cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Splenic Epstein–Barr virus-positive inflammatory follicular dendritic cell sarcoma
Creators: name: Dourado Domingues, João Manuel
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: Spleen
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 66-year-old female underwent an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan following the incidental detection of two hepatic nodules during an ultrasound performed for unrelated indications. At the time of presentation, she was asymptomatic and had no relevant medical history. The CT scan confirmed hepatic haemangiomas but revealed an unexpected splenic mass.

description: 66 years, female
title: Must poetry be national? – ein Vortragsprotokoll der anderen Art
Creators: name: Schwab, Katharina;
name: Claus, Felicitas
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst Slavistik
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Ostaševskij, Evgenij
subject: Lyrik
subject: Nationalitätenfrage
subject: Vorlesung
subject: 491.8

description: Eugene Ostashevsky [Evgenij Ostaševskij] ist als aus Leningrad gebürtiger amerikanischer Lyriker, Literaturprofessor und Übersetzer (Russisch-Englisch) bekannt. Im Rahmen seiner lyrischen Tätigkeit erschien zuletzt sein Gedichtband „The Pirate Who Does Not Know the Value of Pi“ (2017). 2016 war er Siegfried-Unseld-Gastprofessor an der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; im Wintersemester 2019/20 war er erneut zu Gast an der HU, diesmal moderierte er eine Veranstaltungsreihe zu Translingualität als „Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence“ im Rahmen des Projekts „Temporal communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective“ (2020). Das vorliegende Gespräch der ganz anderen Art entstand bei einem Gastvortrag an der HU zur Frage „Must poetry be national?“ im Jahr 2014.
description: novinkinachgegangen
Credit Constraints, Idiosyncratic Risks, and Wealth Distribution in a Heterogeneous Agent Model
Creators: name: Clemens, Christiane
name: Heinemann, Maik
Publisher: name: Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Wealth Distribution
subject: Occupational Choice
subject: Credit
subject: Einkommensverteilung
subject: Kredit
subject: Berufswahl
subject: Kreditmarkt
classificationCode: 330
subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: This paper examines the effects of credit market imperfections and idiosyncratic risks on occupational choice, capital accumulation, as well as on the income and wealth distribution in a two sector heterogeneous agent general equilibrium model. Workers and firm owners are subject to idiosyncratic shocks. Entrepreneurship is the riskier occupation. Compared to an economy with perfect capital markets, we find for the case of serially correlated shocks that more individuals choose the entrepreneurial profession in the presence of credit constraints, and that the fluctuation between occupations increases too. Workers and entrepreneurs with high individual productivity tend to remain in their present occupation, whereas low productivity individuals are more likely to switch between professions. Interestingly, these results reverse if we assume iid shocks, thus indicating that the nature of the underlying shocks plays an important role for the general equilibrium effects. In general, the likelihood of entrepreneurship increases with individual wealth.
Exports and Productivity: A Survey of the Evidence from Firm Level Data
Creators: name: Wagner, Joachim
Publisher: name: Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Exports
subject: Productivity
subject: Research Literature
subject: Micro Data
subject: Export
subject: Produktivität
classificationCode: 330
subject: 330 Wirtschaft

description: While the role of exports in promoting growth in general, and productivity in particular, has been investigated empirically using aggregate data for countries and industries for a long time, only recently have comprehensive longitudinal data at the firm level been used to look at the extent and causes of productivity differentials between exporters and their counterparts which sell on the domestic market only. This papers surveys the empirical strategies applied, and the results produced, in 45 microeconometric studies with data from 33 countries that were published between 1995 and 2004. Details aside, exporters are found to be more productive than non-exporters, and the more productive firms self-select into export markets, while exporting does not necessarily improve productivity.
title: Identification and functional characterisation of residues required for ICP0’s interaction with cellular E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes
Creators: name: Vanni, Emilia
Publisher: name: University of Glasgow
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Virus, HSV-1, ICP0, Ubiquitin, E3 ligase, RING finger, E2 conjugating enzyme

description: The viral infected cell protein 0 (ICP0) is required for efficient initiation of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) lytic infection and productive reactivation of viral genomes from latency. Following its entry to the nucleus, HSV-1 genomes become associated with nuclear sub-structures known as nuclear domain 10 (ND10). Individual ND10 proteins, including the major constituent protein promyelocytic leukaemia protein (PML), have been reported to repress viral gene expression and confer intrinsic antiviral resistance against viral infection, a mechanism that is counteracted by ICP0. ICP0 has been shown to target specific cellular proteins for proteasome-mediated degradation through the E3 ubiquitin ligase activity conferred by its N-terminal C3HC4 RING finger domain. The RING finger domain of ICP0 has been reported to induce poly-ubiquitin chain formation in vitro in the presence of two E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes UBE2D1 and UBE2E1. However, the residues required for this interaction remain unknown. The primary purpose of this study was to map the interaction interface between the RING finger domain of ICP0 and its cognate E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes and to investigate the importance of these interactions with regard to ICP0’s function during HSV-1 infection.
In this study, site-directed mutagenesis was used to mutate specific ICP0 RING finger residues corresponding to residues on other RING finger proteins previously reported to be required for interaction with their respective cognate E2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes. Using yeast two-hybrid analysis, we demonstrate that point mutations at specific residues within loop-1 and -2 of the RING finger domain inhibited ICP0’s ability to interact with either UBE2D1 or UBE2E1. These mutations impaired or abolished ICP0's E3 ubiquitin ligase activity in vitro, inhibited its ability to conjugate ubiquitin and induce the degradation of PML in cell culture model systems. Furthermore, RING finger mutants that were unable to interact with either UBE2D1 or UBE2E1 also failed to complement the plaque formation efficiency (PFE) defect of an ICP0 null mutant virus and induce transcription from quiescent HSV-1 genomes. Molecular homology modelling of the ICP0 RING finger domain interaction interface with UBE2D1 based upon the X-ray crystallography structure of the Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene (c-Cbl)-UBE2L3 complex demonstrated that these residues form a potential contact interface with UBE2D1. These findings provide unique insight into the biological importance of ICP0’s ability to interact with components of the host-cell ubiquitin pathway for the efficient initiation of viral lytic infection and the reactivation of viral genomes from latency, two fundamentally important aspects in the life cycle and replication of HSV-1.
MPEC 2024-X92 : 2024 XA2
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 XA2

