New records and updated checklist of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) from Lao People's Democratic Republic,with special emphasis on adult and larval surveillance in Khammuane Province

A list of mosquitoes from the Nakai Nam Theun National Protected Area along the Nam Theun, Nam Mon, Nam Noy, and Nam On rivers, Nakai District, Khammuane Province, Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) is presented. Fifty‐four mosquito taxa were identified, including 15 new records in the Lao PDR. A fragment of the mtDNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, barcode region, was generated for 34 specimens, and together with four specimens already published, it represented 23 species in eight genera. In addition, an updated checklist of 170 mosquito taxa from Lao PDR is provided based on field collections from Khammuane Province, the literature, and specimens deposited in the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History (SI‐NMNH), Washington, DC, U.S.A. This paper provides additional information about the biodiversity of mosquito fauna in Lao PDR.     

Shark attacks in the rivers of southern Iran

Synopsis The literature on shark attacks in freshwaters of southern Iran is reviewed and 11 attacks with 3 fatalities recorded from local informants for the period 1953 to 1985. The species of shark responsible is probably the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas, whose presence in the Tigris River is confirmed by preserved specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). The Iranian records represent a significant proportion (28%) of the documented cases world-wide for unprovoked, freshwater attacks.     

中国尺蛾亚科三新记录属研究（鳞翅目： 尺蛾科）

本文记述中国尺蛾亚科3新记录属及3新记录种： 羚尺蛾Absala dorcada Swinhoe,双弓尺蛾Calleremites subornata Warren,巨尺蛾Pachista superans (Butler)。总结了每个属、种的形态特征;为羚尺蛾 Absala dorcada Swinhoe和巨尺蛾 Pachista superans (Butler) 指定了选模。     

On the types of mesozoic archostematan beetles (Insecta, Coleoptera, Archostemata) in the Natural History Museum, London

About 40 type specimens of archostematan beetles from the Jurassic, Lower Cretaceous, and Paleogene of England, named by P. Brodie, J.O. Westwood, C. Giebel, A. Handlirsch, F. Zeuner, P. Whalley, and R. Crowson and stored in the Paleontological Department of the Natural History Museum (London) are redescribed. Nine genera and 11 species are recognized, three genera are assigned to Archostemata for the first time. One new species, Tersus crowsoni (Schizophoridae), is described.     

中国陕西中三叠世直脉蝎蛉科和新直脉蝎蛉科新属、种(昆虫纲,长翅目)(英文)

记述直脉蝎蛉科两亚属的两新种和新直脉蝎蛉科1新属、种,并讨论其分类位置.这些新属种是本区独特的地方性类群,对地层划分与对比有一定的意义.化石标本采自陕西铜川中三叠统铜川组下段上部的灰绿色泥页岩.这些新属种也是铜川昆虫组合的新成员,属陕西昆虫群(系陕西生物群的一个化石类别).根据陕西生物群的特征,其时代相当欧洲中三叠世拉丁期(Ladinian Stage).     

东北地区木本植物一个新记录属和五个新记录种

东北地区位于我国东北部,地处欧亚大陆东部,地域辽阔,植物种类丰富,共有维管束植物164科928属3 103种。该文根据野外调查结果及相关资料,报道了东北地区木本植物1个新记录属是黄连木属(Pistacia L.)(漆树科Anacardiaceae)和5个新记录种,分别是黄连木(Pistacia chinensis)、野皂荚(Gleditsia microphylla)、东北忍冬(Lonicera elisae)、郁香忍冬(L.fragrantissima)、毛叶水栒子(Cotoneaster submultiflorus)。该文报道的新记录种凭证标本保存于大连自然博物馆植物标本室。这些新记录木本植物的发现,对东北地区生物多样性的研究具有重要意义,为其在我国的地理分布研究提供了新资料。     

Annotated checklist of Iranian Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Hydrophiloidea)

This checklist comprises all species of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea) quoted in the literature referring to Iran and confirmed by our study. In total, 104 species within 17 genera and five subfamilies, Hydrophilinae (eight genera, 63 species), Chaetarthriinae (three genera, five species), Enochrinae (single genus, 20 species), Acidocerinae (single genus, three species) and Sphaeridiinae (four genera, 13 species), are listed for the fauna of Iran. Three species are endemic; four species are recorded here for the first time from Iran, and nine species are excluded from Iranian fauna.     

