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Este texto tem como proposta uma análise histórica da violência contra a mulher, como conseqüência do patriarcado, corporificado nos aparatos jurídicos que lhe deram legitimidade, longevidade e naturalização no corpo social. Além das Constituições brasileiras de 1824 e 1891 onde a mulher era desconsiderada como sujeito, o Código Civil de 1916 que instaurou o crime em defesa da honra, são aqui analisados. A violência contra a mulher é um problema de toda a sociedade. Se de um lado, o Brasil é um dos países mais avançados em relação às leis que tentam coibir e punir a violência, por outro lado, paradoxalmente, é o quinto país que mais mata mulheres no mundo.

The African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, a black Church founded in the United States in 1816, was first established in eastern Haiti when over 6,000 black freemen emigrated from the United States to Hispaniola between 1824 and 1825. Almost a century later, the AME Church grew rapidly in the Dominican Republic as West Indians migrated to the Dominican southeast to work on sugar plantations. This article examines the links between African-American immigrant descendants, West Indians, and U.S.-based AME leaders between the years 1899–1916. In focusing on Afro-diasporic exchange in the Church and the hardships missionary leaders faced on the island, the article reveals the unequal power relations in the AME Church, demonstrates the significance of the southeast to Dominican AME history, and brings the Dominican Republic into larger discussions of Afro-diasporic exchange in the circum-Caribbean.

The current paper presents new data on the nomenclature and distribution of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) collected in various regions of Iran. The following new synonymies are proposed: Brachymeria argenteopilosa (Radoszkowski, 1876) = Chalcis persica Masi, 1824 syn. nov., Brachymeria albicrus (Klug, 1834) = Chalcis rufigaster Masi, 1924 syn. nov. and Bucekia differens (Bouček, 1949) = B. Boučeki Nikol'skaya, 1960 syn. nov. The status of Lasiochalcidia [described under Euchalcis] igiliensis (Masi, 1916) is resurrected and is removed from synonymy with L. pubescens (Klug). Lectotypes are designated for Chalcis kassalensis Kirby, 1886, Halticella subelongata Kohl, 1906 and Chalcis pubescens Klug, 1834. Two genera, Bucekia Steffan, 1951 and Euchalcis Dufour, 1861, as well as eight species, Brachymeria kassalensis (Kirby, 1886), Dirhinus anthracia Walker, 1846, Antrocephalus subelongatus (Kohl, 1906), Bucekia differens (Bouček, 1949), Euchalcis unicolor (Lucas, 1871), L. rubripes (Kieffer, 1899), Psilochalcis dentata (Steffan, 1951) and P. subdola (Nikol'skaya, 1960), are new records for the Iranian insect fauna. A new host is recorded for E. unicolor. A list of 68 species in 18 genera of Chalcididae known from Iran is also included and some previous erroneous records are discussed.

In the present paper the Oriental species of the genus Lichtwardtia Enderlein, 1912 are revised based on the type material of known species and new material from Singapore and Cambodia. A re-description and illustration of the holotype female of Lichtwardtiaziczac (Wiedemann, 1824) is given but since it has been described on the basis of a female only and its provenance India Orientalis is only a vague indication of its type locality, it is considered as a nomen dubium. All the species put as junior synonyms by Becker (1922) of L.ziczac are re-established to their original status with diagnosis: Lichtwardtiapolychroma (Loew, 1864) and Lichtwardtiaformosana Enderlein, 1912. However, L.coxalis is now also considered as a nomen dubium since the original description is too short to distinguish it from other species and the holotype female is lost. In addition a re-description and illustrations of L.hirsutiseta (de Meijere, 1916) are provided. Eight new species for science are described and illustrated: Lichtwardtiacambodiensis Tang & Grootaert, sp. n. (Cambodia), Lichtwardtiaconspicabilis Tang & Grootaert, sp. n. (Cambodia), Lichtwardtiainfuscata Tang & Grootaert, sp. n. (Cambodia), Lichtwardtiamonstruosa Tang & Grootaert, sp. n. (Cambodia), Lichtwardtianodulata Grootaert & Tang, sp. n. (Singapore), Lichtwardtiasemakau Grootaert & Tang, sp. n. (Singapore) and Lichtwardtiasingaporensis Grootaert & Tang, sp. n. (Singapore). Lichtwardtiazhangae Tang & Grootaert, sp. n. (Bali, Indonesia) is a new name for the species described by Zhang, Masunaga & Yang, 2009, as Lichtwardtiaziczac (Wiedemann, 1824). There are only a few good diagnostic non-genitalic characters for the species, but the male terminalia are distinctive, from simple to very complicated and armed structures. A key is given to the species of the Oriental region. Barcodes are provided for the Singaporean species. Although Lichtwardtia is a common genus in Southeast Asia it is generally not abundant locally. It is often found in anthropogenic disturbed habitats only. Four species are recorded from Singapore while eight species are sympatric and very abundant at the locality of Siem Reap in Cambodia.

