cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trematoceratidae Zakharov 1996
Creators: name: Pohle, Alexander
name: Klug, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Pseudorthocerida
Trematoceratidae

description: Family Trematoceratidae Zakharov, 1996
Diagnosis: Relatively small orthocones without any indication of conch curvature with the possible exception of the apicalmost parts. Expansion rate constant, around 5° with relatively little variation. Siphuncle central or very slightly subcentral, with straight or slightly expanded siphuncular segments and short ortho- or suborthochoanitic septal necks that lack the inner prismatic layer and have a reduced outer prismatic layer. Cameral deposits present, petal- or star-shaped. Endosiphuncular deposits parietal, possibly restricted to the septal necks and early ontogenetic stages. Embryonic shell where known comparatively large, up to 2 mm in diameter with blunt conical apex and cicatrix (modified after Zakharov, 1996).
Included genera: Trematoceras Eichwald, 1851; Paratrematoceras Schastlivceva, 1981; Pseudotemperoceras Schastlivceva, 1986. Doubtful: Phatthalungoceras Tongtherm & Nabhitabhata, 2018; Zhuravlevia Doguzhaeva, 1994.
Remarks: Several characters, such as the embryonic shell or the shape of the cameral deposits are known only from a limited number of taxa. However, due to the high consistency in other characters that are usually considered to be more variable between species (e.g., apical angle and shell sculpture), we assume that the variability in these lesser-known characters was likely low as well. Of course, new evidence for distinctly different morphologies may overturn our hypothesis but until then, we propose that the best approach is to classify all Mesozoic orthoceratoids within a single family. This includes the Early Cretaceous Zhuravlevia Doguzhaeva, 1994, although we include it here only tentatively due to the 90 million years gap between it and Triassic trematoceratids.
Like the Triassic orthoceratoids, there have been very few studies on Permian taxa. It is thus conceivable that the Trematoceratidae can be extended into the Permian. Nevertheless, the few available studies indicate that orthoceratoid diversity (or at least disparity) was comparatively higher during the Permian (see, e.g., Sweet, 1964; Niko et al., 2000; Yang et al., 2021; Niko & Ehiro, 2023). Thus, a possible extension of the Trematoceratidae to include Permian taxa must await a better phylogenetic understanding of the latter.
Occurrence: Global; Early–Late Triassic (Induan? Olenekian–Norian, Rhaetian?), Early Cretaceous? (Aptian?).
description: Published as part of Pohle, Alexander & Klug, Christian, 2024, Orthoceratoid and coleoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland with an updated taxonomic framework for Triassic Orthoceratoidea, pp. 1-32 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (14) (14) 143 (1) on pages 21-22, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-024-00307-8, http://zenodo.org/record/12005092
Dolichocephalametra pacifica
Creators: name: Polhemus, Dan A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Hydrometridae
Dolichocephalametra
Dolichocephalametra pacifica

description: Dolichocephalametra pacifica (Van Duzee, 1934)
Figs. 30–34
Hydrometra pacifica Van Duzee, 1934: 326 [date on publication cover indicates 1935, but a footnote to the article states publication on 10 July 1934].
Dolichocephalometra pacifica: Hungerford, 1939: 219.
Discussion. The extremely elongate head with reduced eyes (Fig. 32) will immediately distinguish this taxon from any other in Hydrometridae. The original description by Van Duzee (1934) stated that the male holotype, which is housed in the Bishop Museum, was also accompanied by a male paratype, but this latter specimen is not present in the Bishop Museum collection. Hungerford (1939) noted that he had examined this paratype, and it is possible that it may still be retained in the collection at the University of Kansas. Photographs of the holotype are provided here to aid in future recognition of this extremely aberrant species (Figs. 30–32).
Ecological notes. Dolichocephalometra pacifica was described based on two male specimens taken in 1931 on Mt. Hitikau, the highest summit on the small island of Ua Huka, in the Marquesas (Van Duzee, 1934). No specimens have been seen since, so an effort was made on 2 November 1999 to revist the type-locality in search of additional examples. Cloud forest on Ua Huka is confined to the eastern portion of the island's central ridge, lying around 900 m elevation, and the name Hitikau means “the mountain where one goes up by swimming through vegetation.” This appellation is appropriate, in that Hitikau was the only summit sampled in the Marquesas which lacked mossy, emergent trees, being covered instead with a rather uniform mixture of low stature Hibiscus tiliaceus (L.) Fryxell and Freycinetia arborea (Fig. 33), with an understory of ferns, matching a previous description provided by Adamson (1936). A few moist, protected sites on the slopes also supported tree ferns and broad-leafed shrubs. Moss began to cover the Hibiscus branches on the upper 100 meters of the mountain, but the pads were not dense, and many were dry to the touch, despite the misty weather. Collecting for Heteroptera here was poor, and no additional specimens of D. pacific a were obtained, but the visit was sufficient to confirm that no aquatic habitat is present at the typelocality, and that this species is almost certainly terrestrial.
Distribution. French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Ua Huka (Fig. 34).
Material examined. FRENCH POLYNESIA, Marquesas Islands, Ua Huka: 1 female, Hitikau, 2900 ft., on ferns 20 January 1932, leg. LeBronnec and H. Tauraa (holotype, BPBM).
description: Published as part of Polhemus, Dan A., 2022, Two new genera and six new species of Terrestrial Hydrometridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from French Polynesia, pp. 69-98 in Zootaxa 5190 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7119849
Insights from 25 Years of Co-creative Training in Language Documentation and Revitalization
Creators: name: Lachler, Jordan
name: Bunderson-Toler, Nicholas
name: Mills, Timothy
name: Giesbrecht, Lex
name: Flavelle, Darren
name: Kopris, Craig
name: Huijsmans, Marianne
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: co-creative training
language documentation
language revitalization

description: Presented at the Language Documentation and Archiving Conference, Berlin & Online, 4-6 Sept, 2024 by Jordan Lachler, Nicholas Bunderson-Toler, Timothy Mills, Lex Giesbrecht, Darren Flavelle, Craig Kopris and Marianne Huijsmans.

