cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ensiferella Andersson 1977
Creators: name: Riccardi, Paula Raile
name: Ang, Yuchen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chloropidae
Ensiferella

description: Ensiferella Andersson, 1977
Genus overview. Belongs to the tribe Chloropsinini (Riccardi & Amorim 2020). There are nine valid species restricted to the Oriental and Australasian regions (Liu & Yang 2012). The feeding habits of most species are unknown. The diagnostic morphological features of Ensiferella include arista thick and long, sword-shaped with short pubescence (Fig. 4A); long and broad ocellar triangle; wing with cell bm+dm narrow; tibial organ absent; male genitalia with band-shaped anal sclerites, surstylus short, with wide base and apex with spines, mesolobus variable (see Liu & Yang 2012; Riccardi & Amorim 2020).
description: Published as part of Riccardi, Paula Raile & Ang, Yuchen, 2024, New species and new records of Chloropinae from Singapore (Diptera: Chloropidae), pp. 83-92 in Zootaxa 5458 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11348334
Melanolestes argentinus Berg 1879
Creators: name: Inés, Olivo Verónica
name: Coscarón, Maria Del Carmen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Melanolestes
Melanolestes argentinus

description: Melanolestes argentinus Berg, 1879
Melanolestes argentinus Berg 1879: 264; Pennington 1921: 23; Wygodzinsky 1949: 52; Wygodzinsky 1957: 264; Coscarón 1983: 372; Maldonado Capriles 1990: 361; Coscarón 1998: 16; Coscarón & Carpintero 1993: 362; Coscarón 2003: 362; Melo et al. 2004: 61.
Pirates argentinus Bergroth 1894: 166.
Melasnolestes argentinus Lethierry & Severin 1896: 121.
Rasahus (Melanolestes) argentinus Martínez 1987: 22.
New records. 3 Argentina: Salta, Vaqueros: 28º 42’05.83” S, 65 º 24’12.10”W, Olivo Col.
Distribution. Argentina: Buenos Aires: Ezeiza, Isla Martín García, Luján, Lanús, La Plata, Monte, Newton, Parque Pereyra, San Miguel, Villa Dominico, Villa Elisa; Chaco: Dept. Resistencia, Resistencia, Río de Oro; Corrientes: Pellegrini, Ecuador; Entre Ríos: Concordia, Paranacito, Pronunciamiento, Villa Elisa; Jujuy: Yala; Misiones: 2 de Mayo; Río Negro: Coronel Conesa; Salta: Candelaria, Orán, P.N. Finca del rey; Santa Fé: Coronda, Rosario, Isla Timbó; Santiago del Estero; Río Negro; Tucumán: El Cadillal, Las Criollas. Uruguay.
description: Published as part of Inés, Olivo Verónica & Coscarón, Maria Del Carmen, 2009, Additional records of Heteroptera (Hemiptera) from Argentina, pp. 38-48 in Zootaxa 2311 on page 45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.191885
Xenovarta Viraktamath
Creators: name: Duan, Yani
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Xenovarta

description: Xenovarta Viraktamath
Xenovarta Viraktamath, 2004: 23.
Xenovarta, Duan & Zhang, 2010: 40.
Xenovarta, Xing, Dai & Li, 2011: 64.
Type species: Xenovarta acuta Viraktamath, 2004.
Remarks. Males in this genus may be distinguished from other members of Scaphytopiini by the fused plates and valve (Fig. 1 B), articulated connective and aedeagus, and the style with a rather elongate rugulose apophysis (Fig. 1 C).
Distribution. China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and the Pacific (Sabah).
description: Published as part of Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, A new leafhopper genus and two new species of the tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, pp. 362-370 in Zootaxa 3670 (3) on page 364, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/216753
Bromeloecia Spuler
Creators: name: Yau, Tiffany
name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Bromeloecia

description: Genus Bromeloecia Spuler
Bromeloecia Spuler, 1924: 375, as subgenus of Leptocera Olivier. Type species: Limosina bromeliarum Knab & Malloch, 1912. Marshall, 1983a: 32–35, as genus (revision of Nearctic species). Roháček et al. (2001) (catalog, synonymy).
FIGURE 1.1. The most parsimonious phylogenetic tree generated from
description: Published as part of Yau, Tiffany & Marshall, Stephen A., 2018, A revision of the genus Bromeloecia Spuler (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae), pp. 1-115 in Zootaxa 4445 (1) on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4445.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1454109
Pheosia tremula
Creators: name: Aistleitner, E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Notodontidae
Pheosia
Pheosia tremula

description: Pheosia tremula
Nachweise: n = 1
St. Gallenkirch, 900 m, 30.07.1978 (D)
description: Published as part of Aistleitner, E., 2014, Biodiversitätsforschung in Vorarlberg, Austria occ. Zur Schmetterlingsfauna des Verwalls - 1. Teil Tagfalter, Spinner und Schwärmer (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Diurna, Bombyces et Sphinges sensu, pp. 221-290 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 287, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4526236
Scaphytopiini
Creators: name: Duan, Yani
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae

description: Scaphytopiini
Scaphytopiini Oman, 1943: 16. Type genus: Scaphytopius Ball, 1931.
Remarks. Scaphytopiini can be recognized by the gena not incised and visible behind the eye in dorsal view (except Proceps Mulsant & Rey, 1855, also included in the tribe by Dmitriev (2002) based on nymphal characters) (Plate I: C). In addition, the following characters are present in this tribe but are not universal or unique: long pointed head; elongate and narrow frontoclypeus; forewing with vermiculate pattern and/or reflexed costal veins; aedeagus disassociated from connective with paired (sometimes fused) pseudostyles and paired gonopores.
Scaphytopiini is usually characterized by the gena not incised and visible behind the eye in dorsal view. However, this character has probably arisen several times independently. Phylogenetic analyses of Deltocephalinae suggest that Scaphytopiini is not monophyletic, further study of its classification is needed (Zahniser & Dietrich, 2010).
PLATE I. Xenovarta lui sp. n. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view; C: head and thorax, dorsal view; D: face; E: forewing; F & G: male segments X–XI, lateral and dorsal view, respectively.
description: Published as part of Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, A new leafhopper genus and two new species of the tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, pp. 362-370 in Zootaxa 3670 (3) on pages 362-363, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/216753
Ensiferella kanmiyai Nartshuk. In 1993
Creators: name: Riccardi, Paula Raile
name: Ang, Yuchen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chloropidae
Ensiferella
Ensiferella kanmiyai

description: Ensiferella kanmiyai Nartshuk, 1993
Figs. 4A–C
Examined specimens. 2 ♀ SINGAPORE, NUS Bukit Timah Campus: Centre for Urban Greenery and Ecology (CUGE), 1°19’10.100’’N, 103°48’59.200’’E, 12 m, urban area (managed vegetation), Malaise trap, 08.xii.2017, SDE Insect Survey 2017 leg. (ZRCBDP0293734; ZRCBDP0292813); 1 ♀ idem, except 29.xii.2017 (ZRCBDP0292618); 1 ♂ idem, except 15.xii.2017 (ZRCBDP0303532).
Diagnosis. Large triangular yellow area at the base of abdomen; scutellum black; ocellar triangle shiny, not metallic, with deep longitudinal sulcus and pointed anterior apex; male terminalia with anal sclerites arched distally; surstylus with round apex; mesolobus quadrate; pre- and postgonites about the same length.
Barcode. Cytochrome oxidase I (COI) partial-cds (313 b.p.; GenBank accession code OR776890) as follows:
A A A T A A G T G T T G G T A T A A A A T T G G A T C C C C A C C T C C T G C A G G G T - C A A A A A A G G A A G TAT T TA G AT T T C G G T C T G T TA A A A G TAT T G TA ATA G C T C C T G C T A ATA C A G G C A G T G ATA A A A G TA ATA ATA A A G C A G TA AT TA C TA C T G AT C A G A C A A ATA - AAGGTATTCGGTCAAAAGTAATTCCTGTAGATCGTATATTAATTACTGTAGTAATAAAATTTACTGCTCCTAAAATTGATGAAATACCTGCTAAATGTAAGGAAAAAATAGCTAAGTCAACTGATGCTCCCCCATGTGCAATAATTGAAGAAAGT
Remarks. Here we provide the first photo and DNA barcode of Ensiferella kanmiyai. The species was identified using Liu & Yang’s (2012) key to the species of Ensiferella and its original description (Nartshuk 1993).
Distribution. China, Singapore *, Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Riccardi, Paula Raile & Ang, Yuchen, 2024, New species and new records of Chloropinae from Singapore (Diptera: Chloropidae), pp. 83-92 in Zootaxa 5458 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11348334
Xenovarta
Creators: name: Duan, Yani
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Xenovarta

description: Xenovarta lui sp. n.
(Plate I, Figure 1)
Length. Male: 8.3mm.
Dark bluish green with orange stripes (Plate I: A & B). Vertex, pronotum and scutellum with orange longitudinal stripes, two small black spots on either side of median line near apex of vertex, lateral area traversed by stripe continuing on pronotum and scutellum then on to clavus as median pair, pronotum with additional lateral stripe continuing on clavus as lateral stripe (Plate I: C). Median area of frontoclypeus, basal areas of clypellus and lora yellow (Plate I: D). Forewing dark bluish green except brown apex (Plate I: A & B). Ventral area of thorax, abdomen, and leg ochraceous.
Vertex acutely triangularly produced in front of eyes, about 2.5x as long as interocular width, 1.6x as long as pronotum (Plate I: C), lateral margins sharp, carinate (Plate I: B). Face longer than wide, frontoclypeus elongate and narrow, clypellus wider near apex than at base, not extending beyond genal curve (Plate I: D). Pronotum about 2x as wide as long, longer than vertex (Plate I: C). Scutellum slightly shorter than pronotum (Plate I: C). Forewing with four apical and two anteapical cells, inner anteapical cell open behind (Plate I: E). Male segment X weakly sclerotized, long, with one strongly sclerotized and apically bifid process (Plate I: F & G).
Male genitalia. Pygofer side elongate, base wide, apex narrow, middle of dorsal margin and ventral margin strongly inflexed, with sclerotised area, apex with subtriangular membranous lobe (Fig. 1 A). Valve fused to subgenital plates the latter with uniseriate row of macrosetae, with pair of sclerotized lobes dorsally (Fig. 1 B). Style with lobe in middle, subapical lobe discernable but not well developed, apophysis distally rugulose (Fig. 1 C). Connective narrowly linear, stem half as long as arms, quadrate, arms in contact with each other (Fig. 1 D). Aedeagus apex narrow, with pair of subapical processes, gonopore large, apical (Figs 1 E, 1F).
Material examined. Holotype: male, China, Yunnan Prov., Lushui County, Chenggan Town, 1013m, 6.VI.2011, coll. Lu Lin (NWAFU).
Remarks. This species is similar to Xenovarta longicornis, but can be distinguished by the underdeveloped subapical lobe of the style (Fig. 1 C) and by the aedeagus with a pair of subapical processes (Figs 1 E, 1F).
Etymology. This species is named for our colleague Lu Lin who collected the specimen.
description: Published as part of Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, A new leafhopper genus and two new species of the tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, pp. 362-370 in Zootaxa 3670 (3) on pages 364-365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/216753
Service Innovation Using Socially Assistive Robots in Early Learning
Creators: name: Gupta, Nomita
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460105
subject: Applications in social sciences and education
classificationCode: 460205
subject: Intelligent robotics
classificationCode: 520101
subject: Child and adolescent development
classificationCode: 520102
subject: Educational psychology

