cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Colophon deschodti Jacobs & Scholtz, new species
Creators: name: Jacobs, Carmen T.
name: Scholtz, Clarke H.
name: Strümpher, Werner P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Colophon
Colophon deschodti

description: Colophon deschodti Jacobs & Scholtz, new species
(Fig 4 a–c; Table 1)
Type material. Holotype (1♂: ISAM).
Diagnosis. Colophon deschodti is distinguished from other members in the group by the shape of the mentum, which is clearly divided into two projecting tubercles or ridges. Colophon deschodti lacks any tubercles on the head, but bears a median point on anterior margin of the head.
Holotype description. Colour: Black. Size: length 20.5 mm, pronotal width 10.4 mm, mandible length: 3.28 mm. Head: With a distinct anterior margin, which is concave with a median point and a strong oblique ridge over the eye, no tubercles present (Table 1). Mandible: Apex of mandible deeply impressed on upper surface as in C. stokoei, but with the tooth on the inner basal margin rounded and nearly obsolete (Table 1). Mentum: Anterior surface with two projecting ridges, causing it to appear distinctly bifid in front ventral view (Table 1). Legs: As in C. struempheri (Fig. 4 c). Male genitalia: As in C. stokoei.
Distribution. Hottentots Holland Mountains, Western Cape Province.
Etymology. This species is named after Christian Deschodt in recognition of his contribution to the study of Colophon.
description: Published as part of Jacobs, Carmen T., Scholtz, Clarke H. & Strümpher, Werner P., 2015, Taxonomy of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): new species and a status change, pp. 135-142 in Zootaxa 4057 (1) on pages 140-141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/233231
Bradyporus (Callimenus) conophallus Unal 2011
Creators: name: Ünal, Mustafa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Bradyporus
Bradyporus conophallus

description: Bradyporus (Callimenus) conophallus Ünal, 2011
(Figs. 16, 16 a, 32, 32a, 32b, 48, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 189–192, 195, 206–207) http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:461543
Callimenus dilatatus (Stal, 1876): Karaca et al., 2006: 50.
Bradyporus (Callimenus) conophallus sp. n.: Ünal 2011: 7, 8, 23.
Type locality. Turkey: Isparta, N. of Eğirdir Gölü, Senirkent-Yalvaç yolu, Şuhut Kavşağı. Holotype male (AİBÜEM).
Material examined. Turkey: Isparta, Keçiborlu, Uluborlu Kavşağı, 38.00.402 N, 30.17.108 E, 1095 m, 13.7.2011, 5 males (leg. M. Ünal); Isparta, Senirkent, Şuhut yolu kavşağı, 38.12.843 N, 30.41. 865 E, 1080 m, 9.7.2015, 5 males (leg. M. Ünal); Afyonkarahisar, Tatarlı-Karadilli, 38.15.854 N, 30.30.969 E, 1080–1185 m, in several locations, 9.7.2015, 18 males, 2 females (leg. M. Ünal); Afyonkarahisar, Şuhut yolu, Dağ Geçidi, 1335 m, 7.7.2015, 6 males, 1 female (leg. M. Ünal) (AİBÜEM).
Distribution. (Fig. 195). S. W. Turkey: Isparta and Afyonkarahisar provinces. Isparta: Eğirdir (Karaca et al. 2006); Isparta: N. of Eğirdir Gölü, Senirkent-Yalvaç yolu, Karakuş Dağı, Şuhut, Uzunpınar-Karadilli, Keçiborlu, Afyonkarahisar: Çay-Sultandağı (Ünal 2011); Isparta: Keçiborlu, Afyonkarahisar, Tatarlı-Karadilli, Afyonkarahisar, Şuhut road.
Measurements (mm). Length of body: male 46–47, female 47.1; pronotum: male 17.3–18.9, female 13.3; hind femur: male 17.3–18.2, female 18.5; ovipositor: 12.2 (Ünal 2011).
Remarks. Some males have titillator with more slender and elongated apical arms even in the same population such as Dağ Geçidi and Tatarlı (Fig. 32 b).
This species has not been assessed for the IUCN Red List (2016–3). The population densities are high in the collected localities. It has been found from several more locations. But, its distribution area is quite restricted. It should be in “Near Threatened” status in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
description: Published as part of Ünal, Mustafa, 2017, Revision of the genus Bradyporus Charpentier, 1825 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae), pp. 491-528 in Zootaxa 4272 (4) on pages 521-522, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4272.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/801028
BANK-BASED VS MARKET-BASED FINANCE: ASSESSING THE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN CAMEROON
Creators: name: Zedou, Abdala
name: Ali, Zarma
Publisher: name: continental
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cameroon, banks, markets, finance, economic growth, bank-based finance, market-based finance, Beck methodology, OLS techniques, financial market.

