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Actinernoidea is a superfamily of the suborder Anenthemonae of the order Actiniaria, subclass Hexacorallia. This superfamily has been diagnosed by a peculiar endocoeletic mesenterial arrangement and included two families, Actinernidae and Halcuriidae. Although the monophyly of this superfamily is anticipated based on preceding molecular phylogenetic works, the relationship between these two families was not certain because of the rarity of actinernoidean anemones. We conducted comprehensive sampling in Japan, where the highest diversity of actinernoideans is known, and conducted phylogenetic analyses using nuclear and mitochondrial gene markers. According to the comprehensive analyses, both Actinernidae and Halcuriidae were not indicated as monophyletic but rather as poly- or paraphyletic. Based on our phylogeny reconstruction, we propose a new classification for Actinernoidea composed of three families, including Isactinernidae fam. nov., and seven genera, including Isohalcurias gen. nov. We also describe four new species, Halcurias hiroomii sp. nov., H. fragum sp. nov., Isohalcurias citreum sp. nov., and I. malum sp. nov.; and propose a new combination, Isohalcurias carlgreni comb. nov. This work is the first study of Actinernoidea that comprehensively analyzes its phylogeny and rearranges its classification, showing that there is highly divergent fauna in the seas around Japan.

We thank Daniel Alejandro Aquino (Museo de La Pla- ta) , Fernando H. A. Farache (Rio Verde) , Jeremy Frank (Bishop Museum) , and Ryan Perry (UC Santa Barbara) for helpful photographs of type specimens. We thank Nicole Fisher and Juanita Rodriguez Arrieta (ANIC, Canberra) as well as Christine Lambkin, Chris Burwell and Susan Wright (QM, Brisbane) for the loan of multiple Australian specimens. We acknowledge the Queensland government for collecting permits (WITK18248017-WITK18278817).; International audience; The family Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is reviewed with the goal of providing nomenclatural changes and morphological diagnoses in preparation for a new molecular phylogeny and a book on world fauna that will contain keys to identification. Most subfamilies and some tribes of Pteromalidae are elevated to family level or transferred elsewhere in the superfamily. The resulting classification is a compromise, with the aim of preserving the validity and diagnosability of other, well-established families of Chalcidoidea. The following former subfamilies and tribes of Pteromalidae are elevated to family rank: Boucekiidae, Ceidae, Cerocephalidae, Chalcedectidae, Cleonymidae, Coelocybidae, Diparidae, Epichrysomallidae, Eunotidae, Herbertiidae, Hetreulophidae, Heydeniidae, Idioporidae, Lyciscidae, Macromesidae, Melanosomellidae, Moranilidae, Neodiparidae, Ooderidae, Pelecinellidae (senior synonym of Leptofoeninae), Pirenidae, Spalangiidae, and Systasidae. The following subfamilies are transferred from Pteromalidae: Chromeurytominae and Keiraninae to Megastigmidae, Elatoidinae to Neodiparidae, Nefoeninae to Pelecinellidae, and Erotolepsiinae to Spalangiidae. The subfamily Sycophaginae is transferred to Pteromalidae. The formerly incertae sedis tribe Lieparini is abolished and its single genus Liepara is transferred to Coelocybidae. The former tribe Tomocerodini is transferred to Moranilidae and elevated to subfamily status. The former synonym Tridyminae (Pirenidae) is treated as valid. The following former Pteromalidae are removed from the family and, due to phylogenetic uncertainty, placed as incertae sedis subfamilies or genera within Chalcidoidea: Austrosystasinae, Ditropinotellinae, Keryinae, Louriciinae, Micradelinae, Parasaphodinae, Rivasia, and Storeyinae. Within the remaining Pteromalidae, Miscogastrinae and Ormocerinae are confirmed as separate from Pteromalinae, the former tribe Trigonoderini is elevated to subfamily status, the former synonym Pachyneurinae is recognized as a distinct subfamily, and as the senior synonym of Austroterobiinae. The tribe Termolampini is synonymized under Pteromalini, and the tribe Uzkini is synonymized under Colotrechnini. Most former Otitesellinae, Sycoecinae, and Sycoryctinae are retained in the tribe Otitesellini, which is transferred to Pteromalinae, and all other genera of Pteromalinae are treated as Pteromalini. Eriaporidae is synonymized with Pirenidae, with Eriaporinae and Euryischiinae retained as subfamilies. Other nomenclatural acts performed here outside of Pteromalidae are as follows: Calesidae: elevation to family rank. Eulophidae: transfer of Boucekelimini and Platytetracampini to Opheliminae, and abolishment of the tribes Elasmini and Gyrolasomyiini. Baeomorphidae is recognized as the senior synonym of Rotoitidae. Khutelchalcididae is formally excluded from Chalcidoidea and placed as incertae sedis within Apocrita. Metapelmatidae and Neanastatidae are removed from Eupelmidae and treated as distinct families. Eopelma is removed from Eupelmidae and treated as an incertae sedis genus in Chalcidoidea. The following subfamilies and tribes are described as new: Cecidellinae (in Pirenidae), Enoggerinae (incertae sedis in Chalcidoidea), Erixestinae (in Pteromalidae), Eusandalinae (in Eupelmidae), Neapterolelapinae (incertae sedis in Chalcidoidea), Solenurinae (in Lyciscidae), Trisecodinae (in Systasidae), Diconocarini (in Pteromalidae: Miscogastrinae), and Trigonoderopsini (in Pteromalidae: Colotrechninae). A complete generic classification for discussed taxa is provided.

