http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_nmsa_ai.html A Sabinet RSS feed with the latest modified articles for each journal. http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/nmsa_ai/nmsa_ai_v54_n1_a1.pdf <UL><LI><b>Author:</b> Griffiths, O.L. Herbert, D.G. </LI><LI><b>Vol 54 Issue 1</b></LI> <LI><b>Publication:</b> 2013</LI> <LI><b>Page:</b> 1-48</LI> <LI><b>Abstract:</b> Seven new land snail species are described from the Antsingimavo and Beanka karst formations, northeast of Maintirano, central western Madagascar: <i>Ampelita andriamamonjyi, A. beanka, A. lindae, Conulinus randalanai, Kalidos maryannae, Tropidophora humbug</i> and <i>T. sericea</i>. Additional notes, records and illustrations are also provided for a further ten regionally endemic species. </LI></UL> 2013-05-07T13:56:12Z http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/nmsa_ai/nmsa_ai_v54_n1_a2.pdf <UL><LI><b>Author:</b> Kontschan, Jeno Stary, Josef </LI><LI><b>Vol 54 Issue 1</b></LI> <LI><b>Publication:</b> 2013</LI> <LI><b>Page:</b> 49-56</LI> <LI><b>Abstract:</b> Two new Uropodina species from Ethiopia are described and illustrated. <i>Neodiscopoma fabiani</i> sp. n. is the second species known from the genus in Africa. The other new species, <i>Trichouropoda szabadi</i> sp. n., belongs to the <i>Trichouropoda ovalis</i> group. Notes concerning the genus <i>Neodiscopoma</i> and comments in respect of the available name of <i>Neodiscopoma franzi</i> Marais & Theron, 1986 are given. </LI></UL> 2013-05-07T13:56:12Z http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/nmsa_ai/nmsa_ai_v54_n1_a3.pdf <UL><LI><b>Author:</b> Londt, Jason G.H. </LI><LI><b>Vol 54 Issue 1</b></LI> <LI><b>Publication:</b> 2013</LI> <LI><b>Page:</b> 57-68</LI> <LI><b>Abstract:</b> The genus <i>Akatiomyia</i> gen. n. is described from the Western Cape Province of South Africa. The genus is monotypic, with <i>A. eremnos</i> sp. n. being the type species. This rather unique genus appears morphologically very similar to species of <i>Afroholopogon</i> Londt, 1994, <i>Oligopogon</i> Loew, 1847 and <i>Rhabdogaster</i> Loew, 1858. An updated key to the genera of Afrotropical Stenopogoninae is provided. </LI></UL> 2013-05-07T13:56:12Z http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/nmsa_ai/nmsa_ai_v54_n1_a4.pdf <UL><LI><b>Author:</b> Plisko, Jadwiga Danuta </LI><LI><b>Vol 54 Issue 1</b></LI> <LI><b>Publication:</b> 2013</LI> <LI><b>Page:</b> 69-92</LI> <LI><b>Abstract:</b> Two genera, <i>Tritogenia</i> Kinberg, 1867 and <i>Michalakus</i> Plisko, 1996, are separated from the composite family Microchaetidae Beddard, 1895 (s. l.), and the Tritogeniidae fam. nov. is erected to accommodate them. The genera <i>Microchaetus</i> Rapp, 1849, <i>Geogenia</i> Kinberg, 1867, <i>Proandricus</i> Plisko, 1992, and <i>Kazimierzus</i> Plisko, 2006, are left in the Microchaetidae (s. str.). The diagnoses for both families as they now stand are given and keys to all the genera are provided. Species accredited to the Tritogeniidae fam. n. are listed, and distribution of <i>Tritogenia</i> and <i>Michalakus</i> is discussed. Revision of <i>Tritogenia zuluensis</i> (Beddard, 1907) is advised. </LI></UL> 2013-05-07T13:56:12Z http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/nmsa_ai/nmsa_ai_v54_n1_a5.pdf <UL><LI><b>Author:</b> Oke, Christopher Omamoke </LI><LI><b>Vol 54 Issue 1</b></LI> <LI><b>Publication:</b> 2013</LI> <LI><b>Page:</b> 93-104</LI> <LI><b>Abstract:</b> The terrestrial mollusc species richness and diversity in Omo Forest Reserve, Ogun State, Nigeria, was studied using a combination of direct search and leaf-litter sieving techniques. In