description: This paper examines the relationship between bank-based and market-based finance in Cameroon and their relative importance in promoting economic growth. Using data from 2010-2020, the study applies the Beck (2010) methodology and OLS techniques to analyze the impact of finance on economic growth. The results indicate that banks have a negative impact on growth, while markets are not significant. However, banks and markets complement each other to foster growth. The findings suggest that Cameroon could improve the functioning of its financial market to unlock the potential of finance to positively impact economic growth. This study contributes to the literature on the role of finance in developing economies and offers insights for policymakers seeking to enhance economic growth in Cameroon.
Colophon nagaii Mizukami 1996, new status
Creators: name: Jacobs, Carmen T.
name: Scholtz, Clarke H.
name: Strümpher, Werner P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lucanidae
Colophon
Colophon nagaii

description: Colophon nagaii Mizukami, 1996, and Colophon eastmani Barnard, 1932, new status
Colophon eastmani eastmani Barnard, 1932: 174 Colophon eastmani nagaii Mizukami, 1996: 22
Comment. Colophon eastmani and C. nagaii are localised on mountain peaks of the same chain (Langeberg Mountains) about 30 km apart with no suitable habitat between. Although morphological differences between the two taxa are slight, albeit distinct, genetic distance between them is significant (pairwise distance of 9.6% for CO1; and in the same order, 8.1–10.7%, for well-defined related species (Switala et al. 2014). Consequently, we elevate C. eastmani nagaii to species level, as C. nagaii and C. eastmani eastmani to species level, as C. eastmani.
description: Published as part of Jacobs, Carmen T., Scholtz, Clarke H. & Strümpher, Werner P., 2015, Taxonomy of Colophon Gray (Coleoptera: Lucanidae): new species and a status change, pp. 135-142 in Zootaxa 4057 (1) on page 141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4057.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/233231
Trifida Thapa et Sohi 1986
Creators: name: Huang, Min
name: Kang, Juxia
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Trifida

description: Trifida Thapa et Sohi, 1986
Trifida Thapa et Sohi, 1986:57
Type species: Trifida quadripunctata Thapa et Sohi, 1986
Head a little narrower than pronotum with length along midline slightly greater than distance between eyes, but 3/5 time to middle length of pronotum (Figs 9–12). Forewing with brown spot at apex of cu cell (Figs 3, 4, 33). Hind wing with CuA” separate from MP"+CuA' distally, anal veins fused and av extended to c (Fig.34).
Abdominal apodemes reaching 4th or 5th abdominal sternite. Pygofer with dorsal V-shaped sclerotization articulating with variform process on side (Figs 22–23, 26, 31, 38). Subgenital plate longer than pygofer, nearly triangular, broad basically and narrowed apically with lateral tooth-like protrusion at about apical 1/3 and several microsetae along outer and apical margins (Figs 20, 27, 32, 39). Paramere long with subapical protrusion simple (Figs 19, 25, 30, 37). Connective short, caudal end fused with aedeagus, anterior arms widely separated. Aedeagal shaft bipartite with symmetrical appendages; dorsal apodeme and process developed, process with apical part narrowed and termination bicornate and hooked; gonopore subapical (Figs 17–18, 24–25, 28–29, 35–36).
Distribution. Oriental Region.
description: Published as part of Huang, Min, Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 593-599 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on pages 593-594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1455371
Araneae
Creators: name: Grimaldi, David A.
name: Sunderlin, David
name: Aaroe, Georgene A.
name: Dempsky, Michelle R.
name: Parker, Nancy E.
name: Tillery, George Q.
name: White, Jaclyn G.
name: Barden, Phillip
name: Nascimbene, Paul C.
name: Williams, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae

description: ARANEAE (SPIDERS)
Figures 5 A−F, 7E
Three pieces contain the remains of spiders, none of which could be identified to family level. AMNH WH-3B is a small (0.80 mm body length), complete juvenile lying next to a male chironomid, the cuticle of which is mostly cleared but with some decayed internal tissue visible (fig. 7D). AMNH LC-D7 (0.84 mm) is a different taxon, having considerably longer legs, which are folded and cover the ventral surface of the cephalothorax (fig. 5F). The entire dorsum and a portion of the anterior end of the spider are obscured by a dark mass; the opisthosoma is shriveled. AMNH LC-B3a, b is in two sections (A, B), both from the same piece, each containing a distinctive mesh of fibers that form a rounded structure some 5 mm in diameter (figs. 5A−E). The individual, fine strands are uniform in thickness, many of them woven and cabled into thick fibers, all interconnected into a mesh lying in several concentric layers. The interior of the rounded structure is empty. This is clearly the silken cocoon of a terrestrial arthropod, probably that of a spider. Many spiders form spherical cocoons around their egg masses (which they may carry or suspend from a web), or hemispherical ones (woven to a substrate), and the structure of the fossil silk strands conforms to that of spiders. No remains of eggs or spiderlings occur in the cocoon. Fossilized spider egg sacs are exceptionally rare, even in amber from prolific deposits.
The fossil record of spiders extends to the Devonian and has been reviewed several times (e.g., Selden et al., 2009; Selden and Penney, 2010; Dunlop et al., 2018). Spiders are abundant and very diverse in the major amber deposits of the world, from the Early Cretaceous to the Miocene, allowing conclusions that many (most?) modern families are Cretaceous in origin, and that spiders were hardly affected by the end-Cretaceous extinctions, at least at higher-taxon (e.g., family) levels (Penney et al., 2003).
description: Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C. & Williams, Christopher J., 2018, Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska, pp. 1-37 in American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908) on page 19, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598569
Blattodea
Creators: name: Grimaldi, David A.
name: Sunderlin, David
name: Aaroe, Georgene A.
name: Dempsky, Michelle R.
name: Parker, Nancy E.
name: Tillery, George Q.
name: White, Jaclyn G.
name: Barden, Phillip
name: Nascimbene, Paul C.
name: Williams, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Blattodea

