cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Uroleucon (Lambersius) altaicum Szelegiewicz 1982
Creators: name: Kanturski, Mariusz
name: Barjadze, Shalva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Aphidomorpha
Aphididae
Uroleucon
Uroleucon altaicum

description: Uroleucon (Lambersius) altaicum Szelegiewicz, 1982 bona species, not synonym of U. mulgedii (Nevsky, 1928)
(Figs 6–7, Table 2)
Uroleucon (Uroleucon) altaicum Szelegiewicz, 1982: 370
Material examined: HOLOTYPE. MONGOLIA: Hovd (= Kobdo), 14.vii.1977, apterous viviparous female, On Cichorium intybus, S. M. Klimaszewski leg., APH-8425, ZMPA;
PARATYPES. 1 apterous viviparous female, other data as in holotype, APH-8426, ZMPA; 2 apterous viviparous females, APH-8427, ZMPA; 3 apterous viviparous females, APH-8429, ZMPA; 3 apterous viviparous females, APH-8427, ZMPA.
Remarks. Uroleucon (Uroleucon) altaicum Szelegiewicz, 1962 was synonymized with U. mulgedii only based on description of U. altaicum and redescription of U. mulgedii without examination of type material of U. altaicum (Holman 1991; Eastop & Blackman 2005). Morphological differences between the type specimens of U. altaicum from Mongolia and specimens of U. mulgedii from Uzbekistan and Bulgaria (mostly ratios involving URS and siphunculi; see Discussion) should be treated as differences between two separate species. Taking this into account, we propose to restore the full species status of U. altaicum. On the basis of the pigmentation of siphunculi (pigmented with pale bases), pale coxae and cauda, poorly developed and pale sclerites and scleroites on the abdomen, we propose to transfer this species from the subgenus Uroleucon to subgenus Lambersius.
description: Published as part of Kanturski, Mariusz & Barjadze, Shalva, 2020, A new species of the aphid genus Uroleucon from Lebanon, with notes on the systematic positions of U. altaicum, U. bielawskii and U. mulgedii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), pp. 548-561 in Zootaxa 4853 (4) on pages 557-558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4411111
Impact of beam asymmetries at the Future Circular Collider e+e-
Creators: name: Kicsiny, Peter
name: Buffat, Xavier
name: Nguyen, Khoi Le Nguyen
name: Pieloni, Tatiana
name: Seidel, Mike
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we present detailed simulations with asymmetric initial beam settings in the context of the proposed Future Circular Collider e+e- (FCC-ee) using the Xsuite framework. We compare simulated equilibrium bunch sizes and luminosities against an already existing analytical model, which shows remarkably good agreement for realistic small perturbations. We investigate the longitudinal top-up injection, the currently preferred injection scheme for the FCC-ee, using self-consistent simulations featuring beam-beam collisions with beamstrahlung and the injection process, for the first time. We present and assess the sensitivity and required precision of the nominal beam parameters in a potential real-life operation by providing first estimates of the tolerances in the initial asymmetry of several machine parameters, with respect to the 3D flip-flop mechanism, obtained from parameter scan simulations.
description: 12 pages, 15 figures
LOFAR high-band antenna observations of the Perseus cluster
Creators: name: van Weeren, R. J.
name: Timmerman, R.
name: Vaidya, V.
name: Gendron-Marsolais, M. -L.
name: Botteon, A.
name: Roberts, I. D.
name: Hlavacek-Larrondo, J.
name: Bonafede, A.
name: Brüggen, M.
name: Brunetti, G.
name: Cassano, R.
name: Cuciti, V.
name: Edge, A. C.
name: Gastaldello, F.
name: Groeneveld, C.
name: Shimwell, T. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Perseus cluster is the brightest X-ray cluster in the sky and is known as a cool-core galaxy cluster. Being a very nearby cluster, it has been extensively studied. This has provided a comprehensive view of the physical processes that operate in the intracluster medium (ICM), including feedback from the AGN 3C84 and measurements of ICM turbulence. Additionally, the Perseus cluster contains a central radio mini-halo. This diffuse radio source traces cosmic ray electrons (re-)accelerated in-situ in the ICM.
 Here we report on LOFAR high-band antenna 120-168 MHz observations of the Perseus cluster that probe a range of four orders of magnitude in angular scales. In our 0.3 arcsec resolution image, we find that the northern extension of the 3C84 lobe consists of several narrow 1.5-3 kpc parallel strands of emission. In addition, we detect steep-spectrum filaments associated with a previous outburst of the central AGN radio emission filling two known X-ray ghost cavities. At 7 arcsec resolution, our images show a complex structured radio mini-halo, with several edges and filaments. At resolutions of 26 arcsec and 80 arcsec, we discover diffuse radio emission with a 1.1 Mpc extent. We classify this emission as a giant radio halo and its properties are distinct from the inner mini-halo. We also detect two diffuse sources at projected cluster centric radii of 0.7 and 1.0 Mpc. Finally, we observe a 0.9 Mpc long trail of radio emission from the cluster member galaxy IC310, connecting it with the giant radio halo. Together with other recent studies of relaxed clusters, our LOFAR observations indicate that cluster-wide radio emission could be (more) common in cool-core clusters. In the case of the Perseus cluster, a past off-axis merger event that preserved the cool core might have generated enough turbulence to produce an extended radio halo observable at low frequencies.
description: accepted for publication in A&A, 18 pages, 19 figures
Megalestes major Selys 1862
Creators: name: Yu, Xin
name: Xue, Junli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Synlestidae
Megalestes
Megalestes major

