@MISC{10141/622789, year = {2014}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.411.7258}, journal = {ZooKeys}, author = {Panha, S and Nantarat, N and Sutcharit, C and Tongkerd, P and Ablett, J and Naggs, F}, issn = {1313-2989}, note = {The collection of land caenogastropod snails in the genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 housed in the Natural History Museum, London (NHM), includes 52 type lots. Lectotypes have been designated for 43 available species-level names to stabilize existing nomenclature, two previously designated lectotype, two holotypes, one paratype, one syntype, one possible syntype and two paralectotypes are also listed. A complete catalogue of the Cyclophorus types in NHM, London is provided for the first time.}, title = {An annotated catalogue of type specimens of the land snail genus Cyclophorus Monfort, 1810 (Caenogastropoda, Cyclophoridae) in the Natural History Museum, London}, eissn = {1313-2970}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622789} } @MISC{10141/622783, year = {2016}, doi = {10.4467/16890027AP.16.011.4946}, journal = {ACTA PROTOZOOLOGICA}, author = {Warren, A and McMiller, N and Safi, L and Hu, X and Tarkington, J}, issn = {0065-1583}, note = {The 4th workshop of the IRCN-BC, entitled ‘Current Trends, Collaborations and Future Directionsin Biodiversity Studies of Ciliates’ and convened byWeibo Song and colleagues at OUC, was attended by53 participants from 12 countries. The workshop comprised oral presentations and posters grouped into threethemes reflecting the three dimensions of biodiversity,namely: taxonomic diversity, ecological diversity andgenetic diversity. The main aims of the workshop wereto provide a platform for the presentation of recent findings and to facilitate future collaborations for enhancing research and training.}, title = {Report on the 2015 workshop of the International Research Coordination Network for Biodiversity of Ciliates (IRCN-BC) held at Ocean University of China (OUC), Qingdao, China, 19-21 October 2015}, eissn = {1689-0027}, publisher = {Jagiellonian University Press}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622783} } @MISC{10141/622785, year = {2017}, journal = {Studies and Reports, Taxonomical Series}, author = {Barclay, Maxwell and Geiser, Michael}, issn = {1805-5648}, note = {Philonthus colius Hromádka 2016, a primary junior homonym of Philonthus colius Hromádka 2008, is replaced with Philonthus lubomirhromadkai nom. nov.}, title = {A replacement name for Philonthus colius Hromádka, 2016 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)}, publisher = {Nakladatelství Jan Farkač, Czech Republic & Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic, http://www.fld.czu.cz/studiesandreports}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622785} } @MISC{10141/622581, year = {2017}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-00528-7}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, author = {Tay, WT and Elfekih, S and Polaszek, Andrew and Court, LN and Evans, GA and Gordon, KHJ and De Barro, PJ}, note = {Museum specimens represent valuable genomic resources for understanding host-endosymbiont/parasitoid evolutionary relationships, resolving species complexes and nomenclatural problems. However, museum collections suffer DNA degradation, making them challenging for molecular-based studies. Here, the mitogenomes of a single 1912 Sri Lankan Bemisia emiliae cotype puparium, and of a 1942 Japanese Bemisia puparium are characterised using a Next-Generation Sequencing approach. Whiteflies are small sap-sucking insects including B. tabaci pest species complex. Bemisia emiliae’s draft mitogenome showed a high degree of homology with published B. tabaci mitogenomes, and exhibited 98–100% partial mitochondrial DNA Cytochrome Oxidase I (mtCOI) gene identity with the B. tabaci species known as Asia II-7. The partial mtCOI gene of the Japanese specimen shared 99% sequence identity with the Bemisia ‘JpL’ genetic group. Metagenomic analysis identified bacterial sequences in both Bemisia specimens, while hymenopteran sequences were also identified in the Japanese Bemisia puparium, including complete mtCOI and rRNA genes, and various partial mtDNA genes. At 88–90% mtCOI sequence identity to Aphelinidae wasps, we concluded that the 1942 Bemisia nymph was parasitized by an Eretmocerus parasitoid wasp. Our approach enables the characterisation of genomes and associated metagenomic communities of museum specimens using 1.5 ng gDNA, and to infer historical tritrophic relationships in Bemisia whiteflies.}, title = {Novel molecular approach to define pest species status and tritrophic interactions from historical Bemisia specimens}, eissn = {2045-2322}, publisher = {Nature Research}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622581} } @MISC{10141/622582, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0222163}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, author = {von Oheimb, Katharina C. M. and von Oheimb, Parm Viktor and Hirano, T and Do, TV and Ablett, J and Luong, HV and Pham, SV and Naggs, F}, issn = {1932-6203}, note = {Limestone karsts can form terrestrial habitat islands for calcium-dependent organisms. In Vietnam, many karst habitats are threatened, while their rich biodiversity is still far from being thoroughly explored. Given that conservation of karst biota strongly relies on correct species identification, the presence of undetected cryptic species can pose severe problems. The present study focuses on cryptic diversity among karst-inhabiting land snails of the genus Cyclophorus in northern Vietnam, where specimens with a similar shell morphology have been reported from various regions. In order to examine the diversity and evolutionary history of this “widespread morphotype”, we generated a Bayesian phylogeny based on DNA sequence data. Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD) and the Bayesian implementation of the Poisson tree processes model (bPTP) contributed to species delimitation and analyses of shell shape and size aided the morphological characterisation of individual species. We found that the examined specimens of the widespread morphotype did not form a single monophyletic group in the phylogeny but clustered into several different clades. We delimited nine different species that develop the widespread morphotype and described four of them as new. Processes of convergent evolution were probably involved in the origin of the delimited species, while their generally allopatric distribution could result from interspecific competition. Our findings indicate ongoing processes of speciation and a potential case of morphological character displacement. The high degree of morphological overlap found among the species underlines the importance of DNA sequence data for species delimitation and description in the genus Cyclophorus. Given the findings of the present study and the high potential that as yet undiscovered cryptic taxa have also evolved in other groups of karst-inhabiting organisms, we argue for a systematic and efficient detection and description of Vietnam’s karst biodiversity to provide a solid basis for future conservation planning.}, title = {Cryptic diversity of limestone karst inhabiting land snails (Cyclophorus spp.) in northern Vietnam, their evolutionary history and the description of four new species}, publisher = {Public Library of Science (PLoS)}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622582} } @MISC{10141/622792, year = {2017}, doi = {10.1111/jeu.12428}, journal = {Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology}, author = {Li, Y and Lyu, Z and Warren, A and Zhou, K and Li, F and Chen, X}, issn = {1066-5234}, note = {The morphology and molecular phylogeny of a soil hypotrich ciliate, Pseudourostyla guizhouensis sp. nov., collected from southern China, were investigated. Pseudourostyla guizhouensis sp. nov. has an elongate elliptical body measuring 180–310 × 65–85 μm in vivo; invariably two right and three or four left marginal rows; six or seven dorsal kineties; adoral zone consisting of 57–70 membranelles; 12–16 frontal cirri, one buccal cirrus, 13–20 midventral pairs, two frontoterminal cirri, two pretransverse cirri, and five to seven transverse cirri. Morphogenesis during physiological regeneration indicates that the marginal rows of each side originate from a common anlage that differentiates into several rows. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on SSU rDNA sequence data reveals that P . guizhouensis sp. nov. clusters with the type species P. cristata (Jerka‐Dziadosz, 1964) Borror, 1972 and that the genus Pseudourostyla is monophyletic. The morphological characters of another soil hypotrich ciliate, Hemicycliostyla franzi (Foissner, 1987) Paiva et al., 2012, are also described based on a Chinese (Guizhou) population.}, title = {Morphology and Molecular Phylogeny of a New Hypotrich Ciliate,Pseudourostyla guizhouensissp. nov. from Southern China, with Notes on a Chinese Population ofHemicycliostyla franzi(Foissner, 1987) Paiva et al., 2012 (Ciliophora, Hypotricha)}, publisher = {Wiley}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622792} } @inbook{10141/622703, isbn = {9783662533895}, year = {2016}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53389-5_2}, author = {Knapp, S and Peralta, IE}, note = {The cultivated tomato, Solanum lycopersicum L., is a member of the small section Lycopersicon along with its 12 wild relatives. An additional four species from sections Juglandifolia and Lycopersicoides are traditionally considered as tomato wild relatives. These species are all endemic to South America, but the cultivated tomato itself has achieved worldwide distribution with the help of human populations. Tomato and its wild relatives are part of a larger monophyletic group (the Potato clade) that also contains the potatoes and their wild relatives. Here we review the taxonomic and phylogenetic history, relationships and species-level taxonomy of the cultivated tomato and its wild relatives, and highlight important studies of diversity that remain to be undertaken in the group, especially in light of global environmental and climatic change.}, title = {The Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L., Solanaceae) and Its Botanical Relatives}, publisher = {Springer}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622703} } @MISC{10141/622709, year = {20/11/2019}, doi = {10.1098/rsos.191289}, journal = {Royal Society Open Science}, author = {Butler, RJ and Sennikov, AG and Dunne, EM and Ezcurra, MD and Hedrick, BP and Maidment, Susannah and Meade, LE and Raven, TJ and Gower, DJ}, issn = {2054-5703}, note = {Erythrosuchidae are a globally distributed and important group of apex predators that occupied Early and Middle Triassic terrestrial ecosystems following the Permo-Triassic mass extinction. The stratigraphically oldest known genus of Erythrosuchidae is Garjainia Ochev, 1958, which is known from the late Early Triassic (late Olenekian) of European Russia and South Africa. Two species of Garjainia have been reported from Russia: the type species, Garjainia prima Ochev, 1958, and ‘Vjushkovia triplicostata’ von Huene, 1960, which has been referred to Garjainia as either congeneric (Garjainiatriplicostata) or conspecific (G. prima). The holotype of G. prima has received relatively extensive study, but little work has been conducted on type or referred material attributed to ‘V. triplicostata’. However, this material includes well-preserved fossils representing all parts of the skeleton and comprises seven individuals. Here, we provide a comprehensive description and review of the cranial anatomy of material attributed to ‘V. triplicostata’, and draw comparisons with G. prima. We conclude that the two Russian taxa are indeed conspecific, and that minor differences between them result from a combination of preservation or intraspecific variation. Our reassessment therefore provides additional information on the cranial anatomy of G. prima. Moreover, we quantify relative head size in erythrosuchids and other early archosauromorphs in an explicit phylogenetic context for the first time. Our results show that erythrosuchids do indeed appear to have disproportionately large skulls, but that this is also true for other early archosauriforms (i.e. proterosuchids), and may reflect the invasion of hypercarnivorous niches by these groups following the Permo-Triassic extinction.