Cave beetles of the genus Pseudanophthalmus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Kentucky Bluegrass and vicinity [by] Carl H. Krekeler.

v.62:no.4(1973)

The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia. Macropodidae: Potoroinae / Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. -- William D. Turnbull --.

n.s. no.14(1984)

The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia, Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. -- William D. Turnbull --.

n.s. no.6(1981)

The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia : Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. -- and William D. Turnbull --.

v.31:no.1(1973)

A new genus of blind beetles from a cave in South Africa.

v.39:no.36(1960)

The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia. Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. -- William D. Turnbull --.

n.s. no.17(1989)

The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia : Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. -- and William D. Turnbull --.

v.38(1978)

The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia. Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. --, William D. Turnbull --.

n.s. no.11(1982)

The mammalian fauna of Madura Cave, Western Australia : Ernest L. Lundelius, Jr. -- and William D. Turnbull --.

v.31:no.2(1975)

Novelties from a cave lace bug (Heteroptera, Tingidae): first nymphal description with a discussion on the morphological patterns of Vianaidinae immatures

A nymph of Thaumamannia Drake & Davis, 1960, a rare vianaidine genus known only from adults, is described by the first time. The specimens were collected in the soil and walls of caves located in the state of Pará, Brazil. This is the first record of Vianaidinae for Brazil. The T. vanderdrifti fifth instar is compared with the same stadium of Anommatocoris coleopteratus (Kormilev, 1955), the only other vianaidine nymph described so far, and patterns between them and within the family are also discussed.

The cave-like sense organ in the antennae of Triatominae bugs

In the second segment of the antennae of haematophagous reduviids an unusual cave-like organ is found the function os which was investigated in Triatoma infestans. the morphology of the organ makes it difficult to ascribe it to a mechno- or chemoreceptive function, but shows some characteristics shared with thermoreceptors of other animals. The electrical activity of sense cells was recorded in the presence of stimuli that evoke behavioural responses in this species, i.e. warm, CO2, lactic and butyric acids at different concentrations. The three compounds tested failed to evoke a response at all concentrations assayed. Only thermal stimulation evinced a clear modification in the electrical activity of the sense cells.Both the morphological and electrophysiological findings support a thermoreceptive finding, habitat selection and circadian synchronization.

Lutzomyia maruaga (Diptera: Psychodidae), a new bat-cave sand fly from Amazonas, Brazil

A new species of parthenogenetic, autogenic and apparently extremely endemic phlebotomine is described from a sandstone cave located in primary terra firme forest to the North of the city of Manaus. Specimens were collected in the aphotic zone of the Refúgio do Maruaga cave by light trap and reared from bat guano. The adult morphology suggests a closer relationship to some Old World Phlebotominae than to species of Lutzomyia França encountered in the surrounding rainforest, but it shares characteristics with the recently proposed Neotropical genera Edentomyia Galati, Deanemyia Galati and Oligodontomyia Galati.