Meschia brevirostris sp. nov., from New Caledonia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Meschiidae).

A new species, Meschia brevirostris sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Meschiidae), is described from New Caledonia.

Taxonomic position of Heissothignus and review of the species of Meschia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Meschiidae).

The New Guinean genus Heissothignus Slater Brailovsky, 2006 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Meschiidae) possesses several morphological characters unique to family Meschiidae but not occurring in Heterogastridae, confirming its placement within the family Meschiidae. A key to the genera of the family Meschiidae is presented. The two species of the genus Meschia Distant, 1910 recorded from the Indian subcontinent are reviewed, and the following new synonymy is proposed: M.

Revision of Australian Parathyginus with description of two new species, along with first detailed description of aedeagus in the family Heterogastridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea).

The Australian species of the small heterogastrid genus Parathyginus Scudder, 1957 have been reviewed, resulting in the establishment of the junior subjective synonymy of P. doddi (Distant, 1918) with P. signifer (Walker, 1872), and the description of two new species, P.

Parasadoletus exsertus, a new genus and species of Heterogastridae from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea).

Parasadoletus exsertus gen. and sp. nov.

A new species of Rhodiginus Distant from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae).

Rhodiginus monteithi sp. nov., is illustrated and described as the first representative of the genus Rhodiginus Distant from Australia.

Paraindopamphantus bruneiensis gen. nov. et sp. nov., as the first representative of the subfamily Pamphantinae from South East Asia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae: Pamphantinae: Indopamphantini).

Paraindopamphantus gen. nov., containing one species, I.

First record of the genus Ptilocerus in the Australian Region, with the description of two new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae).

The assassin bugs of the genus Ptilocerus Gray, 1831 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Holoptilinae) occurring in the Australian Region are reviewed for the first time, resulting in the description of two new species, viz., P. spangenbergi sp.

Chronic Disease Self-Management by People With HIV.

As HIV has transitioned into a chronic disease, reappraisal of clinical management has occurred with chronic disease self-management (CDSM) as one possibility. However, despite extensive work on CDSM across a range of diseases, little attention has focused on psychosocial contexts of the lives of people for whom programs are intended. This article reports semi-structured interviews used to explore health practices and motivations of 33 people with HIV (PWHIV) in Australia.

Autism spectrum disorder: Presentation and prevalence in a nationally representative Australian sample.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the prevalence of parent-reported autism spectrum disorder diagnosis in Australia, and examine the developmental profile of children with autism spectrum disorder compared to their peers.

Design/setting: Secondary analyses were undertaken on data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children.

Participants: Children were recruited at kindergarten (K cohort) and birth (B cohort), and subsequently completed two-yearly 'waves' of assessments.

The relationship between body composition and knee structure in patients with human immunodeficiency virus.

Obesity is a risk factor for osteoarthritis. Antiretroviral therapy (ART)-treated HIV-infected patients are frequently affected by overweight and obesity, and may be at increased risk of osteoarthritis. BMI however is a measure which does not discriminate adipose from non-adipose body mass, or fat distribution, which may have different effects.

Review and revision of Australian Germalus Stål, with new genera and further new species of Australian Geocorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Geocoridae).

During a review of Australian Germalus Stål, types of all species recorded from Australia, as well as of the type species G. kinbergi Stål, originally described from Mauritius Island, were examined and illustrated to redefine and redescribe the genus as well as all the included species. As a result of this, the following synonymies have become necessary: G.

Meschiidae, a new family of Lygaeoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from India and Australia, with descriptions of a new genus and two new species .

Meschiidae fam. nov. is erected for the genera Meschia Distant, 1910, containing four species: M.