she was bred at triple e farm in ocala , florida by owner stanley m. ersoff .

she was a chestnut filly , a daughter of mo exception out of the mare double wiggle .

she is best remembered for her seven and a half length romp in the grade ii $ 250,000 black-eyed susan stakes and her win in the coaching club american oaks two months later .

charon ( horse )

gene navarro waited all of his life for a horse like charon to race into his life .
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with the headline : on horse racing ; help wanted for filly triple crown .
charon ( 1987 – april 12 , 2009 ) was an american thoroughbred racehorse who defeated both male and female competitors .
with the headline : horse racing ; a filly at gulfstream brings good news for steinbrenner .
with the headline : horse racing : notebook ; go for wand captures test stakes with ease .
reel was a thoroughbred race horse , and one of the greatest american thoroughbred broodmares in history .
ersoff has owned and bred many stakes horses , but charon also has been one of a kind for him as well as navarro .
eugene navarro passed away in hallandale , fla . nov . 27 . the longtime horseman who trained grade i winner charon was 92 .
. strictly speaking he was not the champion horse of 1866 - but he was indeed a champion .
being the obvious example . but they don ' t dominate . the best horse of the decade was undoubtedly
myrtlewood ( foaled 1932 in kentucky ) was a champion thoroughbred race horse as well as an exceptional broodmare .
' ' go for wand is the champion , ' ' perret said . ' ' my filly ran her heart out , but the other filly is just a super horse . my horse had no alibis today . ' '
dan , i would really like to see pp ' s for charon , jumron , quintana if possible taco ' s car phone . thanks , pete
i just saw a horse go down at the finish of the santa margarita race at santa anita - i was watching on cal racing and there was no mention of the horse and rider . does anyone know what happened ? annem
charon , an amazing horse for the serious dressage rider and / or competitor . he just placed 3 rd at m - level in germany , equal to approximately 3 rd / 4 th level here in the states . he was also placed at 2 nd level with double bridle as well as in a jumping horse class at a level . he is training all psg movements and more .
for only $ 800 while she was carrying charon , ` ` said navarro . ` ` he knew something about the mare and couldn ` t resist . ` `
go for wand beat charon by five lengths in the ashland stakes at keeneland on april 21 and by 1 1 / 4 lengths in the mother goose at belmont on june 10 , but charon had then won the coaching club american oaks so easily in go for wand ' s absence that many felt the alabama distance might favor her .
the thoroughbred breeders ' association of new jersey named char - mari stables ' park avenue ball horse of the year for 2005 .
the race , a grade ii stakes for fillies contending for the season ' s honors , was won in the last three years by open mind , charon and withallprobability .
when rice sent charon to navarro at calder he told the trainer , ` ` you ` re going to have a lot of fun with this filly , gene . ` `
` ` right away i realized he was right , ` ` remembered navarro . ` ` i never had a horse like her .
at the time of the alabama , no filly other than go for wand had beaten charon , but the gap between the two was enormous . future hall of fame jockey randy romero , go for wand’s rider her entire career , crouched still as a statue for more than a mile before the champion began to distance herself from charon at the three - sixteenths pole .
in this 1958 photo the winning horse in the alouette pace is ladys lad driven by bill harvey . the winners are obscured by second place finisher jay creed ( 7 ) handled by the track ' s most famous reinsman keith waples . mighty lee was third . ( harness horse )
charon , who has won six times and finished second to go for wand three times in nine career starts , continued on as best she could under craig perret to hold second place as the 3 - 2 second choice . pampered star , the monmouth oaks winner and the 9 - 2 outsider today , was 28 lengths behind charon with a furlong to go and eased thereafter .
the distance between the winner and the runner - up would be a neck throughout the final furlong . as good as the ride was by jo sung gon , his horse gave everything to win in what was a proper horse race . bold kings was not letting anything best him today .
in this country , a horse who should pay $ 3 . 99 for $ 2 pays off at the rate of only $ 3 . 80 for $ 2 . a person who bets $ 200 on such a horse collects $ 380 instead of $ 399 . at least in canada , the horse pays $ 3 . 90 instead of $ 3 . 80 , and the $ 200 bettor gets $ 390 instead of $ 380 .
` ` charon is my special horse . i ` ve been in this country since 1941 , and before that i had cheap horses in cuba where i was born and grew up . my ambition was to be a self - made man . you can say i raced from maine to spain , and almost always with my own horses .
` ` go for wand was a special horse , ` ` remembered navarro , ` ` one of the best fillies i ever saw . ` `
barbara l ( 1947–1977 ) was an american quarter horse that raced during the early 1950s and often defeated some of the best racehorses of the time .
in addition , charon won a pair of grade ii races , the bonnie miss at gulfstream and the black eyed susan at pimlico ( by 7 1 / 4 lengths ) . and three of charon ` s 1990 losses were second - place performances in grade i encounters with the late go for wand , who subsequently lost her life when she broke down in the stretch in the breeders ` cup distaff .
dan i would like 2 scratch ambessa pp ' s & add ongoing mister & avenging force the horse who beat king glorious if u can thanks . marc
in 1959 blue bonnets underwent a huge renovation and rebuilding program . upon its completion a special ribbon cutting ceremony was held . from left lucien lachappele ; hugh proudfoot , c . t . a . pres . ; hon . earl rowe ; roland desjardins ; j . louis levesque , president ; eugene lajoie ; paul danserau ; gerard favreau and andre charon ( harness horse )
( panic gb - myth ) won the victoria derby in his absence . they had to wait until the ajc st leger for a showdown , and in a two horse match
go for wand seized an early advantage from charon , held a narrow lead for a mile and then pulled away in the stretch to post a brilliant seven - length victory today in the $ 217 , 600 alabama stakes at saratoga race track .
- to win the sixty sails , charon will have to outrun eight other fillies and mares in the 1 1 / 8 mile race . charon ` s main adversaries appear to be defending champion leave it be and wait for the lady . leave it be scored her third straight victory last time out in sportsman ` s lady hallie handicap . wait for the lady has won four races in a row in maryland and is coming off a five - length score in pimlico ` s grade iii snow goose handicap .
charon is going into the chicago circuit ` s most lucrative dirt race for damsels with a 13 - race career record of seven wins and four places . she has earnings of $ 866 , 360 , and if she wins this race it will make her a
her dam dara has been awarded elite sport jumping horse . espridara z produced two licensed selle francais sons , vanhouten de vains ( by cacao courcelle ) and ubu du reverdy ( by allegreto ) .
azeri ( foaled may 6 , 1998 in versailles , kentucky ) is an american hall of fame champion thoroughbred racehorse who was 2002 us horse of the year and champion older female from 2002 to 2004 .
pleasantly perfect ' s past performances are available at the bottom of this blog post . i was a fan of his as he was a true 1 1 / 4 - mile horse in an era where that sort of stamina is rare . my favorite horse from that time period was medaglia d ' oro . i felt he was the best nine - furlong horse in the country at the time while pleasantly perfect was best at 10 panels . of course , pleasantly perfect got the better of medaglia d ' oro in both the dubai world cup and breeders ' cup classic , both at 1 1 / 4 miles .
in 1753 he won a £50 maiden plate at stockton , beating the duke of cleveland ' s charon ( b c 1749 philipson ' s turk ) , and a £50 purse at morpeth , beating mr shafto ' s jessamy ( ch c 1749 hutton ' s spot ) .
while i am at it , the second operation of the horse for all seasons is to declare the champion horse of each racing season . . . . which is rather fun . the following table lists the champions of each season with their breeding and contains a little blurb noting their performances and any significant historical changes that took place on the turf for that year . and i get to do some coloring - in too .
new farm ' s homebred wild gams , a two - time stakes winner last year , has been named 2008 new jersey - bred horse of the year . wild gams also garnered honors as champion handicap female .
