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| 3:02a | [Arachnida • 2019] The Mosaic Tiled Harvestmen — Taxonomic Review of Gonyleptellus Roewer, 1930 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
Abstract The genus Gonyleptellus Roewer, 1930 is revised and reordered; a new species Gonyleptellus angeloi sp. nov. is described from Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, three additional species are transferred from other genera and one species is removed, resulting in five species in this genus. The following nomenclatural acts are proposed herein: Gonyleptes pustulatus Sørensen, 1884 is transferred from Gonyleptes to Gonyleptellus; Gonyleptes cancellatus Roewer, 1917 and Progonyleptoides pustulosus Mello-Leitão, 1935, both currently under the synonymy of Gonyleptellus bimaculatus (Sørensen, 1884), are revalidated and transferred to Gonyleptellus. Stephanocranion bimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1931, previously considered a junior synonym of Gonyleptes cancellatus Roewer, 1917, and thereby previously carried under the synonymy of Gonyleptes bimaculatus Sørensen, 1884, is here unlinked with the former but kept under the synonymy of the latter (of which it is also a junior secondary homonym). Stephanocranion serrulatum Mello-Leitão, 1940, currently under the synonymy of G. bimaculatus, is newly synonymized with P. pustulosus. Stephanocranion bufoninus Mello-Leitão, 1949 (currently combined under Gonyleptellus) is considered a junior subjective synonym of Discocyrtus crenulatus Roewer, 1913. The male of Gonyleptellus bimaculatus is described for the first time. The genus Gonyleptellus is restricted to the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. A key and a map for all the five valid species are presented. Keywords: Opiliones, Arachnida, taxonomy, Neotropics, Brazil, Atlantic Forest  Ludson Neves de Ázara and Adriano Brilhante Kury. 2019. The Mosaic Tiled Harvestmen — Taxonomic Review of Gonyleptellus Roewer, 1930 (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae: Gonyleptinae). Zootaxa. 4623(2); 201–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.2.1  | ||||||||
| 4:03a | [Herpetology • 2019] First Record of the Krait Bungarus slowinskii (Squamata: Elapidae) from Thailand
Abstract The Red River krait Bungarus slowinskii has hitherto been known only from six localities in northern and central Vietnam and central Laos. In this paper, the first country record of this species is reported for Thailand. One adult specimen was observed and photographed in the evergreen forest in the mountainous Doi Phu Kha National Park, Nan Province, eastern North Thailand. Its morphological characteristics closely matched those in the previous records of B. slowinskii. The new record extends the range of the species about 200 km to the west. Keywords: Bungarus slowinskii, elapids, habitat, northern Thailand, zoogeography
  Ton Smits and Sjon Hauser. 2019. First Record of the Krait Bungarus slowinskii Kuch, Kizirian, Nguyen, Lawson, Donelly and Mebs, 2005 (Squamata: Elapidae) from Thailand. Tropical Natural History. 19(2); 43-50. tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/vie งูสามเหลี่ยมสโลวินสกี้    |
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