cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sympagus buckleyi Bates
Creators: name: Hovore, Frank T.
name: Toledo, Víctor H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Sympagus
Sympagus buckleyi

description: Sympagus buckleyi (Bates)
(Fig. 2)
Nyssodrys buckleyi Bates, 1885: 416.
Nyssodrystes buckleyi — Gilmour, 1965: 599 (cat.).
Sympagus buckleyi — Monné, 1985: 547; Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 264 (cat.); Monné, 2005: 133 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2005: 197 (cat.).
Diagnosis
Body coloration reddish­brown, maculate dorsally with black and pale yellow pubescence. Head with antennae clothed with minute brown pubescence, segments three to eleven apically annulated with darker pubescence. Pronotum broad, obtusely angulated laterally, 1.6 times broader across lateral angulations than long; clothed with reddishbrown and pale yellow pubescence, vaguely arrayed in lines across the disk. Scutellum ligulate, rounded apically; clothed with blackish pubescence. Elytra 1.6 times longer than broad; disk closely, moderately coarsely punctate, becoming smaller and less dense apically; apex emarginate, with sutural margin rounded and external margin acute; clothed with reddish­brown and pinkish­brown pubescence, with a dark triangular post­scutellar common macula extending across the suture, margined behind with yellow pubescence, and two large, dark lateral maculae, sub­triangular in outline, extending along the lateral margins from the basal one­fourth to the apical one­fourth, and extending diagonally toward the suture at the apical one­fourth, narrowly margined on discal portion with yellow pubescence, and a pair of rounded yellowish maculae on either side of the suture before apex; femora dark basally, lighter at apex, tibiae red­brown basally. Length: “3 3/4 lin.” (Bates 1885).
Remarks
This species is known to us only by a photograph (provided by S. Lingafelter, USNM) of a specimen from Bolivia (Yungas de La Paz) in the collection of the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; the type locality is given as “ Bolivia, prov. Yungas” (Bates 1885).
description: Published as part of Hovore, Frank T. & Toledo, Víctor H., 2006, Review of the genus Sympagus Bates, 1881 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini), pp. 49-61 in Zootaxa 1252 on page 55, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173027
Dugesia benazzii Stocchino 2018
Creators: name: Stocchino, Giacinta Angela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Tricladida
Dugesiidae
Dugesia
Dugesia benazzii

description: Dugesia benazzii Lepori, 1951
The new species D. benazzii was described by Lepori (1951) as a taxon endemic to the two islands Sardinia and Corsica. However, further studies carried out in the Tuscany Archipelago enlarged the geographic range of this species to include also Capraia Island (Benazzi & Benazzi Lentati, 1976).
Dugesia benazzii is represented by sexual and mixed natural populations, the latter characterized by the coexistence of sexual and fissiparous individuals (see Stocchino & Manconi 2013). This species has a haploid chromosome complement of n=8, which is the most common set of chromosomes among Dugesia species, with several biotypes that can be distinguished by the ploidy level and by the type of development (amphimixis or gynogenesis): (1) diploid, amphimictic (2n = 16; n = 8); (2) triploid, amphimictic (3n = 24; n = 8); (3) triploid, gynogenetic synaptic (3n = 24; n = 8); (4) tetraploid, gynogenetic asynaptic (4n = 32; n = 8) (Lepori, 1948a; Benazzi & Benazzi Lentati, 1976; Vacca et al., 1988, 1993; Pala et al., 1999). Moreover, a tetraploid, gynogenetic synaptic karyoptype (4n = 32; n = 8) and a hexaploid karyotype (6n = 48; n = 8) in a sexual population were also found in Sardinia (M. Pala, pers. comm.); the type of development of this last population is unknown.
Dugesia benazzii is widely distributed in Sardinia both in small rivers and in large hydrographic basins (Lepori, 1951; Benazzi & Deri, 1988; Vacca et al., 1988; 1993; Pala et al., 1999; M. Pala, pers. comm.). A single population has been found also in a spring (Su Cantaru Spring) (Stocchino et al., 2013c) (Fig. 1).
Until the 1960s D. benazzii was considered to be the only species of the genus Dugesia present in Sardinia (Benazzi, 1969). However, researches carried out by Lepori, Pala and co-workers since the 1970s led to the discovery of four other species, while in-depth investigations on their biology were also performed (see below).
description: Published as part of Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, pp. 539-552 in Zootaxa 4532 (4) on page 540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2615649
Evania cibriata SEMENOV 1892
Creators: name: Yildirim, E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Evaniidae
Evania
Evania cibriata

description: Evania cibriata SEMENOV 1892
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Kastamonu: 10.XII.1992,.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y: New for the Turkish fauna.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e w o r l d: Iran, Turkmenistan.
description: Published as part of Yildirim, E., 2008, The Evaniidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) of Turkey, pp. 969-971 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 970, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5429974
Sympagus favorabilis Tippmann
Creators: name: Hovore, Frank T.
name: Toledo, Víctor H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Sympagus
Sympagus favorabilis

