cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Genetic predisposition of BMP7 polymorphisms to lumbar disk herniation in the Chinese Han population
Creators: name: Sun, Kai
name: Liu, Ruiyu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7) can induce skeletal formation, promote the differentiation of chondrocytes and osteoblasts, and ameliorate intervertebral disc degeneration. The study was designed to evaluate the relationship of BMP7 variants to LDH risk in the Chinese Han population. BMP7 variants were genotyped with the Agena MassARRAY system among 690 LDH patients and 690 healthy controls. The odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated by logistic regression. Multi-factor dimension reduction (MDR) (version 3.0.2) software was used to evaluate the effect of BMP7 variant-variant interaction on the susceptibility to LDH. Here, the risk-reducing association between rs230189 and LDH occurrence was found (p = 0.005, OR = 0.79). Specially, rs230189 was associated with decreased LDH risk in females (p = 0.001, OR = 0.60), elder group (p = 0.025, OR = 0.76), subjects with BMI < 24 kg/m2 (p = 0.027, OR = 0.48), nonsmokers (p = 0.001, OR = 0.66), and nondrinkers (p = 0.011, OR = 0.72). Moreover, rs1321862 might be the risk factor for LDH susceptibility among the participants with BMI < 24 kg/m2 (p = 0.024, OR = 1.84). MDR results displayed that rs230189 was the greatest attribution factor on LDH risk in the single-locus model, with an information gain of 0.44%. The present study demonstrated that BMP7 rs230189 g.55771443A>C may play a protective role against LDH risk. Our findings may help to understand the potential mechanism of BMP7 in LDH susceptibility.
Gastrosericus moricei E. Saunders 1910
Creators: name: Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M.
name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Gasib, Abdulmajeed M.
name: Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Gastrosericus
Gastrosericus moricei

description: Gastrosericus moricei E. Sauders, 1910
Fig. 6A–F
Gastrosericus moricei E. Saunders, 1910: 529, ♁.
Diagnosis. Body length: 7.5 mm.
Body colour: see Fig. 6 (A–F).
The female of this species shares with that of Gastrosericus sanctus the entire pygidial plate covered with dense, stout setae (Fig. 6F); appressed genal (Fig. 6C) and propodeal pubescence (Fig. 6D); the apical tarsomeres with one or more basoventral spines (spines lacking in some sanctus); gastral terga without yellow bands (Fig. 6A). It differs from G. sanctus by the following: free margin of clypeal lobe arcuate (Fig. 6B) (somewhat sinuate in most G. sanctus, see Pulawski 1995: 119, fig. 102a, b); the lobe free margin and the lip are simple (free margin slightly projecting close to lateral corners in G. sanctus, see Pulawski 1995: 120, fig. 103a, b); apical tarsomeres with one to four basomedian spines ventrally (0–2 spines in G. sanctus).
Material examined: 1♀, Farasan, Abdulmajeed farm [16 Q 42.07970’N; 42 Q 08.5781’E], 23–30.ix.2022.
Previous Saudi Arabian records: Asir (Wadi Lasaba), Bahra, Riyadh (Pulawski 1995), Jeddah, Haddat Asham (Pulawski 1995; Gadallah & Assery 2004), Hutet Beni Tamim (10 km south of Riyadh) (Gadallah et al. 2013).
Distribution: Algeria, Burkina Faso, Egypt, Gambia, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Tajikistan, Togo, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen.
Comments. Characters of the only specimen collected agree with Pulawski’s key (1995: 19, couplet 18). It differs from the Arabian specimens in having femora black, pale yellow apically (in the Arabian specimens, femora reddish, pale yellowish apically, Pulawski 1995), but it resembles the Somalian females in having all femora black, yellow at tip (Pulawski 1995). This may be attributed to the fact that Farasan Archipelago belongs to the Afrotropical region.
description: Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Gadallah, Neveen S., Gasib, Abdulmajeed M., Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2023, Further addition to the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae), with new genera and species records, and the description of two new species, pp. 151-177 in Zootaxa 5319 (2) on page 159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8182309
Langzeitarchivierung von E-Mails an der ETH Zürich: Projekt E-Mail Archiv 2.0
Creators: name: Briellmann, Claudia
name: Schneider, Fabian Till
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: Preservation
long-term preservation
Records Management
Big Data
E-mail
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/020
Library & information sciences

