10 species: the five-segmented
antenna, the absence of the basipodal seta on the male thoracopod VIII
and the absence of a basiventral seta on the uropodal exopod. This
character combination is not found in Notobathynella and Billibathynella,
but only in Brevisomabathynella, a genus known from two described
species both with unusual characters. Despite the three common
attributes, the 10 new species differ remarkably from these two described
species, but could not be defined by their own synapomorphy.
Consequently, and cognizant of a previously performed molecular
analysis, we assign the 10 new species to Brevisomabathynella and
amend the generic diagnosis. The species inhabit shallow aquifers in
groundwater calcretes and each appears to be endemic to a given calcrete
formation. The two species previously known and the 10 species now
described include four sympatric species pairs, with similar-sized
sympatric species differing markedly in body form. Brevisomabathynella
inhabit groundwater up to at least marine salinity. KW:
Brevisomabathynella, Parabathynellidae, new species, Yilgarn, Western
Australia, Australia.
CHRISTIAN (E.), 2010. Höhlenfauna am Ostrand der Alpen.
Naturschutz bunt - Zeitschrift des Naturschutzbund NÖ
2010(1):8-9.
CÎMPEAN (M.-D.), 2010. Taxonomical and ecological study
of water mite communities (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from the
river Somesul Mic catchment area and their role as
indicators of water quality. "Babes-Bolyai" University,
Cluj-Napoca Biology and Geology Faculty, Taxonomy
and Ecology Department. Summary of the thesis, 31 p.
ÇİNBİLGEL (İ.) & GÖKÇEOĞLU (M.), 2010. Flora of
Altınbeşik Cavern National Park (İbradı-Akseki,
Antalya/Turkey). Biological Diversity and Conservation
3(3):85-110. http://www.biodicon.com/index_dosyalar/Page407.htm
CLABORN (D. M.), 2010. The biology and control of
leishmaniasis vectors. Journal of Global Infectious
Diseases 2(2, May/August):127-134. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.62866.
COKENDOLPHER (J. C.) & KREJCA (J. K.), 2010. A
New Cavernicolous Parobisium Chamberlin, 1930
(Pseudoscorpiones: Neobisiidae) from Yosemite National
Park, U. S. A. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech
University, 297(September 30):26 p. ABS: A new species of
troglobitic Parobisium pseudoscorpion is described from two caves
developed in granite talus slopes in the Yosemite Valley, U. S. A. The 16
species of the genus are all from the northern hemisphere (western U. S.
A., China, Japan, South Korea). A taxonomic key to the genus in the U.
S. A. is provided. The new species has only an anterior pair of pale
colored eyespots without tapetum and is blind. Extensive searching at
other shallow nearby caves and on the surface has not revealed any other
specimens of this species, although it is common within certain areas of
the two known caves. This may be only the second troglobite described
from granite talus caves in North America, and suggests the potential for
fruitful exploration in regions not traditionally sampled for subterranean
fauna. KW: Cavernicolous, boulders, granitic cave, Parobisium,
pseudoscorpions, talus, troglobite, Yosemite National Park.
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/opapers.htm
COKENDOLPHER (J. C.), SISSOM (W. D.) &
REDDELL (J. R.), 2010. A New Species of Apozomus
(Arachnida: Schizomida: Hubbardiidae) from Peninsular
Malaysia. Occasional Papers, Museum of Texas Tech
University, 298(October 27):8 p. ABS: A new species of the
genus Apozomus Harvey, 1992 is described from Malaysia. It was
collected in a termite nest and is therefore likely a termitophile. The new
species is the 14 th described species of the order from Southeast Asia, and
the 19 th member of the genus Apozomus. The described taxa of the
Schizomida from Southeast Asia are reviewed. Many species remain to
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be studied and described. KW: Apozomus, Longipeditermes, new species,
Peninsular Malaysia, schizomid, taxonomy, termite.
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/publications/opapers.htm
Commonwealth of Australia, 2010. Focusing on the
Landscape. Biodiversity in Australia's National Reserve
System. 148 p.
Commonwealth of Australia, 2010. Focusing on the
Landscape. Biodiversity in Australia's National Reserve
System. Part A: Fauna. 197 p.
Commonwealth of Australia, 2010. Focusing on the
Landscape. Biodiversity in Australia's National Reserve
System. Part B: Vascular Flora. 514 p.
COOK (L. D.), TREWICK (S. A.), MORGAN-
RICHARDS (M.) & JOHNS (P. M.), 2010. Status of the
New Zealand cave weta (Rhaphidophoridae) genera
Pachyrhamma, Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron.
Invertebrate Systematics 24(2):131-138. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS09047. ABS: The New Zealand
Rhaphidophoridae Walker, 1869 comprise 18 endemic genera (including
8 that are monotypic). Although there are many new species to be
described, rationalisation at the genus level is also required due to
inconsistencies in their current systematics. Even the largest and best
known taxa, including those that occupy cave systems and are the most
frequently encountered by people, require taxonomic revision. These cave
weta include species assigned to three poorly differentiated genera,
Pachyrhamma Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1888, Gymnoplectron Hutton,
1897 and Turbottoplectron Salmon, 1948, that are best known from North
Island New Zealand. We used mitochondrial DNA sequence data to
examine their relationships using representatives of each genus. The
results indicate that a single genus Pachyrhamma would be appropriate
for all, as Gymnoplectron and Turbottoplectron nest phylogenetically
within it. There are insufficient morphological, spatial or ecological
reasons to justify retention of all three. However, we also note that
species level diversity does not correlate with genetic or spatial diversity;
some species are genetically well partitioned and widespread while others
have narrow ranges in single cave systems and are closely related to one
another. KW: Phylogeography, species radiation.
COOMBS (S.), 2010. S 9.2. Active flow-sensing for spatial
exploration and navigation:55. In: 9 th International
Congress of Neuroethology, Salamanca (Spain), 2-7
August 2010. Sponsored by the International Society for
Neuroethology (neuroethology.org). Abstracts. ABS: Blind
cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) are unable to scan their surroundings from
a single vantage point by visual or other long-range sensory systems to
determine the spatial configuration of their distant surroundings. Rather,
they must rely on short-range senses and swim within sensory range of
each landmark feature. Thus, any knowledge of the spatial relationship
between two or more features must be obtained from sequential
encounters. In order to sense nearby features without touching them, fish
use active-flow sensing to detect the spatiotemporal perturbations caused
by nearby stationary objects in their own self-generated flow fields.
Given that flow signal generation and reception is coupled to the coast
phase of their burst-coast swimming gait, sensory updates about their
position in space with respect to their surroundings are intermittent and
constrained by locomotor demands. As a consequence, spatial exploration
and navigation pose special challenges for blind cavefish. Comparative
studies on the swimming trajectories and fine-scale swimming kinematics
of blind cavefish and their nearest sighted relative, a morph of the same
species, reveal interesting similarities and differences in the sensorimotor
strategies used by these two morphs when exploring novel environments.
Comparisons suggest that both morphs share common strategies for
regulating the temporal characteristics of burst-coast swimming
kinematics, but that blind morphs differ significantly from sighted
morphs in their swimming trajectories and in lateral line-enabled abilities
to link swim cycles into sequences that form straight trajectories. These
differences can best be understood in terms of the intermittent and shortrange
challenges of active flow-sensing by blind cavefish and suggest that
these fish have evolved behavioral strategies for coping with these
challenges.
COOPER (J. E.) & COOPER (M. R.), 2010. Long-term
mark-recapture studies of population sizes in the
stygobiotic crayfishes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) of Shelta