cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Tetragonula praeterita Walker 1860
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Claus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Tetragonula
Tetragonula praeterita

description: Tetragonula praeterita (Walker 1860)
(Figs 5 a–i)
Trigona praeterita Walker 1860: 305 –306: Lectotype (BMNH 17b.1185, worker): examined, “63 / 52”, “ Type ” (green border), “ praeterita / W.”, “ Trigona ”, “B.M. TYPE / HYM. / 17b.1185” (taxonomy). In addition “ LECTOTYPE Trigona praeterita Walker Design. JS Moure 1961 / C Rasmussen 2013”; Type locality: SRI LANKA.
Provenance: Francis Walker (1809–1874) only stated that the specimen came from Sri Lanka (then Ceylon). The label code indicates that the type specimen was purchased by the Natural History Museum in London as lot 52 in 1863. Unfortunately the register only indicates that this lot, containing 116 Hymenoptera from Sri Lanka, was presented to the museum by the Entomological Society and included the types described by Walker in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History during 1858, 1859 and 1860. The original collector or the type locality can therefore not currently be further traced.
Lectotype: Walker (1860) did not state how many specimens he saw of T. praeterita. In the case of additional type specimens, it is therefore necessary to designate a lectotype to stabilize the future use of the name. However, as Moure (1961) already referred to the above specimen as the holotype, the ICZN Article 74.6 (ICZN 1999) allows the inference by Moure (1961) as a valid lectotype designation, as the original description did not imply syntypes.
Notes on the type: The type is glued with the entire ventral side adhered to the point mount. The lower part of the face is not clearly visible. In addition, it appears that the specimen was conserved in alcohol first, as the compound eyes are deflated rendering the head width measurements smaller.
Comments: Tetragonula praeterita was first synonymized under T. iridipennis by Schwarz (1937), although Schwarz noticed that the description indicated a larger species (2.5 English lines in body length and 4 lines in wing length equals 5.3 mm and 8.4 mm, respectively). As the specimen otherwise agrees with the description and the label information, and the register is consistent with the interpretation that this specimen is a type specimen seen and described by Walker, the mistake in measurements must be attributed to the general standard and brevity of Walker’s scientific work (Evenhuis 2011). The synonymy of T. praeterita under T. iridipennis was later followed by Moure (1961) upon examination of the type and by Sakagami (1978) without examining the type.
description: Published as part of Rasmussen, Claus, 2013, Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) of the Indian subcontinent: Diversity, taxonomy and current status of knowledge, pp. 401-428 in Zootaxa 3647 (3) on page 414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219391
Build-in-Wood Policy Catalogue
Creators: name: Urbasofia (Romania)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Wood cities
Policy catalogue
Sustainable cities
Urban policies
Build-in-Wood

description: This catalogue presents the rationale, characteristics and impact of different policy instruments at global level, offering insights with respect to strengths and weaknesses of different policy approaches at sub-national level, and supporting cities and regions who aim to channel their efforts for creating a more sustainable built environment by prioritizing wood, either implicitly or explicitly.
Patu bicorniventris Lin & Li, 2009, spec. nov.
Creators: name: Lin, Yucheng
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Symphytognathidae
Patu
Patu bicorniventris

description: Patu bicorniventris spec. nov.
Figs. 1–2; 18
Type material. Holotype female, 1 female paratype from Mt. Bawangling Nature Reserve (19°02´N, 109°06´E; Alt.: 698 m), Qicha Town, Changjiang Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan Province, China, 29 July 2007, S. Q. Li and C. X. Wang leg. (IZCAS).
Etymology. The specific name derives from Latin bicornus (bicorn) and venter (abdomen), in reference to the posterior region of the female abdomen.
Diagnosis. This new species resembles Patu samoensis Marples, 1951 from Samoa, but can be distinguished by the presence of a short scapus, the distinct course of copulatory ducts and the posteriorly quadrate-shaped abdomen (Fig. 2 A, B).
Description. Holotype female. Total length 0.90. Carapace 0.38 long, 0.34 wide. Clypeus 0.05 high. Sternum 0.23 long, 0.22 wide. Abdomen 0.58 long, 0.60 wide. Carapace yellow and smooth in the middle, with darkish margin, without modified pattern. Six eyes in three diads, subequal in size, round and white, ocular base black. PER straight, ALE and PLE adjacent. Clypeus with short setae. Palp absent. Chelicerae slender, with two sharp adnate teeth, covered with long setae and modified pits at frontal surface, fused in the middle. Cheliceral fang with modified denticles. Sternum almost round, fused to the labium. Legs yellow, with a dorsal spine on patella, a dorsal spine and three trichobothria on tibia. Leg measurements: I 1.13 (0.37, 0.12, 0.26, 0.17, 0.21); II 1.03 (0.31, 0.11, 0.22, 0.14, 0.25); III 0.80 (0.24, 0.10, 0.16, 0.11, 0.19); IV 1.04 (0.33, 0.11, 0.22, 0.10, 0.28). Leg formula: I-IV-II-III. Abdomen iron-gray, anteriorly round and posteriorly quadrate, covered with long setae dorsally, slightly wider than long (length/width 0.97), posteriorly expanded beyond spinnerets, with a pair of posterolateral corners. Anterior and posterior spinnerets same size; median spinnerets smallest; colulus absent. Two spiracles located at posterolateral margin of the epigynal plate.
Epigynum weakly sclerotized, spermathecae relatively large, visible through the pale cuticle. Epigynal surface smooth, covered with sparse long hairs. Vulva relatively simple. Spermathecae near round, strongly sclerotized. Copulatory ducts long, starting at ventral spermathecae, turning four times before fusing to a “Y”- shaped atrium. Copulatory opening small, located at basal scapus. Scapus slightly projected at posterior margin. Fertilization ducts short, weakly sclerotized, derived from inboard spermathecae, end dissociative (Fig. 2 A, B).
Male. Unknown.
Distribution. Known only from the type locality (Hainan) (Fig. 18).
description: Published as part of Lin, Yucheng & Li, Shuqiang, 2009, First described Patu spiders (Araneae, Symphytognathidae) from Asia, pp. 47-68 in Zootaxa 2154 on page 50, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.188801
Stenoterommata Holmberg 1881
Creators: name: Indicatti, Rafael P.
name: Chavari, João L.
name: Zucatelli-Júnior, Maurílio
name: Lucas, Sylvia M.
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Nemesiidae
Stenoterommata

