cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Accipiter cooperi
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Year: 2020
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Animalia
Chordata
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Accipitriformes
Accipitridae
Accipiter
Accipiter cooperi

description: Accipiter cooperi
Material. USNM PAL 641980, l coracoid: dorsal one-third, collected October 8, 1999.
Description. The bone falls in the size range of large males and small females of modern A. cooperi. I compared it with modern species of North American Accipitriformes in roughly the same size class. The fossil is much more slender and less pneumatic than in Elanoides forficatus or Rostrhamus sociabilis. The pneumatic foramen in the sulcus m. supracoracoidei is smaller and the acrocoracoid process is less inflated than in Circus cyaneus. The fossil resembles A. cooperi as opposed to Buteo lineatus and B. platypterus in having a relatively slender facies articularis humeralis (glenoid facet) and a less extended procoracoid process.
Remarks. This species still occurs in the region of the cave. It was previously reported from other Irvingtonian fossil localities and from a late Blancan locality in Florida (Emslie 1998).
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Accipitridae
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Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Accipitriformes
Accipitridae

description: Accipitridae, aff. Accipiter cooperi
Material. USNM PAL 641996, pedal phalanx, entire, with the articular cotyla slightly crushed; collected in the 1990s.
USNM PAL 641983, ungual phalanx, entire; collected Sept 22, 1994.
Description. Neither bone is diagnosable at the species level but both compare well with A. cooperi in size and shape.
Remarks. See above.
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Accipitriformes
Accipitridae
Haliaeetus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus

description: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Material. USNM PAL 641982, ungual phalanx: proximal 1/3, collected July 2002.
Description. Agrees in size with the third or fourth ungual phalanx in H. leucocephalus and A. chrysaetos. Its small size and narrow articular cotyla suggest it is from the fourth digit. Although there is morphological overlap between the two species in this element, the fossil can be assigned to H. leucocephalus as opposed to A. chrysaetos based on the following combination of traits: articular cotyla narrower (proximal view) and with a tighter curve (lateral view), flexor tubercle bulbous and distended as opposed to crested and elongated.
Remarks. The assignment of this fossil to H. leucocephalus is based on morphological agreement but it comes with the caveat that comparisons with the Plio-Pleistocene fossil eagle from Florida and Arizona, Amplibuteo concordatus Emslie & Czaplewski 1999, were not possible. However, based on the published measurements of its long bones, A. concordatus was smaller in body size than H. leucocephalus or A. chrysaetos. Haliaeetus leucocephalus currently occurs in the region of the cave.
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Ectopistes migratorius
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Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Columbiformes
Columbidae
Ectopistes
Ectopistes migratorius

description: Ectopistes migratorius
Material. CM 34020, r coracoid: cranial portion lacking procoracoid process, referred to E. migratorius by Brodkorb & Mourer-Chauviré (1984). Not reexamined for this study.
USNM PAL 769090, l tarsometatarsus: shaft missing the proximal end and the trochleae, collected Sept 22, 1994 (Fig. 1K).
Description. The tarsometatarsus is much larger than in Zenaida and closer in size to those of males of Patagioenas fasciata. Proportionately long and slender compared with P. fasciata, P. leucocephala, and P. cayanensis. The median crest on the plantar surface increases in depth as it extends proximally to join the hypotarsus in Patagioenas but is shallower along its full length in the fossil. The fossil shares a shallow median crest with those of Ectopistes and Zenaida. This crest is less deep proximally in P. leucocephala than in the other Patagioenas, but still more deep than in Ecotopistes and the fossil. Only two of the five comparative skeletons of Ectopistes include the tarsometatarsus, and in both cases the bone is distinctly smaller than the fossil. Three additional partial comparative skeletons are known to be males, and these three have considerably larger skeletons, suggesting that the fossil is within the size range of male Ectopistes.
Remarks. The Cumberland Bone Cave bones referred to E. migratorius appear to be the oldest documented fossil record of the species, which is also known from late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) sites including some western localities outside the species’ historical range (Hargrave & Emslie 1980; Chandler 1982). The cave locality falls within the primary breeding range of the species during the 19 th century (Blockstein 2002).
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Ectopistes migratorius
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Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Columbiformes
Columbidae
Ectopistes
Ectopistes migratorius

description: cf. Ectopistes migratorius
Material. USNM PAL 641973, r coracoid, cranial half missing part of the acrocoracoid process, collected Sept. 22, 1994.
Description. Agrees in size and morphological detail with a male comparative skeleton of E. migratorius (USNM BIRDS 224320), including in having a slender procoracoid process.
Remarks. See above.
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Megascops guildayi
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Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Strigiformes
Strigidae
Megascops
Megascops guildayi

