A 33-YEAR-OLD MAN, A 20-YEAR-OLD WOMAN, AND a 10-year-old boy with the clinical diagnosis of lichen nitidus (Figure 1A, Figure 2A, and Figure 3A, respectively) underwent imaging with confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) (Vivascope 1500; Lucid-Tech Inc, Henrietta, New York). The mosaic CLSM images (Figure 1B, Figure 2B, and Figure 3B [3 3 mm, 2 2 mm, and 2 2 mm, respectively]) revealed roun...

The species of the water scavenger beetle genus Laccobius Erichson, 1837 occuring in China are reviewed. Two new species are described: Laccobius (Glyptolaccobius) qinlingensis sp. nov. (Shaanxi) and L. (Cyclolaccobius) hainanensis sp. nov. (Hainan). Five species are recorded for the first time: Laccobius (Dimorpholaccobius) bipunctatus (Fabricius, 1775), L. (D.) striatulus (Fabricius, 1801) an...

1 2 Relationships between anecic earthworms (Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea 3 giardi) and the collembolan species Heteromurus nitidus (Templeton, 1835), which is known 4 to be attracted to earthworms, were investigated in an 8-week laboratory experiment. Our 5 aims were (1) to assess whether earthworms influence the population dynamics of H. nitidus, 6 and (2) to study pathways of influe...