cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-055
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-055. The artifact is a tertiary flake measuring 5 mm by 5 mm.
Marggia Huber, 2014, nom. nov.
Creators: name: Huber, Charles
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Marggia

description: Marggia nom. nov.
for Germarina JEANNE, 1985 (= Germaria JEANNE, 1972), nec Germarina MESNIL, 1963.
Etymology: The name is a tribute to the Swiss carabidologist Dr. Werner Marggi, Thun, entomological field colleague, research partner and friend of mine for decades.
description: Published as part of Huber, Charles, 2014, Marggia nom. nov., substitute name for Germarina JEANNE, 1985 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Nebriinae, genus Oreonebria), pp. 3-4 in Contributions to Natural History 25 on page 3, DOI: 10.5169/seals-787040, http://zenodo.org/record/5846278
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-071
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-071. The artifact is a brown secondary chert flake.
Gripopteryx serrensis Froehlich 1993
Creators: name: Lecci, Lucas Silveira
name: Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Gripopterygidae
Gripopteryx
Gripopteryx serrensis

description: Gripopteryx serrensis Froehlich, 1993
Gripopteryx serrensis Froehlich, 1993, p. 34.
Gripopteryx serrensis — Froehlich, 2010, p 133.
Material examined. Holotype male: BRAZIL, Rio Grande do Sul, Santo Antônio da Patrulha: + nymphal exuviae, nymph collected 30.ix.1989, adult emerged 5.x.1989. Paratype: 1 female + nymphal exuviae, same data as holotype but no emergence date. New Records: Adults. Santa Catarina, Urubici, Morro da Igreja (28° 07.380S / 49° 28.808W, 1680m a.s.l.): 3 males + nymphal exuviae, 07.i.2010, Mendes, H.F., Pinho, L.C. & Moretto, R.A.
Diagnostic characters. General color homogeneous dark brown, forewing length 12.2 mm in male and 14.0 mm in female; posterodorsal extension of tergum 10 of males curved ventrad and anteriorly; sclerotized epiproct absent; paraproct bases against cerci broad, paraproct broader and dorsal surface concave medially, apices thin and curved, with basal notch; nymphal exuviae with small spines on abdominal terga 1–9 (Froehlich 1993).
description: Published as part of Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2792 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276976
Choerades Walker
Creators: name: Young, Charles L.
name: Hradský, Milan M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Choerades

description: Genus Choerades Walker
Choerades Walker, 1851: 109. Type species: Choerades aurigena Walker, 1851: 109. Epholkiolaphria Hermann, 1914: 89.
Parafacial hair in dense gold/yellow/silver/black mats, clearly differentiated from surrounding hairs and bristles; elongated, slender setose flies, not resembling bumble bees; gonocoxite clearly separated into 2 halves by a depression or long setae.
description: Published as part of Young, Charles L. & Hradský, Milan M., 2007, Robber flies of South Korea III. South Korean species of the Subfamily Laphriinae Macquart, 1838 (Diptera: Asilidae), pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 1388 on page 3, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175153
Perception of digital transformation by individuals
Creators: name: Czapkiewicz, Anna
name: Surowiec, Anna
name: Tora, Justyna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Digitalization often simplifies both our daily routines and work tasks, making them easier to manage and more efficient. On the other hand, some people may feel excluded due to low levels of digital literacy or fear digitalization because of job loss or the risks associated with new technologies.

The purpose of the study is twofold: first, to analyze individual sentiments toward digitalization, and second, to construct a measure based on levels of fear and satisfaction with digital transformation. The empirical study involved two steps: analyzing the factors influencing satisfaction and fear of digitalization, followed by building regression models to identify the key influences separately for satisfaction and fear.