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
title: Assessing the effects of pressures and their interaction on commercially reared Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris colonies and implications for management practices
Creators: name: Cini, Elena
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2022

description: Bees are the most dominant pollinators worldwide, providing many monetary and non-monetary benefits to 
society. However, wild bee declines and honeybee colony losses are reported in many regions of the world. 
Several pressures are responsible for these declines, including land use change, pesticides, and diseases, 
which can occur simultaneously and interact with each other. However, many knowledge gaps on the impacts 
of multiple pressures on pollinators remain. Here, I focus on managed Apis mellifera and Bombus terrestris
and investigate: (a) the interactive effects of land cover and pesticides on bee health, activity, and crop yield 
using a large-scale fieldwork; (b) the impact of the new insecticide sulfoxaflor, the pathogen Crithidia bombi, 
and their interaction on bee behaviour and pollination, using a semi-field experiment in flight cages; and (c)
beekeepers’ perceptions of the Bee Health Card, a tool under development that can help tackle health issues 
in beehives, using surveys involving 7 European countries. My findings indicate that higher proportions of 
cropland and lower proportions of woodland in the landscape favour Bombus terrestris colony growth in 
apple orchards, while a higher honeybee activity is linked to higher proportions of woodland. In oilseed rape 
fields, both B. terrestris colony growth and social bee activity are increased by higher fungicide and herbicide 
pressures. Moreover, I show that sulfoxaflor and Crithidia bombi, individually and in combination, do not 
affect the behaviour or pollination by Bombus terrestris. Finally, I observe that beekeepers recognise the 
opportunity offered by the Bee Health Card, and that the confidence in its effectiveness is key to its adoption. 
Cost is a barrier when economic incentives are not available, but environmental benefits may help increase 
the willingness to use the tool in such cases. I conclude that bees face several interacting pressures varying 
across species, and that the Bee Health Card may be useful in detecting and addressing such pressures, 
benefitting both wild and managed bees.
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) pseudannulipes
Creators: name: Murao, Ryuki
name: Tadauchi, Osamu
name: Lee, Heung-Sik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum pseudannulipes

description: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) pseudannulipes (Blüthgen, 1925)
Figs 3A, 25B
Halictus pseudannulipes Blüthgen, 1925: 128 (holotype: Museum für Naturkunde Humboldt an der Universität zu Berlin, Germany, ♀; type locality: Kwangtung Prov. (Guangdong Prov.), China).
Halictus pseudannulipes – Hirashima 1957: 16.
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) algirum pseudannulipes – Ebmer 1978: 313. — Ebmer & Sakagami 1990: 835–837.
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) pseudannulipes – Murao et al. 2009a: 166 –171 (♂).
Diagnosis
This species is similar to Lasioglossum angaricum (Cockerell, 1937) and L. viridellum (Cockerell, 1931) from eastern Asia in the leucopus group. It is separated from L. angaricum by the female T1 usually being without lineolation (sometimes T1 basally lineolate, but weaker than in L. angaricum) and the male sterna with sparse uniform hairs. In contrast, in L. angaricum the female T1 has distinct lineolation and the male S3–S5 is medially bare, laterally with tufts of long dense erect hairs (Pesenko 2007b). For the differences between females of this species and L. viridellum, see Key.
Material examined
JAPAN: Kyushu: 1 ♀, Matoishi wilderness, Aso-machi, Aso-shi, Kumamoto Pref., 37°27’15” N 128°1’10” E, 14 Aug. 2010 (R. Murao, cMur); 8 ♀♀, Aso-shi, Kumamoto Pref., 33°0’16.115” N 131°8’5.658” E, 21 Jul. 2013 (R. Murao, cMur).
Distribution
China (Guangdong Prov.), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu).
Flight records
Female: April to October.
Male: June to October.
Flower records
Thirty-two species in 6 families were reported as floral hosts in Japan by Goubara et al. (2004).
Habitat
This species was collected from grassland in the Kumamoto Pref., Kyushu, western Japan. One of the collecting sites there is shown in Fig. 23B.
DNA barcodes
The COI gene sequences are deposited as DNA barcodes of L. (D.) pseudannulipes in the DDBJ under accession numbers LC027534 and LC027535. These numbers are also available in GenBank.
description: Published as part of Murao, Ryuki, Tadauchi, Osamu & Lee, Heung-Sik, 2015, Synopsis of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) Robertson, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) in Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 137 on page 9, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.137, http://zenodo.org/record/3785420
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) negoroi Murao & Tadauchi 2008
Creators: name: Murao, Ryuki
name: Tadauchi, Osamu
name: Lee, Heung-Sik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum negoroi