description: Submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to La Trobe Business School, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
Borealestes serendipitus WALDMAN & SAVAGE 1972
Creators: name: Panciroli, Elsa
name: Benson, Roger B. J.
name: Fernandez, Vincent
name: Butler, Richard J.
name: Fraser, Nicholas C.
name: Luo, Zhe-Xi
name: Walsh, Stig
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Docodonta
Docodontidae
Borealestes
Borealestes serendipitus

description: BOREALESTES SERENDIPITUS WALDMAN & SAVAGE, 1972
Holotype: Partial left dentary, BRSUG 20570.
Stratigraphic provenance: Kilmaluag Formation, Late Bathonian, Middle Jurassic (Retrocostatum Zone: Barron et al., 2012).
Type locality: Just south of Cladach a’ Ghlinne, Strathaird Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland UK (Fig. 1).
Referred material: From the Kilmaluag Formation, Isle of Skye: NMS G.1992.47.121.1, partial skeleton.
Etymology: Species name from noun serendipity, defined as the faculty of making happy and unexpected discoveries by accident.
Differential diagnosis: Dental formula 4.1.?5.4/?4.1.5.5(6). Borealestes serendipitus differs from Borealestes cuillinensis, the only other species in the genus, in having distinct anterolabial and anterolingual crests between cusps A and X in the upper molars, and in that cusp Z is reduced (Figs 5a and b, 6). The anterior fovea is more distinct than in B. cuillinensis. The lower molar cusps are slightly less dorsoventrally tall in B. serendipitus than in B. cuillinensis. The lappets of the dentary enclose the cartilage of the Meckel’s sulcus of B. serendipitus from the point ventral to the m3–m 4 in adult specimens, leaving a faint line running anteriorly, unlike in B. cuillinensis where it remains an open sulcus in the adult (Fig. 7). The mandibular symphysis of B. serendipitus remains distinct until ventral to the p3– p4, whereas it is much less distinct in B. cuillinensis.
Description: The holotype BRSUG 20570 is a partial left dentary, removed from matrix, with nine teeth in their alveoli (one only comprising roots). It measures 11 mm in length.
description: Published as part of Panciroli, Elsa, Benson, Roger B. J., Fernandez, Vincent, Butler, Richard J., Fraser, Nicholas C., Luo, Zhe-Xi & Walsh, Stig, 2021, New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles, pp. 1323-1362 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (4) on page 1331, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa144, http://zenodo.org/record/5856067
Eutropha Loew 1866
Creators: name: Riccardi, Paula Raile
name: Ang, Yuchen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chloropidae
Eutropha

description: Eutropha Loew, 1866
Genus overview. Close affinities with the tribe Chloropsinini (Riccardi &Amorim, 2020). 23 valid species occurring in the eastern hemisphere and almost invariably recorded from coastal habitats. Larvae have been reared from seal carcasses (Ismay et al. 2021; Kirk-Spriggs 2007). However, the feeding habits of most species are unknown. The diagnostic morphological features of Eutropha include ocellar triangle not reaching the frontal apex (Fig. 5A); gena wide with more than one row of pilosity; parafacial not visible; postpedicel short oval, scutum pilosity pale; wing hyaline or fumose; male terminalia without anal sclerites, surstylus short, with wide base and apex with spines, postgonite at most half-length of postgonite, pregonite bent ventrally at base (see Ismay et al. 2021; Riccardi & Amorim 2020).
description: Published as part of Riccardi, Paula Raile & Ang, Yuchen, 2024, New species and new records of Chloropinae from Singapore (Diptera: Chloropidae), pp. 83-92 in Zootaxa 5458 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11348334
Dobunnodon, GEN. NOV.
Creators: name: Panciroli, Elsa
name: Benson, Roger B. J.
name: Fernandez, Vincent
name: Butler, Richard J.
name: Fraser, Nicholas C.
name: Luo, Zhe-Xi
name: Walsh, Stig
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Docodonta
Docodontidae
Dobunnodon

description: DOBUNNODON GEN. NOV.
Z o o b a n k r e g i s t r a t i o n: L S I D u r n:l s i d:z o o b a n k. org:act: 46E0C61F-64A3-4B30-8780-AB634A882043.
Type species: ‘ Borealestes ’ mussettae Sigogneau Russell, 2003.
Etymology: The genus is derived from one of the Iron Age Celtic tribes, the Dobunni, that occupied the region around Kirtlington where the holotype was discovered, and the Greek δόντι, tooth.
description: Published as part of Panciroli, Elsa, Benson, Roger B. J., Fernandez, Vincent, Butler, Richard J., Fraser, Nicholas C., Luo, Zhe-Xi & Walsh, Stig, 2021, New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles, pp. 1323-1362 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (4) on page 1333, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa144, http://zenodo.org/record/5856067
Aparaphysis Duan & Zhang, 2013, gen. n.
Creators: name: Duan, Yani
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Aparaphysis

