RBZ 59(2): 117–360. 31 August 2011

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Editorial. P. i. [pdf, 22.7 KB]

TAXONOMY AND SYSTEMATICS

New species of the genus Sinularia (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from Singapore, with notes on the occurrence of other species of the genus. Y. Benayahu and L. P. van Ofwegen. Pp. 117–125 [pdf, 1.08 MB]

Relationships of the heteronchocleidids (Heteronchocleidus, Eutrianchoratus and Trianchoratus) as inferred from ribosomal DNA nucleotide sequence data. W. B. Tan, M. Y. Fong and L. H. S. Lim. Pp. 127–138 [pdf, 1.91 MB]

Neotype designation and re-description of the vanishing tree snail, Amphidromus (Amphidromus) mundus (Pfeiffer, 1853) (Pulmonata: Camaenidae). Chirasak Sutcharit and Somsak Panha. Pp. 139–143 [pdf, 2.59 MB]

The taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships of species in the Bactrocera musae complex of fruit fl ies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) in Papua New Guinea. R. A. I Drew, Jing Ma, S. Smith and J. M. Hughes. Pp. 145–162 [pdf, 2.77 MB]

A review of the genus Metanoeus from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Lycidae). Martin Weiszenstein and Ladislav Bocak. Pp. 163–170 [pdf, 1.16 MB]

Guide to the aquatic heteroptera of Singapore and Peninsular Malaysia: VII. family Helotrephidae. Herbert Zettel, Miroslav Papá ek and Damir Kovac. Pp. 171–179 [pdf, 3.33 MB]

Taxonomic and functional diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in an upper hill dipterocarp forest in Peninsular Malaysia. Nur-Zati A. Mustafa, Hannah M. W. Salim, Christine Fletcher, Abd Rahman Kassim and Matthew D. Potts. Pp. 181–194 [pdf, 251 KB]

Crossocheilus elegans, a new species of fi sh from northern Borneo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). Maurice Kottelat and Tan Heok Hui. Pp. 195–199 [pdf, 1.32 MB]

Nemacheilus paucimaculatus, a new species of loach from the southern Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Jörg Bohlen and Vendula Šlechtová. Pp. 201–204 [pdf, 863 KB]

A new species of the unicornfi sh genus Naso (Teleostei: Acanthuridae) from Taiwan, with comments on its phylogenetic relationship. Hsuan-Ching Ho, Kang-Ning Shen and Chih-Wei Chang. Pp. 205–211 [pdf, 1.17 MB]

A new Ingerana (Anura, Dicroglossidae) with no external tympanum from Borneo, Indonesia. Djoko T. Iskandar, David P. Bickford and Umilaela Arifi n. Pp. 213–218 [pdf, 2.16 MB]

A new frog (Anura, Dicroglossidae), related to Occidozyga semipalmata Smith, 1927 from the eastern Peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Djoko T. Iskandar, Umilaela Arifi n and Angga Rachmansah. Pp. 219–228 [pdf, 1.37 MB]

The nomenclature and systematics of some australasian homalopsid snakes (Squamata: Serpentes: Homalopsidae). John C. Murphy. 229–236 [pdf, 1.28 MB]

Phylogenetic relationships of Malayan and Malagasy pygmy shrews of the genus Suncus (Soricomorpha: Soricidae) inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome B gene sequences. Hasmahzaiti Omar, Eleanor A. S. Adamson, Subha Bhassu, Steven M. Goodman, Voahangy Soarimalala, Rosli Hashim and Manuel Ruedi. Pp. 237–243 [pdf, 527 KB]

CONSERVATION AND ECOLOGY

Feeding biology and symbiotic relationships of the corallimorpharian Paracorynactis hoplites (Anthozoa: Hexacorallia). Arthur R. Bos, Benjamin Mueller and Girley S. Gumanao. Pp. 245–250 [pdf, 2.00 MB]

Diet and feeding in the sea star Astropecten indicus (Döderlein, 1888). K. S. Loh and Peter A. Todd. Pp. 251–258 [pdf, 1.12 MB]

Evidence that salt water may not be a barrier to the dispersal of Asian freshwater crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Gecarcinucidae and Potamidae). Lara J. Esser and Neil Cumberlidge. Pp. 259–268 [pdf, 560 KB]

Comparative biology of cave-dwelling spitting spiders (Araneae: Scytodidae): Parental care, cooperative prey-capture, cannibalism, natal dispersal and reproductive behaviour. Laura-Marie Y. L. Yap, Y. Norma-Rashid, Fengxiang Liu, Jie Liu and Daiqin Li. Pp. 269–284 [pdf, 6.87 MB]

Phytophagous scarabaeid diversity in swidden cultivation landscapes in Sarawak, Malaysia. Keiko Kishimoto-yamada, Takao Itioka, Michiko Nakagawa, Kuniyasu Momose and Tohru Nakashizuka. Pp. 285–293 [pdf, 2.62 MB]

Bird diversity differs between industrial tree plantations on Borneo: Implications for conservation planning. Frederick H. Sheldon and Alison R. Styring. Pp. 295–309 [pdf, 1.64 MB]

Habitat preferences and activity patterns of the larger mammal community in Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia.Thomas N. E. Gray and Channa Phan. Pp. 311–318 [pdf, 2.04 MB]

Proboscis monkeys (Nasalis larvatus (Wurmb, 1787)) have unusually high-pitched tonal vocalisations. Srivathsan, Amrita and Rudolf Meier. Pp. 319–323 [pdf, 1.63 MB]

Vertebrate carnivores and predation in the Oriental (Indomalayan) region. Richard T. Corlett. Pp. 325–360 [pdf, 302 KB]