cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Eratyrus cuspidatus Stal
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Eratyrus
Eratyrus cuspidatus

description: Eratyrus cuspidatus Stål
(Fig. 3)
Eratyrus cuspidatus Stål 1859, p. 103. Type locality: “ Colombia ” (without specific locality).
Diagnosis. Adult body length 25‒30 mm. Body ground color dark brown to black, integument smooth. Head slightly longer than pronotum. Antenniferous tubercles at middle of anteocular region. First antennal segment not reaching apex of clypeus. First rostral segment not reaching anterior margin of eye. Second rostral segment slightly longer than first. Pronotum with numerous setae, discal tubercles rounded apically. Humeri prominent, angulate but not acute. Hemelytra dark brown to black in ground color, completely covering abdomen; corium with large preapical reddish spot; legs long. Abdomen with center of dorsal and ventral surfaces pale yellow. Connexivum dark without spots (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Distribution. Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico (Chiapas, Yucatán and Veracruz), Panama, Peru, Venezuela (Zárate & Zárate 1985, Ibáñez-Bernal et al. 1995, Galvão et al. 2003).
Records in Veracruz. Municipality of San Andrés Tuxtla, Estación de Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas”.
Comments. This species is distributed in northern South America, Central America, and southern Mexico. It has been founded naturally infected with T. cruzi and in peridomiciliary and intradomiciliary habitats, especially in northern South America where it is apparently more abundant (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Dib et al. 2009). Specimens of E. cuspidatus collected in Veracruz came from Estación de Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas” and were studied by H. Brailovsky. All were male specimens attracted to light traps in different years from 1975 to 1993 (Zárate & Zárate 1985, Ryckman 1984, 1986, Ibáñez-Bernal et al. 1995).
Material examined. 7 3. México, Veracruz, San Andrés Tuxtla, Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas. 19.45°N, – 95.212°W. 80 masl, 1986-5-12, L. Cervantes; IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn934, IBUNAM:CNINHETRED-0000901; 1993-4-1, H. Brailovsky; IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn935. 1999 -6-4, L. Cervantes; IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn936. 1985 -5-5, E. Ramírez; IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn937. 1989 -4-17, J.L. Colin & E. Barrera; IBUNAM: CNIN:HEMsn938. 1975 -5-9, no collector name; IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn939. H. Brailovsky det.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406
Leistus piceus Froelich 1799
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Leistus
Leistus piceus

description: Leistus piceus Froelich, 1799
Finhaut (VS), Aiguilles du Van, 2105 m, 559.2/ 101.0, 18.7.2016: 1 Ind.
L. piceus ist vom Jura bis in die Bündner Alpen verbreitet, aber selten. Im Wallis wurde er nur vereinzelt und zuletzt 1989 nachgewiesen. Der Wiederfund gelang am selben Ort. Am Schneerand einer Schutthalde fand ich das Tier unter einem Stein auf einem Felsen. Es lief geschickt auf dem Felsen herum und glich stark den dort häufigeren Oreonebria angusticollis (Bonelli, 1810).
Die Ufer des Bodensees weisen mehrere Arten auf, die sonst in der Schweiz fehlen, und wurden von Bräunicke & Trautner (2002) bearbeitet. Dennoch verbleiben vor allem auf Schweizer Seite noch einige Lücken, die es zu füllen gilt.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2019, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz - 3. Teil, pp. 29-41 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 37, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985858, http://zenodo.org/record/8066555
Nesothrips propinquus
Creators: name: Masumoto, Masami
name: Okajima, Shûji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Thripidae
Nesothrips
Nesothrips propinquus

description: Nesothrips propinquus (Bagnall)
Specimens examined. Japan, Honshu: Tokyo, Koto-ku, Aomi, 2 females on dead Miscanthus sinensis [Poaceae], 4.vi.2014. Shinagawa-ku, Minatogaoka-futo park, 4 females on dead Miscanthus sinensis, 5.vi.2020. Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Higashiougi-jima, 1 female on grass, 7.vi.2007 (all collected by M. Masumoto).
Notes. This species is a member of the subfamily Idolothripinae in which all species are fungus feeders. However, it has been intercepted by Japanese plant quarantine on asparagus imported from Australia or New Zealand (Hayase 1991). This species is known from Australia, New Zealand and South Africa so far. It can be distinguished easily from the three species of Nesothrips previously known from Japan, by having the compound eyes elongate posteriorly on the ventral surface.
description: Published as part of Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2021, Contributions to the knowledge of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from Japan, pp. 593-596 in Zootaxa 4970 (3) on page 595, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4766676
Nannoniscus Sars 1870
Creators: name: Brandt, Angelika
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2002
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Isopoda
Nannoniscidae
Nannoniscus

description: Nannoniscus Sars, 1870
description: Published as part of Brandt, Angelika, 2002, New species of Nannoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) and Saetoniscus n. gen. from the deep sea of the Angola Basin, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 88 on page 28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.155900
Panstrongylus geniculatus Latreille
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Panstrongylus
Panstrongylus geniculatus