description: Megalestes major Selys, 1862
(Figs. 3h; 4h; 5e, r; 6e)
Megalestes major: Asahina, 1985b: 2–5, 14–16, figs. 1–10 [India; Nepal]; Gyeltshen et al. 2017: 593, figs. 4c–d [Bhutan].
This is the type species of Megalestes, the only species that has an inner lateral tooth in the middle of the cerci (Fig. 3h). Its paraprocts are almost spherical, covered with dense setae, with an acute dorsal base tooth pointed directly upwards (Fig. 6e). Megalestes major is distributed in India, Nepal, and Bhutan, and it only occurs on the west side of the Himalayas.
description: Published as part of Yu, Xin & Xue, Junli, 2020, A review of the damselfly genus Megalestes Selys, 1862 (Insecta: Odonata Zygoptera: Synlestidae) using integrative taxonomic methods, pp. 245-270 in Zootaxa 4851 (2) on page 261, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4407479
Equilibrium dynamical models in the inner region of the Large Magellanic Cloud based on Gaia DR3 kinematics
Creators: name: Kacharov, Nikolay
name: Tahmasebzadeh, Behzad
name: Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.
name: van de Ven, Glenn
name: Zhu, Ling
name: Khoperskov, Sergey
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use Gaia DR3 to explore how well equilibrium dynamical models based on the Jeans equations and the Schwarzschild orbit superposition method are able to describe LMC's 5-dimensional phase-space distribution and line-of-sight (LOS) velocity distribution, respectively. In the latter model we incorporate a triaxial bar component and derive LMC's bar pattern speed. We fit Jeans dynamical models to all Gaia DR3 stars with proper motion and LOS velocity measurements found in the VMC VISTA survey of the LMC using a discrete maximum likelihood approach. These models are very efficient at discriminating genuine LMC member stars from Milky Way foreground stars and background galaxies. They constrain the shape, orientation, and enclosed mass of the galaxy under the assumption for axisymmetry. We use the Jeans model results as a stepping stone to more complex 2-component Schwarzschild models, which include an axisymmetric disc and a co-centric triaxial bar, which we fit to the LMC Gaia DR3 LOS velocity field, using a chi^2 minimisation approach. The Jeans models describe well the rotation and velocity dispersion of the LMC disc and we find an inclination angle 25.5 deg, line of nodes orientation 124 deg, and an intrinsic thickness of the disc 0.23 (minor to major axis ratio). However, bound to axisymmetry, these models fail to properly describe the kinematics in the central region of the galaxy, dominated by the bar. We use the derived disc orientation and the Gaia DR3 density image of the LMC to obtain the intrinsic shape of the bar. Using these two components as an input to our Schwarzschild models, we perform orbit integration and weighting in a rotating reference frame fixed to the bar, deriving an independent measurement of the LMC bar pattern speed 11+/-4 km/s/kpc. Both the Jeans and Schwarzschild models predict the same enclosed mass distribution within a radius of 6.2 kpc of ~1.4e10 Msun.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A
Peripus Chatzimanolis 2019
Creators: name: Chatzimanolis, Stylianos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Peripus

description: Key to the species of Peripus Chatzimanolis and Hightower
1. Pronotum punctation dense, punctures contiguous to almost contiguous (Fig. 6), antennomeres 8–10 clearly longer than wide; aedeagus as Figs. 24–26........................................................................ P. didontus
- Pronotum punctation not as dense (Figs. 5, 7–8), punctures not contiguous; antennomeres 8–10 subquadrate to slightly longer than wide........................................................................................... 2
2. Median lobe with two subapical teeth; paramere pointed apically (Fig. 29)............................. P. madrededios
- Median lobe with one subapical tooth; paramere rounded apically (Figs. 23, 32)................................... 3
3 Paramere converging to apex (Fig. 23); paramere shorter than median lobe (Figs. 21–22); pronotum punctation with 1–2 rows of scattered punctures (besides punctures on the midline; Fig. 5)......................................... P. brunkei
- Paramere slightly expanding to apex (Fig. 32); paramere slightly longer than median lobe (Figs. 30–31); pronotum punctation with 2–3 rows of scattered punctures (besides punctures on the midline; Fig. 8)......................... P. monodontus
description: Published as part of Chatzimanolis, Stylianos, 2019, Peripus, a new genus of Xanthopygina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from South America, pp. 371-383 in Zootaxa 4648 (2) on page 383, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.10, http://zenodo.org/record/3354776
Effects from different grades of stickiness between icy and silicate particles on carbon depletion in protoplanetary disks
Creators: name: Okamoto, Tamami
name: Ida, Shigeru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Earth and other rocky bodies in the inner Solar System are significantly depleted in carbon compared to the Sun and interstellar medium (ISM) dust. Observations indicate that over half of carbon in the ISM and comets is in refractory forms, like amorphous hydrocarbons and complex organics, which can be building blocks of rocky bodies. While amorphous hydrocarbons are destroyed by photolysis and oxidation, radial transport of solid particles can limit carbon depletion, except when complex organics, which are less refractory, are the main carbon source. We aim to identify conditions for severe carbon depletion in the inner Solar System by introducing more realistic factors: differences in stickiness between icy and silicate particles, and high-temperature regions in the disk's upper optically-thin layer, which were not considered in previous studies. We perform a 3D Monte Carlo simulation of radial drift and turbulent diffusion in a steady accretion disk, incorporating ice evaporation/re-condensation, photolysis/oxidation of hydrocarbons in the upper layer, and pyrolysis of complex organics. Our results show that the carbon fraction drops by two orders of magnitude inside the snow line under two conditions: i) silicate particles are much less sticky than icy particles, leading to a rapid decline in icy pebble flux while silicates accumulate inside the snow line, and ii) high-temperature regions in the disk's upper layer stir silicate particles into UV-exposed areas. These conditions reproduce carbon depletion patterns consistent with observations and allow for diverse carbon fractions in rocky bodies. This diversity may explain the wide variation of metals in white dwarf photospheres and suggest different surface environments for rocky planets in habitable zones.
description: 17 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Charadronota Burmeister 1842
Creators: name: Philips, T. Keith
name: Mudge, Alan D.
name: Orozco, Jesus
name: Neidlinger, Robert
name: Beinhundner, Gerhard
name: Joly, Claude
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cetoniidae
Charadronota