The class Dothideomycetes is the largest and most ecologically diverse class of fungi, comprising endophytes, epiphytes, saprobes, human and plant pathogens, lichens, and lichenicolous, nematode trapping and rock-inhabiting taxa. Members of this class are mainly characterized by bitunicate asci with fissitunicate dehiscence, and occur on broad range of hosts in aquatic and terrestrial habitats. Since the last monograph of families of Dothideomycetes in 2013, numerous novel species, genera, families and orders have been discovered. This has expanded information which has led to the modern classification in Dothideomycetes. In this paper, we provide a refined updated document on families of Dothideomycetes with emphasis on Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae. We accept three orders with 25 families and four orders with 94 families in Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae, respectively. The new family Paralophiostomataceae is introduced in Pleosporales. Each family is provided with an updated description, notes, including figures to represent the morphology, list of accepted genera, and economic and ecological significances. We also provide an overall phylogenetic tree of families in Dothideomycetes based on combined analysis of LSU, SSU, rpb-2 and tefl sequence data, and phylogenetic trees for each order in Dothideomycetidae and Pleosporomycetidae. Family-level trees are provided for the families which include several genera such as Mycosphaerellaceae and Teratosphaeriaceae. Two new genera (Ligninsphaeriopsis and Paralophiostoma) are introduced. Five new species (Biatrisopora borsei, Comoclathris galatellae, Ligninsphaeriopsis thailandica, Paralophiostoma hysterioides and Torula thailandica) are introduced based on morphology and phylogeny, together with nine new reports and seven new collections from different families.

One new family, genus, and species of fossil scorpion are described from the Meride Limestone (Ladinian, Middle Triassic) of Monte San Giorgio (Southern Alps). This new discovery brings further evidence for the recovery of terrestrial forms of scorpions, following the Late-Permian mass extinction. The new fossil family proposed at present can, once again, be classified within extant familial groups; in this case the superfamily Chactoidea (sensu Lourenço). These results reinforce the proposition that modern scorpions may belong to lineages present at least for 240 Myr., Une nouvelle famille, genre et espèce de scorpion fossile sont décrites du Calcaire de Meride, Trias Moyen du Monte San Giorgio dans les Alpes du Sud. Cette nouvelle découverte apporte un nouveau support à la restauration des formes terrestres de scorpion à la suite de la dramatique extinction de la fin du Permien. La nouvelle famille fossile proposée peut, une fois de plus, être classée dans une superfamille actuelle, celle des Chactoidea (sensu Lourenço). Ces résultats suggèrent ainsi l’existence de cette lignée depuis au moins 240 Ma.

Phylogenetic analyses of combined LSU, rpb2, tub2 and ITS sequence data of representative Xylariales taxa indicated that Diabolocovidia, Didymobotryum and Vamsapriya cluster together and form a distinct clade in Xylariales. Morphological comparison also shows their distinctiveness from other families of Xylariales. Therefore, we introduce it as a novel family, Vamsapriyaceae. Based on morphological characteristics, Podosporium and Tretophragmia, which were previously classified in Ascomycota genera incertae sedis, are now included in the Vamsapriyaceae. In addition, three Vamsapriya species, V. chiangmaiensis sp. nov, V. uniseptata sp. nov, and V. indica are described and illustrated in this paper.

Crabs recovered from marly strata of the upper Roda Formation (Ypresian) at Isàvena (Huesca, Aragón), and the Ypresian of Lleida (Catalonia), exhibit a clear set of characteristics, mainly in chelipeds and dorsal carapace that favour assignment to the superfamily Portunoidea, and confirm a close relationship with the family Portunidae. However, the presence of important and easily distinguished features, such as the strongly marked dorsal ridges or notably narrow sternum, leads us to erect a new genus and species, Archeoportunus isabenensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and a new family, the Archaeoportunidae fam. nov. The ventral features of the new taxon, in particular the fairly narrow sternum which notably becomes even narrower posteriorly, the strongly downturned sternites 1-4, bearing strong swellings, and the general adaptation of sternum, pleon and pereiopods, substantiates the basal condition of the new taxon within the Portunoidea and also contributes to current knowledge of evolutionary issues within that group. This publication principally serves to validate the nomenclatural acts in Artal et al. (2013), in order to fulfil the requirements outlined in ICZN (2012). Els crancs recuperats en els estrats margosos de la formació Roda (Ipresià), a Isàvena (Osca, Aragó) així com a l’Ipresià de Lleida (Catalunya), presenten un conjunt de caràcters, principalment en els quelípedes i en la closca dorsal que permeten la seva assignació a la superfamília Portunoidea, al mateix temps que confirmen una relació propera amb la família Portunidae. Tanmateix, la presència d’estructures fàcilment distingibles com les carenes dorsals molt marcades o l’estèrnum estret, ens duu a erigir un nou gènere i espècie, Archaoportunus isabenensis, així com una nova família, Archaeoportunidae. Les estructures ventrals del nou tàxon, en particular l’estèrnum toràcic que s’estreteix posteriorment, les esternites toràciques 1-4 fortament arquejades i amb prominents inflors, i l’adaptació general de l’estèrnum, plèon i pereopodis, corrobora la condició basal del nou tàxon dins dels Portunoidea i a la vegada contribueix al coneixement de l’evolució d’aquest grup. La present publicació serveix per a validar els actes de nomenclatura establerts en Artal et al. (2013) per tal de complir els requisits descrits a ICZN (2012).

During a mycological survey of aquatic hyphomycetes on submerged decaying leaves in southwest China, a distinct new fungus was collected. The collection was cultured and sequenced and a BLAST search of its ITS and LSU sequence against data in GenBank revealed a dothideomycetous affiliation, with the closest related taxa in the genus Neodactylaria. Phylogenetic analyses of a multigene matrix containing sequences from four genes (LSU, SSU, rpb2, and tef1), representing broad groups of Dothideomycetes, revealed its placement within Dothideomycetes, but without a supported familial or ordinal affiliation. Based on further phylogenetic analyses and morphological investigations, the new fungus is described here as a new species of Neodactylaria, N. simaoensissp. nov., and placed in a new family Neodactylariaceaefam. nov. and a new order Neodactylarialesord. nov.