The field of Language Documentation has innovated quickly in recent years to facilitate more work being done remotely. There has also been a focus in the last decade for this work to be led by the language communities themselves. For the past two years, we have used newly developed tools made with the express purpose of enabling language communities to create a corpus with less input from outsider linguists. These tools are based on traditional documentary activities, including translation, picture description, conversation prompts, and free-form narratives. This Presentation will focus on the surprises and challenges we have encountered in training two communities – one in North America, one in Melanesia – to use the tools the way that we intended. Despite the user-friendly design of the tools, low levels of technological literacy among certain community members created an initial barrier to their participation in the project. This was mitigated through a two-tiered training model which relied on more tech savvy community members to provide hands-on training in the local language. Once they began using the tools, members of the different communities interpreted the activities from their own perspectives – sometimes prefering to carry out tasks collaboratively, striving for uniformity in their responses, and at other times using the activities to express their linguistic creativity and individuality in ways we could not have anticipated. These new emic perspectives on how the tools should best be used enriched the documentation; though that did lead to a loss of uniformity in the data collection phase and additional unforeseen work for the linguists and communities on the back end. We aim to showcase these new tools and discuss how we are improving them with the input from the communities in order to prepare them for wider distribution.
title: Condition-based maintenance policies and some properties of geometric-like processes
Creators: name: Yin, Jiaqi
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2025

description: This thesis proposes maintenance polices from different conditions in real life and investigates some properties of geometric-like processes so that the economic impact due to the failures of a technical system can be reduced. Therefore, this thesis consists of two parts. Part A involves Chapter 3 and Chapter 4, which optimises maintenance policies for two scenarios. Scenario 1 aims at deriving maintenance policies for k-out-of-n technical systems, where the degradation process of each component is modelled by the gamma process and the uncertainties of models and their parameters, along with the expected maintenance cost of the maintenance policy, are regarded as model choice criteria in maintenance policy optimisation. Scenario 2 aims at optimising maintenance policies for multi-component systems and compares the maintenance policies under four cases, where the degradation process of each component is modelled by the Wiener process and the system fails when a linear combination of the degradation levels of the components exceeds a pre-specified value. Part B involves Chapter 5 and Chapter 6, which investigates the impact of the uncertainty of the parameter estimation of an extension of the geometric process (GP) on the expected maintenance cost, derives the least square estimation method for another extension of the GeP, and then compares the goodness-of-fit of seven GP-like models on twenty-five real datasets. As such, the main contributions of this thesis include the following: 
• A multi-criteria model-selecting method of k-out-of-n system for maintenance policy optimisation is proposed, where the degradation process of each component in the system is modelled by the gamma process. 
• It proposes a maintenance policy for a multi-component system in which the degradation level of each component is modelled with a Wiener process and the system is said "failed" once a weighted linear combination of the degradation level of the components exceeds a pre-specified value. The proposed maintenance policy is compared with four other maintenance policies. 
• Sensitivity analysis due to the uncertainty of the parameter estimation of an extension of the geometric process is carried out. The impact of the uncertainty on the expected cost ratio and the optimal PM (preventive maintenance) intervals is analysed.
• The least square method for estimating the parameters in an extension of the geometric process is derived and the performance of the goodness-of-fit of the geometric process and six of its extensions on twenty-five real-world datasets are compared.
Addressing the challenges of remote collaboration for language documentation in Nigeria
Creators: name: Kennedy Ajede, Chika
name: Olina, Olga
name: Oppong Peprah, Miracle
name: Kefas Othaniel, Nlabephee
name: Litvinova, Lora
name: Lesage, Jakob
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: challenges of remote collaboration
language documentation in Nigeria

description: Presented at the Language Documentation and Archiving Conference, Berlin & Online, 4-6 Sept, 2024 by Chika Kennedy Ajede, Olga Olina, Miracle Oppong Peprah, Nlabephee Kefas Othaniel, Lora Litvinova, Jakob Lesage  

Nigeria is home to over 500 languages, nearly half of which are undocumented and lack even a basic description (Hammarström 2018: 6-7). For Nigerian and non-Nigerian researchers alike, a larger emphasis on remote collaboration could offer a possibility to document and describe languages more efficiently and sustainably. This includes a focus on capacity building with part of the funds otherwise reserved for field travel and allows yearround documentation activities. Remote collaboration faces many challenges, however (e.g. Bolaños et al. 2021), and in Nigeria, specific circumstances add to these challenges. Building trust relationships among project members requires creating an atmosphere of transparency, to avoid potential doubts and suspicions. Compensation is also a sensitive issue as many Nigerians struggle to earn a subsistence minimum. This implies that projects cannot expect consultants to be properly engaged in independent documentation activities without offering a stable income, even in communities where speakers feel reluctant to accept monetary compensation. Electricity and internet coverage in Nigeria are notoriously unreliable. This affects the availability of consultants and requires projects to invest in minimal local infrastructure for transcription and electricity-dependent technology. Using examples from our projects in north-eastern Nigeria, we propose concrete solutions to these obstacles. We offer these in the form of a model work plan which includes: • Strategies for recruiting consultants and setting up well-informed compensation agreements for independent work. • Workshops within and across communities on data collection and processing. • Social media based team management that encourages cooperation, team ownership, and shared ambition. Our diverse positionalities, from within and outside Nigeria, as community members and as outside linguists, offer an optimistic yet realistic outlook of what we think fieldwork bestpractices can look like in a country where remote collaboration may be perceived as a challenging proposition.
Trematoceras Eichwald 1851
Creators: name: Pohle, Alexander
name: Klug, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Pseudorthocerida
Trematoceratidae
Trematoceras

