Cryptic biodiversity of tropical hesperiid caterpillar-attacking parasitoid wasps: three new species of Creagrura Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) from Costa Rica a... by Ilari Sääksjärvi, Kari Kaunisto, Michael Sharkey, Shelby Stedenfeld, M. Alex Smith, Winnie Hallwachs, Daniel Janzen

“…We describe three new species of the previously monotypic genus Creagrura Townes from Central and South America: C. alejandromasisi sp. n. and C. rogerblancoi sp. n. from Costa Rica and C. allpahuaya sp. n. from Peru, all of which emphasise the unknown parasitoid insect diversity yet to be revealed in the tropics.Host relationships of the two Costa Rican species are described in detail. …”
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Descriptions of five new species of the salamander genus Chiropterotriton (Caudata: Plethodontidae) from eastern Mexico and the status of three currently recognized taxa by Gabriela Parra Olea, Mirna G. Garcia-Castillo, Sean M. Rovito, Jessica A. Maisano, James Hanken, David B. Wake

“…Based on the morphological analyses and, when available, combined with molecular data, we describe five new species of the genus; Chiropterotriton casasi sp. nov., C. ceronorum sp. nov., C. melipona sp. nov., C. perotensis sp. nov. and C. totonacus sp. nov. …”
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Description of five new species of frog-biting midges (Diptera, Corethrellidae) from Brazil and examination of new morphological characters with utility for taxonomic and phylogene... by André P. Amaral, Rodolfo Mariano, Luiz Carlos Pinho

“…Together with fresh samples collected in Bahia, the only state in the Northeast Region with records of corethrellids, and slide-mounted specimens from other regions, five new species are described: Corethrella pindorama sp. nov., C. patasho sp. nov., C. fuscifimbria sp. nov. and C. unifasciata sp. nov. based on female adults; and C. bifida sp. nov. based on male and female adults, and larval and pupal exuviae. …”
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New and little-known taxa of palaearctic soldier-beetles, with taxonomic notes (Cantharidae: Coleoptera) by S.V. Kazantsev

“…(from Turkey), Cantharis gansosichuana sp. n., C. huaemontensis sp. n., C. alexandrae sp. n., C. potanini sp. n. …”
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Ancyrocephalidae (Monogenea) of Lake Tanganyika: I: Four new species of Cichlidogyrus from Ophthalmotilapia ventralis (Teleostei: Cichlidae), the first record of this parasite fami... by Maarten P. M. Vanhove, Filip A. M. Volckaert, Antoine Pariselle

“…Cichlidogyrus vandekerkhovei sp. nov. and C. makasai sp. nov. are especially characterized by the unusual length of the dorsal transverse bar auricles, while C. sturmbaueri sp. nov. is distinguished by the unique shape of the accessory piece of its male copulatory organ. …”
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Two new phyllospheric species of Colacogloea (Colacogloeaceae, Pucciniomycotina) identified in China by Yun-Feng Lu, Chun-Yue Chai, Feng-Li Hui

“…As a result, two new species, namely Colacogloea celtidis sp. nov. and C. pararetinophila sp. nov., are introduced herein. In the phylogeny of combined ITS and LSU dataset, the new species C. celtidis sp. nov. formed a clade with the unpublished Colacogloea strain (KBP: Y-6832), and together these formed the sister group to C. armeniacae, while C. pararetinophila sp. nov. was retrieved as a sister to C. retinophila. …”
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El género de milpiés Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, 1894 (Diplopoda: Julida; Julidae) en España: citas recientes y descripción de tres nuevas especies del País Vasco, Navarra, Andalucía y... by Helen J. Read

“…Se han descrito tres nuevas especies: C. caramelos sp. nov., C. elosegiorum sp. nov. y C. karinhansorum sp. nov. …”
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Espécie nova de Cariblatta Hebard do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil (Blattaria, Blattellidae) New species of Cariblatta Hebard from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Blattaria, Blattellidae) by Sonia Maria Lopes, Edivar Heeren de Oliveira

“…Uma nova espécie de Cariblatta Hebard (C. grandiosa sp. nov.) do Rio de Janeiro é descrita e as peças genitais são ilustradas.…”
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First record of the family Colinauropodidae (Myriapoda, Pauropoda) in China, with the description of three new species by Yun Bu