The troglomorphic harvestman Otilioleptes marcelae gen. nov., sp. nov. from the basaltic cave Doña Otilia, Payunia region, Mendoza Province, Argentina, is described. Its systematic affinities were studied through cladistic and Bayesian analyses that included representatives of Gonyleptoidea; it was determined to represent a new monotypic family, Otilioleptidae fam. nov., occupying a basal position within the clade Laminata. This species shows accentuated troglomorphic traits, typical for troglobitic harvestmen: elongated appendages, depigmentation, reduction of eyes and fading of scutal sulci. Additionally, it almost lacks sexual dimorphism, the distal portion of coxa IV is not completely fused to the stigmatic segment, and penis morphology is remarkably divergent with other Laminata; these features cannot be attributed to cave adaptation and may reflect early lineage divergence. Otilioleptes marcelae is the first troglobitic gonyleptoid known from a lava tube. The xeric environments around the cave (Patagonian ecoregion) and the paleoenvironmental history of the area suggest the relictual character of O. marcelae. Scattered evidence supports a long time evolutionary scenario and a presumable relationship with the Chilean opiliofauna (especially with genus Osornogyndes). A comparative overview of all known troglobitic gonyleptoids is provided. The urgent need to protect this new species and its unique cave environment is emphasized. Fil: Acosta, Luis Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Córdoba. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal; Argentina

International audience; A small brachyuran crab, Archaeochiapasa mardoqueoi n. gen., n. sp., is reported from the lower Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of the Sierra Madre Formation at El Chango Lagerstätte, Chiapas State, southeastern Mexico. Although it is decorticated and only the counterpart keeps a large part of the cuticle, the single male specimen exhibits an exceptional three-dimensional preservation that allows its description to be based not only on the dorsal carapace, both chelipeds and most walking legs, but also on remarkably conserved ventral structures: mxp3, thoracic sternum, and pleon. Archaeochiapasa mardoqueoi n. gen., n. sp. provides a morphological combination that does not conform to any previously known fossil brachyuran and furthermore to any extant family. The high number of major differential characters suggest that Archaeochiapasa n. gen. must be included in the Eubrachyura Saint Laurent, 1980. A series of apomorphies supports the erection of a new family for which we introduce the new name Archaeochiapasidae n. fam. This fortunate discovery allows us to identify one of the earliest eubrachyurans with unique features, namely a very wide thoracic sternum displaying an unexpected structure for a lower Cenomanian representative, and a depressed, rimmed area (‘flange’) along the carapace postero- and postero-lateral margin. The new family is compared to the other fossil Eubrachyura known from the Early and mid-Cretaceous, which are very scarce and often incomplete, and to the more basal heterotreme Recent clades that are presently recognised on the basis of morphological, larval, spermatozoal and genetic data, e.g. the Dorippoidea MacLeay, 1838, and to the basal families of Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 (Oregoniidae Garth, 1958, Inachoididae Dana, 1851, and Inachidae MacLeay, 1838). A challenging hypothesis based on new interpretations is that the Late Jurassic Lecythocaridae Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2009 (in Glaessneropsoidea Patrulius, 1959), only known by dorsal carapaces and formerly included in the Dromiacea De Haan, 1833, could be related, with still obscure relationships, to the same lineage as the Archaeochiapasidae n. fam. The two families actually show striking similarities, such as the overall morphology of carapace, a depressed area along the carapace posterior margin, and a bifurcate short rostrum. Therefore, we assume that, despite their Jurassic age, Lecythocaridae may well also be Eubrachyura, which brings the first “true crabs” or eubrachyurans (i.e., non-podotreme crabs) back to the Jurassic, contrary to the current opinions of paleontologists. The discovery of Archaeochiapasidae n. fam. raises a crucial question: the development of a very wide thoracic sternum in this old eubrachyuran. Is it the expression of an ancestral dispostion (plesiomorphy) or the result of an already existing evolutionary process of carcinisation (apomorphy)? And what is its phylogenetic significance?

The family name Hapalogenyidae or Hapalogeniidae is largely used in recent literature. However the name is apparently a nomen nudum. To make the name available a taxonomic account is given here

During a survey on corticolous Dothideomycetes, several collections with ascospores matching the genera Asteromassaria and Stigmatomassaria (Pleomassariaceae, Pleosporales) were revealed from dead corticated twigs of Acer, Carpinus and Tamarix. Closer morphological examination showed that their ascomata were apothecial, with a hamathecium consisting of septate, branched paraphyses, which are apically swollen at maturity. Several collections were cultured and sequenced, and a Blast search of their nuc 28S rDNA sequences revealed dothideomycetous affiliation, but without a close match to a specific family or order. Phylogenetic analyses of a multigene matrix containing a representative selection of Dothideomycetes from four genes (nuc 18S rDNA, nuc 28S rDNA, rpb2 and tef1) revealed placement within Dothideomycetes but without a supported familial or ordinal affiliation. Based on the phylogenetic analyses and morphological investigations, the new genera Asterodiscus and Stigmatodiscus, with the two new species A. tamaricis and S. enigmaticus, are described and illustrated, and placed in the new family Stigmatodiscaceae and new order Stigmatodiscales.

This contribution describes seven new species of fossil stoneflies from Cretaceous Burmese amber, all of which are dedicated to present and past members of the Rolling Stones. Two species—Petroperla mickjaggerigen. nov. sp. nov. andLapisperla keithrichardsigen. nov. sp. nov.—are placed in a new family Petroperlidae within the stemline of Systellognatha. The first Cretaceous larval specimen of Acroneuriinae,Electroneuria ronwoodigen. nov. sp. nov., is also described along with another four new species that are placed within the Acroneuriinae genusLargusoperlaChen et al., 2018:Largusoperla charliewattsisp. nov.,Largusoperla brianjonesisp. nov.,Largusoperla micktaylorisp. nov., andLargusoperla billwymanisp. nov. Additional specimens of Acroneuriinae are described without formal assignment to new species due to insufficient preservation. Implications for stonefly phylogeny and palaeobiogeography are discussed.