We found that online services provided by the government have the greatest impact on satisfaction with digitalization, while the development of artificial intelligence, among others, has the greatest impact on respondents' fears. Knowing individuals' feelings is important for the European Commission's actions regarding digitalization development plans in individual countries.
Namalycastis hawaiiensis Johnson
Creators: name: Glasby, Christopher J.
name: Timm, Tarmo
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: Gil, João
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Nereididae
Namalycastis
Namalycastis hawaiiensis

description: Namalycastis hawaiiensis (Johnson)
Lycastis hawaiiensis Johnson, 1903
Lycastis ranauensis Feuerborn, 1931 b
Ecology: FW
Distribution: OL, AU, PAC
Habitat: LR, PT
Comments: The widespread Indo-Pacific distribution of this species, and its association with plant container habitats (phytotelmata) and aquaculture ponds (e.g., the shrimp Macrobrachium sp.) may indicate humanassisted translocation has occurred.
Additional references: Horst (1909b), Feuerborn (1931a, b, 1935), Schmidt (1935), Wesenberg-Lund (1958), Hartman (1959b), Foster (1972), Glasby (1999), Benbow et al. (2001), Glasby et al. (2003)
description: Published as part of Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 2070 on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187085
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-099
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/213/chert
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-099. The artifact is a secondary chert flake.
Gripopteryx flinti Froehlich 1993
Creators: name: Lecci, Lucas Silveira
name: Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Gripopterygidae
Gripopteryx
Gripopteryx flinti

description: Gripopteryx flinti Froehlich, 1993
(Fig. 6)
Gripopteryx flinti Froehlich, 1993, p. 36.
Gripopteryx flinti — Froehlich, 2010, p 132.
Material examined. Holotype, male: BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo, Parque Municipal: 20.iv.1977, Flint, Jr., O.S., Flint C. and Vanin, S.A. Adults. Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, Rio Campo Belo: 2 males, 1 female, 07.iii.2002, light trap, Holzenthal, Blahnik, Paprocki & Prather. São Paulo, Parque Estadual Serra do Mar, Núcleo Santa Virgínia: 2 males, 1 female, 19–21.i.2006, light trap, P.C. Bispo et al.
Diagnostic characters. General color dark brown, forewing length 10.3–13.0 mm in males and 13.3–13.6 mm in females; tergum 10 of males with small posterolateral extensions, posterior margin shallowly concave, posterior sclerite small, not triangular; male paraprocts strongly bent upwards at about mid–length, apex ending in a small spine directed laterally.
Female. General colour dark brown. Parietalia brown, thin lighter areas close to eyes. Frons dark brown, darkest between ocelli, lighter areas in front of epicranial line. Clypeus and labrum brown. Eyes dark brown. Antennae dark brown. Pronotum brown with a pair of mediolateral elevations. Meso– and metascutum brown, pleurae brown. Femora brown with yellowish pattern, posterior face of middle and hind femora yellowish and apex brown. Tibiae and tarsi brown. Forewings spotted, with brownish membrane, veins and crossveins brown. Hindwings brownish, without spots. Abdominal tergum 1–7 and sternum 1–6 membranous. Sternum 7 with a pair of sclerotized spots anterior to the subgenital plate. Tergum 9 sclerotized; subgenital plate sclerotized, with small apical notch (Fig. 6 a and 6b). Paraprocts normal, with an apicodorsal projection (Fig. 6 b). Cerci brown. Width of head, 0.77–1.01 mm; length of forewing 13.3–13.6 mm; the sole undamaged cercus had 18 cercomeres.
description: Published as part of Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2792 on pages 11-13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276976
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-797
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1900
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-797. The artifact is a decortication flake.
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-022
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-022. The artifact is a projectile point.
Gripopteryx clemira Lecci & Froehlich, 2011, n. sp.
Creators: name: Lecci, Lucas Silveira
name: Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Gripopterygidae
Gripopteryx
Gripopteryx clemira