description: Lasioglossum (Dialictus) negoroi Murao & Tadauchi, 2008
Figs 4D, 5 J–L, 12E
Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) negoroi Murao & Tadauchi, 2008: 37–40 (holotype: ELKU, ♂; type locality: Toyama Pref., Japan).
Diagnosis
This species is separated from other members of the atroglaucum subgroup by a combination of the following characters: male S4 basally with sparse and moderately long erect hairs (Murao & Tadauchi 2008; Fig. 2H); male S5 with a linear shallow groove (Fig. 5K); male S6 with a pair of thin hair tufts; and gonostylus of male genitalia truncated on top (Murao & Tadauchi 2008; Fig. 2 B–C).
Material examined
Holotype
JAPAN: ♂ (Code No. ELKU3261), Kobo, Tateyama, Toyama Pref., Honshu, 10 Sep. 1997 (H. Negoro, ELKU).
Paratype
JAPAN: 1 ♂, Koganeyu, Minami-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido (label in Japanese), 18 Sep. 2004 (K.
Kinota, ELKU).
Additional material
JAPAN: Honshu: 1 ♂, Nikko-Yumoto (Shimozuke), 15 Aug. 1937 (T. Esaki & K. Yasumatsu, ELKU); Mt. Zao, Miyagi Pref., 1 ♂, 4 Sep. 1980 (K. Goukon, cGou), 1 ♂, 1 Sep. 1982 (K. Goukon, cGou); 1 ♂, Mt. Zao, alt. 1300 m, Miyagi Pref., 28 Sep. 1996 (K. Goukon, cGou).
Female
Unknown.
Distribution
Japan (Hokkaido, northern and central Honshu).
Flight period
Male: August to October.
Flower records
Araliaceae: Aralia continentalis Kirag .. Asteraceae: Aster microcephalus (Miq.) Franch. & Sav. var. ovatus (Franch. & Sav.) Soejima & Mot. Ito; Solidago virgaurea L.
description: Published as part of Murao, Ryuki, Tadauchi, Osamu & Lee, Heung-Sik, 2015, Synopsis of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) Robertson, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) in Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 137 on pages 22-23, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.137, http://zenodo.org/record/3785420
Reinforcement Learning : MDP Applied to Autonomous Navigation
Creators: name: Mueller, Markus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: The problem of autonomous vehicle navigation between lanes, around obstacles and towards a short termgoal can be solved using Reinforcement Learning. The multi-lane road ahead of a vehicle may berepresented by a Markov Decision Process (MDP) grid-world containing positive and negative rewards,allowing for practical computation of an optimal path using either value iteration (VI) or policy iteration(PI).
Lasioglossum leucopus
Creators: name: Murao, Ryuki
name: Tadauchi, Osamu
name: Lee, Heung-Sik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum leucopus

description: The leucopus group:
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) pseudannulipes (Blüthgen, 1925): Japan
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) viridellum (Cockerell, 1931): Korean Peninsula
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) meakanense Murao & Tadauchi, 2009: Japan
description: Published as part of Murao, Ryuki, Tadauchi, Osamu & Lee, Heung-Sik, 2015, Synopsis of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) Robertson, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) in Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 137 on page 45, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.137, http://zenodo.org/record/3785420
Lasioglossum atroglaucum
Creators: name: Murao, Ryuki
name: Tadauchi, Osamu
name: Lee, Heung-Sik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Halictidae
Lasioglossum
Lasioglossum atroglaucum

description: The atroglaucum group:
The atroglaucum subgroup:
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) atroglaucum (Strand, 1913): Taiwan
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) virideglaucum Ebmer & Sakagami, 1994: Japan, Korean Peninsula Lasioglossum (Dialictus) yamanei Murao, Ebmer & Tadauchi, 2006: Japan
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) negoroi Murao & Tadauchi, 2008: Japan
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) taiwanense Murao sp. nov.: Taiwan
The problematicum subgroup:
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) problematicum (Blüthgen, 1923): Japan
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) alishanense Murao sp. nov.: Taiwan
The morio group:
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) ellipticeps (Blüthgen, 1923): Korean Peninsula
Incertae sedis:
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) miyabei Murao, Ebmer & Tadauchi, 2006: Japan, Korean Peninsula
description: Published as part of Murao, Ryuki, Tadauchi, Osamu & Lee, Heung-Sik, 2015, Synopsis of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) Robertson, 1902 (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Halictidae) in Japan, the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan, pp. 1-50 in European Journal of Taxonomy 137 on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2015.137, http://zenodo.org/record/3785420
Diplectrona kibuneana Tsuda 1940
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Diplectrona
Diplectrona kibuneana

