cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.15468/uunwbp
title: First record of sabellid and serpulid polychaetes from the Permian of Sicily

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Sanfilippo, Rossana, Rosso, Antonietta, Reitano, Agatino, Insacco, Gianni (2017): First record of sabellid and serpulid polychaetes from the Permian of Sicily. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62 (1): 25-38, DOI: 10.4202/app.00288.2016, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00288.2016Some tubular fossils attributable to sabellids and serpulids, and a serpulid operculum are described for the first time from the Wordian to upper Permian “Pietra di Salomone”, “Rupe di San Calogero”, and “Rupe di San Benedetto” limestones (Sosio Valley, western Sicily, Italy). Tubes are attached to skeletons of sponges, crinoids, brachiopods and stromatoporoids. The material consists of about twenty incomplete tubes (attached and free portions) and includes some small tubes, ca. 0.2 mm wide, belonging to the sabellid Glomerula (with the species G. testatrix comb. nov. and G. gemmellaroi sp. nov.), the serpulid Filograna sp., and large-sized tubes, up to 3 mm wide, belonging to three newly described serpulids: Propomatoceros permianus sp. nov., “ Serpula ” distefanoi sp. nov., and Serpulidae sp. indet. They are triangular or circular in cross-sections, and display growth lines and/or ornamentations (keels or ribs) on their outer surfaces. Furthermore, an opercular cup referable to those assigned to the genus Pyrgopolon, is also described under the name P. gaiae sp. nov. All specimens show large secondary calcite crystals in their tubes, the original structure being biased by diagenesis. Material represents the first evidence of genuine calcareous tube-dwelling polychaetes from the Palaeozoic, and possibly so far unknown ancestral representatives of the families Sabellidae and Serpulidae. The tubeworm association together with the invertebrates upon which they settled, presumably lived in an exposed shallow-water palaeoenvironment, at the outer edge of a carbonate platform.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18004121
title: The Epistemology of Maintenance: Reconceptualizing Progress Through the Sustainability of the Existing

description: This conceptual paper establishes the epistemology of maintenance as a rigorous, independent philosophical and scientific framework. It fundamentally challenges the prevailing innovation-centric paradigm in technological and societal progress. By integrating principles from reliability engineering, engineering economics, infrastructural sustainability, and the critical role of human factors in knowledge production, we redefine progress as the sustained optimization, preservation, and resilient enhancement of existing systems rather than relentless novelty.To substantiate this paradigm shift, we present fully derived mathematical models, including exponential degradation functions, Weibull-based reliability distributions calibrated via fitting to empirical data from the National Bridge Inventory (NBI), net present value (NPV) optimization for maintenance policies incorporating correlated risks using Copulas, advanced Bayesian uncertainty quantification with hierarchical modeling and MCMC, and a detailed life-cycle assessment (LCA)-based carbon footprint model. These models are calibrated with empirical data from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Infrastructure Report Card and NBI.Reproducible Python simulations, enhanced with Monte Carlo methods (10,000 iterations), bootstrapping for confidence intervals, sensitivity analyses including comprehensive Global Sensitivity Analysis via Sobol indices (first-order and total-order), advanced Bayesian updating with MCMC, and comprehensive descriptive statistics, empirically demonstrate the multidimensional superiority of maintenance-oriented policies over innovation-driven alternatives.A comprehensive comparative analysis, including quantitative comparisons with alternative models such as Markov chains and Gompertz degradation, coupled with an in-depth exploration of tacit knowledge and global applications with quantitative case studies (e.g., NPV analysis for Haramain High-Speed Rail), elevates this framework. It offers profound implications for global sustainability, equity, and policy-making in an era of resource constraints and climate urgency.Keywords: Epistemology of maintenance, reliability engineering, tacit knowledge, sustainability, infrastructure, Bayesian updating, Weibull distribution, Gamma process, Copulas, Sobol indices, life-cycle assessment.
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18064175
title: The Epistemology of Maintenance: Reconceptualizing Progress Through the Sustainability of the Existing