description: Gripopteryx clemira n. sp.
(Fig. 9)
Type material. Holotype, male, BRAZIL, Bahia, Camacan, Reserva Serra Bonita (15°23’02”S / 39°34’00”W, 806 m a.s.l.), 04.viii.2008, light trap, Calor, A.R., Lecci, L.S., Pinho, L.C. and Moretto, R.A. Paratypes. 1 female: same data as holotype; 1 male: same data as holotype except for: 05.xi.2009, light trap, Calor, A.R. et al.
Diagnostic characters. This new species differs from the congeners by males having a broad paraproct that is concave medially; the male epiproct is short, scythe–shaped, with sharp apex; female paraprocts have a triangular apex.
Description. General color brownish. Parietalia brown; brownish band along the border of the eyes; scape and pedicel of antennae brown, flagellum brownish. Epicranial line brownish (Fig 9 a). Pronotum brownish, margins and rugosities darker (Fig. 9 a). Meso– and metanotum brown, pleurae brownish. Legs: femora brownish; base of tibia with a brown band, the rest light brown, tarsus light brown. Forewing with a few spots, venation brown. A pterostigmatic crossvein present.
Male. Abdominal segments sclerotized. Sternum 9 forms a short, elliptical subgenital plate (Fig. 9 d). Posterior portion of abdominal tergum 10 triangular, the apex rounded and curved ventrally (Fig. 9 b). Paraprocts broad and concave internally (Fig. 9 b and 9c); epiproct short, scythe–shaped, with pointed apex and a row of apical denticles (Fig. 9 e). Basis of cerci brown. Width of head, 1.6 mm; length of forewing, 12.8 mm; antennae and cerci damaged.
Female. Abdominal segments sclerotized. Sternum 8 of abdomen with a broad subgenital plate and a deep median notch (Fig. 9 f). Paraprocts simple with triangular apex (Fig. 9 f). Sternum 9 fully sclerotized. Bases of cerci brown. Width of head, 1.9 mm; length of forewing 13.3 mm; antennae broken; number of cercomeres, 18.
Remarks. Gripopteryx clemira n. sp. is a medium–sized species. The male paraprocts of G. clemira are concave as in G. p i n i m a, but those of G. c l e m i r a are much broader; the subgenital plate is elliptical and rounded, while that of G. pinima have a small apical notch. The epiproct of G. clemira n. sp. is short, scythe–shaped.
Etymology. The species is named in honor of Clemira Ordonez Souza, founder of Uiraçu Institute, a non–governmental organization that preserves Reserva Serra Bonita. The name is a noun in apposition.
description: Published as part of Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2792 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276976
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-1070
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Franciscan chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2750/franciscan-chert
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-1070. The artifact is a Franciscan chert core.
Masteria lucifuga
Creators: name: Passanha, Victor
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Dipluridae
Masteria
Masteria lucifuga

description: Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889)
(Figs 11A–E, 32)
Accola lucifuga Simon, 1889: 191; Simon, 1892: 190, fig. 130.
Accola cyclops Simon, 1889: 192. New synonymy.
Accola tovarensis Simon, 1889: 192. New synonymy.
Masteria lucifuga: Raven, 1979: 628.
Masteria cyclops: Raven, 1979: 628.
Masteria tovarensis: Raven, 1979: 628.
Types. VENEZUELA. ♀ holotype (Accola lucifuga), Colonia Tovar, 10°24’20”N; 67°17’22”W, Aragua, deposited in MNHN 9870 AR4989, examined. Holotype (Accola cyclops), Caracas, deposited in MNHN 4869 AR4993, examined. Holotype (Accola tovarensis), Colonia Tovar, 10°24’20”N; 67°17’22”W, Aragua, deposited in MNHN, no number, examined.
Synonymy. The female of Masteria lucifuga and immature of M. tovarensis, both from Colonia Tovar, and the immature of M. cyclops from Caracas were described by Simon (1889) with no diagnostic characters, such as pattern of eyes, leg formula and color pattern. The holotypes of the species described by Simon were examined and were all morphologically the same as Masteria lucifuga, especially in external body characters and distribution. The name M. lucifuga was maintained for page priority and is considered a senior synonym of both M. tovarensis and M. cyclops.
description: Published as part of Passanha, Victor & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2018, On the Neotropical spider Subfamily Masteriinae (Araneae, Dipluridae), pp. 1-73 in Zootaxa 4463 (1) on page 21, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.1441911
Namalycastis intermedia Glasby
Creators: name: Glasby, Christopher J.
name: Timm, Tarmo
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: Gil, João
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Nereididae
Namalycastis
Namalycastis intermedia