description: Diplectrona kibuneana Tsuda 1940
Diplectrona kibuneana Tsuda 1940, 24–25, 33, figs 1, 2, male, Honshu; Park et al. 2017, 5, fig. 4, male, Korea; Kuhara and Ito 2017, 14, 15, Yakushima.
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Yakushima), Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea.
Remarks. This species is widely distributed through the main islands of Japan and Korea, and known from only Yakushima Island in the Ryukyu Archipelago, indicating that this is an East Palearctic species.
Japanese name. Kibune-miyama-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on page 547, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Diplectrona albofasciata
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Diplectrona
Diplectrona albofasciata

description: Diplectrona albofasciata (Ulmer 1913)
(Figs 2 J–2R)
Hydromanicus albofasciatus Ulmer 1913, 49–50, male, Taiwan.
Diplectrona albofasciata: Malicky 2002, 1204, 1218, 1228, pl. 9, male, Taiwan.
Specimens examined. Iriomote-jima: 1 male, Yuchin-gawa, Yuchin-no-taki, 23.iii.2016, TI, S; 1 male, Urauchigawa, Kampire-no-taki, 85 m a.s.l., 25.iii.1999, TI & AO, S. Yonaguni-jima: 24 males, 4 females, Higawa-suigen, 31.iii.2010, N. Shimura, M; 3 males, Donan-daki, 13.iv.2011, N. Shimura (pinned).
Adult (Figs 2 J–2R). Forewings each 6.2–7.0 mm in male (n = 3), 7.1–7.6 mm long in female (n = 4). Wing venation typical in the genus. Lateral filaments of segment V as long as segment in both genders. Internal gland of segment V small, internal gland of segment VIII large in male.
Female genitalia (Figs 2 P–2R). Tergite VIII subquadrate, anterior margin wider than posterior margin in lateral aspect. Sternite VIII subquadrate with concave dorsal margin and large, nearly rectangular lateral lobes in lateral aspect. Segment IX obliquely S-shaped in lateral aspects, each antero-ventral corner slightly protruding anteriorly; receptacle of inferior appendage indistinct. Segment X oblique rectangular.
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Iriomote-jima, Yonaguni-jima). Taiwan. New to Japan.
Remarks. This species was described based on the males collected from two localities (Ulmer 1913) and recorded from many localities in Taiwan (Hsu 1997; Malicky 2002). The male of this species is characterized by the long lateral filaments of segment V (same length as segment), small internal glands of segment V, large internal glands of segment VIII, and shape of genitalia (Malicky 2 0 0 2, pl. 9; Fig. 2J). The male genitalia are discriminated from those of other congeneric species mainly by segment X, i.e. each subquadrate lateral lobe with acute lateroposterior corner in dorsal aspect, and the mesocaudal lobes separated by a deep slit and their apices round in dorsal aspect (Malicky 2002; Fig. 2L). Large, pale marks of forewings are present in some Taiwanese males (Ulmer, 1913; Hsu, 1997), but absent in other Taiwanese specimens (Malicky 2002) and all Ryukyu males examined here. Malicky (personal communication 8 July 2017) suggested that they could be the same species, but further study with molecular data may be needed to clarify the taxonomic status. The female, first described here, is discriminated from that of D. burha Schmid by the concave dorsal margins of abdominal sternite VIII in lateral aspect (marked with an arrow in Fig. 2P).
Japanese name. Taiwan-miyama-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on page 549, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Homoplectra trifurcata Ito & Nozaki 2018, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Homoplectra
Homoplectra trifurcata

description: Homoplectra trifurcata Nozaki and Ito sp. nov.
(Figs 4 J–4Q)
Diagnosis. The male of this species can be readily diagnosed by the unique trifurcated aedeagus from the congeneric members. The female of this species is distinguishable from that of H. crassicornea sp. nov. by the difference given in the diagnosis for that species.
Adult (Figs 4 J–4Q). Body and forewings mostly brown in alcohol. Forewings each 7.2–8.1 mm long in male (n = 10), 7.3–8.7 mm long in female (n = 10). Venation as in Fig. 4A. Abdominal sternite V with pair of long finger-like processes near anterolateral margins.
Male genitalia (Figs 4 J–4N). Sternite IX oblique trapezoid in lateral aspect; posteroventral lobe small, semicircular in ventral aspect. Tergite IX mostly fused with segment X. Segment X large oval in lateral aspect, with short central slit apicodorsally in dorsal aspect; pair of spine-like processes arising posteroventally, directed dorsad; membranous posteroventrally. Inferior appendages long, 1-segmented, extending slightly beyond apex of segment X, each apex with short spine-like setae mesally. Phallic apparatus large, arcuate in lateral aspect; dorsal process of phallotheca (d.p.p) about half length of aedeagus, triangular in dorsal aspect, bilobed apically, each apex acute; pair of lateral processes of phallotheca (l.p.p.) long, each apex acute. Aedeagus (ae.) trifurcated apically, pair of lateral lobes (probably fused ventral process of aedeagus) sinuate in lateral aspect, each apex truncate, directed dorsolaterad; dorsolateral processes of aedeagus (d.p.a) paired, long, spine-like.
Female genitalia (Figs 4 O–4Q). Sternite VIII cleft about half distance from base, forming pair of lateral lobes, each with posterodorsal corner producing into acute angle in lateral aspect. Segment IX obliquely S-shaped in lateral aspect, round in dorsal aspect. Segment X rectangular in lateral aspect, with dark pigmented ventrolaterally, constriction between segments IX and X wide. Vulvar scale large, with hourglass-shaped marking in ventral aspect.
Holotype. Male, Amami-o-shima, Uken-son, Yuwan -gawa, 28.2952N, 129.3170E, 600 m a.s.l., 4.v.2008, TI, S (CBM-ZI 166074).
Paratypes. 14 males, 5 females, same data as holotype (CBM-ZI 166075–166088, 167020–167024).
Other specimens examined. 8 females, same data as holotype; 2 males, 5 females, type locality, 8–9.v.2007, TI, S & L; 4 males, type locality, 20–21.iv.2008, TI, S.
Etymology. Specific name (Latin adjective) refers to the trifurcated processes of the phallic apparatus.
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Amami-o-shima).
Japanese name. Mitsumata-nisemiyama-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on page 553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Cheumatopsyche infascia Martynov 1934
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Cheumatopsyche
Cheumatopsyche infascia

