cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Drypta (Drypta) dentata
Creators: name: Teofilova, Teodora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Drypta
Drypta dentata

description: 28. Drypta (Drypta) dentata (P. Rossi, 1790)
Material: V *** (Dragalevtsi Vill., about 750 m, 1♂, 26.III.1988, leg. M. Petkov); T (Yagodovo Vill., N 42°06 ꞌ38ꞌꞌ, E 24°51 ꞌ04ꞌꞌ, 159 m, house yard, 1♂, 28.VIII.2020, leg. VG).
description: Published as part of Teofilova, Teodora, 2021, New and unpublished data about the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Bulgaria, pp. 1-4 in ZooNotes 175 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8301568
Cornugon albicoxa Hansson, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Hansson, Christer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Cornugon
Cornugon albicoxa

description: Cornugon albicoxa sp. nov.
(Figs 2–7, 74)
Diagnosis. Vertex without median groove (Fig. 4); pronotal collar carina very weak (Fig. 3); scutellum with a deep and distinct median groove extending along entire length (Fig. 3); propodeum without median carina (Fig. 5); coxae white; petiole about as long as wide; first gastral tergite covering about 1/3 of gaster.
Similar to C. anais, but differing in having a complete median groove on scutellum, and longer propodeum with plicae.
Description. FEMALE. Length 1.0 mm. Antenna dark brown except scape white. Frons metallic purple. Vertex metallic greenish-blue. Mesoscutum, scutellum and propodeum golden-green. Legs white. Wings hyaline. Petiole golden-green. Gaster weak golden-green.
Antenna as in Fig. 74. Frons and vertex smooth and shiny (Figs 2, 4), upper part of frons concave, otherwise almost flat; vertex without median groove. Tentorial pits indistinct (Fig. 2).
Mesonotum with a more or less triangular fovea medially between mesoscutum and scutellum (Fig. 3). Pronotal collar with transverse carina very weak (Fig. 3). Midlobe of mesoscutum anteriorly with weak transverse striae (Fig. 3), posterior part of midlobe with very weak engraved reticulation, sidelobes with very weak engraved reticulation posteriorly, otherwise smooth and shiny. Scutellum smooth and shiny medially (Fig. 3), laterally and posteriorly with weak reticulation; with a deep and distinct median groove extending along entire length. Dorsellum very short, almost hidden under scutellum with only very posterior parts visible in dorsal view (Fig. 5). Propodeum with very weak sculpture and shiny between plicae (Fig. 5).
Petiole about as long as wide. Gaster ovate with first tergite covering about 1/3 length.
MALE. Unknown.
Type material. Holotype female (TAMU) labelled “ Mexico, Oaxaca, 9 miles west of Tehuantepec, 13.vii.1987, 87/039, G. Zolnerowich”.
Etymology. Name referring to the white coxae, from the Latin albus = white, and coxa.
Distribution. Mexico.
Remarks. The single specimen is broken, but with all parts glued to same card.
description: Published as part of Hansson, Christer, 2011, Cornugon (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America including ten new species, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2873 on pages 6-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277538
New and Emerging Grapevine Viruses in Australia and their Control Measures
Creators: name: Kaur, Kamalpreet
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 300805
subject: Oenology and viticulture
classificationCode: 3107
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
classificationCode: 310706
subject: Virology
classificationCode: 310805
subject: Plant pathology
classificationCode: 300409
subject: Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds)

description: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
Conchophthirus cucumis Uyemura 1935
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dávila, Sthefane
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Conchophthiridae
Conchophthirus
Conchophthirus cucumis

description: Conchophthirus cucumis Uyemura, 1935
Hosts and countries: Sinanodonta lauta (cited as Anodonta lauta), Japan.
References: Raabe (1971).
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, Dávila, Sthefane & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2024, Ciliate symbionts of bivalves with notes on their worldwide geographic distribution, pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 5448 (4) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11232169
Conchophthirus curtus
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dávila, Sthefane
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Conchophthiridae
Conchophthirus
Conchophthirus curtus

description: Conchophthirus curtus (Engelmann, 1862)
Hosts and countries: Alasmidonta marginata, USA. Alasmidonta undulata, USA. Anodonta californiensis, USA. Anodonta cygnea, Hungary; Poland; Republic of Bulgaria; Yugoslavia. Anodontoides ferussacianus, USA. Indonaia caerulea (cited as Indonaia caeruleus), India. Lamellidens corianus (cited as Lamillidense corianus), India. Lamellidens marginalis (cited as Lamiliidense marginalis), India. Lampsilis cardium (cited as Lampsilis ventricosa), USA. Lampsilis cariosa, USA. Lampsilis radiata, USA. Lampsilis siliquoidea, USA. Lasmigona complanata, USA. Margaritifera falcata, USA. Ortmanniana ligamentina (cited as Actinonaias carinata), USA. Pleurobema sintoxia (cited as Pleurobema coccineum), USA. Pyganodon cataracta (cited as Anodonta marginata, and Anodonta catarcta), USA. Pyganodon grandis (cited as Anodonta grandis), USA. Sinanodonta lauta (cited as Anodonta lauta), Japan. Tritogonia verrucosa, USA. Unio pictorum, Hungary; Poland; Republic of Bulgaria; Ukraine; Yugoslavia. Unio tumidus, Ukraine. Unio sp., USA. Unio spp., Hungary; Poland; Republic of Bulgaria; Yugoslavia. Uniomerus sp., USA. Utterbackia imbecillis (cited as Anodonta imbecillis), USA. Utterbackiana implicata (cited as Anodonta implicata), USA. Utterbackiana suborbiculata (cited as Anodonta suborbiculata), USA.
References: Landacre (1908); Penn (1958); Antipa & Small (1971); Raabe (1971); Antipa & Hatzidimitriou (1981); Yurishinets (1999); Deshmukh et al. (2011); Antipa et al. (2020).
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, Dávila, Sthefane & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2024, Ciliate symbionts of bivalves with notes on their worldwide geographic distribution, pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 5448 (4) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11232169
Dohrniphora papuana Brues
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora papuana