description: Namalycastis intermedia Glasby
Namalycastis intermedia Glasby, 1999 Ecology: FW
Distribution: NA
Habitat: LR
description: Published as part of Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 2070 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187085
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-083
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-083. The artifact is a unmodified tertiary flake of Monterey chert.
Choerades asprospilos Young & Hradský, 2007, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Young, Charles L.
name: Hradský, Milan M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Asilidae
Choerades
Choerades asprospilos

description: Choerades asprospilos sp. nov.
(Figs. 35, 36)
Small black flies, 11 mm. Similar to C. caudatus and C. nigrovittatus in size and dark color, but with contrasting white pollinose spots on the lateral edges of tergites 2–4.
Description based on two female specimens. Head: Face black and gold tomentose with sparse black hair. Mystax black, sparse. Gibbosity black and gold tomentose. Parafacial hair long, yellow. Orbital hair black. Postocular hair black, proclinate. Medial occipital surface light gray/white pollinose with sparse black hair. Ocellar tubercle with sparse, fine black hair and 2 long black bristles. Antenna black with black hair; relative lengths of segments: 3>1>2; postpedicel (segment 3) with an apical pit. Thorax: Scutum pale blue black, laterally covered in sparse black hair. Postpronotal lobe covered in light gray/white pollen and black hair. Chaetotaxy with: 1 notopleural; 3 supraalar, and 2 postalar bristles, all black. Short, black sparse dorsocentral hair. Discal scutellar hair sparse, black. Scutellar margin with 6 black bristles. Lateral aspect of thorax black, light gray tomentose. Anepisternum with long yellow posterior hair; 1–2 weak black bristles. Katatergal bristles long, black and yellow. Legs: Entirely black with black bristles, black, yellow and white hair. Wings: Lightly tinged black. Abdomen: clavate, shiny pale blue black with black dorsal hair and yellow/gold lateral hair on tergites 1–5. Tergites 2–4 with light gray/white pollinose spots on posterior lateral edges.
Male: Unknown.
Material examined. Holotype Ψ with the following label: South Korea, Kyongsangnam Prov., Samjeong­ Ri Mach’on, Chiri Mt. 6– 800m., 35°21’36”N, 127°38’25E, 2VIII–15/IX/2002, Malaise trap, C. L. Young coll. 1 Paratype Ψ with the following label: South Korea Jirisan Hamyang, Songjeon­Li Munsu­sa, 400m, 35°24’739”N, 127°43’818”E, 9/VII–17/VIII/2005, P. Tripotin coll. Specimens deposited in the Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA.
Etymology. Aspro­ = Gk. white + ­ spilos = Gk. spot. The species is named for the white pollinose spots on the lateral surfaces of tergites 2–4.
Field notes. The type specimens were collected in malaise traps over a ten year period.
description: Published as part of Young, Charles L. & Hradský, Milan M., 2007, Robber flies of South Korea III. South Korean species of the Subfamily Laphriinae Macquart, 1838 (Diptera: Asilidae), pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 1388 on pages 7-8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175153
Namalycastis longicirris Takahasi
Creators: name: Glasby, Christopher J.
name: Timm, Tarmo
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: Gil, João
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Nereididae
Namalycastis
Namalycastis longicirris

description: Namalycastis longicirris (Takahasi)
Lycastis longicirris Takahasi, 1933 Ecology: FW
Distribution: OL
Habitat: LR
Additional references: Wesenberg-Lund (1958), Glasby (1999)
description: Published as part of Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 2070 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187085
Gripopteryx Pictet 1841
Creators: name: Lecci, Lucas Silveira
name: Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Gripopterygidae
Gripopteryx

