On the Paleozoic bryozoans of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Ascopora</Emphasis> Trautschold

Based on the study of the neotype and the astogeny of the type specimens of the species Ascopora nodosa (Fischer von Waldheim, 1837), the diagnosis and species composition of the genus Ascopora Trautschold, 1876 are emended. The genus Ascopora and three species out of the five included in this genus—A. nodosa (Fischer von Waldheim, 1837); A. sokolovae Schulga-Nesterenko, 1955; and A. latiaxis Schulga-Nesterenko, 1955—are described. A new genus, Tetrasella gen. nov., with the type species T. blanda sp. nov. is described. This genus comprises five species, transferred from the composition of the genus Ascopora. An emended diagnosis of the genus Ascoporella Krutchinina, 1986, is provided. This genus comprises nine species, of which two, A. lecta sp. nov. and A. mera sp. nov., are described as new species.     

The Madagascan genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Vaughania</Emphasis> is reduced to synonymy under <Emphasis Type="Italic">Indigofera</Emphasis> (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Leguminosae-Papilionoideae-Indigofereae</Emphasis>)

Summary  Eleven species comprising the Madagascan genus Vaughania are subsumed within the large pantropical genus Indigofera. Six new combinations are made; the remaining species were originally described in Indigofera.     

On the fauna of bristletails of the genera <Emphasis Type="Italic">Petrobius</Emphasis> and <Emphasis Type="Italic">Trigoniophthalmus</Emphasis> (Thysanura,Machilidae) from the Caucasus

Five new species, Petrobius caucasicus sp. n., Trigoniophthalmus presimplex sp. n., T. divnogorski sp. n., T. kislovodski sp. n., and T. adigei sp. n. (Machilidae), are described from the Caucasus. A key to all the known species of the genus Trigoniophthalmus is given. Two subgenera (Trigoniophthalmus s. str., Trigoniocellus subgen. n.) in the genus Trigoniophthalmus are described. 2 + 2 retractile vesicles are present on abdominal segments II–IV in the species of Trigoniocellus subgen. n. and on II–V abdominal segments in Trigoniophthalmus s. str. Analysis of the evolution and phylogenetic relations between the species of the genus Trigoniophthalmus is performed for the first time. The formation of bristletails of the genus Trigoniophthalmus appears to occur in the Caucasian mountain province of the European area, from where they penetrated to the Central European mixed province and the Mediterranean subarea. Among the described species of the genus, T. kislovodski is distinguished by the greatest number of plesiomorphic states of morphological characters.     

New cretaceous radiolarian species of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Afens</Emphasis> Riedel et Sanfilippo

Diverse radiolarians from the Upper Cretaceous Perapedhi and Moni formations (southern Cyprus) are studied. Many representatives of the genus Afens Riedel et Sanfilippo, 1974 are recognized. The diagnosis of the genus Afens is emended and three new species of this genus, Afens perapediensis sp. nov., Afens moniensis sp. nov., and Afens concinnus sp. nov., are described. In addition, the species Afens liriodes Riedel et Sanfilippo, 1974 is redescribed.     

A new species of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Brasiliomyces</Emphasis> (Erysiphaceae) on <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dalbergia cultrata</Emphasis> var. <Emphasis Type="Italic">cultrata</Emphasis> from Thailand

A powdery mildew fungus on leaves of Dalbergia cultrata var. cultrata (Fabaceae) collected at the Queen Sirikit Botanical Garden in northern Thailand is proven to be a new species of the genus Brasiliomyces and is described as B. chiangmaiensis sp. nov. with light and SEM micrographs. Differences in known Brasiliomyces species are discussed, and a key to species of this genus is provided.     

Description of males of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Prosimulium candicans</Emphasis> Rubzov, 1956 (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Previously unknown males of Prosimulium candicans are described. Belonging of this species to the genus Prosimulium Roubaud, 1906, but not to the genus Taeniopterna Enderlein, 1925, is confirmed.     

Review of curculionoid beetles of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Arnoldibelus</Emphasis> Leg. from the Jurassic of Kazakhstan (Coleoptera: Nemonychidae)

The genus Arnoldibelus is reviewed. Two new species, A. zherichini and A. gratshevi, closely related to A. karatavicus, from the Middle-Late Jurassic of the Karatau Mountains are described. An identification key to species of the genus Arnoldibelus is provided.     

