cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Dialeges pauper Pascoe 1857
Creators: name: Gupta, Rajeev
name: Vitali, Francesco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 1. Dialeges pauper Pascoe, 1857
Dialeges pauper Pascoe, 1857a: 47, pl. XVI, fig. 7; Pascoe, 1866d: 528 (Distr.); Pascoe, 1869b: 521 (Distr.); Gahan, 1906: 142 (Fauna); Duffy, 1968: 89, figs 44–49; Gressitt & Rondon, 1970: 85, fig. 16e (Fauna, P. n.); Hayashi, 1976b: 26, fig. 4 (Distr.); Pu, 1981: 396 (Distr.); Basak & Biswas, 1985: 215 (Distr.); Hüdepohl, 1990a: 76, fig. 23 (♂) (Distr.); Niisato, 1990: 113 (Distr.); Hua, 2002: 204 (Cat.); Weigel, 2006: 498 (Distr.); Mitra et al., 2015: 5 (Distr.).
Type locality: Malaysia: Barneo I. (ST ♂); BMNH.
Dialeges tenuicornis Pascoe, 1869b: 522.
Type locality: Malaysia: Sarawak (Barneo I.) (HT ♂); BMNH.
Distribution: India (Uttara Pradesh: Allahabad; WB: Darjeeling; Assam: Patkai Mts, Goalpara; AR: Deban), Borneo, Sarawak, Singapore (and Penang), China: Yunnan; Laos, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Singapore, Calemandan, Philippines, Nepal, Pakistan, Cameron Highlands, Tanah Rata, Pahang & Sunda I.
Diorthus Gahan, 1891: 27 (type sp.: Hammaticherus simplex White, 1853).
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Centris fusciventris subsp. atriceps Friese Vivallo 1924
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Centris
Centris fusciventris
Centris fusciventris atriceps friese, 1924

description: Centris fusciventris atriceps Friese, 1924
Centris fusciventris atriceps Friese, 1924: 22. New junior synonym of C. mocsaryi.
Type data: This species was described based on a single male specimen collected by Heinrich Konrad Karl (18651917) in Paraguay. The holotype is currently housed at AMNH and it has the following data label: Paraguay Villa Rica 1900 Burgdorf [printed]\ C. fusciventris v. atriceps Fr. ♂ [handwritten] 1910 Friese det [printed]\ Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Dept. Invert. Zool. No. [printed] 26466 [handwritten]\ [red label] Type [printed]\ Centris (Aphemisia) fusciventris atriceps Friese Vivallo det, 2004 [printed]\ AMNH _IZC 00324045 QR code [printed] (AMNH).
Type locality: Paraguay: Guairá department: Villarrica (“Villa Rica”).
Comment: The holotype of C. fusciventris atriceps has the clypeus and labrum with blackish coloration, which differs in most males of C. mocsaryi. However, this character is variable.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 231-259 in Zootaxa 4820 (2) on page 234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4397626
Dorymyrmex Mayr
Creators: name: Ward, P. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Dorymyrmex

description: Genus Dorymyrmex Mayr
These generalist, ground-nesting ants are frequent in open habitats at medium to low elevations. The two commonest species, D. bicolor Wheeler and D. insanus (Buckley), are usually distinguishable on the basis of color, with the former being bicolored (head and mesosoma orange- or reddish-brown, metasoma brownish-black) and the latter unicolorous dark brown, but some samples are intermediate in color. Snelling (1995a) describes additional worker differences in head shape and eye size, but these characters are quite variable and are not always reliable. This group of ants continues to be burdened with taxonomic uncertainties, possibly as a result of occasional interspecific hybridization.
Species identification: key in Snelling (1995a). Additional references. Berkelhamer (1984), Johnson (1989b), Martinez (1995), Snelling and George (1979), Trager (1988a), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 26
Centris mocsaryi Friese 1899
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Centris
Centris mocsaryi

description: Centris mocsaryi Friese, 1899
Centris mocsaryi Friese, 1899: 42.
Type data: Friese described this species using a relatively large series of males and females collected in Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, and Mexico. According to the original description, the type series is housed at HNHM, ZMB, NMW and MNHP. The female deposited in this latter collection is here designated the lectotype. The specimen has the following data label: Museum Paris Minas Geraes De Castelnau 7-47 [printed]\ Centris mocsaryi Friese ♀ [hand-written] det. Friese 1898 [printed]\ Type! [handwritten]\ [circular label] 19 43 [handwritten] (MNHP). Paralectotype female with the following data label: 1668 Brasil [handwritten]\ Centris mocsaryi n. sp. ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed] (ZMB). Paralectotype female with the following data label: 1660 Mexiko [handwritten]\ Centris mocsaryi n. sp. ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed] (ZMB). Paralectotype female with the following data label: 21073 Peru [handwritten]\ Centris mocsaryi n. sp. ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed] (ZMB). Paralec-totype female with the following data label: Hauda. Südorf Peru 1873 [handwritten]\ mocsaryi Friese [handwritten] det. [printed] (NMW). Paralectotype female with the following data label: Hauda. Südorf Peru 1873 [handwritten]\ Centris mocsaryi ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed] (NMW). Paralectotype female with the following data label: Brasilien [handwritten]\ [black rimmed label] Wihm. [?] [handwritten]\ mocsaryi Friese [handwritten] det. [printed] (NMW). The current condition and depository of the paralectotype (s) from Venezuela are unknown.
Type locality: Brazil: Minas Gerais state.
Comment: The lectotype here designated was collected by the French naturalist François Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force, comte de Castelnau (1810–1880). In 1843, the French king Louis Philippe I sent Castelnau with two botanists and a taxidermist on an expedition to cross South America from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) to Lima (Peru), following the watershed between the Amazon and La Plata river systems, and thence to Pará state, northern Brazil (Whitley 1974).
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 231-259 in Zootaxa 4820 (2) on page 234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4397626
Forelius Emery
Creators: name: Ward, P. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Forelius