description: Genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881
Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881: 125. Type species by original designation, Stenoterommata platensis Holmberg, 1881. Raven, 1985: 106; Goloboff, 1995: 57; World Spider Catalog, 2016.
Ctenochelus Mello-Leitão, 1923: 61. Type species by original designation, C. maculatus Mello-Leitão, 1923. First synonymized by Guadanucci & Indicatti, 2004: 256.
Emended diagnosis. Males of Stenoterommata differ from those of Bayana, Neostothis Vellard, 1925, Psalistopoides, Pselligmus Simon, 1892b, Prorachias Mello-Leitão, 1924, Pycnothele and Rachias by the rigid and smooth (and usually longitudinal) parallel keels of the embolus (Figs 19, 21, 22, 56–58; Indicatti et al., 2008a, fig. 27), and tibia I with a sessile apical retrolateral megaspine (Figs 32, 61; Goloboff, 1995, figs 72K, 73F; Indicatti et al., 2008a, fig. 28). Females differ from those of Prorachias, Pselligmus, Pycnothele by the absence of scopulae on tibia I, II; from Rachias by the labium wider than long, maxillary posterior heel not produced (Goloboff, 1995, figs 71A, 72B), and without long, curved setae covering the cuspules. In addition, it also differs by the triangular apical segment of the PLS, and by having a row of enlarged pumpkiniform spigots along the inner edge of the PLS spinning field (Figs 38, 40), in conjunction with well-developed preening combs (Goloboff, 1995, fig. 8) on the female metatarsi II, and numerous maxillary cuspules (Fig. 29; Goloboff, 1995, figs 71A, 72B, E), usually over 40, up to 160 (Goloboff, 1995).
description: Published as part of Indicatti, Rafael P., Chavari, João L., Zucatelli-Júnior, Maurílio, Lucas, Sylvia M. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2017, Six new species of silk-lined burrow spider genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from southern Brazil, pp. 435-456 in Zootaxa 4254 (4) on page 436, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/556035
Rank: National Center for Education Statistics, National Center for Education Statistics (2024-03-14). Public Elementary/Secondary School Census Detail (CCD): Student Count - All Students | Total students, all grades (includes AE) | All Gender | All Races, 2002 - 2022. Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd. (Dataset). Dataset-ID: 017-001-001
Creators: name: National Center For Education Statistics
Publisher: name: Sage Data. Sage Publishing Ltd
Year: 2025
Subjects: Education Enrollment
Elementary School Students
Elementary Schools
High School Students
High Schools
Junior High School Students
Junior High Schools
Secondary School Students

description: Reports an annual headcount of students enrolled in school on October 1 or the school day closest to that date. In any given year, some small schools will not have any students.
Parachaetocladius Wulker 1959
Creators: name: William, R.
name: Namayandeh, Armin
name: Hudson, Patrick L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Parachaetocladius

description: Genus Parachaetocladius Wülker
Adults and immatures as diagnosed by Wülker (1959), Saether & Sublette (1983), and Namayandeh et al. (2020), with the following corrections: Adult male without virga; the posteromedial meeting point of the gonocoxites (i.e., penis cavity) with strong sclerotization; the apex of aedeagal lobes with well-developed sclerotization appearing as lateral sclerites below sternapodeme; inferior volsella blunt, lobed, or digitiform. Pupa with sensillum coeloconica located on a low mound with the lateral antepronotal; 3 short anal macrosetae (AM) which are subequal or one AM shorter than the other 2, AM may or may not bear denticles.
description: Published as part of William, R., Namayandeh, Armin & Hudson, Patrick L., 2024, Parachaetocladius lenferringtoni (Diptera: Chironomidae), a new orthoclad from North America, with keys to adult males and pupae of the Nearctic Parachaetocladius (Wülker, 1959), pp. 245-264 in Zootaxa 5419 (2) on page 246, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10792017
Cerberus rynchops
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Homalopsidae
Cerberus
Cerberus rynchops