description: Key to last instar nymphs of Gripopteryx (Pictet 1841) *
1 Tergum 10 with dorsal spine (Fig. 12a).................................................................... 2
- Tergum 10 without dorsal spine (Fig. 12i).................................................................. 7
2 Spine of tergum 10 ventrally curved (Fig. 12b).............................................................. 3
- Spine of tergum 10 not curved (Fig. 12f)................................................................... 5
3 Thoracic spines long (Fig. 12a)..................................................................... G. juetah
- Thoracic spines short (Fig. 12c).......................................................................... 4
4 Spine of tergum 10 longer than gills (Fig. 8 d)...................................................... G. japi n. sp.
- Spine of tergum 10 shorter than gills (Fig. 12c)......................................................... G. liana
5 Thoracic spines short (Fig. 12d).................................................................... G. pilosa
- Thoracic spines long (Fig. 12e)........................................................................... 6
6 Spines on abdominal terga 1–7 short, on 8–10 progressively longer and thicker posteriorly; pronotum with two pairs of long spines (Fig. 12e)............................................................................... G. coruja
- Spines on abdominal terga 1–8 short, on 9–10 becoming progressively longer (Fig. 12g); pronotum with a single pair of long spines......................................................................................... G. pinina
7 Pronotum relatively narrow (Fig. 12h and 12i)...................................................... G. reticulata
- Pronotum relatively wide (Fig. 12k)....................................................................... 8
8 Mature nymphs small, body length around 7 mm (Fig. 12j); color ocher................................... G. garbei
- Mature nymphs medium–sized, body length 7.8–9.4 mm (Fig. 12k and 12i); color dark brown................ G. cancellata
description: Published as part of Lecci, Lucas Silveira & Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto, 2011, Taxonomic revision of Gripopteryx (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 2792 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.276976
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-059
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-059. The artifact is a tertiary chert flake.
Namalycastis macroplatis Glasby
Creators: name: Glasby, Christopher J.
name: Timm, Tarmo
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: Gil, João
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Nereididae
Namalycastis
Namalycastis macroplatis

description: Namalycastis macroplatis Glasby
Namalycastis macroplatis Glasby, 1999 Lycastis ouanaryensis Gravier, 1901 a (in part) Ecology: FW
Distribution: NT
Habitat: LR
Additional references: Gravier (1901c, 1902a, b), Glasby (1999)
description: Published as part of Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 2070 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187085
Namalycastis nicoleae Glasby
Creators: name: Glasby, Christopher J.
name: Timm, Tarmo
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: Gil, João
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Nereididae
Namalycastis
Namalycastis nicoleae

description: Namalycastis nicoleae Glasby
Namalycastis nicolae Glasby, 1999
Ecology: FT
Distribution: AU
Habitat: ES
Comments: This species has been found in the landward margins of mangroves of Darwin Harbour, northern Australia, which are subject to heavy freshwater inundation during the Wet season (CJG).
description: Published as part of Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 2070 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187085
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-076
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-076. The artifact is a utilized secondary flake.
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-791
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1900
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-791. The artifact is a secondary flake.
Cathetorhinus Dumeril & Bibron 1844
Creators: name: Pyron, Robert Alexander
name: Wallach, Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Squamata
Gerrhopilidae
Cathetorhinus