description: Sympagus favorabilis Tippmann
(Fig. 5)
Sympagus favorabilis Tippmann, 1960: 195. ­ Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 264 (cat.); Monné, 2005: 133 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2005: 197 (cat.).
Diagnosis
Body pale testaceous, clothed dorsally with mottled pale tan, light reddish­brown, gray and piceous­black pubescence. Antennal scape and second segment pale tan pubescent, remainder of segments dark reddish­brown, most segments darker apically; head pale tan pubescent with a pair of small dark spots on front, and another pair on vertex. Pronotum 1.5 times broader than long; sides pale tan pubescent, disk mottled pale tan and light redbrown, with a nebulous dark brown or piceous median area extending from base to apex. Scutellum ligulate, black, tipped with pale pubescence. Elytra 1.7 times longer than broad; with scattered punctures on the basal half; apex emarginate, the sutural angle narrowly rounded and the outer angle acutely dentate; the disk is clothed with mottled light tan, redbrown, gray and piceous pubescence, the latter two colors forming a broad dark postmedian band, with a broad, pale tan “M”­shaped marking on a red­brown background over the basal one­third, the scutellar region mottled gray and piceous, and the apical onefourth banded with pale tan and light red­brown. The femora are pale above, piceous or dark brown basally beneath, clothed with pale pubescence; tibiae pale brown, darker apically. The underside is predominantly dark brown or piceous, lighter laterally and around the appendages, thinly clothed with pale pubescence. Length: 6.5–9.0 mm.
Remarks
Described originally from Satipo, Peru, this species also occurs in Amazonian Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia, Mato Grosso), Bolivia and French Guiana. It has been taken from dead twigs of Ficus in Ecuador. The characterization was drawn from a photograph of the type specimen and additional material from Bolivia and Ecuador.
description: Published as part of Hovore, Frank T. & Toledo, Víctor H., 2006, Review of the genus Sympagus Bates, 1881 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini), pp. 49-61 in Zootaxa 1252 on pages 55-56, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173027
title: "Perseo e Andromeda (recto); Venere e Adone (verso)", Tempesta Antonio, inv. 606 (ITA/EN)
title: Scheda catalogo digitale Borghese
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Minozzi, Marina
name: Galleria Borghese
Publisher: name: Galleria Borghese
Year: 2024

description: Pubblicazione delle schede delle opere conservate nel museo ed estratte dal catalogo digitale di Galleria Borghese, nelle due versioni esistenti online, in italiano e inglese.

Collegamento al catalogo digitale:

ITA: https://www.collezionegalleriaborghese.it/

EN: https://www.collezionegalleriaborghese.it/en
Dugesia etrusca subsp. monoadenodactyla Lepori 1947
Creators: name: Stocchino, Giacinta Angela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Tricladida
Dugesiidae
Dugesia
Dugesia etrusca
Dugesia etrusca monoadenodactyla lepori, 1947

description: Dugesia etrusca monoadenodactyla Lepori, 1947
Dugesia etrusca monoadenodactyla is present with a few sexual populations on the Molara Islet (springs and unnamed rivulets) in the north-east of Sardinia within a Protected Area (Fig. 1).
Specimens were first considered by Benazzi (1969) to belong to D. benazzii with a chromosome complement of 2n = 16; n = 8. Later, Pala et al. (1980a) performed a morphological analysis and assigned the animals to D. etrusca monoadenodactyla, a species previously reported only from Tuscany, thus supporting the ancient connections between Sardinia and Tuscany through the Tuscany Archipelago and Corsica during Quaternary glacial periods.
description: Published as part of Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, pp. 539-552 in Zootaxa 4532 (4) on page 540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2615649
Evania dimidiata FABRICIUS 1804
Creators: name: Yildirim, E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Evaniidae
Evania
Evania dimidiata

description: Evania dimidiata FABRICIUS 1804
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d Adana: Balcalı, 17.VII.1985,, 23.VII.1985,; Adıyaman: 28.VII.1994,; Batman: 26.VIII.1997, 3, 28.VIII.1997,; Burdur: 30.VII.1993,, 24.IX.1993,; Gaziantep: 12.VII.1993,, 15.VII.1993,, 19.VII.2000,; Hatay: İskenderun, Denizciler, 13.VII.1990, 5,; Kahramanmaraş: Elbistan, 1050 m, 5.VIII.1998,, 2; İçel: Erdemli, 11.VII.1991,; Malatya: Yakınca, 7.IX.1991,; Mardin: Kızıltepe, 21.VII.1990, 2, 22.VII.1990,, 23.VII.1990, 2, 25.VII.1990,, 26.VII.1990,, 27.VII.1990, 3, 29.VII.1990, 2, 30.VII.1990,; Niğde: Aksaray, 15.VII.1996,; Şanlıurfa: Halfeti, 20. V.1991,.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y: New for the Turkish fauna.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e w o r l d: Caucasus, Iran and Turkmenistan.
description: Published as part of Yildirim, E., 2008, The Evaniidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) of Turkey, pp. 969-971 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 970, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5429974
Best practice recommendations for medically assisted reproduction in patients with known cardiovascular disease or at high risk of cardiovascular disease
Creators: name: English, Kate
name: Frise, Charlotte
name: Trinder, Johanna
name: Cauldwell, Matthew
name: Simpson, Maggie
name: Adamson, Dawn
name: Elton, Chris
name: Burns, Gwenda
name: Choudhary, Meenakshi
name: Nathanson, Mike
name: Robert, Leema
name: Moore, Jim
name: O’Brien, Pat
name: Pundir, Jyotsna
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mental Health

description: Increasing numbers of people are seeking assisted conception. In people with known cardiac disease or risk factors for cardiac disease, assisted conception may carry increased risks during treatment and any subsequent pregnancy. These risks should be assessed, considered and minimized prior to treatment.
Sympagus laetabilis Bates
Creators: name: Hovore, Frank T.
name: Toledo, Víctor H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Sympagus
Sympagus laetabilis