description: Charadronota Burmeister, 1842
The genus Charadronota includes six or seven species of medium-sized cetoniines (14–23 mm) widely distributed in tropical Africa (Schoolmeesters 2021, Beinhundner 2017). Several of these, e.g. C. quadrisignata (Gory & Percheron, 1883), C. curvata Janson, 1888 and C. soror Kraatz, 1883 are highly variable in color and markings, which has led to a number of forms, varieties, and synonyms being described.
Charadronota quadrisignata has been listed from several countries including Ghana (Joly 2001, 2018; Mudge et al. 2012); Benin (Touroult & Le Gall 2001, 2012; Le Gall 2015), Ivory Coast (Fédière et al. 1989), Cameroon (Krajčík 1998) and Central African Republic (Sakai & Nagai 1998). Beinhundner (2017) lists C. quadrisignata from Senegal (the type locality) and Gambia only, and C. curvata as the widespread and highly variable species from Ivory Coast, Niger (type locality Niger District), Ghana, Central African Republic, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. The two species are most reliably separated by differences in the apices of the male parameres. The C. quadrisignata in Mudge et al. 2012 (and likely by other authors as well) may in fact be C. curvata.
Joly (2001, 2018), Sakai & Nagai (1998) and Touroult & Le Gall (2012), list C. leprieuri Burmeister, 1842 from Ghana, Togo, and Benin respectively and we list it again here. Charadronota leprieuri, however, is considered by others to be a synonym of C. quadrisignata (Schoolmeesters 2021, Krajčík 1998, Beinhundner 2017). Until a generic revision is done, we believe the true number of species of Charadronota and their distribution will remain uncertain. At this moment, we list six species from Ghana, including C. curvata, C. quadrisignata, and C. leprieuri.
description: Published as part of Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard & Joly, Claude, 2022, A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 5150 (2) on page 177, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6621158
Tunable second harmonic generation in 2D materials: comparison of different strategies
Creators: name: Grillo, Simone
name: Cannuccia, Elena
name: Palummo, Maurizia
name: Pulci, Olivia
name: Attaccalite, Claudio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nonlinear optical frequency conversion, where optical fields interact with a nonlinear medium to generate new frequencies, is a key phenomenon in modern photonic systems. However, a major challenge with these techniques lies in the difficulty of tuning the nonlinear electrical susceptibilities that drive such effects in a given material. As a result, dynamic control of optical nonlinearities has remained largely confined to research laboratories, limiting its practical use as a spectroscopic tool. In this work, we aim to advance the development of devices with tunable nonlinear responses by exploring two potential mechanisms for electrically manipulating second-order optical nonlinearity in two-dimensional materials. Specifically, we consider two configurations: in the first, the material does not inherently exhibit second-harmonic generation (SHG), but this response is induced by an external field; in the second, an external field induces doping in a material that already exhibits SHG, altering the intensity of the nonlinear signal. In this work, we have studied these two configurations using a real-time ab-initio approach under an out-of-plane external field and including the effects of doping-induced variations in the screened electron-electron interaction. We then discuss the limitations of current computational methods and compare our results with experimental measurements.
Die Daten sind digital – was dann?  Dimensionen der Nachnutzung offener Kulturerbedaten
Creators: name: Winkler, Alexander
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: reuse
open data
glam

description: Die Slides begleiten einen Kurzvortrag, der am 11.12.2024 im Rahmen des Projektabschlusstreffens des digiS-Förderprogramms 2024 online gehalten wurde.