description: Genus Forelius Emery
These are hyperactive, thermophilic, ground-nesting ants, with two species (F. mccooki and F. pruinosus) in California. Colonies are polygynous, and the workers have conspicuous foraging trails. Some nest series consist of individuals phenotypically intermediate between F mccooki and F pruinosus, indicating the possibility of introgression between the two forms. Taxonomic difficulties with the group have been discussed previously (under “Taxonomic Changes”).
Species identification: key in Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g). Additional references: Cuezzo (2000), Holway et al. (2002), Scheffrahn et al. (1984), Shattuck (1992c), Snelling and George (1979), Yensen et al. (1980).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 26
Ixodes simplex Neumann 1906
Creators: name: Orlova, Maria V.
name: Halliday, Bruce
name: Anisimov, Nikolay V.
name: Kruskop, Sergei V.
name: Lavrenchenko, Leonid A.
name: Mishchenko, Vladimir A.
name: Vyalykh, Ivan V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Ixodidae
Ixodes
Ixodes simplex

description: Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906
Ixodes simplex Neumann, 1906: 197.
Ixodes simplex.— Estrada-Peña et al., 2017: 103.
Material: 1 female, ex male Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838, from Dhati-Welel National Park, 1 February 2014, leg. Sergei V. Kruskop (collection ID ZMMU S-193052).
Distribution: Many countries of Old World; in Africa distributed in Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Ethiopia (this study, new record).
Host species: Many bat species of families Vespertilionidae and Miniopteridae. Rhinolophidae: Rhinolophus landeri (this study, new record).
Non-chiropteran host: human (Péter et al., 2021).
Medical significance: – associated pathogens – Anaplasma phagocytophilum (Hornok et al. 2019), Babesia crassa, Babesia venatorum, Babesia canis, Theileria capreoli, Theileria orientalis, Theileria sp. (Hornok et al. 2016), Mycoplasma spp. (Corduneanu et al. 2023).
description: Published as part of Orlova, Maria V., Halliday, Bruce, Anisimov, Nikolay V., Kruskop, Sergei V., Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., Mishchenko, Vladimir A. & Vyalykh, Ivan V., 2024, New records of ectoparasitic mites on bats in Ethiopia, pp. 150-159 in Ecologica Montenegrina 79 on pages 154-155, DOI: 10.37828/em.2024.79.15, http://zenodo.org/record/14653565
Diorthus cinereus
Creators: name: Gupta, Rajeev
name: Vitali, Francesco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 1. Diorthus cinereus (Fabricius, 1793)
Cerambyx cinereus Fabricius, 1793: 265; Fabricius, 1801: 281; Zimsen, 1964: 166 (HT).
Type locality: India: Tranquebariae (HT); ZMUC.
Cerambyx holosericeus Olivier, 1795: 14, pl. 17, fig. 127 (m. ap.).
Hammaticherus simplex White, 1853b: 130.
Type locality: W. Africa (HT); BMNH.
Cerambyx vernicosus Pascoe, 1859: 19.
Type locality: Sri Lanka: (HT); BMNH.
Pachydissus inclemens Thomson, 1865: 576; Thomson, 1878a: 7 (Type).
Type locality: India (ST); MNHNP.
Neocerambyx sordidus Pascoe, 1888: 491.
Type locality: Laos (HT); BMNH.
Pachydissus (Diorthus) simplex Gahan, 1891: 27, 31 (Distr., Syn.).
Diorthus simplex Gahan, 1896: 451 (Distr.); Gahan, 1906: 133, fig. 51 (♂) (Fauna); Mateu, 1965: 581 (corre).
Diorthus cinereus Aurivillius, 1912: 56 (Cat., m. s.); Lepesme, 1953: 21, pl. VIII, fig. 1 (Fauna); Vinson, 1963: 207 (Fauna); Villiers, 1968: 849 (Distr.); Breuning & Villiers, 1972b: 356 (Distr.); Sama et al., 2005: 129 (Distr.); Sama, 2006b: 176 (Distr.); Adlbauer, 2006: 62, figs 1 (♂) & 2 (♀) (P. n.); Makihara et al., 2008: 100, pl. 1, fig. 8 (♂) (Distr., P. n.); Nga & Long, 2014: 18 (Distr.); Mitra et al., 2015: 5 (Distr.).
Taurotagus brevipennis Mateu, 1963: 429 –440, figs 1–2, pl. I, figs 1–6 (Bio., m. id.).
Diorthus (s. str.) cinereus Gressitt & Rondon, 1970: 71, fig. 14b (Fauna).
Distribution: India (TN: Nagapattinam; Kerala: Karachi; WB; India orientalis), Sri Lanka, North Myanmar, Thailand, Java, Aden, Mauritius, W-Africa, Laos & Ostindien, Bahrain I., Nepal, Pakistan, Iran, Persian, Vietnam (Kon Tum, Gia Lai), Aden, Ivory Coast & United Arab Emirates.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Centris scutellosa Friese 1924
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Centris
Centris scutellosa