description: This conceptual paper establishes the epistemology of maintenance as a rigorous, independent philosophical and scientific framework. It fundamentally challenges the prevailing innovation-centric paradigm in technological and societal progress. By integrating principles from reliability engineering, engineering economics, infrastructural sustainability, and the critical role of human factors in knowledge production, we redefine progress as the sustained optimization, preservation, and resilient enhancement of existing systems rather than relentless novelty.To substantiate this paradigm shift, we present fully derived mathematical models, including exponential degradation functions, Weibull-based reliability distributions calibrated via fitting to empirical data from the National Bridge Inventory (NBI), net present value (NPV) optimization for maintenance policies incorporating correlated risks using Copulas, advanced Bayesian uncertainty quantification with hierarchical modeling and MCMC, and a detailed life-cycle assessment (LCA)-based carbon footprint model. These models are calibrated with empirical data from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2025 Infrastructure Report Card and NBI.Reproducible Python simulations, enhanced with Monte Carlo methods (10,000 iterations), bootstrapping for confidence intervals, sensitivity analyses including comprehensive Global Sensitivity Analysis via Sobol indices (first-order and total-order), advanced Bayesian updating with MCMC, and comprehensive descriptive statistics, empirically demonstrate the multidimensional superiority of maintenance-oriented policies over innovation-driven alternatives.A comprehensive comparative analysis, including quantitative comparisons with alternative models such as Markov chains and Gompertz degradation, coupled with an in-depth exploration of tacit knowledge and global applications with quantitative case studies (e.g., NPV analysis for Haramain High-Speed Rail), elevates this framework. It offers profound implications for global sustainability, equity, and policy-making in an era of resource constraints and climate urgency.Keywords: Epistemology of maintenance, reliability engineering, tacit knowledge, sustainability, infrastructure, Bayesian updating, Weibull distribution, Gamma process, Copulas, Sobol indices, life-cycle assessment.
DOI: 10.15468/3vym2e
title: Redescription of Dentifibula viburni (Felt) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and review of the genus

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Gagné, Raymond J., Bertone, Matthew A. (2022): Redescription of Dentifibula viburni (Felt) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) and review of the genus. Zootaxa 5175 (5): 583-592, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5175.5.7AbstractDentifibula viburni (Felt) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), type species of Dentifibula Felt, is redescribed with illustrations and compared with its congeners. The genus is differentiated from the generally similar Lestodiplosis Kieffer. As far as presently known, larvae of Dentifibula prey on Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea). The nine other species of Dentifibula are diagnosed. Dentifibula ceylanica Felt is removed from synonymy under Dentifibula obtusiloba Felt.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.zjuhks
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 0 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 The dataset includes 0 records from 0 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0066409-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
DOI: 10.15468/4dk8t5
title: Millipeds from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota, USA, with an account of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae); first published records from six states and the District of Columbia

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shelley, Rowland M., Snyder, Bruce A. (2012): Millipeds from the eastern Dakotas and western Minnesota, USA, with an account of Pseudopolydesmus serratus (Say, 1821) (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae); first published records from six states and the District of Columbia. Insecta Mundi 2012 (239): 1-17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5174370Abstract. The diplopod orders Callipodida and Polydesmida, and their respective families Abacionidae and Xystodesmidae, are initially recorded from South Dakota as is Polydesmidae from North Dakota. Other new records of indigenous taxa include Abacion Rafinesque, 1820 / A. texense (Loomis, 1937) and Pleuroloma / P. flavipes, both by Rafinesque, 1820, from South Dakota, and Pseudopolydesmus Attems, 1898 / P. serratus (Say, 1821) from Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia. New records of Aniulus garius Chamberlin, 1912, A. (Hakiulus) d. diversifrons (Wood, 1867), and Oriulus venustus (Wood, 1864) (Julida: Parajulidae) are provided for western Minnesota and/or eastern North Dakota. Published records from these states are summarized, and the introduced taxa, Julidae / Cylindroiulus Verhoeff, 1894 / C. caeruleocinctus (Wood, 1864) and Paradoxosomatidae / Oxidus Cook, 1911 / O. gracilis (C. L. Koch, 1847), are newly recorded from the Dakotas. The distribution of P. serratus, which extends from Maine to South Carolina and the Florida panhandle, west to Texas, and north to Fargo, North Dakota is described and discussed. This distribution exhibits a prominent southeastern lacuna which we hypothesize suggests replacement by younger, more successful species, as postulated for a similar distributional gap in Scytonotus granulatus (Say, 1821).
DOI: 10.15468/dl.zvrvub
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 2794660 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 "TaxonKey is Pheucticus ludovicianus",
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 The dataset includes 2794660 records from 271 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0066399-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
 
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DOI: 10.15468/znc957
title: Study on the genus Morimospasma Ganglbauer, 1889 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae Lamiinae) from Hubei, China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Wang, Ping, Xie, Guanglin, Wang, Wenkai (2022): Study on the genus Morimospasma Ganglbauer, 1889 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae Lamiinae) from Hubei, China. Zootaxa 5115 (4): 532-540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5115.4.4AbstractTotally nine species/subspecies of the genus Morimospasma Ganglbauer, 1889 are recorded from Hubei (China). Among of them, a new species, Morimospasma (Parvopama) shii sp. nov., from Shennongjia Forestry District, is described and illustrated and Morimospasma (Parvopama) tuberculatum Breuning, 1939 is newly recorded from Hubei.
DOI: 10.15468/ntnc9j
title: Mamíferos de Venezuela: lista actualizada 2023 y comentarios taxonómicos

