In the 19th century, natural mummies of amphibians were discovered in Quercy Phosphorites. The specific collection site was never formally reported, which hampers precise dating these specimens. Still, name Bufo servatus erected based on external morphology one mummified A tomography a similarly preserved specimen revealed skeleton, soft tissues and gut contents. We analyze here holotype using ...

Aurelianus yunnananus Xiong, 1987 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha: Coreidae: Coreinae: Mictini) is reported for the first time from India. It was collected Tripura, in eastern part of our country. Brief redescription and several photos, including those male genitalia, are provided along with images holotype female allotype. This report also adds genus to known Indian Coreidae genera.

Aphoristia (= Symphurus) orientalis Bleeker 1879, collected from an unspecified depth and location in Japanese waters, is the first described species of symphurine tonguefish from Indo-Pacific waters. The original description with accompanying illustration is based on the unique holotype specimen and provides limited diagnostic characters for this taxon. Subsequent to its description, the holot...

-Calaxius galapagensis, a new species, is described on the basis of two ovigerous females from coral rubble in shallow water at North Plaza off Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos Islands. The species is compared with the eight previously described species of Calaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989, and characterized by a strongly tridentate rostral apex, and by rows of corneous spine-like setae on pere...