“you could see the other horses really working to do what they had to do , but go for wand did everything in hand all the time , ” badgett said in a 1990 interview in the blood - horse .
charon ( usa ) ch . m , 1987 { 2 - n } dp = 2 - 1 - 5 - 0 - 2 ( 10 ) di = 1 . 22 cd = 0 . 10 - 16 starts , 7 wins , 5 places , 0 shows career earnings : $ 925 , 200
by knight of medina * out of hard haven , charon was bred by vikram greenlands and reena singh . the bay was owned by the goyals and was trained by imtiaz sait . the trainer was back in the winners ' enclosure twice when the invitation cup was held in 1989 and 1994 at mumbai .
clean up joy confirmed his status as seoul’s top horse with victory in the capital’s sunday feature but at busan , grand prix stakes winner bold kings suffered a second successive defeat as dynamic dash claimed the win in the big handicap .
in 1754 he won the king ' s plate at newcastle , again beating charon , the great subscription at york , beating sir charles sedley ' s cadena ( ch f 1749 cade ) , walked - over for the the king ' s plate at edinburgh , and walked - over for £50 at morpeth .
dan , could you please post past performances for pleasantly perfect . for a horse that won some $ 7m in his career , i ' ve always thought he was pretty underrated . honestly , what are your thoughts on him ? paseana
mike smith rode the winner , who carried 115 pounds . pocket streaker , also at 115 and ridden by herb mccauley , was runner - up in the five - horse field . it was another neck back to dr . carrington .
charon , whose sire is a stallion non - entity named mo exception , was foaled on ersoff ` s farm in florida . when rice began teaching her the abcs of racing , he quickly came to the realization that he had found a potential million dollar baby at a five - and - 10 - cent thoroughbred auction .
he is easy at the show grounds , loads , trailers and behaves like a pro . charon is a stunning horse for the young rider or any amateur or professional who wants to draw the attention of the onlookers at clinics and shows . with his stunning appearance and outstanding uphill gaits with tons and tons of airtime , he will for sure be remembered by the judges . barley ever will you find such an amazing horse for sale and here is your chance to buy a real special boy . he is a total gentleman all around and loves attention and his one on one time with his handler and rider . his price is subject to change with more shows as he is capable of bringing home the ribbons and he is learning really fast . take him out to shows and collect your own ribbons and have fun competing with such a wonderful horse . his age is perfect for his training and he is improving every day and goes on to be a super star under the right rider . e - mail or call right away before he is gone , he will not last !
kincsem ( hungarian pronunciation : [ ˈkint͡ʃɛm ] ; hungarian for
my precious
or
my treasure
; march 17 , 1874– march 17 , 1887 ) was the most successful thoroughbred race horse ever , having won 54 races for 54 starts .
multiple graded stakes winner wild gams has been named new jersey - bred horse of the year and champion 3 - year - old filly for 2006 . bred and owned by new farm , the daughter of forest wildcat is trained by ben perkins , jr .
the other aussie dean , dean holland will ride that horse but two other foreign jockeys are set to have their first rides at seoul this sunday . india’s imran chisty and australian patrick keane will be in limited action with both expected to have larger books next week .
but you get the drift . by this method i can speculate about who is the 2yo of the year for each season in the 1880s , and by the same method who is the 3yo of the year , and the all aged horse of the year , etc .
nine days later in the alabama , go for wand was again in top form . as she did in the ashland and mother goose , go for wand proved her superiority over the excellent filly charon , who won the coaching club american oaks by nine lengths in go for wand’s absence . the only other alabama entry was monmouth oaks winner pampered star , who never factored .
sent off as the 1 - 2 favorite under randy romero in a field of three , go for wand figured to enjoy a tactical advantage as the lone front - runner but had no cakewalk today . go for wand jumped out to a one - length early lead , but charon kept her honest and under pressure until the top of the stretch , when the better filly asserted her superiority .
carpaccio’s first lady was bought at the top - event horse auction in germany in 2014 and imported to sa in 2016 in foal to calvaro . she was a participant in the bundeschampionate for 5 year old eventers . * * * there is a you - tube link available competing at the bundeschampinate urltoken
the winner of the indian 2000 guineas and indian derby had shown sait from the beginning that he had a killer instinct and an inability to tolerate another horse galloping in the front . the trainer felt that pesi shroff had ridden impeccably in the invitation cup without letting rival pacemakers ruin the race for him .
it is sadly all too rare for us in korea to witness a truly gripping race but this year’s grand prix delivered . the battle between bold kings and gumpo sky in the home straight while clean up joy and triple nine desperately tried to close , was pure thoroughbred racing drama at its best . with jockeys jo sung gon and ikuyasu kurakane both producing arguably the rides of their careers , in the end bold kings simply refused to be beaten . flat - out , the will to win he demonstrated that day makes bold kings the horse racing in korea horse of the year for 2016 . what a prospect he is for 2016 .
power blade will on sunday seek to become the first horse to sweep the korean triple crown in its current form . the kra cup mile and korean derby winner heads a field of eight – all from busan – who will line up for the final jewel of the 2016 crown , the minister’s cup at seoul racecourse .
progeny : silver seas by silver beacon ( f . 2014 ) 14 0 - 3 - 0 $ 15 , 575 ghost ship by romeo ( c . 2015 ) 10 2 - 3 - 1 $ 51 , 975 charon by lucifer ( c . 2016 ) 1 0 - 1 - 0 $ 4 , 375 harmlessly by bacardi ' s sword ( f . 2017 ) night sailor by night circus ( c . 2018 )
charon claimed the indian 2000 guineas and the ramniwas ramnarain ruia gold cup but finished an inexplicable fourth in the indian derby en route to the 1984 invitation cup . entrusted to sandy barclay in the invitation cup , he improved his position from behind to grab an opportunity along the rails in the last 100 metres and storm home . enterprising , that year ' s indian derby winner , tried hard to hold him off but succumbed by a length .
george stubbs painted the life - size portrait ( bottom ) of whistlejacket at wentworth . he was described as a
yellow - sorrel horse with white mane and tail
and was said to have had a nearly ungovernable temper . whilst stubbs was inspecting his progress after a session the lad who had been holding the horse led him around allowing whistlejacket to see his likeness which was apparently life - like enough to induce him to rear and strike at it . lord rockingham was said to have been so pleased with the story that he had the portrait framed and hung without further touch . george stubbs also painted the portrait ( top ) of whistlejacket with his groom simon cobb .
it was difficult to visualise any one beating royal tern in the 1979 invitation cup . he was a local horse who had won the indian derby by eight lengths . he was bred and owned by the goculdasses , a family with a long , sporting reputation . and his regular partner was karl umrigar whose dedication and skills were already well - known .
it ' s an excellent question . in a perfect world , you would have healthy percentages all around . i wouldn ' t invest heavily in either situation that you mentioned . if a horse has a strong win - early pedigree , but is trained by a conditioner that rarely scores first - out , i ' d stay away as the horse may be out for an experience run . i ' d also avoid a firster that boasts low - percentage bloodlines , but debuts for a high - percentage trainer . these horses are often overbet due to the connections . i wouldn ' t say i rely on one stat higher than the other . a healthy mix is just what the doctor orders in this situation .
as well as runners from south africa , france , dubai and hong kong . he was restrained towards the rear of the field by fukunaga before moving forward in the straight . he took the lead a furlong and a half from the finish and accelerated clear to win by six and a quarter lengths from the south african horse vercingetorix with dank in third place .