Material for all seven South American species of late Oligocene and Miocene scutelliform, non-lunulate sand dollars (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida) was examined, resulting in revision of several taxa, and description of a new family, Placatenellidae n. fam., to house Placatenella n. gen. and Camachoaster n. gen. Known only from the state of Pará, Brazil, and previously described as a member of Abertella Durham, 1953, A. complanata Brito, 1981 is redescribed on the basis of analysis of the holotype and subsequently described material from the same region. A. complanata is removed from synonymy with A. pirabensis (Marchesini Santos, 1958), and transferred as the type species of Placatenella n. gen. A new taxon, Camachoaster n. gen., is described to hold C. maquedensis n. sp. The Abertellidae Durham, 1955 is revised and the concept of the genus Abertella restricted to include only those forms with a posterior notch and all interambulacra discontinuous, including A. pirabensis, which is redescribed from the only known specimen, confirming that this species lacks any trace of an anal lunule but possesses features fully congruent with its placement in Abertella. Iheringiellidae n. fam. is established to house the common but taxonomically challenging taxon, Iheringiella Berg, 1898. New data on the occurrence and location of the types of Iheringiella are discussed, and comments on the status of Eoscutella mirandae Parma, 1985 provided. A tabular key to all seven South American non-lunulates is given, along with discussion of the relationship between the posterior notch and the anal lunule. Fil: Mooi, Rich. California Academy Of Sciences; Estados Unidos Fil: Martinez, Sergio. Universidad de la República; Uruguay Fil: del Río, Claudia Julia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”; Argentina Fil: Feijo Ramos, María Inés. Museo Paraense Emilio Goeldi; Brasil

The discovery of Triassic missing links in the Panthalassan domain (Wallowa terrane, U.S.A.) substantiates a direct lineage between internally simple Triassic multichambered aragonitic foraminifers and internally partitioned Jurassic Robertinida. A new hierarchical subdivision is accordingly proposed for the order Robertinida, which is emended to encompass all known post-Paleozoic aragonitic multicham-bered foraminifers. At the highest taxonomic level, the suborder Robertinina is distinguished from the suborder Duostominina emended to encompass forms without internal structures attached to the aperture, including the planktonic family Favusellidae and the controversial form Pragsoconu-lus. Two new families (Robertonellidae, Trochosiphoniidae), four new subfamilies (Cassianopapillariinae, Praereinholdel-linae, Pragsoconulinae, and Trochosiphoniinae), four new genera (Falsorheinoldella, Praerheinoldella, Robertonella, and Trochosiphonia), and seven new species (Falsorheinol-della ohmi, F. oregonica, Praerheinoldella galei, Robertonella rettorii, R. wallowensis, Trochosiphonia stanleyi, and T. josephi) are introduced. Phylogenetic links between Triassic robertinids, which experienced a rapid diversification during the Triassic, are clarified and their hypothetical long-term relationships with other foraminiferal groups are discussed.

Dejstvo moderne družbe je, da družina v svoji tradicionalni obliki izgublja svoje norme, kar pa s seboj prinaša številne posledice in seveda tudi izzive. Prvi izziv je sprejeti odločitev za ločitev. Ločitev pomeni razkroj partnerskega odnosa, v katerem pa ne trpita le bivša zakonca, ampak tudi njuni otroci. Sposobnost ohranjanja in razvijanja kakovostnega odnosa je temeljna naloga starševstva po ločitvi. Tema ločitve je tema, o kateri je težko govoriti. Tudi vzgojitelji v vrtcu se je velikokrat rajši izogibajo, otrok ločenih staršev pa je v današnjem svetu čedalje več. Diplomsko delo je sestavljeno iz teoretičnega in empiričnega dela. V teoretičnem delu je opredeljen pojem ločitev oz. razveza zakonske zveze, opisani so dejavniki, ki pripeljejo do ločitve, in potek ločitve. Predstavljeno je otrokovo doživljanje dogodka, kaj vse vpliva na njegovo razumevanje in sprejemanje ločitve, kako se odziva in počuti ter kako mu pomagati. Predstavljeno je tudi življenje po ločitvi staršev, tipi družin, ki nastanejo po ločitvi, problem skrbništva in preživnine ter odnosi med člani družine po ločitvi. V okviru empiričnega dela so predstavljena opažanja vzgojiteljic pri posameznih otrocih in ločenih družinah. Zanimalo nas je predvsem, kako vzgojijitelji opažajo spremembe pri otroku, čigar starša sta se razšla, komu od staršev je dodeljenih največ otrok po razvezi in kako potekajo stiki z odsotnim staršem. Prav tako nas je zanimala tudi vzgojiteljeva vloga in kompetentnost pri pomoči otroku ob stiski, ki jo doživlja pri ločitvi. Rezultate smo obdelali s programom SPSS in jih tabelarično prikazali in interpretirali. A fact of modern life is that the family in its traditional form is losing its norms, which brings with it numerous consequences and of course, challenges as well. The first challenge is to accept the decision to divorce. A divorce means the decomposition of the partner relationship, in which not only do the former spouses suffer, but their children do as well. The capacity for the maintenance and development of a quality relationship is a crucial component of parenting after a divorce. The topic of divorce is a difficult one about which it can be hard to speak. Kindergarten teachers would rather avoid this topic most of the time. The number of children with divorced parents meanwhile, continues to increase in today's world. The thesis is composed of a theoretical and an empirical component. In the theoretical part, divorce or the unravelling of the marriage is defined, while the causes, which lead to divorce and the divorce process are described. Presented is the child's view of the event, the factors that contribute to their understanding and acceptance of divorce, how they react and feel, as well as how to help the child. Presented is life after a parental divorce, the types of families that form after a divorce, the problem of guardianship and child support and relations between the family members after divorce. Within the empirical part, the observations of teachers with certain children and their divorced families are also presented. We were particularly interested in how teachers observe the changes in children whose parents have split up, which one of the parents gets the most children after a divorce and how communication with the absentee parent looks like. We were also interested in the role of the teacher and their competency in finding help for children after the stressful event represented by divorce, and helping them deal with it. The results were processed with the help of the SPSS program and tabularly exhibited and interpreted.

