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Four taxa belonging to the complex of species around Achnanthidium minutissimum were found during the ongoing taxonomic revision of the Antarctic freshwater and limno-terrestrial diatom flora. Two taxa were previously described as Achnanthidium lailae and A. sieminskae. Two others were formerly identified as A. minutissimum but detailed light and scanning electron microscopical observations revealed sufficient morphological differences compared to the type of A. minutissimum, to justify their separation and description as new taxa: Achnanthidium indistinctum and A. maritimo-antarcticum. The morphology and ecology of all four taxa are discussed comparing the species with morphologically similar taxa. The biogeographical consequences of the splitting of the former A. minutissimum complex in the Antarctic Region are discussed.
Wie bereits die Beiträge in der letzten Ausgabe des FIB beschäftigen sich auch diese mit Begriffen auf der Grenze von Natur und Kultur, von Evolution und Geschichte: 'Environment', 'Ecosystem', 'Noosphäre' und 'Anthropozän' gehören zu einem sich überschneidenden Wortfeld, das im Deutschen der Ökologie- und Umweltproblematik zugeordnet ist. Diese Begriffe haben ihre gegenwärtige Brisanz nicht zuletzt durch die Klimaveränderung gewonnen, bei der die Frage, ob oder inwieweit der mit ihnen erfasste Sachverhalt der Natur oder der menschlichen Kultur/Gesellschaft zugehört, umstritten und damit höchst politisch ist.
Um Verkehrungen zwischen Natur und Gesellschaft plastisch auf den Punkt zu bringen, paraphrasiert Karl Marx im Fetischkapitels des Kapitals einen Vers aus Shakespeares 'Viel Lärm um nichts' (3. Aufzug,3. Szene): "Ein gut aussehender Mann zu sein, ist eine Gabe der Umstände, aber lesen und schreiben zu können, kommt von Natur." Konnte Marx für das Publikum des 19. Jahrhunderts, auch indem er Shakespeares 'fortune' durch das zeitgenössisch eher sozial konnotierte 'Umstände' und 'Physiognomie' durch 'Aussehen' übersetzte, die Evidenz der Differenz von Natürlichem und Gesellschaftlichem noch sicher als rhetorische Schlusspointe für die Verkehrung der dinglich-natürlichen Gebrauchswerte und der gesellschaftlichen Tauschwerte einsetzen, so haben solche Unterscheidungen, vielleicht nicht zuletzt gerade auch aufgrund der von ihm selbst beschriebenen Vergesellschaftungsprozesse ihre unmittelbare Evidenz verloren. Denn wie manche Kognitionswissenschaftler und Linguisten heute die Sprachentwicklung am liebsten durch bildliche Darstellung aktivierter Hirnareale 'biologisch-hirnphysiologisch' fassen, so ist umgekehrt das natürliche physiognomisch Aussehen längst zu einem 'kulturell' konstruierbarem Artefakt geworden. Die vorliegende, aus einer Kooperation zwischen der von Clemens Knobloch geleiteten Siegener Forschergruppe 'Die Kulturkritik des Neoevolutionismus' und Mitarbeitern des 'Zentrums für Literatur- und Kulturforschung' (Berlin) entstandene Ausgabe des e-Journals wendet sich solchen semantischen Verschiebungen zu, wobei zudem der primäre Oppositionsbegriff zu Natur heute nicht Gesellschaft, sondern Kultur ist. Die interdisziplinären Begriffsgeschichten behandeln dabei Begriffe wie 'Kultur' und 'Natur', 'Evolution' und 'Geschichte'‚ 'Fortschritt' sowie 'survival of the fittest'.
A selection of duplicates from the collection of Michel Edmond de Selys Longchamps was found at the Übersee-Museum Bremen/Germany (UMB). Selys determined a lot of Odonata in the UMB collection and sent 80 European and 76 exotic species to Bremen on 23 April, 1875. According to the labels 121 specimens could be assigned to this shipment and eleven specimens must have been sent to UMB in later years. This collection includes two paralectotypes (Progomphus gracilis Hagen inSelys, 1853;Palaemnema nathalia Selys, 1886) and seven syntypes (Rhinocypha trifasciata Selys, 1853; Dysphaea dimidiata limbata Selys, 1859; Argia sordida Hagen inSelys, 1865; Oxyagrion dissidens Selys, 1876; Oxyagrion haematinum Selys, 1876; Oxyagrion pavi-dum Hagen in Selys, 1876; Telagrion longum Selys, 1876). In addition, a male specimen of Euphaea tricolor subcostalis Selys, 1873 might also belong to the original syntype series. Altogether three specimens with labeled nomina nuda(Diplax catharina Selys, Diplax fausta Selys, Dythemis bilineata Hagen) and two labeled with manuscript names (Diplax marcellina Selys, Perithemis ovate Bates) are in this collection.