}, title = {Cranial anatomy and taxonomy of the erythrosuchid archosauriform ‘Vjushkovia triplicostata’ Huene, 1960, from the Early Triassic of European Russia}, eissn = {2054-5703}, publisher = {The Royal Society}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622709} } @MISC{10141/622650, year = {2018}, doi = {10.4404/hystrix-00133-2018}, journal = {Hystrix : the Italian Journal of Mammalogy}, author = {Cooper, N and Verde Arregoitia, L and D'Elia, G}, issn = {0394-1914}, note = {As both producers and consumers of data, scientists play an important role in defining how accessible their research outputs are to others. First by deciding to share, but also through the choice of file formats and data structures used to share data. Steps taken by authors, editors, and typesetters to format and store data often complicate the ability of future users to work with these data. At late stages of the scientific workflow, making analysis-ready versions of the data takes relatively little time and effort in exchange for a significant increase in usability and, potentially, other well-known benefits of data sharing such as more citations and potential collaborations. Well-structured and analysis-ready data also reduces the risk of unintended alterations introduced while cleaning and rearranging published data. We wish to reconcile what is easy to read and intuitive with machine-readable data that does not need extensive processing or advanced programming skills for inclusion in new analyses. For those who use and report biodiversity data and the results of specimen-based research, we wish to create awareness of the major differences in structure between data at the analysis stage compared with data arranged and formatted for reporting. We hope that the reader might apply these practices when sharing data with other scientists and with the public.}, title = {Good practices for sharing analysis-ready data in mammalogy and biodiversity research}, publisher = {Associazione Teriologica Italiana}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622650} } @MISC{10141/622671, year = {2012}, doi = {10.3897/phytokeys.19.4501}, journal = {PhytoKeys}, author = {Kress, WJ and Knapp, S and Stoev, P and Penev, L}, issn = {1314-2011}, note = {PhytoKeys was launched on the 1st of November 2010 as a novel, peer-reviewed, openaccess outlet for plant biodiversity research (Penev et al. 2010a). The journal quicklygained the support of the international botanical community and since its launch continues to grow in reputation and volume.}, title = {On the front line of modern data-management and Open Access publishing: Two years of PhytoKeys – the fastest growing journal in plant systematics}, eissn = {1314-2003}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622671} } @MISC{10141/622597, year = {2019}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-42310-x}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, author = {Kehlmaier, C and Zhang, X and Georges, A and Campbell, P and Thomson, S and Fritz, U}, note = {Diagnosability is central to taxonomy as are type specimens which define taxa. New advances in technologies and the discovery of new informative traits must be matched with previous taxonomic decisions based on name-bearing type specimens. Consequently, the challenge of sequencing highly degraded DNA from historical types becomes an inevitability to resolve the very many taxonomic issues arising from, by modern standards, poor historical species descriptions leading to difficulties to assign names to genetic clusters identified from fresh material. Here we apply high-throughput parallel sequencing and sequence baiting to reconstruct the mitogenomes from 18 type specimens of Australasian side-necked turtles (Chelidae). We resolve a number of important issues that have confused the taxonomy of this family, and analyse the mitogenomes of the types and those of fresh material to improve our understanding of the phylogenetic relationships of this morphologically conservative group. Together with previously published nuclear genomic data, our study provides evidence for multiple old mitochondrial introgressions.}, title = {Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression}, eissn = {2045-2322}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622597} } @MISC{10141/622641, year = {2020}, doi = {10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.16}, journal = {Papéis avulsos de zoologia.}, author = {Biffi, G and Geiser, M}, issn = {0031-1049}, note = {Peltariosilis Wittmer, 1952 is a South American Silinae genus characterised by the highly modified male pronotum and scutellum with a remarkable lamellar projection. Six species were previously recognised. The study of numerous specimens from previously unsampled localities and the revision of previously studied material shows that Peltariosilis is far more diverse than previously recognised. 15 species are here recognised as valid, nine of which are described as new: P. brancuccii, P. brunneoapicalis, P. cleidecostae, P. diversicollis, P. flavicornis, P. gracilicornis, P. major, P. orientalis and P. parviscutellaris spp. nov. A comparative study and new morphological terminologies are introduced for pronotum, scutellum and male genitalia. All Peltariosilis species are described and illustrated, including the first illustration of a female pronotum, and an identification key is provided. A map is given, including records of all known Peltariosilis, showing a distribution confined to the Amazonian subregion (Suriname, French Guiana, N Brazil, E Peru and NE Bolivia). The identity of the type species P. scutulata (Wittmer, 1952), hitherto considered as broadly distributed and highly variable, is addressed through study of their type series and additional specimens from widespread localities.}, title = {A revision of Peltariosilis Wittmer (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), a surprisingly diverse Amazonian radiation}, publisher = {Universidade de São Paulo (USP)}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622641} } @MISC{10141/622606, year = {2016}, doi = {10.5852/ejt.2016.187}, journal = {European Journal of Taxonomy}, author = {Shaw, MR and Broad, G}, note = {The nine British and Irish species of Enicospilus are revised, mapped and an identification key provided. One species, Enicospilus myricae sp. nov., is described as new; Enicospilus merdarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) is a senior synonym of E. tournieri (Vollenhoven, 1879) syn. nov.; the only available name for E. merdarius auctt. is Enicospilus adustus (Haller, 1885) stat. rev., and a neotype is designated for Ophion adustus Haller, 1885. Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert, 1969 and E. repentinus (Holmgren, 1860) are newly recorded from Britain. Some host data are available for eight of the nine species.