Chitralina undulata gen. n. sp. n. (Foraminiferida) has been found for the first time in the Permian successions of Karakorum (Pakistan). Biostratigraphic analysis based on fusulinids, brachiopods, conodonts and small foraminifers pointed out that Chitralina undulata gen. n. sp. n. occurs from the Kubergandian to the Late Murgabian-Midian. Morphologically, Chitralina undulata gen. n. sp. n., is comparable to Rectostipulina quadrata Jenny-Deshusses, 1985, differing from it by means of the thickness and composition of the test and for the presence of marked longitudinal costae. The stratigraphic range of Rectostipulina quadrata spans the Midian-Dorashamian time-interval. The new genus Chitralina is very similar to the Permian genus Giraliarella Crespin, differing from it by means of the absence of transverse growth constrictions. The new family Chitralinidae fam. n., is also described herein., Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia (Research In Paleontology and Stratigraphy), V. 100, N. 4

This paper documents the species of Pectinoidea Rafinesque, 1815 collected in Vanuatu during the SANTO 2006 expedition. A total of 49 species (13 Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954, 4 Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., 1 Entoliidae Teppner, 1922, and 31 Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815) are represented, of which 70% are new records for Vanuatu. A new family, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., is established for the genera Cyclochlamys Finlay, 1926, Chlamydella Iredale, 1929 and Micropecten n. gen., formerly placed in Propeamussiidae, but differing by their sculptured prodissoconch (smooth in Propeamussiidae), an occasionally antimarginally sculptured right valve (smooth or weak commarginally sculptured in Propeamussiidae), a (common) simple outer prismatic layer of longitudinally hexagonal microstructure on the right valve (an outer layer of columnar calcite in Propeamussiidae). The family Cyclochlamydidae n. fam. includes about 30 species, all with adult size in the 1.2-6 mm range, and living mainly in the Southern Hemisphere and Indo-West Pacific; the family is not known from the Arctic, the Atlantic, or the northern and eastern Pacific. One new genus, Micropecten n. gen., and two new species, Cyclochlamys aperta n. sp. and Micropecten excuratus n. gen., n. sp., are described.

The family Rasnitsynaphididae fam. n. has a unique combination of characters: 9-segmented antennae; rhinaria arranged in many transverse rows, surrounding the antennal segments; segment IX narrower than other segments of flagellum, always without rhinaria; cubitus branches separated; ovipositor present; siphuncular pores absent. The new family comprises the genus Rasnitsynaphis gen. n. with three species, R. ennearticulata sp. n., R. coniuncta sp. n., and R. quadrata sp. n., all from the Lower Cretaceous of Transbaikalia.

Background and aims Recent studies have adopted a broad definition of Sapindaceae that includes taxa traditionally placed in Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae, achieving monophyly but yielding a family difficult to characterize and for which no obvious morphological synapomorphy exists. This expanded circumscription was necessitated by the finding that the monotypic, temperate Asian genus Xanthoceras, historically placed in Sapindaceae tribe Harpullieae, is basal within the group. Here we seek to clarify the relationships of Xanthoceras based on phylogenetic analyses using a dataset encompassing nearly 3/4 of sapindaceous genera, comparing the results with information from morphology and biogeography, in particular with respect to the other taxa placed in Harpullieae. We then re-examine the appropriateness of maintaining the current broad, morphologically heterogeneous definition of Sapindaceae and explore the advantages of an alternative family circumscription. Methods Using 243 samples representing 104 of the 142 currently recognized genera of Sapindaceae s. lat. (including all in Harpullieae), sequence data were analyzed for nuclear (ITS) and plastid (matK, rpoB, trnD-trnT, trnK-matK, trnL-trnF and trnS-trnG) markers, adopting the methodology of a recent family-wide study, performing single-gene and total evidence analyses based on maximum likelihood (ML) and maximum parsimony (MP) criteria, and applying heuristic searches developed for large datasets, viz, a new strategy implemented in RAxML (for ML) and the parsimony ratchet (for MP). Bootstrap analyses were performed for each method to test for congruence between markers. Key results Our findings support earlier suggestions that Harpullieae are polyphyletic: Xanthoceras is confirmed as sister to all other sampled taxa of Sapindaceae s. lat.; the remaining members belong to three other clades within Sapindaceae s. lat., two of which correspond respectively to the groups traditionally treated as Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae, together forming a clade sister to the largely tropical Sapindaceae s. str., which is monophyletic and morphologically coherent provided Xanthoceras is excluded. Conclusion To overcome the difficulties of a broadly circumscribed Sapindaceae, we resurrect the historically recognized temperate families Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae, and describe a new family, Xanthoceraceae, thus adopting a monophyletic and easily characterized circumscription of Sapindaceae nearly identical to that used for over a century.

A new family, Trichopeltariidae, is proposed to accommodate Sphaeropeltarion edentatum, new genus and species, and four additional genera traditionally placed in the family Atelecyclidae: Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (type genus); Peltarion Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846; Podocatactes Ortmann, 1893; and Pteropeltarion Dell, 1972. Additionally, four new species of Trichopeltarion are described and illustrated. The new family exhibits characters of neither superfamilies of the Section Eubrachyura and is assigned to its own superfamily, Trichopeltarioidea nov. Keys to the genera of Trichopeltariidae fam. nov. and to all species in the family are presented (species of Trichopeltarion excepted). Six new combinations are proposed or confirmed. The genus Krunopeltarion Števčić, 1993, is merged into the synonymy of Trichopeltarion. A lectotype is selected for Trichopeltarion corallinum (Faxon, 1893).Uma nova família, Trichopeltariidae, é proposta para acomodar Sphaeropeltarion edentatum, novo gênero e espécie, além de quarto outros gêneros tradicionalmente inclusos na família Atelecyclidae: Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (gênero-tipo); Peltarion Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846; Podocatactes Ortmann, 1893; e Pteropeltarion Dell, 1972. Adicionalmente, quatro novas espécies de Trichopeltarion são descritas e ilustradas. Trichopeltariidae fam. nov. apresenta caracteres que não são compartilhados com nenhuma das superfamílias de Eubrachyura e é designada em uma superfamília própria, Trichopeltarioidea nov. São apresentadas chaves para os gêneros de Trichopeltariidae fam. nov. e para todas as espécies da família (exceto para as espécies de Trichopeltarion). Seis novas combinações são propostas ou confirmadas. O gênero Krunopeltarion Števčić, 1993, é sinonimizado com Trichopeltarion. Um lectótipo foi designado para Trichopeltarion corallinum (Faxon, 1893).