1 . chang se ( kor ) [ forest camp – daecheonpung ( fiercely ) ] – lee chan ho – 1 . 8 , 1 . 1 2 . smart time ( kor ) [ ft . stokton – charon ( jade robbery ) ] – ham wan sik – 2 . 3 3 . meni money ( kor ) [ menifee – pocketful of money ( running stag ) ] – moon se young – 1 . 4 distances : 1 . 75 lengths / 1 length – 10 ran
1 . meni money ( kor ) [ menifee – pocketful of money ( running stag ) ] – seo seung un – 3 . 1 , 1 . 4 2 . smart time ( kor ) [ ft . stockton – charon ( jade robbery ) ] – park eul woon – 1 . 5 3 . lucky music ( kor ) [ creek cat – dangdae jeil ( lucky ruler ) ] – choi bum hyun – 3 . 1 distances : 0 . 5 lengths / 2 lengths – 11 ran
choegang schiller provided the standout moment of summer , claiming victory for korea in the asia challenge cup , beating last year’s winner , singapore’s el padrino into 2nd . that alone is enough to make him our older horse of the year . on the same day , chief red can won the kra cup classic while honourable mention goes to gumpo sky , 2nd in the grand prix .
the race was the third meeting between the nation ' s two best 3 - year - old fillies , and go for wand won decisively for the third time . her victory today in stakes - record time stamped her as one of the best 3 - year - old fillies in recent racing history and advanced her cause as a long - shot candidate for horse of the year honors .
steinlen , last year ' s champion grass horse , will carry top weight of 126 pounds against wanderkin ( 116 ) , river of sin ( 115 ) , foreign survivor ( 115 ) , green book ( 112 ) and who ' s to pay ( 110 ) . steinlen , who won last year ' s baruch , is tuning up for the arlington million on sept . 2 .
shroff kept exhilaration in the middle of the field for a good bit of the way before positioning the horse neatly along the rails at the 200 metre marker for holding off a determined bid by mick kinane on northern star . while veteran shammu chavan felt that this kind of positioning was ideal for the track another ace jockey of old , the late pandu khade , held a different view .
duane hanover appears in the blue bonnets winner ' s circle with a host of guests . from left : lucien bombardier ; haughton ; co - owners mr . and mrs . karl ; eugene lajoie of blue bonnets ; rene chartrand and co - owner francois seremba . take note of the gigantic sunday afternoon crowd on hand to witness this record - setting event . ( harness horse )
 many young drivers started their careers at bb as grooms and later graduated to the driving ranks . the above photo shows a happy memory for a then very young denis larochelle as he is joined by friends in the winner ' s circle . the winning horse was jeff protector , owned by his driver who hailed from sorel , quebec . take note of the hand written information on the photo .
barry irwin was introduced to racing here by team valor member joe dallao and while he hadn’t had the best of luck with either chastity or his other korean horse , a hawk wing gelding named swoop , he maintained his interest and now those famous crimson and forest green silks have come in front in yet another country . a very welcome presence in korean racing , hopefully it will be the first of many .
5 . clean up joy ( usa ) 5 g [ purge – greta’s joy ( joyeax danseur ) ] ( 17 / 9 / 5 / 1 ) st shim – ham wan sik seoul’s best horse , he is three for three since finishing 3rd in the grand prix nehind bold kings and gumpo sky last december . he usually settles towards the rear of the field and has a strong finish . he can win this .
owner : stanley m . ersoff breeder : stanley m . ersoff state bred : fl winnings : 16 starts : 7 - 5 - 0 , $ 925 , 200 won coaching club american oaks ( g1 ) , black - eyed susan stakes ( g2 ) , rampart handicap ( g2 ) , bonnie miss stakes ( g2 ) , forward gal stakes ( g3 ) ; 2nd mother goose s ( g1 ) , alabama s ( g1 ) , ashland s ( g1 ) . dam double wiggle purchased for $ 800 in foal with charon . sent to japan . ( close )
1 . pinot noir ( kor ) [ capital spending – neungnyeokchungman ] – park eul woon – 1 . 3 , 1 . 1 2 . x file ( kor ) [ exploit – dorothy dee ] - kim dong soo – 1 . 7 3 . smart time ( kor ) [ ft . stockton – charon ] – djordje perovic – 1 . 6 distances : 2 . 5 lengths / neck also ran : 4 . lucky music 5 . meni money 6 . pureun geotap 7 . argo asset 8 . space shuttle 9 . punggwae 10 . shine clover 11 . queen’s win
charon ' s nine - length romp in the c . c . a . oaks at belmont on sunday was neither the richest nor lengthiest triumph of the day in a triple crown race . half an hour later at woodbine near tonronto , a 3 - year - old son of icecapade named izvestia scored a 13 - length victory in the queen ' s plate , the first leg of the canadian triple crown for candian - bred horses . the winner earned $ 235 , 200 , according to the race chart , ' ' plus 50 guineas , the gift of her majesty , the queen . ' '
finally , south african breeding gained a win courtesy of variety club – horse of the year , champion three - year - old and champion middle distance horse in south africa for 2011 - 2012 – who took the godolphin mile ( gr . ii ) . variety club is by forest wildcat’s prix de l’abbaye de longchamp ( gr . i ) victor , var , who is now a standout sire in south africa . the dam is by woodman’s brother , secret prospector , out of a mare by el gran senor’s brother , northern guest , and is a three - quarters sister to secret prospector’s grade one winner secret rites . the third dam is south african oaks ( gr . i ) heroine novenna , who is a daughter of hobnob ( by gyr , by sea - bird ii , a branch of native dancer ) , and is one of the very few horses who we have seen inbred to federico tesio’s good son of dante , toulouse lautrec . oddly enough , this ties into variety club’s family which arrived in south africa from italy during wwii in the shape of jinnipet , who was by tesio’s star , cavaliere d’arpino ( who in his lifetime tesio claimed to be the best horse he had bred ) , out of a mare by tesio’s italy derby winner , michelangelo ( who has a son in the pedigree of toulouse lautrec , who we said was doubled here ) .
go for wand , owned by jane dupont lunger ' s christiana stable and trained by billy badgett , paid $ 4 . 40 for $ 2 to win as the favorite . go for wand , last year ' s champion 2 - year - old filly , was making her first start since winning the mother goose at belmont on june 10 . she missed the july 8 coaching club american oaks with a slight cough , but is over that . the only question now is whether the test took too much out of her for her to stretch out to a mile and a quarter against charon in the alabama nine days hence .
from 1920 on i think i have enough info to put the contenders up . some years are straightforward , others have maybe 2 or 3 genuine contenders or occasionally more , while in other years the most likely horse is one nobody would remember or know much about . i have to put it into words worth reading for a different generation being part of the challenge . the hotys from those days need to be recognised officially , but that ' s possible too i think .
it seemed old warrior ( new warrior gb - anne laurie ) , the 1869 melbourne cup winner had inherited the laurels winning wfa races at randwick and flemington in the spring with nothing much coming through the ranks . john tait ' s the pearl ( new warrior gb - ida ) won the melbourne cup at 100 / 1 , and for a time it seemed the most promising horse on the turf was the grey 3 / 4 arab pony saladin ( pegasus arab gb - nutleaf .
this coming sunday , a little bit of korean racing history is up for grabs as kra cup mile and korean derby winner power blade returns to seoul looking to win the minister’s cup and become the first winner of the korean triple crown in its current form . not a single seoul horse is set to compete so power blade will be up against seven other visitors from busan including stablemate and korean oaks winner ottug ottugi in the 2000m race . full previews of the race to follow .
this is the first of a few year - end posts over the next week . we’ll look at breeding , betting , and the foreign jockeys and trainers , as well as racing in general . we’ll start with the honours though and while there are many ways to to do horse of the year , the bottom line is , it’s my blog , so it’s my choice ! keeping it simple this year so just nine categories and in all honesty , there are standouts in each one .
he was by riyahi ( ire ) out of baroque pearl ( fr ) and was bred , for record ' s sake , by talegaon stud at the poonawalla farms . the bay khaitan - owned horse ' s potential was apparent early but he really shot to prominence in the indian 2000 guineas . the way he won by eight lengths had maj . nargolkar writing ,
it was a performance fit to rank with the vintage indian 2000 guineas victories of alijah , enrico and exhilaration .
tangiers ( c by vibrant ( gb ) ) . 15 wins 1000 to 1400 m . and $ 117 , 700 won watc roma cup g3 , watc roma cup g3 , watc belmont sprint l , watc charon welter h . , watc city of perth welter , watc morphettville graduation s . , watc shamrock graduation s . 2nd watc taimac quality s . , watc seltrust cup , watc lions international welter h . , watc welter h . , watc extol graduation s . , watc cyril flower sprint h . 3rd watc belmont sprint g3 , watc welter h . , watc wellington h . , watc debonair graduation s . , watc hennessy graduation s .