description: Cerberus rynchops (Schneider, 1799)
(Figs. 7G, 11B)
Material studied: Two adults, CIARI uncatalogued from Sippighat, South Andaman (Fig. 4E).
Morphology: Dorsal scales strongly keeled; in 23:25:19 rows; ventrals 142–150; subcaudals 55–60, divided; supralabials 9 (none entering orbit); infralabials 10 (1–6 in contact with genials); preocular 1; postocular 1; suboculars 2; anal divided; loreal 1. Dorsal colouration grayish with dark blackish cross-bars; venter with grey, black and white checkered pattern.
Distribution: Several individuals were recorded in mangroves and mudflats along the coast in South, North and Middle Andaman, John Lawrance and Henry Lawrance, Havelock, Neil, Alexandra, Tarmugli, Redskin, Paget, North Reef, Interview, Kyd and Rutland Islands. One was seen in the rocky delta of a freshwater stream in Rutland near the coast.
Status: A commons species found throughout most of South and Southeast Asia (Murphy et al., 2012).
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
Tetragonula
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Claus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Tetragonula

description: Tetragonula species of the “ laeviceps ” species group
Members of this species group usually have a mesoscutum almost as evenly banded with hair as the “ iridipennis ” group, but these species are larger, with forewing length, including tegula, measuring between 4.2 and 4.8 mm. Sakagami (1978) referred to this species group as the taxonomically most difficult group within Tetragonula. A single species has been reported in India.
description: Published as part of Rasmussen, Claus, 2013, Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) of the Indian subcontinent: Diversity, taxonomy and current status of knowledge, pp. 401-428 in Zootaxa 3647 (3) on page 416, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219391
Bungarus andamanensis Biswas and Sanyal 1978
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Bungarus
Bungarus andamanensis

description: Bungarus andamanensis Biswas and Sanyal, 1978
(Fig. 8A & B, 12C)
Material studied: Four adults, CIARI uncatalogued 1–4, from Sippighat, South Andaman (Fig.4G).
Morphology: Dorsal scales smooth, in 15:15:15 rows; vertebral scales hexagonal and enlarged; ventrals 188- 196; subcaudals 42–45, undivided; anal single; supralabials 7, 3–4 entering orbit; infralabials 7, 1–4 touching genials; preocular 1; postoculars 2; loreal absent; temporals 1+2. Dorsum lustrous black with 36–45 pale yellow to creamy white bands all over the body and 8–12 bands on the tail. Hemipenis everted in one specimen; organ short, 6 mm long, of conical shape, longer than broad and not lobed. Distal end much broader than proximal end, with intense flounces towards the tip pointing posteriorly. Sulcus spermaticus visible as a groove ventrally.
Distribution: An endemic species. Several individuals were encountered in a variety of habitats ranging from evergreen forests, secondary forests, and mangrove swamps to human habitations on South Andaman, Havelock, Long Island, Little Andaman, Middle and North Andaman Islands. Often seen near human habitation close to forests and has been seen crossing roads at night. One gravid female was recorded in December.
Status: Common.
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
Tetragonula
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Claus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Tetragonula

description: Tetragonula aff. laeviceps (Smith 1857)
Specimens similar to Trigona laeviceps Smith 1857: 51: Neotype (BMNH, worker): examined; Type locality: SINGAPORE, Upper Peirce Reservoir Park.
Comments: Recognizable type material of T. laeviceps could not be found and a neotype from the type locality, Singapore, was recently designated to stabilize the usage of the name (Rasmussen & Michener 2010). Specimens similar to the highly variable T. laeviceps have been reported from Bangalore in India by Sakagami (1978) and Sakagami et al. (1990). In addition to reporting this species from mainland India, Sakagami (1978) examined a worker of presumably T. aff. laeviceps from the Andaman Islands. Sakagami et al. (1990) also reported a “forma B” of Tetragonula for India, but it is uncertain which species that would represent.
MAP 2. Type localities for the species of stingless bees from the Indian subcontinent. a. Tetragonula iridipennis, b. Lisotrigona mohandasi, c. L. cacciae, d. T. ruficornis, e. T. bengalensis, f. Lepidotrigona arcifera. Tetragonula praeterita was described from “ Ceylon ”, or Sri Lanka, with no further indication of the locality.
description: Published as part of Rasmussen, Claus, 2013, Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) of the Indian subcontinent: Diversity, taxonomy and current status of knowledge, pp. 401-428 in Zootaxa 3647 (3) on pages 416-418, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219391
Naja sagittifera Wall 1913
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Naja
Naja sagittifera