description: 1. Dohrniphora papuana (Brues)
(Figs 12, 72)
Phora papuana Brues, 1905: 541 (♂♀).
Dohrniphora papuana (Brues) Brues, 1915: 96.
Dohrniphora monochaeta Borgmeier, 1961: 18. Synonymized by Disney 1990: 381. Dohrniphora schmitzi Kohl, 1914:121. Synonymized by Disney 2003:17.
The species was recorded in Oriental and Afrotropical Regions. As tramp species it was also found in Spain (Disney and Blasto-Zumeta 2004). Disney (2003) found that there is an East-West cline in the number of spinules of the female hind tibia and the likelihood of an incomplete hair palisade on the fifth segment of the front tarsus. By checking Chinese specimen we found that it has no posterior dorsal hair palisade on fore tarsomere 5, which is similar to the African specimen. There may be some variation of characters.
Distribution. China (Yunnan), the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Africa, Saudi Arabia, Spain.
Specimen examined. 1♂, Yunnan Province, Menglun (21°57'N, 101°15'E), 24-V-1991, Guang-Chun Liu and Yinglun Wang.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on pages 309-310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
Dohrniphora cornuta Bigot
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora cornuta

description: 2. Dohrniphora cornuta (Bigot)
(Figs. 3–4, 55, 69)
Phora cornuta Bigot, 1857: 348.
Diploneura (Dohrniphora) cornuta, Schimitz, 1926: 44.
Dohrniphora cornuta (Bigot), Borgmeier, 1960: 277.
Phora navigans Frauenfeld, 1867: 454. Synonymized by Schmitz 1926:45.
Phora cleghorni Bigot, 1890: 191. Synonymized by Schmitz 1920: 101.
Phora chlorogastra Becker 1901: 32. Synonymized by Schmitz 1920: 101.
Phora mordax Brues 1911: 531. Synonymized by Schmitz 1929:32.
Dohrniphora venusta: Malloch, 1912: 432. Synonymized by Schmitz 1920: 101. Dohrniphora bequaerti Schmitz 1914: 105.Synonymized by Schmitz 1951: 242. Dohrniphora divaricata var. obscura Santos Abreu, 1921: 11. Synonymized by Schmitz 1934:65. Dohrniphora divaricata var. basalis Santos Abreu, 1921: 11. Synonymized by Schmitz 1934:65. Dohrniphora opposita Borgmeier, 1925: 107. Synonymiezed by Borgmeier 1960: 277. Dohrniphora crockeri Van Duzee, 1933: 70. Synonymiezed by Borgmeier 1960: 277. Dohrniphora willowsi Van Duzee, 1933: 70. Synonymiezed by Borgmeier 1960: 277. Dohrniphora cavifemur Borgmeier 1969: 1 –2. (in part, male only) Synonymized by Kung and Brown 206: 1932. Apocephalus flaviventris Silva Figueroa, 1916: 48. Synonymized by Borgmeier 1957: 24.
The species is very common in China and often found in urban area. Its larvae were found in many kinds of decaying plant and animal tissues. It is characterized as a secondary invader to carrion, appearing after certain sarcophagids, calliphorids, and M. scalaris (Barnes, 1990). Recently the morphological features of immature stages of D. cornuta were observed (Feng and Liu 2012).
Distribution. Cosmopolitan.
Specimen examined. 3♂ 2♀, Liaoning, Shenyang (41°48'N, 123°26'E), 19-VIII-1992, Guang-Chun Liu; 2♂, Beijing (39°54'N, 116°24' E), 28-IV-1991, Guang-Chun Liu; 5♂ 2♀, Shaanxi, Yangling (34°15'N, 108°6'E), 18-X- 1991, Guang-Chun Liu; 1♂, Shaanxi, Mt. Qinling (33°43'N, 107°58'E), 15-VII-1992, Guang-Chun Liu; 1♂, Guangdong, Guangzhou (23°7'N, 113°16'E), 20–XI–1992, Min Wang; 3♂, Guangxi, Nanning (22°49'N, 118°22' E), 10-V-1992, Guang-Chun Liu and Min Wang; 1♂, Guangxi, Mt. Daming (23°24' N, 108°28'E), 14-V-1992, Guang-Chun Liu and Min Wang; 2♂, Guangxi, Longsheng (25°37'N, 109°55' E), 26-V-1992, Guang-Chun Liu and Min Wang; 2♂, Tibet, Zhangmu(27°58'N, 85°58'E, 2122m), 17-VIII-2013, Jian-Feng Wang.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on page 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
Conchophthirus discophorus Mermod 1914
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dávila, Sthefane
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Conchophthiridae
Conchophthirus
Conchophthirus discophorus

description: Conchophthirus discophorus Mermod, 1914
Hosts and countries: Anodonta californiensis, USA. Euglesa casertana (cited as Pisidium casertanum), Poland. Margaritifera falcata, USA. Musculium lacustre, Poland. Pisidium obtusale, Poland. Pisidium sp., Poland. Sphaerium corneum, Poland.
References: Raabe (1971); Antipa et al. (2020).
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, Dávila, Sthefane & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2024, Ciliate symbionts of bivalves with notes on their worldwide geographic distribution, pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 5448 (4) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11232169
MPEC 2024-X284 : 2024 XZ15
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 XZ15