Five new species of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) from Peru and Bolivia, and two new records for Peru
(2014)
The following four new species of Cerambycidae are described from Bolivia: Chrysoprasis imitatrix (Heteropsini); Carneades vigneaulti (Colobotheini); Colobothea larriveei (Colobotheini); Colobothea boliviana (Colobotheini). Esthlogena (Pseudotaxia) bella (Pteropliini) is described from Peru. A key to species of Carneades Bates, 1869 is provided. The other new species are included in previously published keys. Additionally, two new country records are reported for the fauna of Peru.
The present paper describes five new species of candonid ostracods in two genera: Pseudocandona agostinhoi sp. nov., P. cillisi sp. nov., P. claudinae sp. nov., Candobrasilopsis elongata sp. nov. and C. acutis sp. nov. The three species of Pseudocandona belong to the caribbeana-group in this genus. With the two new species of Candobrasilopsis, this genus now comprises four species.
Candobrasilopsis elongata sp. nov. is the most common of the five new species described here, while C. acutis sp. nov. and P. claudinae sp. nov. are known from one locality only, which is furthermore the same for both species: a small streamlet entering the Paraná River. With the description of the present five species, the number of species known from the Paraná River alluvial valley, including the Taquaruçu lakes, now amounts to 49.
Cupido comyntas (Godart), the eastern tailed-blue, is a legume-feeding caterpillar native to North America. One of its three subspecies, Cupido comyntas comyntas (Godart), is distributed over the eastern half of the United States and southeastern Canada. This subspecies was recorded for the first time feeding on cultivated soybean. Caterpillars fed upon soybean at various developmental stages, ranging from seedlings to podded plants, in several fields within a 5-km radius in Brookings County, South Dakota, from July 1 – 25, 2013. Feeding was confined to leaves, and no pod damage was observed. The caterpillars occurred at relatively low densities that were unlikely to have affected yield of soybean crops. An early maturity soybean line, H007Y12, had a lower incidence of C. comyntas comyntas caterpillars than a relatively later maturity line, H19Y11. Butterflies of C. comyntas comyntas were observed feeding from soybean flowers on multiple dates in July and early August. As the geographic distribution of C. comyntas comyntas considerably overlaps the area where soybean is grown, entomologists should watch for and document any additional infestation of soybean by these caterpillars.
FIAS Scientific Report 2013
(2014)
Fernando Birri wurde als Nachkomme italienischer Auswanderer am 13.3.1925 in Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz (Argentinien) geboren. Er ist nicht nur (Dokumentarfilm-) Regisseur, sondern auch Theoretiker, Dichter und Puppenspieler. Birri studierte Film am Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rom; schon vor dem Abschluss (1952) entstand der kurze Dokumentarfilm Selinunte (1951), kurz danach Alfabeto Notturno (über eine Abendschule im sizilianischen Toretta, in der Analphabeten lesen lernen). Zusammen mit dem renommierten Regisseur Mario Verdone, der als Professor am Centro Sperimentale arbeitete, führte er bei Immagini popolari siciliane sacree profane Regie (1953). Mitwirkungen an Filmen von Carlo Lizzani und Vittorio de Sica folgten ebenso wie Kleinauftritte als Schauspieler und Arbeiten als Drehbuchautor.