description: Megascops guildayi (Brodkorb and Mourer-Chauviré 1984)
Material. USNM PAL 641984, r ulna: shaft and proximal end, collected in 1991 (Fig. 1O).
USNM PAL 641985, r ulna: distal articular end only, collected October 2, 1996.
USNM PAL 769089, l femur: proximal 2/3, collected Sept. 22, 1994 (Fig. 1M).
CM 8040 holotype, l tarsometatarsus lacking proximal end. Not reexamined for this study.
USNM PAL 769088, pedal phalanx: entire, collected Sept. 22, 1994.
USNM PAL 641981, ungual phalanx: entire, collected Sept. 22, 1994.
Description. The bones of a strigid owl listed above are referred to M. guildayi based primarily on the criteria of size (smaller than Asio otus, larger than Megascops asio and M. kennicottii) and agreement in morphological details with modern Megascops. The proximal half of the ulna agrees with those of Megascops, Athene, and Aegolius in being more curved than in Asio, Strix, or Surnia. The proximal articular surfaces of the femur are broader in relationship to depth than in Athene or Aegolius, agreeing in this trait with Megascops and larger owls. No complete long bones of the species are known, and the larger size of the fossil species compared with other Megascops is evident mainly from the thicker shafts of the ulna and femur. The tarsometatarsus, described and figured by Brodkorb & Mourer-Chauviré (1984: Figure 1), is referable to Megascops based on size and narrow, slender form, though proportionately stouter and shorter than in Athene cunicularia. The tarsometatarsus is not as stout as in Asio brevipes Ford & Murray 1967 from the Upper Pliocene of Idaho nor as slender as in Athene megalospeza (Ford 1966) from the Upper Pliocene of Kansas and Idaho.
Measurements. USNM PAL 641984 (ulna), greatest width distal to cotylae, 5.2 mm. USNM PAL 769089 (femur), proximal lateromedial width from head through trochanter, 7.0 mm; width of head, 3.3 mm.
Remarks. The only previously known material of this species is the type specimen. The new material bolsters the evidence for a large extinct species of Megascops in the Irvingtonian of Maryland. It is odd that the species has no other fossil record, but perhaps some of the Pliocene fossils referred to Otus (= Megascops) are relevant to it (i.e., two bones from the Hagerman local fauna of Idaho (Ford & Murray 1967) and one from the Rexroad Formation of Kansas (Ford 1966)).
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on pages 121-122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Strigidae
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Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Strigiformes
Strigidae

description: Strigidae sp.
Material. USNM PAL 641986, r femur: distal end only, collected May 14, 1999.
Description. Smaller than, and with the fibular trochlea wider than in, Tyto alba. Among extant North American owls, closest to Asio otus and males of Surnia ulula in size. Differs from S. ulula and agrees with A. otus in having the medial condyle less bulbous and projecting less far mediad, the popliteal fossa and the intercondylar sulcus shallower, and the juncture of the tibiofibular crest with the shaft forming a tight curve as opposed to a shallow slope.
Measurements. The maximum distal breadth in the fossil (8.4 mm) falls just below the range reported by Emslie (1982) for A. otus (8.5-10.2 mm, n=10).
Remarks. The fossil compares favorably with Asio, however, the possibility that it represents a large female of Megascops guildayi cannot be ruled out. I consider the bone to be undiagnostic at the level of the genus.
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Tyrannidae
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Animalia
Chordata
Aves
Passeriformes
Tyrannidae

description: Tyrannidae sp.
Material. USNM PAL 641993, r tarsometatarsus: distal extremity lacking trochlea metatarsi IV, with shaft extending to just proximal of fossa metatarsi I, collected in the 1990s. The bone appears fully adult.
Description. The fossil closely resembles but is somewhat more gracile than Sayornis phoebe. I consider it to be undiagnostic at the genus and species level.
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Passerellidae
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Passeriformes
Passerellidae

description: Passerellidae sp.
Material. USNM PAL 641992, l mandibular ramus lacking symphyseal part and medial process. Collected Oct. 7, 1998.
Description. Similar to but somewhat larger than in Junco hyemalis and somewhat smaller than in Zonotrichia albicollis.
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Fringillidae
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Animalia
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Passeriformes
Fringillidae

description: Fringillidae / Cardinalidae
Indeterminate Finch
Material. USNM PAL 641995, l quadrate lacking orbital process. Collected in the 1990s.
Description. Agrees in general form with species in the Fringillidae and Cardinalidae that have finch-like bill shapes. The limited extent of pneumatization of the caudal surface of the otic process suggests that the quadrate is assignable to Fringillidae not Cardinalidae. In size, it is somewhat smaller than Cardinalis cardinalis.
description: Published as part of James, Helen F., 2020, The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland, pp. 111-131 in Zootaxa 4772 (1) on page 125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3814013
Chaetocladius sudagaicedeus Yamamoto & Yamamoto 2018, comb. n.
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name: Yamamoto, Masaru
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Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Chironomidae
Chaetocladius
Chaetocladius sudagaicedeus