description: Genus Trematoceras Eichwald, 1851
Type species: Orthocera elegans Münster, 1841.
Included species: T. elegans (Münster, 1841); T. boreale Schastlivceva, 1986; T. clarum Schastlivceva, 1986; T. hikichii Niko et al., 2016; T. insperatum Schastlivceva, 1988; T. lytosiphon (Gemmellaro, 1904) comb. nov.; T. mangishlakense Schastlivceva, 1981; T. solidum Schastlivceva, 1988; T. subcampanile (Kiparisova, 1954); T. vulgare Schastlivceva, 1981; T. watanabei Niko & Ehiro, 2020.
Emended diagnosis: Trematoceratid with moderate to wide septal spacing and relatively wide, tubular, central siphuncles and orthochoanitic to suborthochoanitic septal necks with gradual septal neck transition.
Remarks: Differs from Michelinoceras by its shorter septal necks, a much larger protoconch with an initial chamber that is shorter than the subsequent chambers and a conical apex with a cicatrix. Additionally, the pronounced lamellar cameral deposits are unique to Trematoceras, producing star- or petal-shaped impressions. However, until the taphonomy, growth and formation of cameral deposits are better understood, the absence of this character should not be treated as diagnostic. Paratrematoceras differs mainly in having a narrower siphuncle with more sharply bent septal necks, while Pseudotemperoceras possesses expanded siphuncular segments and a tendency towards narrower cameral spacing.
Note that the above list of species includes only those with known internal structures. Many of the about 50 described species of Triassic orthoceratoids are only known from external characters and cannot be assigned to any genus with confidence and are considered nomina dubia. We also made only a minimal attempt to synonymise some of the previously described species, although we consider them more prevalent. “ Orthoceras ” lytosiphon Gemmellaro, 1904 from the Norian of Sicily is here reassigned to Trematoceras, as its internal characters appear to be virtually identical with the type species. We do not synonymise it with the latter species because we follow previously established or at least suspected synonymies. To further clarify the taxonomic status of the various Trematoceras species and other Triassic orthoceratoids, the original type specimens should be reinvestigated together with new material and analysed with quantitative morphometric methods.
Occurrence: Worldwide; Early–Late Triassic (Olenekian–Norian, Rhaetian?).
description: Published as part of Pohle, Alexander & Klug, Christian, 2024, Orthoceratoid and coleoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland with an updated taxonomic framework for Triassic Orthoceratoidea, pp. 1-32 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (14) (14) 143 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-024-00307-8, http://zenodo.org/record/12005092
Kellia Turton 1822
Creators: name: Valentich-Scott, Paul
name: Griffiths, Charles
name: Landschoff, Jannes
name: Li, Ruiqi
name: Li, Jingchun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Veneroida
Kelliidae
Kellia

description: Kellia Turton, 1822
Kellia Turton, 1822. Type species (subsequent designation, Récluz 1844): Mya suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803). Recent, North Atlantic.
Chironia Deshayes, 1839. Type species (monotypy): Chironia laperousii Deshayes, 1839.
Diplodontina Stempell, 1899. Type species (monotypy): Diplodontina tumbesiana Stempel, 1899. Recent, Chile.
Description.
Shell subovate to ovate-elongate, inflated, subequilateral, equivalve; umbos prosogyrate; sculpture of commarginal ribs, striae, or growth checks; periostracum thin, translucent, green to yellow, dehiscent to adherent; hinge plate narrow; two small cardinal teeth in left valve, one cardinal tooth in right valve; one elongate, posterior lateral tooth in both valves; ligament internal, robust, in elongate resilifer.
Discussion.
There has been much taxonomic confusion with members of Kellia, especially in the southern hemisphere, and the genus needs a global revision. Kamenev (2004) documented many species of Kellia from the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans. The functional morphology of the genus has been documented by Oldfield (1961) and the sperm morphology by Jespersen and Lützen (2007)
description: Published as part of Valentich-Scott, Paul, Griffiths, Charles, Landschoff, Jannes, Li, Ruiqi & Li, Jingchun, 2024, Bivalves of superfamily Galeommatoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from western South Africa, with observations on commensal relationships and habitats, pp. 301-323 in ZooKeys 1207 on pages 301-323, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1207.124517
Kellia becki
Creators: name: Valentich-Scott, Paul
name: Griffiths, Charles
name: Landschoff, Jannes
name: Li, Ruiqi
name: Li, Jingchun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Veneroida
Kelliidae
Kellia
Kellia becki

