Three new species of the ischnoceran louse genus Emersoniella (Phthiraptera) are described from four species of New Guinean kingfishers and kookaburras (Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae: Halcyoninae). They are: Emersoniella crassicarina n. sp. ex Dacelo gaudichaud Quoy & Gaimard (rufous-bellied kookaburra) and Dacelo leachii intermedia Salvadori (blue-winged kookaburra); E. reninoda n. sp. ex Melidor...

A new species of the spider Hasarius adansoni sp.nov, was described for first time in Iraq which are collected from Baghdad Dora city .This is a genus jumping spiders have eight eyes with long legs covered spines and hair male black color white crescents their body crescent present on back part head, another one front opisthosoma pedipalps that partly two small dots posterior even smaller ones ...

Elephantulus rufescens is one of 15 species of elephant-shrews (F. Macroscelididae), a specialized group of mammals confined to the continent of Africa (see Rathbun, 1979, for review). Since elephant-shrews have only recently been successfully bred in captivity (Rathbun, Beaman & Maliniak, 1981), information on their reproduction has largely been obtained from examination of the reproductive or...