description: Cathetorhinus Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Type species. Cathetorhinus melanocephalus Duméril & Bibron, 1844
Species content. Cathetorhinus melanocephalus.
Diagnosis. Cathetorhinus can be distinguished from all other typhlopoids by the combination of a T-II SIP and absence of preocular (fused with nasal). Small-sized (total length 183 mm), slender-bodied (length/width ratio 92) snakes with 18 scale rows throughout, 525 total middorsals, moderate tail (2.7% of total length) with 20 subcaudals (length/width ratio 2.5), and minute apical spine. Dorsal head profile bluntly rounded, lateral profile pointed with a ventral rostral keel that terminates in a blunt point, large oval rostral (0.71 head width), eye discernible as a faint eyespot, and postocular single. Coloration of head in preservative is blackish-brown, dorsum tan with lighter venter.
Phylogenetic definition. This genus is currently monotypic, but would include any newly discovered species more closely related to Cathetorhinus melanocephalus than to Gerrhopilus ater.
Etymology. Unclear; likely refers to keeled, pointed condition of snout, from the Greek for perpendicular (cathetos) and having such a nose (rhinus).
Distribution. Unknown. Collected during the Baudin voyage (1800–1804), which made landfall at the Azores, Cape of Good Hope (South Africa), Mauritius, W Australia, and Timor. Timor seems the most likely origin based upon these possible localities and their ophiofaunas, though one author suggested a potential origin from Mauritius (Cheke 2010).
Remarks. The genus Cathetorhinus is resurrected here from the synonymy of Ramphotyphlops (Hedges et al. 2014). Previous authors considered Typhlops melanocephalus Typhlopidae incertae sedis, including Dixon & Hendricks (1979), Hahn (1980), and McDiarmid et al. (1999). The type and only known specimen (MNHN 138), which is in poor condition, has been re-examined by Wallach & Pauwels (2008), and does not fit the definitions of any other typhlopoid genera. Those authors resurrected Cathetorhinus. The combination of a T-II SIP and 18 dorsal scale rows clearly allies it with Gerrhopilidae, as this is a common combination of characters in Gerrhopilus, and only found in some individuals of one other African typhlopid species (Letheobia debilis; Table 2). Thus, we transfer Cathetorhinus to Gerrhopilidae (Table 1).
description: Published as part of Pyron, Robert Alexander & Wallach, Van, 2014, Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 3829 (1) on page 44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286556
Xenotyphlops Wallach & Ineich 1996
Creators: name: Pyron, Robert Alexander
name: Wallach, Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Xenotyphlopidae
Xenotyphlops

description: Xenotyphlops Wallach & Ineich, 1996
Type species. Typhlops grandidieri Mocquard, 1905
Species content. Xenotyphlops grandidieri.
Diagnosis. Xenotyphlops can be distinguished from all other typhlopoids by its very broad, oval-shaped rostral with a nearly vertical lateral profile that terminates in an acute point and a single, large cloacal shield, rather than 4 or 5 as in most other scolecophidians. Small- to moderate-sized (total length 168–284 mm), moderate- to slenderbodied (length/width ratio 62–86) snakes with 20 scale rows (without reduction), 469–545 total middorsals, cloacal shield transversely enlarged, moderate tail (3.1–3.7% total length) with 20–23 subcaudals (length/width ratio 2.3–3.2), and lacking apical spine. Dorsal head profile tapered, rostral very broad and oval (0.76–0.91 head width), terminating in an acute point, lateral head profile with nearly vertical rostral, frontal transversely enlarged (3–4 times as wide as long), subocular present, T-0 SIP, postoculars 2–3. Lateral tongue papillae present; left, tracheal and cardiac lungs absent, right lung unicameral; rectal caecum moderate (2.2–2.5% SVL). Coloration is uniformly pink (pigmentless, without other marks).
Phylogenetic definition. This genus is currently monotypic, but would include any newly discovered species more closely related to Xenotyphlops grandidieri than to Gerrhopilus ater or Typhlops lumbricalis.
Etymology. From the Greek for strange (xenos), blind (typhlos) and eye (ops).
Distribution. Northeastern Madagascar.
Remarks. A second species (Xenotyphlops mocquardi) was described by Wallach et al. (2007b), but has been shown to be a synonym of Xen. grandidieri (Wegener et al. 2013).
description: Published as part of Pyron, Robert Alexander & Wallach, Van, 2014, Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 3829 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286556
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-1067
Creators: name: Kekich, Jessica
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/213/chert
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-1067. The artifact is a Monterey chert flake.
Sistotrema bulbilliferum G. G. Barreto & Gusmao 2023, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Barreto, Gabriel G.
name: Cantillo, Taimy
name: Costa-Rezende, Diogo H.
name: Gusmão, Luis F. P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Fungi
Basidiomycota
Agaricomycetes
Cantharellales
Cantharellaceae
Sistotrema
Sistotrema bulbilliferum

