cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Locustopsinae Handlirsch 1906
Creators: name: GOROCHOV, ANDREI V.
name: CORAM, ROBERT A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Locustopsidae

description: Subfamily Locustopsinae Handlirsch, 1906
Remarks. In 2006, Cretaceous representatives of Locustopsinae were tentatively included in four genera having different positions of the MA2 base and different numbers of MP+CuA1 branches in the tegmina (Gorochov et al., 2006): Locustopsis Handlirsch, 1906 with the MA2 base located before the MA1 bifurcation and with MP+CuA1 having two branches; Zeunerella Sharov, 1968 with MA2 located on 2MA1 behind the MA1 bifurcation and with the same structure of MP+CuA1; Mesolocustopsis Hong & Wang, 1990 with MA as in Locustopsis but with one branch of MP+CuA1; Zessinia Martins-Neto, 1990 with MA as in Zeunerella but with MP+CuA1 as in Mesolocustopsis. The Cretaceous genera Cratozeunerella Martins-Neto, 1998 and Cratolocustopsis Martins-Neto, 1998 were also tentatively synonymized with Zeunerella and Mesolocustopsis, respectively.
The tentative genera Locustopsis, Zeunerella and Mesolocustopsis are also known in the Jurassic, but the two latter genera are represented in these deposits by only one and two species, respectively (Gorochov et al., 2006); Locustopsis, on the contrary, has numerous species of the Jurassic age. Moreover, the structure of its tegminal MA is clearly more primitive, characteristic of all the Triassic representatives of Locustopsidae. However, the other Jurassic locustopsines have the same structure of this vein (as in Locustopsis) but are attributed to a few exclusively Jurassic genera: Gomphocerites Heer, 1852 (Lower Jurassic); Parapleurites Brauer, Redtenbacher & Ganglbauer, 1889 (Lower or Middle Jurassic); Phaneropterites Handlirsch, 1906 (Upper Jurassic); Conocephalella Strand, 1928 (Upper Jurassic); Brodiana Zeuner, 1942 (Lower Jurassic); Schwinzia Zessin, 1983 (Lower Jurassic); Plesioschwinzia Zessin, 1988 (Lower Jurassic); Orichalcum Whalley, 1985 (Lower Jurassic). Brodiana and Orichalcum are most probably synonyms of Locustopsis; Gomphocerites, Phaneropterites and Conocephalella are insufficiently understood; but the rest of the Jurassic genera are more or less suitable for determination, and their tentative diagnostic characters are listed below (in the discussion of Plesioschwinzia).
description: Published as part of GOROCHOV, ANDREI V. & CORAM, ROBERT A., 2023, New and little known taxa of the order Orthoptera (Insecta) from the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic of England, pp. 198-204 in Palaeoentomology 6 (2) on page 200, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7928885
A Commons or Not? A Case Study on the Conflict over Coastal Access in Rhode Island
Creators: name: Mega, Joe
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

In Rhode Island, like much of the nation, public access to the coastal zone is diminishing because of exclusionary practices by coastal property owners. In response, a conflict between coastal access proponents and coastal property owners has gripped the halls of power – from the local to State level – leading to the passage of a new statute that attempts to bolster the public’s constitutional right to access the shore. The rights of private property owners have come up against this commitment by the State, perpetuating the conflict forward – all while the coast faces the duality of increased development and the increased effects of climate change. This work builds on existing research on the commons to critically engage with this conflict at the State level and in the Town of Westerly. Textual analysis of relevant State and municipal documents and public comments gathered by the State’s Commission for Coastal Access was done at both levels. Textual analysis paid particular attention to narrative elements present in documents and how these elements relate or don’t relate to prior research and historical developments of the commons. Keeping in line with the literature review, the ways these elements affect the production of the coastline was also considered. In summations, textual analysis of key documents built towards an understanding of the narratives as they have unfolded within the case study areas. Documentation of the narrative indicated that fire districts manage and enclose the commons and that the narration of the process of enclosure in planning documents contributes to the issue of privatization. In contrary to theories on the commons, spatial conceptions remained under referenced in the narrative – especially when compared to other elements that supported a claim to the space of the coastline, such as rights-based rationales. In relation to these findings, I stress the importance of continued critical engagement with narratives and commons theory as a means of identifying contributing factors and possible solutions to diminishing amounts of coastal access in the State.
Pimelodus microstoma Steindachner 1877
Creators: name: Girardi, Simone C.
name: Pavanelli, Carla S.
name: Margarido, Vladimir P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Pimelodidae
Pimelodus
Pimelodus microstoma
Pimelodus mysteriosus