The endemic Floridian milliped genus, Floridobolus Causey, 1957, more closely related to tylobolinines in the western United States (US), Mexico, and Guatemala than syntopic spirobolines, is incorporated into Spirobolidae (Spirobolida: Spirobolidea). With taxonomic priority by one year, its monotypic family is reduced to Floridobolinae, n. stat., comprising Floridobolini and Tylobolini, n. stats., the counterpart to Spirobolinae, comprising Spirobolini and Aztecolini, n. tribe; relationships are Floridobolini + (Tylobolini + (Aztecolini + Spirobolini)). Like F. penneri Causey, 1957, 208 km (130 mi) to the south in the Lake Wales Ridge, Polk and Highlands counties (cos.), F. orini n. sp., inhabits “Big Scrub” environments in the Ocala National Forest, Marion Co. Biogeographic reconstructions, compatible with broader hypotheses on the class’ evolutionary history, indicate that, from a presumptive source area in northern Mexico where the subfamilies overlap, spirobolid stock penetrated the “proto-US” four times, once per tribe, before the Western Interior Seaway developed in the Cretaceous Period, Mesozoic Era. Three expansions headed northeastward into future “Appalachia,” from which taxa spread southward as the Seaway receded. Floridobolini, the fi rst invader, had to be in “proto-Georgia” and positioned to penetrate Florida when the sand dunes that comprise the “Central Highlands” emerged from the sea in the Oligocene (Cenozoic), ~25 mya. As sea levels rose and fell, the dunes fragmented into islands and the subcontinuous Floridobolus population was partitioned. The southernmost became F. penneri; F. orini inhabited a northern island; and a graduate student is investigating other insular remnants for additional species. Shortly after Floridobolini began spreading, Hiltonius/ Tylobolini arose and expanded both southward to Guatemala and northwestward to California; Tylobolus Cook, 1904, diverged in the latter area and dispersed northward to Washington and eastward to Utah/Arizona. The third invader, and the second to disperse northeastward, was Aztecolini, which probably eradicated Floridobolini from some of its established range and was partitioned into Mexican (Aztecolus Chamberlin, 1943) and US (Chicobolus Chamberlin, 1947) taxa by the Seaway. The fi nal invader, Spirobolini, dispersed northwestward and northeastward to both the Pacifi c and Atlantic coasts; instead of Trans-Beringia, we prefer penetration of the Asian part of “Asiamerica,” when it temporarily formed during the Cretaceous, to explain the Mongolian fossil genus, Gobiulus Dzik, 1975, herein assigned to Tylobolini, and the occurrence of Spirobolus Brandt, 1833, in China and Taiwan today. In the east, Narceus Rafi nesque, 1820, spread across Appalachia, eradicated most remaining populations of Floridobolus and Chicobolus, and expanded to Maine and Québec after retreat of the Wisconsin glaciation. Chicobolus and Narceus also penetrated earliest Florida; the former established itself in the Central Highlands, spread through the widening peninsula as sea levels fell, and remained on insular refugia when waters rose. Apparently fueled by the different Floridian environments, Narceus underwent time-consuming speciation; consequently, Floridobolus and Chicobolus still survive on the peninsula, and an allopatric population of the latter inhabits coastal South Carolina. However, N. gordanus (Chamberlin, 1943) occurs syntopically with both in peninsular Florida and may be actively eradicating them from their last stronghold. Trigoniulus niger, takahasii, and segmentatus, all by Takakuwa, 1940, are removed from Spirobolidae and returned toTrigoniulidae (Trigoniulidea). New records in the Appendix include the fi rst of Aztecolus from Durango and Jalisco, Mexico.
Im Zeitalter von Globalisierung und Massenmigration ergeben sich derzeit nicht nur neue Fragestellungen und Perspektiven für die germanistische Exilforschung, es lässt sich auch ein wachsendes Interesse der Öffentlichkeit am Thema des Exils beobachten. Entscheidende Impulse erhielt die Auseinandersetzung in jüngster Vergangenheit ins besondere durch Herta Müller und ihre Forderung, ein "Museum des Exils" zu gründen. Das Exil in diesem Sinne "in der gegenwärtigen deutschen Erinnerungskultur zu verankern", ist erklärtes Ziel der vom Literaturarchiv Marbach und der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek in Frankfurt am Main initiierten virtuellen Ausstellung 'Künste im Exil', die im September 2013 offiziell freigeschaltet wurde. Das Netzwerkprojekt interessiert sich dabei vor allem auch für die "unerwarteten Verbindungslinien zwischen historisch spezifischen Exil-Situationen". […]
Mit Beiträgen zu Marica Bodrožić, Saša Stanisic, Olga Grjasnowa, Doron Rabinovici, Abbas Khider und Michael Lentz versammelt das Heft einige exemplarische Lektüren zu Exiltexten der Gegenwart. Zum Weiter lesen regt die von Philipp Wulf erstellte Bibliographie zu Texten von in Deutschland lebenden Exilautoren an, die auf der Internetseite der Walter A. Berendsohn Forschungsstelle eingestellt ist. Die Arbeit des "Writers in exile"-Programms stellt Franziska Sperr in ihrem Artikel vor. Yvonne Siebels berichtet über digitale Exil-Portale, zu der auch die virtuelle Ausstellung Künste im Exil gehört. Andreas Marquet stellt den Beitrag zur Tänzerin und Autorin Jo Mihaly vor, mit dem die Forschungsstelle in der digitalen Ausstellung vertreten ist.