description: Aparaphysis gen. n.
Type species: Aparaphysis lushuiiensis sp. n.
Description. Head narrower than pronotum, conically produced anteriorly (Plate II: A). Transition between vertex and face angular but not carinate (Plate II: A & B). Ocelli on anterior margin of head closed to eye. Gena not incised and visible behind the eye in dorsal view. Pronotum widened posteriorly (Plate II: C). Forewing with reflexed veins to costa (Plate II: E). Profemur setal row AV with 15–17 setae of nearly same length; IC row with 6 long setae of similar length; AM1 well developed (Fig. 3 A). Protibia dorsal setal formula 1+4 (Fig. 3 B). Hind femur setal formula 2+2+1 (Fig. 3 C). Hind tibia setal row AD: with approximately 13 long stout setae and 0–5 shorter stout setae between each long seta (Fig. 3 D); PD: with appproximately 20 macrosetae, slightly longer and narrower than those of AD, subequal to each other in length (Fig. 3 E).
Male pygofer side without process (Fig. 2 A). Valve triangular (Fig. 1 B). Subgenital plate elongate, triangular with a row of marginal setae (Fig. 2 C). Style with broad anterior part, subapical lobe discernable but not well developed, apophysis of style elongate (Fig. 2 D). Connective fused with aedeagus, without paraphysis, its arms close together (Figs 2 E, 2F). Aedeagus simple, with well developed dorsal apodeme (Figs 2 E, 2F).
Remarks. We place this genus in Scaphytopiini based on the gena lacking an incision below the eye and being visible behind the eye in dorsal view. In the key to genera of Scaphytopiini of the Indian subcontinent by Viraktamath & Anantha Murthy (1999), Aparaphysis keys out to Sudhamruta Viraktamath & Anantha Murthy. It differs from Sudhamruta in having the connective without paraphysis (Figs 2 E, 2F). This genus is also similar to Sikhamani Viraktamath & Webb but differs in having the connective without paraphysis and aedeagus without processes (Figs 2 E, 2F). This genus is also similar to Scaphoideus Uhler in coloration, wing venation.
Etymology. This genus is named for the connective lacking a paraphysis, the gender is feminine.
description: Published as part of Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, A new leafhopper genus and two new species of the tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, pp. 362-370 in Zootaxa 3670 (3) on page 365, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/216753
Eutropha noctilux
Creators: name: Riccardi, Paula Raile
name: Ang, Yuchen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chloropidae
Eutropha
Eutropha noctilux

description: Eutropha noctilux (Walker, 1859)
Fig. 5A
Examined specimens. 1 ♀ SINGAPORE, Kranji Marshes (KM02), 1°25’12.85’’N, 103°43’43.87’’E, 4 m, Mangrove, Malaise Trap, 19.iv.2018, Mangrove Insect Project leg. (ZRCBDP0269534; failed barcode); 1 ♀ idem, except Pulau Semakau: New Mangrove Fragment (SMN3), 1°12’05.600’’N, 103°45’46.500’’E, 1 m, Malaise trap, 06.xi.2013 (ZRCBDP0104027; failed barcode).
Diagnosis. Scutum uniformly black; notopleuron with a white macula; wings infuscate; scutellum pale yellow.
Barcode. Not available.
Remarks. The male terminalia of Eutropha noctilux are unknown.
Distribution. Borneo, Java, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore *, Sumba, Pacific Islands, New Guinea, Australia.
In addition to the aforementioned taxa, we found undetermined specimens of the genera Chlorops (Fig. 5B), Elliponeura (Fig. 5C), Cerais (Fig. 5D), and Thressa (Fig. 5E) occurring in Singapore. The genera Cerais and Thressa are being recorded for the first time in Singapore and the genus Elliponeura is being recorded for the first time in the Oriental region. Unfortunately, the mOTUs assigned to these genera are singletons and no males were available to reliably assign these taxa to species.
description: Published as part of Riccardi, Paula Raile & Ang, Yuchen, 2024, New species and new records of Chloropinae from Singapore (Diptera: Chloropidae), pp. 83-92 in Zootaxa 5458 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5458.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/11348334
Allochthonius Chamberlin 1929
Creators: name: Hou, Yanmeng
name: Zhang, Feng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Pseudoscorpiones
Pseudotyrannochthoniidae
Allochthonius

description: GenusAllochthoniusChamberlin, 1929
Type species.
Chthonius opticus Ellingsen, 1907, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Hou, Yanmeng & Zhang, Feng, 2024, Three new species of dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from China, pp. 135-154 in ZooKeys 1204 on pages 135-154, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1204.111842
Bromeloecia pinna Yau & Marshall 2018, sp. n.
Creators: name: Yau, Tiffany
name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Bromeloecia
Bromeloecia pinna