description: Sistotrema bulbilliferum G.G. Barreto & Gusmão sp. nov. (Fig. 2)
Type:— BRAZIL. São Paulo: Rio Claro, Floresta Estadual Edmundo Navarro de Andrade (FEENA), 22°24’51.9”S, 47°31’02.8’’W, dead bark of Eucalyptus grandis, 4 October 2019, G. G. Barreto (holotype: HUEFS 267156 (permanent slides); ex-type culture: CCMB 737; MB 850079).
Etymology:— In reference to the production of bulbils.
Colonies developing over dead bark appearing as numerous spherical structures attached to the substrate by a rhizomorph-like mycelium, composed of hyaline, thin-walled, septate hyphae (2–4 µm wide), with numerous clamp connections. Bulbils roundish to ellipsoid, irregular (67–123 × 70–113 µm diam.), dispersed on substrate, hyaline to pale brown when young, brownish ochraceous when mature, externally smooth, appearing as an agglomeration of globose to irregularly angular cells, pseudoparenchymatous, swollen, smooth. No spores observed. Teleomorph unknown.
Notes:— Within Sistotrema, S. brinkmannii (Bres.) J. Erikss. (1948: 134) and S. oblongisporum M.P. Christ. & Hauerslev (1960: 82) are known to produce small nodules formed on mycelium. However, the capacity to produce bulbils is known to occur only in S. coronilla (Hallenberg 1984). Bulbils of S. coronilla are smaller (50–90 µm diam.), with cell walls densely clustered whereas in S. bulbilliferum bulbils are larger and the cell walls slightly loose. The phylogenetic analysis reveals that S. bulbilliferum forms a distinct lineage within Sistotrema s. l., related to S. coronilla and S. hypogaeum, but for the latter there is no record in the literature of it producing bulbils.
description: Published as part of Barreto, Gabriel G., Cantillo, Taimy, Costa-Rezende, Diogo H. & Gusmão, Luis F. P., 2023, A new bulbil-forming species of Sistotrema (Cantharellales, Hydnaceae) from Brazil, pp. 8-20 in Phytotaxa 626 (1) on page 15, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.626.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/10151205
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-077
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-077. The artifact is a piece of shell.
title: Keysort notching and sorting...
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 1940

description: Undated brochure issued by Royal McBee Corp. Used as a manual to set up and maintain the Classified Abstract Archive of the Alcohol Literature (CAAAL), a collection of approximately 20,000 abstracts prepared by Center staff from 1939 through 1977 and printed on McBee cards. Detailed instructions on both handnotching and sorting. Includes illustrations.
Amerotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal 2014
Creators: name: Pyron, Robert Alexander
name: Wallach, Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Typhlopidae
Amerotyphlops

description: Amerotyphlops Hedges, Marion, Lipp, Marin & Vidal, 2014
Type species. Typhlops brongersmianus Vanzolini, 1976 (= T. brongersmai; Vanzolini, 1972)
Species content. Amerotyphlops amoipira, Am. brongersmianus, Am. costaricensis, Am. lehneri, Am. microstomus, Am. minuisquamus, Am. paucisquamus, Am. reticulatus, Am. stadelmani, Am. tasymicris, Am. tenuis, Am. trinitatus, Am. tycherus, and Am. yonenagae.
Diagnosis. Amerotyphlops can be distinguished from all other typhlopoids by the following combination of characters: small- to large-sized (total length 38–522 mm), stout- to slender-bodied (length/width ratio 16–77 but average 20–50) snakes with 16–22 scale rows (with or without reduction), 169–566 total middorsals, and short to long tail (0.7–4.3% total length) with 5–15 subcaudals (length/width ratio 0.8–1.6). Dorsal and lateral head profiles rounded, narrow to moderate oval rostral (0.22–0.56 head width), preocular in contact with second and third supralabials, eye small with distinct pupil or faint eyespot, T-III SIP, and postoculars 1–3. Lateral tongue papillae absent; left lung absent, tracheal lung paucicameral (with 13–37 pockets) or multicameral (with 16–39 chambers and foramina), cardiac lung unicameral, paucicameral (with 1–7 pockets) or multicameral (with 2–9 chambers) and right lung unicameral, paucicameral (with 3 pockets) or multicameral (with 2–5 chambers); testes unsegmented; hemipenis eversible, lacking retrocloacal sacs, and rectal caecum small (0.9–4.6% SVL). Coloration yellowishbrown to black dorsally (sometimes uniform or else in the form of darker lines over a light background), usually with immaculate yellow venter, snout and tail often bright yellow, sometimes with a light rostral spot or yellow or white tail ring.
Phylogenetic definition. Includes the MRCA of Amerotyphlops brongersmianus and Am. reticulatus and all descendants thereof, and all species more closely related to Am. reticulatus than to the type species of the 15 other typhlopid genera listed here.
Etymology. From the geographic distribution of the group in the continental Americas.
Distribution. Latin America, from Mexico to northern Argentina.
Remarks. Includes the primarily South American continental radiation of typhlopid blindsnakes. These are morphologically and biogeographically distinct from the West Indian radiation (see below).
description: Published as part of Pyron, Robert Alexander & Wallach, Van, 2014, Systematics of the blindsnakes (Serpentes: Scolecophidia: Typhlopoidea) based on molecular and morphological evidence, pp. 1-81 in Zootaxa 3829 (1) on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3829.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/286556
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-020
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-020. The artifact is a modified used flake.
Namalycastis rhodochorde Glasby, Miura, Nishi & Junardi
Creators: name: Glasby, Christopher J.
name: Timm, Tarmo
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: Gil, João
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Nereididae
Namalycastis
Namalycastis rhodochorde