description: Centris scutellosa Friese, 1924
Centris fusciventris scutellosa Friese, 1924: 22.
Type data: This species was described from a single male collected in an undetermined locality in Bolivia. Unfortunately, the type specimen was not found during the development of this article. However, in the AMNH there is a female identified by Friese as C. fusciventris scutellosa collected in Guayaquil, Ecuador which corresponds to C. mocsaryi. If the type specimen and the female identified by Friese are conspecific, then C. scutellosa must be a junior synonym of the latter species.
Type locality: Bolivia.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 231-259 in Zootaxa 4820 (2) on page 235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4397626
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) subditum d'Orchymont 1936
Creators: name: Gupta, Devanshu
name: Sonali, Shipra
name: Ghosh, Sujit Kumar
name: Das, Priyanka
name: Jaiswal, Deepa
name: Chandra, Kailash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Coelostoma
Coelostoma subditum

description: Coelostoma (Coelostoma) subditum d’Orchymont, 1936a
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) subditum d’Orchymont, 1936a: 20; Hendrich et al. 2004: 129; Biswas & Mukhopadhyay 1995: 150; Mukhopadhyay & Sengupta 2004: 452; Jia et al. 2017: 119, figs., 12–14; Devi et al. 2017: 7; Ghosh et al. 2018b: 28.
Type locality: Indonesia, Borneo, Pontianak (Jia et al. 2017).
Distribution in India: Odisha (Satkosia and Basipally Wildlife Sanctuary), Manipur (Loktak Lake), and West Bengal (Kolkata).
Global distribution: Borneo, China, India, Indonesia, and Singapore.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, Das, Priyanka, Jaiswal, Deepa & Chandra, Kailash, 2024, A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 5546 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14387438
Supplementary_File_1.xlsx
Creators: name: Madison, Joseph
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310703
subject: Microbial ecology
classificationCode: 310204
subject: Genomics and transcriptomics

description: This study examined the effects of three bacterial probiotics on the skin microbiome and immune expression patterns of Xenopus laevis. The treatment groups included: no probiotic control, individual probiotic exposures, and exposure of a cocktail of all three probiotics combined. Microbial community diversity changes were examined at four time points, to include pre- and post-exposure.
Diorthus sericeus Gardner 1939
Creators: name: Gupta, Rajeev
name: Vitali, Francesco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 2. Diorthus sericeus Gardner, 1939
Diorthus sericeus Gardner, 1939: 2 (P. n.).
Type locality: India: Kerala, Palghat (HT ♂); BMNH. Distribution: India (Kerala: Palghat; TN).
Hoplocerambyx J. Thomson, 1864: 229 (type sp.: Hammaticherus spinicornis Newman, 1842); Haplocerambyx Pic, 1923a: 8 (Unjustified Emedation).
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Centris sericea Friese 1899
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Centris
Centris sericea

description: Centris sericea Friese, 1899
Centris sericea Friese, 1899: 41.
Type data: This species was described based on a single female specimen collected by the German merchant and botanist Carl August Ehrenberg (1801‒1849). Carl dedicated himself to commerce and travelled through Saint Thomas (1827‒1828), Haiti (1828‒1831) and Mexico (1831‒1840). From all those places he sent to the ZMB rich zoological and botanical collections (Papavero & Ibáñez-Bernal 2001), including the specimen studied by Friese to describe this species. The holotype is currently housed at ZMB and it has the following data label: [green label] Mexico. Ehrbrg [handwritten]\ Centris sericea n. sp. ♀ [handwritten] det. Friese 1898 [printed] 11658 [printed] (ZMB).
Type locality: Mexico.
Comments: The type locality cannot be further narrowed down than to Mexico. This species was correctly interpreted by Snelling (1984).
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 231-259 in Zootaxa 4820 (2) on page 235, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4397626
Linepithema Mayr
Creators: name: Ward, P. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2005
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Linepithema

description: Genus Linepithema Mayr
The introduced Argentine ant, L. humile (Mayr), is abundant in many urban and agricultural locations in lowland California, and it has invaded natural habitats along rivers and in some coastal regions. Workers avidly tend plant nectaries and honeydew-producing hemipterans. L. humile aggressively eliminates epigeic (above-ground foraging) native ant species(Ward 1987; Human & Gordon 1996; Holway 1998). Most California populations of L. humile exhibit a unicolonial population structure, in which there is little or no intraspecific aggression, and they have reduced genetic diversity compared to native populations in Argentina (Tsutsui et al. 2000).
Additional references (a sampling only): Buczkowski et al. (2004), Carney et al. (2003), Gordon et al. (2001), Heller (2004), Holway (1999), Holway et al. (1998, 2002), Holway and Suarez (2004), Human and Gordon (1997), Ingram and Gordon (2003), Knight and Rust (1990), Longcore (2003), Newell and Barber (1913), Sanders et al. (2001), Shattuck (1992a, 1992c), Smith (1965), Suarez et al. (1998, 1999, 2001), Tsutsui and Case (2001), Tsutsui et al. (2003), Vega and Rust (2001).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on pages 26-27
The effect of heat transfer on turbine performance
Creators: name: Jardine, Lachlan
name: Miller, Rob
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2019