description: Pimelodus microstoma. The diploid number was also 56 chromosomes (24 m + 18 sm + 8 st + 6 a) (Fig. 1d). The AgNORs were located in the terminal region of the long arm of a pair of subtelocentric chromosomes 24 (Fig. 1d, box). C-banding highlighted pale heterochromatin in the region of the centromere in the most of chromosomes, with more conspicuous heterochromatin being found in the telomeric region of the short arm (4) and long arm (pairs 16 and 24), in both telomeres (pair 8) and in the pericentromeric region of the long arm in pair 18 (Fig. 2d). The 18S rDNA was located on the subtelocentric chromosome pair (24), which corresponds to the AgNORs, while the 5S rDNA was found in the pericentromeric region of the long arm of pair 18 (Fig. 3d) .
Pimelodus mysteriosus. The diploid number was also 56 chromosomes (28 m + 10 sm + 2 st + 16 a) (Fig. 1e). The AgNORs were located in the terminal region of the long arm of a pair of subtelocentric chromosomes 20 (Fig. 1e, box). C-banding highlighted pale heterochromatin in the region of the centromere in the most of chromosomes, with more conspicuous heterochromatin being found in the telomeric region of the short arm (pair 20) and long arm (pairs 5, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27 and 28), in interstitial region (pairs 21 and 23) and in the pericentromeric region of the long arm of pairs 21 and 22 (Fig. 2e). The 18S rDNA was located on the subtelocentric chromosome pair (20), which corresponds to the AgNORs, while the 5S rDNA was found at multiple sites, located in the interstitial region of the long arm of pair 1 and pericentromeric region of the long arm of pairs 21 and 22 (Fig. 3e).
description: Published as part of Girardi, Simone C., Pavanelli, Carla S. & Margarido, Vladimir P., 2018, Contributions to the systematic of Pimelodidae (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes): basic and molecular cytogenetics on seven species of Pimelodus from three Brazilian hydrographic systems, pp. 1-16 in Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2) on page 6, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170148, http://zenodo.org/record/3709713
Assessing Effects of Sunflower Pollen on a Gut Pathogen Infection in Multiple Bee Species
Creators: name: Lamphere, Cameron
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

Pathogens have been identified as a major contributor to the widespread decline of some bee species, making understanding host-pathogen dynamics a crucial area of research. Sunflower pollen (Helianthus annuus L.; Asterales: Asteraceae) dramatically and consistently reduces infection by a prevalent gut pathogen, Crithidia bombi (Lipa & Triggiani 1988) (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae), in the common eastern bumble bee Bombus impatiens (Cresson 1863). In a laboratory experiment, we asked whether feeding bumble bees sunflower pollen diets prior to pathogen exposure decreases C. bombi infection. We found that consuming a sunflower pollen diet before inoculation did not reduce C. bombi cell counts compared to buckwheat pollen, a negative control pollen. The results show no evidence of sunflower pollen providing prophylactic resistance against C. bombi infection, indicating that the timing at which sunflower pollen is consumed relative to exposure has important consequences for infection. Relatively little is known about whether sunflower pollen or sunflower plantings reduce infection in other bee species. In a field study, we asked: (1) Does C. bombi infection intensity differ between bumble bee species and two solitary bee species on sunflower farms? (2) In B. impatiens and Bombus griseocollis, does sunflower abundance on farms correlate with C. bombi infection intensity? (3) Do bumble bees and solitary bees differ in their collection of sunflower pollen on sunflower farms, and does this correlate with infection intensity? All bumble bee species sampled carried C. bombi infection. Bombus vagans/sandersoni/perplexus, B. bimaculatus, and B. griseocollis all had significantly higher infection intensity than B. impatiens. A novel finding included the detection of viable C. bombi cells in 3 out of 160 wild Melissodes trinodis sampled. We did not find C. bombi cells in any of 171 Halictus ligatus sampled. A relationship between sunflower abundance and C. bombi infection intensity was not found in any of the bee species. Solitary species carried a higher proportion of sunflower pollen than bumble bee species. The results demonstrate significant variation in infection intensity and sunflower pollen collection among bee species and may inform new methods to investigate pathogen presence in bee species on farms.
Plesioschwinzia Zessin 1988
Creators: name: GOROCHOV, ANDREI V.
name: CORAM, ROBERT A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Locustopsidae
Plesioschwinzia

description: Genus Plesioschwinzia Zessin, 1988
Type species. Plesioschwinzia thalassophila Zessin, 1988
Remarks. The genus was described from one aberrant tegmen having four more or less long and oblique branches of Sc, a primitive structure of MA (with 1MA1, 2MA1 and MA2 located as in Locustopsis and Mesolocustopsis), two branches of MP+CuA1 (as in Locustopsis and Zeunerella), and unusual venation in the area between MA and MP+CuA1. The latter area has a false branch arising from MA before the MA2 base and additionally connecting MA with the costal branch of MP+CuA1 (this is undoubtedly an individual aberration of venation, sometimes occurring in one or even both tegmina of some specimens of recent Orthoptera species). Thus, the presence of such a branch cannot be a generic or species diagnostic character. Differences of this genus from Locustopsis are mainly in the less numerous long oblique branches of tegminal Sc (1–4 instead 6–8); this character is not reliable, because intermediate variants are possible, and many specimens have an inadequately preserved costal area. This genus differs from Schwinzia in the presence of two (instead of three) branches of tegminal MP+CuA1 (possibly the Early Jurassic species Locustopsis anatolica Sharov, 1968, also having three branches of tegminal MP+CuA1, could be tentatively included in the genus Schwinzia). Plesioschwinzia is distinguished from Parapleurites by its distinctly longer Sc, if the tegmen of its type species P. gracilis Brauer, Redtenbacher & Ganglbauer, 1889 was correctly pictured by the authors (Brauer et al., 1889: fig. II, 17).
This genus may contain several species originally placed in other genera, which had a long Sc with 1–4 rather long and oblique branches in its proximal and middle parts, a primitive MA and two branches of MP+CuA 1 in the tegmina: Gomphocerites bernstorffi Geinitz, 1880, Locustopsis lacera Zessin, 1983, L. procera Zessin, 1983, L. pulchella Zessin, 1983, and L. kruegeri Zessin, 1983 from the Lower Jurassic of Germany; L. lacoei Cockerell, 1916, L. uvarovi Zeuner, 1942, L. gracilis Zeuner, 1942, and L. constricta Zeuner, 1942 from the Lower Jurassic of England; L. posterior Gorochov, Jarzembowski & Coram, 2006 from the Lower Cretaceous of England. However, the last two species, as well as some of the others, may have been based on specimens in which only some of an originally greater number of Sc branches were visible, and so may not belong to Plesioschwinzia. However, the type species of this genus and the new species, described below, undoubtedly have only four such branches.
description: Published as part of GOROCHOV, ANDREI V. & CORAM, ROBERT A., 2023, New and little known taxa of the order Orthoptera (Insecta) from the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic of England, pp. 198-204 in Palaeoentomology 6 (2) on pages 201-202, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7928885
A Quantification of Social Behavior for the Analysis of Neural Data
Creators: name: Weinberg, Maxwell
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