}, title = {The British species of Enicospilus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae)}, eissn = {2118-9773}, publisher = {Consortium of European Natural History Museums}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622606} } @MISC{10141/622236, year = {12/06/2017}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0177325}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, author = {Burridge, AK and Hornlein, C and Janssen, AW and Hughes, M and Bush, SL and Marletaz, F and Gasca, R and Pierrot-Bults, AC and Michel, E and Todd, JA and Young, JR and Osborn, KJ and Menken, SBJ and Peijnenburg, KTCA}, title = {Time-calibrated molecular phylogeny of pteropods}, eissn = {1932-6203}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622236} } @MISC{10141/622852, year = {2020}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-73272-0}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, author = {Jakub, G and Andrzej, O and Robert, R and Igor, C and Katarzyna, M and Radosław, P and Matti, L and Mauro, G and Gernot, H and Vytautas, T and Maksims, B and Telnov, Dmitry and Maria‑Magdalena, D and Adam, T}, note = {During the Last Glacial Maximum in the Northern Hemisphere, expanding ice sheets forced a large number of plants, including trees, to retreat from their primary distribution areas. Many host-associated herbivores migrated along with their host plants. Long-lasting geographic isolation between glacial refugia could have been led to the allopatric speciation in separated populations. Here, we have studied whether the migration history of the Norway spruce Picea abies in Quaternary has affected its host-associated herbivorous beetle—Monochamus sartor. By using microsatellite markers accompanied by the geometric morphometrics analysis of wing venation, we have revealed the clear geographic structure of M. sartor in Eurasia, encompassing two main clusters: southern (Alpine–Carpathian) and eastern (including northeastern Europe and Asia), which reflects the northern and southern ecotypes of its host. The two beetles’ lineages probably diverged during the Pleniglacial (57,000—15,000 BC) when their host tree species was undergoing significant range fragmentation and experienced secondary contact during post-glacial recolonization of spruce in the Holocene. A secondary contact of divergent lineages of M. sartor has resulted in the formation of the hybrid zone in northeastern Europe. Our findings suggest that the climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene have driven an insect-plant co-evolutionary process, and have contributed to the formation of the unique biodiversity of Europe.}, title = {Climatic oscillations in Quaternary have shaped the co‑evolutionary patterns between the Norway spruce and its host‑associated herbivore}, eissn = {2045-2322}, publisher = {Springer Nature}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622852} } @inbook{10141/622452, isbn = {978-88-6938-140-9}, year = {2019}, author = {Edgecombe, GD and Giribet, G}, note = {The injection of molecular data over the past 20 years has impacted on all facets of centipede systematics. Multi-locus and transcriptomic datasets are the source of a novel hypothesis for how the five living orders of centipedes interrelate but force homoplasy in some widely-accepted phenotypic and behavioural characters. Molecular dating is increasingly used to test biogeographic hypotheses, including examples of ancient vicariance. The longstanding challenge of morphological delimitation of centipede species is complemented by integrative taxonomy using molecular tools, including DNA barcoding and coalescent approaches to quantitative species delimitation. Molecular phylogenetics has revealed numerous instances of cryptic species. “Reduced genomic approaches” have the potential to incorporate historic collections, including type specimens, into centipede molecular systematics.}, title = {The molecularization of centipede systematics}, publisher = {Padova University Press}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622452} } @MISC{10141/622575, year = {25/09/2018}, doi = {10.5194/jm-37-431-2018}, journal = {JOURNAL OF MICROPALAEONTOLOGY}, author = {Fenton, IS and Baranowski, U and Boscolo-Galazzo, F and Cheales, H and Fox, L and King, DJ and Larkin, C and Latas, M and Liebrand, D and Miller, CG and Nilsson-Kerr, K and Piga, E and Pugh, H and Remmelzwaal, S and Roseby, ZA and Smith, YM and Stukins, S and Taylor, B and Woodhouse, A and Worne, S and Pearson, PN and Poole, CR and Wade, BS and Purvis, A}, issn = {0262-821X}, note = {Planktonic foraminifera are widely used in biostratigraphic, palaeoceanographic and evolutionary studies, but the strength of many study conclusions could be weakened if taxonomic identifications are not reproducible by different workers. In this study, to assess the relative importance of a range of possible reasons for among-worker disagreement in identification, 100 specimens of 26 species of macroperforate planktonic foraminifera were selected from a core-top site in the subtropical Pacific Ocean. Twenty-three scientists at different career stages – including some with only a few days experience of planktonic foraminifera – were asked to identify each specimen to species level, and to indicate their confidence in each identification. The participants were provided with a species list and had access to additional reference materials. We use generalised linear mixed-effects models to test the relevance of three sets of factors in identification accuracy: participant-level characteristics (including experience), species-level characteristics (including a participant's knowledge of the species) and specimen-level characteristics (size, confidence in identification). The 19 less experienced scientists achieve a median accuracy of 57 %, which rises to 75 % for specimens they are confident in. For the 4 most experienced participants, overall accuracy is 79 %, rising to 93 % when they are confident. To obtain maximum comparability and ease of analysis, everyone used a standard microscope with only 35× magnification, and each specimen was studied in isolation. Consequently, these data provide a lower limit for an estimate of consistency. Importantly, participants could largely predict whether their identifications were correct or incorrect: their own assessments of specimen-level confidence and of their previous knowledge of species concepts were the strongest predictors of accuracy.