description: For over 50 years, high-pressure gas turbine blades have been cooled using air bled from the compressor. This cooling results in very high rates of heat transfer, both within the fluid and within the blade. The heat transfer often occurs across large differences in temperature and thus is highly irreversible. It is therefore surprising that little is understood about the effect of this heat transfer on turbine performance. This paper solves this problem by applying a new method known as mechanical work potential, or euergy, analysis. The key consequence of the analysis is that the value placed on all heat, relative to work, becomes set by the Joule (Brayton) cycle efficiency. This means that when heat is transferred locally within a flow, or when viscous reheat occurs, the value of this heat should be set by the Joule cycle efficiency. This paper demonstrates how the new method can be implemented both in the preliminary design systems and in the analysis of conjugate CFD solutions of complex engine representative components. The new method provides the cooling designer with a new way of raising turbine efficiency, a form of recuperation locally in the flow. This method offers the exciting potential to design cooling systems that, when added to a blade profile, actually reduces profile loss by up to 7.3%.
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) vitalisi d'Orchymont 1923
Creators: name: Gupta, Devanshu
name: Sonali, Shipra
name: Ghosh, Sujit Kumar
name: Das, Priyanka
name: Jaiswal, Deepa
name: Chandra, Kailash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydrophilidae
Coelostoma
Coelostoma vitalisi

description: Coelostoma (Coelostoma) vitalisi d’Orchymont, 1923b
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) vitalisi d’Orchymont, 1923b: 418; Hansen 1999a: 247; Hebauer 2002a: 32; Hendrich et al. 2004: 129; Fikáček et al. 2015c: 63; Jia et al. 2017: 117; Sheth et al. 2020: 17, fig. 7A–K; Ghosh et al. 2021: 617; Ghosh 2022: 488; Ghosh & Gupta 2022: 114; Przewoźny 2022: 29; Deb et al. 2023: 24047.
Type locality: Indonesia, Sumatra, Medan (Hansen 1999a).
Distribution in India: Assam (Kaziranga), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Great Nicobar), Bihar, Chhattisgarh (Barway), Himachal Pradesh (Kangra, Dharamshala, Gaggal), Jharkhand (Mandar), Kerala (Kozhikode), Maharashtra, Odisha (Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary), and Uttarakhand (Dehradun).
Global distribution: Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, Das, Priyanka, Jaiswal, Deepa & Chandra, Kailash, 2024, A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 5546 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14387438
Hoplocerambyx spinicornis
Creators: name: Gupta, Rajeev
name: Vitali, Francesco
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy

description: 1. Hoplocerambyx spinicornis (Newman, 1842)
Hammaticherus spinicornis Newman, 1842a: 245; White, 1853b: 129.
Type locality: Philippines: Luzon, Manilla (HT); BMNH.
Cerambyx? morosus Pascoe, 1857b: 92.
Type locality: Borneo (HT); BMNH.
Hoplocerambyx spinicornis Thomson, 1864: 230 (désg.); Gahan, 1906: 131, fig. 50 (♂) (Fauna); Gardner, 1925: 92, figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11a–c, 13, 16–17, 26–27, 29–30; Gressitt, 1959: 91 (Fauna); Duffy, 1968: 89, figs 44–49; Gressitt & Rondon, 1970: 70, fig. 14a (Fauna); Hayashi & Makihara, 1981: 188, fig. 13 (Distr.); Hayashi, 1981: 7 (Distr.); Hüdepohl, 1990a: 65, fig. 14 (♂) (Distr.); Niisato, 1990: 112 (Distr., m. s.); Hua, 2002: 211 (Cat., P. n.); Weigel, 2006: 498 (Distr.); Weigel, 2012: 407, pl. XXVI, fig. a (Distr.); Kumawat et al., 2015: 7895 (c. l); Mitra et al., 2015: 5 (Distr.); Majumder et al., 2015: 8244, Tab. 1, (Distr.).
Hoplocerambyx relictus Pascoe, 1866d: 528.
Type locality: Singapore (HT ♀); BMNH.
Hoplocerambyx morosus Pascoe, 1869b: 515 (Distr.).
Type locality: Borneo (HT); BMNH.
Haplocerambyx minor Pic, 1923a: 8 (m. s.).
Type locality: Vietnam: Tonkin (HT); MNHNP.
Hoplocerambyx spinicornis var. minor Pic, 1946f: 107.
Distribution: India (UP: Allahabad, Terai Forest; Assam; AR; WB; Madhya Pradesh), Nepal; Tenasserim: Thagata; South Afghanistan; Penang; Singapore; Sumatra; Borneo; Philippines Is., Laos, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sunda I. & China: Taiwan.
Margites Gahan, 1906: 137 (type sp.: Cerambyx egenus Pascoe, 1858); Original name is Pachydissus (Margites) Gahan 1891: 26.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on pages 30-31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Centris abdominalis Friese 1899
Creators: name: Vivallo, Felipe
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Centris
Centris abdominalis