description: Chaetocladius sudagaicedeus (Sasa et Tanaka, 2001) comb. n.
(Figs. 1, 2)
Paratrissocladius sudagaicedeus Sasa et Tanaka, 2001: 59.
Bryophaenocladius sudagaicedea: Yamamoto(2004: 10)
Specimen examined: Japan: Gunma Pref., Tone River, Sudagai, holotype ♂ of Paratrissocladius sudagaicedeus, 11. vii. 2000, N. Tanaka [specimen No. 394:24 (NSMT-I-Dip 5340)].
Yamamoto (2004) incorrectly treated Paratrissocladius sudagaicedeus as a member of the genus Bryophaenocladius based on the original description. This species should be transferred to the genus Chaetocladius because of having the diverged lateral spines on spurs of mid and hind tibia.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chaetocladius togatenellus Yamamoto & Yamamoto 2018, comb. n.
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name: Yamamoto, Masaru
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Chaetocladius
Chaetocladius togatenellus

description: Chaetocladius togatenellus (Sasa et Okazawa, 1992) comb. n.
Bryophaenocladius togatenellus Sasa et Okazawa, 1992: 135.
Specimen examined: Japan: Toyama Pref., Toga-Mura, Momose, holotype ♂ of Bryophaenocladius togatenellus, 31. v. 1990, T. Okazawa & M. Sasa [specimen No. 182:73 (NSMT-I-Dip 4716)].
The species was treated as a member of Bryophaenocladius by Yamamoto (2004) based on the original description. However, it becomes clear that the holotype of the species bears such features as follows: tarsomeres 1–2 of mid and hind legs with pseudospurs, sensilla chaetica present on tarsomere 1 of hind leg; lateral spines of mid and hind tibiae diverge from shaft of spur; small virga preset, anal point hyaline and bare. These features indicate that the species should be transferred to the genus Chaetocladius Kieffer. Kobayashi (2012) reported that B. togatenellus and Paratrissocladius sudagaicedeus each is a member of Chaetocladius by citing from the abstract of the meeting for the study of Japanese chironomid workers (Yamamoto & Yamamoto, 2007) which was not published formally.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Paraphaenocladius impensus
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name: Yamamoto, Masaru
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Arthropoda
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Chironomidae
Paraphaenocladius
Paraphaenocladius impensus

description: Paraphaenocladius impensus (Walker, 1856)
(Figs. 3, 4)
Paraphaenocladius impensus (Walker, 1856): 3 (Chironomus).
Paratrissocladius ogasaduodecimus Sasa et Suzuki, 1997: 334. syn. n.
Bryophaenocladius ogasaduodecimus: Yamamoto, 2004: 10; Yamamoto & Yamamoto, 2014: 255.
Specimen examined: Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan, Bonin Isles, Chichijima Isl., holotype ♂ of Paratrissocladius ogasaduodecimus, 14. viii. 1996, H. Suzuki [specimen No. 307:37 (NSMT-I-Dip 5038)].
Sasa and Suzuki (l997) describe that the wing of Paratrissocladius ogasaduodecimus is bare. However, we found the holotype as having the wings covered with macrotrichia on their entire surfaces. The costa is ending proximal of M 3+4. Hypopygial features are well consistent with those of Paraphaenocladius impensus.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 517, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Pseudorthocladius togakileus
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name: Yamamoto, Masaru
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Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Pseudorthocladius
Pseudorthocladius togakileus

description: Pseudorthocladius togakileus (Sasa et Okazawa, 1992)
(Fig. 5)
Parakiefferiella togakileus Sasa et Okazawa, 1992: 150.
Bryophaenocladius toganitemus Sasa et Okazawa, 1992: 134, syn. n.
Bryophaenocladius togafelix Sasa et Okazawa, 1992: 134. syn. n.
Pseudorthocladius togakileus: Yamamoto (2000: 386); Yamamoto (2004: 84); Yamamoto & Yamamoto (2014).
Specimens examined: Japan: Toyama Pref., Toga Village: holotype ♂ of Parakiefferiella togakilea, 31. v. 1990, T. Okazawa & M. Sasa [specimen No. 182:74 (NSMT-I-Dip 4717)]; holotype ♂ of Bryophaenocladius toganitemus, as previous [specimen No. 180:63 (NSMT-I-Dip 4 703)]; holotype ♂ of Bryophaenocladius togafelix, as previous [specimen No. 180:64 (NSMT-I-Dip 4704)].
All the holotypes examined have the last antennal flagellomere bearing several long sensilla basiconica instead of the terminal seta. Although the male ascribed to Bryophaenocladius togafelix has two setae on the squama, we conclude that all the type specimens examined are conspecific based on many characters including hypopygia.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) okifoveatus Sasa 1990
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
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Subjects: Biodiversity
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Chironomidae
Rheocricotopus
Rheocricotopus okifoveatus