Der Titel bedarf einer besonderen Begründung! 800 Jahre Elisabeth von Thüringen: Katholische und Evangelische Kirche begehen z. B. in Hessen mit einer Fülle von Veranstaltungen 2007 das „Elisabethjahr“. Die Ev. Kirche in Kurhessen-Waldeck und die Ev. Kirche in Hessen und Nassau haben unter dem Titel „Krone, Brot und Rosen. 800 Jahre Elisabeth von Thüringen“ einen umfangreichen Veranstaltungskalender vorgelegt. Bereits an ihrem 775. Todestag lassen die hessischen Landeskirchen und Bistümer in ökumenischer Eintracht, aber mit unterschiedlicher Akzentuierung das Elisabethjahr beginnen. „In einem war man sich schnell einig: Elisabeth kann sicher nicht als moderne Sozialapostolin gedeutet werden, die auf die reine Mitmenschlichkeit setzte; dafür waren ihre Christusfrömmigkeit und ihre Christusnachfolge zu stark ausgeprägt; sie verband praktizierte Caritas mit tiefer Gottesbeziehung. Es gab aber ein hartes Ringen um ein gemeinsames Erscheinungsbild des Gedenkens. Das Attribut ‚heilig‘ war für die evangelische Seite nicht akzeptabel. Für Protestanten ist die fürstliche Wohltäterin nur Elisabeth von Thüringen, und so steht es auch auf dem Logo für evangelische Gedenkveranstaltungen. Auf dem Logo für ökumenisch verantwortete Veranstaltungen wird kompromißhaft zusammengefügt: ‚Heilige Elisabeth. Elisabeth von Thüringen‘ “ (Gernot Facius). Wenn ich im Folgenden weiter von der „Hl. Elisabeth“ rede, soll dieser Hintergrund nicht vergessen werden.
Spuren der Elisabeth-Verehrung finden sich aber nicht nur in Deutschland und in Ungarn. Auch in Italien, Portugal, Tschechien, ja sogar in Skandinavien und den baltischen Ländern erinnert man sich an die deutsche Nationalheilige des Mittelalters...
The Virgin Islands (except St. Croix) are geologically part of the Puerto Rico Bank and biologically related to Puerto Rico, but their cockroaches (Dictyoptera: Blattaria) were not yet as well studied as those on Puerto Rico. To elucidate the number of species, life history, range distribution, and seasonal abundance of these cockroaches, we have conducted a quantitative study since June 2000 using a Malaise trap on Guana Island, British Virgin Islands, in addition to other conventional collecting methods. We found 21 species: Blattella germanica (Linnaeus), Cariblatta antiguensis (Saussure and Zehntner), Cariblatta sp. 2, Cariblatta sp. 3, Colapteroblatta sp. 1, Eurycotis improcera Rehn, Eurycotis sp. 2, Euthlastoblatta facies (Walker), Hemiblabera brunneri (Saussure), Nyctibora lutzi Rehn and Hebard, Panchlora sagax Rehn and Hebard, Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus), P. australasiae (Fabricius), Plectoptera infulata Rehn and Hebard, P. rhabdota Rehn and Hebard, Plectoptera sp. 3, Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus), Symploce pararufi collis Roth, S. rufi collis (Fabricius), polyphagid sp. 1 (Compsodes sp. 1), and polyphagid sp. 2. Among them, nine are new records for the Virgin Islands and fi ve for Guana Island. In addition, Euthlastoblatta diaphana (Fabricius), Nyctibora noctivaga Rehn, Panchlora nivea (Linnaeus), P. viridis (Fabricius), and Rhyparobia maderae (Fabricius) were recorded historically but were not rediscovered. As a result, the number of species is increased from 17 to 26 for the Virgin Islands, and from 10 to 15 for Guana Island. Overall, only fi ve species are edifi carian and likely introduced. Nymphs of polyphagid sp. 2 and Euthlastoblatta facies are reported for the fi rst time as dwellers in termite runways. Only eight species came to the Malaise trap; their phenology illustrates close but not necessarily synchronic relationship with both the timing and amount of rainfall. Monthly abundance showed spring and fall highs and summer and winter lows. Yearly abundance reached lows when annual rainfall decreased below a threshold average of 2.0 mm per day. Seasonality and response to drought varied among species. This paper lays a foundation for further research on diversity of cockroaches from the Virgin Islands and their relationships with those from Puerto Rico.
The following list includes all traceable films of at least 30 minutes length, which explicitly address the current financial, economic and debt crisis as a main topic and have been available in English or German via European cinemas, television stations, or the internet. This includes dubbed or subtitled versions of films produced in other languages. The film descriptions mostly come from the films’ or television stations’ websites or other marketing material, so they are not necessarily objective (although often informative).