This thesis explores the quantification of social behavior for neural data analysis in mice. We developed an unsupervised machine learning pipeline to classify complex social behaviors from video recordings of resident-intruder experiments. The pipeline includes pose estimation, feature extraction, and dimensionality reduction techniques to create a low-dimensional behavioral embedding. We then integrated fiber photometry data from the medial amygdala (MeA) and bed nucleus of the stria terminalis (BNST) to investigate the neural correlates of social behaviors. Our analysis revealed sex-specific behavioral patterns and neural responses in these brain regions during social interactions. Using causal inference techniques, we found that both MeA and BNST neural activity showed stronger predictive power for future behavior than vice versa, suggesting their role in behavior generation rather than purely sensory processing.
Corallocoris Cobben 1970
Creators: name: Luo, Jiu-Yang
name: Wang, Yan-Hui
name: Chen, Ping-Ping
name: Xie, Qiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Omaniidae
Corallocoris

description: Genus Corallocoris Cobben, 1970
Corallocoris Cobben, 1970: 62.
Type species: Omania marksae Woodward, 1958 by original designation.
Polhemus (1976): 240 (distribution, note); Schuh & Polhemus (1980): 19 (distribution, habitat, phylogenetic relationships); Schuh et al. (1987): 260 (catalogue, distribution); Lindskog (1995): 140 (catalogue, distribution).
description: Published as part of Luo, Jiu-Yang, Wang, Yan-Hui, Chen, Ping-Ping & Xie, Qiang, 2022, First record of the intertidal dwarf bug family Omaniidae from China, with description of a new species (Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha), pp. 449-467 in Zootaxa 5195 (5) on page 458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7223747
Stressful Life Events and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Resilience among Black Mothers
Creators: name: Venter, Ciara
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

Upwards of 40% of Black women within the U.S. experience postpartum depression compared to 12.5% of the general population. While studies have shown that a significant predictor of postpartum depression is the experience of stressful life events, less research has focused on developing a better understanding of contextual and personal factors that protect Black women from poor mental health outcomes, particularly during the perinatal period. Using a sample of 482 rural, low-income African American mothers, the current study examined (a) whether stressful life events predicted levels and changes in depressive symptoms across the postpartum period and (b) whether social support and a sense of mastery moderated the association between stressful life events and depressive symptoms across the postpartum period.  Results from path analyses revealed that the experience of multiple life stressors was associated with higher levels of depression at each time point. Contrary to what was expected, mothers’ depression increased over time, and the depression levels for mothers with multiple stressors did not increase as steeply as those with fewer life stressors. Moderation analyses revealed that social support and mastery moderated the positive association between stressful life events and depression at two months postpartum, such that under conditions of high stress, mothers who reported more support and more mastery had lower levels of depression than mothers who reported low support and low mastery, respectively. Furthermore, stressful life events and mastery interacted to predict the rate of change in depression over time in an unexpected way. Specifically, while mothers with high stress and low mastery experienced the highest levels of depression across the postpartum period as hypothesized, these women experienced less steep increases in their depression over time compared to high stress mothers with high mastery as well as mothers with low stress and either level of mastery. Explanations for these findings are further discussed. Focusing on within-group differences among African American mothers rather than between-group comparisons with other racialized groups can help to better inform perinatal interventions aimed at identifying conditions that enhance Black mothers’ mental health and well-being.
Pimelodus ortmanni Haseman 1911
Creators: name: Girardi, Simone C.
name: Pavanelli, Carla S.
name: Margarido, Vladimir P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Pimelodidae
Pimelodus
Pimelodus ortmanni