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Neoscutops rotundipennis
Creators: name: Ale-Rocha, Rosaly
name: Freitas, Geovânia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Periscelididae
Neoscutops
Neoscutops rotundipennis

description: The rotundipennis Group
The members of the rotundipennis group, which includes four species, are characterized by the face with lower margin slightly rounded; clypeus as a U-shaped sclerite; palpus short and clavate; M1 strongly arched, ending at or close to apex of wing; A1+CuA2 long and arched; r-m crossvein placed before middle of upper section of dm cell. Male terminalia with pregenital sclerite (syntergosternite 7+8) very narrow, membranous to slightly sclerotized dorsally, widened and distinctly sclerotized lateroventrally, and fused ventrally with the lateral margin of tergite 6; epandrium small, conspicuously convex, narrowed dorsally; surstylus articulated with the lateral extremity of epandrium or contiguous with epandrium; postgonites short; cercus membranous and setose. Female sternite 8 is large, subtriangular; tergite 8 narrowed; hypoproct with variable shape.
Geographical distribution: Brazil, Costa Rica.
description: Published as part of Ale-Rocha, Rosaly & Freitas, Geovânia, 2011, Revision of the Neotropical genus Neoscutops Malloch (Diptera: Periscelididae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 3016 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200588
Cornugon anais Hansson, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Hansson, Christer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Cornugon
Cornugon anais

description: Cornugon anais sp. nov.
(Figs 8–12, 75)
Diagnosis. Eyes large and malar space narrow (Fig. 8), HE/MS = 18.1; vertex without median groove (Fig. 10); mesoscutum and scutellum completely reticulate, scutellum with a median groove in anterior 1/3 (Fig. 9); propodeum short, without median carina and plicae but with a wide groove anteriorly (Fig. 11); coxae white; petiole about as long as wide; first gastral tergite covering about 1/3 of gaster.
Similar to C. albicoxa, but differing in scutellum having an incomplete median groove, and propodeum shorter and without plicae.
Description. FEMALE. Length 1.0 mm. Antenna dark brown except scape white. Frons metallic dark purple. Vertex metallic greenish-blue. Mesoscutum metallic greenish-blue with purple tinges. Scutellum metallic greenishblue in anterior ½, metallic dark purple in posterior ½. Propodeum metallic greenish-blue. Legs, including coxae, white. Wings hyaline. Petiole metallic purple. Gaster weak metallic greenish-blue.
Antenna as in Fig. 75. Frons smooth and shiny (Fig. 8); frontal suture incomplete, terminating at a distance equal to diameter of torulus; antennal scrobes uniting below frontal suture. Tentorial pits distinct (Fig. 8). Vertex smooth and shiny except for engraved reticulation inside ocellar triangle (Fig. 10).
Mesonotum with an ovate fovea medially between mesoscutum and scutellum (Fig. 9). Midlobe of mesoscutum with raised reticulation, the meshes transverse (Fig. 9); sidelobes with engraved reticulation, the meshes isodiametric. Scutellum with raised, strong reticulation except anteromedian 1/2 with engraved, weak reticulation (Fig. 9); with a shallow, indistinct median groove in anterior 1/3. Dorsellum hidden under scutellum, not visible in dorsal view (Fig. 9). Propodeum smooth and shiny, without median carina and plicae but with a wide groove along anterior margin (Fig. 11).
Petiole about as long as wide and smooth. Gaster ovate with first tergite shiny and large, covering 1/3 of length.
MALE. Unknown.
Type material. Holotype female (INBio) labelled “ Costa Rica, Puntarenas, Parque Nacional Corcovado, Estación Leona, 15.ii.2002, J. Azofeifa”.
Etymology. No specific meaning intended.
Distribution. Costa Rica.
description: Published as part of Hansson, Christer, 2011, Cornugon (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America including ten new species, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2873 on pages 8-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277538
Conchophthirus elongatus Ghosh 1918
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dávila, Sthefane
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Conchophthiridae
Conchophthirus
Conchophthirus elongatus

description: Conchophthirus elongatus Ghosh, 1918
Hosts and countries: Lamellidens sp., India.
References: Raabe (1971).
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, Dávila, Sthefane & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2024, Ciliate symbionts of bivalves with notes on their worldwide geographic distribution, pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 5448 (4) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11232169
Dohrniphora leei Disney
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora leei