description: Panstrongylus geniculatus (Latreille)
(Fig. 6)
Reduvius geniculatus Latreille, 1811, p. 225, pl. 15, fig. 12. Type locality: French Guiana.
Diagnosis. Adult body length 20–30mm. Body ground color light brown or light orange brown, with dark brown or black pattern elements on various body parts. Head uniformly light colored. Rostrum dark brown. First rostral segment approaching or extending to or slightly beyond level of anterior margin of eyes; second rostral segment attaining level of middle of neck. Pronotum light orange brown. Anterior lobe of pronotum with central black marking in shape of four-leaf clover, posterior lobe with black band along posterior margin except at humeral area. Discal and lateral tubercles small. Anterolateral projections of pronotum shortly subconical, rounded apically. Hemelytra color light brown or light yellowish brown, reaching apex of abdomen. Corium as light as or slightly lighter than membrane, dark at extreme apex. Coxae and trochanters light yellow or orange-yellow. Femora and tibiae dark brown or black. Connexivum light yellowish brown with black subrectangular marks on anterior third of dorsal connexival plates (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guiana, French Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Trinidad, Venezuela, Mexico (Chiapas, Veracruz, and Yucatán) (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Galvão et al. 2003, Patterson et al. 2009).
Comments. This species has a wide distribution in the Neotropics, with records in 18 countries including some Caribbean islands, being the best distributed of all other species of the genus (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Rocha- Leite et al. 2007). Almost as a rule, P. geniculatus had been collected in wild habitats, being adapted to dry and humid conditions and feeding upon a great variety of hosts, like marsupials, rodents, armadillos, bats, and birds; but there are reports of peri- and intradomiciliary colonies in Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia (Patterson et al. 2009). In Mexico, this species can be considered rare, as there are only few records from the states of Chiapas, Yucatán, and Veracruz (Carcavallo et al. 1999, Rocha-Leite et al. 2007). There are no specific data of collection localities in Veracruz, and we did not see specimens from this Mexican state.
Material examined. 1 Ƥ: Venezuela, Carabobo, San Esteban, 1975-Feb/Mar, F. Echeverría. IBUNAM: CNIN:HETRED-0000962.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406
Badister peltatus
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Badister
Badister peltatus

description: Badister peltatus (Panzer, 1796)
Arbon (TG), See b. Hotel Metropol, 397 m, 750.3 /264.2, 24.11.2016: 9 Ind.
Obschon die Art besonders in der Ostschweiz verbreitet ist, liegt der letzte Fund am Bodensee über 20 Jahre zurück. Bei Arbon fand ich sie im Winterquartier 1 m über und 10 m entfernt vom Wasser zwischen dem Beton der Uferpromenade und dem Wurzelfilz der Ufervegetation in Gesellschaft unter anderem von Agonum piceum (Linnaeus, 1758), A. lugens (Duftschmid, 1812) und Pterostichus gracilis (Dejean, 1828).
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2019, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz - 3. Teil, pp. 29-41 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 37, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985858, http://zenodo.org/record/8066555
Cosmos-LLaVA: Chatting with the Visual Cosmos-LLaVA: Görselle Sohbet Etmek
Creators: name: Zeer, Ahmed
name: Dogan, Eren
name: Erdem, Yusuf
name: Ince, Elif
name: Shbib, Osama
name: Uzun, M. Egemen
name: Uz, Atahan
name: Yuce, M. Kaan
name: Kesgin, H. Toprak
name: Amasyali, M. Fatih
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this study, a Turkish visual instruction model was developed and various model architectures and dataset combinations were analysed to improve the performance of this model. The Cosmos-LLaVA model, which is built by combining different large language models and image coders, is designed to overcome the deficiencies in the Turkish language. In the experiments, the effects of fine-tuning with various datasets on the model performance are analysed in detail. The results show that model architecture and dataset selection have a significant impact on performance.
 Bu çalışmada bir Türkçe görsel talimat modeli geliştirilerek bu modelin performansını artırmaya yönelik çeşitli model mimarileri ve veri kümesi kombinasyonları derinlemesine incelenmiştir. Farklı büyük dil modelleri ve görüntü kodlayıcılarının bir araya getirilmesiyle oluşturulan Cosmos-LLaVA modeli, Türkçe dilindeki eksiklikleri gidermeye yönelik olarak tasarlanmıştır. Yapılan deneylerde, çeşitli veri kümeleri ile yapılan ince ayarların model performansını nasıl etkilediği detaylı olarak ele alınmıştır. Sonuçlar, model mimarisi ve veri kümesi seçiminin performans üzerinde önemli bir etkiye sahip olduğunu göstermektedir.
description: in Turkish language, 2024 8th International Artificial Intelligence and Data Processing Symposium (IDAP)
Elaphrus riparius
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Elaphrus
Elaphrus riparius