description: Pimelodus ortmanni. The diploid number was also 56 chromosomes (24 m + 18 sm + 8 st + 6 a) (Fig. 1f). Among one to four B chromosomes (micro-chromosomes and acrocentric) (Fig. 1f) were observed in all specimens, with intra- and inter-individual variation (Tab. 4). The AgNORs were located in the terminal region of the long arm of a pair of subtelocentric chromosomes 24 (Fig. 1f, box). C-banding revealed the existence of pale heterochromatin in the region of the telomeres and centromeres of some chromosomes, with more conspicuous heterochromatin being found in the telomeric region of short arm (pair 16) and long arm (pairs 10, 24 and 27), in both telomere (pair 5) and in the pericentromeric region of the long arm (pairs 17 and 18), while the B chromosomes are entirely heterochromatic (Figs. 2f, 4). The 18S rDNA was located on the subtelocentric chromosome pair (24), which corresponds to the AgNORs, while the 5S rDNA was found in the pericentromeric region of the long arm of pair 18 (Fig. 3f) .
description: Published as part of Girardi, Simone C., Pavanelli, Carla S. & Margarido, Vladimir P., 2018, Contributions to the systematic of Pimelodidae (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes): basic and molecular cytogenetics on seven species of Pimelodus from three Brazilian hydrographic systems, pp. 1-16 in Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2) on page 10, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170148, http://zenodo.org/record/3709713
Engineering pH-Responsive Polymer Based Nanoemulsions for in Vitro Biofilm Treatment
Creators: name: Pena, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

This thesis investigates a collection of PONI- block- co - polymers to effectively evaluate the pH responsiveness of PONI-D-(b)-MT against in vitro biofilms. The study focuses on varying the molecular weight of these polymers and comparing the antimicrobial efficacy of two essential oils, eugenol and carvacrol. By creating and analyzing nanoemulsions, this research aims to determine the potential of these pH-responsive polymers as antimicrobial agents against biofilms. The results demonstrate the significant impact of polymer molecular weight and essential oil type on the antimicrobial activity of the nanoemulsions. This introductory analysis provides valuable insights into the development of novel, targeted antimicrobial treatments for biofilm-related infections using pH-responsive polymer systems.
Corallocoris aldabrae Cobben 1987
Creators: name: Luo, Jiu-Yang
name: Wang, Yan-Hui
name: Chen, Ping-Ping
name: Xie, Qiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Omaniidae
Corallocoris
Corallocoris aldabrae

description: Corallocoris aldabrae Cobben, 1987
Corallocoris aldabrae Cobben, 1987: 24. Holotype: ♀, Seychelles, Aldabra Atoll, Middle Island [= Passe Houareau, Malabar Island]; BMNH. Polhemus (1990): 7 (habitat), 9 (in key), 14 (distribution).
Diagnosis: Body length of female (1.50). This species is closely related to C. marksae, but can be distinguished from the latter by the following characteristics: two elevated spots on the frons are distinctly larger than the ocelli and are somewhat elongate and contact the eyes; the femora predistally are weakly fuscous; the base of hypocostal lamina is clearly notched ventrally (Cobben, 1987).
Distribution: Seychelles (Aldabra Atoll) (Fig. 9A, Table 3).
description: Published as part of Luo, Jiu-Yang, Wang, Yan-Hui, Chen, Ping-Ping & Xie, Qiang, 2022, First record of the intertidal dwarf bug family Omaniidae from China, with description of a new species (Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha), pp. 449-467 in Zootaxa 5195 (5) on page 458, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7223747
Mayawa bimaculata Dietrich 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Dietrich, Christopher H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Mayawa
Mayawa bimaculata

description: Mayawa bimaculata sp. nov.
(Figure 3)
Diagnosis. This species differs from all other known Mayawa species in having a pair of large maculae on the crown and the paired processes on the aedeagus greatly reduced and inconspicuous.
Description. Length of male 2.9 mm, female 3.8 mm. Overall color stramineous, head with pair of black maculae extended from between ocelli onto anterior half of crown, face (Fig. 3C) unmarked except muscle scars on frontoclypeus slightly darker than adjacent parts; pronotum light grey posteromedialy; mesonotal triangles bright orange; forewing membrane light brown contrasting with pale stramineous wing veins; abdominal tergites brown, ovipositor blackCrown (Fig. 3B) produced anteriorly at obtuse angle, slightly longer medially than next to eyes. Forewing with second apical cell petiolate basally.Male pygofer lobe (Fig. 3E) narrowly rounded distally, margin unmodified. Subgenital plate (Fig. 3F) approximately twice as long as wide, lateral margin weakly convex, with 5–6 macrosetae, apex obliquely rounded. Style preapical lobe acutely produced, apophysis narrow, elongate, evenly curved laterad, nearly parallel-sided, with five blunt, evenly spaced preapical teeth, apex bluntly rounded (Fig. 3F). Aedeagus with dorsal apodeme approximately parallel to shaft in lateral view (Fig. 3H), shaft evenly tapered from base to apex, slightly sinuate in lateral view; in ventral view (Fig. 3G) shaft parallel-sided with pair of very short, inconspicuous retrorse lateral spines near midlength and pair of small lateral teeth near apex, apex rounded; gonopore relatively short, ovoid, situated near apex. Female sternite VII posterior margin trilobed medially with medial lobe shorter and narrower than lateral lobes (Fig. 3I). First valvula dorsal sculpture squamiform, merging with ventral sculpture near apex (Figs 3 J–K). Second valvulae with median dorsal tooth moderately prominent, distal teeth irregular (Figs 3 L–M).
Etymology. The species name is a Latinized adjective referring to the pair of maculae on the crown.
Material examined. Holotype male, AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory; Buchanan Hwy (Hwy 80); Gravelpit; 57.2km E of Top Springs; 25 Jan 2004; Hill, Cooley, Marshall, Moulds; light trap; 04.NTR.PIT (MNT). Paratypes: three females, same data as holotype (MNT, INHS).
description: Published as part of Dietrich, Christopher H., 2021, New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), pp. 575-585 in Zootaxa 4933 (4) on pages 580-581, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4556765
Investigation of Plant-based and Dairy Yogurts and the Potential of Hybrid Alternatives
Creators: name: Marlapati, Likhitha
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