description: Bromeloecia pinna Yau and Marshall sp. n.
(Figs. 4.1–4.14)
Description: Body length 1.4–1.8 mm (males), 1.8–2.1 mm (females). Generally similar to B. abundantia, except the colour contrast between the yellowish gena and the dark brown thorax is more pronounced.
Wing: Distance between radial fork and r-m 4.5x length of r-m; dm-cu 1.5x length of r-m and distance between crossveins 2.5x length of dm-cu.
Male abdomen and terminalia: S5 with a pair of posteromedial lobes, lobes posteroventrally with medially directed spicules; a row of strong setae; row longer than width of modified posteromedial part of sclerite. Cercus flat, wide, flipper-like. Distiphallus LFS sheet-like, apically long and rippled; FDS forming a posteriorly bent tongue; SDS weakly sclerotized, spatulate.
Female abdomen and terminalia: Each spermatheca with 1 hemispherical pit and 1 nozzle-like pit, both pits with scattered dimples.
Type specimens: Holotype: 1♂: ECUADOR: Napo: Baeza, 5 Mar 1979, S. A. Marshall (QCAZ).
Paratypes: ECUADOR: Napo: 15 km NW Baeza, 2200 m, dung trap, 2–6 Mar 1976, S. Peck (9♂, 8♀, QCAZ, DEBU); 17 km NE Baeza, 1400 m, carrion trap, 3–6 Mar 1976, S. Peck (QCAZ); 17 km NE Baeza, 1400 m, dung trap, 3–6 Mar 1976, S. Peck (5♂, 3♀, QCAZ, DEBU); same as holotype (1♂, 2♀, QCAZ, DEBU); Baeza, stone trail wet montane rainforest/pasture, 1550 m, Malaise trap, 15–19 May 1987, L. D. Coote & B. V. Brown (3♂, DEBU); Baeza, wet montane rainforest, 1500 m, Malaise trap, 16–19 May 1987, Coote & Brown (1♂, DEBU); Baeza, W along road, montane rainforest/pasture, 1500 m, Malaise trap, 16–19 May 1987, Coote & Brown (1♀, DEBU); Cosanga, 2.5 km W, 2150 m, dung/pans, 5–7 Nov 1999, S. A. Marshall (1♂, 1♀, DEBU).
Etymology: This name refers to the flipper-like cerci (Latin ‘pinna’: fin, wing).
Comments: B. pinna is found at relatively high elevations in the Ecuadorian province of Napo, in Baeza and nearby areas of cloud forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes. This species is relatively large when compared to other Bromeloecia species, but not as large as B. magna. The male cercus of B. pinna is usually found extended laterally to different degrees, and is rarely flexed inwards.
description: Published as part of Yau, Tiffany & Marshall, Stephen A., 2018, A revision of the genus Bromeloecia Spuler (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Limosininae), pp. 1-115 in Zootaxa 4445 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4445.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1454109
D3.1 Policy makers and civil servants training plan
Creators: name: Anastasopoulou, Nana
name: Evangelinou, Betty
name: Bjerde, Katrine Weisteen
name: Bjonnes, Lars
name: Filiposka, Sonja
name: Green, Dominique
name: Sánchez Moreno, Marina
name: Giglia, Elena
name: Prnjat, Ognjen
name: Di Giorgio, Sara
name: Lazzeri, Emma
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Open Science
Skills
EOSC
Science for Policy
Policy-makers
Civil Servant
Training
Competences

description: Deliverable D3.1 - Policymakers and civil servants training plan, is a document that describes the general overview of the plan of the training activities related  to policymakers and civil servants during the project. The information included is describing all the training activities, the dependences with other tasks and WPs in the project, the training calendar and the learning platform which will be used for the training purposes / needs.

This document will be updated with deliverable D3.2 “Evidence-based policy and Public Administration training final report” which is the final report for the training activities in T3.1 and will be delivered at the end of the project.
Sinocyrtaspis Liu 2000
Creators: name: Wang, Tao
name: Shi, Fuming
name: Chang, Yanlin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Sinocyrtaspis

description: Key to the species of Sinocyrtaspis (males)
1 Posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite with 1 notch; cercus not reaching posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite.... 2
- Posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite split; cercus surpassing posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite............ 3
2 The notch on posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite slightly wider than long, apex of genitalia positioned on the notch (Chang et al. 2012, Fig. 2C)................................................................. S. brachycerca
- The notch on posterior margin of 10th abdominal tergite narrow and long, apex of genitalia not positioned on the notch (Chang et al. 2012, Fig. 1C)........................................................................ S. angustisulca
3 Basal area of cercus with 1 spiniform process............................................................... 4
- Basal area of cercus without spiniform process.............................................................. 5
4 Apical half of 10th abdominal tergite rectangular (Chang et al. 2012, Fig. 3E); 1/3 basal area of cercus on dorsal margin with 1 long spiniform process........................................................................... S. spina
- Apical half of 10th abdominal tergite cardiac (Fig. 6G); 1/3 basal area of cercus on dorsal margin with 1 short spiniform process................................................................................... S. cardia sp. nov.
5 Subapex of cercus extending ventrally and dorsally, twisted, apex lamellate (Fig. 5I)............ S. hengshanensis sp. nov.
- Subapex of cercus neither extending nor twisted.............................................................6
6 Cercus strongly bent inner-ventrally, inner margin of apical half lamellate extended (Fig. 2I).................. S. truncata
- Apical half of cercus moderately bent inward, inner margin of subapical area conspicuously extended inner-dorsad, phylloid (Fig. 1G)..................................................................................... .. S. lushanensis
description: Published as part of Wang, Tao, Shi, Fuming & Chang, Yanlin, 2019, Revision of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 127-138 in Zootaxa 4609 (1) on page 128, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3150956
Spelaeochthonius Morikawa 1954
Creators: name: Hou, Yanmeng
name: Zhang, Feng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Pseudoscorpiones
Pseudotyrannochthoniidae
Spelaeochthonius

description: GenusSpelaeochthoniusMorikawa, 1954
Type species.
Spelaeochthonius kubotai Morikawa, 1954, by original designation.
description: Published as part of Hou, Yanmeng & Zhang, Feng, 2024, Three new species of dragon pseudoscorpions (Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudotyrannochthoniidae) from China, pp. 135-154 in ZooKeys 1204 on pages 135-154, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1204.111842
Nesippus nana Cressey 1970
Creators: name: Dippenaar, Susan M.
name: Jordaan, Bea P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Siphonostomatoida
Pandaridae
Nesippus
Nesippus nana