}, title = {Factors affecting consistency and accuracy in identifying modern macroperforate planktonic foraminifera}, publisher = {The Micropalaeontological Society}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622575} } @MISC{10141/622809, year = {2019}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.37486/2675-1305.ec01006}, journal = {Entomological Communications}, author = {Klopfstein, S and Santos, BF and Shaw, MR and Alvarado, M and Bennett, AMR and Dal Pos, D and Giannotta, M and Herrera Florez, AF and Karlsson, D and Khalaim, AI and Lima, AR and Mikó, I and Sääksjärvi, IE and Shimizu, S and Spasojevic, T and van Noort, S and Vilhelmsen, L and Broad, G}, note = {The parasitoid wasp family Ichneumonidae is arguably one of the groups for which current knowledge lags most strongly behind their enormous diversity. In a five-day meeting in Basel (Switzerland) in June 2019, 22 researchers from 14 countries met to discuss the most important issues in ichneumonid research, including increasing the speed of species discovery, resolving higher-level relationships, and studying the radiation of these parasitoids onto various host groups through time. All agreed that it is time to advertise ichneumonid research more broadly and thereby attract young talents to this group for which specialists are sorely lacking, as well as increase public awareness about their exciting biology and ecological impact. In order to popularize the group, we here suggest a new vernacular name for the family, “Darwin wasps”, to reflect the pivotal role they played in convincing Charles Darwin that not all of creation could have been created by a benevolent god. We hope that the name catches on, and that Darwin wasps start buzzing more loudly across all disciplines of biology.}, title = {Darwin wasps: a new name heralds renewed efforts to unravel the evolutionary history of Ichneumonidae}, eissn = {2675-1305}, publisher = {Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622809} } @MISC{10141/622886, year = {07/12/2020}, doi = {10.1144/sp506-2019-164}, journal = {Geological Society, London, Special Publications}, author = {Sendino, Consuelo and Porter, Julian}, issn = {0305-8719}, note = {A fascination with natural history does not recognize class, as is shown through the activities of female aristocrats who, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, contributed significantly by increasing the number of collections at natural history museums. These women were not members of the Geological Society of London because, at that time, women were not even allowed to be members, but they still left their impressive legacy in museums. This paper will focus on three women who made extensive collections that are now incorporated into British museums. The first of these, the Duchess of Portland, made one of the finest collections in England and, possibly, the best collection of shells and fossils in Europe of her time, which was later acquired by the Natural History Museum, London. She was followed by the Countess of Aylesford who made one of the most important mineral collections of her time, which is now at the Natural History Museum, London. Finally, Baroness Brassey collected geological samples during her trips that were used to establish the Brassey Institute in Hastings. These three women used their own income and influence to build collections.}, title = {Female aristocrats in the natural history world before the establishment of the Geological Society of London}, eissn = {2041-4927}, publisher = {Geological Society of London}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622886} } @MISC{10141/622407, year = {2018}, doi = {10.5194/jm-37-395-2018}, journal = {Journal of Micropalaeontology}, author = {Fox, L and Stukins, S and Hill, T and Bailey, HW}, title = {New species of Mesozoic benthic foraminifera from the former British Petroleum micropalaeontology collection}, eissn = {2041-4978}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622407} } @MISC{10141/622563, year = {01/05/2019}, doi = {10.7717/peerj.6811}, journal = {PeerJ}, author = {Evers, SW and Benson, RBJ and Barrett, PM}, issn = {2167-8359}, note = {Knowledge of the early evolution of sea turtles (Chelonioidea) has been limited by conflicting phylogenetic hypotheses resulting from sparse taxon sampling and a superficial understanding of the morphology of key taxa. This limits our understanding of evolutionary adaptation to marine life in turtles, and in amniotes more broadly. One problematic group are the protostegids, Early–Late Cretaceous marine turtles that have been hypothesised to be either stem-cryptodires, stem-chelonioids, or crown-chelonioids. Different phylogenetic hypotheses for protostegids suggest different answers to key questions, including (1) the number of transitions to marine life in turtles, (2) the age of the chelonioid crown-group, and (3) patterns of skeletal evolution during marine adaptation. We present a detailed anatomical study of one of the earliest protostegids, Rhinochelys pulchriceps from the early Late Cretaceous of Europe, using high-resolution mCT. We synonymise all previously named European species and document the variation seen among them. A phylogeny of turtles with increased chelonioid taxon sampling and revised postcranial characters is provided, recovering protostegids as stem-chelonioids. Our results imply a mid Early Cretaceous origin of total-group chelonioids and an early Late Cretaceous age for crown-chelonioids, which may inform molecular clock analyses in future. Specialisations of the chelonioid flipper evolved in a stepwise-fashion, with innovations clustered into pulses at the origin of total-group chelonioids, and subsequently among dermochelyids, crown-cheloniids, and gigantic protostegids from the Late Cretaceous.}, title = {Anatomy of Rhinochelys pulchriceps (Protostegidae) and marine adaptation during the early evolution of chelonioids}, publisher = {PeerJ Inc.