description: E-Mails, ein Produkt des letzten Jahrtausends, sind trotz neuer Kommunikationskanäle wie Zoom oder Teams nicht von der Geschäftskommunikation wegzudenken. E-Mail-Korrespondenzen - zum Beispiel der Schulleitung – enthalten häufig wichtige Nachweise der Geschäftstätigkeit an der ETH Zürich. Deshalb werden diese E-Mails vom Hochschularchiv der ETH Zürich als archivrelevant eingestuft. Denn nach dem Bundesgesetz über die Archivierung (BGA) müssen Unterlagen, welche die Geschäftstätigkeit belegen archiviert werden. Die Übernahme der E-Mails durch das Hochschularchiv und die Langzeitarchivierung im ETH Data Archiv sind Teil des von den Informatikdiensten der ETH Zürich geleiteten Projekts E-Mail Archiv 2.0. In der Präsentation wird berichtet, wie die für wichtig befundenen E-Mails korrekt archiviert werden. Dabei wird auf Fragen eingegangen wie: Welche E-Mails werden übernommen? Wie werden diese erschlossen? Und wie werden sie für die Langzeitarchivierung aufbereitet?
Lithostege luigi Viidalepp
Creators: name: Sh, Hossein Rajaei
name: Stüning, Dieter
name: Viidalepp, Jaan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Lithostege
Lithostege luigi

description: L. luigi Viidalepp
(Figs. 29, 55, 74; Map 6)
Lithostege luigi Viidalepp, 1992: 121. Holotype 3, IZBE (examined). Type locality: Badkhyz, Kepele (Turkmenistan). Lithostege luigi: Viidalepp, 1996: 47; Parsons et al., 1999: 546.
Material examined. Type material. Holotype 3: Turkmenistan, Badkhyz, Kepele, 14.04.[19]88, R. Kuresoo leg., gen. prep. 3687 & 7679, J.V.; Paratypes, 1 Ƥ: Turkm [enistan], Badkhyz, Kordon Kepele, 17.04.[19]88, M. Talve leg. gen. prep. J.V. 3688; 1 Ƥ: Turkm [enistan], Badkhyz, Yerolanduz, 18.04.[19]88, M. Talve leg., gen. prep. 3658, J.V.; 1 3: „Turkmeenia” [Turkmenistan], Badkhyz, 26.02.1987, E. Veromann leg., gen. prep. 7647, J.V.; in IZBE. Preparations of genitalia: 2 3, 2 Ƥ.
Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 24.5– 28 mm. Similar to the smaller L. parva in colour, but distinguished by the darker scaling on veins crossing the very indistinct and sometimes not discernible postmedial band; also the other transverse lines weak, apical streak, as present in L. griseata and L. coassata, absent (Fig. 29). Frons flat, edged by a thicker wall. In male genitalia (Fig. 55) valve sclerotized only at basal half; costa short, without apical projection; harpe long, distally truncate, almost reaching dorsal margin of valve; dorsal arm widely curved, as long as valve, apically shortly spinose. Uncus narrow, pointed at apex, saccus short, rounded. Aedeagus long and narrow. Female genitalia (Fig. 74). Corpus bursae globular, almost completely spined internally, antrum narrow, elongated, sterigma not developed.
Bionomics. Specimens studied are collected in February and April.
Distribution. S Turkmenistan (Badkhyz) (Map 6).
MAP 6. farinata species group-c: L. griseata griseata; L. palaestinensis; L. luminosata; L. luigi.
description: Published as part of Sh, Hossein Rajaei, Stüning, Dieter & Viidalepp, Jaan, 2011, A review of the species of Lithostege Hübner, [1825] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), occurring in Iran and adjacent countries, with description of two new species from Iran and Pakistan, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 3105 on page 23, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279200
Projekte zum Erfolg begleiten – Requirements Engineering in der ETH-Bibliothek
Creators: name: Ammann, Noémie
name: Schahabi, Nicole C.
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: Requirements Engineering
Projektmanagement
Software engineering

description: An Hochschulbibliotheken sind in nahezu allen Bereichen bibliothekarischer Arbeit Applikationen im Einsatz, die die Arbeitsabläufe unterstützen und managen. Diese Applikationen werden in aufwendigen Prozessen beschafft, sie werden aktuell gehalten und, am Ende ihres Lebenszyklus, durch zeitgemässe Produkte ersetzt.
Für die erfolgreiche Beschaffung und gelungene Projekte ist das Ermitteln und Formulieren der Anforderungen aller Akteure an die Applikation entscheidend. Häufig aber sind diese im Pflichtenheft unklar formuliert, unvollständig oder es werden Akteure nicht ins Projekt einbezogen. Dies kann Nacharbeiten noch Monate nach der Produktionsaufnahme nach sich ziehen. Mit den Methoden des Requirements Engineering lässt sich das Erarbeiten von Anforderungen in Anschaffungs- und Transformationsprojekten optimal unterstützen.
Im Vortrag stellen wir vor, was Requirements Engineering ist und welche Angebote und Services an der ETH-Bibliothek in Zürich bestehen und aufgebaut werden, um das Potential des Requirements Engineering in Projekten zu nutzen. Wir zeigen anhand von Beispielen, wie Requirements Engineering auf den Projektverlauf und die Anforderungsentwicklung wirkt und schliesslich zu optimalen Produktentscheidungen, zufriedenen Benutzenden und glücklichen Kundinnen und Kunden beiträgt.
Sagola earlyi Park and Carlton, new species
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola earlyi