description: Naja sagittifera Wall, 1913
(Figs. 8C & D, 12C)
Material studied: An adult, CIARI uncatalogued, from Sippighat (Fig. 4H), South Andaman; ANFD uncatalogued, a juvenile from Mayabunder, Middle Andaman.
Morphology: Dorsal scales granular and smooth, in 27:21:15 rows; ventrals 178–182; subcaudals 60–63, divided; anal single; supralabials 7 (3&4 entering orbit); infralabials 8 (1–5) in contact with genials; preocular 1; postoculars 2; loreal absent; temporals 2+3. A distinct, monocle mark present on the hood. Juveniles dark black with 34–40 white cross-bars while adults turn grey with the markings and bands turning black.
Distribution: An endemic species. Two adults were recorded from Bambooflat and Wandoor in South Andaman amidst human habitation. One adult in the cycle of ecdysis was observed in a household at Kadamtala, Middle Andaman. A juvenile was seen on the road to the summit of Mount Harriet, in South Andaman at night in October. It was observed feeding on road-killed frogs.
Status: Rare.
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
netCDF-Schema: A general purpose netCDF validation tool
Creators: name: Tesoro Calvo, Guillermo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: 2024 CF Workshop

description: NetCDF validation is a pervasive issue when dealing with climate products and other datasets encoded using the format. Often this issue is solved several times at different points of the product pipeline, either by manual inspection or the use of bespoke software. Since there is not a clear, standard way of defining a netCDF product, several sources of truth (Documents, Excel files, checker programs, etc) may co-exist, leading to inconsistencies and duplication of efforts.

In this context, netCDF-Schema aims to create a standard way of defining and validating netCDF products, providing a machine- and human-readable single source of truth.
Tetragonula
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Claus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Tetragonula

description: Tetragonula species of the “ gressitti ” species group
The only species in this group is T. gressitti, which Sakagami (1978) defined by having the male mandible receded and apex of gonocoxite clavate.
description: Published as part of Rasmussen, Claus, 2013, Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) of the Indian subcontinent: Diversity, taxonomy and current status of knowledge, pp. 401-428 in Zootaxa 3647 (3) on page 418, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219391
Ophiophagus hannah
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Ophiophagus
Ophiophagus hannah

description: Ophiophagus hannah (Cantor, 1836)
(Fig. 8E, 12C)
Material studied: Two adults, CIARI uncatalogued 1-2, from Sippighat, South Andaman (Fig. 5A).
Morphology: Dorsal scales smooth, in 17:15:13/14 rows; ventrals 241–244; subcaudals 9–14 entire, 44–74 divided; anal single; preocular 1; postoculars 3; loreal absent; temporals 2+3. Adults normally uniform golden yellow to orange, with the banded regions having a thick black outline.
Distribution: Three adults, one from Wandoor, one from Chidiyatapu and the other from Chakkargao and a subadult from Brookshabad were recorded at Port Blair, South Andaman. All but one of these individuals were recorded from human habitation with the exception of a large (~ 8-9 ft long) adult male from Chidiyatapu, which was observed in the middle of a road passing through dense evergreen forests. A juvenile was seen in Long Island in evergreen forests.
Status: Common and widespread in the Andaman Islands and also throughout most parts of Indochina.
Remarks: Shankar et al. (2021) showed the Andaman population to be nested within the topotypical, Indochinese cluster.
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 312, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
Laticauda laticaudata
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Laticauda
Laticauda laticaudata

description: Laticauda laticaudata (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Fig. 12D)
Material studied: An adult, ANFD uncatalogued from Mayabunder, Middle Andaman (Fig. 5B).
Morphology: Dorsal scales smooth, in 19:19:17 rows, ventrals 236; subcaudals 42 pairs; anal divided, preocular 1; postoculars 2; prefrontals 2. Body with alternate black and blue bands; tail paddle shaped, upper lip black.
Distribution: Two individuals were observed in beaches at North Wandoor and Chidiyatapu, South Andaman. Congregates on the sea shore at night along with L. colubrina.
Status: Rare.
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
Tetragonula gressitti Sakagami 1978
Creators: name: Rasmussen, Claus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Apidae
Tetragonula
Tetragonula gressitti

description: Tetragonula gressitti (Sakagami 1978)
Trigona (Tetragonula) gressitti Sakagami 1978: 214 –216: Holotype (not located, see Rasmussen (2008), worker): not examined; Type locality: VIETNAM, Lâm Dồng province in the Central highlands.
This species is characterized by distinctly melanic coloration including ventral side of entire antenna, and relatively long malar space and scape. This species was recently reported in from Hunli and Pashighat, Lower Dibang Valley district of Arunachal Pradesh in the extreme northeastern Himalayan region of India, close to China (Rathor et al. 2013).
description: Published as part of Rasmussen, Claus, 2013, Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) of the Indian subcontinent: Diversity, taxonomy and current status of knowledge, pp. 401-428 in Zootaxa 3647 (3) on pages 418-419, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3647.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/219391
Siamopsis Savatenalinton 2017, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Savatenalinton, Sukonthip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cytheruridae
Siamopsis