“…Three new species of the genus Colinauropus Remy, 1956 are described: Colinauropus chinensis sp. nov. and C. chongzhoui sp. nov. from Jiangsu Province, and C. foliosus sp. nov. from Sichuan Province. …”
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A new species of the Cyrtodactylus brevipalmatus group (Squamata, Gekkonidae) from Tak Province, northwestern Thailand by Siriwadee Chomdej, Chatmongkon Suwannapoom, Waranee Pradit, Apichaya Phupanbai, L. Lee Grismer

“…Additionally, based on a multiple factor anlaysis, C. denticulatus sp. nov. does not overlap with any other species in multivariate space. …”
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The Psyllinae (Hemiptera, Psyllidae) from Gunung Kinabalu (Malaysia, Sabah) by Daniel Burckhardt

“…Five species of Psyllinae are recognised from Gunung Kinabalu, all previously unknown, and are formally described and named: Cacopsylla graciliforceps sp. nov., C. kinabaluensis sp. nov., C. myrsines sp. nov., C. photiniae sp. nov. and Psylla cirrita sp. nov. …”
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SpTransformer proteins from the purple sea urchin opsonize bacteria, augment phagocytosis, and retard bacterial growth. by Hung-Yen Chou, Cheng Man Lun, L Courtney Smith

“…Binding by cNi-SpTrf proteins retards growth rates significantly for several species of bacteria. …”
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Review of tenebrionid beetles of the genus Calyptopsis Solier, 1835 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of the Norther Caucasus by M. V. Nabozhenko, G. M. Abdurahmanov

“…Now from territory of Dagestan 2 species and 1 subspecies, described here are known: C. bogatchoevi sp. n., C. lezginica sp. n., C. pulchella avarica subsp. n. …”
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Chimena gen. nov., a new spider genus (Araneae, Mysmenidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species and a new combination by Yucheng Lin, Shuqiang Li

“…A new mysmenid genus, Chimena gen. nov., is reported from China. Two new species: C. qiong sp. nov. (Hainan, ♂♀, the type species) and C. nantou sp. nov. …”
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A review of the genus Catapiestus Perty, 1831 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Cnodalonini) with descriptions of two new species from China by J.-T. Lang, G.-D. Ren

“…This paper deals with the 12 species of the genus Catapiestus Perty, 1831, distributed in the Oriental and Palaearctic Regions, including two new species: C. clavipes sp. n. (China, Hainan), and C. medvedevi sp. n. …”
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The North American species of Charadra Walker, with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) by Christian Schmidt, Gary Anweiler

“…Four species of the pata group are described as new: Charadra franclemonti sp. n. (Arizona), C. tapa sp. n. (Arizona), C. cakulha sp. n. (Mexico), and C. coyopa (Mexico) sp. n. …”
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Chinese species of the genus Centorus Mulsant, 1854 (s. str.) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Belopini) with description of two new species by Ch.-L. Zhang, G.-D. Ren

“…Two new species (C. medvedevi sp. n. and C. lineatus sp. n.) are described and illustrated. …”
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Cryptalyra (Hymenoptera, Megalyridae) from Maranhão, Brazil: three new species discovered after a large collecting effort by Ricardo Kawada, Diego Barbosa, Celso Azevedo

“…Our main goal in this work is to record an increase in the known diversity, adding the three new species Cryptalyra helenae sp. n., C. ichiroi sp. n. and C. limeirai sp. n., from a single locality in Maranhão, Brazil that has been subjected to extraordinary collecting effort. …”
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Epitypification of the Central African Cantharellus densifolius and C. luteopunctatus allows for the recognition of two additional species by Bart Buyck, Terry W. Henkel, Valérie Hofstetter

“…Previously, the name C. densifolius has been consistently misapplied to more or less similar species from the African woodland area, including C. densilamellatus sp. nov. which is described here, In addition, C. tomentosoides sp. nov., a rain forest species that is easily confused with C. densifolius, is described.…”
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Three new troglobitic Coarazuphium (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Zuphiini) species from a Brazilian hotspot of cave beetles: exploring how the environmental attributes of caves drive gr... by Thais Giovannini Pellegrini, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Robson de Almeida Zampaulo, Letícia Vieira

“…The main characteristic that differentiates C. xikrin sp. nov. and C. kayapo sp. nov. from the other two species from the Carajás region, C. tapiaguassu and C. amazonicum, is that the new species have more numerous setigerous punctures dorsally on the head. …”
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