 one of the most accomplished and well - liked participants of this era was a gentleman named benoit cote . he was loved by the fans and held in high esteem by his fellow horsemen . in the above photo from may 18 , 1958 he is shown in the winner ' s circle following a victory by meadow bower in the mount royal pace . in the photo from left to right are owners mr . and mrs . roland marquis and bb race secretary lucien bombardier ( harness horse )
the two premier sprint events were annexed by hong kong - trained australian - breds . winner of golden shaheen ( gr . i ) was sterling city ( truenicks a + + ) . he is by darley’s redoute’s choice son , nadeem , who was co - highweight at two in australia after winning the vrc blue diamond stakes ( gr . i ) . nadeem’s oldest crop are now five - year - olds , and his first two crops produced nine stakes winners , seven graded . there were only 22 foals in his third crop , but 57 in his fourth , and he’s a horse who could bear watching . sterling city’s dam , so gorgeous ( by the irish river horse , brief truce ) was a four - time graded winner and is also dam of grade two scorer tipungwuti ( by fusaichi pegasus ) . the fifth dam is the australian foundation mare , denise’s joy , and this is the same branch as new zealand sire standout thorn park , grade one winning sprinter bentley biscuit , and young sire stryker to name but a few .
in a rare show of appreciation for people not often credited for their role in racing two veteran trackmen were honoured for their work in having the racecourse in such remarkable shape . a donation was made by the united horsemen of canada assoc . to these two gentlemen . from left : laurent bourgon , u . h . c . president presents a cheque to ernest tobin while treasurer sebastien brisson on the right makes an identical donation to alf bergeron . francois lebeouf , a leading driver appears in the centre . ( harness horse )
the two mile dubai gold cup ( gr . ii ) saw a pair of sons of halling ( by diesis , and himself a 10 furlong performer ) fight out the decision , certerach getting the verdict by a neck over cavalryman . ceterach is one of two stakes winners by halling out of from the danehill line , his dam being chartres , an irish stakes winner by that horse ( of course , typically for a sharpen up line horse , halling has done well with danzig in general , getting 13 stakes winners , seven group / graded ) . the second dam , gothic dream ( by nashwan ) was second in the 12 furlong ribblesdale stakes ( gr . ii ) , and has significant descendents at either end of the distance scale as she is also dam of the stakes winner and irish st . leger ( gr . i ) runner - up pugin , and granddam of the very speedy two - year - old and now young sire , lilbourne lad . the third dam is the irish st . leger ( gr . i ) victress dark lomond .
bind , an impressive debut winner at fair grounds on february 19 , is listed as the 2 - 5 morning line favorite in saturday ' s third race at fair grounds , an entry - level optional claimer at 1 mile and 70 yards . bind is not yet nominated to the triple crown series , but another big performance may have al stall thinking about bigger pots . i ' m guessing , as of now , that he ' ll remain very patient with this promising horse . he ' s one to watch in races like the travers .
choinma has raced once as a three - year - old already , surprisingly beaten into 2 nd in his first try around two turns at 1700m in january but he is still very much in the hunt . neither he nor gaon champ are front - runners so the early pace will most likely be set by mask and sinui myeongryeong , both good prospects themselves , while sharp kaylan too looks a better horse than he was when beaten by gaon champ in december – since then he’s won two in a row by six and four - lengths respectively .
talib died a few days before loyal prince clashed with thunder storm in the indian derby . rahimtoola reported that loyal prince went off his feed and started losing condition . the horse ran third behind thunder storm and look out . rahimtoola wrote ,
that he had been missing his master ' s presence in the stable and the visit to his stall every evening to speak a few soothing words and enquire about his health , was soon proved .
loyal prince returned to form in the invitation cup , winning the event from thunder storm and lucky pair .
as the late k . sundar rajan of the hindu wrote in the newspaper ' s sister publication sportstar , lahori ,
did not believe that ted mcgaffin had ridden him ( mount everest ) properly . he wouldn ' t say openly that ted ' pulled ' his horse . but that he didn ' t ride to win was evident from lahori ' s talk . naturally this exasperated ted the game ' s greatest gentleman . he preferred not to ride him any more . but he was later persuaded to ride mount everest ( in the invitation cup ) .
khade felt that a jockey must always be within one or two lengths of the fancied horse while racing in the long straights that mark the mahalaxmi course . he asserted that if the yet - to - become - world - famous kinane had kept northern star close to exhilaration at the beginning of the 550 metre - long home stretch instead of being a little away , he might have pulled it off . what khade - and for that matter , everyone - did not anticipate then was the discovery of a banned substance in northern star ' s post - race sample and his subsequent disqualification .
hg224 winning bet ( steve t ) # 8 dubai you xyz is going to be one tough cookie for a while to come and he is improving with every race . he is impervious to jostling , bumping and being in tight , comes with a killer rush at the end and this guy can run all day on turf . i will use # 7 bogie to fill the exacta ; he has always been a very good turfer and i think he is a different horse off the layoff and this will be his 2nd off of that layoff . handingambling bet : $ 100 exacta # 8 dubai you xyz / # 7 bogie
the table also demonstrates how the foundation races of the australian calendar came to be introduced during the decade of the 1860 ' s . the mimicking of the english classics is evident and the all aged wfa races were based on the model of the queens plate . queen ' s plates were run all over the empire according to rules laid down by the imperial master of the horse that describe a race of no less than 2 miles ( preferably three ) run at set weights as stand alone contests . heats were not permitted . racing in heats was standard practice in australia for much of the first half of the 19th century .
 in 1958 as a three - year - old , a young trotting colt named homestead dan put on quite a show for the fans at bb and also richelieu park . the son of tim hanover - fannie was bred and owned by osler burrison of rice lake . here he is being shown off by his trainer and driver jack gordon ( right ) to an admiring bill habkirk , both long - time participants at bb . in 1958 , homestead dan won 14 of 28 starts and also had three seconds and seven thirds . his season ' s mark of 2 : 06h was amazing for the times ( harness horse )
the al quoz sprint ( gr . i ) was won by amber sky , who is by exceed and excel , a danehill son who has come through as an absolutely outstanding speed sire . out of grade two winning and grade one placed truly wicked ( by rubiton , from the my babu / tourbillon line via better boy and century ) , amber sky is truenicks rated a + + , the cross of exceed and excel with century line mares have produced two stakes winners and a stakes placed horse from only 12 runners . the second dam , by roberto’s good son , at talaq is a sister to graded scorer dizzy lass .
after fisherman ' s death and the dispersal of maribyrnong hurtle fisher continued to race horses and came up with another crack in charon . he was by ferryman ( fisherman gb - rose de florence gb ) from the great brood mare juliet gb and in the spring of 1869 he won the ajc derby , the vrc derby , the vrc all aged stakes and defeated the melbourne cup winner warrior in the queens plate . in the autumn , however , just two days before the st leger he collapsed during trackwork at flemington and died . . the barb had retired to stud but his younger sister barbelle and brother barbarian carried on in his place . barbelle lead all the way to win the doncaster handicap and repeated her effort to lead all the way to win the sydney cup . she would also distinguish herself in latter seasons by winning three successive editions of the vrc flying stakes
1957 : three leading drivers at blue bonnets raceway . the curtain was drawn on the harness racing season in montreal monday night , november 11th , with the closing of a very successful fall meeting at blue bonnets raceway and substantial cheques were received by the three leading drivers . the presentation was made by racing secretary lucien bombardier ( left ) and controller rolland desjardins . the happy winners were ( from left to right ) marc gingras with 27 victories , percy robillard with 22 and harold mckinley with 18 . for marc gingras , twenty - seven year old french - canadian born in st . jerome . quebec , this championship was the first of a promising career .  ( harness horse )
7 . power blade ( kor ) [ menifee – cheonmacheong ( lost mountain ) ] ( 8 / 6 / 2 / 0 ) young kwan kim – kim yong geun he is the favourite and even visually , looks superior . unbeaten since losing to ottug ottugi in busan’s champion juvenile race last autumn , he was a facile winner of both the cup mile and derby . at the derby , jockey kim young geun defied instructions in the rain and took him to the front right from the gate . it paid off . it’s most likely he will let ottug ottugi lead here but if power blade is at anything like his best , he completes the triple crown . there is little downside to this horse .