缢管蚜亚族分属检索表及中国一新记录种记述（同翅目：蚜科，蚜亚科）

提供了世界蚜科Aphididae蚜亚科Aphidinae缢管蚜亚族Rhopalosiphina 10个属的检索表。记述一个中国新记录种-超管二叉蚜Schizaphis hypersiphonata Basu, (1969) 1970。研究标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所动物标本馆、伊利诺伊大学Illinois Nature History Survey、美国农业部系统昆虫学实验室标本馆和英国自然历史博物馆。     

The intertidal polychaete (Annelida) fauna of the Sitakunda coast (Chittagong,Bangladesh), with notes on the Capitellidae,Glyceridae, Lumbrineridae,Nephtyidae, Nereididae and Phyllodocidae of the “Northern Bay of Bengal Ecoregion”

Of seven species of polychaetous annelids collected from the intertidal zone of Sitakunda coast, Chittagong, Bangladesh, five were new records for the country. The seven are listed, with brief notes on these, some previously recorded! species and others housed in the collections of the Natural History Museum, London. Keys are given to the recorded species of Phyllodocidae, Nereididae, Lumbrineridae, Nephtyidae and Capitellidae of the “Northern Bay of Bengal Ecoregion”, and to the recognised species of Glyceridae from the Bay of Bengal. The worms in this Ecoregion are subject to the outflows of the Irrawaddy, Ganges, Hooghly and Mahanadi Rivers, and many of them are known to be freshwater tolerant.     

Moths of the tribe Pseudoterpnini (Geometridae: Geometrinae): a review of the genera

The classification of the genera of the widely distributed Old World tribe Pseudoterpnini is reviewed and 34 genera are recognized. Two new generic synonyms ( Sterictopsis Warren and Oxyphanes Turner as synonyms of Rhuma Walker), and 21 new or reinstated combinations are established. Representative moths of all the genera are illustrated in colour (upper side and underside), and genitalia of all genera are illustrated in monochrome (162 figures). All the known species and subspecies of Pseudoterpnini are listed (321), together with their synonyms. The Pseudoterpnini and their characters are assessed, and many genera are newly assigned to the tribe.  © 2007 Natural History Museum, London. Journal compilation © 2007 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society , 2007, 150 , 343–412.     

香港的两栖和爬行动物

香港及其附近水域已有纪录的两栖和爬行动物共4目23科70属107种。本文着重分析陆地与淡水产种类,计有4目21科63属98种,其中目前仅见于香港的特有种4种,物种密度高达897．4／104km2,东洋界种类占绝对优势,其中主要为南中国成分,其次为印度支那成分和印度马来成分,香港与我国东南沿海各省（区）具有很高的生物相似值（＞0．4）,在动物地理区划上属于东洋界华南区东南沿海亚区。香港地处北半球亚热带季风区,气候温暖湿润,雨量充沛,适合两栖爬行动物的生存和繁衍;但由于面积不大、地貌较不复杂,随着经济的发展和人口的增加,它们生存的地域越来越缩小,再加以人为的干扰,物种和数量有减少的趋势。     