description: BLATTODEA (COCKROACHES)
Figure 7A
Two pieces of amber, AMNH WH-12 and AMNH WH-11, contain fragmentary remains of small roaches, probably nymphs. WH-12 contains a portion of one leg: apical portion of the femur and the entire tibia and tarsus. The tibia has 18 spinelike setae (including a pair of apical tibial spurs), in roughly four longitudinal rows. WH-11 contains portions of three legs and an antenna, all very dark and surrounded by a dark reddish “halo” of pyritization/oxidation. One leg is preserved as a portion of a femur; the tarsi and portions of the tibia are preserved for the other two legs. Approximately 30 filiform flagellomeres are preserved; the basal ones short (lengths about twice the width), gradually increasing in length distad to about five times the width. Leg segments of WH-11 are shorter than in WH-12, and tarsomere four has a long ventral lobe. Thus, there appears to be two taxa of roaches. Though these specimens cannot be identified to family or superfamily, they are clearly Blattodea based on the antennal structure and the tibial spines, which further have minute serrations on the ventral margin.
The fossil record and natural history of roaches are reviewed by Grimaldi and Engel (2005). The natural distribution of Blattodea worldwide is almost entirely tropical to warm temperate; pest species reach higher latitudes in association with human habitations. Of the 69 species of roaches in North America, 24 are introduced from other regions, and only three native species (Parcoblatta pensylvanica, P. uhleriana, and P. virginica) have distributions that extend into southernmost Ontario and Québec (Vickery and McKevan, 1985; Atkinson et al., 1991). The roaches are the most obvious example in Chickaloon amber of a taxon that has retreated from high northern latitudes.
description: Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C. & Williams, Christopher J., 2018, Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska, pp. 1-37 in American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908) on page 20, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598569
Trifida Dworakowska
Creators: name: Huang, Min
name: Kang, Juxia
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Trifida

description: Key to species of the genus Trifida Dworakowska (male)
1. Aedeagal shafts slender in lateral view, each with 2 apical appendages directed dorsad and subapical one extended ventrad (Fig.17)............................................................. T. quadripunctata Thapa et Sohi rec. nov.
- Aedeagal shafts broadened in lateral view with appendages subapical or medial and directed ventrad................... 2
2. Aedeagal shafts strongly divergent from dorsal apodeme in lateral view, each with> 3 short tooth-like projections near middle length.......................................................................... T melichari (Distant,1908)
- Aedeagal shafts only slightly divergent from dorsal apodeme in lateral view with 1–2 longer medial or preapical processes. 3
3. Extensions of aedeagal shaft well separated from each other (Fig.35)............................. T. elongata sp. nov.
- Extensions of aedeagal shaft connected basally..............................................................4
4. Apex of dorsal apodeme slender in posterior view (Fig.25)...................................... T. eleganta sp. nov.
- Apex of dorsal apodeme broadened in posterior view (Fig.29).................................... T. robusta sp.nov.
description: Published as part of Huang, Min, Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 593-599 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1455371
Echiniscus viridis
Creators: name: Fontoura, Paulo
name: Pilato, Giovanni
name: Lisi, Oscar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Echiniscus
Echiniscus viridis

description: Key to adult specimens of the species of the Echiniscus viridis group
1. Whole body green; median plate 3 absent; the corresponding area may be ornamented or smooth; terminal plate unfaceted; internal claws with a spur............................................................................... 2
- Cephalic portion not green; median plate 3 present; terminal plate faceted; cuticle without dark tubercles, claws without spurs.......................................................................................... E. rufoviridis
2. Plate ornamentation with extremely fine and dense dots and large light patches, but without dark tubercles. Cirrus A long about a third of the body length.................................................................... E. viridissimus
- Plate ornamentation with dark tubercles, very fine and dense dots and very fine light spots........................... 3
3. Area between paired plates III and terminal plate smooth; pointed clavae..................... E. clavispinosus sp. nov.
- Area between paired plates III and terminal plate sculptured; clavae with rounded apices........................... 4
4. Distance between the dark tubercles equal to or greater than the diameter of the tubercles..................... E. viridis
- Distance between the dark tubercles less than the diameter of the tubercles........................................ 5
5. Cirrus A shorter than the scapular plate........................................................... E. viridianus
- Cirrus A clearly longer than the scapular plate...................................................... E. perviridis
description: Published as part of Fontoura, Paulo, Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2011, Tardigrada from Santo Antão Island (Archipelago of Cape Verde, West Africa) with the description of a new species, pp. 30-40 in Zootaxa 2838 on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204752
Προσαρμογή του εργαλείου TASIT-S στον ελληνικό πληθυσμό
Creators: name: Μπέρτζες, Ναταλία Ελευθερία Άντονυ
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: TASIT-S
Προσαρμογή εργαλείου
Κοινωνική νόηση
Tool Adaptation
Social Cognition