description: Elaphrus riparius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ermatingen (TG), Triboltingen Strand, 396 m, 725.6 / 280.7, 21.4.2016: 4 Ind.
Erstmalig auf der Schweizer Seite des Bodensees. Sonst ist sie die häufigste Art der Gattung am See. Die Tiere liefen tagsüber am Strand auf sandigem, mit wenig Vegetation bewachsenem Schlamm herum.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2019, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz - 3. Teil, pp. 29-41 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 37, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985858, http://zenodo.org/record/8066555
Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus
Creators: name: Sevgili, Hasan
name: Şirin, Deniz
name: Heller, Klaus-Gerhard
name: Lemonnier-Darcemont, Michèle
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Poecilimon
Poecilimon zonatus

description: Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus species group
Ramme 1933: 509; Ünal 2010: 140; Sevgili et al. 2012ba: 319.
description: Published as part of Sevgili, Hasan, Şirin, Deniz, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard & Lemonnier-Darcemont, Michèle, 2018, Review of the Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus species group and description of new species from Turkey with data on bioacoustics and morphology (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-62 in Zootaxa 4417 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4417.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1242339
Meccus Stal
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Meccus

description: Genus Meccus Stål
Meccus Stål 1859, p. 102. Type species: Conorhinus phyllosomus Burmeister 1835.
Comments. Stål (1859) recognized this genus to include a group of Mexican species, but later it was considered a synonym of Triatoma by Usinger (1944). Triatoma phyllosoma (Burmeister) and some other related species were treated as the Triatoma phyllosoma group by Usinger (1944) and later as the phyllosoma complex by Lent & Wygodzinsky (1973). Then Carcavallo et al. (2000), revalidated Meccus based on a morphological phylogenetic analysis and supported by molecular evidence by Hypša et al. (2002). The recognition of Meccus as a valid genus, however, was not generalized in the literature before the work by Galvão et al. (2003). It includes 6 Mexican endemic species.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406
Sphoeroides pachygaster Hardy & Randall 1983
Creators: name: Mutlu, Erhan
name: Meo, Ilaria de
name: Miglietta, Claudia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Tetraodontiformes
Tetraodontidae
Sphoeroides
Sphoeroides pachygaster

description: Sphoeroides pachygaster
One of two rare species belonging to the family Tetraodontidae was S. pachygaster, found at two trawl stations. This species was caught only at bottom depths of 200 m in October (R2) and February (R1). The maximum biomass was estimated to be 30 kg /km 2 with the maximum abundance of 120 ind/km 2 in February (R1), which is higher than in October (16 kg /km 2 and 20 ind/ km 2, respectively). The number of males was 16 ind/km 2 in February. The number of females varied between 20 ind/km 2 in October and 36 ind/km 2 in February. Lengths ranged from 12.0 to 30.4 cm, whereas individual weights varied from 48.43 to 600 g. Males were shorter than 15 cm, with weights of 50–60 g and females were 15–30 cm long and weighed between 100 and 600 g. Statistical significance of the measurements was not expected to test the differences among the regions, seasons, and bottom depths because the number of individuals was insufficient (only two males and four females in the catch) to establish L-W relationships, but six individuals could be useful to establish L-W significant regression lines for total specimens (W = 0.060334L 2.6995) of this rare species (unpublished data).
description: Published as part of Mutlu, Erhan, Meo, Ilaria de & Miglietta, Claudia, 2020, Spatio-temporal distribution of pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea Abstract, pp. 1-19 in Mediterranean Marine Science 22 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.12681/mms.23481, http://zenodo.org/record/12551720
Limodromus longiventris
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Limodromus
Limodromus longiventris

description: Limodromus longiventris (Mannerheim, 1825)
Ermatingen (TG), Triboltingen Strand, 396 m, 725.6 / 280.7, 21.4.2016: 1 Ind.
Ermatingen (TG), Triboltingen Auwald, 397 m, 725.7/ 280.7, 21.4.2016: 4 Ind.
Die Art kommt in der Schweiz nur am Bodensee vor. Am Obersee ist sie lokal und selten (Chittaro & Marggi 2016), am Untersee wurde sie zuletzt 1991 gefunden. Das erste Tier fing ich am Strand unter einer Textilplane auf Feinschotter. Die Stelle wird später vom Frühsommerhochwasser überflutet. Die anderen erbeutete ich in einem kleinen, vor Hochwasser sicheren Auwaldrest unter einer flachen Stammscheibe im Winterquartier in Gesellschaft von Platynus livens, Agonum lugens und Paradromius longiceps.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2019, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz - 3. Teil, pp. 29-41 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 37, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985858, http://zenodo.org/record/8066555
Meccus pallidipennis Stal
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Meccus
Meccus pallidipennis