description: Sympagus laetabilis (Bates)
(Figs 6 – 7)
Lepturges laetabilis Bates, 1872: 217. ­ Bates, 1881a: pl. 12, fig. 18; Chemsak & Linsley, 1970: 413 (lect.).
Sympagus laetabilis ­ Bates, 1881a: 173; Lameere, 1883: 70 (cat.); Bates, 1885: 408 (distr.); Chemsak et al., 1992: 147 (cat.); Maes et al., 1994: 53 (distr.); Monné & Giesbert, 1994: 264 (cat.); Monné, 2005: 133 (cat.); Monné & Hovore, 2005: 197 (cat.).
Diagnosis
Body dark red­brown to piceous, patterned dorsally with yellow, brown and black appressed pubescence; dorsal pattern ornate, clearly defined, head, sides of pronotum yellow, median portion of pronotal disk dark brown, elytra with humeral fasciae, small discal and sutural maculae, a subapical broad, irregular transverse fascia, and small apical maculae yellow, remainder of disk dark brown; small maculae at sides of scutellum blackish; an irregular macula within the subapical yellow fascia and area behind subapical fascia, black. Pronotal disk feebly flattened or impressed medially, lateral tubercles very broadly rounded, a narrow line of small punctures present in basal constriction. Scutellum narrowly ligulate, black pubescent. Elytra 1.5 times longer than broad; apex emarginate, with sutural margin rounded and outer angle prolonged laterally, acutely dentate. Femora dark brown and piceous, thinly pale­pubescent; tibiae piceous, annulated on basal onethird with yellow pubescence. Underside dark brown to piceous, thinly pale pubescent. Length: 7.0–11.0 mm.
Remarks
Ranging from Guatemala to Panama, S. laetabilis most commonly occurs in lowland rain forest and mid­elevation moist forest habitats. Our characterization is based upon series of specimens from multiple localities in Costa Rica and Panama.
description: Published as part of Hovore, Frank T. & Toledo, Víctor H., 2006, Review of the genus Sympagus Bates, 1881 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini), pp. 49-61 in Zootaxa 1252 on pages 56-57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173027
Global DNA methylation level in spermatozoa is not associated with ICSI fertilization outcome and embryo quality in donor oocyte programme
Creators: name: Pandya, Riddhi Kirit
name: Salian, Sujith Raj
name: Lakshmi, Vani R.
name: Uppangala, Shubhashree
name: Kalthur, Guruprasad
name: Gupta, Sanjay
name: Adiga, Satish Kumar
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer

description: Epigenetic mechanisms, including DNA methylation and histone modifications, govern chromatin arrangement in sperm, enhancing motility and safeguarding DNA integrity for accurate epigenetic inheritance. Abnormal methylation is linked to poor sperm quality and fertility issues, underscoring the need to study sperm DNA methylation and its impact on sperm function and embryo development in assisted reproductive technology. In this study, processed spermatozoa from 75 normozoospermic and 15 abnormal ejaculates were examined for sperm global DNA methylation levels using a colourimetric absorbance method. Although semen characteristics were poor in abnormal ejaculates, no significant correlation was found between sperm global DNA methylation levels and sperm characteristics in either normozoospermic or abnormal cohorts. However, mean global DNA methylation levels were significantly lowered in abnormal sperm samples compared to normozoospermic samples (p < 0.05). Furthermore, injecting spermatozoa from these patients (N = 50) into donor oocytes did not show a significant relationship between sperm global DNA methylation and embryo developmental competence. These findings highlight the limitation of sperm global DNA methylation as a biomarker for embryo development and quality.
Sympagus bimaculatu
Creators: name: Hovore, Frank T.
name: Toledo, Víctor H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Sympagus
Sympagus bimaculatu

description: Sympagus bimaculatu s (Gilmour), new combination
(Fig. 1)
Diagnosis
Body dark red­brown and piceous, patterned dorsally with pale gray, dark gray, brown and black appressed pubescence; dorsal pattern diffuse, head and pronotum mostly pale gray, sometimes mottled with darker gray across pronotal disk; elytra pale gray, mottled with dark brown and black maculae, forming an irregular darker area medially and a broad, irregular post­median fascia, apical one­fourth and sides at middle with few or no maculae, appearing whitish, post­humeral portion of epipleura with a large, semicircular black macula. Pronotal disk even or feebly impressed medially, lateral tubercles small, rounded, a narrow line of punctures present across basal constriction. Scutellum short, broadly ligulate, black pubescent. Elytra 1.5 times longer than broad; apices emarginate, sutural angle narrowly rounded, outer angle acute. Femora dark brown and piceous, thinly pale­pubescent; tibiae narrowly red­brown at base, apical four­fifths piceous; tarsi piceous. Underside pale testaceous, thinly pale pubescent. Length: 5.5–8.0 mm.
Remarks
This species ranges throughout lowland Amazonia from eastern Bolivia to French Guiana; the characterization was drawn from the holotype (photo) and specimens matching the type from Bolivia and Ecuador.
description: Published as part of Hovore, Frank T. & Toledo, Víctor H., 2006, Review of the genus Sympagus Bates, 1881 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini), pp. 49-61 in Zootaxa 1252 on page 57, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.173027
Paradorodocia elongata Montreuil 2010, n. sp.
Creators: name: Montreuil, Olivier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Rutelidae
Paradorodocia
Paradorodocia elongata