description: Σκοπό της παρούσας έρευνας αποτέλεσε η προσαρμογή του εργαλείου μέτρησης κοινωνικής νόησης TASIT-S στον ελληνικό πληθυσμό. Το δείγμα ήταν 103 άτομα (54 γυναίκες), ηλικίας 20-64 ετών, ελληνόφωνοι κάτοικοι της Θεσσαλονίκης. Οι μέσοι όροι επίδοσης και στα τρία μέρη ήταν χαμηλότεροι στον ελληνικό πληθυσμό από ότι στον αγγλόφωνο. Η ηλικιακή ομάδα 20-39 είχε υψηλότερη επίδοση σε όλα τα μέρη του εργαλείου. Επιπλέον, στατιστικώς σημαντικά καλύτερα βρέθηκε να τα πηγαίνει η ομάδα αυτή από την ομάδα των μεγαλύτερων στην αναγνώριση του σαρκασμού. Ειδικότερα παρατηρήθηκε διαφοροποίηση στην επίδοση στους διαφορετικούς τύπους ερωτήσεων που αφορούσαν σαρκαστικές αλληλεπιδράσεις. Τα ευρήματα αυτά ερμηνεύονται με βάση την πολιτισμική διαφορά, την έκπτωση της κοινωνικής νόησης με την αύξηση της ηλικίας και τη δομή του εργαλείου και των ερωτήσεων του.
description: The aim of the present study was to adapt the TASIT-S tool, which measures social cognition, to the greek population. The sample consisted of 103 participants (54 women), aged 20-64 years, greek-speaking residents of Thessaloniki. Mean performance in all three parts was lower among the Greek population than the English-speaking population. The 20-39 age group had higher performance in all parts of the instrument. In addition, this group was found to score statistically significantly better than the older group in sarcasm recognition. In particular, there was a difference in performance across the different types of questions related to sarcastic interactions. These findings are interpreted in terms of cultural difference, decline in social cognition with increasing age, and the structure of the instrument and its questions.
Trifida quadripunctata Thapa et Sohi 1986
Creators: name: Huang, Min
name: Kang, Juxia
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Trifida
Trifida quadripunctata

description: Trifida quadripunctata Thapa et Sohi, 1986, rec. nov.
(Figures 1, 5, 9, 13, 17–23)
Trifida quadripunctata Thapa et Sohi, 1986: 57.
Observed Materials. 2 ♀♀, CHINA, Sichuan Province, Mt. Emei, 800 m, 30–X – 1999, coll. Irena DWORAKOWSKA.
Distribution. China (Sichuan); Nepal.
description: Published as part of Huang, Min, Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 593-599 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 594, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1455371
Trifida eleganta Huang & Kang & Zhang 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Huang, Min
name: Kang, Juxia
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Trifida
Trifida eleganta

description: Trifida eleganta Huang, Kang et Zhang, sp. nov.
(Figures 2, 6, 10, 14, 24–27)
Measurement. Male, 2.8–3.0 mm (including wings).
Dorsum light yellowish-white with two brownish-yellow bands extending from anterior margin of vertex to end of pronotum (Fig.10); face brownish-yellow (Fig.14).
Abdominal apodemes reaching 5th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side with process bilobed (Fig.26). Paramere with subapical protrusion triangular broadened basally. Connective short and broad with apical feet distinct (Fig.25). Process of dorsal apodeme of aedeagus straight with termination narrowed; aedeagal shafts broadened in lateral view with two tooth-like protrusions subapically and directed ventrad, adjacent to each other at base, medial protrusion shorter and narrower than lateral protrusion. (Figs 24–25)
Observed Materials. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Hunan Province, Chenzhou, Mt.Wuzhifeng, 15–VIII– 1985, coll. Yalin ZHANG and Yonghui CHAI. Paratypes: 2 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, same data as holotype; 1♂ 1♀, Hunan Province, Hengshan, 11–VIII–1985, coll. Yalin ZHANG and Yonghui CHAI.
Notes. The new species is similar to Trifida melichari (Distant, 1908) in color pattern and male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by the aedeagus with the protrusions on the aedeagal shaft more distal and fewer in number, and by the narrower apical part of the dorsal apodeme.
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “ elegantem ” which means “elegant”, referring to the apical part of the dorsal apodeme of the aedeagus.
description: Published as part of Huang, Min, Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 593-599 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on pages 594-596, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1455371
Dermestidae
Creators: name: Grimaldi, David A.
name: Sunderlin, David
name: Aaroe, Georgene A.
name: Dempsky, Michelle R.
name: Parker, Nancy E.
name: Tillery, George Q.
name: White, Jaclyn G.
name: Barden, Phillip
name: Nascimbene, Paul C.
name: Williams, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dermestidae