description: Key to species of Siamopsis gen. nov.
1. Dorsal margin of Cp in lateral view flat at mid length …………………………………………2
– Dorsal margin of Cp in lateral view arched at mid length ……………………………………3
2. Postero-dorsal plate of LV in internal view broad, with a small tooth-like tubercle on anterior part, RV in internal view with tubercle-like structures under postero-ventral inner list ………… ……………………………………………………………………… S. khoratensis gen. et sp. nov.
– Postero-dorsal plate of LV in internal view elongated, without tooth-like tubercle, RV in internal view without tubercle-like structures under postero-ventral inner list … S. planitia gen. et sp. nov.
3. Cp in lateral view subtriangular, postero-dorsal plate of LV in internal view broad, with two small teeth-like tubercles on margin, RV in internal view without tubercle-like structures under postero-ventral inner list …………………………………………… S. renateae gen. et sp. nov.
– Cp in lateral view elongated, postero-dorsal plate of LV broad or elongated, RV in internal view with tubercle-like structures under postero-ventral inner list ………………4
4. Postero-dorsal plate of LV in internal view broad, with tooth-like tubercle in the middle ……………………………………………………………………… S. conspecta gen. et sp. nov.
– Postero-dorsal plate of LV in internal view elongated, with tooth-like tubercle on posterior margin ………………………………………………………………… S. suttajiti gen. et sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Savatenalinton, Sukonthip, 2017, Siamopsis gen. nov. and five new species of the subfamily Cypridopsinae Kaufmann, 1900 (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Thailand, pp. 1-39 in European Journal of Taxonomy 384 on page 34, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.384, http://zenodo.org/record/3839820
Culicoides Latrielle 1809
Creators: name: Bellis, Glenn
name: Dyce, Alan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ceratopogonidae
Culicoides

description: Genus Culicoides Latrielle, 1809: 251
Type species: Culicoides punctatus Latreille (= Ceratopogon punctatus Meigen), by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Bellis, Glenn & Dyce, Alan, 2011, Marksomyia, a new subgenus of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian biogeographic region with descriptions of two new species, pp. 35-38 in Zootaxa 3014 on page 36, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204428
Culicoides Marksomyia
Creators: name: Bellis, Glenn
name: Dyce, Alan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ceratopogonidae
Culicoides

description: Key to females of species of Culicoides (Marksomyia)
1. Spermathecae totally desclerotised (fig 38).............................................................. dycei
- Spermathecae partially sclerotised (fig 33–37)............................................................... 2
2. Spermathecae partially or almost completely sclerotised, rounded (fig 33–34)..................................... 3
- Spermathecae pear shaped, with only necks sclerotised (fig 35–37)............................................. 4
3. Wings with two pale spots in cell M4 (fig 25, 26)....................................................... marksi
- Wings with one pale spot in cell M4 (fig 27).................................................. pseudostigmaticus
4. On antennae, SCo absent from basal antennomeres 4–10.......................................... parvimaculatus
- On antennae, SCo present on at least 9 or 10................................................................ 5
5. On antennae, SCo distribution 3(4–9)11–15; 15 with two or three SCh........................................ zentae
- On antennae, SCo distribution 3(8,9)10–15; 15 with at least five SCh.......................................... kayi
description: Published as part of Bellis, Glenn & Dyce, Alan, 2011, Marksomyia, a new subgenus of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian biogeographic region with descriptions of two new species, pp. 35-38 in Zootaxa 3014 on page 37, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204428
Corethrella
Creators: name: Amaral, André P.
name: Pinho, Luiz Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Corethrellidae
Corethrella

description: Key to known pupae of Corethrella gr. peruviana
1. Respiratory organ elongate and somewhat cylindrical with variably expanded apex (Fig. 17; Borkent 2008, fig. 101 A, F–I, fig. 102 and 103) but never broad and flattened. Metathorax with or without sensory pits. Terminal process with socketed spines (Borkent 2008, fig. 100A, B, C)................................................................... Not keyed
1’. Respiratory organ broad and flattened (Fig. 23; Borkent 2008, fig. 101B–E). Metathorax without sensory pits. Terminal pro- cess without socketed spines (Borkent 2008, fig. 100D)......................................... peruviana group... 2
2. Abdominal segments strongly expanded laterally, with sharp extremities (Fig. 22; Borkent 2008, fig. 104C, D)........... 3
2’. Abdominal segments at most slightly expanded laterally (Borkent 2008, fig. 105A)................................. 6
3. L-4 well developed and inserted at apex of abdominal lateral expansions, as long as or longer than the expansions (Borkent 2008, fig. 104C, D)................................................................................... 4
3’. L-4 short and not inserted at apex of abdominal lateral expansions (Fig. 24).................................. alticola
4. Anterior branch of respiratory organ longer than wide (Borkent 2008, fig. 101D, E)................................. 5
4’. Anterior branch of respiratory organ as long as wide (Borkent 2008, fig. 101C).............................. inornata
5. Outer margins of anterior and lateral branches of respiratory organ nearly straight, and oblique to each other (Borkent 2008, fig. 101E)....................................................................................... blanda
5’. Area between anterior and lateral branches of respiratory organ forming nearly a semicircle (Borkent 2008, fig. 101D)..................................................................................................... pallida
6. Abdominal segments not expanded laterally. Terminal process relatively short (Borkent 2008, fig. 101C)............ davisi
6’. Abdominal segments somewhat expanded laterally. Terminal process relatively long (Borkent 2008, fig. 101E, 105A).................................................................................................. manaosensis
description: Published as part of Amaral, André P. & Pinho, Luiz Carlos, 2015, New species and records of frog-biting midges from southern Brazil (Diptera: Corethrellidae), pp. 274-284 in Zootaxa 3946 (2) on page 283, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/241957
Laticauda colubrina
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Elapidae
Laticauda
Laticauda colubrina