description: Paradorodocia elongata n. sp.
(Fig. 6B)
HOLOTYPE. — « Madagascar Nord, Montagne d’Ambre, Les Roussettes, 1100 m, XI & XII-58, Andria Robinson », ♂ (MNHN).
PARATYPE. — « Muséum Paris, Madagascar, Coll. L. Fairmaire 1906 », 1 ♂ (MNHN).
ÉTYMOLOGIE. — Espèce nommée d’après son aspect particulièrement allongé, ce qui la rend aisément reconnaissable au sein des autres espèces du genre.
DESCRIPTION
Longueur 15-16 mm. Brun-rouge clair, antennes, pièces buccales, fémurs et hanches brun-jaune.Corps étroit, donnant à l’insecte un aspect allongé.
Élytres
Ponctuation forte, régulière, assez alignée, portant une pilosité blanchâtre courte et couchée; quelques points plus forts avec des soies écailleuses blanches assez longues et dressées. Cali apicaux du mâle sans fortes soies brunâtres.
8 e tergite
Ponctuation fine et rugueuse portant une pilosité longue et inclinée près de la base, devenant plus longue et dressée vers l’apex.
Pattes
Carènes de la face postérieure des métafémurs régulières, l’inférieure portant un peu avant l’apex deux épines: la basale courte et acérée, l’apicale plus longue et émoussée (Fig. 1B). Bords internes des hanches postérieures presque contigus (Fig. 3B).
Édéage
Paramères bi-sinués sur les côtés (Fig. 4B). Endophallus avec seulement quelques rares pièces sclérifiées en forme d’épine de rose sur le pourtour du milieu.
Femelle inconnue.
REMARQUES
Cette espèce est à rapprocher de P. fairmairei n. sp. par la carène inférieure de la face postérieure des métafémurs portant deux épines, mais elle s’en distingue facilement par ses élytres moins élargis, donnant à l’insecte une silhouette plus étroite, par ses pattes nettement bicolores, les hanches et les fémurs jaunâtres, par l’absence des fortes soies brunâtres sur les cali élytraux apicaux chez le mâle, et par la forme des épines de la carène inférieure de la face postérieure des métafémurs (Fig. 1B). La forme des paramères est également caractéristique.
RÉPARTITION
Cette espèce habite le nord de la Grande Île (Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of Montreuil, Olivier, 2010, Révision du genre Paradorodocia Machatschke, 1957 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Rutelidae, Adoretinae), pp. 87-99 in Zoosystema 32 (1) on pages 96-97, DOI: 10.5252/z2010n1a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4520873
Dugesia hepta Pala, Casu & Vacca 1981
Creators: name: Stocchino, Giacinta Angela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Tricladida
Dugesiidae
Dugesia
Dugesia hepta

description: Dugesia hepta Pala, Casu & Vacca, 1981
Dugesia hepta is a Sardinian endemic species restricted only to four hydrographic basins in the northwestern part of the island (Pala et al., 1981; Stocchino et al., 2005) (Fig. 1). The species is characterized by a peculiar chromosome number (2n = 14; n = 7), from which derives its specific epithet, which is unique within the Palaearctic Region. This chromosomal pattern is known only for Dugesia ryukyuensis Kawakatsu, Oki, Tamura & Sugino, 1976, and D. batuensis Ball, 1970, both from eastern Asia (Ball, 1970; Kawakatsu et al., 1976). Dugesia hepta is also morphologically well distinguishable because of a peculiar dorsal ejaculatory duct with a lateral opening and a ventro-lateral penial fold. Among Dugesia species this dorsal course of the ejaculatory duct character is shared by only one other species viz. D. superioris Stocchino & Sluys, 2013 from Lake Ohrid in Albania (Stocchino et al., 2013b, 2017c). Dugesia hepta populations are exclusively sexual with a life cycle comparable to that of other European dugesiids, such as D. ilvana Lepori, 1948 from Elba Island and D. gonocephala (Dugès, 1830) from Central Europe (cf. Stocchino & Manconi, 2013). A recent origin of D. hepta from D. benazzii was suggested by molecular analysis (Lazaro et al., 2009). This hypothesis is also supported by the coexistence of the two species at many localities in all of the Sardinian hydrographic basins inhabited by D. hepta.
description: Published as part of Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, pp. 539-552 in Zootaxa 4532 (4) on page 540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2615649
Prediction of clinical pregnancy outcome after single fresh blastocyst transfer during in vitro fertilization: an ensemble learning perspective
Creators: name: Liu, Zhiqiang
name: Zhang, Hongzhan
name: Xiong, Feng
name: Huang, Xin
name: Yu, Shuyi
name: Sun, Qing
name: Diao, Lianghui
name: Li, Zhenjuan
name: Wu, Yulian
name: Zeng, Yong
name: Huang, Chunyu
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: To establish a predictive model for clinical pregnancy outcomes following the transfer of a single fresh blastocyst in vitro fertilization (IVF). 615 patients (492 in training set and 123 in test set) who underwent the first single and fresh blastocyst transfer in the first IVF or intracytoplasmic sperm injection cycle performed in fertility centre of Shenzhen Zhongshan Obstetrics & Gynecology Hospital from July 2015 to June 2021 were enrolled in this study. Conventional method such as logistic regression (LR), individual machine learning methods including naive bayesian (NB), K-nearest neighbours (K-NN), support vector machine (SVM), decision tree (DT), and ensemble learning methods including random forest (RF), XGBoost, LightGBM, Voting were used to establish the clinical pregnancy outcome prediction model, and the efficacy among different models was compared. Three major types of prediction models, including conventional method: LR (AUC = 0.707), individual machine learning classifiers: NB (AUC = 0.741), K-NN (AUC = 0.719), SVM (AUC = 0.761), DT (AUC = 0.728), ensemble models: RF (AUC = 0.790), XGBoost (AUC = 0.799), LightGBM (AUC = 0.794), Voting (AUC = 0.845) were established. It was found that the performance of the voting model was best. This study revealed that a voting classifier can provide a more accurate estimate of IVF outcome, which can assist clinicians to make individual patient counselling.
Albistyla
Creators: name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Albistyla