description: Rheocricotopus (Psilocricotopus) okifoveatus Sasa, 1990
Rheocricotopus okifoveatus Sasa, 1990: 129
Rheocricotopus chalybeatus: Sasa & Hasegawa, 1988: 239; Sasa & Suzuki, 2000a: 6, misidentification.
Specimens examined: Japan, Ryukyus, Okinawa Pref.: Okinawa Is., Kochinda, 5♂♂, 28. i. 1982 (specimens No. 65:86, 65:95-98); Ryutan Lake, 7. xii. 1981 (specimens No. 65:87-89); Hijagawa, ♂, 11. xii. 1981 (specimen No. 65:85); Hijagawa, ♂, 14. xii. 1981 (specimen No. 65:79); Miyako Is., Tanane, 3♂♂, 2. ii. 1982 (specimens No. 65:34, 99-100); Ishigaki Is., ♂, 2♀♀, 1. ii. 1982 (specimen No. 65:91–93).
Rheocricotopus okifoveatus strongly resembles R. chalybeatus in many morphological characters. The former is separable from the latter by having a distinct crista dorsalis on the gonostylus. All the specimens examined have a distinct crista dorsalis. So, we determined them as R. okifoveatus. Although we could not examine the specimens reported from Amami-Oshima Island by Sasa and Suzuki (1993), our own personal materials collected from this area are identified as R. okifoveatus. Hitherto, we have no data that R. chalybeatus is distributed from south of Amami Island. Two slides numbered as 65:91 and 65:92 contain specimens of Smittia pratorum and R. okifoveatus, and Pseudosmittia nisharaensis and R. okifoveatus, respectively.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Smittia nudipennis
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Chironomidae
Smittia
Smittia nudipennis

description: Smittia nudipennis (Goetghebuer, 1913)
(Fig. 6)
Smittia nudipennis (Goetghebuer, 1913: 166) (Camptocladius).
Bryophaenocladius togatenuis Sasa et Okazawa, 1992: 136. syn. n.
Specimen examined: Japan: Toyama Pref., Toga Village, holotype ♂ of Bryophaenocladius togatenuis, 31. v. 1990, T. Okazawa & M. Sasa [specimen No. 180:61 (NSMT-I-Dip 4702)].
Pubescent eyes, a terminal seta on last antennal flagellomere, no acrostichal setae, a moderately extended costa and a strongly sinuous Cu 2 are observed in the holotype of Bryophaenocladius togatenuis. These features indicate that the species belongs to the genus Smittia Holmgren. Furthermore, the hypopygial features are quite consistent with those of Smittia nudipennis.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 518, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chironomus (Chironomus) circumdatus
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name: Yamamoto, Masaru
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Year: 2018
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Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus circumdatus

description: Chironomus (Chironomus) circumdatus (Kieffer, 1916)
(Figs. 7–9)
Tendipes circumdatus Kieffer, 1916: 110.
Chironomus circumdatus: Sasa (1978: 11)
Chironomus daitoefeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001b: 66. syn. n.
Specimens examined: Japan: Ryukus, Okinawa Pref., Minamiadaito Is., Hyotan-ike Pond, holotype ♂ of Chironomus daitoefeus, 29. iii. 2001, H. Suzuki, [specimen No. 412:094 (NSMT-I-Dip 5 433)].
Chironomus circumdatus is characterized by the following combination of characters: AR 3.13-3.54; scutal vittae darkened on their outer and inner margins; distal ends of tarsomeres 1–4 and tarsomere 5 of all legs brown; LR 1 1.65-1.68; abdominal tergites 2–5 each with large oval spot on meson; superior volsella long, slender, nearly parallel-sided, strongly tapered at tip and strongly hooked ventrally. These characters are completely consistent with those of C. daitoefeus.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on pages 518-519, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chironomus (Chironomus) claggi Tokunaga 1964
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Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus claggi