Carnian-aged amber (c. 230 Ma) from north-eastern Italy contains the first pre-Cretaceous inclusions of arthropods, plant remains and microorganisms. Here, we report further recovery of mites from this Late Triassic amber, supporting the prediction of a diversity of arthropods to be found in this oldest known fossiliferous resin. Two new genera and species of the Tetrapodili lineage, Minyacarus aderces and Cheirolepidoptus dolomiticus, are described. They indicate, along with the two previously described taxa of these mites, Triasacarus fedelei and Ampezzoa triassica, from the same source, a quite flourishing group of already highly specialized, four-legged, phytophagous mites in those remote times. The diversity of character states found in these Triassic mites challenges some conceptions of polarities inferred from modern four-legged mites. A hierarchical distinction is made between the Tetrapodili as a higher category of mites, and two constituent superfamilies, the Eriophyoidea embracing c. 300 extant genera and 3500 species, and the new superfamily Triasacaroidea, accommodating the four Triassic taxa. Varied forms and sizes of bodies and mouthparts amongst these Triassic mites indicate different feeding strategies in adapting to specialize on the same host plant of the Cheirolepidiaceae, for which we first report entire shoots from this amber outcrop. The cheliceral stylets of Triasacaroidea are generally blunt, indicating that, unlike extant Eriophyoidea, they were less able to pierce surface plant cells. Rather, we suggest that they may have fed on mesophyll cells by access through leaf stomata, whose density and appropriate dimensions are revealed by our study of plant cuticles. Further findings of small arthropods from this source of amber are increasingly probable and of great potential interest in adding knowledge about their early evolution.

The monotypic genus Craterastrea was assigned to the family Siderastreidae owing to the similarity of its septal micromorphology to that of Coscinaraea. Subsequently, it was synonymized with Leptoseris, family Agariciidae, based on corallum macromorphology. Since then, it has remained poorly studied and has been known only from a small number of specimens from relatively deep reef environments in the Red Sea and the Chagos archipelago, northern Indian Ocean. Access to museum collections enabled examination of type material and the recovery of coral skeletons from the Seychelles, Madagascar, and Mayotte, southern Indian Ocean. A recent survey in Mayotte allowed the in situ imaging of Craterastrea in shallow and turbid reef environments and sampling for molecular analyses. The molecular analyses were in agreement with the examination of micromorphology and microstructure of skeletons by revealing that Craterastrea levis, the only species in the genus, differs much from Leptoseris foliosa, with which it was synonymized. Moreover, Craterastrea is closely related to Coscinaraea, Horastrea and Anomastraea. However, these genera, currently ascribed to the Siderastreidae, are genetically distant to Siderastrea, the family's type genus, and Pseudosiderastrea. Hence, we restore the genus Craterastrea, describe the new family Coscinaraeidae due to its deep evolutionary divergence from the Siderastreidae, and provide revised diagnoses of the four genera in the family. The description of the new family Coscinaraeidae is a further step in the challenging but ongoing process of revision of the taxonomy of scleractinian corals as a result of the molecular systematics revolution.

This paper documents the species of Pectinoidea Rafinesque, 1815 collected in Vanuatu during the SANTO 2006 expedition. A total of 49 species (13 Propeamussiidae Abbott, 1954, 4 Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., 1 Entoliidae Teppner, 1922, and 31 Pectinidae Rafinesque, 1815) are represented, of which 70% are new records for Vanuatu. A new family, Cyclochlamydidae n. fam., is established for the genera Cyclochlamys Finlay, 1926, Chlamydella Iredale, 1929 and Micropecten n. gen., formerly placed in Propeamussiidae, but differing by their sculptured prodissoconch (smooth in Propeamussiidae), an occasionally antimarginally sculptured right valve (smooth or weak commarginally sculptured in Propeamussiidae), a (common) simple outer prismatic layer of longitudinally hexagonal microstructure on the right valve (an outer layer of columnar calcite in Propeamussiidae). The family Cyclochlamydidae n. fam. includes about 30 species, all with adult size in the 1.2-6 mm range, and living mainly in the Southern Hemisphere and Indo-West Pacific; the family is not known from the Arctic, the Atlantic, or the northern and eastern Pacific. One new genus, Micropecten n. gen., and two new species, Cyclochlamys aperta n. sp. and Micropecten excuratus n. gen., n. sp., are described.

This thesis deals with an approach on adoption as one of the possible solutions of the diagnosis of infertility. It describes some of the therapeutic methods of infertility together with the ethical aspects, which are bound with this revolutionary treatment. From the medicine it may however go to the social work and adoption, as the other option on how to became a parent. Concisely outlines the adoption of a historical perspective until today, when state and private organisations deal with the adoption. The implementation process of adoption is not easy, therfore there are enlightened all of the mediations of infertility, ending responsible social work staff in the legal arrangement of the Czech Republic. Whith the unbreakable type of adoption completely disappear differences between owned and adoption family. The end of this thesis is devoted to the ethical reflection of the rise a new family from the position of the family as the institution, but as well as from the perspective of the married couple, parents and their children.

International audience; Arcantipsocus courvillei n. gen., n. sp. is described from the Cretaceous amber of Archingeay (France). It is placed within the suborder Psocomorpha, and in the Mesozoic extinct family Arcantipsocidae n. fam. characterized by 14- segmented antenna; legs with tarsi 3-segmented; forewing setose with evanescent veins; pterostigma dark, thickened and setose; M 2-branched; areola postica free; nodulus present; hind wing with M bifurcated, without basi-radial cell; claws with a preapical tooth. A cladistic phylogeny for Psocomorpha is given including the new fossil taxon. Th e discovery of this new taxon demonstrates the necessity of a deep phylogenetic redefi nition of the currently admitted major subdivisions of this suborder.