description: Cheumatopsyche infascia Martynov 1934
Cheumatopsyche infascia Martynov 1934, 283–285, 341, fig. 205, male, Russia (Far East); Kuhara and Ito 2017, 13–14, Yakushima.
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Yakushima), Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Korea, Russia (Far East), China (Shaanxi, Szechuan).
Remarks. This is one of the more abundant species of the Hydropsychidae in Far East Asia, including the main islands of Japan and Yakushima Island alone in Ryukyu, indicating that this is an East Palearctic species.
Japanese name. Nami-kogata-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on page 553, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Cheumatopsyche okinawa Olah and Johanson 2008
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Cheumatopsyche
Cheumatopsyche okinawa

description: Cheumatopsyche okinawa Oláh and Johanson 2008
(Figs 5 A–5G)
Cheumatopsyche okinawa Oláh and Johanson 2008, 181–182, figs 295–298, male, Okinawa-jima.
Adult (Figs 5 A–5F). Forewings each 6.9–7.0 mm long in male (n = 5), 6.9–7.3 mm long in female (n = 5). Wing venation typical in the genus.
Female genitalia (Figs 5F, 5G). Tergite VIII subquadrate with convex posterior margin in lateral aspect. Sternite VIII subquadrate, larger than tergite VIII, with oblique straight dorsal margin and large subquadrate lateral lobe in lateral aspect, ventral cleft gradually wider from anterior end to posterior one in ventral aspect. Segment IX obliquely S-shaped in lateral aspects; receptacle of inferior appendage (rec.) question-mark shaped. Segment X oblique rectangular.
Specimens examined. Amami-o-shima: 2 females, Uken-son, Kogachi-gawa, tributary, 25.x.2011, TI, S & P. Okinawa-jima: 3 males, Nago-shi, Genka-gawa, near Hogen-hashi, 22–24.xi.2010, TI, L & P; 16 females, same locality, 18.iv.2011, TI, P & L; 2 males, Nago-shi, Genka-gawa, 40 m a.s.l., 16.iii.2012, TI, P & L; 3 females, Kunigami-son, Yona-gawa, Nakafukuji-bashi, 18.x.2014, TI, L; 1 female, Kunigami-son, Yona-gawa, Heigi-bashi, 18.iii.2012, TI, S; 1 male, Kunigami-son, Yona-gawa, small tributary, 23–25.xi.2011, TI, S; 1 female, Kunigamison, Yona, Sukuna-gawa, 21.iii.1999, TI & AO, L; 2 females, Kunigami-son, Shinrin Park, 9–10.iv.2011, TI, L & P. Kume-jima: 5 males, 12 females, Shirase Dam, 14.iii.1998, M. Maruyama.
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Amami-o-shima, Okinawa-jima, Kume-jima). Endemic to central Ryukyu.
Remarks. This species was originally described from Okinawa-jima (Oláh & Johanson 2008), and recorded here from Amami-o-shima and Kume-jima. The male of this species is characterized by the large subtriangular mesocaudal lobe of segment X (m.c.l.), each long lateral lobe of segment X (l.l.) with subacute apex and developed, preanal appendage of segment X (p.a.) (Figs 5 A–5C). The female, first described here, is separated from other congeneric Ryukyu species by the subquadrate lateral lobe with gently narrowing mesal margins in ventral aspect, and in lateral aspect the question-mark-shaped receptacle (rec.) on each side of segment IX for receiving the inferior appendage (Figs 5F, 5G).
Japanese name. Okinawa-kogata-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on pages 553-555, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Hydropsyche orientalis Martynov 1934
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsyche
Hydropsyche orientalis