La región norte de Coahuila es una de las zonas productoras de nuez más importantes en México. Euplatypus segnis (Chapuis, 1865) y Xyleborus ferrugineus (F. 1801) curculiónidos plaga asociados a nogales en el país, desconociéndose si hay otros presentes en las huertas. De julio de 2015 a septiembre de 2016 y agosto de 2017 se realizaron muestreos en el Banco de Germoplasma del INIFAP-Sitio Experimental Zaragoza, ocho huertas comerciales y árboles nativos de nogal. Utilizando como métodos de muestreo red entomológica estándar y manteo- aspersión del follaje con Cipermetrina. Se recolectaron 1 174 especímenes adultos de insectos, determinando seis órdenes, 49% fueron coleópteros, siendo Coccinellidae la familia más abundante, 17% fueron curculiónidos (203 adultos y 32 especies identificadas). Pandeleteius cinereus (Horn, 1876), Compsus auricephalus (Say, 1824) y Conotrachelus leucophaetus Fahraeus, 1837 se recolectaron en follaje de nogales, actualmente estas especies no son de importancia económica para el cultivo. Smicronyx interruptus (Blatchley, 1916), S. sculpticollis (Casey, 1892) y Thecesternus hirsutus (Pierce, 1909) son posibles agentes de control biológico natural para Cuscuta L., 1753, Acacia (Mill, 1754) y Parthenium L., 1753. Es importante que no se recolecto ningún ejemplar de Curculio caryae (Horn, 1873), Euplatypus segnis ni Xyleborus ferrugineus, curculiónidos consideradas plagas del nogal pecanero en México.

A list of Curculionoidea (Nemonychidae, Anthribidae, Rhynchitidae, Attelabidae, Brentidae, Apionidae, Nanophyidae, Brachyceridae, Curculionidae, Erirhinidae, Raymondionymidae, Dryoph-thoridae, Scolytidae, Platypodidae) thus far known from Italy is drawn up, updating that by Abbazzi et al. published in 1995. Distributional data of each species are given for broad regions such as northern, central, southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia. New synonymies are: Acentrotypus laevigatus (Kirby, 1808) (= A. brunnipes (Boheman, 1839), syn.nov.), Ceutorhynchus talickyi Korotyaev, 1980 (= C. strejceki Dieckmann, 1981, syn. nov.), Ceutorhynchus pallipes Crotch,1866 (= Curculio minutus Reich, 1797 not Drury, [1773], syn. nov.; = Curculio contractus Marsham, 1802 not Fourcroy, 1785, syn. nov.), Dodecastichus consentaneus (Boheman, 1843) (= D. c. latialis (Solari & Solari, 1915), syn. nov.; = D. c. dimorphus (Solari & Solari, 1915), syn. nov.; = D. c. pentricus Di Marco & Osella, 2001, syn. nov.), Dodecastichus dalmatinus (Gyllenhal, 1843) (= D. d. lauri (Stierlin, 1861), syn. nov.), Dodecastichus mastix (Olivier, 1807) (= D. m. perlongus (Solari & Solari, 1915), syn. nov.; = D. m. scabrior (Reitter, 1913), syn. nov.), Dorytomus Germar, 1817 (= D. subgen. Chaetodorytomus Iablokov-Khnzorian, 1970, syn. nov.; = D. subgen. Euolamus Reitter, 1916, syn. nov.; = D. subgen. Olamus Reitter, 1916, syn. nov.), Exapion Bedel, 1887 (= Ulapion Ehret, 1997, syn. nov.), Larinus ursus (Fabricius, 1792) (= L. carinirostris Gyllenhal, 