description: Kellia becki (W. H. Turton, 1932)
Fig. 4 A – H
Erycina becki W. H. Turton, 1932: 238.
Material examined.
Two specimens from at Glencairn, South Africa (34.162 ° S, 18.432 ° E).
Description.
Shell ovate, thin, fragile, highly inflated, semi-translucent; subequilateral; umbos broad, moderately inflated; anterior and posterior ends broadly rounded; shell margins not gaping; periostracum thin, adherent, yellow, iridescent; external sculpture of fine commarginal striae; hinge plate narrow; right valve with one small cardinal tooth and one thin posterior lateral tooth, with large gap between them; left valve with two very small cardinal teeth and one posterior lateral tooth; ligament oblique, broad, in shallow resilifer. Length up to 6 mm.
Mantle. Translucent, reflected, extending well past shell margin dorsally, forming an extended facultative siphon posteriorly (Fig. 4 H).
Foot. Long, thin, translucent, without heel (Fig. 4 H).
Ctenidia. Specimens for internal examination not available.
Type.
ZC - M 003209, Port Alfred, South Africa.
Commensal relationship and habitat.
Found on the undersides of rocks in intertidal pools. Although the errant polynoid polychaete, Polynoe scolopendrina Savigny, 1822, is also visible in some of the images provided herein, we do not suspect any commensal relationship between the Kellia becki and this polychaete and consider it to be a free-living, nestling species.
Comparisons.
Huber (2015) considered Kellia becki to be the only member of this genus to be present in the Cape Town region. The Australian Kellia rotunda (Deshayes, 1856) had been recorded from South Africa by Bartsch (1915), W. H. Turton (1932), Barnard (1964 a), and Kilburn and Rippey (1982), but these records were considered erroneous by Huber (2015), although he did mention the need to genetically compare these two species.
The specimens illustrated by Cosel and Gofas (2019: 486) in tropical West Africa as Kellia suborbicularis (Montagu, 1803) are very similar conchologically to our specimens from the Cape Peninsula. Genetic studies on these two populations, as well as other Atlantic species of Kellia, are needed.
Locality information.
Collected intertidally from beneath boulders at Glencairn, on the east coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa (34.162 ° S, 18.432 ° E). Voucher specimens deposited as SBMNH 666951 and SAMC-A 096819.
description: Published as part of Valentich-Scott, Paul, Griffiths, Charles, Landschoff, Jannes, Li, Ruiqi & Li, Jingchun, 2024, Bivalves of superfamily Galeommatoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from western South Africa, with observations on commensal relationships and habitats, pp. 301-323 in ZooKeys 1207 on pages 301-323, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1207.124517
Uroplectes Peters 1861
Creators: name: Prendini, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Uroplectes

description: NEW AND OLD SYNONYMS IN UROPLECTES
During the present investigation, the new material was compared with the types of U. chubbi and the following taxa, either putatively related to U. chubbi or originating from the same geographical region, to verify that the new species in question had not been previously described: Scorpiobuthus apatris Werner, 1939, synonymized with U. chubbi by Fet and Sissom (1997); Uroplectes andreae Pocock, 1899; Uroplectes chubbi briodi Schenkel, 1932; Uroplectes jutrzenkai Penther, 1900, synonymized with Uroplectes vittatus (Thorell, 1876) by Hewitt (1918) and later by Newlands (1970); and Uroplectes schubotzi Kraepelin, 1929. Based on comparison of these specimens with one another (only digital photos of the holotype of U. schubotzi were available) and with nontype material, two synonyms were confirmed and two are newly presented.
description: Published as part of Prendini, Lorenzo, 2015, Three new Uroplectes (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with punctate metasomal segments from tropical central Africa, pp. 1-32 in American Museum Novitates 2015 (3840) on page 28, DOI: 10.1206/3840.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5368359
Chaetometra Hungerford 1950
Creators: name: Polhemus, Dan A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Hydrometridae
Chaetometra

description: Chaetometra Hungerford, 1950
Trichometra Hungerford, 1939: 217. Primary homonym of Trichometra Clark, 1908 (Crinoidea: Antedonidae).
Chaetometra Hungerford, 1950: 73. Replacement name for Trichometra Hungerford, 1939.
description: Published as part of Polhemus, Dan A., 2022, Two new genera and six new species of Terrestrial Hydrometridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from French Polynesia, pp. 69-98 in Zootaxa 5190 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7119849
Sphecodes pinguiculus Perez 1903
Creators: name: Astafurova, Yulia V.
name: Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Sphecodes
Sphecodes pinguiculus

description: Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez, 1903
(Figs 48, 49, 62, 88, 96, 116)
Sphecodes pinguiculus Pérez, 1903: CCXX, ♀, (type locality: Spain).
Sphecodes sareptensis Meyer, 1922: 170, ♂ (type locality: Russia, Sarepta [Volgograd]). Sphecodes excellens Meyer, 1922: 170, ♀ (type locality: Spain).
Sphecodes punctatissimus Meyer, 1922: 172, ♂ (type locality: S Kazakhstan). Sphecodes hungaricus Blüthgen, 1923a: 498, ♀ (type locality: Hungary).
Sphecodes coelebs Blüthgen, 1923a: 505, ♂ (type locality: Spain).
Sphecodes consobrinus Blüthgen, 1923a: 507, ♂ (type locality: Libya).
Sphecodes persicus Blüthgen, 1924b: 509, ♂ (type locality: Iran).
Sphecodes capverdensis Pauly et La Roche in Pauly et al., 2002: 203, ♂ (type locality: Cape Verde).
Material examined. Russia. Tyva Republic: 1 ♀, 25 km SE Erzin, Tes-Khem River, 14–15.VII.2014, AL, MP, VL; 1 ♀, 13 km SW Samagaltay, Dyttyg-Khem River, 8–11.VII.2013, MP, VL; Buryatia Republic: 1 ♀, Gusinnoe Lake, Baraty, 26.VII.2007, AL, MP, VL.
Distribution. Russia: *Tyva Republic, *Buryatia Republic, south of European part (Osytshnjuk et al. 1978 as S. sareptensis); Mongolia, Central Asia, Iran, South Europe, Turkey, Israel, North Africa, Cape Verde Islands.
description: Published as part of Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2015, Bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of Siberia, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), pp. 65-95 in Zootaxa 4052 (1) on pages 78-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234174
Melliteryx Iredale 1924
Creators: name: Valentich-Scott, Paul
name: Griffiths, Charles
name: Landschoff, Jannes
name: Li, Ruiqi
name: Li, Jingchun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Galeommatida
Lasaeidae
Melliteryx