}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622563} } @MISC{10141/622177, year = {13/08/2015}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pone.0135355}, journal = {PLOS ONE}, author = {Siriwut, W and Edgecombe, GD and Sutcharit, C and Panha, S}, title = {The Centipede Genus Scolopendra in Mainland Southeast Asia: Molecular Phylogenetics, Geometric Morphometrics and External Morphology as Tools for Species Delimitation}, eissn = {1932-6203}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622177} } @MISC{10141/622556, year = {05/08/2019}, doi = {10.7717/peerj.7240}, journal = {PeerJ}, author = {Chapelle, KEJ and Barrett, PM and Botha, J and Choiniere, JN}, issn = {2167-8359}, note = {Our knowledge of Early Jurassic palaeobiodiversity in the upper Elliot Formation of South Africa has increased markedly in recent years with the discovery of new fossils, re-assessments of previously collected material and a better understanding of Stormberg Group stratigraphy. Here, Ngwevu intloko, a new genus of upper Elliot basal sauropodomorph is named on the basis of a complete skull and partial skeleton (BP/1/4779) previously assigned to Massospondylus carinatus. It can be distinguished from all other basal sauropodomorphs by a combination of 16 cranial and six postcranial characters. The new species is compared to a small ontogenetic series of M. carinatus as well as to a range of closely related taxa. Taphonomic deformation, sexual dimorphism and ontogeny are rejected as possible explanations for the morphological differences present between BP/1/4779 and other taxa. Osteohistological examination reveals that BP/1/4779 had nearly reached adult size at the time of its death at a minimum age of 10 years.}, title = {Ngwevu intloko: a new early sauropodomorph dinosaur from the Lower Jurassic Elliot Formation of South Africa and comments on cranial ontogeny in Massospondylus carinatus}, publisher = {PeerJ Inc.}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622556} } @MISC{10141/622496, year = {05/01/2016}, doi = {10.5334/pia.499}, journal = {Papers from the Institute of Archaeology}, author = {Galway-Witham, Julia}, note = {Hominin systematics, encompassing both taxonomy and phylogeny (Strait, 2013), has significant implications for how the evolution of species and traits are understood and communicated. Following a recent influx of fossils (e.g., Brown et al., 2004; Lordkipanidze et al., 2013; Villmoare et al., 2015a; Berger et al., 2015) the amount of diversity in fossil morphology has increased correspondingly. As researchers do not yet approach diversity in a uniform manner, the literature has been flooded with conflicting theories and methodologies (Strait, 2013). Particularly volatile has been the study of the origin of the genus Homo and the extent of variation therein: much controversy arises from conflicting views of the number of valid species subsumed within ‘early Homo’ given unspecified definitions of species and genera. Additionally, there is still a lack of understanding of the extent of and mechanism behind variation, especially within Hominina. The first section of the following paper addresses ‘how can species be identified?’ and ‘how should species be classified into higher taxa?’ The second section reviews the prevalent arguments used to systematise fossils frequently classified as ‘early Homo.’ It considers: the validity of Homo rudolfensis; the morphological, spatial & temporal overlap of earlier Homo with Homo ergaster; the systematic significance of the recently discovered LD 350-1; and finally, the appropriateness of ‘early Homo’ as an adaptive grade.}, title = {“What’s in a Name?” The Taxonomy & Phylogeny of Early Homo}, eissn = {2041-9015}, publisher = {Ubiquity Press}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622496} } @MISC{10141/622858, year = {25/06/2020}, doi = {10.1038/s41598-020-66425-8}, journal = {Scientific Reports}, author = {Beck, RMD and Louys, J and Brewer, Philippa and Archer, M and Black, KH and Tedford, RH}, note = {We describe the partial cranium and skeleton of a new diprotodontian marsupial from the late Oligocene (~26–25 Ma) Namba Formation of South Australia. This is one of the oldest Australian marsupial fossils known from an associated skeleton and it reveals previously unsuspected morphological diversity within Vombatiformes, the clade that includes wombats (Vombatidae), koalas (Phascolarctidae) and several extinct families. Several aspects of the skull and teeth of the new taxon, which we refer to a new family, are intermediate between members of the fossil family Wynyardiidae and wombats. Its postcranial skeleton exhibits features associated with scratch-digging, but it is unlikely to have been a true burrower. Body mass estimates based on postcranial dimensions range between 143 and 171 kg, suggesting that it was ~5 times larger than living wombats. Phylogenetic analysis based on 79 craniodental and 20 postcranial characters places the new taxon as sister to vombatids, with which it forms the superfamily Vombatoidea as defined here. It suggests that the highly derived vombatids evolved from wynyardiid-like ancestors, and that scratch-digging adaptations evolved in vombatoids prior to the appearance of the ever-growing (hypselodont) molars that are a characteristic feature of all post-Miocene vombatids. Ancestral state reconstructions on our preferred phylogeny suggest that bunolophodont molars are plesiomorphic for vombatiforms, with full lophodonty (characteristic of diprotodontoids) evolving from a selenodont morphology that was retained by phascolarctids and ilariids, and wynyardiids and vombatoids retaining an intermediate selenolophodont condition. There appear to have been at least six independent acquisitions of very large (>100 kg) body size within Vombatiformes, several having already occurred by the late Oligocene.}, title = {A new family of diprotodontian marsupials from the latest Oligocene of Australia and the evolution of wombats, koalas, and their relatives (Vombatiformes)}, eissn = {2045-2322}, publisher = {Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622858} } @MISC{10141/622546, year = {2019}, doi = {10.3897/nl.42.34187}, journal = {Nota Lepidopterologica}, author = {van Nieukerken, EJ and Karsholt, O and Hausmann, A and Holloway, JD and Huemer, P and Kitching, IJ and Nuss, M and Pohl, GR and Rajaei, H and Rennwald, E and Rodeland, J and Rougerie, R and Scoble, MJ and Sinev, SY and Sommerer, M}, issn = {2367-5365}, note = {In a recent paper in ZooKeys, Wiemers et al. (2018) provided an updated list of European butterfly names. In this list the authors follow gender agreement for species names, when interpreted as adjectival in derivation, in contrast to the common practice among most lepidopterists. Here we comment on this aspect of the paper, and voice our concern that this reversal does not benefit the stability of Lepidoptera names and is, indeed, inimical to their stability.Modern zoological science needs the communities of taxonomists and users to agree on the names that are used to communicate information about the taxa we study and cherish. In