description: 3. Dohrniphora leei Disney
(Figs. 5–6, 56)
Dohrniphora leei Disney, 2005:198.
The species was originally described from South Korea. It most resembles the tramp species D. cornuta (Bigot), but the relative lengths of the hair palisade of the mid tibia and the triangular hind coxal lobe will readily distinguish the species. The Chinese specimen is with more hairs on dorsal edge of posterior face of hind femur than the type specimens. It is the first record from China.
Distribution. China (Liaoning), South Korea.
Specimen examined. 1♂, Liaoning, Fushun, Mt. Wunu(41°22'N, 125°20'E, 358m), 6-V-2012, Meng Yang.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on page 310, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
Dohrniphora rectangularis Liu, 2015, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora rectangularis

description: 4. Dohrniphora rectangularis sp. nov.
(Figs. 7–8)
Male: Frons dark brown, broader than high (1.4:1), sub-shining, with sparse hairs. First row of bristles straight, antials closer to antero-laterals than to each other. Second row of bristles slightly concave, all four bristles are equidistant. Postpedicels yellowish brown, rounded-oval. Arista with relative long hairs. Palp yellow, 4 times as long as its width, with 4–5 apical bristles and 10–20 short hairs on ventral face. Thorax. Scutum brown, with sparse hairs. Scutellum brown, with 2 bristles and 2 hairs. Wing length 1.99–2.10 mm. Costal index 0.53. Costal ratios 5.24:1.53:1. Costal cilia 0.04 mm. Veins brown and membrane light grey. Halter yellow brown. Legs yellow. Fore tibia with 5 dorsal bristles, of which the upmost is the longest. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends 0.42 of its length. Hind tibia without isolated bristles before apex. Hind femur yellow, except darker at dorsal edge. Posterior face of hind femur with 8 peg-like bristles, which arranged in right angle and with 1–2 hairs just below the upper edge. Hind coxal lobes hemispheric. Abdomen. Tergites and Venter brown. Tergites with sparse hairs. Cercus yellowish brown. Terminalia brown. Body length 3.1 mm.
Holotype. ♂, Hainan Province, Jianfeng (18°43'N, 108°48'E, 700m), 19-V-2004, Guang-Chun Liu.
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the arrangement pattern of the peg-like bristles on posterior face of hind femur.
Remarks. In the key to Dohrniphora males (Disney, 1990), the species runs to the couplet 30 to D. bradburyi Disney. It is different from latter by the rectangular arranged complex of peg-like bristles. In terms of arrangement of peg-like bristles it is somewhat similar to D. cornuta (Bigot), but different in having only 1–2 hairs on upper parts of posterior face of hind femur.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on pages 310-312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
Neoscutops cariri Amorim & Vasconcelos
Creators: name: Ale-Rocha, Rosaly
name: Freitas, Geovânia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Periscelididae
Neoscutops
Neoscutops cariri

description: Neoscutops cariri Amorim & Vasconcelos
Neoscutops cariri Amorim & Vasconcelos, 1990: 37. Figs. 1–3.
Diagnosis (based on Amorim & Vasconcelos [1990]). Frons dark brown; face brown with an inverted W-shaped light yellow spot at base of lunula; scape brown, pedicel dark brown; palpus brown, long, somewhat rectangular; gena yellow; scutum dark brown, yellowish on anterior corners; scutellum brown; coxae and femora brown; fore tibia brown, mid and hind tibia yellowish brown on basal ¾, brown on apical ¼; tarsi light yellow; second tarsomeres with some ventral blackish setulae.
Distribution. Brazil (Alagoas, Paraiba).
Remarks. The type species was not examined because it cannot be located. It is probably lost.
description: Published as part of Ale-Rocha, Rosaly & Freitas, Geovânia, 2011, Revision of the Neotropical genus Neoscutops Malloch (Diptera: Periscelididae), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 3016 on page 18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.200588
Conchophthirus klimentinus Raabe 1965
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dávila, Sthefane
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Conchophthiridae
Conchophthirus
Conchophthirus klimentinus

description: Conchophthirus klimentinus Raabe, 1965
Hosts and countries: Dreissena carinata (cited as Dreissena stankovici), Republic of Macedonia. Dreissena polymorpha (cited as Dreissensia polymorpha), Republic of Macedonia; Yugoslavia.
References: Raabe (1971); Molloy et al. (2010).
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, Dávila, Sthefane & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2024, Ciliate symbionts of bivalves with notes on their worldwide geographic distribution, pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 5448 (4) on page 463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11232169
Dohrniphora modesta Disney
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora modesta

description: 5. Dohrniphora modesta Disney
(Figs. 9–10)
Dohrniphora modesta Disney, 2000:91.
The species was originally described from the far east of Russia. It is characterized by the inflated palp, peg-like bristles near ventral edge and 1–3 hairs near dorsal edge on posterior face of hind femur. The Chinese specimen is a slightly different from type specimen in number and arrangement of peg-like bristles of hind femur. It is the first record from China.
Distribution. China (Liaoning), Russian Far East.
Specimen examined. 1♂,Liaoning, Fushun, Xinbin (41°49' N, 125°01' E, 329m), 10-IX-2009, Tao Li; 1♂, Liaoning, Fushun, Wunu(41°22' N, 125°31' E, 329m), 28-VII-2009, Jian-Feng Wang.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
Dohrniphora intumescens Liu
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora intumescens