1837, syn. nov.; = L. genei Boheman, 1843, syn. nov.), Lixini Schönherr, 1823 (= Rhinocyllini Lacordaire, 1863, syn. nov.), Metacinops rhinomacer Kraatz, 1862 (= M. calabrus Stierlin, 1892, syn. nov.), Microplontus nigrovittatus (Schultze,1901) (= Ceutorhynchus subfasciatus Chevrolat, 1860 not Schönherr, 1826, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus amicalis cenomanus Colonnelli & Magnano, nom. nov. (= O. a. lessinicus (Osella, 1983) not O. lessinicus Franz, 1938, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus anophthalmoides omeros nom. nov. (= O. a. istriensis (F. Solari, 1955) not Germar, 1824, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus anthracinus (Scopoli, 1763) (= O. calabrus Stierlin, 1880, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus armadillo (Rossi, 1792) (= O. halbherri Stierlin, 1890, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus clibbianus Colonnelli & Magnano, nom. nov. (= O. judicariensis (Osella, 1983) not Reitter, 1913, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus cornicinus Stierlin, 1861 (= Curculio laevigatus Fabricius, 1792 not Paykull, 1792, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus fortis Rosenhauer, 1847 (= O. fortis valarsae Reitter, 1913, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus nodosus (O. F. Müller, 1764) (= O. nodosus comosellus Boheman, 1843, syn. nov.; = O. nodosus gobanzi Gredler, 1868, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus pupillatus Gyllenhal, 1834 (= O. p. angustipennis Stierlin, 1883, syn. nov.; = O. venetus F. Solari, 1947, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus serradae Colonnelli & Magnano, nom. nov. (= O. carinatus (Osella 1983) not (Paykull, 1792), syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus strigirostris Boheman, 1843 (= O. aterrimus : Di Marco & Osella, 2002 not Boheman, 1843, syn. nov.; = O. calvus Fiori, 1899, syn. nov.), O. sulcatus (Fabricius, 1775) (= O. linearis Stierlin, 1861, syn. nov.), Otiorhynchus tenebricosus (Herbst, 1784) (= O. olivieri Abbazzi & Osella, 1992, syn. nov.), Phrydiuchus augusti Colonnelli, nom. nov. (= Ceuthorrhynchus speiseri Schultze, 1897 not C. speiseri Frivaldszkyi, 1894, syn. nov.), Phyllobius maculicornis Germar, 1824 (= P. m. lucanus Solari & Solari, 1903, syn. nov.), Phyllobius pyri (Linné, 1758) (= P. vespertinus (Fabricius, 1792), syn. nov.), Polydrusus subgen. Chaerodrys Jacquelin du Val, [1854] (= P. subgen. Metadrosus Schilsky, 1910, syn. nov.), Polydrusus subgen. Eudipnus C. G. Thomson, 1859 (= P. subgen. Chrysoyphis Gozis, 1882, syn. nov.; P. subgen. Thomsoneonymus Desbrochers, 1902, syn. nov.), Polydrusus subgen. Eurodrusus Korotyaev & Meleshko, 1997 (= P. subgen. Neoeustolus Alonso-Zarazaga & Lyal, 1999, syn. nov.), Polydrusus armipes Brullé, 1832 (= P. a. faillae Desbrochers, 1859, syn. nov.), Pseudomyllocerus invreae invreae (F. Solari, 1948) (= Curculio cinerascens Fabricius, 1792 not [Gmelin], 1790], syn. nov. ), Zacladus Reitter, 