description: Sagola earlyi Park and Carlton, new species
(Figs. 11d, 12d, 13)
Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Coromandel: 1♂ (AMNZ), “ NEW ZEALAND CL Great Barrier I Mt. Hobson, 500m pitfall trap 9.xi.-17.xii.2003 J.W. Early ”, “ AMNZ86364 AUCKLAND MUSEUM NEW ZEALAND ”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola earlyi Park and Carlton 2013 ”. Paratypes (n = 4; 2 males; 2 females). NEW ZEALAND: Coromandel: 2♂♂ 2♀♀ (1♂, slide-mounted; NZAC), same data as holotype.
Etymology. This species is named for the collector of the holotype, John W. Early.
Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group, but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.
Description. Length 2.7–3.0 mm. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 11d). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 11d). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea round. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, onethird length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 11d). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe longer than parameres, apical lobe bent to ventral (Fig. 12d). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 12d). Parameres asymmetrical, right paramere divided, minor lobe slender with setae (Fig. 12d).
Distribution. Coromandel (Fig. 13: star).
Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by pitfall traps.
description: Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on page 28, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735
Future Cities—City Futures: Emerging Urban Perspectives
Creators: name: Veddeler, Christian
name: Kuijper, Joran
name: Gath Morad, Michal
name: van der Wal, Iris
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: Future cities
Urban challenges
Urban future
Quality of urban life
Urban decarbonization

description: The book is about future cities and possible scenarios for city futures. A question central to this book is how to face urban challenges while providing and safeguarding positive outcomes, concerned with the improvement of the quality of urban life: How can future cities be made more liveable, sustainable, and resilient? How can cities continue to provide a wide range of opportunities for all necessities of life? To tackle these complex questions, the book includes a collection of 25 articles written by 37 emerging voices in urban design and research. Together, they contribute from a diverse spectrum of interest, expertise, academic disciplines, and practice. They approach the built environment from a socio-cultural, respectively socio-economic perspective, from the viewpoint of urban policy and public health, with environmental concerns for urban sustainability and circularity in mind, and through the lens of urban computer and data science, providing a take on urban digitalization and transformation of cities into ‘smart’ cities. Together, their contributions reflect the complexity and diversity of challenges and opportunities underpinning future cities.
Future Cities—City Futures intends to be a platform for trans-disciplinary urban discourse.
description: ISBN:978-94-6366-642-8
Gastrosericus sanctus Pulawski in de Beaumont, Bytinski-Salz & Pulawski 1973
Creators: name: Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M.
name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Gasib, Abdulmajeed M.
name: Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Gastrosericus
Gastrosericus sanctus

description: Gastrosericus sanctus Pulawski in de Beaumont, Bytinski-Salz & Pulawski, 1973
Fig. 7A–G
Gastrosericus sanctus Pulawski in de Beaumont, Bytinski-Salz & Pulawski, 1973: 16, ♀, ♁.
Diagnosis. Male: body length: 7.0 mm.
Body colour: see Fig. 7 (A–F).
The male of this species shares with that of G. moricei the appressed genal (Fig. 7D) and propodeal pubescence (Fig. 7C); sternal fimbriae of S 3, S 4 noticeably long, slightly extending beyond posterior margin of sterna (Fig. 7E); gastral terga without yellow bands (Fig. 7A). It differs from that of G. moricei in the following: clypeal lobe broad, with arcuate to slightly sinuate free margin (Fig. 7B) and well-defined corner (obtusely pointed in G. moricei, see Pulawski 1995: 94, fig. 78f, h); S 3 and S 4 depressed medially (Fig. 7E), not fimbriate laterally (fimbriae of S 3 and S 4 present side to side, sterna not depressed medially, see Pulawski 1995: 95, fig. 79e, f).
Material examined: 2 ♁, Farasan, Abdulmajeed farm [16 Q 42.07970’N; 42 Q 08.5781’E], 23–30.ix.2022.
Previous Saudi Arabian records: Abu Arish, Riyadh (Pulawski 1995).
Distribution: Burkina Faso, Ghana, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Zimbabwe.
Comments. Characters of the collected specimens of this species agree with Pulawski’s key (1995: 23, couplet 24). It also agrees with Schmid-Egger & van Harten’s key (2022: 547, couplet 9), but gastral terga of male black, reddish brown posteriorly.
description: Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Gadallah, Neveen S., Gasib, Abdulmajeed M., Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2023, Further addition to the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae), with new genera and species records, and the description of two new species, pp. 151-177 in Zootaxa 5319 (2) on pages 160-162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8182309
Sagola embersoni Park and Carlton, new species
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola embersoni