A key strategy employed by the food industry to enhance the sustainability of the agricultural food supply is the development of modern plant-based alternatives. Although these products are promoted as offering similar eating experiences to traditional products, consumers and researchers continue to observe differences in physical and sensory properties. To assist in creating better plant-based products, this study aimed to compare the quality and physical attributes of commercially available plant-based and dairy yogurts. Through instrumental methods, we measured pH, titratable acidity, color, water activity, moisture content, and rheology (specifically flow curves) for commercially available yogurts. The results revealed that plant-based yogurts do not differ significantly in color, moisture content, and water activity, but exhibit considerable differences in texture profile compared to dairy yogurts. Examining these differences provides the food industry with insights into the limitations and opportunities for improving the functional characteristics of plant-based yogurts. Building on this study, we hypothesized the existence of a hybrid yogurt in the market. To investigate this, we conducted an online survey to study consumer perception of hybrid yogurt and identify the main factors influencing yogurt selection. Using choice-based conjoint analysis (CBC), we presented participants with product choices based on five attributes (protein source, protein content, flavor, price, and claims) and administered questionnaires related to food neophobia and consumer values (social norms, moral satisfaction, health, and sustainability). The results of the conjoint analysis revealed that the most significant factor in the decision-making process was the protein source, accounting for 27.5% importance, followed by protein content (22.4%), flavor (20.3%), price (16.5%), and packaging claim (13.3%). The individual utility scores indicated that both dairy and hybrid yogurts had positive scores (6.1 and 6.7, respectively), while the plant-based yogurt was assigned a negative utility score (-12.8), implying a preference for dairy and hybrid yogurts. The study found a positive association between protein content and flavor with hybrid yogurt, explaining 4% of the variability, while they had a negative association with dairy. Additionally, consumer attitudes like moral satisfaction showed a negative association, explaining 0.5% of the variability. These findings indicate that consumers are open to accepting a plant-based dairy alternative that closely matches dairy yogurts. The results from both studies could contribute to the development of a product that is appealing to consumers, thus aiding consumer acceptance and promoting a sustainable diet.
Mayawa brevicephala Dietrich 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Dietrich, Christopher H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Mayawa
Mayawa brevicephala

description: Mayawa brevicephala sp. nov.
(Figure 4)
Diagnosis. This species is readily distinguishable from others in the genus by the short crown with evenly rounded anterior margin and by the elongate, arched aedeagus.
Description. Length of male 3.5 mm. Color pale stramineous, frontoclypeus, basolateral triangles of mesonotum and median area of mesonotum and scutellum pale ochraceous. Crown in dorsal view (Fig. 4B) with anterior margin evenly rounded, subparallel to posterior margin, median length less than width between eyes. Forewing with second apical cell petiolate (Fig. 4A).
Male 2S apodemes (Fig. 4D) short and rounded. Pygofer lobe (Fig. 4E) with small but distinct sclerotized rounded tooth posteroventrally. Subgenital plate (Fig. 4G) moderately long with 4-5 macrosetae, apex oblique. Style preapical lobe rounded, apophysis footlike apically with short toe and rounded heel (Fig. 4G). Aedeagal shaft elongate, slender, evenly arched in lateral view (Fig. 4H) with preapical processes short and well separated from apex, apical processes relatively long, acuminate and extended ventrobasad relative to shaft apex. Gonopore preapical on posterior surface adjacent to tips of distal processes (Fig. 4G).
Etymology. The species name is a Latinized adjective referring to the relatively short head.
Material examined. Holotype male, AUSTRALIA: South Australia; 39.6km S of Maria, off Stuart Hwy; 27.57973º S 133.8410º E, 304 m, 31 Jan 2004; K. Hill et al.; Coll at light. (SAM).
Notes. The holotype of this species represents the first record of the genus from South Australia.
description: Published as part of Dietrich, Christopher H., 2021, New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), pp. 575-585 in Zootaxa 4933 (4) on page 581, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4556765
Enicospilus Stephens 1835
Creators: name: Gadallah, Neveen S.
name: Soliman, Ahmed M.
name: Rousse, Pascal
name: Al Dhafer, Hathal M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Enicospilus