description: Key to the species of Albistyla
1) First abdominal tergite (T1+2) conspicuously large, over 3X length of T3. Mid tibia of male with apicoventral bristle longer than tibial width. Sternite 5 of male with a single pair of conspicuously large bristles extending over posterior lobes (Fig. 7)..................................................................................................... 2
- First abdominal tergite (T1+2) not greatly enlarged, 2X length of T3. Mid tibia of male with apicoventral bristle shorter than tibial width. Sternite 5 of male with only clusters of uniformly sized bristles (Fig. 2)................................................................................... Albistyla fimbriata new species. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Venezuela.
2) Mid tibia with mid and apical bristles ventrally............................... Albistyla occulta new species. Ecuador.
- Mid tibia ventrally with only apical bristle (Fig. 15).................... Albistyla spatulisterna new species. Costa Rica.
description: Published as part of Marshall, Stephen A., 2014, Albistyla, a new genus of Neotropical Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), pp. 257-264 in Zootaxa 3793 (2) on page 259, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/224473
Dugesia leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso & Casu 2000
Creators: name: Stocchino, Giacinta Angela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Tricladida
Dugesiidae
Dugesia
Dugesia leporii

description: Dugesia leporii Pala, Stocchino, Corso & Casu, 2000
Dugesia leporii is an endemic Sardinian species restricted to a single locality (Rio Flumentepido) in the southwestern part of the island (Pala et al., 2000) (Fig. 1). The species reproduces only sexually and is distinguishable from its congeners by a peculiar shape of its penis papilla and by a combination of the other features of its copulatory apparatus. Karyological studies previously performed highlighted a diploid chromosome complement of 2n = 16; n = 8, with a karyotype characterized by six metacentric chromosomes and two submetacentric chromosomes (Pala et al., 1999).
description: Published as part of Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, pp. 539-552 in Zootaxa 4532 (4) on page 541, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2615649
Albistyla fimbriata Marshall, 2014, n.sp.
Creators: name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Albistyla
Albistyla fimbriata

description: Albistyla fimbriata n.sp.
Figs. 1–5
Description. Abdomen: Syntergite 1+2 pale anteromedially, twice as long as tergite 3.
Male abdomen: S4 simple, lightly sclerotized. S5 with anterior part broadly bilobed and projecting under (dorsal to) S4; middle part with a blade-like central piece connecting with a dark U-shaped band on each side, middle part of each band with a pale, deeply fimbriate lobe; posterior margin of sternite developed into two conspicuously prominent processes, each in turn divided into a prominent longitudinal lobe with a row of 4–5 stout bristles and a posterior horizontal lobe with a darkened blade-like process. Surstylus folded into inner and outer lobes; outer lobe rounded and setose, inner lobe flat with a few marginal setae and a large, transparent, posteroventral scale. Cerci broad, lobate, narrowly fused dorsally. Distiphallus short-cylindrical with a very broad bilobed opening subtended by broad, flap-like distal lobes.
Female unknown.
Type material. Holotype (♂, MIZA): VENEZUELA. Maracay. Rancho Grande Biological Station, 1200m, pan traps in wet area, 25–28.ii.1995, S.A. Marshall.
Other material examined. COSTA RICA. Volcán Tenorio, N slope nr. Bijagua Biological Station, 700 m, pans in tree fall, 19.vi.2000, Buck and Marshall (♂, INBC). ECUADOR. Pichincha, Maquipucuna Biological Reserve, 1200m, compost pan traps, 27–29.Oct.1999, S.A. Marshall debu00111720 (♂, QCAZ).
Etymology. The specific name refers to the posterior fimbriate processes of male sternite 5.
Comments. The holotype is an excellent critical point dried male with all external genitalic structures, including the fimbriae referred to in the specific name, clearly visible. The fimbriae are not shown in Fig. 2 as they were not visible in ventral view on that dissection; they are visible on dissected material in posteroventral view (as in Fig. 1) although they are very pale and easily overlooked on cleared specimens.
There are slight differences between the Costa Rican, Venezuelan and Ecuadorian specimens treated as this species and it is possible that they represent a species complex with separate Central and South American species. The discal cell of the Costa Rican specimen lacks a stump vein and the second costal sector is slightly shorter than the third, while the South American specimens have a stump vein on the discal cell and have the second costal sector slightly longer than the third. Furthermore, the bristles on the posterior lobes on sternite 5 of the South American specimens are shorter and stouter. With only three specimens to work from, however, it is difficult to tell if these slight differences are intraspecific or interspecific.
description: Published as part of Marshall, Stephen A., 2014, Albistyla, a new genus of Neotropical Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), pp. 257-264 in Zootaxa 3793 (2) on pages 259-261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/224473
Paradorodocia fairmairei Montreuil 2010, n. sp.
Creators: name: Montreuil, Olivier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Rutelidae
Paradorodocia
Paradorodocia fairmairei