description: Chironomus (Chironomus) claggi Tokunaga, 1964
(Figs. 10–14)
Chironomus claggi Tokunaga, 1964: 563; Sasa & Suzuki, 1997: 319.
Chironomus simantobeceus Sasa, Suzuki et Sakai, 1998: 49. syn. n.
Specimens examined: Japan: Tokyo Metropolitan, Bonin Isles, Chichijima Is., ♂,? 14. iv. 1996; [specimen No. 307:04]; Bonin Isles, Chichijima Is., ♂, 14. iv. 1996 [specimen No. 307: 04] and Hahajima Is., ♂, 20. iv. 1996, H. Suzuki [specimen No. 308: 02]; Kochi Pref., Nakamura, Shimanto River (near mouth), holotype ♂ of Chironomus simantobeceus, 25. v. 1998, M. Sasa [specimen No. 360:01 (NSMT-I-Dip-5222)].
Chironomus claggi superficially resembles C. flaviplumus Tokunaga and C. yoshimatusi Martin et Sublette, but is well-separable from both these species in having much slender superior volsellae. Although the species also resembles C. cirucumdatus in the shape of the superior volsella, and the uniformly coloured scutal vittae in the former. The morphological features of C. simantobeceus are quite identical with those of C. claggi described by Tokunaga (1964). Furthermore, we observed many pseudospurs on mid and hind tarsomeres in specimen named C. simantobeceus in Sasa, Suzuki and Sakai (1998).
This is the first record of the species from one of the main Japanese islands, Shikoku.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 519, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer 1924
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus javanus

description: Chironomus (Chironomus) javanus Kieffer, 1924
Chironomus javanus Kieffer, 1924: 263.
Chironomus prasinellus (Kieffer, 1912): Tokunaga, 1940: 292, misidentification.
Chironomus daitocedeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001b: 64. syn. n.
Specimen examined: Japan: Ryukus, Okinawa Pref., Minamiadaito Is., The Creek, holotype ♂ of Chironomus daitocedeus, 28. iii. 2001, H. Suzuki, [specimen No. 412:038 (NSMT-I-Dip 5427)].
In the Catalogue of the Insect of Japan, Yamamoto & Yamamoto (2014) give a comment that Chironomus daitocedeus probably is a junior synonym of C. javanus. C. daitocedeus is treated as a junior synonym of C. javanus without showing a sufficient reason by Hazra et al. (2016). In this paper, C. daitocedeus is concluded as a junior synonym of C. javanus based on the following characters: wing membrane clear colorless transparent with a dark spot on RM cross vein; tarsomere 4 distinctly longer than tarsomere 3 in fore leg; in fore leg, apical portion of tarsomere 1, both ends of tarsomeres 2–4, tarsomere 5 brown; tarsomeres 1–3, tarsomeres 4 and 5 of mid and hind legs brown; abdomen unicolour; inferior volsella comparatively short and wide; gonocoxite fused with SIX on its lateral portion.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 519, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chironomus (Chironomus) nippodorsalis Sasa 1979
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
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Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
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Animalia
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Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus nippodorsalis

description: Chironomus (Chironomus) nippodorsalis Sasa, 1979
Chironomus nippodorsalis Sasa, 1979: 188.
Chironomus inaabeus Sasa, Kitami et Suzuki, 2001: 2. syn. n. Specimen examined: Japan: Fukushima Pref., Lake Inawashiro, holotype ♂ of Chironomus inaabeus, 17. viii. 2000, K. Kitami [specimen No. 401:08 (NSMT-I-Dip-5369)].
Four setae along the inner margin of the superior volsella are not recognized in the holotype of Chironomus inaabeus. Colour pattern of the body and the shape of superior volsella completely consistent with those of C. nippodorsalis.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on pages 519-520, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chironomus (Chironomus) okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa 1987
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus okinawanus

description: Chironomus (Chironomus) okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa, 1987
Chironomus okinawanus Hasegawa et Sasa, 1987: 283.
Chironomus okicontractus Sasa, 1993: 125; Yamamoto & Yamamoto 2014: 313. [Holotype: male, No. 246:01; holotype missing?].
Chironomus tokarabeceus Sasa et Suzuki, 1995: 258. syn. n.
Specimen examined: Japan: Kagoshima Pref., Tokara Isles, Nakanoshima Is., holotype ♂ of Chironomus tokarabeceus, 20. v. 1994, H. Suzuki, [specimen No. 290:001 (NSMT-I-Dip 5010)].
The following characters are recognized in the holotype of Chironomus tokarabeceus: abdominal tergites 2-6 each with a central dark patch and 3-7 the tergites each with paired dark lines along lateral margins; gonocoxite fused with SIX on its lateral portion. These features are consistent with those of C. okinawanus. We could not examine the holotype of C. okicontractus which has been probably missing. However, we could determine the species as C. okinawanus based on the original description.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 520, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen 1804
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus riparius