description: DERMESTIDAE (CARPET BEETLES)
Figures 8 A−C; 14F
AMNH LC-II-B4: A partial larva that is missing the head and legs, but has seven abdominal segments largely to entirely preserved (portions of the anterior segments are lost at the amber surface on the right side) (fig. 8A). The dorsum of the abdomen is covered with a dense vestiture of long setae having short, thick plumosity; presence/absence of bare patches on tergites is not observable. The apical abdominal segments have tuπs of peculiar spear-shaped setae, which are very well preserved. These specialized setae have a bullet-shaped head that is hollow, with an asymmetrical, sharp basal rim; the setal shaπ has evenly spaced nodes, each node with a crenulated collar of small spines or tubercles (fig. 14F). Such setae, called hastisetae, allowed identification of the partial larva to the Dermestidae, and in fact hastisetae of this structure are confined to the subfamily Megatominae (Kiselyova and McHugh, 2006), most similar to the genus Cryptorhopalum. The hastisetae in extant dermestids are defensive, being dehiscent and snagging together when the larva is attacked, entangling the attacker (Nutting and Spangler, 1969). There are 1300 living species of Dermestidae in 53 genera, well-known for their larval diet of dried animal remains (including carrion, and shed feathers, hairs, and skin in nests). The genus Anthrenus (also a megatomine) is the notorious museum pest that decimates unprotected collections of skins and pinned insects. The oldest putative dermestid is in Jurassic shale (Deng et al., 2017), with definitive larvae and adults in Early Cretaceous amber from Lebanon (Kirejtshuk et al., 2009), and the oldest Attageninae from the mid-Cretaceous of Myanmar (Cai et al., 2017) and Late Cretaceous of New Jersey (Peris and Háva, 2016). Hastisetae of megatomine dermestids are preserved in Upper Albian–aged amber from Spain, snagged in the legs and body of ticks (Peñalver et al., 2017). The ticks most likely acquired the hastisetae in the arboreal nest of a vertebrate host (Peñalver et al., 2017). Diverse modern genera of dermestids occur in Eocene Baltic amber (e.g., Háva et al., 2008) and Miocene Dominican amber. The Chickaloon amber specimen is the most northerly fossil record of the Dermestidae, the prior ones being in Baltic amber.
description: Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C. & Williams, Christopher J., 2018, Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska, pp. 1-37 in American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908) on page 25, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598569
Trade-offs between Industrial policies and MNE strategies: the example of the JESSI initiative
Creators: name: Dachs, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Industrial policy
semiconductors
European Union

description: Governments in the United States and the European Union are currently pursing ambitious industrial policy programs to increase capacities in ‘strategic’ industries. This paper studies the Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative (JESSI), a policy initiative by the Commission of the European Communities (predecessor of today’s European Commission) in 1989. JESSI funded large-scale R&D with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the European microelectronics industry against its competitors in the United States and Japan and move the industry towards more R&D co-operation between its main actors. JESSI did not meet its original objectives but came up with some unintended positive long-term effects JESSI. From a policy perspective, the example of JESSI illustrates the importance of flexibility for policy programmes to react to unforeseen changes, as well as the difficulties that emerge when directionality and ‘mercantilist’ goals of policy collide with global strategies of participating companies.
Trifida robusta Huang & Kang & Zhang 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Huang, Min
name: Kang, Juxia
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Trifida
Trifida robusta

description: Trifida robusta Huang, Kang et Zhang, sp. nov.
(Figures 3, 7, 11, 15, 28–34)
Measurement. Male, 3.5–3.7mm (including wings).
Dorsum light yellowish-white with two brownish-yellow bands extending from anterior margin of vertex to end of pronotum (Fig.11); face brownish-yellow (Fig.15).
Abdominal apodemes reaching 5th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side with process simple (Fig.31). Paramere with subapical protrusion rounded (Fig.30). Connective short and broad with apical feet slender (Fig.29). Process of dorsal apodeme of aedeagus with apical half recurved in lateral view and apex broadened and Y-shaped in posterior view; aedeagal shafts broadened in lateral view with two adjacent tooth-like protrusions near midlength and directed ventrad (Figs 28–29).
Observed Materials. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Yunnan Province, Mt. Tianbao, Dongaotou, 1700m, 20–XI– 1999, coll. Irena DWORAKOWSKA. Paratypes: 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀, same data as holotype.
Notes. The new species is similar to Trifida melichari (Distant, 1908) in color pattern and male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by the aedeagus with two adjacent protrusions at midlength of shaft and the dorsal apodeme narrower preapically.
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “ robustus ” which means “robust”, referring to its robust apical part of the dorsal apodeme process of the aedeagus.
description: Published as part of Huang, Min, Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 593-599 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on page 597, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1455371
Trade-offs between Industrial policies and MNE strategies: the example of the JESSI initiative
Creators: name: Dachs, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Industrial policy
semiconductors
European Union

description: Governments in the United States and the European Union are currently pursing ambitious industrial policy programs to increase capacities in ‘strategic’ industries. This paper studies the Joint European Submicron Silicon Initiative (JESSI), a policy initiative at European level initiated in 1989. JESSI funded large-scale R&D with the aim of increasing the competitiveness of the European microelectronics industry against its competitors in the United States and Japan. JESSI did not meet its original objectives, not least because the goals of policy collided with the global strategies of participating companies. However, JESSI came up with some unintended positive long-term effects which unfold even today in European semiconductor industry. From a policy perspective, the example of JESSI illustrates the importance of flexibility for policy programmes to react to unforeseen changes, as well as the difficulties that emerge when the strategies of participating multinationals are not taken into account.
Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura 1982
Creators: name: Fontoura, Paulo
name: Pilato, Giovanni
name: Lisi, Oscar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Tardigrada
Heterotardigrada
Echiniscoidea
Echiniscidae
Echiniscus
Echiniscus scabrospinosus