description: Nesippus nana Cressey, 1970
Material examined. Two adult Ƥ from the gill arches of Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo, 1827) caught off Richards Bay during February 2004.
Supplementary description of adult female. Mostly as described by Cressey (1970) with the following modifications or details: Caudal rami (Fig. 9 A) bearing 5 obvious setae, all equally finely pinnate, 6th distomedial seta not observed. Adhesion pads (Fig. 9 C) anterolaterally on dorsal shield obvious and conically shaped, adhesion pads at base of antenna smaller and less obvious with post-oral adhesion pads very pronounced boxing glove-like structures. Antenna (Fig. 9 D) with 2 setae on terminal segment (one at base of claw, see Cressey 1970, Fig. 43) and one about midway on segment. Mandible (Fig. 9 B) with 10 teeth. Leg 1 exopod with spines on outer margins of both segments without ‘accessory spinule’ (see Cressey 1970) but rather consisting of an inner spine surrounded by flesh with tip uncovered (similar to those of N. crypturus, see Fig. 4 D, but more covered and thus less sharp and pointy). Leg 4 (Fig. 9 E) exopod with fine setules on medial margin, terminal spines (1 slightly more distolateral than others) of almost equal lengths (outer 2 slightly longer) with serrated margins and endopod with fine setules on distomedial margin.
Distinguishing characteristics. Fourth thoracic segment without lateral expansions, genital complex with anterolateral corners slightly tapering into narrow neck-like anterior region with shallow and broad median sinus posteriorly (see Cressey 1970, Fig. 39), prominent boxing glove-like post-oral adhesion pads (Fig. 9 C), cephalon border bearing conspicuous papillae with short setules (Fig. 9 F) and caudal rami with very finely (almost invisible) pinnate setae (Fig. 9 A).
Ecological aspects. Nesippus nana exhibits a prevalence of 25% on its host with mean intensity and mean abundance of 2 and 1 individuals per host respectively.
This is the first report of N. nana from the east coast of South Africa.
description: Published as part of Dippenaar, Susan M. & Jordaan, Bea P., 2012, Notes on the morphology and ecology of the adult females of Nesippus species (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) with a key for identification, pp. 18-30 in Zootaxa 3170 on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279817
Zoothamnium constrictum var. brevistylum Stiller 1953
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Protozoa
Ciliophora
Oligohymenophorea
Peritrichida
Zoothamniidae
Zoothamnium
Zoothamnium constrictum
Zoothamnium constrictum var. brevistylum stiller, 1953

description: Zoothamnium constrictum var. brevistylum Stiller, 1953
Distribution. Hungary.
Hosts. Gammarus fossarum; Gammarus roeselii (cited as Carinogammarus triacanthus).
References. Stiller 1953a, 1971; Schödel 2018.
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2021, A checklist of species of the family Zoothamniidae (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) symbionts of crustaceans, pp. 557-581 in Zootaxa 4949 (3) on page 565, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/4640845
Borealestes serendipitus Waldman & Savage 1972
Creators: name: Panciroli, Elsa
name: Benson, Roger B. J.
name: Fernandez, Vincent
name: Butler, Richard J.
name: Fraser, Nicholas C.
name: Luo, Zhe-Xi
name: Walsh, Stig
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Docodonta
Docodontidae
Borealestes
Borealestes serendipitus

description: MORPHOLOGY OF BOREALESTES SERENDIPITUS AND BOREALESTES CUILLINENSIS
NMS G.1992.47.121.1 comprises a partial skeleton of Borealestes serendipitus on a block of blue-grey limestone. The block measures approximately 183 mm in length, 105 mm in width and between 148 and 340 mm in thickness. The surface of NMS G.1992.47.121.1 is undulating, with several hairline cracks visible in the prepared upper surface, also visible in synchrotron CT data. Skeletal elements are scattered on the surface of the block, including the palate and elements of the skull (Figs 2, 8). Synchrotron CT data revealed vertebrae, ribs, radius, partial humerus, ilium, femur and manus and pes elements within the block (unpubl. data EP). The surface bones sit on ‘platforms’ of rock, the result of acid and mechanical preparation, whereby the surrounding rock was removed. At least seven such platforms no longer contain fossil material, and likely indicate the original positions of bones that have been removed or detached during handling, such as the petrosal NMS G.1992.47.121.2 (Panciroli et al., 2018a) and the dentary NMS G.1992.47.121.3 (Panciroli et al., 2019).
NMS G.2020.4.1.1 comprises a partial skeleton of Borealestes cuillinensis contained within a series of small blocks of blue-grey limestone between ~2 and 5 cm long (Fig. 3). The skull is present between two of these blocks, which were broken apart across a natural crack in the limestone. The left dentary is visible on the surface, along with the right squamosal and part of the occipital condyles. The rest of the skull is contained within the rock and visible through X-ray µCT (Figs. 3, 9).
description: Published as part of Panciroli, Elsa, Benson, Roger B. J., Fernandez, Vincent, Butler, Richard J., Fraser, Nicholas C., Luo, Zhe-Xi & Walsh, Stig, 2021, New species of mammaliaform and the cranium of Borealestes (Mammaliformes: Docodonta) from the Middle Jurassic of the British Isles, pp. 1323-1362 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192 (4) on page 1336, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa144, http://zenodo.org/record/5856067
Nesippus
Creators: name: Dippenaar, Susan M.
name: Jordaan, Bea P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Maxillopoda
Siphonostomatoida
Pandaridae
Nesippus