description: Paradorodocia fairmairei n. sp.
(Fig. 6A)
Adoretus hystrix – Fairmaire 1897: 104. — Alluaud 1900: 271.
Adorodocia hystrix – Ohaus 1915: 182.
Paradorodocia hystrix – Machatschke 1957: 321.
HOLOTYPE. — « Diégo-Suarez, 1893, Alluaud », spécimen ayant servi au travail de Fairmaire (1897), ♂.
PARATYPES. —« Madagascar Nord,Mont d’Ambre, XII-1968, Vadon & Peyrieras», 3 ♂♂ et 1 ♀. — «Mt d’Ambre»,1 ♂. — «Mt d’Ambre, XII-48, RP », 2 ♀♀. — « Mgne d’Ambre, 23.I.34 », 2 ♀♀. — « Madagascar Nord, contreforts du Tsaratanana,HautSambirano, 1200 m, valléedeBasanetribe, 5/ 9-XII-1963, P.Viette»,2 ♀♀. — « Madagascar Sambirano, Manongarivo, 1150 m, P. Griveaud, XII-1960 », 1 ♀.
ÉTYMOLOGIE. — Cette espèce est nommée en hommage à L. Fairmaire qui fût le premier à la reconnaître.
DESCRIPTION
Longueur 14-16 mm. Brun-rouge clair, antennes, pièces buccales, fémurs et hanches brun-jaune.
Élytres
Ponctuation forte, régulière, assez alignée, portant une pilosité blanchâtre courte et couchée; quelques points plus forts avec des soies écailleuses blanches assez longues et dressées, peu élargies dans leur partie basale. Cali apicaux du mâle avec quelques fortes soies brunâtres.
8 e tergite
Ponctuation fine et rugueuse portant une pilosité longue et inclinée près de la base, devenant plus longue et dressée vers l’apex.
Pattes
Carènes de la face postérieure des métafémurs régulières, l’inférieure portant un peu avant l’apex deux épines: l’apicale courte et acérée, la basale plus longue (Fig. 1A). Bords internes des hanches postérieures légèrement écartés (Fig. 3A).
Édéage
Paramères droits et réguliers sur les côtés, bien courbés en vue latérale (Fig. 4A). Endophallus avec seulement quelques pièces sclérifiées en forme d’épine de rose sur le pourtour du milieu.
RÉPARTITION
Cette espèce habite l’extrême nord de l’île (Fig. 5).
description: Published as part of Montreuil, Olivier, 2010, Révision du genre Paradorodocia Machatschke, 1957 (Insecta, Coleoptera, Rutelidae, Adoretinae), pp. 87-99 in Zoosystema 32 (1) on pages 93-94, DOI: 10.5252/z2010n1a4, http://zenodo.org/record/4520873
Tropimenelytron californicum Gusarov, sp. n.
Creators: name: Gusarov, Vladimir I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 3. Tropimenelytron californicum Gusarov, sp. n. (Figs. 55­64)
Type material. Holotype:, UNITED STATES: California: Tehama Co.: 2 mi. NE Mineral, grass and alder litter (D.S. Chandler), 12.vi.1980 (FMNH).
Paratypes: UNITED STATES: California: 5,, same data as the holotype (FMNH, KSEM, SPSU).
Diagnosis. Tropimenelytron californicum differs from the two other species of Tropimenelytron in having apex of median lobe of aedeagus more narrow (Figs. 60, 62 and 40, 42, 50, 52). Additionally, T. californicum differs from T. americanum in having pronotum with strong isodiametric microsculpture and smaller eyes (temples 2.3­2.8 times as long as eyes); and from T. robustum in having smaller body.
Description. Length 2.5­2.9 mm. Body brownish yellow with lighter elytra.
Head surface glossy, on disk with isodiametric microsculpture, with fine, slightly asperate microsculpture, distance between punctures equal to 2­3 times their diameter. Temples 2.3­2.8 times as long as eyes. Second antennal article 1.3 times as long as third, article 4 slightly transverse (ratio 1.4), articles 5­10 strongly transverse (ratio 1.8­2.0), last article longer than two but shorter than three preceding articles combined.
Pronotum subquadrate, 1.2 times as wide as head, width 0.39­0.46 mm, length 0.37­ 0.44 mm, length to width ratio 0.96, surface glossy, microsculpture and punctation as on head. Elytra wider (0.49­0.60 mm) and longer (0.39­0.49 mm, measured from humeral angle) than pronotum (pronotal length to elytral length ratio 0.94), 1.2 times as wide as long, glossy, with weak isodiametric microsculpture, punctation fine and asperate, and distance between punctures equals 1­2 times their diameter.
Abdominal terga glossy, with fine and weak isodiametric microsculpture, with fine asperate punctation, on terga 3­5 distance between punctures equals 2­4 times their diameter, on terga 6­7 punctation finer, distance between punctures equals 3­6 times their diameter.
Male secondary sexual characters include longitudinal carina along anterior half of sutural margin of each elytron, tiny medial knob at posterior margin of tergum 3, small medial knob at apical third of tergum 4, short medial carina in front of anterior margin of tergum 7. In some (smaller) males the knobs and carinae are weaker or absent. Male tergum 8 with uneven posterior margin (Fig. 55). Posterior margin of male sternum 8 convex (Fig. 56). Aedeagus as in Figs. 60­64.
Female tergum 8 with convex posterior margin (Fig. 57). Sternum 8 with straight posterior margin (Fig. 58). Spermatheca as in Fig. 59.
Distribution. Known from Western United States (California) (Fig. 65).
description: Published as part of Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2002, A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Tropimenelytron Pace, 1983 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), a new genus for North America, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 114 on pages 17-18, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155753
A matter of choice? – patient decision-making and support in non-euploid embryo transfers
Creators: name: Gonzalez, Xavier Viñals
name: Akompey, Kassie
name: Gupta, Sioban Sen
name: Nicholls, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Deciding whether to transfer a non-euploid embryo presents a challenge for both individuals and clinicians involved in assisted reproductive technologies (ART) with preimplantation genetic testing (PGT). The uncertainty surrounding clinical outcomes and long-term effects complicates this decision, and there is limited research on the factors that influence individuals’ experiences during this decision-making process. An online survey was utilized to gather data on elements influencing the decision-making process. The survey included both closed and open questions and targeted individuals worldwide who had undergone PGT during their fertility journey. A total of 135 responses were received, with complete data from 111 respondents analyzed. Three primary factors emerged as significant influences on respondents’ decision-making: the opportunity to discuss the implications of the transfer, the topics covered during consultations, and the country where the treatment was received. The study also identified three major themes related to the challenges faced by respondents: mismatched expectations, inadequate information provision, and an unsupportive decision-making process. These results highlight the critical need for appropriate support when deciding to transfer a non-euploid embryo. Respondents emphasized the importance of comprehensive discussions about the implications of PGT results. The study underscores the necessity for proactive clinic communication, patient-centred information, and increased support for patients considering non-euploid embryos.
Evania schlettereri KOHL 1906
Creators: name: Yildirim, E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Evaniidae
Evania
Evania schlettereri

