First record of Pristipomoides multidens (Day, 1871) from the Gulf of Aqaba,with a note on the species of Pristipomoides in the Red Sea (Actinopterygii: Lutjanidae)

The snapper Pristipomoides multidens is reported for the first time from the Gulf of Aqaba. A comparison of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) with available data revealed a high similarity with a sample from Mauritius and a lower similarity with samples from the China Sea. The status and distribution of the Red Sea species of Pristipomoides are summarised.     

Clinical Features of Brain Metastases in Small Cell Lung Cancer: an Implication for Hippocampal Sparing Whole Brain Radiation Therapy

PURPOSE: To assess the clinical features and distribution of brain metastases (BMs) of small cell lung cancer (SCLC) in the hippocampal and perihippocampal region, with the purpose of exploring the viability of hippocampal-sparing whole-brain radiation therapy (HS-WBRT) on reducing neurocognitive deficits. METHODS: This was a retrospective analysis of the clinical characteristics and patterns of BMs in patients with SCLC. Associations between the clinical characteristics and hippocampal metastases (HMs)/perihippocampal metastases (PHMs) were evaluated in univariate and multivariate regression analyses. RESULTS: A total of 1594 brain metastatic lesions were identified in 180 patients. Thirty-two (17.8%) patients were diagnosed with BMs at the time of primary SCLC diagnosis. The median interval between diagnosis of primary SCLC and BMs was 9.3 months. There were 9 (5.0%) and 22 (12.2%) patients with HMs and PHMs (patients with BMs located in or within 5 mm around the hippocampus), respectively. In the univariate and multivariate analysis, the number of BMs was the risk factor for HMs and PHMs. Patients with BMs ≥ 5 had significantly higher risk of HMs (odds ratio [OR] 7.892, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.469-42.404, P = .016), and patients with BMs ≥ 7 had significantly higher risk of PHMs (OR 5.162, 95% CI 2.017-13.213, P = .001). Patients with extracranial metastases are also associated with HMs. CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that patients with nonoligometastatic disease are significantly associated with HMs and PHMs. The incidence of PHMs may be acceptably low enough to perform HS-WBRT for SCLC. Our findings provide valuable clinical data to assess the benefit of HS-WBRT in SCLC patients with BMs.     

Species,genera, and phylogenetic structure in the human fossil record: a modest proposal

Because of the greater morphological distances among them, genera should be more robustly recognizable in the fossil record than species are. But there are clearly upper as well as lower bounds to their species inclusivity. Currently, the vast majority of fossils composing the large and rapidly expanding paleoanthropological record are crammed into one of two genera (Australopithecus vs Homo), expanding the latter, especially, far beyond any reasonable morphological or phylogenetic limits. This excessive inclusivity obscures both diversity and the complexities of phylogenetic structure within the hominid family.     

中国长大蚜属Eulachnus del Guercio研究及一新种记述(同翅目：蚜总科，大蚜科)

系统研究了中国的长大蚜属Eulachnus del Guercio, 1909, 共记述12种,其中1个新种,肖高山长大蚜E. similialticola Zhang,sp.nov.; 2种中国新记录种：高山长大蚜E. alticola Borner, 1940和钉毛长大蚜E. tuberculostemmatus (Theobald, 1915)。论文提供了该属的分种检索表,各种提供了寄主植物和地理分布,新种还提供了与其近缘种的示差鉴别。所有研究标本,包括模式标本均保存在中国科学院动物研究所动物标本馆。     

西藏马鞍菌属小志*

藏东南林区、藏南的亚东林区和藏东的昌都林区等地的马鞍菌属16种,其中有中国新记录种3种,西藏新分布6种,研究标本均保存于西藏高原生态研究所标本室(HXZE)。     

中国蝙蝠新记录--马氏菊头蝠

通过对广西防城港市和陆川县采集到的蝙蝠标本进行鉴定,发现7只马氏菊头蝠( Rhinolophus marshalli, Thonglongya 1973)中国蝙蝠新记录。本文在与模式标本数据进行比较的基础上,对该批标本进行了详细测量和描述。     

江苏常熟虞山国家森林公园鸟类资源

江苏常熟虞山国家森林公园现知鸟类196种,隶属16目,38科,其中58种为新纪录,并对该地鸟类种类、居留情况作了调查分析。     

河南树蛙科一新纪录

2002年5月采自河南商城县的一种树蛙科标本,经鉴定为河南省新纪录大泛树蛙(Rhacophorus dennysi)。     

细疣高山苔——中国高山苔属一新记录种

细疣高山苔Athalamia glauco-virens Shim. & Hatt. 原仅见于日本,在山东省泰山万仙楼石墙上的发现为中国首次记录。该种以孢子的大形乳头突起上具细密疣及弹丝上具细疣而明显区别于本属的其他种。     

中国嗜木螨属一新纪录种记述(蜱螨亚纲:粉螨科)

本文记述在江西省安义县米糠中采集到的嗜木螨属Caloglyphus一中国新纪录种:卡氏嗜木螨Caloglyphus caroli ChannaBasavanna 8L Krishna Rao,1982。