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- Denzer, Wolfgang, et al.
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Nomenclatural and morphological notes on the rare agamid lizard pseudocophotis sumatrana (Hubrecht, 1879) (squamata : Agamidae: Draconinae)
- 2021
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Ingår i: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. - 0217-2445. ; 69:1, s. 448-462
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The earless, nose-horned agamid lizard Pseudocophotis sumatrana is only represented by a few specimens in collections worldwide. We discovered a historical publication from 1855 by van der Hoeven where the species was described as Calotes nasicornis before the currently accepted original description by Hubrecht in 1879. In order to uphold nomenclatural stability, we provide proof that Calotes nasicornis is a nomen oblitum and that Pseudocophotis sumatrana is to be treated as a nomen protectum. Our investigations into historical records put the type locality on Sumatra in question and we conclude that P. sumatrana is most probably restricted to Java. Through examination of all known specimens, including the synonymised Calotes aberrans, we discuss taxonomic characters and add further details to the species diagnosis with respect to external and internal morphology. In particular by means of μ-computer-tomography we show that only the distal part of the tail is prehensile and for the first time we examine the cranial skeleton and dentition of P. sumatrana.
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- Prema, M., et al.
(författare)
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A new species of the xanthid crab genus Banareia A. Milne-Edwards, 1869 ( Crustacea: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from the Bay of Bengal, southeastern India
- 2023
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Ingår i: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. - 0217-2445. ; 71, s. 387-399
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A new species of the xanthid crab genus, Banareia A. Milne-Edwards, 1869, is described from India using morphological and molecular characters. The new species was collected from the bycatch of the Pazhayar fishing port, which receives trawl catches from the Bay of Bengal, off Tamil Nadu state, in southeastern India. Banareia metiguinotae, new species, is most similar to B. serenei Guinot, 1976, from Vietnam, in the general form and fresh colouration, but it differs mainly in the outline of the carapace, the form of the front, carapace anterolateral margin, ambulatory legs, and the male pleon and gonopods. The morphological description of the new species is further augmented by mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) sequence data. With the description of this new species, 17 species of Banareia are hereby recognised, with four species known from Indian territorial waters.
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- Sevcik, Jan, et al.
(författare)
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Brachyradia, a new genus of the tribe Exechiini (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Oriental and Australasian regions
- 2012
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Ingår i: The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. - 0217-2445. ; 60:1, s. 117-127
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Brachyradia, new genus, is proposed and described for two new species of the tribe Exechiini (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from the Oriental and Australasian regions. The type species, Brachyradia asianca, new species, is described from Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia (Sulawesi), and a second species, Brachyradia australis, new species, from Indonesia (Sulawesi) and Papua New Guinea. The systematic position of the new genus and the zoogeography of the tribe Exechiini are discussed. The new genus shows close-it affinities with Brevicornu with interconnections towards Cordyla, Neallodia, and Anatella. As the latter genera have been considered among the most primitive taxa of the tribe, Brachyradia may generate new and interesting questions about polarities of characters, direction of morphological transformations, and the zoogeographical origin of the Exechiini genera.
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- Sodhi, Navjot S., et al.
(författare)
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Barcoding Indo-Malayan birds
- 2007
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Ingår i: The Raffles bulletin of zoology. - 0217-2445. ; 55:2, s. 397-398
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Tidskriftsartikel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)
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