description: Echiniscus scabrospinosus Fontoura, 1982
Material examined. One specimen (female; body length 196 µm) collected from a moss sample in Corda - Cova, Municipality of Paúl, Santo Antão Island, Archipelago of Cape Verde.
Distribution. Until now the species had been reported from Portugal, locus typicus (Fontoura, 1982; Pilato et al., 2008b), Tanzania (Binda & Pilato, 1995) and the Azores (Fontoura et al., 2008a). Specimens attributed to this species were also reported from China, Yunnan Province (Beasley & Cleveland, 1996) and Fujian Province (Yang, 2008). However, the examples from Yunnan Province were re-examined and identified as E. lineatus Pilato, Fontoura, Lisi & Beasley, 2008 (see Pilato et al., 2008b). It is possible the examples from Fujian Province have been miss-identified and could be E. lineatus or a new species, but this hypothesis needs to be confirmed.
description: Published as part of Fontoura, Paulo, Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2011, Tardigrada from Santo Antão Island (Archipelago of Cape Verde, West Africa) with the description of a new species, pp. 30-40 in Zootaxa 2838 on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204752
Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza 2020
Creators: name: Kment, Petr
name: Carapezza, Attilio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Ochteridae
Ochterus
Ochterus papaceki

description: Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza, 2020
(Fig. 4)
Ochterus papaceki Kment & Carapezza, 2020 in KMENT et al. (2020): 25–30, figs 1–6, 9–12 (original description). Holotype: ♂, Yemen, Socotra, Noged plain, lower part of Wadi Matyaf (12°27ʹ13.50ʺN 54°18ʹ13.95ʺE) (NMPC).
Published records. KMENT et al. (2020): Hallah Arhar [= Halla area, Arher], Noged, and lower part of wadi Matyaf.
Identification. KMENT et al. (2020) (description, figures, key).
Habitat. In Socotra, the species was collected at Arher by hand or by suction sampler from wet places with shortly grazed grasses on sand, surrounding a small brook situated among sand dunes and groups of Tamarix nilotica (Ehrenb.) Bunge about 50 m from sea coast (Fig. 49). In wadi Matyaf, the species was collected by hand on wet sandy banks of the estuarine area of the river about 800 m from sea coast. Both localities belong to the coastal zone of Socotra (KMENT et al. 2020).
Distribution. Afrotropical Region: Tanzania: Tanganyika (KMENT et al. 2020); Palaearctic Region: Socotra (KMENT et al. 2020).
description: Published as part of Kment, Petr & Carapezza, Attilio, 2022, Heteroptera (Hemiptera) of the Socotra Archipelago I: Introduction, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha and Leptopodomorpha, pp. 475-519 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) (Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae) 62 (2) on page 484, DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.026, http://zenodo.org/record/7617020
Trifida elongata Huang & Kang & Zhang 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Huang, Min
name: Kang, Juxia
name: Zhang, Yalin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Trifida
Trifida elongata

description: Trifida elongata Huang, Kang et Zhang, sp. nov.
(Figures 4, 8, 12, 16, 35–39)
Measurement. Male, 2.7mm (including wings).
Dorsum light brownish-write with two brownish-yellow bands extending from anterior margin of vertex to end of pronotum (Fig.12); face brownish-yellow (Fig.16).
Abdominal apodemes reaching 5th abdominal sternite. Pygofer side with process simple (Fig.38). Paramere with subapical protrusion narrow and triangular (Fig.37). Connective short and broad with apical feet slender (Fig.36). Process of dorsal apodeme of aedeagus arched in lateral view with terminal hooks slender, Y-shaped in posterior view; aedeagal shafts broadened in lateral view with two widely separated tooth-like protrusions, one subapical and one at midlength, both directed ventrad (Figs 35–36).
Observed Materials. Holotype: ♂, CHINA, Guangdong Province, Zhaoqing, Mt. Dinghu, 20–VI– 1983, coll. Yalin ZHANG. Paratypes: 10 ♂♂ 7 ♀♀, same data as holotype; 1♀, Hainan Province, Jianfengling, 18–V–1983, coll. Yalin ZHANG.
Notes. The new species is similar to Trifida melichari (Distant, 1908) in color pattern and male genitalia, but can be distinguished from the later by aedeagus with two different length protrusions on middle length of shaft and with subapical part of process of dorsal apodeme slender.
Etymology. The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word “ elongatus ” which means “elongated”, referring to its longer apical part of process of dorsal apodeme of aedeagus.
description: Published as part of Huang, Min, Kang, Juxia & Zhang, Yalin, 2018, First record and new species of the Oriental leafhopper genus Trifida Thapa & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, pp. 593-599 in Zootaxa 4420 (4) on pages 598-599, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4420.4.10, http://zenodo.org/record/1455371
Milnesium tardigradum Doyere 1840
Creators: name: Fontoura, Paulo
name: Pilato, Giovanni
name: Lisi, Oscar
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Aphroditidae
Milnesium
Milnesium tardigradum

description: Milnesium tardigradum Doyère, 1840
Material examined. Nine specimens collected from the same sample as Echiniscus clavispinosus sp. nov. Distribution. The species is considered cosmopolitan (McInnes, 1994).
description: Published as part of Fontoura, Paulo, Pilato, Giovanni & Lisi, Oscar, 2011, Tardigrada from Santo Antão Island (Archipelago of Cape Verde, West Africa) with the description of a new species, pp. 30-40 in Zootaxa 2838 on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204752
Chironomidae
Creators: name: Grimaldi, David A.
name: Sunderlin, David
name: Aaroe, Georgene A.
name: Dempsky, Michelle R.
name: Parker, Nancy E.
name: Tillery, George Q.
name: White, Jaclyn G.
name: Barden, Phillip
name: Nascimbene, Paul C.
name: Williams, Christopher J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae

description: CHIRONOMIDAE (MIDGES)
Figures 7E, 14 A−D
AMNH WH-3: A complete male nonbiting midge (Chironomidae) (body length 1.60 mm), preserved adjacent to a small juvenile spider (fig. 7E). Eyes are bare; pedicel large, subspherical; antenna with long plumosity, apparently having 11 flagellar articles, apical article longest; maxillary palp with four palpomeres, lengths 4> 2 = 3> 1 (fig. 14C). Legs: mesotibia having two bladelike apical spurs (one with fine pectination), apical comb of 11−12 thick, sclerotized, slightly clavate setae (fig. 14D); pretarsal claws simple (untoothed), pulvilli either minute or lost. Wings are very faint, obscuring the venation; no macrotrichia occur on the wing membrane. Male genitalia well preserved: tergite 9 (epandrium) large, shieldlike; gonocoxite large; gonostylus articulating with (not fused to) gonocoxite, bare, flattened and hatchetlike, without discernable apical peg/tooth; pair of inner lobes present, bare; anal point absent (fig. 14A, B). Chironomidae have a rich fossil record, partly because the larvae are aquatic and semiaquatic and both adults and larvae are readily fossilized in lacustrine sediments. The oldest Chironomidae are Triassic, and they are frequently among the most abundant and diverse winged insects in many deposits of amber, such as Eocene Baltic amber and Late Cretaceous ambers from western Canada, New Jersey, and Siberia. The fossil record has been reviewed by Evenhuis (1994). Critical study relies on various microscopic features, and most of the described fossils, done decades to a century ago, require re-description based on modern standards. The male genitalia of the Chickaloon fossil appear most similar to those in the large, widespread subfamily Tanypodinae.
description: Published as part of Grimaldi, David A., Sunderlin, David, Aaroe, Georgene A., Dempsky, Michelle R., Parker, Nancy E., Tillery, George Q., White, Jaclyn G., Barden, Phillip, Nascimbene, Paul C. & Williams, Christopher J., 2018, Biological Inclusions in Amber from the Paleogene Chickaloon Formation of Alaska, pp. 1-37 in American Museum Novitates 2018 (3908) on page 27, DOI: 10.1206/3908.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4598569
Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab 1980
Creators: name: Marusik, Yuri M.
name: Omelko, Mikhail M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Gnaphosidae
Synaphosus

description: Synaphosus Platnick & Shadab, 1980
Synaphosus Platnick et Shadab, 1980: 21; Ovtsharenko et al. 1994: 2; Deeleman-Reinhold 2001: 535; Murphy 2007: 378; Marusik & Fomichev 2016: 429.
Type species: Nodocion syntheticus Chamberlin, 1924 from California.
Diagnosis. Synaphosus species found in Southeast Asia can be distinguished from other gnaphosids known in the region by the combined presence of a preening brush (but not comb) on metatarsi III, lack of median apophysis, long whip-like circular embolus embedded into the fold of the complex conductor, large conductor almost entirely hiding the tegulum, epigyne with an anterior hood or scape, and long and coiled copulatory ducts.
Relationships. Synaphosus remains unassigned to any subfamily or tribe of Gnaphosidae, belonging only to the informal Echemus group of genera (Murphy 2007).
Species grouping: Three species groups were recognized by Ovtsharenko et al. (1994) in the genus: syntheticus, gracillimus and kakamega. Marusik & Fomichev (2016) recognized one more group among species occurring in Southeast Asia, the femininis group. This group unites S. cangshanus Yang, Yang & Zhang, 2013 and S. femininis Deeleman-Reinhold, 2001. Three other species known from the region have copulatory organs very different from each other and may each represent their own species group.
description: Published as part of Marusik, Yuri M. & Omelko, Mikhail M., 2018, New data on Synaphosus (Araneae: Gnaphosidae) from Southeast Asia, pp. 235-248 in Zootaxa 4374 (2) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/1154422
Macrelmis
Creators: name: Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos
name: Miranda, Gustavo Silva De
name: Nessimian, Jorge Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elmidae
Macrelmis

description: Macrelmis species groups
The male genitalia of Macrelmis has been underestimated in its taxonomic use. Hinton (1940) already stated that the male genitalia has important characters to identify and classify species. The use of paramere and aedeagus characters tends to lead to less equivocal identification due to its stable morphology. So, we propose a new definition for the species group based mainly on male genitalia, but also including pronotal, elytral and leg characters, when possible (see Table 1). This way, the groups established by Hinton and other authors are reformulated and new groups are proposed. They are presented in alphabetical order.
description: Published as part of Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos, Miranda, Gustavo Silva De & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2015, Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus, pp. 195-210 in Zootaxa 4058 (2) on page 201, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/241270
Macrelmis alea Passos, Miranda & Nessimian, 2015, new species
Creators: name: Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos
name: Miranda, Gustavo Silva De
name: Nessimian, Jorge Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elmidae
Macrelmis
Macrelmis alea