description: Meccus pallidipennis Stål
(Fig. 4)
Meccus pallidipennis Stål 1872, p. 110. Type-locality: “ Mexico ” (without specific locality).
Diagnosis. Adult body length 30–35mm. Body wide, especially abdomen with ground color from dark brown to black. Setae of dorsal surface numerous and short. Head slightly longer than pronotum. Anteocular region three times as long as postocular. First antennal segment extending beyond level of apex of clypeus. First rostral segment reaching level of apex of antenniferous tubercle, second extending to level of hind border of head. Pronotum strongly constricted at level of transverse sulci, not granulose but with short setae. Hemelytra and wings leaving urotergites exposed; corium with numerous short setae, most of its surface yellowish white, connexivum wide and black, connexival plates posteriorly with orange-red spots of varied size (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Distribution. Mexico (Colima, Estado de México, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz and Zacatecas) (Zárate & Zárate 1985, Ibáñez-Bernal & Paz 1998, Vidal- Acosta et al. 2000, Galvão et al. 2003, Salazar-Schettino et al. 2010).
Records in Veracruz. Municipality of San Andrés Tuxtla, Estación de Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas”, and Municipality of La Antigua.
Comments. Historically there are only two records of M. pallidipennis in the state of Veracruz. The first was a female collected and studied by H. Brailovsky in 1973 from San Andrés Tuxtla (Zárate & Zárate 1985), and the second a male collected by the State Health Service in 1997 from the municipality of La Antigua (Vidal-Acosta et al. 2000). Nevertheless, both apparently correspond to casual records probably as a consequence of human displacement from areas of normal distribution of this species to those localities, as no other records were made by the continuous surveillance efforts of health personnel. The Meccus (formerly the Triatoma phyllosoma complex) to which pallidipennis is assigned, is widely distributed in western and central Mexico, where M. pallidipennis is abundant inside houses and shows high T. cruzi infection rates, with marked mammalian preference as hosts (Zárate & Zárate 1985, Martínez-Ibarra et al. 2008).
Material examined. 1 Ƥ: México, Veracruz, San Andrés Tuxtla, 18.45°N, – 95.212°W. 300 msnm, 1973-7-28, H. Brailovsky. IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn95. H. Brailovsky det.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406
Gastrothrips ocularis Masumoto & Okajima, 2021, nom. nov.
Creators: name: Masumoto, Masami
name: Okajima, Shûji
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Thysanoptera
Phlaeothripidae
Gastrothrips
Gastrothrips ocularis

description: Gastrothrips ocularis nom. nov.
Gastrothrips monticola Okajima, 2006: 101. (nec. Gastrothrips monticola Hood, 1942: 573).
The name monticola is preoccupied by Hood. This genus is a member of the sub-family Idolothripinae.
Etymology. In reference to having character states of compound eyes without prolongation posteriorly, in contrast to compound eyes having posterior prolongation in related species.
description: Published as part of Masumoto, Masami & Okajima, Shûji, 2021, Contributions to the knowledge of Thysanoptera (Insecta) from Japan, pp. 593-596 in Zootaxa 4970 (3) on page 596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.3.11, http://zenodo.org/record/4766676
Tylerius spinosissimus
Creators: name: Mutlu, Erhan
name: Meo, Ilaria de
name: Miglietta, Claudia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Tetraodontiformes
Tetraodontidae
Tylerius
Tylerius spinosissimus

description: Tylerius spinosissimus
Tylerius spinosissimus was found only in R1 at bottom depths of 50 m in October and 75 m in February. In total, three individuals were caught. The biomass varied between 0.02 kg /km 2 in February and 0.05 kg /km 2 in October with abundance ranging from 31 ind/km 2 and 13 ind/km 2, respectively. Length varied between 3.4 and 4.7 cm and weight ranged between 0.84 and 2.41 g. It was not possible to identify sex.
description: Published as part of Mutlu, Erhan, Meo, Ilaria de & Miglietta, Claudia, 2020, Spatio-temporal distribution of pufferfish (Tetraodontidae) along the Turkish coast of the Mediterranean Sea Abstract, pp. 1-19 in Mediterranean Marine Science 22 (1) on page 13, DOI: 10.12681/mms.23481, http://zenodo.org/record/12551720
Panstrongylus Berg
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Panstrongylus

description: Genus Panstrongylus Berg
Panstrongylus Berg 1879, 1879a, p. 268. Type species: Panstrongylus guentheri Berg 1879
Comments. There are 13 known species of Panstrongylus widely distributed in the Americas from southern Mexico to Argentina, but absent from Chile (Galvão et al. 2003, Patterson et al. 2009). Only two species have been recorded in Mexico.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on page 7, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406
Atherigona chrysohypene Muller 2015
Creators: name: Magoai, Mokome M. J.
name: Muller, Burgert S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Muscidae
Atherigona
Atherigona chrysohypene