description: Sagola embersoni Park and Carlton, new species
(Figs. 11e, 12e, 13)
Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND, BP Orete Forest Te Puia Hut 230m NZMS 260 Y 14 484819 29.I.1993 R. M. Emberson ”, “ EAST CAPE INSECT SURVEY 1992 /3”, “ex litter from upland broadleaf/ podocarp forest LCNZ 93 /4”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola embersoni Park and Carlton 2013 ”. Paratypes (2 males). NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ (NZAC), Orete Forest, Te Puia Hut, 13 IV 1992, G. Hall, litter 92/43; 1♂ (NZAC), Motu River, V 1920, A.E. Brookes.
Etymology. This species is named for the collector of the holotype, Rowan M. Emberson.
Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.
Description of Male. L e n g t h 2.5 –2.8 m m. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 11e). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 11e). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–7 subquadrate, 8–10 weakly transverse. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea an inverted triangle. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 11e). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe shorter than right paramere, apical lobe blunt (Fig. 12e). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 12e). Parameres asymmetrical, right paramere divided, minor lobe with setae (Fig. 12e).
Distribution. Bay of Plenty (Fig. 13: white circle).
Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf litter in broadleaf and podocarp forests.
description: Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735
Vom Bestand zum Modell: KI und digitale Kollektionen
Creators: name: Graf, Nicole
name: Sibille, Christiane
name: Rashiti, Gentiana
name: Gasser, Michael
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: LIBRARIANSHIP + LIBRARY SCIENCES + LIBRARIES
MACHINE LEARNING (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE)
Collections as data
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/020
Library & information sciences

description: «Machine Learning (ML) hat in den letzten Jahren große Fortschritte gemacht und bietet nun die Möglichkeit, Bilder und andere Materialien in Sammlungen und Archiven automatisch zu kategorisieren und zu eschreiben.» Soweit ChatGPT zur Frage nach den wichtigsten Entwicklungen zum Thema Machine Learning im Kontext von Sammlungen und Archiven. Tatsächlich reichen die Nutzungsszenarien für ML weit über die automatisierte Erschliessung hinaus. KI bringt auch für die professionelle Informationswissenschaft einen Umbruch. Dabei spielen Bibliotheken im Kontext essentieller Fragen nach Offenheit und Verantwortung eine zentrale Rolle. Bibliotheken müssen zu reflektierten Nutzenden dieser neuen Technologien werden und versuchen, die künftigen Entwicklungen des Prozesses von Beginn weg mitzugestalten, beispielsweise bei der Erstellung eigener Modelle.
Die Ignite Talks präsentieren die Aktivitäten der Sektion Sammlungen und Archive der ETH-Bibliothek in diesem Bereich. Sie kombinieren unterschiedliche Perspektiven auf unterschiedliches Material: Von der automatisierten Verschlagwortung von Bildern über verschiedene Natural Language Processing Praxisbeispiele bis hin zur Reflexion über die Rolle von Datendokumentationen für die Erstellung von Modellen.
Sagola mayae Park and Carlton, new species
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola mayae

description: Sagola mayae Park and Carlton, new species
(Figs. 11f, 12f, 13)
Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND BP Kaimai Ra 427m Leyland Tramline 22 Sep 1981 B.M.May ”, “Litter 81/92”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola mayae Park and Carlton 2013 ”. Paratypes (5 males). NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 2♂♂ (NZAC), Kaimai, 4 XII 1941, A.E. Brookes (NZAC); Coromandel: 1♂ (NZAC), Coromandel Ra., nr Summit, 19 I 1972, G.W. Ramsay, litter 72/36; 1♂ (NZAC), Kirikiri Saddle, 488m, 21 X 1976, J.S. Dugdale, litter 76/82; 1♂ (NZAC), Kopu Rd., 27 IX 1967, R. A. Cumber, leaf litter.
Etymology. This species is named for the collector of the holotype, Brenda M. May.
Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.
Description of Male. Length 2.8–3.2 mm. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 11f). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 11f). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–3 subquadrate, 4–5 longer than wide, 6–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind-point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea an inverted triangle. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 11f). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe longer than parameres, divided from base, major lobe broad and covering minor lobe (Fig. 12f). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 12f). Parameres asymmetrical, right paramere with setae (Fig. 12f).
Distribution. Bay of Plenty, Coromandel (Fig. 13: white squares).
Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf litter.
description: Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on page 29, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735
Promised too much? AI in use in the Image Archive of the ETH Library
Creators: name: Graf, Nicole
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: AI
SACHERSCHLIESSUNG + SACHKATALOGISIERUNG (BIBLIOTHEKSWESEN)
künstliche Intelligenz
BILDARCHIVE, BILDSAMMLUNGEN