description: 6. Dohrniphora intumescens Liu
(Figs. 11–12)
Dohrniphora intumescens Liu, 2001:105.
Male: Body length 1.5–2.2mm. Frons black, width 0.68mm, wider than lateral height (1.25:1). First row of bristles straight, antials about 2 times as far apart as either is to an antero-lateral. Second row of bristles concave, all four bristles are equidistant. Postpedicels yellowish brown, slightly pointed. Palp orange yellow, swollen, length less than 2 times of its width, with 5 apical bristles and 15–20 hairs on ventral face. Thorax. Scutum brown, with sparse hairs. Scutellum brown, with 2 bristles and 2 hairs. Wing length 1.64–1.66mm. Costal index 0.49–0.51. Costal ratios 5.30–5.33:1.12–1.14:1. Costal cilia 0.03–0.04mm. Veins brown and membrane greyish brown. Halter yellow. Legs yellow. Fore tibia with 4 dorsal bristles. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends 1/2 (0.56) of tibia. Hind tibia without isolated bristles before apex. Posterior face of hind femur with 6–10 peg-like bristles, of which proximal 2–4 bristles relative strong and apical 4–6 bristles slender, above these with 2–3 hairs just below dorsal edge. Hind coxal lobes yellow, rounded. Abdomen. Tergites uniformly dark brown, with sparse hairs. Venter and cercus yellowish brown. Terminalia brown.
Distribution. China (Hainan).
Specimen examined. 1♂ (holotype), Hainan, Mt. Jianfeng (18°43' N, 108°48'E), 4-IV-1992, Guang-Chun Liu and Min Wang; 2♂ (paratypes), same data as above, but collected in 5~ 8-IV-1992; 2♂, Hainan, Mt. Wuzhi (18°53'N, 109°41' E), 17-IV-1992, Guang-Chun Liu and Min Wang; 1♂, Hainan, Diaoluo (18°39' N, 109°54' E), 12-IV-1992, Guang-Chun Liu and Min Wang.
Remarks. The character of hairs on dorsal face of hind femur was ignored in the original description of the species (Liu 2001). The species is closely related to D. modesta Disney. It is distinguished from latter by the longer palisade of mid tibia and long and slender peg-like bristles.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on pages 312-313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
СИСТЕМНЫЙ ПОДХОД К ЛЕЧЕНИЮ ОДНОСТОРОННЕГО ДИСПЛАСТИЧЕСКОГО КОКСАРТРОЗА ТЯЖЕЛОЙ СТЕПЕНИ
Creators: name: Маматкулов, Ойбек
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: В структуре патологии опорно-двигательного аппарата коксартроз уступает гонартрозу по частоте встречаемости, но является ведущим по срокам нетрудоспособности. Одной из лидирующих этиологических причин развития ДКА является врожденное недоразвитие структур ТБС (Лебедев В.Ф., 2013, Melugin H.P., 2022, Zhang S., 2020, Riedstra N.S., 2023, Vinge R., 2023).
Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and comparison to COVID-19 cases in two sewersheds, North Carolina, USA
Creators: name: Kothegal, N.P.
name: Stewart, J.R.
name: Coleman, C.K.
name: Guidry, V.T.
name: LaMontagne, C.D.
name: Engel, L.S.
name: Serre, M.L.
name: Holcomb, D.A.
name: Miller, M.E.
name: Clerkin, T.J.
name: Noble, R.T.
name: Grube, A.M.
name: Blackwood, A.D.
Publisher: name: Elsevier B.V.
Year: 2023

description: Wastewater surveillance of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) may be useful for monitoring population-wide coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, especially given asymptomatic infections and limitations in diagnostic testing. We aimed to detect SARS-CoV-2 RNA in wastewater and compare viral concentrations to COVID-19 case numbers in the respective counties and sewersheds. Influent 24-hour composite wastewater samples were collected from July to December 2020 from two municipal wastewater treatment plants serving different population sizes in Orange and Chatham Counties in North Carolina. After a concentration step via HA filtration, SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected and quantified by reverse transcription droplet digital polymerase chain reaction (RT-ddPCR) and quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR), targeting the N1 and N2 nucleocapsid genes. SARS-CoV-2 RNA was detected by RT-ddPCR in 100 % (24/24) and 79 % (19/24) of influent wastewater samples from the larger and smaller plants, respectively. In comparison, viral RNA was detected by RT-qPCR in 41.7 % (10/24) and 8.3 % (2/24) of samples from the larger and smaller plants, respectively. Positivity rates and method agreement further increased for the RT-qPCR assay when samples with positive signals below the limit of detection were counted as positive. The wastewater data from the larger plant generally correlated (⍴ ~0.5, p < 0.05) with, and even anticipated, the trends in reported COVID-19 cases, with a notable spike in measured viral RNA preceding a spike in cases when students returned to a college campus in the Orange County sewershed. Correlations were generally higher when using estimates of sewershed-level case data rather than county-level data. This work supports use of wastewater surveillance for tracking COVID-19 disease trends, especially in identifying spikes in cases. Wastewater-based epidemiology can be a valuable resource for tracking disease trends, allocating resources, and evaluating policy in the fight against current and future pandemics.
Dohrniphora setulipalpis Liu
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora setulipalpis