description: Enicospilus sp. 1
Figs 5E, 9C, 13C, 17C, 21C, 28C, 32C
Diagnosis
B 18–20; F 13; AI 0.2; ICI 0.55; CI 0.4; SDI 1.2; NI 1.7; ML 0.4; CT 2.0; POL 0.6; OOL 0.1; FI 0.5; Fl1–2 1.5; Fl20 2.0.
Body reddish brown overall, with pale yellow on posterior border of eye, vertex and orbits (just above eye emargination), pterostigma of fore wing yellow, all wing veins black; mandible twisted, upper tooth distinctly 2.0 × as long as lower tooth, outer surface fringed with fine setae; clypeus convex in profile, ventral margin in-turned; face subquadrate, 1.1 × as high as wide, finely punctate, with spaces between punctures equal to puncture diameter or slightly more; occipital carina complete; gena constricted behind eye; ocelli enlarged; antenna with 52 flagellomeres; pronotum simple, unspecialized; mesopleuron densely finely punctate, somewhat coarser on metapleuron; epicnemial carina weak; postpectal carina complete; notauli indistinct; basal transverse carina of propodeum distinct, anterior area superficially finely punctate, posterior area areolate; proximal sclerite well sclerotized, central sclerite weakly sclerotized proximally; hind wing with 7 distal hamuli on R1; metasoma densely covered with pale fine and short setae.
Material examined
SAUDI ARABIA: 1 ♀, Raydah (Asir), light trap, 6 Jun. 2014, leg. Al Dhafer et al. (KSMA).
Remarks
This species is characterized by its dark colour and very strongly convex clypeus, which are uncommon features. Comparing with other Afrotropical species with an ill-defined central sclerite gives no results, meaning that it could be either an Oriental or Mediterranean species, so we add it here as Enicospilus sp. awaiting collection of further specimens.
Distribution
Saudi Arabia.
description: Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., Soliman, Ahmed M., Rousse, Pascal & Al Dhafer, Hathal M., 2017, The genus Enicospilus Stephens, 1835 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Ophioninae) in Saudi Arabia, with twelve new species records and the description of five new species, pp. 1-69 in European Journal of Taxonomy 365 on page 61, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.365, http://zenodo.org/record/3838291
Human Impacts and Diet Influence Mammal Gut Microbiomes Based on Natural History Collections
Creators: name: Haynes, Laura
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

Natural history collections (NHCs) are an underutilized resource to investigate anthropogenic influences and assess temporal trends in mammal gut microbiome diversity. Quantifying microbiome diversity can provide critical insights into species health, ecology, and evolution. This study leverages these collections to explore the impacts of anthropogenic, dietary, and climatic factors on the gut microbiome diversity of fluid-preserved rodent and bat specimens. Utilizing advanced genomic techniques, we extracted fragmented DNA from formalin-fixed specimens housed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Mammalogy collections. Our analysis aimed to discern historical differences in rodent and bat gut microbiomes and examine the effects of anthropogenic activities, dietary variations, and climatic conditions on these microbiomes. Our findings confirmed that human-impact and diet significantly influence microbial diversity in gut microbiomes. Samples from more urbanized areas displayed lower microbial diversity. Surprisingly, we found a low abundance of Proteobacteria in the bat specimens in comparison to contemporary studies. Given the extensive geographic distribution and zoonotic relevance of rodents and bats in human pathogen transmission, understanding their microbial responses to environmental changes is crucial. Our results underscore the potential of museum collections to provide insights into the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of host-microbiome interactions in the face of anthropogenic and climatic shifts.
Locustopsis spectabilis Handlirsch 1906
Creators: name: GOROCHOV, ANDREI V.
name: CORAM, ROBERT A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Locustopsidae
Locustopsis

description: Locustopsis? spectabilis Zeuner, 1942
(Fig. 3)
Material. Imprints LD/Orth 1 (part and counterparts), LD/Orth 4 (part and counterpart), LD/Orth 10 (part and counterpart), LD/Orth 18 (part and counterpart) and LD/ Orth 31 (part and counterpart) (ZIN); diverse fragments of tegmina; Lower Jurassic, Sinemurian, Turneri Chronozone, Brooki Bed, Monmouth Beach, Lyme Regis, Dorset; collected by R. Coram.
Remarks. This species is distinctly larger than Plesioschwinzia sharovi sp. nov.; its tegmina, judging by these fragments, are possibly 21–28 mm in length. Zeuner (1942) wrote that the tegmen of the holotype of L. spectabilis is 27 mm in length, and this species from the Lower Jurassic of England is the “largest known species of Locustopsis ”. Later, the age of its type locality was indicated as “Upper Triassic”, and additional specimens from the English Lower Jurassic were considered and photographed (Whalley, 1985: figs 26–28); the possible length of their tegmina was indicated as “ 22–29 mm ”. In the same paper, Orichalcum ornatum Whalley, 1985 was described as belonging to the suborder Ensifera, but judging by the photograph of its holotype (Whalley, 1985: fig. 21), it may be a synonym of L. spectabilis, which has a very similar tegminal shape, venation and possible length (29–31 mm); however, this holotype is slightly different in having a more contrasted but similarly spotted coloration (which could be a preservation effect) and the crossvein between RS and 1MA1 looking almost like an additional branch of MA fused with RS (this very slight aberration was possibly a reason for inclusion of this tegmen in another suborder). Thus, our imprints may also belong to this species, but for correct determination, it is necessary to restudy the holotype of L. spectabilis which has an unusually short tegminal RS (which could be an aberration, an incorrect picture by Zeuner or signify a separate species) and more numerous branches (five instead of four; Fig. 3A). Moreover, one of our specimens provides a good example of problems with color preservation: some dark spots remain only on one part (Fig. 3B), but others are seen only on its undoubted counterpart (Fig. 3C).
description: Published as part of GOROCHOV, ANDREI V. & CORAM, ROBERT A., 2023, New and little known taxa of the order Orthoptera (Insecta) from the Upper Triassic and Lower Jurassic of England, pp. 198-204 in Palaeoentomology 6 (2) on page 203, DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.11, http://zenodo.org/record/7928885
Pimelodus paranaensis Britski & Langeani 1988
Creators: name: Girardi, Simone C.
name: Pavanelli, Carla S.
name: Margarido, Vladimir P.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Siluriformes
Pimelodidae
Pimelodus
Pimelodus paranaensis