El muy público noviazgo entre Nicolas Sarkozy y Carla Bruni es, a la vez, una cuestión política de interés público y una relacionada con la industria del entretenimiento y de interés humano. Ello ha creado cierto debate en torno a la naturaleza de su extensa cobertura mediática: por una parte puede significar un nuevo giro en la progresiva sensacionalización de los contenidos políticos de las noticias. Además, ejemplifica el desvanecimiento de las fronteras que tradicionalmente separaban lo público de lo privado, y que ha sido teorizada por Anthony Giddens, como democratización de lo íntimo. El artículo analiza los discursos relacionados con ambas tendencias, presentes en la cobertura del romance en El País, El Mundo, ABC, The Sun, Guardian Unlimited y Daily Mail. The highly publicized relationship between Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni is both a political and public affair and a human-interest media entertainment piece. This has caused certain amount of debate about the nature of its media coverage: on the one hand it can be read as new sign of tabloidization of the political news agenda. On the other, it serves as example of the rupture of the traditional divide between public and private, related to the democratization of intimacy theorized by Anthony Giddens. This paper analyses the presence of discourses and ideas related to these two tendencies in the coverage of this issue in El País, El Mundo, ABC, The Sun, Guardian Unlimited and Daily Mail.

National audience; The excavations which have been carried out during the last fourty years in the Phosphorites du Quercy made it possible to find fossil avifaunas accurately dated by associated micro- and macromammals, and to also date some of the taxa gathered during the nineteenth century excavations. This work gives an updated list of the Quercy avifauna and includes the description of a new family, the Cypselavidae.

15 páginas, 9 figuras., [EN]A new monotypic family, Kiwaidae n. fam., is proposed for Kiwa hirsuta n. gen., n. sp., new genus and new species collected in hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge, south of Easter Island. The new family belongs to the superfamily Galatheoidea, having similarities with the family Chirostylidae, but with distinctive characters including carapace shape and ornamentation, insertion of fifth pereopod not visible and situated below sternal plastron, sternite between third maxillipeds large and strongly produced anteriorly; eyes strongly reduced, antennal scale absent and chelipeds and walking legs with dense mat of setae. Molecular data (18S rRNA) gene confirm the clear difference between anomuran families, placing the new taxa closer to the families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Porcellanidae than to Aeglidae., [FR]Une nouvelle famille de Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) des sources hydrothermales de la dorsale Pacifique-Antarctique. Une nouvelle famille monotypique, Kiwaidae n. fam., est proposée pour Kiwa hirsuta n. gen., n. sp., récolté sur les sites hydrothermaux de la dorsale Pacifique-Antarctique, au sud de l’Île de Pâques. La nouvelle famille appartient à la superfamille Galatheoidea et présente des similitudes avec la famille des Chirostylidae, mais s’en distingue nettement par la forme et l’ornementation de la carapace, la base des cinquièmes péréiopodes, située sous le plastron sternal, et non visible ventralement, le sternite situé entre les troisièmes maxillipèdes, de grande taille et fortement prolongé antérieurement, les yeux réduits, l’écaille antennaire absente, et la dense couverture de soies. Les données moléculaires (rRNA 18S) confirment la nette différence entre les familles d’anomoures, plaçant le nouveau taxon plus près des Chirostylidae, Galatheidae et Porcellanidae que des Aeglidae., The cruise PAR 5 was funded by grants from the US National Science Foundation to R. C. Vrijenhoek (OCE-0241613) and to C. L. Van Dover (OCE-0350554).

Par 1’études des structures du postabdomen du genre Bengalia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830, on délimite une nouvelle famille: Bengaliidae. Les caractères qui définissent cette famille sont: la tête est très déprimée antéro-postérieurement; les yeux sont très allongés; haustellum est court, gros, rigide et a des ventouses petites et armées avec d’épines rigides ct de longs poils; le tergite VI n’est pas visible en continuation du tergite V, mais il est dans l'intérieur du tergite VII+VIII, comme un sclérite rudimentaire; le sternite VI a une forme d'un anneau incomplet et il est formé par deux hemisternites soudés; le tergite VII+VIII (le tergite génital) ne résulte pas de la fusion des segments VII et VIII, le sternite VII étant placé en continuité du sternite VI et le sternite VIII étant à la base de la theca du phallosome; le sternite IX constitue l'origine de la phallapodème (comme chez les Calliphoridae et Sarcophagi- dae); la totalité des composants de l'organe copulateur proprement dit derive de la metamorphose du tergite IX (comme chez les Calliphoridae et Sarcophagidae); le tergite Anal est le tergite X (comme chez les Calliphoridae et Sarcophagidae); le sternite X est représenté par les «processi longi» ou «bacilliform sclerites», qui sont biarticulés; lqs paralobes sont biarticulés; le phallosome a une configuration distincte et très différente de celle des Calliphoridae., Proučavanjem struktura postabdomena roda Bengalia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830, uspostavljena je nova porodica Bengaliidae. Ovu porodicu definiraju slijedeća obilježja: glava je jako sužena prema stražnjem dijelu, oči su jako izdužene. Haustellum je kratak, velik, rigidan i s malim rupicama sisaljke pojačanim rigidnim trnovima i dugačkim dlakama. Tergit VI nije vidljiv u produžetku tergita V, nego je u unutrašnjosti tergita VII+VIII kao rudimentarni sklerit. Sternit VI formira poluokrugli prsten i sastavljen je od dva srasla hemisternita. Tergit VII+VIII (genitalni tergit) nije nastao spajanjem segmenata VII i VIII jer je sternit VII nastavak sternita VI, a sternit VIII je baza phallosome (phallosome theca). Sternit IX je osnova za phallodermu (kao kod Calliphoridae i Sarcophagidae). Svi sastavni dijelovi kopulatornog organa nastali su metamorfozom tergita IX (kao kod Calliphoridae i Sarcophagidae). Tergit X je analni tergit (kao kod Calliphoridae i Sarcophagidae). Sternit X predstavljaju „processi longi“ ili dvočlankoviti „bacilliform sclerites“. Paralobi su dvočlankoviti. Phallosome imaju drugačiju i jako različitu konfiguraciju od onih kod porodice Calliphoridae., By the studies of the structures of the postabdomen of the genus Bengalia Robineau-Desvoidy 1830, one delimited a new family, Bengaliidae. The characters which definisent this family are: the head is very depressed antero-posterior; the eyes are very lengthened; haustellum is short, large, rigid and has small suction cups and armies with rigid spines and long hairs; the tergite VI is not visible in continuation of the tergite V, but it is in the interior of tergite VII+VIII, like a rudimentary sclerite; the sternite VI a form of an incomplete ring and it is formed by two hemisternites welded; tergite VII+VIII (the genital tergite) does not result from the fusion of segments VII and VIII, the sternite VII being pierced in continuity of the sternite VI and the sternite VIII being at the base of the phallosome theca; the sternite IX constitutes the origin of the phallopodema (as at Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae); the totality of the components of the copulator organ itself derives from the metamorphosis of the tergite IX (as at Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae); the sternite X is represented by the „processi longi“ or „bacilliform scllerites“, which is biarticuled; the paralobes are biarticuled; the phallosome has a distinct and very different configuration from that from Calliphoridae.