description: Chironomus (Chironomus) riparius Meigen, 1804
(Figs. 15–17)
Chironomus riparius Meigen, 1804: 13.
Chironomus riparius: Sasa & Kamimura, 1987a: 15; Sasa, 1989: 16. 76; Sasa & Suzuki, 2000b: 178.
Chironomus ginzanbeceus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001a: 10. syn. n.
Specimen examined: Japan: Hokkaido, Ginzan, holotype ♂ of Chironomus ginzanbeceus, 2. ix. 2000, H. Suzuki [specimen No. 403:005 (NSMT-I-Dip 5 381)].
The morphological features of Chironomus ginzanabeus are consistent with those of C. riparius redescribed by Sasa & Kamimura (1987a). C. riparius sensu Sasa & Kamimura is not clearly separated from C. trinigrivittatus Tokunaga, 1940 (described from Sakhalin), in the hypopygial structure, although the colour patter and size of the body are different. The former has abdominal tergites 2–4 each with a broad brown band, on the other hand the latter has nearly uniformly darkened abdomen. In Japan, we recognized that the former species is distributed in level ground of northern Honshu and Hokkaido, and the latter species is collected from the bock of mountainous area of midland of Honshu. At this time, we cannot determine whether the gaps of features between these species mentioned above are caused by interspecific difference or intraspecific variations. For giving the precise answer, we need to know the comprehensive information about the immature stages and information based on a molecular analysis.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 520, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Chironomus (Chironomus) yoshimatsusi Martin et Sublette 1972
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Chironomus
Chironomus yoshimatsusi

description: Chironomus (Chironomus) yoshimatsusi Martin et Sublette, 1972
(Fig. 18)
Chironomus yoshimatsusi Martin et Sublette, 1972: 2.
Chironomus echiensis Sasa, 1994: 28. syn. n.
Specimen examined: Japan: Ishikawa Pref., Yamashiro Spa, holotype ♂ of Chironomus echizensis, 11. vii. 1991, M. Sasa [specimen No. 227:061 (NSMT-I-Dip-4859)].
Diagnostic features of the holotype of Chironomus echizensis are fully consistent with those of C. yoshimatsui.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 520, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Einfeldia sasai Yamamoto & Yamamoto 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Einfeldia
Einfeldia sasai

description: Einfeldia sasai sp. nov.
(Figs. 19–22)
Einfeldia pagana: Sasa & Suzuki 2001b: 68, misidentification.
Type material: Holotype: ♂ (NSMT 412:15), Japan, Ryukyus, Okinawa Pref., Minamidaito Isl., 27. iii. 2001, H. Suzuki; Paratype: ♂ (NSMS 412:53), as holotype except for date: 28. iii. 2001.
Etymology. The species is named in honour of Dr. Manabu Sasa who reported the material from Minamidaito Island, Japan.
Description. Following features are emended: head including mouth parts brown; legs predominately pale brown, darkened on tarsi: abdomen pale brown, abdominal tergite 1 with median brown marking on its posterior margin; hypopygium brown; tarsomeres 2–4 of mid leg each with a distinct pseudospur on its apical portion, tarsomere 1 of mid leg with 23 pseudospurs along antero-dorsal margin, tarsomeres 1–4 of hind leg each with 2 pseudospurs on its apical portion, tarsomere 1 of mid and hind legs with several sensilla chaetica. For measurements see Sasa & Suzuki (2001).
Notes. The species can be separated from Einfeldia pagana by the following characters: distributional pattern of temporal setae on vertex, mid tarsomere 1 bearing many pseudospurs, lunate gonostylus with distal 1/4 constricted, long and slender inferior volsella, and sickle-shaped superior volsella.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) biwasecundus Sasa et Kawai 1987
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Glyptotendipes
Glyptotendipes biwasecundus

description: Glyptotendipes (Caulochironomus) biwasecundus Sasa et Kawai, 1987
Glyptotendipes biwasecundus Sasa et Kawai, 1987b: 14.
Chironomus famiabeus Sasa, 1996: 47. syn. n.
Chironomus ginzanabeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2001a: 9. syn. n.
Chironomus inabeceus Sasa, Kitami et Suzuki, 2001; 3. syn. n.
Specimens examined: Japan: Toyama Pref., Family Park, holotype ♂ of Chironomus famiabeus, 23. vi. 1993, M. Sasa [specimen No. 253:01 (NSMT-I-Dip-4931)]; Hokkaido, Mt. Ginzan, holotype ♂ of Chironomus ginzanabeus, 1. ix. 2000, H. Suzuki [specimen No. 403:013 (NSMT-I-Dip 5 383)]; Fukushima Pref., Lake Inawashiro, holotype ♂ of Chironomus inabeceus, 17. viii. 2000, K. Kitami [specimen No. 401:90 (NSNT-I-Dip-5377)].
In their original description of Chironomus inabeceus, Sasa et al. (2001) pointed out that the wing is entirely clothed in macrotrichia. However, we could not recognize this feature in the holotype. The shape of the anal point, superior and inferior volsellae support that C. famiabeus, C. ginzanabeus and C. inaabeus are junior synonyms of Glyptotendipes biwasecundus.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Dissertation_XiaoquanGao.pdf
Creators: name: Gao, Xiaoquan
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490108
subject: Operations research