description: Atherigona chrysohypene Muller, 2015
Fig. 5
Atherigona chrysohypene Muller, 2015: 863, fig. 46.
Material examined.
Lesotho • 4 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 16 May 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. (AMGS) • 1 ♂; Masupha, Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 24 May 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. (AMGS) • 1 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 30 May 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. (AMGS) • 2 ♂; Mamathes [Masupha], Basutoland; [29 ° 8.000 ' S, 27 ° 51.000 ' E]; 10 Jun. 1948; C. Jacot Guillarmod leg. (AMGS).
Diagnosis.
This species is similar to A. pulla and A. angulata due to its golden yellow vibrissa. However, it can be distinguished from both by its bilobate hypopygial prominence (Fig. 5), while A. pulla and A. angulata have the hypopygial prominence knoblike (e. g. Fig. 4).
Distribution.
Lesotho (new record), South Africa.
description: Published as part of Magoai, Mokome M. J. & Muller, Burgert S., 2024, The first record of Atherigona from Lesotho (Diptera, Muscidae), with description of a new species, pp. 49-60 in African Invertebrates 65 (2) on pages 49-60, DOI: 10.3897/afrinvertebr.65.131744
Triatoma Laporte
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Triatoma

description: Genus Triatoma Laporte
Triatoma Laporte 1832, p. 11; 1833, p. 77; Type species: Cimex rubrofasciatus DeGeer 1773.
Comments. There are 80 known species of Triatoma widely distributed in the Americas from the middle of the United States of America to Argentina. Its members occupy a broad variety of ecotopes. In Mexico 20 species have been recorded (Galvão et al. 2003), and the following species are reported in Veracruz.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on page 9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406
Kalloleptochelia Gutu 2016
Creators: name: Tzeng, You-Wei
name: Wei, Chih-Lin
name: Ma, Lin
name: Li, Xinzheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Tanaidacea
Leptocheliidae
Kalloleptochelia

description: Genus Kalloleptochelia Guţu, 2016
Type species. Kalloleptochelia robusta Guţu, 2016
Remarks. Guţu (2016) established the genus Kalloleptochelia, which comprises four species: K. maiorina Guţu, 2016 (Réunion Island, western Indian Ocean), K. pauxilla Guţu, 2016 (Langkawi Island, Malaysia), K. robusta (Bunaken Island, Indonesia), and K. tenuicula (Makkaveeva, 1968) (Cuba). In these publications, only the male characteristics were described, although the first morphological description of the female Kalloleptochelia species was probably mentioned in the redescription of Leptochelia tenuicula (K. tenuicula) from Martinique Island by Guţu (2011). However, doubts were later raised regarding that particular species (Guţu 2016: 132).
According to Guţu (2016: 132), the males of Kalloleptochelia species share similarities with those of Alloleptochelia, but they can be distinguished by certain distinct features: 1) the antennule peduncle article-1 is no longer than the carapace (longer than the carapace in Alloleptochelia species); 2) the cheliped is shorter than the body (at least as long as the body in Alloleptochelia species); 3) both the fixed finger and the dactylus of the cheliped have numerous denticles along the incisive margin (only a proximal apophysis, a few proximal denticles or smooth on fixed finger in Alloleptochelia species).
description: Published as part of Tzeng, You-Wei, Wei, Chih-Lin, Ma, Lin & Li, Xinzheng, 2023, Three new species of Paratanaoidea (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from the South China Sea, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 5375 (1) on page 14, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10170958
Quaternion-based Unscented Kalman Filter for 6-DoF Vision-based Inertial Navigation in GPS-denied Regions
Creators: name: Ghanizadegan, Khashayar
name: Hashim, Hashim A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper investigates the orientation, position, and linear velocity estimation problem of a rigid-body moving in three-dimensional (3D) space with six degrees-of-freedom (6 DoF). The highly nonlinear navigation kinematics are formulated to ensure global representation of the navigation problem. A computationally efficient Quaternion-based Navigation Unscented Kalman Filter (QNUKF) is proposed on $\mathbb{S}^{3}\times\mathbb{R}^{3}\times\mathbb{R}^{3}$ imitating the true nonlinear navigation kinematics and utilize onboard Visual-Inertial Navigation (VIN) units to achieve successful GPS-denied navigation. The proposed QNUKF is designed in discrete form to operate based on the data fusion of photographs garnered by a vision unit (stereo or monocular camera) and information collected by a low-cost inertial measurement unit (IMU). The photographs are processed to extract feature points in 3D space, while the 6-axis IMU supplies angular velocity and accelerometer measurements expressed with respect to the body-frame. Robustness and effectiveness of the proposed QNUKF have been confirmed through experiments on a real-world dataset collected by a drone navigating in 3D and consisting of stereo images and 6-axis IMU measurements. Also, the proposed approach is validated against standard state-of-the-art filtering techniques. IEEE Keywords: Localization, Navigation, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Sensor-fusion, Inertial Measurement Unit, Vision Unit.
description: IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Paradromius longiceps
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Paradromius
Paradromius longiceps