this age, such collegiate acceptance is more important than ever, given that the number of users of scientific names has increased enormously. Agreement is particularly important when considering the numerous online databases, observation sites, Wikipedia, etc. Several global and local initiatives over the last several decades have begun to compile authoritative lists of taxonomic names to serve the community and build towards a greater stability, including Species 2000 / Catalogue of Life (Roskov et al. 2018; Roskov et al. 2019), Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF Secretariat 2019) and Fauna Europaea (de Jong et al. 2014; Fauna Europaea 2017).Unfortunately, the current (and likely future) funding situation for most of these projects is poor, to say the least, and populating these databases relies heavily on a diminishing number of taxonomists, who rarely receive recognition for their work. The Fauna Europaea database, which is of special importance as Europe’s main zoological taxonomic index, has suffered particularly, being an EU-supported project that was only funded by the European Commission between 2000 and 2004. Subsequently, updating was carried out at the Zoological Museum of Amsterdam (de Jong et al. 2014), first under the umbrella of the PESI project (PESI 2011; de Jong et al. 2015), then later without funding, until the Amsterdam museum was merged with Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden in 2011. Since then, the Fauna Europaea database has been run by the Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Berlin, Germany. Recently, however, updating has come to a stand-still, very much to the frustration both of taxonomists who wish to update their lists and of users who need an up-to-date and authoritative nomenclature.Given these circumstances, we enthusiastically applaud the initiative that several specialists of European butterflies have taken separately to publish an update for butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea) in an open access journal, to produce a new list for the use of the scientific community (Wiemers et al. 2018).}, title = {Stability in Lepidoptera names is not served by reversal to gender agreement: a response to Wiemers et al. (2018)}, publisher = {Pensoft Publishers}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622546} } @MISC{10141/622435, year = {2018}, doi = {10.7554/eLife.41319}, journal = {ELIFE}, author = {Glover, AG and Wiklund, H and Chen, C and Dahlgren, TG}, issn = {2050-084X}, note = {Ensuring that the wealth of resources contained in our oceans are managed and developed in a sustainable manner is a priority for the emerging 'blue economy'. However, modern ecosystem-based management approaches do not translate well to regions where we know almost nothing about the individual species found in the ecosystem. Here, we propose a new taxon-focused approach to deep-sea conservation that includes regulatory oversight to set targets for the delivery of taxonomic data. For example, a five-year plan to deliver taxonomic and genomic knowledge on a thousand species in regions of the ocean earmarked for industrial activity is an achievable target. High-throughput, integrative taxonomy can, therefore, provide the data that is needed to monitor various ecosystem services (such as the natural history, connectivity, value and function of species) and to help break the regulatory deadlock of high-seas conservation.}, title = {Managing a sustainable deep-sea 'blue economy' requires knowledge of what actually lives there}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622435} } @MISC{10141/622456, year = {2011}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.150.2193}, journal = {ZooKeys}, author = {Smith, V and Rycroft, S and Brake, I and Scott, B and Baker, E and Livermore, L and Blagoderov, V and Roberts, D}, issn = {1313-2989}, note = {The Scratchpad Virtual Research Environment (http://scratchpads.eu/) is a flexible system for people to create their own research networks supporting natural history science. Here we describe Version 2 of the system characterised by the move to Drupal 7 as the Scratchpad core development framework and timed to coincide with the fifth year of the project’s operation in late January 2012. The development of Scratchpad 2 reflects a combination of technical enhancements that make the project more sustainable, combined with new features intended to make the system more functional and easier to use. A roadmap outlining strategic plans for development of the Scratchpad project over the next two years concludes this article.}, title = {Scratchpads 2.0: a Virtual Research Environment supporting scholarly collaboration, communication and data publication in biodiversity science}, eissn = {1313-2970}, publisher = {Pensoft}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622456} } @MISC{10141/622322, year = {2018}, journal = {Journal of Natural Science Collections}, author = {West, SVL and Roach, APG}, issn = {2053-1133}, note = {With on-going losses to UK biodiversity occurring, the need for suitably experienced, passionate biologists who can identify and classify plants and animals, and engage young people with the natural world, has never been greater. There has, however, been a decline in biological field skills, particularly in emerging scientists and graduates, in recent years. This is due to a combination of factors, including our changing relationship with nature, reduced childhood engagement, and a lack of education and training opportunities. Cuts to museum specialists have also occurred, making it more difficult for early career professionals to gain the training required to work in field ecology, taxonomy, and as specialist curators. The 'Identification Trainers for the Future' traineeship, launched in 2015 by the Natural History Museum (NHM) in partnership with the Field Studies Council (FSC) and National Biodiversity Network (NBN), and hosted within the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity (AMC), is a strong example of how early career professionals can develop ecological field and curatorial skills. It provides a platform for passionate individuals to train future generations in wildlife identification, support naturalist groups, and engage public audiences to connect with the natural world. This paper outlines the aims and key elements of the ID Trainers for the Future traineeship, reflecting on personal experiences. Finally, the paper outlines