description: Pimelodus paranaensis. The diploid number of this species was also 56 chromosomes (22 m + 22 sm + 4 st + 8 a) (Fig. 1g). The AgNORs were located in the terminal region of the long arm of a pair of subtelocentric chromosomes 24 (Fig. 1g, box). C-banding highlighted pale heterochromatin in the region of the telomere in the most of chromosomes, with more conspicuous heterochromatin being found in the telomeric region of long arm (pairs 4, 13, 19, 20, 24 and 26), in both telomeres (pairs 7 and 23), in the pericentromeric region of the long arm (pairs 13, 18 and 26) and short arm (pairs 2 and 12) (Fig. 2g). The 18S rDNA was located on the subtelocentric chromosome pair (24), which corresponds to the AgNORs, while the 5S rDNA was found at multiple sites, located in the pericentromeric region of the long arm of pairs 13, 18 and 26 (Fig. 3g) .
description: Published as part of Girardi, Simone C., Pavanelli, Carla S. & Margarido, Vladimir P., 2018, Contributions to the systematic of Pimelodidae (Osteichthyes, Siluriformes): basic and molecular cytogenetics on seven species of Pimelodus from three Brazilian hydrographic systems, pp. 1-16 in Neotropical Ichthyology 16 (2) on page 10, DOI: 10.1590/1982-0224-20170148, http://zenodo.org/record/3709713
Resource Selection of Human-associated Resources by Massachusetts Black Bears across Seasons and Reproductive Status
Creators: name: Bonin, Jessica
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2024

Resource selection is a critical aspect of wildlife ecology, and understanding how animals interact with human-associated resources is of increasing importance as urbanization rapidly increases. This study investigates the resource selection patterns of Massachusetts black bears in relation to human-associated resources across various
seasons and reproductive statuses. This study used black bear locations and availability of resources within bear home ranges to investigate selection using resource selection functions.

Our findings reveal distinct seasonal resource utilization patterns among black bears. Spring and fall show increased use of areas characterized by human-development,
with a notable preference for agricultural resources during the fall season. The proximity to human structures significantly influences resource selection, particularly during spring and fall. Bears consistently avoid locations with a high percentage of building structures throughout the year.

This study did not detect a statistically significant difference in land cover selection between bears with newborn cubs and those without cubs, indicating that reproductive status may not substantially impact resource selection at this scale. For both reproductive statuses, the selection probability rises as the distance to human structures increases. Bears, both with and without cubs, are less likely to select locations as the percentage of building structures increases.

These findings provide a foundation for future research endeavors, where the integration of bear-specific information into predictive models will enhance resource selection predictions. This knowledge contributes to effective wildlife management and conservation strategies, especially in regions characterized by significant human-bear interactions.
Caecum Fleming 1813
Creators: name: Walter, Angelo Vannozzi
name: Renda, Walter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Caecidae
Caecum

description: Genus Caecum Fleming, 1813
Caecum Fleming, 1813: 63.
TYPE SPECIES. — Dentalium trachea Montagu, 1803 by subsequent designation by J. E. Gray (1847: 203).
description: Published as part of Walter, Angelo Vannozzi & Renda, Walter, 2024, Sampling the depth: New data on the Caecidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from northeastern Papua New Guinea, pp. 327-347 in Zoosystema 46 (14) on page 330, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a14, http://zenodo.org/record/12548683
Smeringopus Simon 1890
Creators: name: Yao, Zhiyuan
name: Kioko, Grace M.
name: Kioko, Esther N.
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Smeringopus

description: Genus Smeringopus Simon, 1890
Smeringopus Simon 1890: 94. Simon 1893: 476. Kraus 1957: 217. Timm 1976: 70. Huber 2012: 8. Type species: Pholcus pallidus Blackwall, 1858 [= Smeringopus pallidus (Blackwall, 1858)]
Diagnosis and description. See Huber (2012).
description: Published as part of Yao, Zhiyuan, Kioko, Grace M., Kioko, Esther N. & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Three new species of the spider family Pholcidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taita-Taveta, Kenya, pp. 114-124 in Zootaxa 4651 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3359156
Smeringopus arambourgi Fage 1936
Creators: name: Yao, Zhiyuan
name: Kioko, Grace M.
name: Kioko, Esther N.
name: Li, Shuqiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Pholcidae
Smeringopus
Smeringopus arambourgi

description: Smeringopus arambourgi species group
The new species Smeringopus voi Yao & Li sp. nov. is assigned to the S. arambourgi species group by bulb with two processes and by opisthosoma with transversal, dark ventral band. See Huber (2012).
description: Published as part of Yao, Zhiyuan, Kioko, Grace M., Kioko, Esther N. & Li, Shuqiang, 2019, Three new species of the spider family Pholcidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Taita-Taveta, Kenya, pp. 114-124 in Zootaxa 4651 (1) on page 118, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3359156
MPEC 2025-C22 : DAILY ORBIT UPDATE (2025 February 3)
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469