1916 (= Z. subgen. Amurocladus Korotyaev, 1997, syn. nov.; = Z. subgen. Angarocladus Korotyaev, 1997, syn. nov.; = Z. subgen. Gobicladus Korotyaev, 1997, syn. nov.; = Z. subgen. Scythocladus Korotyaev, 1997, syn. nov.). New placements are: Amalini Wagner, 1936 as a tribe from synonymy under Ceutorhynchini; Acentrotypus Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990, Aizobius Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990, Aspidapion Schilsky, 1901, Catapion Schilsky, 1906, Ceratapion Schilsky, 1901, Cistapion Wagner, 1924,Cyanapion Bokor, 1923, Diplapion Reitter, 1916, Eutrichapion Reitter, 1916, Exapion Bedel, 1887, Helianthemapion Wagner, 1930, Hemitrichapion Voss, 1959, Holotrichapion Györffy, 1956, Ischnopterapion Bokor, 1923, Ixapion Roudier & Tempère,1973, Kalcapion Schilsky, 1906, Lepidapion Schilsky, 1906, Melanapion Wagner, 1930, Mesotrichapion Györffy, 1956, Metapion Schilsky, 1906, Omphalapion Schilsky, 1901, Onychapion Schilsky, 1901, Oryxolaemus AlonsoZarazaga, 1990, Osellaeus Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990, Perapion Wagner, 1907, Phrissotrichum Schilsky, 1901, Pirapion Reitter, 1916, Protapion Schilsky, 1908, Pseudapion Schilsky, Pseudoperapion Wagner, 1930, Pseudoprotapion Ehret, 1990, Pseudostenapion Wagner, 1930, Rhodapion AlonsoZarazaga, 1990, Squamapion Bokor, 1923, Stenopterapion Bokor, 1923, Synapion Schilsky, 1902, Taeniapion Schilsky, 1906, Trichopterapion Wagner, 1930, all as genera from subgenera of Apion Herbst, 1797; Aspidapion subgen. Koestlinia Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 and Phryssotrichum subgen. Schilskyapion Alonso-Zarazaga, 1990 from synonymy with Apion Herbst, 1797; Phyllobius italicus Solari & Solari, 1903 and Phyllobius reicheidius Desbrochers, 1873, both from subspecies of P. pyri (Linné, 1758); Mogulones aubei (Boheman, 1845) as a valid species from synonymy with M. talbum (Gyllenhal, 1837); Styphlidius italicus Osella, 1981 as species from subspecies of S. corcyreus (Reitter, 1884). Otiorhynchus subgen. Presolanus Pesarini, 2001 is here selected over O. subgen. Pesolanus Pesarini, 2001, alternative original spelling, here rejected. The incorrect original spelling Otiorhynchus nocturnus peetzi Franz, 1938 is emended in O. n. peezi. New combination are: Eremiarhinus (Depresseremiarhinus) dilatatus (Fabricius, 1801), comb. nov.; Eremiarinus (Pseudorhinus) impressicollis (Boheman, 1834) jarrigei (Roudier, 1959); E. (Pseudorhinus) impressicollis luciae (Ragusa, 1883), comb. nov.; E. (Pseudorhinus) impressicollis peninsularis (F. Solari, 1940), comb. nov.; E. (Pseudorhinus) laesirostris (Fairmaire, 1859), comb. nov., all resulting from the new placement of Depresseremiarhinus Pic, 1914 and of Pseudorhinus Melichar, 1923 as subgenera of Eremiarhinus Fairmaire, 1876. The subfamilial name Phytonominae Gistel, 1848 is used as valid over Hyperinae Marseul, 1863. Nomenclatural changes published from 1992 to date, and affecting Italian weevils are also listed.