description: Melliteryx Iredale, 1924
Melliteryx Iredale, 1924. Type species (original designation): Erycina acupuncta Hedley, 1902. Recent, Australia.
Description.
Shell subtrigonal, moderately inflated, subequilateral, equivalve; umbos narrow; sculpture of commarginal ribs, striae, or growth checks, with micro-pits in some; periostracum thick, tan, adherent, shiny to silky; hinge plate narrow; both valves with anterior and posterior lateral teeth; left valve with small central pseudocardinal directly below umbos, conjoined with anterior lateral tooth in some; right valve with small thickening near umbos; ligament internal, in elongate resilifer.
Discussion.
The type species of the genus, Erycina acupuncta Hedley, 1902, was described from off New South Wales, Australia. Huber (2015) documents five additional species, including three from South Africa, one from the Indo-Pacific and one from New Zealand. See Discussion section below for additional comments on Melliteryx.
description: Published as part of Valentich-Scott, Paul, Griffiths, Charles, Landschoff, Jannes, Li, Ruiqi & Li, Jingchun, 2024, Bivalves of superfamily Galeommatoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from western South Africa, with observations on commensal relationships and habitats, pp. 301-323 in ZooKeys 1207 on pages 301-323, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1207.124517
Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson 1870
Creators: name: Astafurova, Yulia V.
name: Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Sphecodes
Sphecodes puncticeps

description: Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870
(Figs 15, 16, 50, 51, 81, 116)
Sphecodes puncticeps Thomson, 1870: 99, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Sweden). Sphecodes bituberculatus Pérez, 1903: 220, ♀ (type locality: France).
Sphecodes opacifrons Pérez, 1903: 219 ♀, ♂ (type locality: Spain).
Sphecodes puncticeps var. cretanus Strand, 1921: 305, ♀, ♂ (type locality: Crete).
Material examined. Russia. Altai Terr.: 1 ♀, Kolywansk [Kolyvan'], F. Morawtz’s coll.
Distribution. Russia: *Altai Terr., Far East, European part (Osytshnjuk et al. 1978); Mongolia, Central Asia (Morawitz 1876; Popov 1967), Europe (north to Finland and Sweden), Israel, Turkey, North Africa.
description: Published as part of Astafurova, Yulia V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2015, Bees of the genus Sphecodes Latreille 1804 of Siberia, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Halictidae), pp. 65-95 in Zootaxa 4052 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/234174
Uroplectes chubbi Hirst 1911
Creators: name: Prendini, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Uroplectes
Uroplectes chubbi

description: Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911
Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911: 5–6.
Scorpiobuthus apatris Werner, 1939: 361–362 (synonymized by Fet and Sissom, 1997: 408).
TYPE MATERIAL: Lectotype ♀ [here designated], 9 juv. ♂, 2 juv. ♀ paralectotypes (BMNH 1911.8.11.1), ZIMBABWE: Rhodesia, E.C. Chubb. Scorpiobuthus apatris Werner, 1939: Lectotype ♀ [designated by Fet and Sissom, 1997: 408] (ZFMK 350), paralectotype ♀ (ZFMK 351).
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: ZIMBABWE: Masvingo Province: Chiredzi District: Gona-re-Zhou National Park: Chipinda Pools Camp, 21°17′06.8″S 31°54′49.7″E, 292 m, 7.ii.2013, L. Prendini, F. Nyathi, and N. Scott, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ (AMNH); Triangle Ranch, Mutirikwi River intersection with road Ngundu Halt– Triangle, ca. 4 km W of Triangle, W side of Mutirikwi River, 21°02′28.5″S 31°23′26.0″E, 390 m, 6–7.ii.2013, L. Prendini, F. Nyathi, and N. Scott, 3 ♂, 3 ♀, 2 subad. ♂, 1 subad. ♀ (AMNH). Matabeleland South Province: Gwanda District: Doddieburn Ranch, Sibizini Dam [21°24′S 29°22′E], 17.xii.1985, J.L. Minshull, 1 ♀ (NHMZ S 86 /47); Dwala Ranch, Bubiana Conservancy [19°05′S 29°43′E], 28.xi.1993, Raleigh International, 2 ♂, 9 ♀, 8 juv. (NHMZ S 94 /108).
REMARKS: The type material of S. apatris, based on two specimens without locality data, was found to be morphologically indistinguishable and therefore conspecific with type and nontype material of U. chubbi, confirming the synonymy by Fet and Sissom (1997): Scorpiobuthus apatris Werner, 1939 = Uroplectes chubbi Hirst, 1911.
description: Published as part of Prendini, Lorenzo, 2015, Three new Uroplectes (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with punctate metasomal segments from tropical central Africa, pp. 1-32 in American Museum Novitates 2015 (3840) on page 28, DOI: 10.1206/3840.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5368359
Paratrematoceras Schastlivceva 1981
Creators: name: Pohle, Alexander
name: Klug, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Orthocerida
Pseudorthoceratidae
Paratrematoceras