the new york series overtook an older , less formal filly triple that roughly corresponded to the colts ' three big spring races : the kentucky oaks at churchill downs , the black - eyed susan at pimlico and the c . c . a . oaks at belmont . the problem this year was that the first two legs of the old series attracted fillies away from the first leg of the new one . go for wand , the queen of the division , ran in the kentucky oaks at a mile and eighth on may 4 . rather than drop her back to a one - turn one - mile in the acorn on may 26 , her camp passed the race and went into the mother goose on june 10 . charon , who can beat any filly except go for wand , ducked her nemesis in the kentucky oaks and went into the black - eyed susan . rather than run back in the acorn just eight days later , she too waited until the mother goose .
the dubai duty free ( gr . i ) and dubai sheema classic ( gr . i ) , both went to japanese - bred runners . the former fell to just a way ( truenicks a + ) , who is the only grade one winner for his sire heart’s cry , a two - time champion by sunday silenc e . the dam , sibyl , was imported into japan in utero , and is by wild again out of the off - bred mare charon ( by the little - known mo exception , from a branch of the tudor minstrel branch of hyperion ) , heroine of five graded stakes including the cca oaks ( gr . i ) and black - eyed susan stakes ( gr . ii ) . this is a pedigree that has an unusual amount of hyperion / nearco combinations in the center , and we’ll note the wild again’s son , wild rush , sired grade one winner transcend and grade three scorer courir passion out of mares by heart’s cry’s broodmare sire , tony bin , so the formula seems to work .
dan some questions . is there a place on the drf website where i can find the full conditions for the race for the entries ? today , wednesday , under the drf entries tab , the 7th at gp is listed as a $ 25 , 000 open race , when it is really open only to non winners of three lifetime and a claiming price of $ 30 , 000 to $ 25 , 000 . i guess i just get too excited when there is a truly open , no conditions , allowance or high class claimer . quite often in your analyses you will mention that a horse was a vet scratch on such and such a date . where do you get that information ? if it isn ' t your own records can i get it also ? ron zuercher
* * * sorry if this has been asked and answered recently , but i have trouble visiting this blog as much as i ' d like : what are al stall ' s plans for bind ? did i miss a non - winners of 1 other than allowance score or has it not happened yet ? my guess ( and it ' s just a guess ) would be the derby trial might be in his future . any thoughts on the chance of that ? i watched his maiden score ( and cashed a nice pick 4 by singling him ) and was truly amazed . horses just don ' t go 1 : 08 and 4 at the fairgrounds very often , especially not maidens . i think the sky is the limit for this horse and we all know that stall will take his time with him raitchjay
i always wondered where thebarton was . i just did the profile of richmond ( hoy1876 ) and didn ' t realize that he wona couple of features in adelaide as a 7yo . . . but at ' the old course ' , which i think is victoria park , not thebarton . . . otherwise he would have had a street named after him . they have done the same thing on the site of the old epsom track . i used to go there and watch manikato work . only horse i ever got out of bed that early for . now the main drag of the housing estate is named after him . when epsom closed as a training track in the 1990 ' s it really brought home to me that closing a race track is really breaking up a community . it was really rather sad .
it is a great article about alysheba . look at how many grade 1 ' s at a mile and a quarter this horse took down . but most of all , he was a stud and legend in his own mind . . . . one of the proudest horses on whom i ' ve ever laid eyes . i was privileged to spend some time with him at monmouth and he was unbelievable in the post parade for the iselin . to this day i have a picture of him on the wall . he was truly spectacular . most interesting of all , van berg raced him without lasix at the iselin , just to prove he could win without it . could you imagine a trainer taking that kind of stand now ? dan , would you please be so kind as to post his pp ' s ? tbta
tontonan wrote : i always wondered where thebarton was . i just did the profile of richmond ( hoy1876 ) and didn ' t realize that he wona couple of features in adelaide as a 7yo . . . but at ' the old course ' , which i think is victoria park , not thebarton . . . otherwise he would have had a street named after him . they have done the same thing on the site of the old epsom track . i used to go there and watch manikato work . only horse i ever got out of bed that early for . now the main drag of the housing estate is named after him . when epsom closed as a training track in the 1990 ' s it really brought home to me that closing a race track is really breaking up a community . it was really rather sad .
the barb ' s 5yo season was awesome . he was undefeated in 7 starts , winning an epic battle with tim whiffler in the great metropolitan with both horses under 61 . 5kg , then accounting for him easily in the craven plate . strategically scratched from the melbourne cup to leave the race for glencoe , the barb walked over for the royal park stakes when no horse would oppose him . on new years day he won the 3 miler for the third year in succession ( defeating glencoe ) and was supreme in the sydney cup carrying 10 . 8 ( 66kg ) - a record that stands to this day - and ending his career with victory in the queens plate . the last crop of fisherman contested the classics this season with the filly my dream ( fisherman - nightlight ) repeating sea gull ' s double , winning the derby and the oaks .


myxophaga is the second smallest suborder of the coleoptera after archostemata , consisting of roughly 65 species of small to minute beetles in four families .

the members of this suborder are aquatic and semiaquatic , and feed on algae .

myxophaga

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reichardt , h . , 1976 . revision of the lepiceridae ( coleoptera , myxophaga ) . papeis avulsos de zoologia , 30 : 35
reichardt , h . , 1976 . a new african torridincolid ( coleoptera , myxophaga ) . rev . zool . afr . , 90 : 209
hinton , h . e . 1969 . plastron respiration in adult beetles of the suborder myxophaga . journal of zoology , 159 , 131 - 137 .
on the systematic position of the genera lepiceroides gen . n . and haplochelus , with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the myxophaga ( coleoptera )
löbl , i . ( 2003 ) suborder myxophaga , p . 25 . in : löbl , i . & smetana , a . ( eds . ) , catalogue of palaearctic coleoptera . vol . 1 . archostemata - myxophaga – adephaga . stenstrup , denmark ( apollo books ) , pp . 819–819 .
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on the systematic position of the genera lepiceroides gen . n . and haplochelus , with notes on the taxonomy and phylogeny of the myxophaga ( coleoptera ) » brill online
hinton , h . e . , 1967 . on the spiracles of the larvae of the suborder myxophaga ( coleoptera ) . australian journal of zoology , 15 : 955–959 .
hinton , h . e . 1967 . on the spiracles of the larvae of the suborder myxophaga ( coleoptera ) . australian journal of zoology , 15 , 955 - 959 .
endrody - younga , s . 1997 . microsporidae ( coleoptera : myxophaga ) , a new family for the african continent . annals of the transvaal museum 36 : 309 - 311 .
beutel , r . g . , 1999 . phylogenetic analysis of myxophaga ( coleopter ) with a redescription of lepicerus horni ( lepiceridae ) . zool . anz . , 237 [ 1998 ] : 291–308 .
löbl , i . & smetana , a . ( 2003 ) catalogue of palaearctic coleoptera . vol . 1 . archostemata - myxophaga – adephaga . stenstrup , denmark ( apollo books ) , 819 pp .
abdullah , m . , 1974 . notes of sphaeriformia abdullah , particularly torridincolidae steffan ( col . myxophaga ) . annales de la société entomologique de france ( n . s . ) , 10 : 959–962 .
beutel , r . g . , maddison , d . r . , haas , a . , 1998 . phylogenetic analysis of myxophaga ( coleoptera ) using larval characters . systematic entomology , 24 : 171–192 .
beutel , r . g . 1999 . phylogenetic analysis of myxophaga ( coleoptera ) with a redescription of lepicerus horni ( lepiceridae ) . zool . anz . , ( 1998 / 99 ) : 291 - 308 .
beutel , r . g . , d . r . maddison , and a . haas . 1999 . phylogenetic analysis of myxophaga ( coleoptera ) using larval characters . systematic entomology , 24 : 171 - 192 .