As moscas frugívoras (Tephritoidea) são as principais pragas da fruticultura de clima temperado no Brasil. O objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a infestação desses dípteros e a ocorrência de seus parasitoides em frutíferas nos municípios de Pelotas e Capão do Leão, localizados na região Sul, nas safras agrícolas de 2007/08 e 2008/09. Foram coletados frutos de araçazeiro-amarelo e vermelho (Psidium cattleianum Sabine, 1821), butiazeiro [Butia capitata (Mart.) Becc., 1916], caquizeiro (Diospyros kaki Linnaeus, 1753), cerejeira-do-mato (Eugenia involucrata DC., 1828), goiabeira [Psidium guajava (Linnaeus, 1753)], goiabeira-serrana [Acca sellowiana (Berg.) Burret, 1941], nespereira [Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindley, 1822], pessegueiro [Prunus persicae (L.) Batsch, 1801], pitangueira (Eugenia uniflora Linnaeus,1753) e uvalheira (Eugenia pyriformis Cambessèdes, 1832). Os frutos foram coletados e transportados para o laboratório, onde foram individualizados e determinados os seguintes parâmetros: índice de infestação das moscas, índice de parasitismo e frequência de indivíduos por espécie de parasitoide. Foram constatadas duas espécies de Tephritidae, Anastrepha fraterculus (Wiedemann, 1830) (90,5%) e Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann, 1824) (9,5%) e duas de Lonchaeidae, Neosilba zadolicha McAlpine & Steyskal, 1982 (87,8%) e uma espécie ainda não descrita, referida como Neosilba n. sp. 3 (12,2%). Anastrepha fraterculus é a espécie mais abundante nos dois municípios, sendo constatada na maioria das frutíferas coletadas. Caquizeiro e goiabeira foram os hospedeiros que apresentaram o maior índice de infestação por C. capitata. Quanto às espécies de Neosilba, a maior infestação ocorreu em frutos de goiabeira-serrana. Dos parasitoides emergidos, foram identificadas três espécies, sendo duas de Braconidae, Doryctobracon areolatus (Szépligeti, 1911) (52,6%) e Opius bellus (Gahan, 1930) (27,5%) e uma espécie de Figitidae, Aganaspis pelleranoi (Brèthes, 1924) (20,0%). Doryctobracon areolatus foi o parasitoide mais frequente na maioria das frutíferas amostradas, com exceção da pitangueira e cerejeira-do-mato em que predominou O. bellus, e em pessegueiro com predomínio de A. pelleranoi.

Thirteen new generic synonyms, nineteen species synonyms and forty-eight new combinations of African Stratiomyidae are proposed (senior synonym in parentheses):Arthronemina Lindner in James, 1980 syn. nov. (=Argyrobrithes Grünberg, 1915), Arthronema Lindner, 1966b syn. nov. (=Argyrobrithes Grünberg, 1915), Brachyphleps Lindner, 1965 syn. nov. (=Psapharomys Grünberg, 1915), Dinosargus Lindner, 1968 syn. nov. (=Gongrosargus Lindner, 1959), Dolichodema Kertész, 1916 syn. nov. (=Thorasena Macquart, 1838), Gobertina Bigot, 1879a syn. nov. (=Sternobrithes Loew, 1857), Himantochaeta Lindner, 1939 syn. nov. (=Nyplatys Séguy, 1938), Hypoxycera Lindner 1966a syn. nov. (=Hypoceromys Lindner, 1935), Leucacron Lindner, 1966b syn. nov. (=Ptilinoxus Lindner, 1966b), Lonchobrithes Lindner, 1968 syn. nov. (=Argyrobrithes Grünberg, 1915), Meristomeringella Lindner 1965 syn. nov. (=Hypoceromys Lindner, 1935), Physometopon Lindner, 1966b syn. nov. (=Cardopomyia Kertész, 1916), Psapharomydops Lindner, 1966a syn. nov. (=Steleoceromys Grünberg, 1915), Adoxomyia grisea (Séguy, 1931) syn. nov. (=Adoxomyia argenteofasciata (Bezzi, 1906)), Argyrobrithes argenteus Grünberg, 1915 syn. nov. (=Argyrobrithes fuscicornis (Bezzi, 1914)), Argyrobrithes crinitus Lindner, 1972 syn. nov. (=Argyrobrithes zernyi Lindner, 1943), Brachyphleps tristis Lindner, 1965 syn. nov. (=Psapharomys salebrosa Grünberg, 1915), Chrysochroma laetum Lindner, 1966b syn. nov. (=Ptectisargus abditus (Lindner, 1936), Dolichodema africana Kertész, 1916 syn. nov. (=Thorasena pectoralis (Wiedemann, 1838)), Gongrosargus distinguendus Lindner, 1966c syn. nov. (=Gongrosargus glaucus (Bigot, 1859)), Gongrosargus exclamationis Lindner, 1968 syn. nov. (=Gongrosargus pallidus (Macquart, 1838)), Gongrosargus univittatus Lindner, 1966b syn. nov. (=Gongrosargus pallidus (Macquart, 1838)), Hypoxycera simplex Lindner, 1966a syn. nov. (=Hypoceromys jamesi (Lindner, 1965)), Lonchobrithes modestus Lindner, 1968 syn. nov. (=Argyrobrithes curtilamellatum (Lindner, 1966)), Microptecticus clarus Lindner, 1968 syn. nov. (=Microptecticus ambiguus Lindner, 1966b), Neopachygaster umbrifera Lindner, 1966a syn. nov. (=Neopachygaster stigma Lindner, 1938), Odontomyia impressa Curran, 1928 syn. nov. (=Afrodontomyia gigas (Brunetti, 1926)), Odontomyia protrudens Curran, 1928 syn. nov. (=Afrodontomyia erecta (Brunetti, 1926)), Physometopon minor Lindner, 1968 syn. nov. (=Cardopomyia robusta Kertész, 1916), Platyna denudata Grünberg, 1915 syn. nov. (=Platyna hastata (Fabricius, 1805)), Ptectisargus lucidus Lindner, 1968 syn. nov. (=Ptectisargus abditus (Lindner, 1936)); Afrodontomyia erecta (Brunetti, 1926) comb. nov. (from Odontomyia), Afrodontomyia flammiventris (Brunetti, 1926) comb. nov. (from Odontomyia), Afrodontomyia rufiventris (Curran, 1928) comb. nov. (from Stratiomys), Argyrobrithes curtilamellatum (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Arthronemina), Argyrobrithes fuscicornis (Bezzi, 1914) comb. nov. (from Sternobrithes), Cardopomyia parvicornis (Lindner, 1959) comb. nov. (from Pseudoxymyia Lindner, 1958), Cardopomyia vesicularis (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Physometopon), Cephalochrysa bigoti (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa flavum (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa fortunatum (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa lapidis (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa latum (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa lucens (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa matilei (Lindner, 1979) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa triste (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa turbidum (Lindner, 1965) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Cephalochrysa vadoni (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Gongrosargus flavipennis (Macquart, 1838) comb. nov. (from Sargus), Gongrosargus lateritius (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Dinosargus), Gongrosargus limbatus (Macquart, 1838) comb. nov. (from Sargus), Gongrosargus pallidus (Macquart, 1838) comb. nov. (from Sargus), Hypoceromys nigripes (Lindner, 1938) comb. nov. (from Pachygaster), Hypoceromys jamesi (Lindner, 1965) comb. nov. (from Meristomeringella), Microptecticus magnicornis (Lindner, 1936) comb. nov. (from Ptecticus), Microptecticus nigricoxa (Lindner, 1936) comb. nov. (from Microchrysa), Ptecticus lateritius (Rondani, 1863) comb. nov. (from Sargus), Ptectisargus abditus (Lindner, 1936) comb. nov. (from Ptecticus), Ptectisargus brunneus (Lindner, 1936) comb. nov. (from Ptecticus), Ptectisargus cingulatum (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Ptectisargus flavifrons (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Ptectisargus flavomarginatus (Loew, 1857) comb. nov. (from Chrysonotus), Ptectisargus gracilipes (Lindner, 1936) comb. nov. (from Ptecticus), Ptectisargus keiseri (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Ptectisargus longestylum (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Ptectisargus punctum (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Ptectisargus ranohira (Woodley, 2001) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Ptectisargus unicolor (Lindner, 1968) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Ptilinoxus interruptum (Lindner, 1966b) comb. nov. (from Leucacron), Sargus congoense (Lindner, 1965) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Sargus flavipes (Lindner, 1966a) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Sargus luctuosus (Lindner, 1938) comb. nov. (from Paraptecticus), Sargus opulentum (Grünberg, 1915) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Sargus pallidiventre (Brunetti, 1926) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Sargus ptecticoideum (Lindner, 1966a) comb. nov. (from Chrysochroma), Steleceromys procera (Lindner, 1966a) comb. nov. (from Psapharomydops), Sternobrithes mercurialis (Lindner, 1938) comb. nov. (from Gobertina), Sternobrithes picticornis (Bigot, 1879b). comb. nov. (from Gobertina), Thorasena pectoralis (Wiedemann, 1824) comb. nov. (from Hermetia), Thorasena fenestrata (James, 1949) comb. nov. (from Dolichodema). One genus was resurrected out of synonymy (Thorasena Macquart, 1838 stat. rev.) and one genus removed from the African fauna (Cyphomyia Wiedemann, 1819).