description: Paradromius longiceps (Dejean, 1826)
Ermatingen (TG), Triboltingen Auwald, 397 m, 725.7/ 280.7, 21.4.2016: 1 Ind.
Dies ist erst der zweite Fund dieser Art auf Schweizer Seite des Bodensees, wo die Art bereits 1994 nachgewiesen werden konnte. Fundumstände vergl. oben.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2019, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz - 3. Teil, pp. 29-41 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 37, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985858, http://zenodo.org/record/8066555
Eotrechus kalidasa Kirkaldy
Creators: name: Vitheepradit, Akekawat
name: Sites, Robert W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Gerridae
Eotrechus
Eotrechus kalidasa

description: Eotrechus kalidasa Kirkaldy
Eotrechus kalidasa Kirkaldy 1902: 137
Eotrechus kalidasa: Andersen, 1982a: 8 –9 (supplemental description). Eotrechus kalidasa: Tran and Zettel, 2006b: 46 –48 (supplemental description).
Diagnosis. This species can be recognized by the elongate posterolateral projections of the pygophore in males, whereas all other known Thai congeners lack these posterolateral projections. Females of E. kalidasa can be recognized by the length of the mesosternum less than twice as long as the metasternum (Andersen 1982a), whereas in all other known Thai congeners the mesosternum is at least twice as long as the metasternum.
Discussion. This species was previously known only from India and Myanmar; thus this is the first record of E. kalidasa from Thailand and the easternmost record of this species. A single, winged male specimen was collected from a malaise trap set over a small creek in a densely forested area in Phu Hin Rongkla NP. We sampled the creek four times in the last five years, but no specimens of Eotrechus were collected. Presumably, the specimen flew into the trap from a nearby unfavorable habitat, as it has been reported that several tropical species of Gerridae disperse throughout the year from unfavorable habitats to new habitats (Fernando 1963, Andersen 1982b).
Material examined. THAILAND: Loei Prov.: 1 winged male, Phu Hin Rongkla NP, Man Daeng Noi at trail, 16°57'N 101°03'E, 1600 m, 21-IX- 21-X-2002, CMU team.
description: Published as part of Vitheepradit, Akekawat & Sites, Robert W., 2007, A review of Eotrechus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Thailand with descriptions of three new species, pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 1478 on pages 18-19, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.176807
Kalloleptochelia Gutu 2016
Creators: name: Tzeng, You-Wei
name: Wei, Chih-Lin
name: Ma, Lin
name: Li, Xinzheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Tanaidacea
Leptocheliidae
Kalloleptochelia

description: Key to the adult males of the species of Kalloleptochelia (modified and updated from Guţu 2016)
1 Antennule flagellum ten-articled or more; uropod exopod two-articled...................... K. multiarticulata sp. nov.
1a Antennule flagellum eight-articled or less; uropod exopod one-articled.......................................... 2
2 Uropod endopod five-articled........................................................................... 3
2a Uropod endopod six-articled............................................................................ 4
3 Antennule flagellum six-articled, as long as peduncle............................................... K. pauxilla
3a Antennule flagellum eight-articled, shorter than peduncle........................................... K. tenuicula
4 Pereopod-1 propodus about six times longer than wide, dactylus plus unguis longer than propodus............ K. robusta
4a Pereopod-1 propodus about four times longer than wide, dactylus plus unguis as long as propodus........... K. maiorina
description: Published as part of Tzeng, You-Wei, Wei, Chih-Lin, Ma, Lin & Li, Xinzheng, 2023, Three new species of Paratanaoidea (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from the South China Sea, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 5375 (1) on page 19, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10170958
Triatoma barberi Usinger
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Triatoma
Triatoma barberi

description: Triatoma barberi Usinger
(Fig. 5)
Triatoma barberi Usinger 1939, p. 44. Type locality: Mexico, Cuernavaca.
Diagnosis. Adult body length 16–20mm. Body ground color usually black or dark brown, Head granulose and as long as pronotum; first antennal segment not reaching level of apex of clypeus. First rostral segment slightly shorter than second. Pronotum uniformly black. Anterolateral angles rounded. Hemelytra not reaching apex of abdomen, extending to urotergite VII. Basal and apical portion of corium with red or orange markings. Legs short and stout. Connexival segments black on anterior third not forming a continuous band, red or orange on posterior portion (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Distribution. Mexico (Colima, Distrito Federal, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala and Veracruz) (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Zárate & Zárate 1985, Vidal et al. 2000, Galvão et al. 2003, Salazar-Schettino et al. 2010).
Records in Veracruz. Municipality of San Andrés Tuxtla, Estación de Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas”.
Comments. T. barberi undoubtedly is the most significant vector of Chagas disease to humans at central and western Mexico (Trans-Mexican volcanic belt). It has been collected from sea level to localities above 2000 meters where climatic conditions could be hot or temperate according to altitude, and is frequently associated with human dwellings, presenting high natural infection to T. cruzi. In sylvan ecotopes T. barberi is associated with Neotoma mexicana (Zárate & Zárate 1985, Salazar-Schettino et al. 2010). We considered that its presence at San Andrés Tuxtla is fortuitous because the ecological condition of the place is not adequate as compared with the sites in which the species has been regularly collected. Nevertheless, we suspect that T. barberi could be present at xeric scrub lands of Cofre of Perote valley, which have similar ecological conditions to Puebla state localities were this triatomine has been collected (Sosa-Jurado et al. 2004).
Material examined. 1 3: San Andrés Tuxtla, 18.45°N, – 95.212°W. 300 msnm, 1972-6-22, H. Brailovsky. IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn540. H. Brailovsky det. Additionally, in order to confirm the taxonomic identity of the Veracruz specimen, we examined: 1 Ƥ: Jalisco, Guadalajara, Municipio 6, 17-IX-1987, K. Lozano, CNINHETRED0000454. 1 3: Puebla, Tecomatlan, XI-1943, F. Islas, CNINHETRED0000446.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on pages 9-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406
Paranesotanais Larsen & Shimomura 2008
Creators: name: Tzeng, You-Wei
name: Wei, Chih-Lin
name: Ma, Lin
name: Li, Xinzheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Tanaidacea
Nototanaidae
Paranesotanais