endrödy - younga , s . , 1997 . active extraction of water - dissolved oxygen and descriptions new taxa of torridincolidae ( coleoptera : myxophaga ) . annale van die transvaal museum , 36 ( 24 ) : 313
reichardt , h . , 1973 . more on myxophaga : on the morphology of scaphydra angra ( reichardt , 1971 ) ( coleoptera ) . revista brasileira de entomologia , 17 ( ! 5 ) , 109 - 110 .
reichardt , h . and s . a . vanin . , 1976 . two new torridincolidae from serra do cipo , minas gerais , brazil ( coleoptera , myxophaga ) . studia entomologica 19 ( 1–4 ) : 211–218 .
fikáček , m . & šípková , h . , 2009 . new asian hydroscapha , with comments on male - female association of co - occuring species ( coleoptera , myxophaga , hydroscaphidae ) . zootaxa , 2286 , 31–48 .
reichardt , h . & c . costa , 1967 . ptyopteryx britskii , a new neotropical genus and species of the hitherto ethiopian torridincolidae ( coleoptera , myxophaga ) . papéis avulsos zool . , são paulo , 21 : 13
reichardt , h . 1973 . a critical study of the suborder myxophaga , with a taxonomic revision of the brazilian torridincolidae and hydroscaphidae ( coleoptera ) . arquivos de zoologia , s . paulo 24 ( 2 ) : 73 - 162 .
reichardt , h . , 1973 . a critical study of the suborder myxophaga , with a taxonomic revision of the brazilian tridincolidae and hydroscaphidae ( coleoptera ) . arquivos de zoologia , s . paulo , 24 : 73–162 , 8 pls .
vanin , s . a . 1978 . ytu reichardti , a new torridincolid from serra do cipo , minas gerais , brazil ( coleoptera , myxophaga , torridincolidae ) . revista brasileira de entomologia 22 ( 1 ) : 1 - 4 .
anton , e . & r . g . beutel , 2006 . on the head morphology of lepiceridae ( coleoptera : myxophaga ) and the systematic position of the family and suborder . eur . j . entomol . , 103 : 85–95 .
kirejtshuk a . g . , poinar g . . , 2006 . haplochelidae , a new family of cretaceous beetles ( coleoptera : myxophaga ) from burmese amber . proceedings of the entomological society of washington , 108 ( 1 ) : 155 - 164 .
navarrete - heredia , j . l . , cortés - aquilar , j . & beutel , r . g . , 2005 . new findings on the enigmatic beetle family lepiceridae ( coleoptera : myxophaga ) . entomol . abh . , 62 : 193
reichardt , h . 1974 . relationships between hydroscaphidae and torridincolidae , based on larvae and pupae , with the description of the immature stages of scaphydra angra ( coleoptera , myxophaga ) . revista brasileira de entomologia , 18 ( 4 ) , 117 - 122 .
american beetles , volume i : archostemata , myxophaga , adephaga , polyphaga : staphyliniformia arnett , r . h . , jr . , and m . c . thomas . ( eds . ) . 2000 . crc press llc , boca raton , fl .
suborder myxophaga wing with base of rs vein absent ; prothorax usually with distinct notopleural suture . family hydroscaphidae ( skiff beetles ) size about 1 . 5 mm ; found in algae on rocks in streams ; sometimes placed in staphylinoidea ; generic example hydroscapha ; widely distributed .
hájek , j . & fikáček , m . , 2008 . a review of the genus satonius ( coleoptera : myxophaga : torridincolidae ) : taxonomic revision , larval morphology , notes on wing polymorphism , and phylogenetic implications . acta entomologica musei nationalis pragae , 48 , 655–676 .
shepard , w . d . , r . e . roughley and w . porras . 2005 . the natural history of lepicerus inaequalis motschulsky in costa rica , and additional morphological descriptions ( coleoptera : myxophaga : lepiceridae ) . folia entomologica mexicana , 44 supplemento 1 : 97 - 105 .
falamarzi , s . , pütz , a . , heidari , m . & nasserzadeh , h . ( 2010 ) confirmed occurrence of hydroscapha granulum in iran , with notes on its biology ( coleoptera : myxophaga : hydroscaphidae ) . acta entomologica musei nationalis pragae , 50 ( 1 ) , 97–106 .
bell , r . t . ( 2003 ) family rhysodidae , 78–79 . in : löbl , i . & smetana , a . ( eds . ) , catalogue of palaearctic coleoptera . vol . 1 . archostemata - myxophaga - adephaga . stenstrup , denmark ( apollo books ) , pp . 819–819 .
nilsson , a . n . ( 2003 ) family noteridae , 33–35 . in : löbl , i . & smetana , a . ( eds . ) , catalogue of palaearctic coleoptera . vol . 1 . archostemata - myxophaga – adephaga . stenstrup , denmark ( apollo books ) , pp . 819–819 .
mazzoldi , p . ( 2003 ) family gyrinidae . in : löbl , i . & smetana , a . ( eds . ) , catalogue of palaearctic coleoptera . vol . 1 . archostemata – myxophaga – adephaga . stenstrup , denmark ( apollo books ) , pp . 26–30 . [ 819 pp . ]
vondel , b . j . van . ( 2003 ) family haliplidae , pp . 30–33 . in : löbl , i . & smetana , a . ( eds . ) , catalogue of palaearctic coleoptera . vol . 1 . archostemata - myxophaga – adephaga . stenstrup , denmark ( apollo books ) , 819 pp .
hájek , j . , h . yoshitomi , m . fikackek , m . hayashi & f . - l . jia , 2011 . two new species of satonius endrödy - younga from china and notes on the wing polymorphism of s . kurosawai satô ( coleoptera : myxophaga : torridincolidae ) . zootaxa , 3016 : 51–62 .
short , a . e . z . , l . j . joly , m . garcía , a . wild , d . d . bloom , & d . r . maddison . 2015 . molecular phylogeny of the hydroscaphidae ( coleoptera : myxophaga ) with description of a remarkable new lineage from the guiana shield . systematic entomology 40 : 214 - 229 .
dettner , k . ( 2016 ) noteridae thomson , 1857 . in : beutel , r . g . & leschen , a . b . ( eds . ) , coleoptera , beetles . morphology and systematics . archostemata , adephaga , myxophaga , polyphaga partim , vol . 1 , 2 nd edition . in : beutel , r . g . & kristensen , n . p . ( eds . ) , handbook of zoology , arthropoda : insecta , , pp . 98–107 .
beutel , r . g . ( 2016 ) rhysodidae laporte , 1840 . in : beutel , r . g . & leschen , a . b . ( eds . ) , coleoptera , beetles . morphology and systematics . archostemata , adephaga , myxophaga , polyphaga partim , vol . 1 , 2 nd edition . in : beutel , r . g . & kristensen , n . p . ( eds . ) , handbook of zoology , arthropoda : insecta , pp . 190–197 .
vondel , b . j . van . ( 2016 ) haliplidae aubé , 1836 , pp . 89–98 . in : beutel , r . g . & leschen , a . b . ( eds . ) coleoptera , beetles . morphology and systematics . archostemata , adephaga , myxophaga , polyphaga partim , vol . 1 , 2 nd edition . in : beutel , r . g . & kristensen , n . p . ( eds . ) , handbook of zoology , arthropoda : insecta .
beutel , r . g . & arce - pérez , r . ( 2016 ) sphaeriusidae erichson , 1845 . in : beutel , r . g . & leschen a . b . ( eds . ) , coleoptera , beetles . morphology and systematics . archostemata , adephaga , myxophaga , polyphaga partim , vol . 1 , 2 nd edition . in : beutel , r . g . & kristensen , n . p . ( eds . ) , handbook of zoology , arthropoda : insecta , pp . 70–71
beutel , r . g . & roughley , r . e . ( 2016 ) gyrinidae latreille , 1810 . in : beutel , r . g . & leschen , a . b . ( eds . ) coleoptera , beetles . morphology and systematics . archostemata , adephaga , myxophaga , polyphaga partim , vol . 1 , 2 nd edition . in : beutel , r . g . & kristensen , n . p . ( eds . ) , handbook of zoology , arthropoda : insecta , pp . 80–89 .
an annotated checklist of myxophaga ( hydroscaphidae and sphaeriusidae ) and adephaga ( including gyrinidae , haliplidae , noteridae , rhysodidae ) from iran is compiled . the total number of taxa include 39 species of 15 genera . the family haliplidae is represented by 15 species , gyrinidae by 12 species , noteridae by seven species , rhysodidae by three species , and hydroscaphidae and sphaeriusidae by one species each . two species , gyrinus ( gyrinus ) dejeani brullé 1832 ( gyrinidae ) and haliplus ( haliplidius ) confinis stephens 1828 ( haliplidae ) are new records for the fauna of iran .
vanin , s . a . , beutel , r . g . & arce - pérez , r . ( 2016 ) hydroscaphidae leconte , 1874 . in : beutel , r . g . & leschen , a . b . ( eds . ) , coleoptera , beetles . morphology and systematics . archostemata , adephaga , myxophaga , polyphaga partim , vol . 1 , 2 nd edition . in : beutel , r . g . & kristensen , n . p . ( eds . ) , handbook of zoology , arthropoda : insecta , pp . 71–75 .