A review has been undertaken of the biological diversity and distribution of small mammal taxa throughout the ten terrestrial ecoregions and the sixteen principal protected areas of Nepal. One hundred and eighteen species of small mammal representing the Orders Chiroptera, Scandentia, Lagomorpha, Soricomorpha, and Rodentia are acknowledged to occur in Nepal and the distribution of each is analysed with reference to specimens listed in museum and university collections databases or detailed in published papers and reports. A further twenty-two species that are of uncertain provenance or status in Nepal are considered. One hundred and nineteen ecoregion maps document the distribution of species, while the generic richness of small mammal Orders and the distribution of Threatened and endemic taxa are mapped and discussed. All localities are listed in a gazetteer, which indicates the coordinates and elevations of 595 collection sites in Nepal. Nineteen individual recommendations are made with a view to resolving systematic irregularities and conflicts in taxonomic identifications (accession numbers of particular specimens are given where possible), to eliminating inaccuracies in type localities and species' citations, and to determining protected and other areas that would benefit from biodiversity assessments. In addition, four 25 km 2 zones are identified as important sites in which to conduct field surveys to determine the presence of Threatened, Near Threatened, and Data Deficient taxa. Mus pahari Thomas, 1916 is recorded from Nepal for the first time based on material in the collections of The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago. The record extends the known range of the species 214 km to the west. It is considered that the classification of the Nepalese Field mouse, Apodemus gurkha, as Endangered (I.U.C.N., 2008) does not reflect the true status of the species in Nepal and an argument is propounded for the downgrading of the taxon to a lower category. The historical and political background to the study of natural history in Nepal is explained and the principal scientific investigations into the country's small mammal fauna since 1824 are summarised. It is concluded that 41% of Nepal's volant and terrestrial small mammal species are represented only by a modest number of specimens and that the small mammal fauna of 65% of the country remains unaudited.

Malacological research in India has a long and productive history going back to the early 19th century, initially promoted by the Asiatic Society of Bengal and with significant material, including type material, deposited in the Indian Museum in Kolkata. Following the birth of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in 1916, the Museum’s collecting activities and care for the collections themselves became the responsibility of the ZSI. The ZSI holds important collections of freshwater snails in the family Ampullariidae, including type material of taxa collected and described in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This catalogue brings together information about these types, including for each taxon: bibliographic details of the original description, current taxonomic status, details of the type locality and type material, dimensions and illustrations of type specimens, and additional information as deemed necessary or interesting. The catalogue provides this information for 10 taxa, including four valid species and six junior synonyms. Two published names of subvarieties are listed but these are nomenclaturally unavailable. Lectotypes are designated for three taxa to stabilise the names.