Der Vortrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage der Nachnutzung von Kulturerbedigitalisaten. Diese Nachnutzung erfolgt sowohl institutionsintern (z.B. zur Optimierung der Prozesse, zur Zustandsdokumentation etc.) als auch extern. Insbesondere für die externe Nachnutzung werden Beispiele vorgestellt. Schließlich wird die Frage diskutiert, wie GLAM-Institutionen die Nachnutzung erleichtern und fördern können.
Chaotic magnetic disconnections trigger flux eruptions in accretion flows channeled onto magnetically saturated Kerr black holes
Creators: name: Nalewajko, Krzysztof
name: Kapusta, Mateusz
name: Janiuk, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetized accretion flow onto a black hole (BH) may lead to accumulation of poloidal magnetic flux across its horizon, which for high BH spin can power far-reaching relativistic jets. The BH magnetic flux is subject to a saturation mechanism by means of magnetic flux eruptions involving relativistic magnetic reconnection. Such accretion flows have been described as magnetically arrested (MAD) or choked (MCAF). The main goal of this work is to describe the onset of relativistic reconnection and initial development of magnetic flux eruption in accretion flow onto magnetically saturated BH. We analyze the results of 3D ideal GRMHD numerical simulations in the Kerr metric, starting from weakly magnetized geometrically thick tori rotating either prograde or retrograde. We integrate large samples of magnetic field lines in order to probe magnetic connectivity with the BH horizon. The boundary between magnetically connected and disconnected domains coincides roughly with enthalpy equipartition. The geometrically constricted innermost part of the disconnected domain develops a rigid structure of magnetic field lines - rotating slowly and insensitive to the BH spin orientation. The typical shape of innermost disconnected lines is a double spiral converging to a sharp inner tip anchored at the single equatorial current layer. The footpoints of magnetic flux eruptions are found to zip around the BH along with other azimuthal patterns. Magnetic flux eruptions from magnetically saturated accreting BHs can be triggered by minor density gaps in the disconnected domain, resulting from chaotic disconnection of plasma-depleted magnetospheric lines. Accretion flow is effectively channeled along the disconnected lines towards the current layer, and further towards the BH by turbulent cross-field diffusion. Rotation of flux eruption footpoints may contribute to the variability of BH crescent images.
description: A&A accepted, 9 MB, 17 pages, 14 figures, 2 animations at https://users.camk.edu.pl/knalew/aa50490-24/
Cryptapseudes Bacescu 1976
Creators: name: Morales-Núñez, Andrés G.
name: Heard, Richard W.
name: Bird, Graham J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Tanaidacea
Metapseudidae
Cryptapseudes

description: Key to the known species (females) of Cryptapseudes, modified from David & Heard 2015
1. Rostrum with acute tip (Fig. 21A)................................... C. acutifrons [Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania]
- Rostrum expanded into rosette cluster of spines (Fig. 21B ̅E)................................................... 2
2. Frontal margin of carapace with single tubercle on each side of rostrum (Fig. 21B).............................................................................................. C. sankarankuttyi [Western Indian Ocean: Tanzania]
- Frontal margin of carapace crenulate, with low row of small tubercles on each side of rostrum (Fig. 21C ̅E)............. 3
3. Maxilliped endite outer margin straight (Fig. 21I)..................... C. romanae [Western Indian Ocean: Madagascar]
- Maxilliped endite outer margin expanded lateral (Fig. 21G ̅H).................................................. 4
4. Maxilliped endite outer margin without denticles (Fig. 21G). Antennal article-1 with inner apophysis extending distally, nearly reaching proximal margin of article-3 (Fig. 21I)............. C. leroyi [Mid-North Pacific Ocean: Ni‘ihau Island, Hawai‘i]
- Maxilliped endite outer margin with four denticles (Fig. 21H). Antennal article-1 with inner apophysis extending distally, reaching half-length of article-2 (Fig. 21J)........ C. mamua [Mid-South Pacific Ocean: Mo‘orea Island, French Polynesia]
description: Published as part of Morales-Núñez, Andrés G., Heard, Richard W. & Bird, Graham J., 2019, Two new apseudomorphan species (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Metapseudidae) from Mo'orea Island (Society Islands, French Polynesia) with taxonomic keys, pp. 213-247 in Zootaxa 4564 (1) on page 246, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/2588858
Uroleucon (Lambersius) bielawskii in Remaudiere & Remaudiere 1997
Creators: name: Kanturski, Mariusz
name: Barjadze, Shalva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Aphidomorpha
Aphididae
Uroleucon
Uroleucon bielawskii

description: Uroleucon (Lambersius) bielawskii (Szelegiewicz, 1962)
(Figs 8–9)
Dactynotus bielawskii Szelegiewicz, 1962: 59
Uroleucon (Lambersius) bielawskii (Szelegiewicz, 1962) in Remaudière & Remaudière, 1997: 151
Material examined: PARATYPES. 1 apterous viviparous female, BULGARIA, Asenovgrad, 26.v.1959, host plant not specified, R. Bielawski leg., 1205, IECA; 2 apterous viviparous females, on “Compositae”, 1205 IECA.
Non-type material: 4 apterous viviparous females, CROATIA, Dubrovnik, 29.ix.1978, on Lactuca viminea, J. Holman leg., 16973 (apt. 1-4), IECA; 4 apterous viviparous females, 16973 (apt. 5-8), IECA; 2 apterous viviparous females, ROMANIA, Gura Văii, jud. Turnu Severia, 24.vii.1977, on L. viminea, J. Holman leg., 16767, IECA; 3 apterous viviparous females, 16767, IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, UKRAINE, Crimea, Alušta, 23.vii.1960, on L. viminea, J. Holman leg., 3909a, IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909b, IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 1), IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 2), IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 3), IECA; 1 apterous viviparous female, 3909 (apt. 4), IECA;
Remarks. On the basis of the pigmentation of siphunculi (pigmented with pale bases), pale coxae and cauda, poorly developed, and pale sclerites and scleroites on the abdomen, we propose to transfer this species from the subgenus Uroleucon to subgenus Lambersius.
description: Published as part of Kanturski, Mariusz & Barjadze, Shalva, 2020, A new species of the aphid genus Uroleucon from Lebanon, with notes on the systematic positions of U. altaicum, U. bielawskii and U. mulgedii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), pp. 548-561 in Zootaxa 4853 (4) on pages 558-559, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4411111
Fornasinius higginsi
Creators: name: Philips, T. Keith
name: Mudge, Alan D.
name: Orozco, Jesus
name: Neidlinger, Robert
name: Beinhundner, Gerhard
name: Joly, Claude
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cetoniidae
Fornasinius
Fornasinius higginsi