description: Centris abdominalis Friese, 1899 Nom. rev.
Centris agilis abdominalis Friese, 1899: 45.
Type data: This species was described from a series composed by four females collected in Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico. According to the original description, two specimens are housed at MNHP, while the others are in the NMW. Only one of the syntypes mentioned by Friese (1899) was found in the MNHP being here designated the lectotype. The specimen was collected by the French zoologist Marie Firmin Bocourt (1819–1904) who collaborated with his colleague Auguste Duméril (1812–1870) on a series of articles called “Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans l’Amérique Centrale”, a result of Bocourt’s scientific expedition to Mexico and Central America in 1864–66. The lectotype has the following data label: [black rimmed margin] Museum Paris Hte - Vera Paz Bocourt 188-66 [printed]\ Type. [handwritten]\ [circular label] 188 66 [handwritten]\ Centris agilis abdominalis ♀ Friese [handwrit-ten] det. Friese 1898 [printed] \ [red label] Holotype [printed] (MNHP).
Type locality: Friese (1899) mentioned that the specimens he studied were from Venezuela, Brazil (Piauhy = Piauí) and Mexico (Vera Cruz = Veracruz). Nevertheless, the specimen found at MNHP bears a label “Hte Vera Paz” (= Haute Vera Paz). This locality is actually in Guatemala, not in Mexico, so the type locality is different from that cited by him.
Comment: This species appeared as junior synonym of C. agilis Smith, 1874 in the monograph of Centris published by Friese (1901). Contrary to Friese’s interpretation, both species are different, even belonging to different subgenera. The clypeal disc in C. agilis is convex, while in C. abdominalis is flat (lateral view). The basitibial plates are broadly rounded in C. agilis, while in C. abdominalis are relatively lanceolate. In addition, the dorsal surface of the first tergum is relatively smooth and glabrous in C. agilis, while in C. abdominalis has fine punctation and long and dense yellow pubescence.
description: Published as part of Vivallo, Felipe, 2020, Species of the bee genus Centris Fabricius, 1804 described by Heinrich Friese (Hymenoptera: Apidae), pp. 231-259 in Zootaxa 4820 (2) on pages 233-234, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4397626
Liometopum Mayr
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Liometopum

description: Genus Liometopum Mayr
This genus is represented in California by two species, both widespread. These ants have populous colonies that inhabit the trunks of large living trees, especially those of oak and pine. L. occidentale Emery tends to be associated with deciduous trees, while L. luctuosum Wheeler is found most frequently in conifers. The workers forage in large files and are generalist scavengers and predators, as well as active tenders of aphids and scale insects.
Species identification: key in Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g). Additional references: Disney (1982), Gulmahamad (1995), Kistner et al. (2002), Shapley (1920), Snelling and George (1979), Wheeler (1905h).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 27
Margites minutulus Holzschuh 2008
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description: 1. Margites minutulus Holzschuh, 2008
Margites minutulus Holzschuh, 2007: 200, fig. 18 (HT ♂) (n. n.); Holzschuh, 2008: 239, fig. 61 (HT ♂) (corre.). Type locality: India: KA, 20 km SE Sagar (HT ♂); CCH.
Distribution: India (KA: Sagar).
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Margites modicus Gahan 1906
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description: 2. Margites modicus Gahan, 1906
Margites modicus Gahan, 1906: 138 (Fauna); Weigel, 2006: 498 (Distr.) Type locality: India: TN, Nilghiri Hills (ST ♂, ♀), BMNH. Distribution: India (TN: Nilgiri Hills, MH: Visapor) & Nepal.
Massicus Pascoe, 1867a: 319 (n. nom. pro Conothorax J. Thomson, 1864: 230) (type sp.: Cerambyx pascoei J. Thomson, 1857); (pre-occupied by Conothorax Jekel, 1854, Coleoptera); Falsomassicus Pic, 1946b: 7 (type sp.: Falsomassicus theresae Pic, 1946); Mallambyx Bates, 1873 (type sp.: Pachydissus (Mallambyx) japonicus Bates, 1873).
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) vividum d'Orchymont 1936
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name: Sonali, Shipra
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name: Das, Priyanka
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Coelostoma vividum

description: Coelostoma (Coelostoma) vividum d’Orchymont, 1936a
Coelostoma (Coelostoma) vividum d’Orchymont, 1936a: 28; Hansen 1999a: 248; Fikáček et al. 2015c: 63; Jia et al. 2017: 117; Sheth et al. 2020: 19, fig. 8A–K; Przewoźny 2022: 29.
Type locality: Indonesia, Bengealis (Sheth et al. 2020).
Distribution in India: Assam (Kaziranga), Meghalaya (West Garo Hills), and West Bengal.
Global distribution: Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Nepal, India, Indonesia and Pakistan.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, Das, Priyanka, Jaiswal, Deepa & Chandra, Kailash, 2024, A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 5546 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14387438
Tapinoma Foerster
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Tapinoma