description: Artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision, object and image recognition or artificial neural networks are currently being used excessively in the media. AI applications are increasingly penetrating the consumer sector, often unnoticed. Examples include facial recognition in mobile phone cameras, pattern recognition in diagnostic medicine, image processing on social media and visual recognition in autonomous driving. This is also accompanied by a great deal of uncertainty and ignorance.
"Autotagging" is the automatic assignment of keywords/tags to images based on the image content without human intervention. The digital asset management system Canto Cumulus, which has been in use in the ETH Library's image archive for over 17 years, has offered the computer vision software "Clarifai", trained using artificial neural networks, as a plugin for autotagging since 2021.
The image archive has had its entire image stock of over 1 million images autotagged with Clarifai's General base model to supplement the hierarchical keyword catalogue. The time required was considerable. The approximately 4600 autotags were then analysed to assess the quality of the AI recognition. This means that a large historical database, which was not only enriched with AI but also validated, is now available for further applications in the digital humanities and for generating new AI models for historical image material. Experiences, advantages and disadvantages and, in particular, the qualitative evaluation of the autotags will be presented at EVA Berlin.
Miscophus Jurine 1807
Creators: name: Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M.
name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Gasib, Abdulmajeed M.
name: Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A.
name: Edmardash, Yusuf A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Crabronidae
Miscophus

description: Genus Miscophus Jurine, 1807
Miscophus Jurine, 1807: 206.
Type species: Miscophus bicolor Jurine, 1807, by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M., Gadallah, Neveen S., Gasib, Abdulmajeed M., Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2023, Further addition to the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae), with new genera and species records, and the description of two new species, pp. 151-177 in Zootaxa 5319 (2) on page 162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8182309
Sagola tekoauensis Park and Carlton, new species
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola tekoauensis

description: Sagola tekoauensis Park and Carlton, new species
(Figs. 11i, 12i, 14)
Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND, BP Te Koau, 140m Twin Puriri’ s 31 Jan 1993 J.S. Dugdale ”, “Litter 93/10”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola tekoauensis Park and Carlton 2013 ”. Paratype (1 female). NEW ZEALAND: Bay of Plenty: 1♀ (NZAC), same data as holotype.
Etymology. This species is named after the type locality, Te Koau, Bay of Plenty.
Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.
Description. Length 2.5–2.8 mm. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 11i). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 11i). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–4 subquadrate, 5–10 transverse. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind-point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea an inverted triangle. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 11i). Meso-and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe shorter than left paramere, apical lobe simple (Fig. 12i). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 12i). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere triangular, right broad and round depression apicolaterally (Fig. 12i).
Distribution. Bay of Plenty (Fig. 14: black square).
Habitat. Specimens of this species were collected by sifting leaf litter.
description: Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735
Sagola ranatungae Park and Carlton, new species
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola ranatungae

description: Sagola ranatungae Park and Carlton, new species
(Figs. 11g, 12g, 14)
Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Northland: 1♂ (AMNZ), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ New Zealand: ND: North Cape Area Taputaputa Bay 30IV1968, J.L. Bertrand ”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola ranatungae Park and Carlton 2013 ”. Paratype (1 female). NEW ZEALAND: Northland: 1♀ (AMNZ), same data as holotype.
Etymology. This species is named for one of the enthusiastic supporters of this study, Dhahara Ranatunga. She assisted with specimen access through loans and during the first author’ s visit to the Auckland War Memorial Museum, Auckland, New Zealand.
Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.
Description. Length 2.4–2.8 mm. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 11g). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 11g). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–3 subquadrate, 4–6 longer than wide, 7–10 subquadrate. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea an inverted triangle. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 11g). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe weakly bent and longer than left paramere (Fig. 12g). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 12g). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere approximately twice larger than right, divided apically (Fig. 12g).
Distribution. Northland (Fig. 14: black circle).
Habitat. Unknown.
description: Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735
RUSSIAN LANGUAGE IN MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS
Creators: name: Shakhakimova, Rana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article is devoted to the analysis of the role of the Russian language in modern media and communications, as well as its significance in the global information space. In the context of rapid changes in communication processes, the Russian language retains its influence in the international media space, remaining an important tool for transmitting information to a wide audience. The article examines the use of the Russian language in the media (press, television, radio, Internet media, social networks), its communicative features, role in official and unofficial discourse, as well as trends in the development of media language. Particular attention is paid to the functioning of the Russian language in mass culture, political communication and commercial advertising.
Bibliotheksangebote in Co-Creation mit Kundinnen und Kunden entwickeln: Learnings aus einem Pilotprojekt an der ETH-Bibliothek
Creators: name: Lienhard, Claudia
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: Co-Creation
Kundeneinbezug
Methoden
Nutzerforschung
Partizipation
User Experience
Vernetzung
customer involvement
Methods
Networking
Participation
User Research