description: Fornasinius higginsi (Westwood, 1874)
Maquart & Malec (2017) mention Goliathus (Fornasinius) higginsi, as being reported from Ghana in Mudge et al. (2012), but this citation is incorrect. Fornasinius higginsi, however, is recorded from Ghana in Beinhundner (2017) and is known from the Eastern and Western regions (D. Moore, M. De Palma, personal communication). The other Fornasinius species known from Ghana, F. klingbeili Zöller, Fiebig & Schulze, 1995 is known from the Eastern and Volta Regions as well as neighboring Togo, where the larvae were collected in hyrax (Afrotheria: Hyracoidea) middens (Maquart & Malec 2017).
description: Published as part of Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard & Joly, Claude, 2022, A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 5150 (2) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6621158
Letheobia toritensis Wallach, 2007, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wallach, Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Typhlopidae
Letheobia
Letheobia toritensis

description: Letheobia toritensis sp. nov.
(Fig 4 C)
Torit gracile blind-snake
Typhlops pallidus – (not Cope) Loveridge 1956: 6.
Rhinotyphlops pallidus – (not Cope) Roux-Estève 1974: 217 (part).
Holotype. MCZ 53324, a female from Torit, Equatoria Province, Sudan (04°27'N, 32°31'E, elevation 625 m), collected by J. S. Owen, 19 June 1950.
Paratypes. MCZ 53325-29, 16045-48; FMNH; MCZ 53332 Lokwi, 40 km south of Torit, collected 23 November 1950.
Diagnosis. A member of the Letheobia pallida complex, but differing in its greater length (maximum length 270 mm vs 192 mm in L. pallida) and more slender build (length/diameter ratio 62–82 vs 49–62 in L. pallida and L. swahilica); blunt snout, with a broader, subrectangular rostral; frontal transversely enlarged; more numerous middorsals (427–487 vs 376–433) and vertebrae (280–303 vs 235–274). There are also differences in visceral arrangement (Table 4).
Description (paratype variations in parentheses). Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral very broad, truncated posteriorly; frontal subhexagonal; supraocular transverse, its lateral apex between nasal and ocular, the latter separated from the labials by a large subocular; eye not visible; nasal sulcus arising from second labial; SIP X (N1, P, O O); scale rows 26-22-22 (or 24-22-22, 26-22-20, rarely 26-24-22; MD 473 (427–487); vertebrae 297 (280–303); MD/V ratio 1.59 (1.49–1.64); L/D ratio 62–90. Colourless.
Etymology. Named for Torit, the type locality.
Size. Largest specimen (Loveridge 1956) 267.5 mm in total length.
Habitat. Gallery forest. Found 30 cm below the surface and ”dug from rich humus among the buttress roots of a dozen great trees along the [Kineti] river” (Loveridge 1955).
Distribution. Southern Sudan (Equatoria Province), 625–1200 m (Figs. 10, 11 & 13).
description: Published as part of Wallach, Van, 2007, A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), pp. 31-68 in Zootaxa 1515 on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177278
Uroleucon (Lambersius) mulgedii in Holman 1991
Creators: name: Kanturski, Mariusz
name: Barjadze, Shalva
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Aphidomorpha
Aphididae
Uroleucon
Uroleucon mulgedii

description: Uroleucon (Lambersius) mulgedii (Nevsky, 1928)
Macrosiphum mulgedii Nevsky, 1928: 183
Macrosiphum mulgedifolii Tashev, 1967: 947
Uroleucon mulgedii (Nevsky, 1928) in Holman 1991: 308
Remarks. On the basis of the pigmentation of coxae (which are pale), siphunculi (pigmented with pale bases), pale coxae and cauda, given in original description (Nevsky, 1928) and in redescription (Holman 1991) we propose to transfer this species from the subgenus Uroleucon to subgenus Lambersius.
description: Published as part of Kanturski, Mariusz & Barjadze, Shalva, 2020, A new species of the aphid genus Uroleucon from Lebanon, with notes on the systematic positions of U. altaicum, U. bielawskii and U. mulgedii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), pp. 548-561 in Zootaxa 4853 (4) on page 559, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4411111
Niphobleta squamipes
Creators: name: Philips, T. Keith
name: Mudge, Alan D.
name: Orozco, Jesus
name: Neidlinger, Robert
name: Beinhundner, Gerhard
name: Joly, Claude
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cetoniidae
Niphobleta
Niphobleta squamipes

