The goal of this study was to infer Heterotermes (Froggatt) (Dictyoptera: Rhinotermitidae) species diversity on the island of Puerto Rico from phylogenetic analyses of DNA sequence data from two mitochondrial genes, 16S rRNA and cytochrome oxidase II (COII). This termite genus is a structural pest known to be well adapted to arid environments in subtropical and tropical regions worldwide includ...

The dark synthesis of biliproteins in the blue-green alga Tolypothrix tenuis is controlled by brief light treatments. Green light potentiates synthesis of phycoerythrin and red light potentiates synthesis of phycocyanin. Red reverses the effect of green and vice versa. Action spectra for the red and green effects were obtained for the wavelength region 320 nanometers to 710 nanometers, at 10-na...

Two new genera of crinoid-associated pontoniine shrimps, Brucecaris, new genus, and Unguicaris, new genus, are described and illustrated. Brucecaris is established for Periclimenes tenuis Bruce. Unguicaris panglaonis, new genus, new species, is described from crinoid-associated material collected at Panglao Island, Bohol Sea, The Philippines. Three species, Periclimenes alegrias Bruce, Periclim...

A survey to determine the nematode species in rural chickens reared extensively was carried out in six districts of Zimbabwe. Two-hundred-and-seventy chickens were randomly collected from the districts and processed for helminth recovery. One genus and 10 species were identified from the gastrointestinal tract but no parasites were found in the respiratory tract and eyes. Skrjabinocerca sp., Ca...

Illustrated keys for the identification of the fourth-instar larvae and adults of species representing six genera of mosquitoes in Thailand are presented, along with information about the geographic distribution of the species and the habitats occupied by their immature stages. Fifty-nine species belonging to genera Orthopodomyia, Kimia, Malaya, Topomyia, Tripteroides, and Toxorhynchites are re...

The qualitative composition, numerical abundance and seasonal distribution of microzooplankton in the São Sebastião Channel were studied in different seasonal periods. Data are presented for 43 Protozoa, 4 rotifer and 30 copepod nauplii specimens. Tintinnids represented the most abundant group within the microzooplankton community, with 31 species recorded, among which Amphorellopsis acuta, Cod...

Twenty-three species of silicified brachiopods are described from four samples in the middle and upper parts of the Episkopi Formation from Hydra Island, Greece. These brachiopods are newly recorded from the region and together with previously described brachiopods from the same localities constitute the most diverse Lopingian (Late Permian) brachiopod fauna reported in southern Europe. The bra...

Eight new species of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from China are described and illustrated. The new species are Cornutrypeta chishuiensis Chen sp. nov., C. motuonia Chen sp. nov., Hoplandromyia hubeiensis Chen sp. nov., H. motuonica Chen sp. nov., Magnimyiolia disrupta Chen sp. nov., M tengchongnica Chen sp. nov., M tibetana Chen et Wang sp. nov. and M. yunnanica Chen et Wang sp. nov. Keys...

Haifeng Jin* 2, , Jiemin Liu* 2, , Robert D. Foreman, Jiande DZ Chen # 5, , 4 Jieyun Yin 5 1: Veterans Research and Education Foundation, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 6 Oklahoma City, OK. 7 2: Department of Physiology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 8 Oklahoma City, OK. 9 3: The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medicine University, Hangzhou, 10 China. 11 4: Guiz...

Giulia Melis 1,*, Elena Gelormino 2, Giulia Marra 1, Elisa Ferracin 3 and Giuseppe Costa 3 1 Environmental Heritage and Urban Redevelopment Unit, SiTI—Higher Institute on Territorial Systems for Innovation, via Boggio 61, 10138 Torino, Italy; [email protected] 2 ASL Torino 5, Local Public Health Agency, Piazza S. Pellico 1, 10023 Chieri, Italy; [email protected] 3 SEPI Gru...