description: Wie können Kundinnen und Kunden co-kreativ in die Weiterentwicklung von Produkten und Services eingebunden werden? Wo liegen Mehrwerte, was sind Herausforderungen und welche Massnahmen für eine Verankerung von Co-Creation in der Angebotsentwicklung lassen sich ableiten? Diesen Fragen widmete sich ein entsprechendes Pilotprojekt an der ETH-Bibliothek anhand zweier Co-Creation-Vorhaben: So wurden unter kontinuierlichem Einbezug von Kundinnen und Kunden ein Prototyp für einen direkten Zugang zu Volltexten und Metadaten der Plattform E-Periodica entwickelt sowie eine Bedürfnisanalyse als Grundlage für die Einführung eines digitalen Semesterapparats an der ETH Zürich erarbeitet.
Der Vortrag geht auf Erkenntnisse und Lessons Learned aus den beiden Vorhaben sowie daraus abgeleiteten Massnahmen für die Anwendung des Co-Creation-Ansatzes in der Praxis ein.
Lithostege flavicornata Zeller, stat. rev.
Creators: name: Sh, Hossein Rajaei
name: Stüning, Dieter
name: Viidalepp, Jaan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae
Lithostege
Lithostege flavicornata

description: L. flavicornata (Zeller) stat. rev.
(Figs. 31, 57, 76; Map 7)
Minoa flavicornata Zeller, 1847: 20. Holotype 1 3, BMNH (not examined). Type locality: Macri (Turkey). Lithostege flavicornata: Prout, 1914: 172, pl.6e (as flavicornuta).
Lithostege infuscata ab. (subsp.?) flavicornata: Prout, 1938: 238.
Lithostege infuscata flavicornata: Viidalepp, 1996: 47; Parsons et al., 1999: 546.
Material examined. 11 3, 7 Ƥ: 1 3: Türkei, Beynam-Orman, 24.5.1976, leg. P. Kuhna; 3 3: Ost Türkei, 23 km West Oltu, 24.6.1985, 1800m, leg. P. Kuhna; 1 Ƥ, 2 3: Türkei, Anatolien, Karapinar-Göl-viran, 4.6.1976, leg. P. Kuhna; 1 3: Turkey, Sereflikoçhisar, 31.5.1973, leg. P. Kuhan; 1 3: Türkei, Taurus, Aladag Göksu-tal, 30.5.1976, leg. P. Kuhna; 1 Ƥ, 1 3: Türkei, Karapinar, 27.5.1973, leg. P. Kuhna; 2 Ƥ: Türkei, Prov. Sivas, Camlibel Gecidi, 3.4.[19]86, 1700m, W. Pavlas; 1 Ƥ: Türkei, Ürgüpalkum, West, 6.6.[19]84, leg. Meteno; 1 Ƥ, 1 3: Asia min. o. Ak- Chehir, 16.31.Mai, coll. Wagner-Wien, preps Ƥ 1031/2010, 3 1062/2010 H. R.; in ZFMK. 1 3: [locality data are not mentioned, but identified as L. flavicornata] 641; Samml. Daup, Ka. 30, gen. prep. 1044/2010 H. R.; in SMNK. 1 3/Ƥ: Amasia, flavicornata, gen. prep. 6269 & 6261, J.V.; coll. TUZ (ZMTU) ex Staudinger. Preparations of genitalia: 3 3, 2 Ƥ.
Description & Diagnosis. Wingspan 28–33 mm. Forewings grey-brown, slightly darker distally. Much larger and darker than L. infuscata, also without pattern. Hindwings lighter than forewings, underside a little lighter than upperside (Fig. 31) Male genitalia (Fig. 57) with valves broad, costa a short, broad plate with a massive, hook-like, sharply pointed projection; harpe with a long, upright, distally curved process, very similar to that in infuscata; dorsal arm longer and narrower; aedeagus long, slightly curved in lateral view. Female sterigma wide, with a pair of lateral thickenings, posterior margin straight, ductus bursae tubular, longer than in infuscata, corpus bursae globular, completely spined internally, diverticulum present (Fig. 76).
Bionomics. Specimens studied are collected in April, Mai and June.
Additional data on distribution based on literature sources. Barou (1967): Varamin [?] (Tehran prov.); Viidalepp (1996): Transcaucasus and Turkey.
Distribution. Turkey to Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan (Transcaucasus), central part of Arborz in N Iran (Map 7).
MAP 7. farinata species group-d: L. infuscata; L. flavicornata.
description: Published as part of Sh, Hossein Rajaei, Stüning, Dieter & Viidalepp, Jaan, 2011, A review of the species of Lithostege Hübner, [1825] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), occurring in Iran and adjacent countries, with description of two new species from Iran and Pakistan, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 3105 on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279200
Data-driven predictive control for optimising heat production and distribution in buildings
Creators: name: Williner, Alain
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023