initial lessons learnt and next steps as the active phase of the programme draws to a close with the final cohort of trainees in spring of 2018}, title = {Identification Trainers for the Future: Developing the next generation of expert naturalists at the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity}, publisher = {Natural Science Collections Association}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622322} } @inbook{10141/622379, year = {2017}, author = {Caira, JN and Jensen, K and Georgiev, BB and Kuchta, R and Littlewood, T and Mariaux, J and Scholz, T and Tkach, VV and Waeschenbach, A}, title = {An overview of the tapeworms of vertebrate bowels of the earth}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622379} } @MISC{10141/622485, year = {2011}, doi = {10.3897/zookeys.141.1912}, journal = {ZooKeys}, author = {Sheng, M-L and Broad, G and Sun, S-P}, issn = {1313-2989}, note = {Three species of Ateleute Förster 1869 belonging to the tribe Cryptini of the subfamily Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), collected from Jiangxi Province, China, are reported, of which two are new for science: Ateleute ferruginea Sheng, Broad & Sun, sp. n. and A. zixiensis Sheng, Broad & Sun, sp. n. One, A. densistriata (Uchida, 1955), was previously known from China and Japan. A key to the species of genus Ateleute known in the Oriental Region is provided.}, title = {Two new species of genus Ateleute Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) with a key to the Oriental species}, eissn = {1313-2970}, publisher = {Pensoft}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622485} } @MISC{10141/622340, year = {14/03/2018}, doi = {10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075}, journal = {PLOS Biology}, author = {Thomson, SA and Pyle, RL and Ahyong, ST and Alonso-Zarazaga, M and Ammirati, S and Araya, JF and Todd, JA and Barclay, Maxwell and Michel, Ellinor and Nikolaeva, Svetlana and Noyes, John and Whitmore, D}, title = {Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation}, eissn = {1545-7885}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622340} } @MISC{10141/622517, year = {2018}, doi = {10.3897/BDJ.6.e24484}, journal = {Biodiversity Data Journal}, author = {Adams, Zoe J. O. and Shimabukuro, P}, issn = {1314-2836}, note = {BackgroundSand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) are biting flies involved in the transmission of pathogens, including the protozoan parasite Leishmania amongst human and non-human animals (Rangel and Lainson 2009).New informationA total of 60 species of American Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae), distributed amongst 16 genera were studied. A checklist of the primary and secondary type specimens held at the Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK), is given and 968 photographs of the specimens and their labels are made available on a Scratchpads website http://phlebotominaenhmtypes.myspecies.info.}, title = {A cybercatalogue of American sand fly types (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) deposited at the Natural History Museum, London}, eissn = {1314-2828}, publisher = {Pensoft}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622517} } @MISC{10141/622375, year = {2018}, doi = {10.25226/bboc.v138i1.2018.a3}, journal = {Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club}, author = {Van Grouw, H}, issn = {0007-1595}, title = {Streptopelia risoria and how Linnaeus had the last laugh}, eissn = {2513-9894}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622375} } @MISC{10141/601435, year = {2014}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0101108}, journal = {PLoS ONE}, author = {Rougerie, R and Haxaire, J and Miller, SE and Hausmann, A and Hebert, PDN and Kitching, I}, title = {Australian Sphingidae – DNA Barcodes Challenge Current Species Boundaries and Distributions}, eissn = {1932-6203}, publisher = {PLOS}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/601435} } @MISC{10141/622243, year = {2017}, doi = {10.1186/s12862-017-0961-8}, journal = {BMC Evolutionary Biology}, author = {Nicolson, N and Challis, K and Tucker, A and Knapp, S}, title = {Impact of e-publication changes in the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (Melbourne Code, 2012) - did we need to “run for our lives”?}, eissn = {1471-2148}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622243} } @MISC{10141/620148, year = {2014}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-68.1.111}, journal = {The Coleopterists Bulletin}, author = {Ivie, M and Geiser, Michael}, title = {Scientific Note: The Status of Tylocerus crassicornis (Dalman, 1823), type species of Tylocerus Dalman, 1823 (Coleoptera: Cantharidae: Silinae)}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/620148} } @MISC{10141/622161, year = {2014}, doi = {10.3897/JHR.41.8099}, journal = {Journal of Hymenoptera Research}, author = {Broad, G}, issn = {1070-9428}, title = {A new, endemic genus of Anomaloninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from St Helena}, eissn = {1314-2607}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622161} } @MISC{10141/622864, year = {2020}, journal = {Geological Curator}, author = {Graham, M and Ewin, Timothy}, issn = {0144-5294}, note = {In order to facilitate detailed SEM analysis of recently available, undescribed fossil ophiuroid material from the Aptian, Lower Cretaceous, Atherfield Clay Formation of the Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK a combination of careful mechanical preparation techniques was employed to great effect. Specimens were initially exposed using standard air abrasive techniques, but the final few millimetres of matrix were removed using pins. To get individual arm pieces exceptionally clear of matrix, they were removed from the blocks using a mini pedestalling technique and then further cleaned using an ultrasonic pen. This combination of techniques fully exposed all the elements required for full taxonomic study without causing severe damage to the plate surfaces and greatly improved the overall aesthetic of the specimens. These techniques could be more widely applied in fossil preparation.}, title = {Preparing detailed morphological features of fossil brittle stars (Ophiuroidea, Echinodermata) for scanning electron microscopy using a combination of mechanical preparation techniques.}, publisher = {Geological Curators Group}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10141/622864} }