description: Niphobleta squamipes (Gerstaecker, 1883)
This species has previously been reported from Ghana (Joly 2001; Mudge et al. 2012). However, after further study, Joly (2018) listed this species as Niphobleta kraatzi (Kolbe, 1892) in place of N. squamipes (confirmed by P. Antoine and C. Joly, personal communication, August 2018). Hence, we do not include N. squamipes as part of Ghana’s fauna until this record can be verified. Five or six species of Niphobleta are currently recognized including three from Ghana: N. dominula Kraatz, 1880, N. kraatzi, Kolbe, 1892, and N. niveosparsa (Kraatz, 1880) (Beinhundner 2017).
description: Published as part of Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard & Joly, Claude, 2022, A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 5150 (2) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6621158
The cosmic distance duality relation in light of the time-delayed strong gravitational lensing
Creators: name: Tang, Li
name: Lin, Hai-Nan
name: Wu, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The cosmic distance duality relation (DDR), which links the angular diameter distance and the luminosity distance, is a cornerstone in modern cosmology. Any deviation from DDR may indicate new physics beyond the standard cosmological model. In this paper, we use four high-precision time-delayed strong gravitational lensing (SGL) systems provided by the H0LiCOW to test the validity of DDR. To this end, we directly compare the angular diameter distances from these SGL systems and the luminosity distances from the latest Pantheon+ compilation of SNe Ia. In order to reduce the statistical errors arising from redshift matching, the Gaussian process method is applied to reconstruct the distance-redshift relation from the Pantheon+ dataset. We parameterize the possible violation of DDR in three different models. It is found that all results confirm the validity of DDR at 1$σ$ confidence level. Additionally, Monte Carlo simulations based on the future LSST survey indicate that the precision of DDR could reach $10^{-2}$ level with 100 SGL systems.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures
Hypnale Fitzinger 1843
Creators: name: Maduwage, Kalana
name: Silva, Anjana
name: Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum
name: Pethiyagoda, Rohan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Viperidae
Hypnale

description: Hypnale Fitzinger, 1843
Diagnosis. See Generic description in Gloyd & Conant, 1990; p. 407.
description: Published as part of Maduwage, Kalana, Silva, Anjana, Manamendra-Arachchi, Kelum & Pethiyagoda, Rohan, 2009, A taxonomic revision of the South Asian hump-nosed pit vipers (Squamata: Viperidae: Hypnale), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 2232 on page 4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190308
Letheobia largeni Wallach, 2007, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Wallach, Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Typhlopidae
Letheobia
Letheobia largeni

description: Letheobia largeni sp. nov.
(Fig 5 A)
Largen’s gracile blind-snake
Rhinotyphlops pallidus – (not Cope) Largen 1978: 59, Fig. 7; Largen & Rasmussen 1993: 321.
Holotype. BMNH 1974.5162, a female from Gambela, Wollega District, Ethiopia (08°15'N, 34°35'E, elevation 515 m), collected by E. McConnell, 19 April 1974.
Diagnosis. Closely related to Letheobia toritensis, but with the supraocular separated from the rostral by nasal/frontal contact and the nasal suture arising from the second supralabial.
Description. Snout rounded, prominent. Rostral broad, semi-sagittate posteriorly; frontal subtrapexoid; supraocular oblique, its lateral apex between ocular and nasal, the latter separated from the lip by a large subocular; eye not visible; nasal suture arising from second labial; SIP X (N1, P, O, O); scale rows 24-22-22; MD 432; L/D ratio 65. Length 274 mm (Largen 1978).
Etymology. Named for Malcolm Largen, who described and illustrated the type specimen.
Habitat. Moist savanna.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality in southwestern Ethiopia (Figs. 11 & 13).
description: Published as part of Wallach, Van, 2007, A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), pp. 31-68 in Zootaxa 1515 on page 48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177278
Megalestes omeiensis Chao 1965
Creators: name: Yu, Xin
name: Xue, Junli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Synlestidae
Megalestes
Megalestes omeiensis

description: Megalestes omeiensis Chao, 1965
(Figs. 3f; 4f; 5d, q; 6h)
Megalestes omeiensis Chao, 1965: 192 [Emeishan, Sichuan]
A large-sized species restricted to the western edge of the Sichuan Basin that has not been studied further since its original description. Chao (1965) indicated the holotype (m#, Emeishan, Sichuan, 1955-vi-20, 580– 1100 m, Yang Xingchi leg.) but did not attach a type tag to the specimen. Thus, for a long time, the holotype was unknown until the first author found it as well as two paratypes in IZAS and attached type tags. This species resembles M. heros as they are both the largest species in this genus and have a similar appearance. However, it is easy to distinguish them, in that the terminal lateral lobes of the genital ligula are small and curly in M. omeiensis but very large, like wings, in M. heros.
description: Published as part of Yu, Xin & Xue, Junli, 2020, A review of the damselfly genus Megalestes Selys, 1862 (Insecta: Odonata Zygoptera: Synlestidae) using integrative taxonomic methods, pp. 245-270 in Zootaxa 4851 (2) on page 262, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4407479
Protocol
Creators: name: Chinn, Lisa K
name: Tanner-Smith, Emily
name: Steinka-Fry, Katarzyna
name: Trevino, Shaina
name: Day, Elizabeth
name: Grant, Sean
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: meta-analysis
overview of reviews
prevention
suicide
systematic review
umbrella review