description: Hydropsyche orientalis Martynov 1934
Hydropsyche orientalis Martynov 1934, 276–277, fig. 198, male, Russia (Primorye); Tanida 1986, 468–473, fig. 1, male, female, larva, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Amami-o-shima, Okinawa-jima; Tanida 1997, 447; Shimura et al. 2014, 43, 55, Amami-o-shima; Kuhara and Ito 2017, 14, 15, Yakushima.
Specimens examined. Amami-o-shima: 14 females, Uken-son, Kogachi-gawa, fall, 19.iii.1999, TI & AO, L; 4 females, Uken-son, Kawaguchi-gawa, 50 m a.s.l., 26.iii.2007, TI, L; 12 females, same locality, 20.x.2014, TI, L; 2 females, Uken-son, 6–8.v.1998, H. Moriya; 1 male, 25 females, Amami-shi, Setouchi, Yakugachi-gawa, middle reach, 5.v.2008, TI, L & S; 14 females, Yamato-son, Materia-gawa, 21.x.2014, TI, L; 1 female, Yamato-son, Yamato-hama, Yamato-gawa, upper reach, 15.v.2014, K. Tojo et al., L; 1 female, Sumiyo-cho, Yakugachi, Yakugachi-gawa, 15.v.2014, K. Tojo et al., L. Okinawa-jima: 2 females, Nago-shi, Genka, 9.x.2008, H. Moriya; 2 males, 26 females, Nago-shi, Genka-gawa, near Hogen-hashi, 22–24.xi.2010, TI, L & P; 16 females, same locality, 8.iv.2011, TI, L & P; 1 male, 28 females, same locality, 17–18.x.2014, TI, P & S; 2 females, Nago-shi, Genkagawa, 40 m a.s.l., 16.iii.2012, TI, L & P; 1 male, 11 females, Kunigami-son, Yona-gawa, Nakafukuji-bashi, 23.xi.2010, TI, P; 2 females, same locality, 18.x.2014, TI, L; 4 females, Kunigami-son, Yona, Sukuna-gawa, 21.iii.1999, TI & AO, L; 2 females, Kunigami-son, Yona, Hiji-gawa, upper reach, 9.iv.2011, TI, L. Kume-jima: 5 males, 8 females, Shirase Dam, 14.iii.1998, M. Maruyama.
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Yakushima, Amami-o-shima, Okinawa-jima, Kume-jima), Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu. Continental parts of the Far East Asia.
Remarks. This species is one of the most abundant caddisflies in Far East Asia including Japan and also is common in northern and central Ryukyu.
Japanese name. Urumâ-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on page 558, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Hydropsyche verrucosa
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Hydropsyche
Hydropsyche verrucosa

description: Hydropsyche verrucosa (Ulmer 1911)
(Figs 8 A–8H)
Hydromanicus verrucosus Ulmer 1911, 397, 399–400, figs 9, 10, male, Taiwan; Malicky & Chantaramongkol 2000, 797, 829, pl. 3, male, Taiwan.
Hydatomanicus verrucosus: Ulmer 1951, 299.
Hydropsyche verrucosa: Geraci et al. 2010, 926.
Adult (Figs 8 A–8H). Forewings each 8.4–11.2 mm long in male (n = 6), 10.0–11.0 mm long in female (n = 8). Wing venation typical in the genus.
Female genitalia (Figs 8 G–8H). Tergite VIII subquadrate with convex dorsal margin in lateral aspect. Sternite VIII cleft about 4/5 from base in ventral aspect, forming pair of lateral lobes, each oval in lateral aspect and subquadrate in ventral aspect. Segment IX nearly rectangular with pair of setal bands caudally in lateral aspect; lateral lobe large; receptacle of inferior appendage (rec.) roundish with two flanges in lateral aspect. Segment X rectangular.
Specimens examined. Amami-o-shima: 3 males, 1 female, Yamato-son, Yuwan-gama, 18–19.iv.2015, SI, L. Ishigaki-jima: 1 male, 1 female, Ara-kawa, 55 m a.s.l., 19.iii.2016, TI, S. Iriomote-jima: 1 male, Urauchi-gawa, Kampire-no-taki, 85 m a.s.l., 29.x.2012, TI, S; 1 male, same locality, 22.x.2016, TI, S.
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Amami-o-shima, Ishigaki-jima, Iriomote-jima). Taiwan. New to Japan.
Remarks. This species was originally described as a species of the genus Hydromanicus Brauer based on a male from Kanshirei, Taiwan (Ulmer 1911), and Ulmer (1951) designated this species as the type species of the genus Hydatomanicus Ulmer. This species is known in many localities of Taiwan (Hsu 1997; Malicky & Chantaramongkol 2000). The genus Hydatomanicus Ulmer was synonymized with the genus Hydropsyche Curtis by Geraci et al. (2010) with evidence from DNA and male morphology. The male of this species is characterized by the thick apicolateral lobes of segment X with an oblique ridge and round caudal margins; and the long undulated basal segment of the inferior appendage in lateral aspect. The female, first described here, is distinguished from those of other congeneric Ryukyu species by the shape of the large lateral lobes of sternite VIII, i.e. oval in lateral aspect and subquadrate in ventral aspect.
Japanese name. Kobu-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on page 560, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Macrostemum formosicolum
Creators: name: Ito, Tomiko
name: Nozaki, Takao
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Trichoptera
Hydropsychidae
Macrostemum
Macrostemum formosicolum