description: Genus Paranesotanais Larsen & Shimomura, 2008
Type species. Paranesotanais longicephalus Larsen & Shimomura, 2008
Diagnosis (modified from Larsen & Shimomura 2008, new features highlighted in boldface). Female. Pereonites 4–6 longer than wide. Maxilliped endite almost completely fused, without short flat setae. Cheliped fixed finger with five ventral setae and one distal apophysis; dactylus with dorsal crenulation.
Male. Carapace bottled-shaped, longer than first four pereonites combined. Antennule article-1 long, about 0.7 times as long as antennule. Antenna article-4 long, half as long as antenna. Maxilliped endite absent; palp four-articled, article-4 with one distal lamellar seta. Cheliped basis without apophysis; merus with one ventral apophysis; propodus without spur; fixed finger without apophysis; dactylus twisted inwards, with one proximal and one middle apophysis.
Both sexes. Rostrum bilobed. Pleonites 1–4 with two lateral setae; pleonite-5 with one lateral seta. Antenna article-2 distal half dorsally expanded, covered with numerous small tubercles. Pereopods 4–6 dactylus plus unguis falciform, with one ventral pit.
Remarks. This is a rare genus that was previously recorded with only one species, P. longicephalus Larsen & Shimomura, 2008, from Akajima, Japan, and partially redescribed from Kakeroma Island, Japan. Based on the original description and redescription of P. longicephalus, as well as the features of the new species, the generic diagnosis is amended to include the features shared by the two species but exclude those that are unshared (Larsen & Shimomura 2008; Kakui & Yamasaki 2013).
description: Published as part of Tzeng, You-Wei, Wei, Chih-Lin, Ma, Lin & Li, Xinzheng, 2023, Three new species of Paratanaoidea (Crustacea, Tanaidacea) from the South China Sea, pp. 1-30 in Zootaxa 5375 (1) on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5375.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10170958
Platynus livens
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Platynus
Platynus livens

description: Platynus livens (Gyllenhal, 1810)
Ermatingen (TG), Triboltingen Auwald, 397 m, 725.7/ 280.7, 21.4.2016: 2 Ind.
Erstmals seit 1988 wieder auf Schweizer Seite des Bodensees und erstmalig auf Schweizer Seite am Untersee. Fundumstände vergl. oben. Das Tessin gilt als sehr gut untersucht. Aussergewöhnliche Funde sind daher selten zu erwarten.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2019, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz - 3. Teil, pp. 29-41 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 38, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985858, http://zenodo.org/record/8066555
Optimizing Large Language Models for Turkish: New Methodologies in Corpus Selection and Training
Creators: name: Kesgin, H. Toprak
name: Yuce, M. Kaan
name: Dogan, Eren
name: Uzun, M. Egemen
name: Uz, Atahan
name: Ince, Elif
name: Erdem, Yusuf
name: Shbib, Osama
name: Zeer, Ahmed
name: Amasyali, M. Fatih
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this study, we develop and assess new corpus selection and training methodologies to improve the effectiveness of Turkish language models. Specifically, we adapted Large Language Model generated datasets and translated English datasets into Turkish, integrating these resources into the training process. This approach led to substantial enhancements in model accuracy for both few-shot and zero-shot learning scenarios. Furthermore, the merging of these adapted models was found to markedly improve their performance. Human evaluative metrics, including task-specific performance assessments, further demonstrated that these adapted models possess a greater aptitude for comprehending the Turkish language and addressing logic-based queries. This research underscores the importance of refining corpus selection strategies to optimize the performance of multilingual models, particularly for under-resourced languages like Turkish.
description: 2024 Innovations in Intelligent Systems and Applications Conference (ASYU)
Ophonus schaubergerianus
Creators: name: Hoess, René
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Ophonus
Ophonus schaubergerianus