description: Protocol for: https://hedcoinstitute.uoregon.edu/suicide-prevention-review
ASW$^2$DF: Census of the obscured star formation in a galaxy cluster in formation at $z=2.2$
Creators: name: Zhang, Y. H.
name: Dannerbauer, H.
name: Pérez-Martínez, J. M.
name: Koyama, Y.
name: Zheng, X. Z.
name: D'Eugenio, C.
name: Emonts, B. H. C.
name: Calvi, R.
name: Chen, Z.
name: Daikuhara, K.
name: De Breuck, C.
name: Jin, S.
name: Kodama, T.
name: Lehnert, M. D.
name: Naufal, A.
name: Shimakawa, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the results of the deep and wide Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) 1.2 mm mapping of the Spiderweb protocluster at $z=2.16$. The observations were divided into six contiguous fields covering a survey area of 19.3\,arcmin$^2$. With $\sim$13h on-source time, the final maps in the six fields reach the 1$σ$ rms noise in a range of $40.3-57.1 μ$Jy at a spatial resolution of $0.5-0.9$ arcsec. By using different source extraction codes and careful visual inspection, we detect 47 ALMA sources at a significance higher than 4$σ$. We construct the differential and cumulative number counts down to $\sim0.2$ mJy after the correction for purity and completeness obtained from Monte Carlo simulations. The ALMA 1.2 mm number counts of dusty star-forming galaxies (DSFGs) in the Spiderweb protocluster are overall two times that of general fields, some fields/regions showing even higher overdensities (more than a factor of 3). This is consistent with the results from previous studies over a larger scale using single-dish instruments. Comparison of the spatial distributions between different populations indicates that our ALMA sources are likely drawn from the same distribution as CO(1-0) emitters from the COALAS large program, but distinct from that of H$α$ emitters. The cosmic SFR density of the ALMA sources is consistent with previous results (e.g. LABOCA 870 $μ$m observations) after accounting for the difference in volume. We show that molecular gas masses estimates from dust measurements are not consistent with the ones derived from CO(1-0) and thus have to be taken with caution. The multiplicity fraction of single-dish DSFGs is higher than that of the field. Moreover, two extreme concentrations of ALMA sources are found on the outskirts of the Spiderweb protocluster, with an excess of more than 12 times that of general fields.
description: 22 pages, 13 figures, 6 tables. Accepted for publication in A&A
Uloptera undetermined
Creators: name: Philips, T. Keith
name: Mudge, Alan D.
name: Orozco, Jesus
name: Neidlinger, Robert
name: Beinhundner, Gerhard
name: Joly, Claude
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cetoniidae
Uloptera
Uloptera undetermined

description: Uloptera sp.
Uloptera sp. is listed from Benin (Le Gall 2015) and is most likely Uloptera burgeoni (Bourgoin, 1921), since this is the most widespread species and is known from Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon (Schoolmeesters 2021).
description: Published as part of Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard & Joly, Claude, 2022, A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), pp. 151-188 in Zootaxa 5150 (2) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6621158
Letheobia wittei Roux-Esteve
Creators: name: Wallach, Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Typhlopidae
Letheobia
Letheobia wittei

description: Letheobia wittei (Roux-Estève)
(Fig 5 B)
De Witte’s gracile blind-snake
Typhlops vrydaghi – (part) Witte 1966: 50.
Rhinotyphlops wittei Roux-Estève 1974, Mem. Mus. Natn. Hist. Nat., sér. A. Zool. 87: 239, Fig. 179. Type locality: Vandia-Poshe, rég. riv. Liki-Bembe, terr. Libenge, Distr. Ubangi, Prov. Équateur, Zaire [= Democratic Republic of Congo] (ca. 04°30’N, 19°00’E, elevation 520 m), collected by Cremer & Neumann, 23 August 1948, holotype IRSNB 2511; Roux-Estève 1975: 445; Hahn 1980: 36; Lang 1990: 20; Meirte 1992: 20; McDiarmid et al. 1999: 88. Letheobia wittei – Chirio & Ineich, 2006: 42.
Description. Snout with an angular horizontal edge. Rostral very broad, rounded posteriorly; frontal very large and deep, crescentic, in broad contact with nasals; supraocular transverse, its lateral apex wedged between preocular and ocular, which is separated from the labials by a very large subocular; eye not visible; nasal suture arising from second labial; SIP II (N1, P, S, S); scale rows 20-20-20; MD 501–505; vertebrae 368–374; MD/V ratio 1.35–1.36; L/D ratio 68. Very faintly pigmented.
Size. Largest specimen (IRSNB 2511 – holotype) 310 mm in total length.
Habitat. Lowland rain forest.
Distribution. Only known from the type locality, opposite Bangui in Libenge Territory, Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (Fig. 11).
Localities. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Vania-Posche, IRSNB 2511 (holotype), 2512 (paratype).
description: Published as part of Wallach, Van, 2007, A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), pp. 31-68 in Zootaxa 1515 on pages 48-49, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177278
Megalestes riccii Navas 1935
Creators: name: Yu, Xin
name: Xue, Junli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Odonata
Synlestidae
Megalestes
Megalestes riccii