A new genus, Piallina Rettori & Zaninetti (type-species Piallina tethydis Rettori & Zaninetti sp.nov.), is recorded from the Upper Triassic (Carnian) of the Kocaeli Peninsula (Turkey). The new Family, the Piallinidae is also introduced.

Marine Gastrotricha, both Macrodasyida and Chaetonotida, are the subject of an analytic review, citing taxonomic status of names, authorships of taxa, and those responsible for changes, in accordance with the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, 4 th ed. (1999). Notes are included with regard to taxonomic usage so as to guide workers in the future. Among the proposed novelties are: within Macrodasyida, to restrict the family Lepidodasyidae Remane, 1927 to the genus Lepidodasys Remane, 1926, and to establish a new family, Cephalodasyidae with Cephalodasys Remane, 1926 as its type-species to house the remaining genera and species that have been contained in the polyphyletic family Lepidodasyidae. Hemidasys agaso Claparede, 1867 is considered extinct, and the new name Tetranchyroderma antenniphorum is proposed for Tetranchyroderma antennatum Luporini, Magagnini & Tongiorgi, 1973; in addition, five species are here considered to be species inquirendae: Dactylopodola weilli d'Hondt, 1965, Paradasys nipponensis Sudzuki, 1976, Macrodasys indicus Kutty & Nair, 1969. Tetranchyroderma forceps d’Hondt & Balsamo, 2009 and Turbanella plana (Giard, 1904b). Among Chaetonotida: the Xenotrichula velox-species group Ruppert, 1979 and the Xenotrichula intermedia-species group Ruppert, 1979 were given each the rank of subgenus. Chaetonotus pleuracanthus Remane, 1926 is rejected as a synonym for Chaetonotus marinus Giard, 1904; Chaetonotus somniculosus Mock, 1979 is transferred to the genus Halichaetonotus, the new name Halichaetonotus euromarinus is proposed for Halichaetonotus spinosus Mock, 1979, and Xenotrichula carolinensis Ruppert, 1979 is re-established. Heteroxenotrichula variocirrata d'Hondt, 1966 is here considered to be species inquirenda.

The Middle Triassic Foraminifer Abriolina mediterranea LUPERTO, 1963, is here redescribed and its stratigraphic and systematic position is better defined; the new family Abriolinidae ZANINETTI & RETTORI, n. fam., superfamily Geinitzinacea BOZORGNIA, is here introduced for the genus Abriolina LUPERTO. Abriolina mediterranea was recorded for the first time in the "Calcari di Abriola" (today known as a part of the Triassic Monte Facito Formation), locality Abriola (Potenza), southern Apennines. The species was originally considered Permian in age (LUPERTO 1963, 1965) and later replaced in the Middle Triassic on the basis of several géological and biostratigraphical studies concerning the Monte Facito Formation. ln the three main carbonate lithofacies (massive grey limestones, black limestones, pink micritic limestones not nodular) of the Monte Facito Formation, Abriolina mediterranea is associated with Triassic foraminifera (Turriglomininae, Duostominidae, Ophthalmidiidae, etc.) and also with Ladinian Conodonts in the pink limestones.

Paratriasina HE, 1980 (Foraminiferida, Middle Triassic of China): Morphology, Taxonomy, Philogenelsis.- The genus Paratriasina HE, 1980, known so far only from the Middle Triassic of the Eastern Tethys (China) is redescribed and placed into the porcelanaceous superfamily Cornuspiracea SCHULTZE, family Arenovidalinidae ZANINETTI & RETTORI, n. fam., subfamily Paratriasininae ZANINETTI & RETTORI, n. subfam. Indeed, on the basis of a morphological revision, Paratriasina cannot be considered to be either in relationship with Meandrospira (as suggested by HE YAN, 1980, in the original description), or with Triasina (as suggested by LOEBLICH & TAPPAN, 1988). Paratriasina, in our opinion, evolved from Arenovidalina, a Triassic isomorph of the paleozoic genus Hemigordius, as well as Paratriasina is a morphological equivalent of Shanita. Arenovidalina, on the other hand, has to be placed at the origin of the Ophtalmidiidae, which first developed in the Middle Triassic.

Recent diving explorations of anchialine caves on the Turks and Caicos Islands yielded a rather small and slender new species of Remipedia. Micropacter yagerae n. gen., n. sp. is distinguished from all other species of nectiopod remipedes by a number of autapomorphic characters, including an oval body terminus with fused segments, unequal pairs of terminal claws on maxilla and maxilliped, an almost complete reduction of sternal bars and pleurotergites, molar processes with relatively few, but strong spines, and frontal filaments with bifurcate processes. Based on the unique combination of derived and primitive characters, we propose to erect a new family, Micropacteridae, for this new species and genus of Remipedia. Taxonomic diagnoses for the class Remipedia, order Nectiopoda (emended due to discovery that the maxilliped is 9-segmented), and for the families Speleonectidae and Godzilliidae are presented and discussed.