description: 7. Dohrniphora setulipalpis Liu
(Fig. 13–14)
Dohrniphora setulipalpis Liu, 2001:103.
Male: Frons width 0.63mm, broader than length, with sparse hairs. First row of bristles straight, antials further from either is to an antero-lateral. Second row of bristles concave, all four are equidistant. Flagellomere yellow, globose, slightly pointed. Pre-apical arista long, with small hairs. Palp yellow, 3 times as long as its width, with 5 apical bristles. Thorax. Scutum dark brown. Scutellum with 2 bristles and 2 short hairs, which are less than 1/2 of the bristles. Wing length 3.3mm. Costal index 0.53, Costal ratios 9.5:3.5:1. Costal cilia 0.04mm. Veins brown and membrane pale. Halter pale yellow. Legs yellowish brown. Fore tibia with 6–8 dorsal bristles, of which the upmost is the longest. Dorsal hair palisade extends up to 2/3 of tibia. Hind tibia without dorsal isolated bristles before apex. Posterior face of hind femur with about 7 peg-like bristles, in which 4 longer and 3 shorter. The bristles go around upper of microtrichia patch and arranged in arc-shaped curve, above this with 1–2 hairs on posterior face just below dorsal edge. Hind coxal lobe yellow, triangular.
Abdomen. Tergites I–II yellow on anterior half and dark brown at lateral region. Tergites II–IV dark brown. Tergite V dark brown with yellowish anterior edge. Cercus yellow. Venter yellow. Tergites II and IV long. Tergites III–V equal length. All tergites bare.
Specimen examined. 1♂ (holotype), Hainan, Mt. Jianfeng (18°43'N, 108°48' E, 850m), 5-IV-1992, Guang- Chun Liu and Min Wang. 1♂, Taiwan, Pingdong (22°41'N, 120°39' E, 220m), 30-V-2011, Xiao-Yan Liu.
Distribution. China (Hainan, Taiwan).
Remarks. The species is easily distinguished from others by S-shaped curve arrangement of peg-like bristles and dorsal hairs on posterior face of hind femur. The character of 1–3 bristle-like hairs near dorsal edge on posterior face of hind femur was ignored in original description.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
Conchophthirus lamellidens Ghosh 1918
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dávila, Sthefane
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Conchophthiridae
Conchophthirus
Conchophthirus lamellidens

description: Conchophthirus lamellidens Ghosh, 1918
Hosts and countries: Sinanodonta lauta (cited as Anodonta lauta), Japan.
References: Raabe (1971).
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, Dávila, Sthefane & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2024, Ciliate symbionts of bivalves with notes on their worldwide geographic distribution, pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 5448 (4) on page 463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11232169
Cornugon petiolatum Hansson, 2011, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Hansson, Christer
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eulophidae
Cornugon
Cornugon petiolatum

description: Cornugon petiolatum sp. nov.
(Figs 38–41, 88)
Diagnosis. Vertex with two humps, one behind each posterior ocellus, with a complete median groove and with a groove delimiting posterior part of ocellar triangle (Fig. 41); scutellum with a deep and distinct median groove extending from anterior margin along ¾ of length (Fig. 39); hind coxa conspicuously hairy on posterior surface; propodeum with a complete and strong median carina (Fig. 40); petiole about 3.5X as long as wide and reticulate with small meshes (Fig. 40); first gastral tergite shiny and large, covering 2/3 length of gaster.
Similar to C. leios and C. unicornis, but differing from both in having a very long petiole, and from the latter also in not having a horn on the upper-median frons.
Description. FEMALE. Length 1.4 mm. Antenna dark brown except scape white. Frons metallic dark purple, golden-green along eyes. Vertex metallic greenish-blue. Mesoscutum golden-green anteriorly, metallic greenishblue posteriorly. Scutellum metallic greenish-blue with metallic purple tinges posteriorly. Propodeum goldengreen. Coxae dark and metallic; femora, tibiae and tarsi white. Wings hyaline. Petiole metallic purple. Gaster weak metallic greenish-blue.
Antenna as in Fig. 88. Frons and vertex smooth and shiny (Figs 38, 41), frons concave; frontal suture reaching eyes at level of anterior ocellus; tentorial pits missing; vertex with two humps, one behind each ocellus.
Mesonotum with a more or less round fovea medially between mesoscutum and scutellum (Fig. 39). Midlobe of mesoscutum with weak reticulation, the meshes transverse, and sidelobes with engraved transverse reticulation (Fig. 39). Scutellum with anterior 1/2 smooth and shiny and posterior 1/2 with raised, strong reticulation (Fig. 39), but with a deep, distinct median groove extending from anterior margin along 3/4 length. Dorsellum short, with posterior parts visible in dorsal view (Fig. 39). Propodeum with a complete and strong median carina (Fig. 40), smooth and shiny between plicae.
Petiole about 3.5X as long as wide and reticulate with small meshes, hence dull (Fig. 40). Gaster ovate with first tergite shiny and large, covering 2/3 length.
MALE. Unknown.
Type material. Holotype female (LUZM) labelled " Honduras, Cortez, Parque Nacional San Cusuco, 5 km north of Buenos Aires, 15˚29'N 88˚13'W, 15.ix.1995, R. Cave, malaise trap in oak/pine cloud forest".
Etymology. Name referring to elongate petiole.
Distribution. Honduras.
description: Published as part of Hansson, Christer, 2011, Cornugon (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America including ten new species, pp. 1-26 in Zootaxa 2873 on pages 16-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.277538
Contaminants disrupt aquatic food webs via decreased consumer efficiency
Creators: name: Fodrie, F Joel
name: Clance, Lauren R
name: Ziegler, Shelby L
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022