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synonymy of two genus - group names is substantiated : tricholicinus poppius , 1912 ( type species : tricholicinus setosus j . r . sahlberg , 1880 ) = martyr semenov et znojko , 1929 ( type species : martyr praeteritorum semenov et znojko , 1929 ) , syn . n . and psammodromius peyerimhoff , 1927 ( type species : psammodromius noctivagus peyerimhoff , 1927 ) = xanthomelina iablokoff - khnzorian , 1964 ( type species : apristus zajtzewi eichler , 1924 ) , syn . n . synonymy of the following names of the species - group taxa is established : calosoma ( callisthenes ) elegans ( kirsch , 1859 ) = c . ( callisthenes ) declive ( dohrn , 1884 ) , syn . n . , lectotype of the latter is designated ; carabus ( semnocarabus ) erosus erosus motschulsky , 1866 = c . ( semnocarabus ) erosus karascharensis ( eidam , 1931 ) , syn . n . , lectotype of the latter is designated ; c . ( semnocarabus ) cicatricosulus pseudoerosus mandl , 1955 = c . ( semnocarabus ) bogdanowi semnocosulus deuve et tian , 2013 , syn . n . ; chlaenius ( dinodes ) viridis ( ménétriés , 1832 ) = ch . pallidicornis ballion , 1871 , syn . n . ; licinus ( tricholicinus ) setosus ( j . r . sahlberg , 1880 ) = licinus mongolicus reitter , 1900 , syn . n . = martyr praeteritorum semenov et znojko , 1929 , syn . n . = martyr alter semenov et znojko , 1929 , syn . n . ; psammodromius zajtzewi ( eichler , 1924 ) , comb . n . ( transferred from the genus xanthomelina iablokoff - khnzorian , 1964 ) = psammodromius pallidicolor ( mandl , 1973 ) , syn . n . = psammodromius damanabii morvan , 1977 , syn . n . calosoma ( callisthenes ) rostislavi semenov , 1906 , stat . resurr . is resurrected from synonyms of c . ( callisthenes ) declive ( dohrn , 1884 ) .
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the head morphology of clambidae and its implications for the phylogeny of scirtoidea ( coleoptera : polyphaga ) . - pubmed - ncbi
the head morphology of clambidae and its implications for the phylogeny of scirtoidea ( coleoptera : polyphaga ) .
institut für spezielle zoologie und evolutionsbiologie , fsu jena , jena , 07743 , germany .
biological faculty , department of entomology , lomonosov moscow state university , leninskie gory 1 - 12 , moscow , russia .
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dr . short ' s research program centers on elucidating the diversity , biology , and evolutionary history of aquatic beetles .
miller , k . b . , and a . e . z . short . 2015 . belladessus n . gen . from venezuela & suriname with two new species b . femineus n . sp . and b . puella n . sp . ( coleoptera : dytiscidea : hydroporinae : bidessini ) : parthenogenetic diving beetles ? coleopterists bulletin 69 : 498 - 503 .
short , a . e . z . , and c . e . mcintosh , iv . 2015 . hydrophilus harpe sp . nov . , a remarkable new species of giant water scavenger beetle from brazil ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae ) . acta entomologica musei nationalis pragae 55 : 665 - 671 .
fikacek , m . m . maruyama , t . komatsu , c . von beeren , d . vondracek , a . e . z . short , 2015 . protosternini ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae ) corroborated as monophyletic and its larva described for the first time : a review of the myrmecophilous genus . invertebrate systematics 29 : 23 - 36 .
mckenna , d . d . , b . d . farrell , m . s . caterino , c . w . farnum , d . c . hawks , d . r . maddison , a . e . seago , a . e . z . short , a . f . newton , & m . k . thayer . 2014 . phylogeny and evolution of the staphyliniformia and scarabaeiformia : forest litter as a stepping - stone for diversification of non - phytophagous beetles . systematic page 3 of 15 entomology doi : 10 . 1111 / syen . 12093 .
short , a . e . z . & m . garcía . 2014 . a new genus of egg case - carrying water scavenger beetle from the guiana shield ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae : acidocerinae ) . zootaxa 3835 : 251–262 .
bloom , d . d . , m . fikácek , & a . e . z . short . 2014 . clade age and diversification rate variation determine species richness patterns in aquatic beetle lineages . plos one 9 ( 6 ) : e98430 . doi : 10 . 1371 / journal . pone
short , a . e . z . & c . e . mcintosh * * . 2014 . review and distribution of the giant water scavenger beetle genus hydrophilus geoffory of the united states and canada ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae ) . coleopterists bulletin 68 : 187–198 .
short , a . e . z . , l . greene * * , & m . garcía . 2013 . new species and new records of the hygropetric water beetle genus oocyclus sharp from south america ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae ) . zootaxa 3741 : 349–358 .
jia , f . l . & a . e . z . short . 2013 . enochrus algarum sp . nov . , a new hygropetric water scavenger beetle from china ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae : enochrinae ) . acta entomologica musei nationalis pragae 53 : 609–614 .
fikácek , m . , m . maruyama , d . vondracek , & a . e . z . short . 2013 . chimaerocyon gen . nov . , a morphologically aberrant myrmecophilous genus of water scavenger beetle ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae : sphaeridiinae ) . zootaxa 3716 : 277–288 .
short , a . e . z . 2013 . aquatic beetles of the grensgebergte and kasikasima regions , suriname ( insecta : coleoptera ) . rap bulletin of biological assessment 67 : 79–89 .
short , a . e . z . & m . fikácek . 2013 . molecular phylogeny , evolution , and classification of the hydrophilidae ( coleoptera ) . systematic entomology 38 : 723–752 .
description of cymbiodyta orientalis sp . n . , the first species of the genus from the oriental region ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae )
description of hydrobius orientalis sp . n . , the first species of the subtribe hydrobiusina from the oriental region ( coleoptera : hydrophilidae : hydrophilini )
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includes information about u . s . species of sphaerius , including sem images of s . texanus . full text
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price , p . w . & m . f . willson . 1979 . abundance of herbivores on six milkweed species in illinois . american midland naturalist 101 ( 1 ) : 76–86 .
asclepias incarnata , a . sullivantii , a . syriaca , a . verticillata , a . amplexicaulis
. these species occur in this order on a moisture gradient from wet to dry soil conditions . this survey revealed that 12 species occurred at an abundance of at least one individual per 100 host stems in 1 plot - year on one host species :
oncopeltus fasciatus * , lygaeus kalmii * , aphis nerii * , labidomera clivicollis * , tetraopes tetrophthalmus * , t . femoratus , t . quinquemaculatus , rhyssomatus lineaticollis * , danaus plexippus , cycnia tenera * , euchaetias egle
are specific to milkweeds in illinois . seven of these species , marked with asterisks , were abundant enough to act as major selective forces on the life history patterns of the milkweed species , populations and clones concerned .