description: Genus Tapinoma Foerster
T. melanocephalum (Fabricius) is an introduced species, not definitively established in the state. T. sessile (Say) is a very common ant, found in almost all habitats in California except deserts and areas invaded by Linepithema humile. T. sessile shows substantial variation in size and color. At scattered locations in California a bicolored (orange and black) form of T. sessile occurs sympatrically with the typical unicolored dark brown/black morph. Workers of intermediate color have also been observed, suggesting that the two forms are conspecific. An alternative interpretation is that there are two species which occasionally exchange genes, perhaps analogous to the situation between Forelius mccooki and F. pruinosus and between Dorymyrmex bicolor and D. insanus.
Species identification: key in Creighton (1950a). Additional references: Meissner and Silverman (2001), Smith (1965), Wang and Brook (1970).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 27
Technomyrmex Mayr
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Technomyrmex

description: Genus Technomyrmex Mayr
This genus is represented by a single introduced species in the T. albipes complex, which occasionally establishes residence in hothouses (e.g., in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco). The group is under taxonomic revision by Barry Bolton (pers. comm.). References: Deyrup(1991), Ogata et al. (1996), Smith (1965), Tsuji et al. (1991), Yamauchi et al. (1991).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 28
(Holocoelostoma) Mouchamps 1958
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description: Subgenus Holocoelostoma Mouchamps, 1958
Holocoelostoma Mouchamps, 1958: 3 (Type species: Hydrobius stultus Walker, 1858).
description: Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, Das, Priyanka, Jaiswal, Deepa & Chandra, Kailash, 2024, A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 5546 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14387438
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier
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Neivamyrmex

description: Genus Neivamyrmex Borgmeier
This is the only genus of army ants found in California. These are nomadic, predacious ants that engage in group foraging. Workers are usually active at night, and often forage below the soil surface. Other ant species (both adults and brood) appear to be the principal prey items of Neivamyrmex, although the habits of the smaller, subterranean species are not well known.
Species identification: Snelling and Snelling (2005). Additional references: Borgmeier(1955), Gotwald (1995), Snelling and George (1979), Ward (1999), Watkins (1972, 1976, 1977b, 1985), Wheeler and Wheeler (1984a, 1986g).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 28
Brachymyrmex Mayr
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Brachymyrmex

description: Genus Brachymyrmex Mayr
The name B. depilis Emery is provisionally attached to the single species of Brachymyrmex that occurs in California. It is widespread but infrequently encountered, in part because of its small size and inconspicuous foraging behavior. This is a ground-nesting species, recorded in California from sea level to ~1900m. References: Creighton (1950a), Page (1982), Smith (1979), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g), Yensen et al. (1980).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 28
Camponotus Mayr
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Camponotus

description: Genus Camponotus Mayr
Species of Camponotus (carpenter ants) are found in almost all terrestrial habitats of California, and include both ground-nesting and arboreal species. The workers are generalist scavengers and predators, and are most active at dusk and at night. Identification of the California species can be difficult. The keys cited below do not cover all of the species in this state, several of which are undescribed. The images on AntWeb provide additional assistance in identification. See also the description of Camponotus maritimus above (under “Taxonomic Changes”).
Species identification: keys in Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g) and Mackay and Mackay (2002). Additional references: Brady et al. (2000), Chen et al., (2002), Creighton and Snelling (1967), Degnan et al. (2004), Gadau et al. (1999), Hansen and Akre (1985), MacArthur(2005), Sameshima et al. (1999), Sauer et al. (2000), Smith (1979), Snelling (1968b, 1970, 1988).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on pages 28-29
Coelostoma (Holocoelostoma) bhutanicum Jayaswal 1972
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Coelostoma bhutanicum

description: Coelostoma (Holocoelostoma) bhutanicum Jayaswal, 1972
Coelostoma (Holocoelostoma) bhutanicum Jayaswal, 1972b: 409; Hansen 1999a: 248; Hebauer 2002a: 28; Hansen 2004: 61; Fikáček et al. 2015c: 63; Sheth et al. 2020: 21, fig. 9A–K; Przewoźny 2022: 29; Shankar et al. 2024: 460.
Coelostoma bhutanicum: Liu et al. 2021a: 52; Liu et al. 2021b: 306.
Type locality: Bhutan, Gnaga Lakha (Hansen 1999a).
Distribution in India: Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan (Alwar), Kerala (Cardamon Hills), Meghalaya (West Garo Hills), and Uttarakahnd (Nainital).
Global distribution: Bhutan, India, Japan, Nepal and Taiwan.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, Das, Priyanka, Jaiswal, Deepa & Chandra, Kailash, 2024, A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 5546 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14387438
Massicus pascoei (Thomson, 1857) Cerambyx Pascoei Thomson 1857
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description: 1. Massicus pascoei (Thomson, 1857) Cerambyx Pascoei Thomson, 1857b: 122. Type locality: India (ST); MNHNP.
Conothorax pascoei Thomson, 1864: 230. Distribution: India & Malaysia.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Massicus unicolor Gahan 1906
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description: 2. Massicus unicolor Gahan, 1906
Massicus unicolor Gahan, 1906: 130 (Fauna); Hüdepohl, 1994: 189 (Syn.) Type locality: India: Arunachal-Pradesh, Patkai Mts. (HT ♂); BMNH. Massicus von roseni Tippmann, 1949: 293, pl. VI (HT ♂).
Type locality: Myanmar: Birmania, Palaing, S. S. S. (HT ♂); NMNH. Massicus vonroseni Lingafelter et al., 2014: 346, fig. 184 e (HT). Distribution: India (Assam: Patkai Mts.) & Myanmar: Palaing.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 31, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Formica Linnaeus
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Formica