description: Changes in consumer-resource dynamics due to environmental stressors can alter energy flows or key interactions within food webs, with potential for cascading effects at population, community, and ecosystem levels. We conducted a meta-analysis to quantify the direction and magnitude of changes in consumption rates following exposure of consumer-resource pairs within freshwater-brackish and marine systems to anthropogenic CO2, heavy metals, microplastics, oil, pesticides, or pharmaceuticals. Across all contaminants, exposure generally decreased consumption rates, likely due to reduced consumer mobility or search efficiency. These negative effects on consumers appeared to outweigh co-occurring reductions in prey vigilance or antipredator behaviors following contaminant exposure. Consumption was particularly dampened in freshwater-brackish systems, for consumers with sedentary prey, and for lower-trophic-level consumers. This synthesis indicates that energy flow up the food web, toward larger - often ecologically and economically prized - taxa may be dampened as aquatic contaminant loads increase.
Chaetonotidae Gosse 1864
Creators: name: Kånneby, Tobias
name: Todaro, M. Antonio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Gastrotricha
Chaetonotida
Chaetonotidae

description: Family Chaetonotidae Gosse, 1864 [sensu Leasi & Todaro, 2008]
Subfamily Chaetonotinae Gosse, 1864
Genus Aspidiophorus Voigt, 1903
description: Published as part of Kånneby, Tobias & Todaro, M. Antonio, 2017, A new species of Aspidiophorus (Gastrotricha: Chaetonotidae) from the Swedish west coast, pp. 390-394 in Zootaxa 4290 (2) on page 390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/829003
Dohrniphora capillaris Liu, 2015, sp.nov.
Creators: name: Liu, Guang-Chun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Phoridae
Dohrniphora
Dohrniphora capillaris

description: 8. Dohrniphora capillaris sp.nov.
(Figs.15–16, 57, 70)
Male: Head. Frons dark brown, sub-shining, with sparse hairs. First row of bristles a little convex, antials closer to antero-laterals than to each other. Second row of bristles straight, pre-ocellars slightly further from each other than either is from a medio-lateral. Postpedicels brown, rounded-oval. Palp yellow, 3 times as long as its width, with 5 apical bristles and some short hairs on ventral face. Thorax. Scutum and pleuron brown. Scutellum brown, with 2 bristles and 2 hairs. Wing length 2.13mm. Costal index 0.47. Costal ratios 7.4:1.9:1. Costal cilia 0.03mm. Veins brown and membrane light grey. Halter yellow. Legs yellow. Fore tibia with 6 dorsal bristles, of which the upmost is the longest. Fore tarsomeres slender, elongate. Dorsal hair palisade of mid tibia extends 1/2 of its length. Hind coxal lobe yellow, long conical and with fine hairs. Hind tibia without isolated bristles before apex. Hind femur yellow, except darker at dorsal edge. The peg-like bristles on posterior face of hind femur are very thin and hairlike, which arranged in a single row; above this with 1-3 hairs on posterior face just below dorsal edge. A basal process is near to the group of the peg-like bristles. Abdomen. Tergites uniformly brown. Venter of abdomen grey. Male terminalia brown, except cercus yellowish brown.
Distribution. China (Taiwan).
Etymology. The specific epithet refers to very fine peg-like bristles on posterior face of hind femur.
Holotye: ♂, China: Taiwan, Hualian, Bilvshenmu (24°11' N, 121°24' E, 2150m), 20-VI-2011, Xiaoyan Liu.
Remarks. The species is distinguished from other species of the genus by the characters of fine hair-like group of peg-like bristles on posterior face of hind femur and number on fore tibia. In the key to the males of the genus of Dohrniphora of Australian and Oriental Regions (Disney 1990a), the species is not very suitable for any couplet. In terms of peg-like bristles, it is somewhat similar to D. goodwini Disney, but different from latter in having yellow knob of halter and hind femur, and combination of characters of posterior face of hind femur.
description: Published as part of Liu, Guang-Chun, 2015, Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, pp. 307-331 in Zootaxa 3986 (3) on pages 313-315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234618
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Child Health, and the Pediatric Subspecialty Workforce.
Creators: name: Mendoza, Fernando S
name: Gaona, Adriana R
name: Russell, Christopher J
name: Webb, Jonathan
name: Evans, Yolanda N
name: Deen, Jason F
name: Schaechter, Judy
name: Montez, Kimberly G
name: Williams, Xavier J
name: Leslie, Laurel K
name: Orr, Colin J
Publisher: name: American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Year: 2024