description: Genus Paratrematoceras Schastlivceva, 1981
Diagnosis: Trematoceratid with narrow, tubular siphuncle with short orthochoanitic septal necks that sharply bend in adapically at the transition to the septum.
Type species: P. shevyrevi Schastlivceva, 1981
Included species: P. ornatum Schastlivceva, 1981; P. salinarium (Hauer, 1846) comb. nov.
Remarks: Differs from Trematoceras in its narrower siphuncle with sharply bent, orthochoanitic septal necks.
In addition to the species listed by Schastlivceva (1988), which includes specimens described as Trematoceras aff. dubium from the Olenekian of Afghanistan (Kummel & Erben, 1968), Orthoceras salinarium Hauer, 1846 from the Norian of Austria may be referred to the genus, as it has a similarly narrow siphuncle with sharply bent septal necks. However, this is purely based on Hauer’s (1846) drawings and investigation of his type material is required to test this assignment. Michelinoceras sp. A in Tongtherm et al. (2016) from the Anisian of Thailand possibly belongs to Paratrematoceras due to its narrow siphuncle and orthochoanitic septal necks. Several species from Olenekian to Anisian deposits have been assigned to Paratrematoceras by Grădinaru et al. (2007), but since they were not accompanied by illustrations, they represent nomina nuda and the presence of the genus in these rocks is unconfirmed. Consequently, the genus appears to be already present and relatively widespread in the early Middle Triassic, although further studies are needed to differentiate it from Trematoceras with certainty.
Occurrence: Northern Caucasus, Alps?, Thailand?; Middle Triassic (Anisian)?, Late Triassic (Norian).
description: Published as part of Pohle, Alexander & Klug, Christian, 2024, Orthoceratoid and coleoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland with an updated taxonomic framework for Triassic Orthoceratoidea, pp. 1-32 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (14) (14) 143 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-024-00307-8, http://zenodo.org/record/12005092
Chaetometra robusta
Creators: name: Polhemus, Dan A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Hydrometridae
Chaetometra
Chaetometra robusta

description: Chaetometra robusta (Hungerford, 1939)
Figs. 5–8, 35–38
Trichometra robusta Hungerford, 1939: 218.
Chaetometra robusta: Hungerford, 1950: 73.
Discussion. Hungerford (1939) originally described this species in the genus Trichometra, which proved to be a primary homonym of Trichometra Clark, 1908 in the Crinoidea, necessitating the replacement name Chaetometra (Hungerford, 1950).
Chaetometra robusta may be easily recognized within Hydrometridae as a whole by its rather short head and highly setiferous body and appendages. Photographs of the holotype, held in the Bishop Museum, are provided here to aid in future recognition of this unusual species (Figs. 35–37).
Ecological notes. The species is known from a single specimen taken in 1932 on Mt. Temetiu, the highest summit on the island of Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, and additional surveys there by a team of entomologists in October 1999 and again in August 2001, the latter operating for several days out of a research camp established on the upper mountain (Figs. 5–8), failed to locate additional specimens. Instead, these surveys collected examples of the new genus and species Marquesametra hivaoa, and a description of the ecological setting can be found under that species. Given the absence of aquatic habitats on the crest of Mt. Temetiu, and the notation on the holotype label that the specimen was taken on ferns, it is clear that C. robusta has a terrestrial ecology, but may occupy a specialized and unusual habitat.
Distribution. French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands, Hiva Oa (Fig. 38).
Material examined. FRENCH POLYNESIA, Marquesas Islands, Hiva Oa: 1 female, Temetiu Summit, 4160 ft., on ferns 20 January 1932, leg. LeBronnec (holotype, BPBM).
description: Published as part of Polhemus, Dan A., 2022, Two new genera and six new species of Terrestrial Hydrometridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from French Polynesia, pp. 69-98 in Zootaxa 5190 (1) on pages 93-95, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7119849
Dissomphalus taiabocu Colombo & Azevedo, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Colombo, Wesley D.
name: Azevedo, Celso O.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Bethylidae
Dissomphalus
Dissomphalus taiabocu