description: Genus Formica Linnaeus
In California the members of this genus are most prevalent in montane habitats, although a few species occur in drier, low elevation sites. Formica species are ground-nesting ants with generalist foraging habits. Francoeur’s (1973) authoritative revision of the Formica fusca-group allows the species in that group to be relatively easily identified. Taxonomic difficulties still plague the Formica rufa-group, which contains most of the remaining species in California.
Species identification: keys in Francoeur (1973), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g), Snelling and Buren (1985) and Mackay and Mackay (2002). Additional references: Agosti (1994b), Agosti and Bolton (1990b), Buren (1968a), Cole (1956d, 1956f, 1956g), Creighton(1940a, 1950a), Dlussky (1967), Francoeur and Snelling (1979), Gösswald (1989, 1990), Savolainen (1998), Smith (1979), Trager et al. (2005), Wilson and Brown (1955).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 29
Antimicrobial Peptides - An Emerging Alternative
Creators: name: Snigdha Shrivastava1, Pooja Dixit1, A.K. Dixit2 and Baleshwari Dixit3
Publisher: name: The Science world a Monthly e magazine
Year: 2024

description: The use of antimicrobials in animals as therapeutic, metaphylactic, prophylactic, and as growth promoter agents had started centuries back to enhance food production. Later on, due to extensive use of these antibacterials had led to emergence of resistance in bacteria.  Antimicrobial peptides have received a great amount of attention due to their broad spectrum of antimicrobial activity against various microorganisms such as fungi, viruses, and bacteria in both veterinary and human pathogens, rapid killing activities, less toxicity, and cell selectivity. They are constituted of short-chain amino acids which are amphiphilic, and positively charged which allows them to bind and penetrate the bacterial membrane bilayer to induce pores causing intracellular leakage whereas some AMPs work by targeting intracellular components like inhibition of cell wall, nucleic acid and protein synthesis, and restriction of their enzymatic activity. The antimicrobial aspects of AMPs is that they are effective against multidrug- resistant pathogens, and compared to conventional antibiotics, they kill pathogens extremely fast, using multiple bacterial targets. The tracheal AMP (TAP) has been reported to have bactericidal activity against the pneumonia causing pathogens in cattle, such as Mannheimia haemolytica, Histophilus somni, and Pasteurella multocida. Likewise, many peptides are well known to possess antifungal, antiviral activity and some are proven to be good growth promoters when included in the diet of animals. AMPs account for worldwide research minefield, studies for the detection of new AMPs from various sources are increasingly continuing, as these are unique molecules that are proven to be promising candidates to treat multi drug resistant organisms.
Coelostoma (Holocoelostoma) stultum Walker 1858
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name: Sonali, Shipra
name: Ghosh, Sujit Kumar
name: Das, Priyanka
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Coelostoma
Coelostoma stultum