description: Megalestes riccii Navás, 1935
(Figs. 3 m–p; 4m–p; 5j–l, y–aa; 6k; 8)
Megalestes riccii Navás, 1934: 89–90, fig. 55, “Kuling, Kiang-si” [Lushan, Jiangxi]; Chao 1962: 27–28, figs. 9–12; Chao 1965: 188–189, figs. 1–3.
Megalestes maai Chen, 1947: 27, figs. 1–4 [Taiwan]; Chao 1965: 189, figs. 5–8 [Taiwan]. Syn. nov.
Megalestes tuska Wilson & Reels, 2003: 258–259, figs. 52–63, [Damingshan, Guangxi]. Syn. nov.
This is an intermediate-sized, pale-colored species, usually with a very bright yellow color pattern, especially when young (Fig. 2). The most conspicuous character of M. riccii is the yellow-colored cerci. This species is distributed in Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, and Zhejiang.
There were three named species of Megalestes that have yellow-colored cerci, M. riccii, M. maai, and M. tuska, all endemic to China. Megalestes maai is restricted to Taiwan. We examined a series of type specimens of M. riccii deposited in IZAS and IEAS, as well as photos of the holotype of M. tuska, kindly provided by Dr. Guanhong Huang from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong. After studying our series of specimens, including four specimens of M. maai kindly provided by Mr. Wen-chi Yeh and Dr. Liang-jong Wang from Taiwan, we found no distinct differences among these three. Molecular analysis also implied that they were the same species (Fig. 7). Chao (1965) compared a single male of M. maai from Taiwan with type specimens of M. riccii and the results indicated that M. maai was different from M. riccii in the longer wings and the obtuse tip of the basal tooth on the paraproct. However, among our series of specimens, the body sizes of some Zhejiang individuals (M. riccii) were larger than those from Taiwan (M. maai), and the shape of the paraproct basal tooth tip varied randomly. Wilson & Reels (2003) mentioned that M. tuska has “sharply pointed, bifurcated” tips of the basal tooth on the paraproct. Again, as discussed above, there is also intraspecies variation since our specimens show that both M. tuska and M. riccii can have the tips obvious or not, and “bifurcated” or not. One individual from Jinxiu (very near the type locality of M. tuska) even has a very long and pointed tip (Fig. 4p). Thus, we believe that M. maai and M. tuska are both junior synonyms of M. riccii.
description: Published as part of Yu, Xin & Xue, Junli, 2020, A review of the damselfly genus Megalestes Selys, 1862 (Insecta: Odonata Zygoptera: Synlestidae) using integrative taxonomic methods, pp. 245-270 in Zootaxa 4851 (2) on page 264, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4407479
Letheobia rufescens Chabanaud
Creators: name: Wallach, Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Typhlopidae
Letheobia
Letheobia rufescens

description: Letheobia rufescens (Chabanaud)
(Fig 5 C)
Oubangui gracile blind-snake
Typhlops rufescens Chabanaud 1917, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 22: 365, Figs. 4–6. Type locality: Congo français [= Haut-Oubangui, Central African Republic], collected by J. Rouchet de Chazotte, 1908, holotype MNHN 1916.262. Typhlops vrydaghi Laurent 1956, Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 53: 249. Type locality: Bambesa-Takpwo, Bas-Uele, Congo [= Democratic Republic of Congo] (03°23’N, 25°47’E, elevation 650 m), holotype MRAC 11949; Laurent 1962: 43. Rhinotyphlops rufescens – Roux-Estève 1974: 230, Fig. 167, 1975: 445; Hahn 1980: 33; Joger 1990: 93, Fig. 5; Meirte 1992: 20; McDiarmid et al. 1999: 83.
Letheobia rufescens – Chirio & Ineich, 2006: 42.
Description. Snout with an angular horizontal edge. Rostral very broad, truncated posteriorly; frontal crescentic, just contacting nasals; supraocular transverse, its lateral apex wedged between nasal and ocular, which is separated from the subocular by a small temporal; eye not visible; nasal suture arising from first or second labial; SIP II (N1, P, S, S); scale rows 22-20-20, 20-20-20 or 22-20-22; MD 585-656; vertebrae 442-448; MD/ V ratio 1.32–1.38; L/D ratio 69–90. Colourless.
Size. Largest specimen (MHNN 1895.324 — Haut-Oubangui) 490 mm in total length.
Habitat. Lowland rain forest.
Distribution. Central African Republic and northern Democratic Republic of Congo in the catchments of the Oubangui and Uélé Rivers, 450–650 m (Figs. 10 & 11).
Localities. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC. Abiras (Joger 1990); Bangui (Joger 1990) MNHN 1991.379; ZFMK 40349; Haut-Oubangui MNHN 1895.324, 1916.262 (holotype); Kouki MNHN 1997.3194; Ouazoua MNHN 1997.3197; Sangba MNHN 1995.9606. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. Bembesa-Takpwo MRAC 11949 (holotype of T. vrydaghi).
description: Published as part of Wallach, Van, 2007, A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae), pp. 31-68 in Zootaxa 1515 on pages 49-50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.177278