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Boher Bentti, Salvador, Salazar Candelle, Mercedes, Ferreira Marques, Carmen (2023): Mamíferos de Venezuela: lista actualizada 2023 y comentarios taxonómicos. Anartia (Oxford, England) 36: 7-35, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10433912, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10433912RESUMENSe presenta una lista actualizada de los mamíferos registrados en Venezuela, que comprende 409 especies categorizadas en 14 órdenes, 49 familias y 193 géneros. Ello representa un aumento de 2 familias, 9 géneros y 19 especies con respecto a la lista publicada en el 2012; un total de 33 especies (8,0%) son endémicas del país. Los órdenes más diversos son Chiroptera (42,3%) y Rodentia (25%), que juntos representan dos tercios (67%) del número total de especies. Desde la última recopilación nacional, se describieron 16 nuevas especies, se aceptaron 36 cambios taxonómicos, se incluyeron 7 nuevos registros geográficos y se excluyeron 40 especies. De las 6.544 especies vivientes registradas a nivel mundial, el 6,3% tienen poblaciones en el país. De las especies evaluadas por la UICN (2023) y por el Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana (2015) un total de 28 (6,8 %) y 60 (14,3%) respectivamente, fueron clasificadas dentro de alguna categoría de amenaza global. En este trabajo se siguieron los criterios establecidos por Sánchez & Lew (2012), al tiempo que se revisaron diversas publicaciones científicas y se consultaron bases de datos nacionales e internacionales. Con esta actualización, se busca contribuir al inventario de la diversidad biológica del país y servir de documento técnico de referencia para el estudio de las amenazas que enfrentan sus ecosistemas.Palabras clave: especies endémicas, inventario faunístico, Mammalia, sistemática, taxonomía.
DOI: 10.15468/b8x7vf
title: Fannia pretiosa-group (Diptera: Fanniidae) from Mexico: six new species from the Mexico Transition Zone and an identification key

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Gomes, Lucas R. P., Pedraza-Lara, Carlos (2023): Fannia pretiosa-group (Diptera: Fanniidae) from Mexico: six new species from the Mexico Transition Zone and an identification key. Zootaxa 5264 (2): 185-204, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.2.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5264.2.2AbstractFannia Robineau-Desvoidy is found in all biogeographic regions. The genus contains approximately 360 known species, 18 of which have been recorded from Mexico. Herein, we describe six new species in the Fannia pretiosa -group, redescribe Fannia gilvitarsis Chillcott, and provide diagnosis, habitus images, drawings of the male terminalia, and an identification key for all species of the group that occur in Mexico. All Fannia pretiosa -group species from Mexico share a similar morphology of the mid tibia, hind femur, and male terminalia.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.rcckan
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 0 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
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 The dataset includes 0 records from 0 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0066410-251120083545085/datasets/export for details.
DOI: 10.15468/gw48q6
title: New Species and New Records of Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Neotropical schulzi Species Group

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article dos Santos-Neto, Esperidião Alves, Chaul, Júlio Cezar Mário, Delabie, Jacques Hubert Charles (2024): New Species and New Records of Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from the Neotropical schulzi Species Group. Taxonomy (New York) 4 (3): 633-648, DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy4030032, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy4030032Abstract: The genus Strumigenys is the third most diverse among ants, having been reviewed globally. Despite this comprehensive review, new species are frequently discovered in most biogeographic regions. Here, we describe two new species, Strumigenys itannae sp. nov. and Strumigenys xoko sp. nov., based on material collected in the Amazon and the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Additionally, new records for S. castanea, S. metrix, and S. orchibia are provided, expanding the known distribution of these species. We discuss morphological variation in S. schulzi and provide biological notes that indicate some species within the schulzi group are arboreal inhabitants. We provided an identification key for the newly described species as an amendment to the identification key for the Neotropical Strumigenys.
DOI: 10.15468/vk72eb
title: New carnivorous sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia collected by ROV from the RV FALKOR