description: Laticauda colubrina (Schneider 1799)
(Fig. 9A, 12D)
Material studied: An adult, CSPT/S-36, an adult from the Andaman Islands (Fig. 5C).
Morphology: Dorsal scales smooth, in 22:21:19 rows, ventrals 241; subcaudals 43 pairs; anal divided, preocular 1; postoculars 2; prefrontals 3. Body with alternate black and bluish grey bands; tail paddle shaped, upper lip with a yellow streak.
Distribution: Several individuals were encountered on the sea-coast in Wandoor and Chidiyatapu (South Andamnan), Grub Island, Middle Andaman, John Lawrance, Paget and North Reef Islands. They were observed on fallen dead trees and amidst rocks on the sea-shore. They normally congregate on the sea-shore at night in huge numbers.
Remarks: Studies on behavior and population of sea-kraits were undertaken in the Wandoor, South Andaman Island in the past which show that L. colubrina is more abundant than L. laticaudata in this region (Shetty and Prasad, 1996; Shetty and Sivasundar, 1998; Tyabji et al. 2018).
Status: Common.
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
Caenolestidae Trouessart 1898
Creators: name: Russell A. Mittermeier
name: Don E. Wilson
Publisher: name: Lynx Edicions
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Paucituberculata
Caenolestidae

description: Family CAENOLESTIDAE
(SHREW-OPOSSUMS)
• Small-sized terrestrial, pouchless marsupials, with peculiar lip flaps flanking upper and lower cheek teeth and very long, procumbent lower incisors; big toes not opposable and tails not prehensile.
• 15-25 cm.
• Neotropical Region.
• Subtropical and montane forests and paramo grasslands of the Andes.
• 3 genera, 7 species, 11 axa.
• 2 species Vulnerable; none Extinct since 1600.
description: Published as part of Russell A. Mittermeier & Don E. Wilson, 2015, Caenolestidae, pp. 188-197 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 188, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6588401
Cypridopsinae Kaufmann 1900
Creators: name: Savatenalinton, Sukonthip
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae

description: Key to genera with RV overlapping LV in the subfamily Cypridopsinae
1. CR absent in both male and female ……………………… Martenscypridopsis Karanovic, 2000
– CR present in female ………………………………………………………………………………2
2. CR of cylindrical shape ……………………………………………………………………………3
– CR of triangular shape ……………………………………………………………………………5
3. RV with well developed septa beneath posterior inner list ………… Klieopsis Martens et al., 1991
– RV without well developed septa beneath posterior inner list ……………………………………4
4. Internal LV with a plate-like protrusion on the postero-dorsal part, two t-setae on female A2 …… ………………………………………………………………………………… Siamopsis gen. nov.
– Internal LV without a plate-like protrusion on the postero-dorsal part, four t-setae on female A2 … ……………………………………………………………………… Plesiocypridopsis Rome, 1965
5. Valves very elongated (L/H> 2), posterior selvage of internal LV displaced substantially to the front … …………………………………………………………… Tanganyikacypridopsis (Martens, 1985)
– Valves not very elongated (L/H <2), posterior selvage of internal LV not displaced substantially to the front …………………………………………………………………………………………6
6. A2 natatory setae long, carapace subtriangular …………………… Sarscypridopsis McKenzie, 1977
– A2 natatory setae short, carapace not subtriangular (mostly more subovate) ………………………7
7. RV without inner list, left prehensile palp with slender finger-like terminal segment, terminal segment of Mx1 palp with (slightly) enlarged tip ……… Thermopsis Külköylüoğlu et al., 2003
– RV with inner list, left prehensile palp without slender finger-like terminal segment, terminal segment of Mx1 palp without enlarged tip ………………………………………………………8
8. Left prehensile palp with terminal segment enlarged distally, terminal segment of Mx1 palp very elongated (L/W> 2) ………………………………………………………… Bryocypris Røen, 1956
– Left prehensile palp without terminal segment enlarged distally, terminal segment of Mx1 palp not very elongated (L/W <2) ……………………………………… Kapcypridopsis McKenzie, 1977
description: Published as part of Savatenalinton, Sukonthip, 2017, Siamopsis gen. nov. and five new species of the subfamily Cypridopsinae Kaufmann, 1900 (Crustacea: Ostracoda) from Thailand, pp. 1-39 in European Journal of Taxonomy 384 on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.384, http://zenodo.org/record/3839820
Culicoides Marksomyia
Creators: name: Bellis, Glenn
name: Dyce, Alan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Ceratopogonidae
Culicoides