description: Dissomphalus taiabocu Colombo & Azevedo, sp. nov.
(Figs 22, 39, 197, 198)
Description. Male. Head and mesosoma black; metasoma dark castaneous. Mandible with two apical teeth; clypeus broad, median tooth rounded; frons coriaceous, punctate. Mesosoma. Very coriaceous. T2 without depressions, tubercle absent, very small lateral pits, few bristles. Posterior hypopygeal margin straight. Genitalia: paramere wide in dorsal view, apex rounded, slightly arched, larger than to basiparamere; cuspis wide; digitus wide, rounded apex; aedeagal ventral ramus smaller than dorsal body, base wide, rounded, narrow apex, rounded, laminar; aedeagal dorsal body with two pairs apical lobes, outer pair with narrow apex, inner pair very serrated; basal process with two projections; basal bar very wide; apodeme extending beyond genital ring. Female unknown.
Remarks. This species not have enough characteristics for be included in a species-group. This species is mainly different because has the genitalia with paramere short and aedeagal ventral ramus with median part with projection. This species has the genitalia similar to Dissomphalus caparao sp. nov. However, the paramere of D. taiabocu sp. nov. is wide in dorsal view, the aedeagal dorsal body with basal process with two projections and apodeme extending beyond genital ring, whereas D. caparao sp. nov. the paramere is small, in dorsal view; the aedeagal dorsal body without basal process with two projections and apodeme not extending beyond genital ring.
Material examined. Types: Holotype ♂, BRAZIL, E[spírito] S[anto]: Divino de São Lourenço, Parq[ue] Nac[ional do] Caparaó, 20º24’S 41º47’W, 15–22.III.2013, [armadilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & F.B. Fraga col. (UFES). Paratype: 1♂, Divino de São Lourenço, Parq[ue] Nac[ional do] Caparaó, 20º24’S 41º47’W, 15– 22.III.2013, [armadilha] Malaise, C.O. Azevedo & F.B. Fraga col. (UFES).
Etymology. The epithet taiabocu refers to tusk in Tupi-Guarani.
Distribution. Brazil (Espírito Santo).
description: Published as part of Colombo, Wesley D. & Azevedo, Celso O., 2016, Review of Dissomphalus Ashmead, 1893 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Espíri- to Santo, Brazil, with description of twenty-one new species, pp. 1-84 in Zootaxa 4143 (1) on pages 52-53, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4143.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/260759
Analysis of water-air multiphase flow through a pipeline with two leaks using numerical and experimental methods
Creators: name: Ferroudji, Hicham
name: Khan, Muhammad Saad
name: Barooah, Abinash
name: Rahman, Mohammad Azizur
name: Hassan, Ibrahim
name: Hassan, Rashid
name: Sleiti, Ahmad K.
name: Gomari, Sina Rezaei
name: Hamilton, Matthew
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Given that most petroleum companies produce and transport both oil and gas at the same time, multiphase flows are extremely important in the oil and gas industry. Common causes of pipeline leaks include corrosion, aging, and metal deterioration. As a result, developing a practical technique to identify and locate leaks in pipelines is needed. In the present work, a 3D numerical model is developed using Ansys-Fluent considering the Volume Of Fluid (VOF) approach coupled with the k−ε turbulence model to investigate the occurrence of simultaneous leaks (1st leak 3 mm and 2nd leak 1.8 mm) within a pipeline conveying multiphase flow. The numerical results are validated against experimental data collected from a flow loop system in the Lab, where a significant level of agreement was observed. Moreover, the flow behavior in the pipeline, as well as in the surrounding area of the leaks (water tank), is evaluated. For instance, the case showing the lowest value of the air volume fraction in the pipeline presents the highest value in the water tank. Additionally, Log Mel Spectrogram representation allows the identification of occurring phenomena, including air phase introduction and the presence of leakage in the pipeline.
Pseudotemperoceras Schastlivceva 1986
Creators: name: Pohle, Alexander
name: Klug, Christian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Cephalopoda
Orthocerida
Trematoceratidae
Pseudotemperoceras

description: Genus Pseudotemperoceras Schastlivceva, 1986
Diagnosis: Trematoceratid with narrow septal spacing and relatively wide siphuncle with expanded segments and suborthochoanitic septal necks.
Type species: Pseudotemperoceras pulchrum Schastlivceva, 1986
Included species: P. nyalamense (Chen, 1981) comb. n.
Remarks: This genus is easily distinguishable from other trematoceratids by its expanded siphuncular segments with suborthochoanitic septal necks and its relatively narrow septal spacing. In addition to the type species, we assign Michelinoceras nyalamense Chen, 1981 from the Induan–Olenekian transition of Tibet to the genus, which is very similar to the type species except for its more widely spaced septa. The same species was also reported from the Anisian of Guizhou, South China, although without figures (Stiller, 2001). We also suspect that the Anisian Phatthalungoceras Tongtherm & Nabhitabhata, 2018 is a junior synonym of Pseudotemperoceras (see below), in which case Phatthalungoceras srisuki Tongtherm & Nabhitabhata, 2018 would constitute a third species. Although the genus has not been documented outside of present-day Asia, tectonic reconstructions indicate that the genus had a very wide distribution during the Early Triassic (compare Fig. 8A).
Occurrence: Siberia, Himalaya, South China? Early Triassic (Induan?, Olenekian), Middle Triassic (Anisian)?
description: Published as part of Pohle, Alexander & Klug, Christian, 2024, Orthoceratoid and coleoid cephalopods from the Middle Triassic of Switzerland with an updated taxonomic framework for Triassic Orthoceratoidea, pp. 1-32 in Swiss Journal of Palaeontology (14) (14) 143 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.1186/s13358-024-00307-8, http://zenodo.org/record/12005092
Anaphothrips atroapterus Priesner
Creators: name: Cui, Yanze
name: Wang, Jun
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Anaphothrips
Anaphothrips atroapterus

description: Anaphothrips atroapterus Priesner
(Figs 1, 13, 19, 25, 36, 42)
Anaphothrips atroapterus Priesner, 1921: 27.
This European species is here newly recorded from China. It can be distinguished from most Anaphothrips species by the following combination of characters: Body uniformly dark brown; head dorsal surface sculptured with irregular polygonal reticulations behind eyes (Fig. 1); pronotum with distinct polygonal reticulations at anterior (Fig. 13); antennae 8-segmented (Fig. 25); meso- and metanotum slightly transverse (Fig. 19); metascutum without campaniform sensilla (Fig. 19); abdominal tergites and sternites with polygonal reticulation medially (Fig. 36); tergite VIII without a microtrichial posteromarginal comb but sometimes with weakly developed teeth (Fig. 42).
Specimens examined. China, Heilongjiang Province, Daqing City, Yinlang ranch (46°33.78′N, 124°50.18′E), 13.vi.2018, 2 female mic. from grasses (Jun Wang).
Distribution. Europe, China (Heilongjiang Province).
description: Published as part of Cui, Yanze & Wang, Jun, 2019, The genus Anaphothrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in China, with three new species, pp. 246-258 in Zootaxa 4700 (2) on page 247, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3548447
Uroplectes occidentalis Simon 1876
Creators: name: Prendini, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Scorpiones
Buthidae
Uroplectes
Uroplectes occidentalis