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.
Mayawa kathyae Dietrich 2021, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Dietrich, Christopher H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Cicadellidae
Mayawa
Mayawa kathyae

description: Mayawa kathyae sp. nov.
(Figure 5)
Diagnosis. This species differs from other species in the genus in lacking dark markings on the head and in having the aedeagus with a preapical flange giving rise to a pair of elongate retrorse processes.
Description. Length of male 3.2 mm, female 4.3 mm. Overall coloration pale stramineous; median part of crown, anterior part of pronotum and scutellum bright yellow; basolateral triangles of mesonotum orange.
Crown (Fig. 5B) produced anteriorly at obtuse angle, slightly longer medially than next to eye. Forewing with second apical cell petiolate.
Male 2S apodemes (Fig. 5D) very short, triangular, well separated at base. Pygofer lobe (Fig. 5E) narrowly rounded apically, margin unmodified. Subgenital plate (Fig. 5G) approximately twice as long as wide, lateral margin convex, with 5-6 macrosetae, apex narrowly rounded. Style preapical lobe acutely produced, apophysis slender, evenly curved laterad with five evenly spaced posteromedial teeth, apex narrowed to blunt tip (Fig. 5G). Aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 5H) with dorsal apodeme relatively short and narrow, approximately parallel to shaft; shaft tapered in basal half, nearly parallel sided and distinctly sinuate in distal half with apex rounded; in ventral view (Fig. 5G) gradually and slightly tapered with lateral preapical flange giving rise to pair of long retrorse spines, apex rounded with pair of triangular preapical lateral teeth; gonopore elongate, extended from between base of lateral preapical processes to near apex.
Female sternite VII posterior margin trilobed medially with median lobe longer and broader than lateral lobes (Fig. 5I).
Etymology. The species is named in honor of Kathy Hill, cicada expert and collector of the type series of this and many other new and interesting Australian leafhoppers.
Material examined. Holotype male, AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory 76km E of Mataranka on Roper Bar Hwy. 14°54.888’S 133° 42.78’E 77m, 03 Feb 2006 K. Hill, D. Marshall, M. Moulds, coll at light at night (MNT). Other material. 2 females, AUSTRALIA: Queensland 37.6 km west of Alpha (E. of Beta). approx 15km E of Jericho, 23º37.439’S 146º16.228’E 372 m, 3 Jan 2004, K. Hill, D. Marshall, J. Cooley, M. Moulds, at lights (QM, INHS).
Notes. The two female specimens from Queensland closely resemble the male holotype from Northern Territory except for being much larger. These females are not treated as paratypes because of the considerable distance between collecting localities.
description: Published as part of Dietrich, Christopher H., 2021, New species of Mayawa Fletcher and description of a related new Australian leafhopper genus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Paralimnini), pp. 575-585 in Zootaxa 4933 (4) on pages 581-583, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4933.4.8, http://zenodo.org/record/4556765
Corallocoris nauruensis
Creators: name: Luo, Jiu-Yang
name: Wang, Yan-Hui
name: Chen, Ping-Ping
name: Xie, Qiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Omaniidae
Corallocoris
Corallocoris nauruensis

description: Corallocoris nauruensis (Herring & Chapman, 1967)
(Figs. 8C–D, 9)
Omania nauruensis Herring & Chapman 1967: 355. Holotype: ♂, Nauru Island; USNM. Cobben (1970): 68 (diagnosis), 69 (in key); Schuh (1987): 261 (catalogue, distribution); Cobben (1987): 25 (distribution); Schuh et al. (1987): 260 (catalogue, distribution); Schuh & Polhemus (1980): 5, 6, 7 (figures).
Material examined: NAURU: Central Pacific, Nauru Island, 16.XI.1966, leg. H.C. Chapman, paratypes 2♂♂ 2♀♀ (RMNH).
Diagnosis: Body length of male (1.21), female (1.30–1.40). C. nauruensis can be distinguished from other species of Corallocoris by the following characteristics: the pronotum and scutellum have a light pattern (Fig. 8A); the median fovea of the pronotal dome continues as a sulcus, which almost completely divides the dome into two lobes (Fig. 8A); a large basal and preapical blue-grey band is on the clavus, an irregular blue-grey patch on the base of corium extends narrowly down the lateral margin of the forewing, widening at the middle third and extending inward almost to the commissure, and a grey band is at the apical margin (Fig. 8A–B).
Habitat. Corallocoris nauruensis was collected at low tide from pinnacles that were common in the reef, which completely surrounds Nauru Island (Herring & Chapman 1967).
Distribution: Nauru Island (Fig. 9A, Table 3).
description: Published as part of Luo, Jiu-Yang, Wang, Yan-Hui, Chen, Ping-Ping & Xie, Qiang, 2022, First record of the intertidal dwarf bug family Omaniidae from China, with description of a new species (Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha), pp. 449-467 in Zootaxa 5195 (5) on page 462, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.5.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7223747