description: Buildings use a significant amount of energy for heating and cooling. Therefore, Building Automation and Control Systems aim to improve the energy efficiency of buildings by including advanced control approaches, such as Model Predictive Control (MPC). MPC is a widely used optimisation-based control strategy, which can include weather forecasts, building thermodynamics and system constraints into the control problem to optimise the heating and cooling of buildings. Previous research investigated the control of water-based space heating and cooling systems, where water mass flow was optimised to reduce the energy demand while satisfying thermal comfort constraints. This thesis extends the previous control approach by simultaneously optimising the water mass flow and water supply temperature to improve energy efficiency. Physics-informed data-based models were generated for the building thermal dynamics as well as the electrical energy consumption of the chiller unit. Two simulation studies were performed to evaluate the performance of different nonlinear and linear MPC setups. The first simulation study was performed on a physics-informed plant model, which was also used in the MPC algorithm. The second simulation study validated the same MPC algorithm on a high-fidelity EnergyPlus building model. The results show a performance improvement with the simultaneous optimisation of water mass flow and water supply temperature.
Von Rostpilzen, Flüchtlingsdossiers und Wespen. Digitalisierungsinitiativen in den Sammlungen und Archive der ETH Zürich
Creators: name: Gasser, Michael
name: Zimmermann, Dorothe
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sammmlungsbestände
Archive
Digitalisierung

description: Die ETH Zürich zählt rund 20 Sammlungen und Archive, die in einzelnen Departementen und an der ETH-Bibliothek angesiedelt sind. Eine übergreifende Aufgabe der ETH-Bibliothek ist es, sämtliche Sammlungen und Archive der Hochschule bei der digitalen Transformation zu unterstützen. Mit der «Förderlinie Erschliessung und Digitalisierung» stellt sie die entsprechenden finanziellen Mittel zur Verfügung, um Sammlungen zu erschliessen und zu digitalisieren. Auch die nötige Infrastruktur im Bereich des Sammlungsmanagements wird teilweise von der Bibliothek in Form von Datenbanken zur Verfügung gestellt. Im DigiCenter der ETH-Bibliothek können die Sammlungen und Archive zudem Flachware wie Archivalien und Bildmaterial kostengünstig digitalisieren lassen. Im Beitrag geben wir einen Einblick in die breite Sammlungs- und Archivlandschaft der ETH und in die Unterstützungsleistungen der ETH-Bibliothek und stellen einzelne Digitalisierungsprojekte vor.
Independent Learning in Markov Potential Games: New Insights and Constraints
Creators: name: Jordan, Philip
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2023

description: Markov games offer a formal mathematical framework for modeling multi-agent reinforcement learning problems. Markov Potential Games (MPGs) represent a subclass of mixed cooperative and competitive Markov games for which finding Nash equilibria is tractable. The recently introduced class of constrained Markov Potential Games (CMPGs) generalizes MPGs to model the case where the agents’ reward maximization is subject to global constraints. Existing methods for learning Nash equilibria (NE) in MPGs can be categorized into centralized and independent learning algorithms. Notably, for learning ε-approximate NE, the best-known sample complexity achieved by centralized algorithms is significantly lower than for independent learning (O(ε⁻³) vs. O(ε⁻⁵)). Moreover, no converging independent learning algorithm is known for CMPGs. Nevertheless, whether these gaps are inherent is unknown, i.e., no provable separation between centralized and independent learning has been shown. Continuing on this quest, our contributions are twofold: (a) We propose a new playerwise policy gradient (PG) algorithm that requires coordination among players, however, improves on iteration and sample complexity regarding the dependence on the number of players m. The proposed method also improves over the m-dependence in the complexity of previously known centralized algorithms. (b) In the constrained case, we make progress on closing the gap between centralized and independent learning by providing an independent policy gradient algorithm for learning approximate constrained Nash equilibria in CMPGs. Inspired by contemporary optimization literature, our algorithm performs proximal-point-like updates augmented with a regularized constraint set. Each proximal step is solved inexactly using a stochastic switching gradient algorithm. Under some technical constraint qualification conditions, we establish convergence guarantees towards constrained approximate Nash equilibria. We perform simulations to illustrate our results in two real-world applications of NE-learning in CMPGs.
Sagola baylessae Park and Carlton, new species
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola baylessae

description: Sagola baylessae Park and Carlton, new species
(Figs. 11h, 12h, 14)
Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Northland: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND ND Mair Park Whangarei 17 Aug 1977 G. Kuschel ”, “Litter+wood”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola baylessae Park and Carlton 2013 ”.
Etymology. This species is named for LSAM Curator, President of The Coleopterists Society (2013–2014), and enthusiastic supporter of this study, Victoria M. Bayless.
Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.
Description of Male. Length 2.8 mm. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 11h). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 11h). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2 longer than wide, 3–7 subquadrate, 8–10 weakly transverse. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea an inverted triangle. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 11h). Meso-and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe longer than parameres, apical lobe blunt with sharp branch (Fig. 12h). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 12h). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere triangular and right round (Fig. 12h).
Distribution. Northland (Fig. 14: triangles).
Habitat. The specimen of this species was collected by sifting leaf and wood litter.
description: Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on page 30, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735
One disturbance is sufficient: A closed-loop approach to robust MPC design
Creators: name: Bartos, Marcell
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2022