description: Evania schlettereri KOHL 1906
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Malatya: 4.IX.1992,; Muş: 15.VII.1996,.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n T u r k e y: New for the Turkish fauna.
D i s t r i b u t i o n i n t h e w o r l d: Caucasus and Iran.
description: Published as part of Yildirim, E., 2008, The Evaniidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) of Turkey, pp. 969-971 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 970, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5429974
Dugesia sicula Lepori 1948
Creators: name: Stocchino, Giacinta Angela
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Tricladida
Dugesiidae
Dugesia
Dugesia sicula

description: Dugesia sicula Lepori, 1948
Dugesia sicula was first reported for Sardinia on the basis of fissiparous populations, in which a certain percentage of individuals underwent a sexualization process, from 12 Sardinian localities, including 2 small nearby islets (spring and wells on the Tavolara Island Protected Area and watercourses on the S. Antioco Island) (Pala et al., 1995) (Fig. 1). After several years other fissiparous populations were found in two other watercourses, one in the northwestern Asinara Island National Park (Rio d’Auteri reservoir) (Stocchino, 2003) and another in southeastern Sardinia (Fiume Quirra) (M. Pala, pers. comm.) (Fig. 1). All Sardinian populations showed a coastal distribution with a high degree of tolerance to variations in environmental factors, especially temperature and watercourses hydrological regime e.g. temporary water (Pala et al., 1995; G.A. Stocchino, pers. obs.).
Dugesia sicula has a pan-Mediterranean geographic range where it is mostly represented by fissiparous populations with only a few sexual populations being present in Mallorca, Algeria, Tunisia and Israel. Two mixed populations, including both sexual and fissiparous individuals, were reported from Sicily (Stocchino & Manconi 2013 and references therein). A recent reassessment of the taxonomic status of D. biblica Benazzi & Banchetti, 1973 from Israel and Turkey, based on morphological and molecular studies, considered this species to be a junior synonym of D. sicula (Solà et al., 2015).
As for karyology, numerous studies confirmed a diploid condition for sexual populations with a chromosome complement of 2n = 18; n = 9, and a triploid condition for fissiparous populations with a chromosome complement of 3n = 27; n = 9 + 1-5 B-chromosomes (see Stocchino et al., 2012 and references therein).
Among Dugesia species, the haploid complement of nine chromosomes of D. sicula is shared with only five other species: D. maghrebiana Stocchino et al., 2009, from North Africa; D. arabica Harrath & Sluys, 2013 from Yemen; D. aethiopica Stocchino et al., 2002 and D. afromontana Stocchino & Sluys, 2012 from the Afrotropical region; D. bifida Stocchino & Sluys, 2014 from Madagascar (Stocchino et al., 2002, 2004, 2009, 2012, 2014; Harrath et al., 2013).
Although D. sicula is extremely widespread, a molecular analyses on many fissiparous populations from its entire distributional range revealed a remarkable pattern of low interpopulation genetic variability, which was interpreted as the result of recent anthropochore colonizations after triploidization of sexual diploid populations (Lazaro et al., 2009).
description: Published as part of Stocchino, Giacinta Angela, 2018, 80 years of research on planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from Sardinia, Italy: an annotated checklist, pp. 539-552 in Zootaxa 4532 (4) on page 541, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2615649
Nigranitida Metz
Creators: name: Webb, Donald W.
name: Metz, Mark A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Therevidae
Nigranitida

description: Nigranitida Metz
Nigranitida Metz (Metz et al. 2003:239 orig. desc.,). Type species Psilocephala costata Wulp (1888:368) by original designation.
Metz (Metz et al. 2003:239) provided an extensive diagnosis for Nigranitida. The following additions to the diagnosis are based on the species circumscription defined in this revision: body length males 5.3–6.7 mm (n=9), females 5.7–8.8 mm (n=14); male ommatidia smaller ventrally and laterally; male frons lacking setae; ventral lobe with ventral spines; distiphallus lacking apicolateral spines; ejaculatory apodeme bulbous posteriorly, in crosssection flattened dorsoventrally; furca (Fig. 10) oval, posterior margin rounded, anterior margin truncate; anterolateral projections short, posteromedial and anteromedial projections absent; spermathecal ducts directed anteriorly.
Distribution. Nigranitida is known only from Argentina.
description: Published as part of Webb, Donald W. & Metz, Mark A., 2004, The South American genus Nigranitida Metz (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with the description of three new species, pp. 1-16 in Zootaxa 757 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.158751
Albistyla occulta Marshall, 2014, n.sp.
Creators: name: Marshall, Stephen A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Sphaeroceridae
Albistyla
Albistyla occulta