description: alea new species group
Diagnostic character: presence of spongy structures covering the parameres, parameres with setae on its apex (Figs. 5A, B).
Species: Macrelmis aeolis, M. alea, M. browni sp. nov. and M. itatiaiensis sp. nov.
Distribution (Fig. 6): Brasil: Santa Catarina (Hinton 1946), Rio de Janeiro (present work) and Minas Gerais (present work).
History of the group: Macrelmis alea and M. aeolis were considered as closely related by Hinton (1946) based on the presence of spongy structure, presence of head granulation and shape of fifth abdominal sternite, but a species group has never been formally proposed. In addition to these two species, M. itatiaiensis sp. nov. and M. browni sp. nov. also have the defining characters and are added to the group.
description: Published as part of Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos, Miranda, Gustavo Silva De & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2015, Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus, pp. 195-210 in Zootaxa 4058 (2) on page 201, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/241270
Acidoxantha Hendel
Creators: name: David, K. J.
name: Singh, Shakti Kumar
name: Ramani, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Tephritidae
Acidoxantha

description: Genus Acidoxantha Hendel
Thirteen species are recorded under this genus including the new species described here, of which 11 are Oriental and 1 each from Australia and Madagascar. Norrbom et al., 1999 placed Acidoxantha in subtribe Acidoxanthina of tribe Trypetini; Korneyev, 1999 placed it in tribe, Nitrariomyiini. Members of this genus are characterised by vestigial ocellar setae, yellow head and body setae, vein R4+5 bare, 2 pairs of frontal setae, Y-shaped yellow-brown band in the middle of the wing, broad epandrium, needle-like aculeus and 2 spermathecae (Hardy, 1974, 1987).
description: Published as part of David, K. J., Singh, Shakti Kumar & Ramani, S., 2014, New species and records of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India, pp. 126-134 in Zootaxa 3795 (2) on page 127, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3795.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/228514
Cixidia Fieber 1866
Creators: name: Long, Jian-Kun
name: Yang, Lin
name: Chen, Xiang-Sheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Achilidae
Cixidia

description: Genus Cixidia Fieber, 1866
Cixidia Fieber, 1866: 499; Epiptera Metcalf, 1922: synonymized by Fennah, 1950: 20; Neomenocria Fennah, 1950: synonymized by Fennah, 1950: 23; Emeljanov, 1993: 24.
Type species: Cixidia confinis Zetterstedt, 1840.
Host plant. Few species recorded on Quercus sp. and Pinus sp. Distribution. Nearctic, Oriental and Palaearctic regions. Note. New genus record for China.
description: Published as part of Long, Jian-Kun, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2015, A review of Chinese tribe Achilini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae), with descriptions of Paracatonidia webbeda gen. & sp. nov., pp. 180-186 in Zootaxa 4052 (2) on page 185, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/238524
Cixidia kasparyani Anufriev 1983
Creators: name: Long, Jian-Kun
name: Yang, Lin
name: Chen, Xiang-Sheng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Achilidae
Cixidia
Cixidia kasparyani

description: Cixidia kasparyani Anufriev, 1983
(Figs 14–28)
Cixidia (Epiptera) kasparyani Anufriev, 1983: 141; Anufriev & Emeljanov, 1988: 479.
Material Examined. CHINA, Hubei: 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Xiaowutaishan National Natural Reserve (39°53'N, 114°51'E), sweeping, 12 August 2011, M. Jiao.
Host plant. Unknown.
Distribution. China (Hebei); Russia.
Note. New species a record for China.
description: Published as part of Long, Jian-Kun, Yang, Lin & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2015, A review of Chinese tribe Achilini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Achilidae), with descriptions of Paracatonidia webbeda gen. & sp. nov., pp. 180-186 in Zootaxa 4052 (2) on page 185, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4052.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/238524
Macrelmis amazonica Passos, Miranda & Nessimian, 2015, new species
Creators: name: Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos
name: Miranda, Gustavo Silva De
name: Nessimian, Jorge Luiz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elmidae
Macrelmis
Macrelmis amazonica

description: amazonica new species group
Diagnostic character: parameres significantly shorter than aedeagus; aedeagus with rounded apex (Figs. 3A, C). Species: Macrelmis amazonica, M. terea, M. thorpei, and M. tityra.
Distribution (Fig. 6): Brazil: Rondônia (Hinton 1945) and Amazonas (Hinton 1946). French Guiana: Saint- Laurent-du-Maroni (Hinton 1946).
History of the group: Macrelmis amazonica was described as part of the graniger species group (Hinton 1945), but the male genitalia of these four species share undeniable similarities, with the abovementioned characters. Macrelmis terea, M. thropei and M. tityra were considered as part of the aristae group by Hinton (1946) based on presence of pronotal sublateral carinae, but this character is also present in other species outside the group that do not have same male genitalia characters.
Species group Characters
Size of parameres in Presence of Presence of Shape of aedeagus Presence of relation to the aedeagus setae on the spongy sublateral carinae on parameres structures the pronotum covering the
parameres
alea Subequal Present Present Tapering from the base Present, prominent
to the apex
description: Published as part of Passos, Maria Inês Silva Dos, Miranda, Gustavo Silva De & Nessimian, Jorge Luiz, 2015, Three new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Southeastern Brazil with new definition of species groups to the genus, pp. 195-210 in Zootaxa 4058 (2) on pages 201-202, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/241270