2008 DEC 15 - (VerticalNews.com) -- 'Erigone species from China are reviewed and four of them, E. lata sp. n., E. zheduoshanensis sp. n., E. atra Blackwall, 1833 and E. prominens Bosenberg & Strand, 1906, are described. The name E. ourania Crosby & Bishop, 1928 is placed in the synonymy of E. prominens. E. maculivulva Strand, 1907, E. noseki Strand, 1907 and E. subprominens Saito, 1936 are treated as nomina dubia.'

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  2008 DEC 15 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to recent research from Geneva, Switzerland, "Paracaecilius anareolatus sp. n. (Caeciliusidae: Paracaeciliinae) is described and illustrated (female only). Due to the absence of the cubital loop in the forewing, delimiting the areola postica in the typical Caeciliusidae venation, this species resembles the distantly related genus Pericaecilius Mockford (Caeciliusidae: Caeciliusinae)."

  "These are the only caeciliusids lacking the areola postica. Kaindipsocus splendidus sp. n. (Psocidae: Amphigerontiinae: Kaindipsocini) is described and illustrated (both sexes). It is the first Oriental representative of this otherwise Australian genus (Australia, New Guinea)," wrote C. Lienhard and colleagues ...read more

  2008 DEC 15 - (VerticalNews.com) -- "The major aims of this study were to assess the effects of temperature (15-35 degrees C) and meal size (less than 30% snake mass) on the metabolism and digestive physiology of Trimeresurus stejnegeri stejnegeri Schmidt, 1925 and to compare the results with those of terrestrial snakes. Specific dynamic action (SDA), peak Vo(2), and scope of peak Vo(2) increased with meal size," investigators in Taipei, Taiwan report ...read more