description: Key to the adult females of Nesippus
1 4th thoracic segment with dorsal plates, genital complex without median sinus posteriorly.................... N. orientalis
- 4th thoracic segment without dorsal plates, genital complex with median sinus posteriorly............................. 2
2 Anterior region of genital complex broad (not neck-like), caudal rami broad armed with very small (almost invisible) setae................................................................................................. N. tigris
- Anterior region of genital complex narrow (neck-like), caudal rami not broad armed with clearly visible setae............ 3
3 Genital complex ovoid (slightly longer than wide) and about same width as cephalothorax, leg 4 exopod armed with 4 spines and 3 setae and endopod armed with 4 setae.......................................................... N. vespa
- Genital complex elliptical (longer than wide) about half width of cephalothorax, leg 4 exopod armed with 4 shortish spines…4
4 Genital complex with shallow and broad median sinus posteriorly, cephalon border with conspicuous papillae, specimens small.......................................................................................... N. nana
- Genital complex with deep median sinus posteriorly, cephalon border without conspicuous papillae, specimens larger.................................................................................................. N. crypturus
description: Published as part of Dippenaar, Susan M. & Jordaan, Bea P., 2012, Notes on the morphology and ecology of the adult females of Nesippus species (Siphonostomatoida: Pandaridae) with a key for identification, pp. 18-30 in Zootaxa 3170 on page 29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279817
Aparaphysis lushuiiensis Duan & Zhang, 2013, sp. n.
Creators: name: Duan, Yani
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Aparaphysis
Aparaphysis lushuiiensis

description: Aparaphysis lushuiiensis sp. n.
(Plate II, Figures 2–3)
Length. Male: 4.8–5.0mm.
PLATE II. Aparaphysis lushuiiensis sp. n. A: habitus, dorsal view; B: habitus, lateral view; C: head and thorax, dorsal view; D: face; E: forewing; F & G: male segments X–XI, lateral and dorsal view, respectively.
Dark brown with waxy-white markings (Plate II: A & B). Vertex, pronotum and scutellum with waxy-white longitudinal stripes (Plate II: C). Frontoclypeus ochraceous, obliquely striated in lateral regions (Plate II: D). Forewing ochraceous with dark brown markings and veins (Plate II: E), base with waxy-white longitudinal stripe (Plate II: A & B). Ventral Median area of thorax black. Abdomen black except apical areas of segments III–VIII and lateral margins of valve.
Vertex longer medially than interocular width (Plate II: C). Face longer than wide, clypellus wider near apex than at base, extending beyond genal curve (Plate II: D). Pronotum about 2.3x as wide as long, longer than vertex (Plate II: C). Scutellum slightly shorter than pronotum (Plate II: C). Forewing with four apical and three anteapical cells, outer anteapical cell almost triangular, inner anteapical cell open behind, costal area with series of about 6–10 reflexed veins (Plate II: E). Male segment X strongly sclerotized, long (Plate II: F & G).
Male genitalia. Pygofer side longer than high, long setae confined to caudal half, with ventroposterior lobe (Fig. 1 A). Style with cap at apex, apophysis swollen near apex (Fig. 1 D). Connective arms close together (Fig. 1 E). Aedeagus shaft slender, gradually curved caudo-dorsally, apex with notch, gonopore apical (Figs 2 E, 2F). Material examined. Holotype: male, China, Yunnan Prov., Lushui County, Chenggan Town, 1013m, 6.VI.2011, coll. Lu Lin (NWAFU). Paratypes: 12 males, same data as holotype (NWAFU).
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the type location.
description: Published as part of Duan, Yani & Zhang, Yalin, 2013, A new leafhopper genus and two new species of the tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from China, pp. 362-370 in Zootaxa 3670 (3) on pages 366-368, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3670.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/216753
Sinocyrtaspis truncata Liu 2000
Creators: name: Wang, Tao
name: Shi, Fuming
name: Chang, Yanlin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Sinocyrtaspis
Sinocyrtaspis truncata

description: Sinocyrtaspis truncata Liu, 2000
(Fig. 2, Map 1)
Sinocyrtaspis truncata Liu, 2000, Zoological Research, 21(3): 220; Wang, Liu & Li, 2015, Zootaxa, 3941(4): 537.
Holotype: female; type locality: Maoershan, Xingan, Guangxi; location of type specimen: Shanghai Entomological Museum of the Chinese Academy of Science (SEMCAS).
The female of this species was reported by Liu (2000), and male was descripted by Wang et al. (2015). The descriptions are clear. Here, we supplement photographs of this species.
Material examined. Holotype: ♀, Maoershan, Xingan, Guangxi, 18 August, 1992, coll. Xianwei Liu & Haisheng Yin. Other specimens: 1♂, Maoershan, Xingan, Guangxi, 16 August, 2018, coll. Zhilin Chen; 1♂, Maoershan, Xingan, Guangxi, 17 August, 2018, coll. Tao Wang; 1♀, Maoershan, Xingan, Guangxi, 18 August, 2018, coll. Tao Wang; 2♀, Maoershan, Xingan, Guangxi, 19 August, 2018, coll. Tao Wang.
Distribution. China (Guangxi).
description: Published as part of Wang, Tao, Shi, Fuming & Chang, Yanlin, 2019, Revision of the genus Sinocyrtaspis Liu, 2000 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae), pp. 127-138 in Zootaxa 4609 (1) on page 130, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4609.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3150956
Cosmetra tumulata Meyrick 1908, comb. n.
Creators: name: Aarvik, Leif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Tortricidae
Cosmetra
Cosmetra tumulata