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ekins, Merrick, Hooper, John N. A. (2023): New carnivorous sponges from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia collected by ROV from the RV FALKOR. Zootaxa 5293 (3): 435-471, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.3.2, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5293.3.2AbstractThis research presents three new species of carnivorous sponges from the family Cladorhizidae from the Great Barrier Reef, in Queensland, Australia: Abyssocladia falkor sp. nov., Abyssocladia jeanvaceleti sp. nov. and Axoniderma wanda sp. nov. They were collected by ROV during the expedition FK200802—Seamounts, Canyons & Reefs of the Coral Sea Cruise on the RV Falkor from the Schmidt Ocean Institute. In addition, the ROV collection of two complete specimens enabled the redescription of two other Australian species of carnivorous sponge (Chondrocladia (Chondrocladia) zygainadentonis Ekins et al., 2020a and Asbestopluma (Asbestopluma) maxisigma Ekins et al., 2020a), previously known from the East coast of Australia based on incomplete specimens.
DOI: 10.15468/4g7xux
title: Petauridae

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original book chapter Russell A. Mittermeier, Don E. Wilson (2015): Petauridae. In: Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions: 52-565, ISBN: 978-84-96553-99-6, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6656820
DOI: 10.15468/tfyy2t
title: Delimitation of the segmented trapdoor spider genus Luthela gen. nov., with comments on the genus Sinothela from northern China (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Xu, Xin, Yu, Li, Liu, Fengxiang, Li, Daiqin (2022): Delimitation of the segmented trapdoor spider genus Luthela gen. nov., with comments on the genus Sinothela from northern China (Araneae, Mesothelae, Liphistiidae). Zootaxa 5091 (1): 131-154, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.1.5AbstractA new genus of the primitively segmented trapdoor spiders, which is endemic to the north of China, is described, Luthela gen. nov., and the status of Sinothela Haupt, 2003 and Sinothela sinensis (Bishop & Crosby, 1932) is discussed and both are treated as nomina dubia. The new genus Luthela gen. nov. is erected based on morphology and molecular data of the type species Luthela yiyuan sp. nov. A taxonomic revision of the new genus is given. Three Sinothela species are transferred to the new genus, L. luotianensis comb. nov. and L. schensiensis comb. nov. are redescribed using our newly collected specimens, include L. heyangensis comb. nov. as a junior synonym of L. schensiensis comb. nov., and describe six new species based on both male and female morphological characters: L. badong sp. nov., L. dengfeng sp. nov., L. handan sp. nov., L. taian sp. nov., L. yiyuan sp. nov., and L. yuncheng sp. nov.
DOI: 10.15468/wwtrzv
title: To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Ustjuzhanin, Petr Ya., Kovtunovich, Vasily N. (2022): To the Pterophoridae fauna of Paraguay (Lepidoptera). Part 3. Ecologica Montenegrina 59: 38-45, DOI: 10.37828/em.2022.59.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2022.59.4AbstractThe article describes two new species of plume moths from Paraguay: Michaelophorus maria sp. n. and Emmelina vera sp. n. Nine species are reported for the fauna of Paraguay for the first time.
DOI: 10.15468/bw2uzp
title: Two new synonyms among Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with three species newly recorded from China

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Wang, Zhaohong, Mound, Laurence, Mao, Runqian, Tong, Xiaoli (2022): Two new synonyms among Panchaetothripinae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) with three species newly recorded from China. Zootaxa 5190 (2): 275-285, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5190.2.7AbstractHelionothrips mube and Panchaetothrips bifurcus are here recognized as new synonyms of Helionothrips aino and Panchaetothrips timonii based on large numbers of specimens and continuous morphological differences. Three species, Caliothrips insularis, Hercinothrips femoralis and Phibalothrips rugosus are newly recorded from China and the previous record of Caliothrips indicus from China is here considered incorrect. Illustrations of males and larvae of Hercinothrips femoralis are also provided.
DOI: 10.15468/3bq9e2
title: Literature review of the systematics, biology and role in malaria transmission of species in the Afrotropical Anopheles subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae)

description: This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Coetzee, Maureen (2022): Literature review of the systematics, biology and role in malaria transmission of species in the Afrotropical Anopheles subgenus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa 5133 (2): 182-200, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5133.2.2AbstractIt has been 34 years since the last update of the subgenus Anopheles Meigen, 1818 in the Afrotropical Region. Eleven species occur in the region, and of these, eight occur only on the African continent, two in both Africa and Madagascar, and one exclusively in Madagascar. Three species are implicated in the transmission of malarial parasites in localised areas: An. coustani Laveran, 1900 (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and Zambia), An. paludis Theobald, 1900 (Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and An. ziemanni Grünberg, 1902 (Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia and Rwanda). Several arboviruses have been isolated from An. coustani in Kenya, Madagascar and Senegal. Recent molecular studies indicate possible undescribed species within An. coustani that could be resolved with integrated molecular, morphological and cytogenetic methods.