description: Key to males of species of Culicoides (Marksomyia)
1. Wing cell M4 with single pale spot (fig 52, 56).............................................................. 2
- Wing cell M4 with two pale spots (fig 51, 53–55)............................................................ 3
2. Shoulders of aedeagus of similar thickness to basal arms (fig 50); parameres separate throughout (fig 50)............. dycei
- Shoulders of aedeagus distinctly thicker than basal arms (fig 46); parameres weakly joined near base (fig 46)................................................................................................... pseudostigmaticus
3. In genitalia, membrane of ninth sternite not spiculate medially, ventral root of gonocoxite not developed (fig 45, 47)...... 4
- In genitalia, membrane of ninth sternite spiculate medially, ventral root of gonocoxite well developed (fig 48, 49)......... 5
4. Parameres curved laterad almost at 90° apically, medially with triangular excavation (fig 47), proximal pale spot in M4 ovoid to triangular (fig 53)............................................................................... zentae
- Parameres angular and bent maximally at 45° apically, medially entire (fig 45), proximal spot in M4 usually boomerang shaped (fig 51)................................................................................... marksi
5. Basal arms of parameres rounded, roughly parallel or converging apically, meeting body of paramere along basal edge at an angle close to 90° (fig 49).................................................................. parvimaculatus
- Basal arms of parameres almost straight, divergent apically, meeting body of paramere along basal edge at an angle of about 135° (fig 48)...................................................................................... kayi
description: Published as part of Bellis, Glenn & Dyce, Alan, 2011, Marksomyia, a new subgenus of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian biogeographic region with descriptions of two new species, pp. 35-38 in Zootaxa 3014 on pages 37-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.204428
Trimeresurus andersoni Theobald 1868
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Viperidae
Trimeresurus
Trimeresurus andersoni

description: Trimeresurus andersoni Theobald 1868
(Fig. 9B & C, 12D)
Material studied: Four adults, ANFD uncatalogued, 1 adult from Chidiyatapu, South Andaman; CIARI uncatalogued, 2 adults from Sippighat, South Andaman, CSPT /S-70, an adult from Andaman Islands (Fig. 5D).
Morphology: Dorsal scales feebly keeled, in 21:21–23:15–19 rows; ventrals 175–185; subcaudals 55–77, divided; anal single; preoculars 2; postoculars 2–3; cephalic scales 10–12. Females tend to be of a lighter shade of creamy yellow to light brown; males are normally a bit darker with coffee brown to darker shades with or without intermittent black or brown banded pattern. Venter plain or alternatively banded with dark brown and white.
Distribution: Endemic to the Andaman Islands and Car Nicobar. Several individuals were encountered in a variety of habitats ranging from evergreen forests, secondary forests, littoral forests to human habitation across an elevation range of sea-level to 340 m asl. Recorded from South, Middle, North and Little Andaman, Rutland, Alexandra, Tarmugli, Kyd, Long, Havelock, Interview and Hobday Islands. One of the adult females recorded during this study from human habitation in Wandoor, South Andaman measured 1200 mm in total length and happens to be one of the longest ever recorded.
Remarks: Smith (1943: 522) reports an adult female measuring 1270 mm in total length, which is probably the longest one to have ever been recorded.
Status: Common and endemic.
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 313, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
Corethrella vittata Lane 1939
Creators: name: Amaral, André P.
name: Pinho, Luiz Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Corethrellidae
Corethrella
Corethrella vittata

description: Corethrella vittata Lane, 1939b
Additional material. One male and two females. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina state, Porto Belo, Araçá Environmental Protection Area, Brejo Guinho, 27°07’21” S 48°30’51” W, 81m a.s.l., 26.iv.2011, light trap, AC Ganzer & N Fabris.
Distribution and bionomics. This species was previously known from Puerto Rico, Guyana and Brazil (São Paulo State) at altitudes ranging from 5 to 85m. The species is here recorded in another coastal locality, extending its distribution southwards to Santa Catarina State, southern Brazil.
description: Published as part of Amaral, André P. & Pinho, Luiz Carlos, 2015, New species and records of frog-biting midges from southern Brazil (Diptera: Corethrellidae), pp. 274-284 in Zootaxa 3946 (2) on page 283, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/241957
Parachaetocladius hirtipectus Saether 1969
Creators: name: William, R.
name: Namayandeh, Armin
name: Hudson, Patrick L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Diptera
Chironomidae
Parachaetocladius
Parachaetocladius hirtipectus

description: Parachaetocladius hirtipectus Saether, 1969
Figs. 7E–F, 8F
Material examined. Holotype male with pupal exuviae; Canada, British Columbia, University of British Columbia Forestry Farm, Haney, Alloette River, at old crossing ¼ mile south of Marion Lake, 15.vii.1967, leg. A.L. Hamilton and O.A. Saether, deposited at CNC, no. 9992.
description: Published as part of William, R., Namayandeh, Armin & Hudson, Patrick L., 2024, Parachaetocladius lenferringtoni (Diptera: Chironomidae), a new orthoclad from North America, with keys to adult males and pupae of the Nearctic Parachaetocladius (Wülker, 1959), pp. 245-264 in Zootaxa 5419 (2) on page 259, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10792017
Eryx conicus
Creators: name: Chandramouli, S. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Reptilia
Squamata
Boidae
Eryx
Eryx conicus