description: Uroplectes occidentalis Simon, 1876
Uroplectes occidentalis Simon, 1876: 219–220.
Tityus chinchoxensis Karsch, 1879: 370–372 (synonymized by Kraepelin, 1899: 57).
Uroplectes andreae Pocock, 1899: 835, new synonym.
TYPE MATERIAL: Uroplectes andreae Pocock, 1899, holotype ♀ (BMNH 1900.9.10.1), DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Kasai Province: Kassai [Kasai], on Loange River, Upper Congo.
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: ANGOLA: 1 ♀ (NMSA 18679 ex ANG 3544 /4960). DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: J.C. Heymans, 1 ♀ [homotype] (NMSA 11027), 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (NMSA 11028), 1 ♂ (NMSA 11029); Sandra, 1932, G.F. Overlaet, 5 ♀ (MRAC 23.939 /943), 1 ♂, 4 ♀, 1 subad. ♀ (MRAC 23.944 /949). Kasai Province: N Kasai, Ikese, 8.v.1946, Lagae, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MRAC 135.115). Lualaba Province: Kisenge, Dilolo [10°41′S 22°21′E], ix.1963, A. Regnard, 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 1 juv. ♀ (MRAC 126.086). Tanganyika Province: Mpala [06°45′S 29°31′E], 6.vii.1953, H. Bomans, 3 ♂, 1 ♀ (MRAC 75.966), viii.1953, 1 ♂, 3 ♀, 1 juv. ♂ (MRAC 85.143 – 147).
REMARKS: The holotype of U. andreae was compared with nontype material of U. occidentalis from across the known distribution of the species, including one specimen from Angola and five from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the NMSA determined as U. andreae by B.H. Lamoral in 1977, among them a “homotype,” accompanied by a note stating “compared to holotype female of Uroplectes andreae (BMNH 1900.9.10.1) by B. Lamoral, 1977, and found to be conspecific.” Although poorly preserved, the holotype of U. andreae closely resembled other material in the BMNH labelled “ U. occidentalis var. andreae ” based on the presence of spiniform granules on the dorsosubmedian carinae of metasomal segments IV and V, the diagnostic characters provided by Pocock (1899) to separate U. andreae from U. occidentalis, typical specimens of which exhibit spiniform granules on the dorsosubmedian carinae of segments I–III only. As the presence and development of spiniform granules on segments IV and V was observed to vary among otherwise morphologically similar specimens of U. occidentalis, and no other diagnostic differences appear to separate U. andreae from the latter, they are considered conspecific and newly synonymized: Uroplectes andreae Pocock, 1899 = Uroplectes occidentalis Simon, 1876, new synonym.
description: Published as part of Prendini, Lorenzo, 2015, Three new Uroplectes (Scorpiones: Buthidae) with punctate metasomal segments from tropical central Africa, pp. 1-32 in American Museum Novitates 2015 (3840) on page 29, DOI: 10.1206/3840.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5368359
Arachnidium fibrosum Hincks 1880
Creators: name: López-Gappa, Juan
name: Liuzzi, María G.
name: Castro, Karen L.
name: Bobinac, Magalí
name: Schwindt, Evangelina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Bryozoa
Gymnolaemata
Ctenostomatida
Arachnidiidae
Arachnidium
Arachnidium fibrosum

description: Arachnidium fibrosum Hincks, 1880
(Fig. 2)
Arachnidium fibrosum Hincks 1880: 511, pl. 71, figs 6, 7; Marcus 1938: 51, pl. 12, fig. 29A, pl. 11, fig. 29B; Marcus 1941: 27; Prenant & Bobin 1956: 226, fig. 99; Hayward 1985: 82, fig. 24; Vieira et al. 2008: 10; De Blauwe 2009: 60, figs 35–37.
Material examined. MACN-In 32532, Monte Hermoso, September 23, 1981, collected by Claudia Bremec. MACN-In 42251, Ingeniero White harbour, September 4, 1984, 5 m, collected by Daniel Martínez. MACN-In 43869, Ingeniero White harbour, June 22, 2016, collected by Sandra Fiori.
Description. Colony uniserial, adnate, branching, forming a dense network on the substrate. Autozooids expanded distally, irregular in outline, with a slender, tubular, proximal portion, producing up to eight buds. Orifice subterminal, on a papillate peristome. Buds consist of long, bifurcating cylindrical stolons which anastomose irregularly to form a network, sometimes giving rise to stellate bodies that seem to be aborted autozooids. Short, characteristic tapering filaments are common around the margins and on the frontal surface of the autozooids.
Remarks. Due to its disjunct geographic distribution (see below), this species could be regarded as cryptogenic, i.e. a species that is not demonstrably native or exotic (Carlton 1996) in Argentina. This study expands its geographic range southwards by about 13 degrees of latitude, from Parana State (Brazil) to Monte Hermoso (Buenos Aires Province).
Distribution. Europe (Hincks 1880; Prenant & Bobin 1956; Hayward 1985; De Blauwe 2009), Atlantic coast of United States (Maturo 1968), Brazil (Marcus 1938, 1941; Vieira et al. 2008), Buenos Aires Province (this study).
description: Published as part of López-Gappa, Juan, Liuzzi, María G., Castro, Karen L., Bobinac, Magalí & Schwindt, Evangelina, 2022, Fouling bryozoans in Argentine harbours (Southwest Atlantic): new records and the description of a new species, pp. 374-400 in Zootaxa 5205 (4) on page 377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5205.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7307128