description: Cosmetra tumulata (Meyrick, 1908) comb. n.
(Figs. 3, 13, 21)
Cydia tumulata Meyrick, 1908: 720.
Eucosma tumulata, Clarke 1958: 392, pl. 195, figs. 4, 4a, 4b, 4c. Hyposarotis tumulata, Diakonoff 1988: 170.
Cosmetra neka Razowski & Brown, 2009: 378, figs.7, 17, syn. n.
Material examined. REP. SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂, 1♀, Mpumalanga, Waterval-Boven, st. 11, 28–29.x.2002, H.W.v.d. Wolf, genitalia slide NHMO ♂ 2161, ♀ 2717 (NHMO).
Diagnosis. Externally, Cosmetra tumulata cannot be separated from C. larseni and C. Fibigeri; all three are about the same size. In the male genitalia Cosmetra tumulata differs from C. larseni by its differently shaped cucullus of the valva, from C. fibigeri n. sp. by the broader tegumen, and from both by the larger socii. The female genitalia of Cosmetra tumulata are close to those of C. larseni, but in the former the ductus bursae is gradually widened towards the corpus bursae in its whole length, and the shape of the corpus bursae is different.
Redescription of male genitalia. Uncus consisting of one pointed process; socii large, broadest subbasally, apically bent, ending in strong spine-like process; cucullus with numerous strong spines along lower two thirds of ventral margin, apically rounded.
Redescription of the female genitalia. Apophyses posteriores and anteriores about 1.5 times the length of 8th segment; lamella postvaginalis laterally rounded, with posterior median projection, lateral ridges joined with posterior median process; ductus bursae sclerotized except at entrance of corpus bursae, narrowing posteriorly, ribbed anteriorly on right side; corpus bursae round.
Distribution. Republic of South Africa.
Biology. The food plant is unknown.
Remarks. The identity of Cosmetra tumulata is based on the figure of the female holotype given by Clarke (1958). The holotype was collected in January 1907 in the Pretoria district in Natal by A.J.T. Janse (Meyrick 1908, Clarke 1958). The male holotype of C. neka was collected in the Cape Province in March 1978 by D. & M. Davis & B. Akerbergs (Razowski & Brown 2009). Dissections of the male and female collected together in Mpumalanga by Hugo W. van der Wolf, shows that C. tumulata and C. neka represent the female and the male of the same species.
description: Published as part of Aarvik, Leif, 2016, Redefinition and revision of African Cosmetra Diakonoff, 1977 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with description of six new species, pp. 245-256 in Zootaxa 4088 (2) on pages 248-249, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/257038
Pachynolophinae Paulow 1877
Creators: name: Remy, Jean A.
name: Krasovec, Gabriel
name: Lopez, Éric
name: Marandat, Bernard
name: Lihoreau, Fabrice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: Subfamily “ PACHYNOLOPHINAE ” Pavlow, 1888
REMARK
Several recent cladistic analyzes conclude that the subfamily Pachynolophinae must be considered as para- or even polyphyletic (Hooker 1994; Froehlich 1999. Danilo et al. 2013). The concept is nevertheless used here, for convenience, in order to gather all genera of Equoidea from the European Paleogene not included in the Palaeotheriinae (Remy 2015: 43).
description: Published as part of Remy, Jean A., Krasovec, Gabriel, Lopez, Éric, Marandat, Bernard & Lihoreau, Fabrice, 2019, The Palaeotheriidae (Equoidea, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) from the Eocene fauna of Aumelas (Hérault department, France), pp. 525-585 in Geodiversitas 41 (13) on page 528, DOI: 10.5252/geodiversitas2019v41a13, http://zenodo.org/record/3699849
Anthrax austrinus Marston 1970
Creators: name: Cunha, André Mallemont
name: Lamas, Carlos José Einicker
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Bombyliidae
Anthrax
Anthrax austrinus

description: Anthrax austrinus Marston, 1970
(Figs. 1–6)
Anthrax austrinus Marston, 1970: 41, 42, 80–81; Painter, Painter & Hall, 1978: 30; Evenhuis & Greathead, 1999: 293.
Female: Length: 16.3­17.9 mm. Head width: 2.5–2.6 mm. Thorax width: 3.2–3.4 mm. Abdominal width 3.9–4.4 tapering to 1.0– 1.8 mm on anal segment. Coloration: light brown; cephalic and anal tubercles and abdominal chitinous rods dark brown, darker apically; setae yellowish.
Head. Cephalic tubercles armed with three pairs of spines fused basally. First pair same length as second pair, directed downwards; third pair 2/3 length of others, and placed laterally (Figs. 2 and 3). Central pair of spines with two pairs of setae, first pair on dorsal surface, near its base, second placed laterally on the basal half of the spine (Fig. 3). In ventral view, anterior facial tubercle half length of central pair, with a pair of setae placed laterally, additional pair on posterior margin; posterior facial tubercle missing (Fig. 4).
Thorax. With four pairs of setae, two pairs on dorsal surface placed close together, two pairs on lateral surface; prothoracic spiracle heavily sclerotized, dark brown, raised above surface and located immediately behind head (Fig. 1).
Abdomen. Segment I with transverse row of long setae interrupted in center; segments II–V with transverse row of chitinous rods, gradually shorter beyond lateral margins, intercalated with long, thin setae, row of setae interrupted medially; segments VI–VII with reduced chitinous rods, resembling small spines, intercalated with thin setae; segment VIII only with row of reduced chitinous rods; pleura and sternites with row of strong and long setae, sternites with a complete transverse row located in middle of the segments (Fig. 1); anal tubercle with three pairs of spines, central pair completely fused, except at apex; the second and third pairs tiny and located on the base of the first pair, on dorsal and ventral surfaces respectively; additional single spine on dorsal base of the tubercle (Figs. 5 and 6); abdominal spiracles slightly darker and more sclerotized than surrounding area, raised above surface and placed laterally on segments I–VII.
Male: unknown.
Hosts: Hymenoptera (Sphecidae).
Distribution: Neotropical: Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina).
Examined material: BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul: Montenegro (Arroio Bom Jardim), 23,30­ X­1979, 2 females (Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ. Brazil ­ MNRJ).
description: Published as part of Cunha, André Mallemont & Lamas, Carlos José Einicker, 2004, Description of five Anthrax Scopoli puparia (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Anthracini), pp. 1-14 in Zootaxa 741 on pages 2-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158275