description: Macrostemum formosicolum (Matsumura 1931)
(Figs 9 A–9K)
Macronema formosicolum Matsumura 1931, 1132 –1133, male, Taiwan.
Macrostemum formosicolum: Malicky 1998, 771, pls. 1, 6, male, Taiwan; Malicky 2014, 1628, Taiwan.
Specimens. Holotype male (pinned, cleared abdomen was dried up in a small vial), labeled “Formosa Matsumura, Type Matsumura, Macronema formosicot”, Taiwan (HU). Ishigaki-jima: 1 male, Omoto, Nagura-gawa, 21.v.2009, K. Tojo; 1 female, Nagura-gawa, Nagura-dam-ue, 70 m a.s.l., 11.iv.2011, TI, P; 1 male, 3 females, Takeda, 8.v.2010, M. Tanaka (MT).
Distribution. Japan: Ryukyu (Ishigaki-jima). Taiwan. New to Japan.
Remarks. This species was originally described from Taiwan by Matsumura (1931), and previously known only from Taiwan (Malicky 1998, 2014). We examined the holotype male of this species deposited in Hokkaido University (Fig. 9A). The holotype has yellow forewings, and each wing has a large dark marking apically and five dark spots on the central area (Fig. 9B). Specimens examined in this study also have the same coloration although the posterior spot near the anal veins is occasionally indistinct (Fig. 9G 2). The genitalic structure of two males collected from Ishigaki-jima agrees well with that of the holotype (Figs 8 C–F, H–K) although the phallotremal sclerites of the holotype are protruded from the apex of phallotheca, probably because of drying.
In addition, one Macrostemum female was collected from Iriomote-jima (Aira-gawa, 5 m a.s.l., 25.iii.1999, by TI & AO). Forewings of this female bear similar markings to those of M. formosicolum, but lack a dark spot on the anal area. Although this female probably belongs to this species, we hold the identification until more specimens become available.
Japanese name. Taiwan-shima-tobikera.
description: Published as part of Ito, Tomiko & Nozaki, Takao, 2018, The family Hydropsychidae Curtis (Trichoptera) in the Ryukyu Archipelago, southwestern Japan, pp. 545-565 in Zootaxa 4504 (4) on pages 560-561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4504.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/2606666
Gabrius Stephens 1829
Creators: name: Li, Liang
name: Schillhammer, Harald
name: Zhou, Hong-Zhang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Gabrius

description: Genus Gabrius Stephens, 1829
Stephens, 1829: 23 (genus description); Westwood, 1838: 16 (type species); Cameron, 1932: 62 (subgenus of Philonthus); Coiffait, 1974: 17 (key to species of western Palaearctic region); Smetana, 1984 (review of and key to species of Japan); Schillhammer, 1997 (revision of and species groups for species of Oriental region, checklist of world species); Cho and Lee, 1997: 272 (key to species of Korea); Herman, 2001: 2582 (world catalog); Smetana, 2004: 633 (catalog for Palaearctic region).
Type species: Staphylinus aterrimus Gravenhorst; 1802 (= Staphylinus nigritulus Gravenhorst, 1802), subsequent designation by Westwood, 1838.
Diagnosis. The genus Gabrius may be easily recognized by the combination of the following characters: last segment of maxillary palpus fusiform (Fig. 6 J), longer than penultimate segment; last segment of labial palpus distinctly narrower than penultimate segment (Fig. 6 F); first four segments of front tarsus in both sexes simple, not dilated, without modified pale setae ventrally; superior line of pronotal hypomeron not turning downwards until close to front angle, so that lateral puncture of pronotum bearing long seta situated close to it and separated from it by distance not larger than one diameter of puncture (Fig. 6 D); abdomen with tergites III–V or III–VI bearing two basal lines (Fig. 6 K); basal line of sternite III arcuately extended posteriad in middle (Fig. 6 I); medio-apical emargination of male sternite VIII usually filled by semi-membranous extension; sternite IX of male genital segment with proximal portion more or less symmetrical (except G. fimetarioides group), and distal portion usually variably modified.
description: Published as part of Li, Liang, Schillhammer, Harald & Zhou, Hong-Zhang, 2010, Fourteen new species of the genus Gabrius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China, pp. 1-24 in Zootaxa 2572 on page 2, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.197419
Attitudes of Business Students Towards Career In Central Bank, Private Commercial Banks & Nationalized Commercial Banks; A Study on Bangladesh
Creators: name: IJMVSC
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: The banking industry is always a major job provider in Bangladesh. Particularly, the expansion of private banking business, along with nationalized commercial ones, has created huge number of job opportunities. Different types of banks have different types of jobs. The job in the central bank (Bangladesh bank-BB) is different from any other commercial banks. It includes the strategic decision making for private banks and non bank financial institutions, monitoring and supervising them etc and thus it seems to be a prestigious job to the employees, though the salary structure is not very attractive. On the other hand two types of commercial banks are there, NCBs (nationalized commercial banks) and PCBs (private commercial banks). The NCBs and PCBs are doing the same commercial banking though the organizational structure and the job they provide are little different in character. But their attitude towards the entire banking career is off course not the same. Branding the job is another issue. “Employer branding” is relatively new and interesting topic. Here the human resources and the employment itself are branded. The Bangladeshi banks, except very private banks, are not practicing this concept. The study finds that the overall performances of PCBs are best followed by BB & NCBs. That means to be branded as a good employer the government sector banks has to go through a major reformation process. According to the study ‘Performance based promotion system’ is found to be the most important attribute, followed by ‘Remuneration’, ‘Growth opportunity’, ‘Social status’, ‘Job security’ & ‘Brand image’ and so forth. So based on those factors, to be considered as the best employer, all those banks have scopes for development.
Picchusteles Linnavuori and DeLong 1976
Creators: name: Zahniser, James N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Picchusteles