description: Public sector services often face challenges in allocating limited resources effectively. Despite their fundamental importance to societal welfare, these systems often operate without sufficient analytical support, and their decision-making processes remain understudied in academic literature. While data-driven analytical approaches offer promising solutions for addressing complex tradeoffs and resource constraints, the unique characteristics of public systems create significant challenges for modeling and developing efficient solutions. This dissertation addresses these challenges by applying stochastic models to enhance decision-making in two critical areas: emergency medical services in healthcare and jail diversion in the criminal justice system.The first part focuses on integrating drones into emergency medical services to shorten response times and improve patient outcomes. We develop a Markov Decision Process (MDP) model to address the coordination between aerial and ground vehicles, accounting for uncertain travel times and bystander availability. To solve this complex problem, we develop a tractable approximate policy iteration algorithm that approximates value function through neural networks, with basis functions tailored to the spatial and temporal characteristics of the EMS system. Case studies using historical data from Indiana provide valuable insights for managing real-time EMS logistics. Our results show that drone augmentation can reduce response times by over 30% compared to traditional ambulances. This research provides practical guidelines for implementing drone-assisted emergency medical services while contributing to the literature on hybrid delivery systems.The second part develops data-driven analytical tools to improve placement decisions in jail diversion programs, balancing public safety and individual rehabilitation. Community corrections programs offer promising alternatives to incarceration but face their own resource constraints. We develop an MDP model that captures the complex tradeoffs between individual recidivism risks and the impacts of overcrowding. Our model extends beyond traditional queueing problems by incorporating criminal justice-specific features, including deterministic service times and convex occupancy-dependent costs. To overcome the theoretical challenges, we develop a novel unified approach that combines system coupling with policy deviation bounds to analyze value functions, ultimately establishing the superconvexity. This theoretical foundation enables us to develop an efficient algorithm based on time-scale separation, providing practical tools for optimizing diversion decisions. Case study based on real data from our community partner shows our approach can reduce recidivism rates by 28% compared to current practices. Beyond academic impact, this research has been used by community partners to secure program funding for future staffing.
Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) tokunagai Sasa et Kawai 1979
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Glyptotendipes
Glyptotendipes tokunagai

description: Glyptotendipes (Glyptotendipes) tokunagai Sasa et Kawai, 1979
Glyptotendipes tokunagai Sasa et Kawai, 1979: 8.
Chironomus kagaensis Sasa, 1994: 28. syn. n.
Specimens examined: Japan: Ishikawa Pref., Yamashiro Spa, holotype ♂ of Chironomus kagaensis, 11. vii. 1991, M. Sasa [specimen No. 227:55 (NSMT-I-Dip-4858)]; paratypes 5♂♂, as previous except specimens No. (227:56- 60).
The following characters are recognized in the holotype of Chironomus kagaensis: body entirely dark brown; frontal tubercles minute; antepronotum widely divided by V-shaped median notch, fore tarsomeres without beards; abdominal tergites 2–6 each with a median scar-like expression; gonostylus semi-circular in shape; superior volsella long, slender, tapering to apex; inferior volsella long, spatulate. These features are identical with those of Glyptotendipes tokunagai.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 521, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Kiefferulus umbraticola
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Kiefferulus
Kiefferulus umbraticola

description: Kiefferulus umbraticola (Yamamoto, 1979)
Chironomus umbraticola Yamamoto, 1979: 10 (as subgenus Kiefferulus).
Chironomus toyamabiceus Sasa, 1996: 21. syn. n.
Specimen examined: Japan: Toyama Pref., Family Park, holotype ♂ of Chironomus toyamabiceus, 21. ix. 1993, M. Sasa [specimen No. 273:001 (NSMT-I-Dip-4963)].
The following characters are recognized in the holotype of Chironomus toyamabiceus: small blackish spot on the median portion of scutum; inferior volsella large, oval and flattened; superior volsella long, horn like, with several setae on its basal portion. These features are completely consistent with those of Kiefferulus umbraticola.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 526, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi 1998
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Nao
name: Yamamoto, Masaru
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Polypedilum
Polypedilum bingoparadoxum