total, 28 species and 639 individuals in 7 molluscan families were collected from 17 plots of 400 m² each. Species richness varied from 3 to 14 (mean 8.59) and the number of individuals from 8 to 67 (mean 37.59) per plot. Species richness was dominated by the carnivorous Streptaxidae (36 %) and herbivorous Subulinidae (32 %), and numerical abundance by the Subulinidae (56 %) and Streptaxidae (32 %). The most abundant species was the large subulinid, <i>Subulona pattalus</i>, contributing almost 25 % of the total number of individuals. Terrestrial molluscs with small populations and narrow distributional ranges are at great risk of local extinction if forest destruction continues unabated. Studies on the molluscan diversity in Omo Forest Reserve will assist in producing an inventory for biodiversity conservation management in Nigeria. </LI></UL> 2013-05-07T13:56:12Z http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/nmsa_ai/nmsa_ai_v54_n1_a6.pdf <UL><LI><b>Author:</b> Larsen, Kim Froufe, Elsa </LI><LI><b>Vol 54 Issue 1</b></LI> <LI><b>Publication:</b> 2013</LI> <LI><b>Page:</b> 105-125</LI> <LI><b>Abstract:</b> A new species of <i>Leptochelia</i>, namely <i>L. africana</i>, is described from Guinea Bissau, West Africa, following the collection of specimens during the Laboratory of Marine Community Ecology and Evolution's sampling expedition to Macaronesia and Portugal's former colonies. Genetic and morphological analysis separates this species from the other east-Atlantic species of <i>Leptochelia</i>, a genus known for its combination of many cryptic species, considerable intra-specific variation, and multiple morphological forms. The diagnostic characters of the female are: antennule proximal article more than 3 times as long as wide, article 2 not longer than article 3; dorsodistal spiniform seta on antennal article 2 weaker than ventrodistal; setae not arising from a process; maxilliped basis with three distal setae longer than endites, palp article 2 with outer spiniform seta arising from a process; uropod exopod biarticulated, longer than proximal endopod article; and endopodterminal article longer than other articles. The males are structurally more complicated and cannot be assigned diagnostic characters based on morphology alone. The primary males have an uniarticulated uropodexopod, whereas that of the secondary males is biarticulated. </LI></UL> 2013-05-07T13:56:12Z http://reference.sabinet.co.za/webx/access/electronic_journals/nmsa_ai/nmsa_ai_v54_n1_a7.pdf <UL><LI><b>Author:</b> Khalaim, Andrey I. </LI><LI><b>Vol 54 Issue 1</b></LI> <LI><b>Publication:</b> 2013</LI> <LI><b>Page:</b> 127-159</LI> <LI><b>Abstract:</b> Thirteen Afrotropical species of the ichneumonid genus <i>Diaparsis</i> are recognised (including one species from Seychelles and one species from Reunion). Eleven new species are described from Gabon, Tanzania, South Africa and Uganda: <i>D. abstata</i> sp. n., <i>D. aneucliformis</i> sp. n., <i>D. interstitialis</i> sp. n., <i>D. inusitata</i> sp. n., <i>D. kolyadai</i> sp. n., <i>D. minuscula</i> sp. n., <i>D. mostovskii</i> sp. n., <i>D. probleformis</i> sp. n., <i>D. robusta</i> sp. n., <i>D. voluptuosa</i> sp. n. and <i>D. vulgaris</i> sp. n. Two previously known species, <i>D. evanescens</i> (Morley, 1912) and <i>D. moesta</i> (Holmgren, 1868), are re-described following re-examination of their types. The latter species is found to belong to the genus <i>Tersilochus</i> Holmgren, 1859 (subgenus <i>Tersilochus</i> s. str.), in which it was originally described. An identification key to 13 Afrotropical species of <i>Diaparsis</i> is provided. </LI></UL> 2013-05-07T13:56:12Z