description: Using multiple metrics, the diversity of the pediatric population in the United States is increasing. However, recent data suggest significant disparities in both the prevalence and management of child health conditions cared for by pediatric subspecialists. These inequities occur across multiple dimensions of diversity, including race and ethnicity, country of origin, socioeconomic status, sex and gender, and disability. Research also suggests that attending to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the medical workforce may positively affect health outcomes. High-quality pediatric subspecialty care thus requires knowledge of these data, attention to the effects of social drivers, including racism and discrimination, on health and wellbeing, and interventions to improve pediatric health equity through educational, practice, policy, and research innovations. In this article, we review data on the diversity of the pediatric population and pediatric subspecialty workforce, suggest potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of current diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in academic pediatrics, and provide recommendations across 4 domains: education and training, practice, policy, and future research. The ultimate goal of pediatrics is to improve health equity for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults cared for in the United States by pediatric subspecialists.
Water, environment, and socioeconomic justice in California: A multi-benefit cropland repurposing framework
Creators: name: Flores-Landeros, Humberto
name: Sandoval-Solís, Samuel
name: Rodríguez-Flores, José M
name: Fernandez-Bou, Angel Santiago
name: McCullough, Michael
name: Characklis, Gregory W
name: Ortiz-Partida, J Pablo
name: Harmon, Thomas C
name: Pells, Chantelise
name: Guzman, Alexander
name: Sánchez-Pérez, Pedro A
name: Valero-Fandiño, Jorge
name: Classen-Rodriguez, Leticia M
name: Medellín-Azuara, Josué
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022

description: Low-income, rural frontline communities of California's Central Valley experience environmental and socioeconomic injustice, water insecurity, extremely poor air quality, and lack of fundamental infrastructure (sewage, green areas, health services), which makes them less resilient. Many communities depend financially on agriculture, while water scarcity and associated policy may trigger farmland retirement further hindering socioeconomic opportunities. Here we propose a multi-benefit framework to repurpose cropland in buffers inside and around (400-m and 1600-m buffers) 154 rural disadvantaged communities of the Central Valley to promote socioeconomic opportunities, environmental benefits, and business diversification. We estimate the potential for (1) reductions in water and pesticide use, nitrogen leaching, and nitrogen gas emissions, (2) managed aquifer recharge, and (3) economic and employment impacts associated with clean industries and solar energy. Retiring cropland within 1600-m buffers can result in reductions in water use of 2.18 km3/year, nitrate leaching into local aquifers of 105,500 t/year, greenhouse gas emissions of 2,232,000 t CO2-equivalent/year, and 5388 t pesticides/year, with accompanying losses in agricultural revenue of US$4213 million/year and employment of 25,682 positions. Buffer repurposing investments of US$27 million/year per community for ten years show potential to generate US$101 million/year per community (total US$15,578 million/year) for 30 years and 407 new jobs/year (total 62,697 jobs/year) paying 67 % more than prior farmworker jobs. In the San Joaquin Valley (southern Central Valley), where groundwater overdraft averages 2.3 km3/year, potential water use reduction is 1.8 km3/year. We have identified 99 communities with surficial soils adequate for aquifer recharge and canals/rivers within 1600 m. This demonstrates the potential of managed aquifer recharge in buffered zones to substantially reduce overdraft. The buffers framework shows that well-planned land repurposing near disadvantaged communities can create multiple benefits for farmers and industry stakeholders, while improving quality of life in disadvantaged communities and producing positive externalities for society.
GENETIC DIVERSITY AND PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF YAM (DIOSCOREA SPP.) VIRUSES IN NIGERIA'S GUINEA SAVANNA ZONE
Creators: name: Dr. Shatu, Wudiri Asala
name: Dr. Ibrahim, Yusuf Mohammed
Publisher: name: kEITH jOURNAL
Year: 2025
Subjects: Yam cultivation, Viral diseases, Yam mosaic virus (YMV), Yam propagation, Sub-Saharan Africa

description: Yam (Dioscorea spp.) holds immense agricultural significance in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Nigeria, where it stands as the primary root crop in terms of cultivation area, production volume, and economic value. However, yam cultivation faces persistent challenges attributed to pest-related yield losses, including insects, diseases, and weeds. Among these obstacles, viral diseases have emerged as a substantial concern due to their detrimental impact on yam propagation. The primary mode of yam multiplication involves vegetative planting of cuttings or tuber pieces (setts), resulting in the accumulation and transmission of viral diseases. Various viral pathogens from the Potyvirus, Potexvirus, Badnavirus, Cucumovirus, and Caviavirus genera infect yam species, inducing symptoms such as mosaic patterns, chlorosis, stunting, and distortion. Of particular importance in sub-Saharan Africa is the Yam mosaic virus (YMV) within the Potyvirus genus. This abstract highlight the prevalence and consequences of viral infections in yam cultivation, especially in regions responsible for over 90% of global yam production. It underscores the need to address the epidemiology and control of yam viruses, emphasizing the role of uncontrolled introduction of infected yam germplasm in spreading these pathogens. Understanding and managing viral diseases are crucial steps toward ensuring the sustainability and productivity of yam farming in sub-Saharan Africa
Conchophthirus magna Kidder 1934
Creators: name: Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura
name: Dávila, Sthefane
name: Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Ciliophora
Heterotrichea
Heterotrichida
Conchophthiridae
Conchophthirus
Conchophthirus magna

description: Conchophthirus magna Kidder, 1934
Hosts and countries: Elliptio complanata (cited as Elliptio camplanatus), USA. Polymesoda caroliniana, Mexico. Rangia flexuosa [cited as Rangia (Rangianella) flexuosa], Mexico.
References: Raabe (1971); Madrazo-Garibay & López-Ochoterena (1988a); López-Ochoterena (1999).
description: Published as part of Mayén-Estrada, Rosaura, Dávila, Sthefane & Dias, Roberto Junio Pedroso, 2024, Ciliate symbionts of bivalves with notes on their worldwide geographic distribution, pp. 451-481 in Zootaxa 5448 (4) on page 463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5448.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/11232169