description: Namalycastis rhodochorde Glasby, Miura, Nishi & Junardi
Namalycastis rhodochorde Glasby, Miura, Nishi & Junardi, 2008 Ecology: FT
Distribution: OL
Habitat: ES
Comments: Although precise salinity tolerances for this species are unknown its occurrence in rice fields in Vietnam in the wet season suggests that it can survive in fresh water (Glasby et al. 2008) Additional references: Rullier (1957; as Lycastis meraukensis Horst)
description: Published as part of Glasby, Christopher J., Timm, Tarmo, Muir, Alexander I. & Gil, João, 2009, Catalogue of non-marine Polychaeta (Annelida) of the World, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 2070 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.187085
Isolate record for VAFB-ISO-027
Creators: name: Holloway, Corinne
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the isolated find record for VAFB-ISO-027. The artifact is a tertiary flake fragment.
Optimisation of Reinforcement in Double Brick Walls for Improved Vertical Bending Capacity
Creators: name: Brestovac, Stefan
Publisher: name: CQUniversity
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 400510
subject: Structural engineering

description: The economic climate of Western Australia in the year 2020 has forced residential
construction companies to provide superior products at competitive prices. There is an
increasing demand for houses with open-plan living spaces and high ceilings, which makes the
structures, especially the external slender double brick (DB) walls, vulnerable to wind loading.
The out-of-plane (OP) loads, resulting from the wind pressure on the slender DB walls have
forced engineers to rely on steel mullions as reinforcement placed into the cavity between the
external and internal masonry leaves, to improve the OP bending capacity. However, reviews
of the literature at present have limited data on the combined effects of DB walls with steel
mullions on the OP bending capacity. Furthermore, the literature does not provide any guidance
on the optimisation of the steel mullions within the DB walls. As a result, engineers rely on the
capacity of the steel rectangular hollow section alone, ignoring the contribution of the DB walls
in the load-resisting mechanism, often resulting in a complicated and expensive design. This
thesis aims to investigate the OP bending performance of DB walls with steel mullions of
varying heights. For this purpose, a series of full-scale tests were performed on a total of 12
DB walls of dimensions 2657 mm height × 935 mm width. Of them, 10 DB walls were
reinforced with steel mullions made using 100 mm x 50 mm x 3.0 mm rectangular hollow
sections, where the height of the steel mullions was varied. A systematic material-based
investigation was also carried out to ascertain the material properties of the constituent
materials. The load-displacement behaviour, failure mode and displacement profile of the
tested walls have been analysed in detail and revealed that the presence of the steel mullion
increases the OP bending capacity of DB walls up to 167% at the point of the first crack. Based
on the experimental findings, a design method has been proposed, which will assist structural
design engineers to quickly design slender DB walls reinforced with steel mullions of varying heights, ensuring both safety and economy in the building construction industry. This design
methodology was found to produce a design load that had a correlation of 80% the experimental
first crack load result.