In the present study, we determined whether there is a delay in the eruption of permanent teeth (PT) among Filipino adolescents with stunting or thinness. Height, weight, and number of PT were recorded in 1554 Filipino 10- to 13-year-olds (711 boys; 843 girls). z-scores for height (HAZ) and body mass index (BMI) were calculated according to the WHO growth reference, and their correlations to the number of PT were assessed. 54.9% of the children have at least one form of malnutrition. Significantly, more boys (22.9%) than girls (16.5%) were thin, while no sex difference in stunting was noted (boys 48.5%; girls 44.0%). The number of PT was significantly correlated to HAZ and BMI-z-score. Stunted and thin students had significantly fewer PT than their nonaffected peers. These differences tended to be the result of delay in tooth eruption in thin and stunted adolescents. In 13-year-old girls, all PT were erupted regardless of their nutritional status indicating a catch-up. Thin and stunted boys had one tooth less than normal boys at this age. Impaired physical growth and dental development seem to have common risk factors. Therefore, regular monitoring of growth and dental development might be helpful for targeting support programmes in developing countries.

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Of the megadiverse Old-World genus Popillia Dejean, 1821, only seven species are so far recorded from the Sunda Islands (see checklist). The ruteline scarab beetle Popillia biguttata (Wiedemann in Wiedemann & Germar, 1821) was originally described from, and was until now known only from Java (Greater Sunda Islands). In 2018, specimens of this species were found in northern New Guinea, far outside its native range, in mixed autochthonous and invasive vegetation.

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In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden 14 neue Arten des Genus Anomala Samouelle, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Melololonthidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini) von der Insel Sumatra sowie von der Halbinsel Malaysia beschrieben: Anomala flavolineata sp. n. (W.-Malaysia, Perak), Anomala inexpecta sp. n. (S.-Sumatra), Anomala mirabilis sp. n. (W.-Malaysia), Anomala neglecta sp. n. (O.-Sumatra), Anomala minangorum sp. n. (W.-Sumatra), Anomala dissimilis sp. n. (W.-Malaysia), Anomala kalliesi sp. n. (W.-Sumatra), Anomala diehli sp. n. (W.-Sumatra), Anomala nikodymi sp. n. (W.-Sumatra), Anomala bernhardti sp. n. (W.-Malaysia), Anomala malayensis sp. n. (W.-Malaysia, Perak), Anomala eventifera sp. n. (Sumatra-Aceh), Anomala ketambeana sp. n. (Sumatra-Aceh), Anomala viridibrunnea sp. n. (Sumatra-Aceh). Außerdem erfolgt die Beschreibung des bislang unbekannten von Anomala vellicata Ohaus. Die männlichen Genitalarmaturen der neuen Arten sowie von Anomala vellicata Ohaus, Anomala sawahana Ohaus und Anomala fulvofusca Ohaus werden abgebildet. Anomala psittacina Ohaus wird als jüngeres Synonym zu Anomala monochroa (Bates), Anomala hera Ohaus als jüngeres Synonym zu Anomala saetipes Ohaus gestellt. Die Arten Anomala hoplites Ohaus, Anomala tricolorea Ohaus und Anomala fulvofusca Ohaus werden erstmalig von der Insel Sumatra gemeldet. Die Lectotypen von Anomala saetipes Ohaus, Anomala psittacina Ohaus, Anomala hoplites Ohaus, Anomala tricolorea Ohaus und Anomala fulvofusca Ohaus werden designiert.StichwörterColeoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Melolonthidae, Rutelinae, Anomala Samouelle, taxonomy, new species, new synonyms, new records, Oriental region, Sumatra, Malaysia.Nomenklatorische Handlungenbernhardti Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.diehli Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.dissimilis Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.eventifera Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.flavolineata Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.fulvofusca Ohaus, 1915 (Anomala), Lectotypehera Ohaus, 1926 (Anomala), syn. n. of Anomala saetipes Ohaus, 1916hoplites Ohaus, 1938 (Anomala), Lectotypeinexpecta Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.kalliesi Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.ketambeana Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.malayensis Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.minangorum Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.mirabilis Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.neglecta Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.nikodymi Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.saetipes Ohaus, 1916 (Anomala), Lectotypetricolorea Ohaus, 1915 (Anomala), Lectotypeviridibrunnea Zorn, 1998 (Anomala), spec. n.psittacina Ohaus, 1916 (Anomala (Euchlora)), syn. n. of Anomala monochroa (Bates, 1891)