New data on the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Neostylopyga</Emphasis> Shelford, 1911 (Dictyoptera,Blattidae) with description of a new species from Laos

A new species of the genus Neostylopyga Shelford, 1911, N. laosana sp. n., is described from Laos, and the male genitalia are examined in detail. The type species of the genus Neostylopyga, N. rhombifolia (Stoll, 1813), is redescribed, and the taxonomic position of the genus is discussed.     

New data on the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Praeglyphioceras</Emphasis> (Praeglyphioceratidae,Ammonoidea)

The history of the taxonomy and classification of the Famennian genus Praeglyphioceras Wedekind, 1908 and the family Praeglyphioceratidae are discussed. The sutural ontogeny of this genus, which is examined for the first time for two species of the genus, supports the high taxonomic rank of praeglyphioceratids. This family is mostly related to primitive Prionoceratoidea. A new species, Praeglyphioceras korobkovi sp. nov., is described from the delphinus Zone (Prolobites-Platyclymenia Genozone) of the Aktyubinsk Region of Kazakhstan.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Sphaerophragmium pulchrum</Emphasis>, a new species of rust fungi on <Emphasis Type="Italic">Albizia adinocephala</Emphasis> from Panama

Sphaerophragmium pulchrum is proposed as a new microcyclic rust species on Albizia adinocephala from Panama. Telia and spermogonia are described, illustrated, and compared to those of known species of Sphaerophragmium. Spermogonia are described for the first time for a species of Sphaerophragmium. This is the first record of this genus for the southern part of the Central American isthmus.     

The genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saphonecrus</Emphasis> Dalla Torre et Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in China,with descriptions of two new species

Two new species of the genus Saphonecrus Dalla Torre et Kieffer, 1910, S. flavitibilis sp. n. and S. tianmushanus sp. n., are described and illustrated, and a key to the Chinese species of genus Saphonecrus is provided.     

Contribution to the taxonomy,distribution and paleoecology of the early representatives of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Penthesilenula</Emphasis> Rossetti &; Martens, 1998 (Crustacea,Ostracoda, Darwinulidae) from Argentina,with the description of a new species

Early Mesozoic Argentinian darwinuloids, now re-assigned to the genus Penthesilenula (incae group), are described and illustrated. These records seem to constitute the oldest known for the genus. The close similarities between the studied species and those described from eastern Asia enlarge the geographical distribution of Penthesilenula (incae group), which, although restricted to the southern Hemisphere in Recent and Holocene times, may have had a wider distribution in the past. Additional information on the paleoecology, plus a preliminary account on the distribution of darwinulid species from Argentina are also offered. One new species is described: Penthesilenula loana sp. nov.     

Comparative osteology,relationships, and systematics of fish of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Zoarces</Emphasis> (Zoarcidae,Perciformes)

Comparative-osteological investigation of all species of the genus Zoarces is made: Z. fedorovi, Z. andriashevi, Z. elongatus, Z. viviparus, Z. americanus, and Z. gillii. In the skeleton of hyoid arch in species of Zoarces, Lycozoarces, and Lycodes, paired bony elements are found, not described previously, identified as parurohyalia which may be synapomorphy of Zoarcidae. Differences between the Zoarces species are revealed by 56 external morphological and osteological characters. Cladistic analysis yielded one tree 135, Ci 0.57, Ri 0.54 long. Cladistic analysis confirms validity of a recently described species Z. fedorovi, which turned out to be the most generalized in the genus Zoarces, as well as the validity of Z. elongatus. The species Z. americanus and Z. gillii occupy a terminal position preventing their isolation to independent genera as was previously supposed, as this would lead to paraphyly of the genus Zoarces.     

A new species of the genus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Rhinogaster</Emphasis> Fennah (Homoptera,Fulgoroidea, Caliscelidae) from Southern Africa

The genus Rhinogaster Fennah, 1949 is recorded from the Afrotropical Region for the first time. Rhinogaster stilleri sp. n. well distinguished from other species of the genus by the shape of process of abdominal tergite V is described from the Republic of South Africa. A key with illustrations to all species of the genus is provided.     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Justicia jamisonii</Emphasis> Jongkind &; Vollesen (Acanthaceae), a new species from Guinée,Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya

A new species, Justicia jamisonii is described and illustrated. It resembles Rungia paxiana but has a much narrower membranous margin on the inflorescence bracts and the corolla is hairy on the outside. The species has an extraordinary geographical distribution, it is only known from Guinée and C?te d’Ivoire in the west and Kenya in the east, two areas separated by a c. 4,700 km gap. It is described here in Justicia because the genus Rungia will soon be united with the older genus Justicia by the second author.