Checklist of tapeworms (Platyhelminthes,Cestoda) of vertebrates in Finland

A checklist of tapeworms (Cestoda) of vertebrates (fishes, birds and mammals) in Finland is presented, based on published observations, specimens deposited in the collections of the Finnish Museum of Natural History (Helsinki) and the Zoological Museum of the University of Turku, and additional specimens identified by the present author. The checklist includes 170 tapeworm species from 151 host species, comprising 447 parasite species/host species combinations. Thirty of the tapeworm species and 96 of the parasite/host species combinations have not been previously reported from Finland. The total number of tapeworm species in Finland (170 spp.) is significantly lower than the corresponding figure for the Iberian Peninsula (257 spp.), Slovakia (225 spp.) and Poland (279 spp.). The difference between Finland and the other three regions is particularly pronounced for anseriform, podicipediform, charadriiform and passeriform birds, reflecting inadequate and/or biased sampling of these birds in Finland. It is predicted that there are actually ca. 270 species of tapeworms in Finland, assuming that true number of bird tapeworms in Finland corresponds to that in other European countries with more comprehensive knowledge of the local tapeworm fauna. The other main pattern emerging from the present data is the seemingly unexplained absence in (northern) Fennoscandia of several mammalian tapeworms that otherwise have extensive distributions in the Holarctic region or in Eurasia, including the northern regions. Previously unknown type specimens, that is, the holotype of Bothrimonus nylandicus Schneider, 1902 (a junior synonym of Diplocotyle olrikii Krabbe, 1874) (MZH 127096) and the syntypes of Caryophyllaeides fennica (Schneider, 1902) (MZH 127097) were located in the collections of the Finnish Museum of Natural History.     

Global Diversity and Phylogeny of Pelagic Shrimps of the Former Genera Sergestes and Sergia (Crustacea,Dendrobranchiata, Sergestidae), with Definition of Eight New Genera

We revise the global diversity of the former genera Sergia and Sergestes which include 71 valid species. The revision is based on examination of more than 37,000 specimens from collections in the Natural History Museum of Denmark and the Museum of Natural History, Paris. We used 72 morphological characters (61 binary, 11 multistate) and Sicyonella antennata as an outgroup for cladistic analysis. There is no support for the genera Sergia and Sergestes as they have been defined until now. We define and diagnose eight genera of the former genus Sergia (Sergia and new genera Gardinerosergia, Phorcosergia, Prehensilosergia, Robustosergia, Scintillosergia, Challengerosergia, and Lucensosergia) and seven genera of the former genus Sergestes (Sergestes, Deosergestes, Eusergestes, Allosergestes, Parasergestes, Neosergestes, and a new genus Cornutosergestes). An identification key is presented for all genera of the family Sergestidae. The phylogeny of Sergestidae is mainly based on three categories of characters related to: (1) general decapod morphology, (2) male copulatory organs, and (3) photophores. Only simultaneous use of all three character types resulted in a resolved tree with minimal Bootstrap support 75 for each clade. Most genera are interzonal mesopelagic migrants, some are benthopelagic (Scintillosergia, Lucensosergia), bathypelagic (Sergia), or epipelagic (Cornutosergestes). Within each of meso- and benthopelagic genera there is one species with panoceanic distribution, while most species ranges are restricted to a single ocean. The genera demonstrate two different strategies expressed both in morphology and behavior: protective (Eusergestes, Sergestes, Cornutosergestes, Prehensilosergia, Scintillosergia, Lucensosergia, Challengerosergia, Gardinerosergia, Robustosergia, Phorcosergia, Sergia) and offensive (Neosergestes, Parasergestes, Allosergestes, Deosergestes).     

中国胫槽叶蝉属三新种（同翅目：叶蝉科：缘脊叶蝉亚科）

本文报道中国缘脊叶蝉亚科肠槽叶蝉属Drabescus 3个新种,并列出了本属中国分布种名录。模式标本分别保存于西北农林科技大学昆虫博物馆(NWSUAF)、中国科学院动物研究所标本馆(IZAS)、美国自然博物馆(USNM)和英国伦敦自然博物馆(BMNH)。     

离瓣叶蝉属一新种及一近缘新属新种记述(同翅目:叶蝉科)