description: Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi, 1998
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum Kawai, Inoue et Imabayashi, 1998: 378.
Microtendipes iriocedeus Sasa et Suzuki, 2000a: 12. syn. n.
Polypedilum tsukubaense: Tang & Niitsuma, 2017: 550. misidentification.
S pecimen examined: Japan: Okinawa Pref. Ishigaki Is., Kuira River, holotype ♂ of Microtendipes iriocedeus, 2. vii. 1999, H. Suzuki [specimen No. 385:34 (NSMT-I-Dip 5293)].
The following features are recognized in the holotype of Microtendipes iriocedeus: superior volsella robust, basal 1/2 sparsely covered with microtrichia, apical portion abruptly narrowed and hooked inwardly and anteriorly, basal portion with 2 inner setae and a dorsolateral seta inserted at about basal 1/3; anal point long and parallelsided, with pointed apex. These features and other morphological characters are quite identical to those of Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) bingoparadoxum.
description: Published as part of Yamamoto, Nao & Yamamoto, Masaru, 2018, Taxonomic information on some Japanese Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa (†), pp. 516-528 in Zootaxa 4514 (4) on page 526, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/2609358
Aschemonella undetermined Brady 1879
Creators: name: Holzmann, Maria
name: Barrenechea-Angeles, Inés
name: Lim, Swee-Cheng
name: Pawlowski, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Monothalamea
Syringamminidae
Aschemonella
Aschemonella undetermined

description: Aschemonella? sp.
Supplementary Fig. S2
Material examined. BC040 RC1698 (morphology).
Description. The two illustrated fragments are around 7 and 19 mm in maximum dimension. The larger (Supplementary Fig. S2B) forms an irregular mass that is perforated by several open spaces, up to 2.20 mm across, so that parts of it appear broadly reticulated. The smaller (Supplementary Fig. S2A) has a single round open space, 1.24 mm in diameter, that is surrounded by broad bars, between 1.40 and 2.00 mm wide.
Both fragments are pale yellowish brown, with a smooth, generally finely agglutinated outer surface. However, the wall also incorporates relatively large, black grains, probably fragments of micronodules, that are concentrated in certain areas. This is most clear in the smaller fragment, where the dark grains occur mainly in bands across the bars, in one case being largely restricted to a distinct zone where the largest grain is 230 µm in size. The test wall is very delicate and no more than about 30-40 µm thick. There are no internal xenophyae and the test interior is filled with dark grey decayed stercomare.There is no sign of granellare.
Remarks. The thin, delicate wall composed of mineral grains and the absence of internal xenophyae suggest a placement for these distinctive fragments in Aschemonella.
description: Published as part of Holzmann, Maria, Barrenechea-Angeles, Inés, Lim, Swee-Cheng & Pawlowski, Jan, 2024, New xenophyophores (Foraminifera, Monothalamea) from the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone (equatorial Pacific), pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 5419 (2) on page 161, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10792055
Claraclippia Gooday & Holzmann 2024, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Holzmann, Maria
name: Barrenechea-Angeles, Inés
name: Lim, Swee-Cheng
name: Pawlowski, Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Chromista
Foraminifera
Monothalamea
Syringamminidae
Claraclippia

description: Claraclippia Gooday & Holzmann gen. nov.
Diagnosis. Body partly attached, delicate, somewhat flexible. Distinct test absent although dusting of fine, loosely attached surficial particles present when freshly collected. Instead, body is composed largely of closely packed, branching stercomare branches (typically 100–150 µm diameter) that tend to fuse into more continuous sheets. Overall morphology complex but basically plate-like. A large irregular, three-dimensional structure with no obvious centre of organisation is formed by plate-like elements perforated by occasional small open spaces; in places, plates merge into bar-like elements that define larger open spaces.
Etymology. The name reflects the occurrence of the new genus in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.
Remarks. The more or less naked body of Claraclippia is reminiscent of the genus Cerelasma, in which an agglutinated test is weakly developed or virtually absent (Tendal, 1972). The main difference between the new genus and the three species included by Tendal (1972, 1996) in Cerelasma (the genotype C. gyrosphaera, C. lamellosa, and C. massa) is that the test is larger with a basically plate-like structure compared to its relatively simple, ‘lumpy’, rounded shape in Cerelasma. The stercomare branches are also considerably narrower and much more numerous and densely packed in the new genus. A fourth species, Cerelasma implicata, recently described from the Russian license area in the central CCZ (Kamenskaya et al., 2017), is constructed from narrow, densely packed stercomare branches and granellare strands and therefore shows a greater morphological resemblance to Claraclippia. However, sequences have not been obtained from this or any other Ceralasma species and so their relationships, if any, to Claraclippia are unclear.
description: Published as part of Holzmann, Maria, Barrenechea-Angeles, Inés, Lim, Swee-Cheng & Pawlowski, Jan, 2024, New xenophyophores (Foraminifera, Monothalamea) from the eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone (equatorial Pacific), pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 5419 (2) on pages 165-166, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10792055