description: Albistyla occulta n.sp.
Figs. 6 –9.
Description. Abdomen: Syntergite 1+2 very large, 4X length of T3, with a large pale anteromedial area and a dark posterior margin.
Male abdomen (Figs. 6–8): Posterior margin of S5 complex, each side with a single large bristle and a trilobed spatulate process, outer lobes dark, cup-shaped and widely separated; middle lobes elongate, tuberculate, setose and projecting ventrally; inner lobes shallowly fimbriate. Epandrium and surstylus as described for A. spatulisterna. Basiphallus with a prominent and apically rounded posterior process (epiphallus); distiphallus very short, tubular; lightly sclerotized but setulose along broadly expanded flanged distal margin. Postgonite with a large anterobasal tubercle articulating with a bisetose pregonite, distal part of postgonite strongly tapered and curved anteriorly (Fig. 8).
Female abdomen: T7 and T8 complete, only slightly shortened dorsomedially, with only a few small bristles on posterior margin. T10 greatly reduced, bare. Posterior margin of S7 convex and weakly bilobed; S8 hyaline, transverse and with a transverse row of 4 small equal bristles. S10 densely setulose, without bristles. Cercus very short and rounded, no longer than broad, with 4 short bristles. Spermathecae with a funnel-shaped base and a ridged, tire-shaped distal part; ducts with a U-shaped bend just beyond base, sclerotized part as long as spermathecal body (Fig. 9).
Type material. Holotype (♂, ROME) and 3 paratypes (1♂, 1♀, DEBU): ECUADOR. Napo Prov., Baeza, 1700m, Malaise head wet, montane forest/pasture nr. small creek. 16–19.v.1987, ROM 870009, L.D. Coote and B.V. Brown.
Additional paratypes: ECUADOR. Napo, Baeza, 1500 m, wet montane rain forest, malaise trap, 16–19.May.1987, 16–19.May.1987, Coote & Brown (2♂, DEBU).
Etymology. The specific name is from the Latin for concealed, and refers to the way the distinctive characters of the male sternite 5 are normally concealed beneath sternite 4.
Comments. Albistyla occulta, currently known only from Ecuador, shares several distinctive synapomorphies with the Central American A. spatulisterna. The single large bristles overlapping the lateral lobes of sternite 5, the general structure of the sternal lobes, and the general form of the distiphallus and postgonite suggest that these species are closely related although they differ markedly in detail of the posterior margin of sternite 5.
description: Published as part of Marshall, Stephen A., 2014, Albistyla, a new genus of Neotropical Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), pp. 257-264 in Zootaxa 3793 (2) on page 261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/224473
Pelioptera Kraatz 1857
Creators: name: Gusarov, Vladimir I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Pelioptera

description: Pelioptera Kraatz, 1857 (Figs. 22­34)
Pelioptera Kraatz, 1857: 55 (Type species P. m i c a n s Kraatz, 1857, by subsequent designation by Fenyes (1918)).
Termitopora Motschulsky, 1859: 91 (Type species Termitopora adustipennis Motschulsky, 1859, by monotypy).
Discussion. The species currently included in Pelioptera (Sawada 1980, 1982, 1987, 1989; Pace 1985b, 1986, 1987b, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996) often have very different structures of internal sac. As currently defined (Sawada 1980; Pace 1991), Pelioptera appears to be an artificial group which includes the athetines with widely separated mesocoxae and broad ligula split into two lobes. A thorough revision of Pelioptera is required. The differences between the type species of Pelioptera and the genus Tropimenelytron are listed in the diagnosis of the latter.
Pelioptera micans and P. testaceipennis (Motschulsky, 1858) share short and broadly truncate mesosternal process, broad and long metasternal process (Figs. 24­25), and long flagellum­like copulatory piece of internal sac (Figs. 29, 34). These characters may be autapomorphies of Pelioptera. However, the two species differ in the number of asetose pores of prementum (Figs. 22­23). Among the species of Pelioptera illustrated by Sawada and Pace only two species have similar flagellum­like copulatory piece: P. baliensis Pace, 1987 b from Bali, Indonesia and P. dimidiata Pace, 1995 from Rwanda.
Pelioptera exasperata (Kraatz, 1859) differs from P. m i c a n s in having narrower mesosternal and metasternal processes (Figs. 26, 24), and short apical process of the copulatory piece (Figs. 32, 29). Pelioptera exasperata and closely related P. opaca Kraatz, 1857 probably do not belong to Pelioptera.
According to published descriptions and illustrations, the diagnostic characters of Tropimenelytron are displayed by the following two species placed in Pelioptera by Sawada (1980): P. peguana (Bernhauer, 1915) from Burma (Fig. 14 in Sawada 1980) and P. unica (Bernhauer, 1907) from Japan (Fig. 15 in Sawada 1977). These two species are similar to other species of Tropimenelytron in the shape of ligula, the distribution of pores on the prementum, the shape of the median lobe of aedeagus, the copulatory piece and the medial lamellae of internal sac, and male secondary sexual characters (longitudinal carina on each elytron, medial tubercles or carinae on abdominal terga 3­4 and 7). I transfer these two species to Tropimenelytron, and the new combinations are T. peguanum and T. unicum.
A list of examined specimens of P. m i c a n s, P. testaceipennis and P. exasperata and known synonyms of these names are given below.
description: Published as part of Gusarov, Vladimir I., 2002, A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Tropimenelytron Pace, 1983 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), a new genus for North America, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 114 on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155753