本文记述了离瓣叶蝉属Placidellus Evans 1新种双支离瓣叶蝉P. conjugates, sp. nov.,和与该属近似的新属——长板叶蝉属Paraplacidellus, gen. nov.及1新种多斑长板叶蝉P. maculatus, sp. nov.。 1. 双支离瓣叶蝉Placidellus conjugatus, 新种（图1～8） 该新种与石原离瓣叶蝉P. ishihara Evans相似,但新种尾节侧瓣后部具1个大的片状突,阳茎及阳基侧突形状亦明显不同于后者,易于相互区别。 正模♂ 福建闽清,1985-Ⅶ-07,植82级学生采。副模1 ♀,福建福州,1983-Ⅵ-？,植80级学生采。 长板叶蝉属Paraplacidellus, 新属 模式标本 多斑长板叶蝉Paraplacidellus maculatus, sp. nov.。 头冠小,明显狭于前胸背板,中长小于复眼间宽,前缘背面观近直,冠缝不清晰。颜面长显著大于宽,前唇基向前逐渐变阔,略超出下颚板,前缘中部稍凹入;额缝向上延伸,靠近单眼;复眼大;触角相当长,几与体长相等。前胸背板短而阔,宽约为长的3倍,后缘中央略向前凹入。小盾片相当显著且向后延长,后部在中央和两侧形成脊起,横刻痕显著。覆翅端缘弧圆,端片发达,向前延续至R1b处, m-Cu2缺失,爪缝与A1以及A1与A2之间均有横脉相连,其他翅脉完整。 雄性尾节侧瓣具1长背突,着生部位靠近第10腹节基部,指向后方。下生殖板长,超过尾节侧瓣。阳基侧突发达,内基突短,外基突长;端突略扭曲,端向渐细,外缘具数根刚毛。连索"T"型。阳茎简单,阳茎干筒状,端向渐细,头背向弯曲,阳茎口位于近端部处。 该新属与离瓣叶蝉属Placidellus Evans近似,但新属近于平直的头冠前缘、更显著的小盾片中隆脊和侧隆脊,以及雄性的外生殖器形状明显有别于后者,两属易于区别。 2. 多斑长板叶蝉P. maculatus, 新种（图9～16） 正模♂(NMNH) Sandakan, Borneo, Baker采。     

中国淡水蟹分类与分布名录(十足目: 拟地蟹科, 溪蟹科)

中国是世界上淡水蟹物种多样性最高的国家。然而, 迄今为止还没有一个系统的、涵盖全国范围的淡水蟹分类和分布名录。本文收集了涉及中国淡水蟹分类和分布的文献, 采用国际上更新的短尾下目淡水蟹类高级阶元分类系统, 通过系统梳理, 汇编成中国淡水蟹分类与分布名录。该名录共收录了截至2018年1月记述的所有中国淡水蟹类, 共计2科45属311种。其中, 拟地蟹科(Gecarcinucidae Rathbun, 1904) 1属28种; 溪蟹科(Potamidae Ortmann, 1896) 44属283种及亚种; 中国特有属共计38属, 占总数的84%; 特有种共计302种, 占97%。对各省淡水蟹的分布分析发现, 云南是中国淡水蟹物种多样性最丰富的省份, 已记述16属50种; 其次为台湾(4属41种)。本名录首次全面概括了中国淡水蟹类的分类和分布, 可为深入开展全国范围的淡水蟹类生物多样性保护提供科学依据。     

Review of the genus Plistobunus Pocock, 1903, with description of a new species from Hainan Island, China (Opiliones, Laniatores, Epedanidae)

The genus Plistobunus Pocock, 1903 and its type species Plistobunus rapax Pocock, 1903 are redescribed based on the type material deposited in the British Museum of Natural History (BMNH), London. In addition, a new Plistobunus species from Hainan Island is described and illustrated of Plistobunus columnariussp. n. The new species is diagnosed by having a row of 12 setiferous tubercles on anterior margin of carapace, and the femur of pedipalpus ventrally with 13 setiferous tubercles in male.     

Echinoderms (Echinodermata) from the Gulf of California, Mexico

A systematic list of the echinoderms of the Gulf of California, based on museum specimens of the Colección Nacional de Equinodermos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnologia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. is presented. A total of 193 echinoderm species is recorded, distributed in 108 genera, 51 families and 19 orders. 12 new records for the Gulf of California are presented: Asteroidea (four), Ophiuroidea (three) and Holothuroidea (five).     

A list of old and recently erected monogenean genus-group names not included in Yamaguti's Systema helminthum

More than four hundred monogenean genus-group names published since or omitted from Yamaguti's Systema helminthum (1963) are listed. These names were abstracted from the generic indices of the Host-Parasite Catalogue of the Parasitic Worms Division, British Museum (Natural History). The various taxa are arranged, as far as possible, alphabetically according to a modern classification. Abbreviated references to the authorities for the genera and subgenera are given.