) in south - east michigan are correlated with differences in microhabitat , in exposure to herbivores , and in competition . components of each species ' reproductive strategy include : number of stems per plants , number of umbels per stem , number of flowers and pods per umbel , number of seeds per pod , seed weight and annual increase in reproductive potential . components of each species ' selective regime include : the herbivore load ( measured by the frequency of plants damaged by predators or animal parasites ) , competition ( measured by the proportion of non - flowering plants and by the density of competitors ) , and environmental uncertainty ( measured by annual mortality rates ) .
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, at one site in ohio . the coleopterists bulletin , 32 ( 3 ) : 223 - 229 .
l . , were collected daily for 90 consecutive days . of the 132 species listed , 18 were considered to be common ( 50 or more collected ) while the majority of species were considered temporary visitors . the host specific milkweed beetle , [ i ] tetraopes tetr
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new data on the distribution of the ground beetle eremosphodrus ( s . str . ) rotundicollis ( reitter , 1894 ) ( coleoptera , carabidae ) | springerlink
new data on the distribution of the ground beetle eremosphodrus ( s . str . ) rotundicollis ( reitter , 1894 ) ( coleoptera , carabidae )
data on the distribution of eremosphodrus ( s . str . ) rotundicollis ( reitter , 1894 ) are discussed . the species is recorded for the territory of uzbekistan for the first time ( termez district of surkhan - darya province ) .
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1 departamento de zoología y antropología física . facultad de veterinaria , universidad de murcia . 30071 murcia , spain
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a new species of the genus parazuphium ( coleoptera , carabidae , zuphiini ) , parazuphium aguilerai sp . n . , is described from the tingitan peninsula in north morocco . the only known specimen was found under a large deeply buried boulder , and belongs to an anophthalmous , depigmented and flattened species . this is the second species of blind parazuphium known so far , the other being parazuphium feloi machado 1998 from a lava tube in the canary islands . molecular data of the only known parazuphium aguilerai sp . n . specimen are provided , and a reconstructed phylogeny based on these molecular data confirms its inclusion inside zuphiini within harpalinae . identification keys to the mediterranean and macaronesian species of parazuphium are provided .
the species of the genus seem to be associated with deep soil or the soil crevices near rivers or temporary flooded areas ( baehr 1985 , machado 1992 ) , and generally show a flattened habitus , some degree of depigmentation and microphthalmy . some species are known from caves , one of them being the only previously known blind species of the genus ( parazuphium feloi machado , from the canary islands ) ( machado 1998 ) .
during an entomological expedition to north morocco we found the single specimen of a new species of parazuphium , anophthalmous and with strong modifications apparently related to its endogean habitat . despite an attempt to collect additional material the following year no other specimen was found , possibly due to the endogean habits of this species . we describe the species here , and provide some molecular data to characterize it and to postulate its phylogenetic position among the zuphiini for which genetic data are available ( ribera et al . 2006 ) .
the unique specimen was killed and stored in absolute ethanol in the field , and total dna was extracted using the qiagen dneasy tissue kit ( qiagen , hilden , germany ) , without destroying the external cuticle . the extracted specimen was mounted in dmhf ( dimethyl hydantoin - formaldehyde ) on a transparent acetate label . for the morphological study and photographs we used a zeiss stemi 2000c trinocular zoom stereomicroscope with spot insight firewire digital camera and software .
sp . n . was extracted using qiagen dneasy tissue kit ( qiagen , hilden , germany ) . to characterize the new species we amplified fragments of six genes , four mitochondrial and two nuclear : 3 ' end of cytochrome c oxidase subunit (
) , which were amplified for the same molecular gene fragments . pcr reactions were made using puretaq ready - to - go pcr beads ( ge healthcare , uk ) and standard conditions [ 39 cycles using 48–50°c as annealing temperature ] . new sequences have been deposited in genbank ( ncbi ) with acc . nos
. each individual gene matrix was aligned in mafft with the q - ins - i option and default parameters . the four genes fragments were concatenated to get a final dataset of 20 taxa and 3376 bp that was employed in phylogenetic analyses .
primers used in the study . f , forward ; r , reverse . length refers to the aligned matrix .
species , locality of collection , voucher reference and accession numbers for each sequence .
bayesian phylogenetic analyses ( ba ) were performed with mrbayes v . 3 . 1 . ( huelsenbeck and ronquist 2001 , ronquist and huelsenbeck 2003 ) , partitioning by gene with a gtr + g model applied to each partition . two independent runs of 20 , 000 , 000 generations were conducted , each with three hot and one cold chain , whereby trees were sampled every 100 generations . sampled trees were analysed with tracer v . 1 . 5 ( rambaut and drummond 2007 ) and their half compact consensus tree was calculated with a burning value of 10 % with node posterior probabilities used as support values , checking for an appropriate degree of convergence between chains with the effective sample size in tracer v . 1 . 5 . mrbayes was run on - line at the freely available computational service of bioportal ( www . bioportal . uio . no ) . trees were visualized in figtree v . 1 . 3 . 1 ( rambaut 2008 ) .
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line drawing ofhabitus of parazuphium aguilerai sp . n . total length 2 . 7 mm .
photographic images of parazuphium aguilerai sp . n . a whole specimen b head in dorso - lateral view c labial palpus ; ( d ) , maxillary palpus c antenna f margin of left elytron in lateral view g margin of right elytron , detail for anterior umbilicate setae , numbers 1 to 5 h margin of right elytron , detail of posterior umbilicate setae , numbers 6 to10 , arrows over them point other smaller setae i–n details of anterior , median and posterior legs respectively .
photographic image of median lobe of parazuphium aguilerai sp . n . left lateral aspect .
holotype : 1♂ , “morocco 28 - iii - 2008 / souk - khemis - des - anjra , tetuan / 123m n35°43 ' 18
w5°31 ' 23
/ andújar , hernando , ribera & aguilera leg .
; voucher number label “31 _ en
; plus red holotype label . type specimen mounted in dmhf in a transparent acetate label , genitalia dissected and mounted in dmhf in a separate label pinned with the specimen . deposited in the museu de ciències naturals de barcelona ( mcnb ) , dna aliquots deposited in the ibe ( csic ) and univ . murcia ( zafumu col . ) .
total length 2 . 7 mm ( from apex of mandible to apex of elytra ) . body depressed , flattened , light brown (
) . first antennomere ( 0 . 41mm ) as long as antennomeres 2–4 combined ( 0 . 37 mm ) (
length of holotype : 2 . 7 mm . body depressed , flattened and depigmented , light brown . surface microreticulate , with mesh pattern regular polygonal ( observed on the dried specimen ) and scattered short setae .
) . length of head ( from apex of mandible to base ) 0 . 63 mm ; maximum width close to base ( 0 . 51 mm ) . surface microreticulate , microlines deeper on sides . neck pedunculate . with three long setae , two lateral and one basal . appendages : antennae (
) with first antennomere ( 0 . 41mm ) as long as total length of antennomeres 2–3 - 4 together ( 0 . 37 mm ) ; second antennomere pedunculate ( 0 . 1 mm ) , slightly shorter than third ( 0 . 13 mm ) and fourth ( 0 . 14 mm ) ; from fifth to tenth with same length ( 0 . 16–0 . 17 mm ) ; last antennomere longer ( 0 . 23mm ) . antennomeres from 3° to 11° cylindrical . labial and maxillary palpi as in
) , longer ( 0 . 60 mm ) than wide ( 0 . 51–0 . 27 mm ) , maximum width ( 0 . 51 mm ) close to anterior angles , almost double minimum width ( 0 . 27 mm ) , at the posterior angles . anterior angles obtuse , rounded . anterior margin regularly convex . median line apparent , marked with two depressions . two lateral setae at anterior and posterior angles . lateral margin sinuate before posterior angles .
) flattened , short , not totally covering abdomen , wider apically ( maximum width , 0 . 90mm , close to apex ) ; width at humeral angle 0 . 65mm . punctuation forming longitudinal series , more evident at basal third , disappearing towards apex . entire surface with short pubescence . anterior umbilicate series with 5 spatuliform setae (