description: Coelostoma (Holocoelostoma) stultum Walker, 1858
Hydrobius stultus Walker, 1858: 209.
Cyclonotum simplex Sharp, 1874: 419.
Coelostoma sulcatum Pu, 1963: 81.
Coelostoma stultum: Zaitzev 1908a: 404; d’Orchymont 1922: 625; Vazirani 1953: 426; Kazmi & Ramamurthy 2004: 1447; Mukhopadhyay & Sengupta 2003: 37; Mukhopadhyay 2010: 327; Mukhopadhyay 2015: 387; Liu et al. 2021b: 306; Sonali et al. 2022: 342.
Coelostoma (Holocoelostoma) stultum: d’Orchymont 1923a: 2; Mouchamps 1958: 3; Satô 1972b: 51; Satô 1979: 49; Hansen 1999a: 248; Hebauer 2002a: 31; Fikáček et al. 2015c: 63; Jia et al. 2017: 117; Sheth et al. 2020: 21, fig. 9A–K; Przewoźny, 2022: 29.
Type locality: Sri Lanka [‘Ceylon”] (Sheth et al. 2020).
Distribution in India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Assam (Dibrugarh, Kaziranga), Bihar, Goa (Margao), Meghalaya (West Garo Hills), Rajasthan (Jodhpur, Kailana Lake, Bharatpur, Keoladeo National Park), Sikkim (Mangan, Ranipool), Uttarakhand (Bageshwar), Uttar Pradesh (Rampur, Mirzapur, Fatehpur Sikiri), and Tamil Nadu.
Global distribution: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mascarene Islands, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and Vietnam.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, Das, Priyanka, Jaiswal, Deepa & Chandra, Kailash, 2024, A Catalogue of Indian Hydrophiloidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 1-92 in Zootaxa 5546 (1) on pages 47-48, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5546.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14387438
Massicus trilineatus
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description: 3. Massicus trilineatus (Pic, 1933) Dymasius trilineatus Pic, 1933b: 12.
Type locality: Vietnam: Tonkin (HT); MNHNP.
Mallambyx fasciatus Matsushita, 1933: 243, pl. II, fig. 14.
Type locality: Taïwan: Central Formosa, Nantou Hsien (HT ♂); EIHU.
Massicus trilineatus Gressitt & Rondon, 1970: 59, fig. 12b (Fauna); Makihara & Niisato, 1986: 1, fig. 1 A (♀), 2 A (Distr.); Yu, Nara & Chu, 2002: 87. pl. 8, figs 6a (♂) & 6b (♂) (Fauna); Weigel, 2012: 407, pl. XXVI, fig. c (Distr.); Weigel et al., 2013: 73, pl. 6, fig. g (Distr., P. n.); Makihara & Niisato, 2014: 29, figs 2 (HT ♂ of Mallambyx fasciatus Matsushita, 1933), 13–17, 19, 21–32 (Distr., Syn.).
Massicus fasciatus Makihara & Niisato, 1986: 2, figs 1B (♀), 2B.
Massicus trilineatus fasciatus Gressitt & Rondon, 1970: 59, (comb. n., status n.); Hua, 2002: 214 (Cat.); Danilevsky, 2014: 208 (Corre.).
Massicus trilineatus trilineatus Hua, 2002: 214 (Cat., P. n.); Danilevsky, 2014: 208 (Corre.).
Distribution: India (AR), Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam: Tonkin; China: Fujian, Jiangxi, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan & Taiwan.
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on pages 31-32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Lasius Fabricius
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Lasius

description: Genus Lasius Fabricius
These ground-nesting ants also tend to prefer cooler habitats at middle to high elevations. Workers are generalized scavengers and often tend hemipterans. Species in the subgenera Acanthomyops and Chthonolasius are temporary social parasites on other Lasius species. Species of Acanthomyops were previously considered to represent a different genus, but are now known to be phylogenetically nested within Lasius (see above under “Taxonomic Changes”).
Species identification: keys in Wilson (1955a), Wing (1968) (Acanthomyops), and Mackay and Mackay (2002). Additional references: Agosti and Bolton (1990b), Cole (1956a, 1958a), Hasegawa (1998), Janda et al. (2004), MacKay (1998), Savolainen (2002), Seifert (1988a, 1992b), Umphrey and Danzmann (1998), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 29
Massicus venustus
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description: 4. Massicus venustus (Pascoe, 1859)
Cerambyx venustus Pascoe, 1859: 19.
Type locality: Sri Lanka (ST ♂ & ♀); BMNH.
Massicus venustus Gahan, 1906: 130 (Fauna); Gardner, 1939: 13 (Syn.); Makihara et al., 2008: 100 (Distr.).
Hoplocerambyx cicatricosus Gardner, 1926: 198; Hua, 1979: 111, 113, figs 3 (♂), 4 (♀) (Distr., m. s.); Hua, 2002: 211 (Cat., P. n.).
Type locality: India: KA, Canara (HT ♀); FRI.
Distribution: India (KA: Kanara; MH), China: Hainan & Sri Lanka.
Microdymasius Pic, 1946d: 110 (type specie: Dymasius angustatus Pic, 1925)
description: Published as part of Gupta, Rajeev & Vitali, Francesco, 2017, The checklist of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from India, pp. 1-317 in Zootaxa 4345 (1) on page 32, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4345.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1044137
Myrmecocystus Wesmael
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Myrmecocystus

description: Genus Myrmecocystus Wesmael
These are the well-known “honeypot ants”, whose colonies include a subgroup of specialized workers (repletes) devoted to storage of liquid food in their swollen abdomens. Species of Myrmecocytus are restricted to the western United States and northern Mexico and are found primarily in desert habitats. Snelling’s (1976) landmark revision of the genus also contains much useful biological information.
Species identification: keys in Snelling (1976, 1982b). Additional references: Diniz-Filho and Fowler (1998), Duncan and Lighton (1994a, 1994b), Hölldobler (1976b, 1986), Kay and Whitford (1978), Kronauer et al. (2003, 2004), Lloyd et al. (1989), Rissing (1984), Snelling (1969b, 1971a), Snelling and George (1979), Smith (1979), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on pages 29-30
Paratrechina Motschoulsky
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Paratrechina

description: Genus Paratrechina Motschoulsky
These ground-dwelling ants are infrequently encountered in natural habitats of California, except P. hystrix Trager, a desert species. P. vividula (Nylander) is common in many urban locations, and behaves like an introduced species, although it is assumed to be native to Mexico (Trager 1984b). A second tramp species, P. longicornis (Latreille), of Old World origin, is established at some locations in southern California.
Species identification: keys in Trager (1984). Additional references: Creighton (1950a), MacKay (1998), Smith (1965), Saporito et al. (2004), Wetterer et al. (1999).
description: Published as part of Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 936 on page 30