description: A novel constraint tightening method is proposed for robust model predictive control (MPC) of constrained linear time-invariant systems affected by bounded additive disturbances. It is shown that considering the effect of one disturbance on nominal trajectories is sufficient to design recursively feasible controllers. Constraint satisfaction is ensured in closed loop using recursive feasibility of the online optimization problem, and this strategy is referred to as a closed-loop design approach. This is in contrast to most existing formulations, which consider the worstcase open-loop realizations of all the disturbances in the prediction horizon that could affect the system. The controller design is thereby formulated as an offline optimization problem such that recursive feasibility and closed-loop constraint satisfaction are guaranteed. The resulting robust MPC optimization has a computational complexity similar to nominal MPC. Two simulation examples from recent literature demonstrate the advantages of the closed-loop robust MPC design. A toolbox for the implementation of the proposed control design is provided and presented.
Amphidraus Simon 1900
Creators: name: Zhang, Jun-Xia
name: Maddison, Wayne P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Salticidae
Amphidraus

description: Genus Amphidraus Simon, 1900
Diagnosis. Small spiders. Chelicera with two promarginal teeth and one fissident retromarginal tooth of more than two cusps. Embolic disc with an additional process besides the embolus. Tegulum with an obvious proximal lobe. Retrolateral sperm duct loop not obvious. Retrolateral tibial apophysis usually large and complex in shape. Epigynum without window but with a pair of copulatory openings anteriorly. Copulatory duct short or long and convoluted. Amphidraus differs from other Neotropical euophryine genera by the unique male palpal structures. Amphidraus is similar to Marma Simon (see Galiano 1962a; 1963 a) in the cheliceral teeth pattern, but differs in the more delicate body form, the complex retrolateral tibial apophysis and the presence of a proximal tegular lobe on the male palp.
Remarks. Four species have been reported from South America (Galiano 1962, 1963, 1967, 1976; Platnick 2012). A new species from Ecuador is described here.
description: Published as part of Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, Wayne P., 2012, New euophryine jumping spiders from Central and South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae), pp. 1-35 in Zootaxa 3578 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.209883
Sagola ferroi Park and Carlton, new species
Creators: name: Park, J. - S.
name: Carlton, C. E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Sagola
Sagola ferroi

description: Sagola ferroi Park and Carlton, new species
(Figs. 11j, 12j, 14)
Type Material. Holotype. NEW ZEALAND: Northland: 1♂ (NZAC), aedeagus dissected and mounted in balsam on a clear plastic card, “ NEW ZEALAND, ND Te Paki Trig 23 Nov 1982 G. Kuschel ”, “Sifted litter and decayed wood 82/ 116”, “ N.Z. Arthropod Collection, NZAC Private Bag 92170 AUCKLAND New Zealand”, “ HOLOTYPE Sagola ferroi Park and Carlton 2013 ”.
Etymology. This species is named for LSAM alumnus, North American faronite specialist, and enthusiastic supporter of this study, Michael L. Ferro.
Diagnosis. This species is similar in appearance to other members of this species-group but can be distinguished by the shape of the antennae and genitalia.
Description of Male. Length 2.8 mm. Body brown, antennae and maxillary palpi paler, legs and elytra yellowish brown (Fig. 11j). Head: As long as wide, widest across eyes (Fig. 11j). Antennomere 1 approximately 2 times longer than wide, 2–8 subquadrate, 9–10 weakly transverse. Frontal sulcus deep and reaching hind point of eye from frontal rostral lobes. Anterior frontal fovea an inverted triangle. Posterior frontal fovea elongate. Eye small and prominent, one-third length of temple. Thorax: Prosternum as long as wide, widest at midpoint. Elytra approximately triangular (Fig. 11j). Meso- and metathorax trapezoidal, longer than wide. Abdomen: Male tergite IV without microtrichial patch. Aedeagus: Median lobe longer than parameres, apical lobe bent with branch from apex (Fig. 12j). Phallobase of median lobe asymmetrical and triangular (Fig. 12j). Parameres asymmetrical, left paramere long and bent, right paramere diamondshaped (Fig. 12j).
Distribution. Northland (Fig. 14: star).
Habitat. The specimen of this species was collected by sifting decayed wood litter.
description: Published as part of Park, J. - S. & Carlton, C. E., 2014, A revision of the New Zealand species of the genus Sagola Sharp (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Faronitae), pp. 1-156 in The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 13) (mo 13) 68 on page 31, DOI: 10.1649/072.068.0mo4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4907735