description: Picchusteles Linnavuori and DeLong 1976
Type species P. i n c a, by original designation.
Picchusteles, known only from the type species, P. i n c a Linnavuori and DeLong, is included in Chiasmini based on figures of the second valvula (Knight and Webb, 1993) and male genitalia (Linnavuori and DeLong, 1976). Based on the Y-shaped connective and shape of male pygofer, it appears to be related to Exitianus. The genus was previously included in Macrostelini based on the forewing with 2 anteapical cells, but was later removed from the tribe (Knight and Webb, 1993). The condition of the forewing is also known in other Chiasmini, e.g. in macropterous indivuals of Doratura stylata and Chiasmus spp.
description: Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2008, Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe, pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 1808 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182734
Pratura Theron 1982
Creators: name: Zahniser, James N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Pratura

description: Pratura Theron1982
Type species Pratura graminea Theron, by original designation.
Doraturella Emeljanov 2002 syn. nov.
Doraturella is synonymized with Pratura based on the shape of the head and the distinctive shape of the style, especially the extremely long and recurved apophysis with a spiraling row of small teeth.
description: Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2008, Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe, pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 1808 on page 6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182734
Pratura graminea Theron
Creators: name: Zahniser, James N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Pratura
Pratura graminea

description: Pratura graminea Theron
(Figs. 9–13)
Material examined. Numerous males and females: SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng Prov., Rietfontein dam, Pretoria, 19.ii.2006, M. Stiller, sweep, ex. Cynodon dactylon.
description: Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2008, Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe, pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 1808 on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182734
Leofa
Creators: name: Zahniser, James N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Leofa

description: Key to subgenera of Leofa
1) Aedeagus with long recurved ventral process articulated to base............................................................2
1’) Aedeagus without long recurved ventral process.....................................................................................3
2) Pygofer side with large toothed process arising from inner dorsal margin; submacropterous; clavus with distinct white stripe................................................................................................................. Prasutagus
2’) Pygofer side without large process arising from inner margin; nearly always brachypterous, rarely mac- ropterous with wing appendix extending around apex .................................................................... Leofa
3) Aedagus asymmetrical; submacropterous; clavus with distinct white stripe............................ Tortotettix
3’) Aedeagus symmetrical; brachypterous.................................................................................. Edmundiana
description: Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2008, Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe, pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 1808 on pages 10-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182734
Leofa (Edmundiana) pedunculata Zahniser, 2008, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Zahniser, James N.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Leofa
Leofa pedunculata

description: Leofa (Edmundiana) pedunculata sp. nov.
(Figs. 37–44)
General color fuscous to ochraceous with brown and black markings. Head narrower than pronotum. Crown transversely depressed medially, more brightly colored anteriad of depression and with large dark markings further anteriad. Ocelli situated somewhat dorsally, ~ 1x their own diameter from eye. Frontoclypeus shagreen to slightly rugose, marked with dark brown and fuscous and with muscle scars. Clypellus very broad and tapering apically, tumid, colored dark brown. Genae dark brown beneath eyes and fuscous ventrally. Pronotum short, ochraceous, dark brown medially at posterior margin, carinate posterolaterally but not anteriorly. Mesonotum with a dark brown median longitudinal band. Wings brachypterous, lightly colored and with some brown spots, vestigial venation lightly apparent. Legs dark brown and fuscous. Profemur intercalary row with ~7 setae, the basal 3 of which are very long, relatively thick, and sparsely spaced. Protibia formula 3+4. Profemur row AM with several macrosetae basad of AM1. Hind femur 2+2+1.
Male. Pygofer rounded apically, with numerous thick macrosetae near apex and with a dense complement of shorter setae. Valve large, triangular, with scattered fine setae. Subgenital plates truncate, very short, without macrosetae and with scattered fine setae. Connective V-shaped, stem very short, anterior arms long. Style preapical lobe not pronounced, apophysis expanded, truncate, pointed laterally, and with scale-like sculpturing. Aedeagus situated on a tall stalk, very broad and with pair of laterally flattened falcate processes arising posterolaterally and each with smaller tooth posteriorly. Gonopore large, situated caudoventrally. Segment X strongly sclerotized dorsally and forming an oblong ring around anus, with lateroventral knobs.
Material examined. Male holotype: B. CONGO: / Munowe, Park / Upemba / I-19-58, 1300m. Next label: E.S. Ross & / R.E. Leech / collectors. Holotype deposited at CAS.
Etymology. The species name is the feminine adjective of pedunculus, and refers to the stalk at the base of the aedeagus.
Diagnosis. Somewhat similar to Leofa kumasamba, but distinguished by the truncate subgenital plates and the form of the aedeagus.
Discussion. I interpret the label as indicating that specimen was collected in Upemba National Park (established 1939) in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Searches for “Munowe” yielded no results.
description: Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2008, Seven new species and new distributions of Old World Chiasmini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae), with a redescription, key to genera, and species checklist for the tribe, pp. 1-32 in Zootaxa 1808 on pages 14-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182734