description: Ophonus schaubergerianus (Puel, 1937)
Mendrisio (TI), Pra Vicc, 345 m, 717.8/ 78.5, 17.9.2018: 1 Ind.
Dies ist erst der zweite Fund von O. schaubergerianus aus dem Tessin. Das Tier befand sich am Rande eines abgeernteten Getreidefeldes unter Blattrosetten.
Interessante Erkenntnisse zur Ökologie
Agonum antennarium (Duftschmid, 1812)
Mendrisio (TI), Genestrerio, 335 m, 717.6 /78.9, 17.9.2018: 18 Ind.
A. antennarium kommt in der Schweiz nur im südlichsten Tessin vor. Marggi (1992) besass noch keine Kenntnisse zur Ökologie der Art in der Schweiz. Nach Jahrzehnten ohne Meldung fand Yannick Chittaro die Art 2015 erneut (Chittaro & Marggi 2015, 2016). Da er lediglich zwei Einzeltiere fand und seine Erläuterungen zum Lebensraum nur kurz waren, werden hier weitere Befunde vorgestellt: Eine grössere Zahl von Tieren fand ich am Nordwestrand eines Waldes (Abb. 3) in lockerer, trockener Erde unter hohem Gras in Gesellschaft von hunderten Stenolophus teutonus (Schrank, 1781) und wenigen anderen Carabiden. Dieser Waldrand ist höchstens von der Abendsonne beschienen und daher keinem Trockenstress ausgesetzt. Die Tiere (Abb. 2d) erinnern in Grösse und Färbung auf den ersten Blick an Bembidien der Untergattung Bembidionetolitzkya Strand, 1929, die jedoch nie an so einem Standort vorkommen würden, da sie stenotop an Fliessgewässerufer gebunden sind. Dass A. antennarium an Brandstellen zu finden ist, wie dies Weise & Barndt (1959) angeben, scheint auf die Schweiz nicht zuzutreffen.
description: Published as part of Hoess, René, 2019, Interessante Neufunde von Laufkäfern (Coleoptera: Carabidae) aus der Schweiz - 3. Teil, pp. 29-41 in Entomo Helvetica 12 on page 38, DOI: 10.5169/seals-985858, http://zenodo.org/record/8066555
Triatoma infestans Klug
Creators: name: Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio
name: Cervantesperedo, Luis
name: Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo
name: Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Reduviidae
Triatoma
Triatoma infestans

description: Triatoma infestans (Klug)
(Fig. 8)
Reduvius infestans Klug in Meyen 1834, p. 412. Type locality: Argentina (without specific locality).
Diagnosis. Adult body length 20–30 mm. Body ground color black with yellow markings on corium and connexivum. Antenniferous tubercles at middle of anteocular region. First antennal segment approaching but not attaining level of apex of clypeus. Rostrum dark and slender, first rostral segment not reaching level of apex of antenniferous tubercles. Second segment attaining level of hind border of eyes. Pronotum uniformly shining black.
Humeral angles rounded. Hemelytra falling short of apex of seventh urotergite. Corium with one pale yellow spot subbasally. Legs black, with trochanters and bases of femora yellow. Connexivum black, each segment with large yellow spot, close to posterior border of segment and adjoining connexival suture (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979).
Distribution. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Mexico (Morelos and Veracruz) (Lent & Wygodzinsky 1979, Galvão et al. 2003).
Records in Veracruz. Municipality of San Andrés Tuxtla, Estación biológica “Los Tuxtlas”.
Comments. Rocha et al. (2001) and Galvão et al. (2003) mentioned the presence of this species at Estación de Biología Tropical “Los Tuxtlas”, Veracruz, collected with light traps; only four specimens are known from this locality, and are deposited in the entomological collection of Rodolfo Carcavallo, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil. There is not a clear explanation of its presence in this locality, which is far from the normal distribution area of the species. Triatoma infestans is considered the primary vector of T. cruzi to humans in South America, as it easily colonizes the domiciliary habitat (Pereira et al. 2006). The records of this species from Morelos, which we include below, represent the first mention of the species in this central Mexican state.
Material examined. 3 Ƥ: México, Veracruz, San Andrés Tuxtla, 18.45°N, – 95.212W, 300msnm. 1977-5-20, IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn207, IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn208, IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn209. 2 Ƥ: México, Morelos, Tepoztlan, 18.985°N, – 99.1°W. 1710 msnm. C. Bolívar col. IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn131. 1945 -7-1, C. Bolívar col. IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn132. 1 Ƥ: Morelos, Poza Azul, 1972-1-3, P. Sánchez col. IBUNAM: CNIN:HEM-sn206. H. Brailovsky det.
description: Published as part of Sandoval-Ruiz, César Antonio, Cervantesperedo, Luis, Mendoza-Palmero, Fredy Severo & Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio, 2012, The Triatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) of Veracruz, Mexico: geographic distribution, taxonomic redescriptions, and a key, pp. 1-23 in Zootaxa 3487 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.282406