description: Eryx conicus (Schneider, 1801)
(Fig. 9D)
Material: none.
One individual was reported from a household in Wandoor, South Andaman and rescued. Morphology: Specimen typical of the species with a stout, short body. Dorsal pattern consisting of dark brown alternate blotches on a sandy brown background.
Remarks: Members of the genus Eryx are predominantly an African / Middle-East Asian elements and are unknown from the Andaman Islands (Whitaker and Captain, 2008). It is possible that this individual may have landed up in the Andaman Islands through human agency by pet-trade (also see Gokulakrishnan et al., 2019). As this is not a native species to the Andaman Islands, it is not considered in the analysis of the Andaman snake fauna presented below. But nevertheless it is mentioned here to sensitize about exotic snake species in the Andaman Islands.
description: Published as part of Chandramouli, S. R., 2022, Snake fauna of the Andaman Islands, Bay of Bengal-A review of species richness taxonomy, distribution, natural history and conservation status, pp. 301-331 in Zootaxa 5209 (3) on page 320, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5209.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7329609
Microstachys glandulosa Esser & M. J. Silva, comb. et stat. nov.
Creators: name: Silva, Marcos José Da
name: Esser, Hans-Joachim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Euphorbiaceae
Microstachys
Microstachys glandulosa

description: Microstachys glandulosa (Mart. & Zucc.) Esser & M.J.Silva, comb. et stat. nov.
Basionym:— Cnemidostachys glandulosa Martius & Zuccarini (1824: 139); Martius (1824: 71). — Sebastiania corniculata var. obtusifolia forma glandulosa (Mart. & Zucc.) Müller (1866: 1168).— Sebastiania glandulosa (Mart. & Zucc.) Pax in Pax & Hoffmann (1912: 100).— Sebastiania glandulosa var. obtusifolia forma calvescens Pax in Pax & Hoffmann (1912: 101), nom. inval.
Lectotype (designated here): BRAZIL. Minas Gerais: in campis, without date, C. F. P. von Martius s.n. (M-0164455!, isolectotypes M- 0164454!, M-0164456!).
Cnemidostachys glandulosa had been overlooked by Esser (1998), and was later listed as synonym of M. corniculata (Vahl) Griseb. by Govaerts et al. (2000: 1186), which was certainly erroneous. It is a separate species, characterized by broadly elliptic to suborbicular, pubescent leaves with an obtuse to rounded (never cordate) base, an obtuse to subacute apex and several distinct marginal glands on the lower surface, which are situated in small lateral lobes that give the leaves a slightly dentate appearance (hence the appropriate epitheton).
The species is very similar to M. hispida; the latter species shows, however, elliptic-lanceolate leaves with usually acute to acuminate apex, shoots and twigs are hollow or not in cross section, the fruits are regularly tricarpellate, with conspicuous appendages often pointing upwards, the pubescence is velutinose in addition to hispid and never uncinate hairs, the growth of the plants is erect and never caespitose. M. glandulosa differs from it, in addition the leaf shape, by the stems never hollow, the fruits quite often showing one or two aborted carpels with only vestigial to reduced appendages, the trichomes hispid and often uncinate, and the plants are often caespitose.
Among the three type sheets in M, the only one with the original label of Martius is selected as lectotype (the others being duplicates with copied labels), which is also the only one with an annotation label of Müller Argoviensis attached to it. The leaves of the lectotype are slightly larger (30–35 × 13–15 mm) than those of the duplicates (15–25 × 8–12 mm).
description: Published as part of Silva, Marcos José Da & Esser, Hans-Joachim, 2011, Two new taxa and two new combinations in Microstachys (Euphorbiaceae) from South America, pp. 18-26 in Phytotaxa 32 on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.32.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4894767
Rachias iricolor Mello-Leitao 1923, comb. nov.
Creators: name: Indicatti, Rafael P.
name: Chavari, João L.
name: Zucatelli-Júnior, Maurílio
name: Lucas, Sylvia M.
name: Brescovit, Antonio D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Nemesiidae
Rachias
Rachias iricolor

description: Rachias iricolor (Mello-Leitão, 1923) comb. nov.
Hermacha iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923: 67. Female holotype from Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil, MNRJ 1366, not located. World Spider Catalog, 2016.
Note. Hermacha iricolor Mello-Leitão, 1923 is here transferred to Rachias as the original description mentions the following features: almost glabrous carapace; labium almost as long as wide; maxillae with small area of few basal cuspules, with long and curved setae on ventral side that covering the cuspules (Mello-Leitão, 1923). These features agree those of Rachias, as proposed by Goloboff (1995). The holotype of R. iricolor (Mello-Leitão, 1923) comb. nov. has not been located, and no specimens were found in zoological collections. Three expeditions were carried out by the first author in different altitudinal gradients (150–936 m asl) at the type locality and also by other researchers with pitfall traps (see Lucas et al., 2006: 52). However, no specimens have been collected.
description: Published as part of Indicatti, Rafael P., Chavari, João L., Zucatelli-Júnior, Maurílio, Lucas, Sylvia M. & Brescovit, Antonio D., 2017, Six new species of silk-lined burrow spider genus Stenoterommata Holmberg, 1881 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from southern Brazil, pp. 435-456 in Zootaxa 4254 (4) on page 451, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/556035