The list is based on an extensive internet search but nevertheless will probably be incomplete and sometimes imprecise. For instance, there is virtually no information about how often the cinema films have actually been shown in theaters; many of them may have been shown just a few times. There are lots of interesting shorter films like The Financial Crisis (Session I–V) (Denmark 2009, Superflex) or RSA Animate: Crises of Capitalism (GB 2010, RSA/David Harvey). Those short films are not listed here, but often they can be easily found and watched online.
The small libellulid genus Rhodothemis is restricted to Asia and Australia. Two of the four included species were described relatively recently by Lohmann (1984) but much previously documented material was never re-identified and the distribution of species in the Indospecies in the Indo-Australian Archipelago remained poorly known. All material available in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (RMNH) from the eastern part of the Indo-Australian Archipelago was studied and is here brought on record. Key characters are illustrated and SEM images of the genital ligula are presented.
Diskus : Nr. 1.14
(2014)
Dinteria : Nr. 34, 2014
(2014)
Este trabajo actualiza el conocimiento sobre la presencia de cochinillas protegidas en el olivo, Olea europaea Linnaeus (Oleaceae), en Brasil. Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell), Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret), Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) y Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley) son nuevos registros en olivos en Brasil. Melanaspis obscura (Comstock) es la primera cita en O. europaea en el mundo y una nueva sinonimia se propone: Melanaspis jaboticabae (Hempel) = Melanaspis obscura (Comstock).
Populations of Stegelleta are described from California, New Zealand and Senegal. An amphimictic population from California is identified as belonging to S. incisa and compared with type specimens from Utah and an amphimictic population from Italy. One population from New Zealand is close to S. incisa but considered to represent a new species, Stegelleta laterocornuta sp. nov. It is particularly characterised by a 379–512 μm long body in females and 365–476 μm in males; cuticle divided into 16 rows of blocks at midbody (excluding lateral field); lateral field with four incisures; three pairs of asymmetrical lips, U-shaped primary axils without guarding processes, each lip asymmetrically rectangular with a smooth margin, only lateral lips have slender acute tines; three labial probolae, bifurcated at half of their length; vulva without flap; spermatheca 17–31 μm long; postuterine sac 7–24 μm long; spicules 21.5–23.5 μm long. Other specimens from New Zealand are identified as belonging to S. tuarua. A parthenogenetic population from Senegal is identified as belonging to S. ophioglossa and compared with type specimens from Mongolia and records of several other populations of S. ophioglossa. The generic diagnosis is emended and a key to the species of Stegelleta is provided.
The female of Phileurus bucculentus Ohaus, 1911 is described for the first time. It is compared with the male and also with the females of Phileurus carinatus Prell, 1914, with which it can be confused. Additional data for Phileurus carinatus are provided with four new country records for Guyana, Colombia, Peru and Argentina, and its taxonomic status is reviewed.
A new species of coffee stem and root borer from Colombia is described: Plagiohammus colombiensis, sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae). The new species differs from other species of the genus Plagiohammus Dillon and Dillon by the yellow pattern of spots on the elytra, the morphology of the antenna and pronotum as well as characters of the male genitalia. A key to species of Plagiohammus is provided. This study examines the current situation of the new species of coffee stem and root borer in Colombia. Information on its biology and damage to the coffee plantations is presented.
Die folgenden über hundert Einträge versammeln die Musikanten der Schlager-, Musik-, Operettenund Revuefilme der Jahre von 1945–65, ohne im einzelnen zwischen den Genres zu differenzieren. Versammelt wurden ausschließlich Musik-Interpreten, die in mehreren Filmen auftraten (Sänger und Sängerinnen, Instrumentalsolisten, Gesangsgruppen, Tänzer und Tänzerinnen). Zu den einzelnen Interpreten sind nur Filme der Zeit von 1945–65 dokumentiert, die schlagerfilmaffin waren (darunter v.a. Komödien, Operettenstoffe u.ä.); alle anderen Produktionen bleiben unerwähnt; nur im begründeten Ausnahmefall werden auch solche Filme nachgewiesen, in denen Musik- und Schlagerstars ohne Gesangsnummern in Hauptrollen (und ggf. in größeren Nebenrollen) agieren. Nach Möglichkeit werden die dargebotenen Musiktitel genannt (meist nach einer Autopsie der Filme). Interpreten und Gruppen, die keine Auftritte haben oder Rollen spielen, sondern nur die Filmmusik ohne Auftritte realisiert haben, bleiben undokumentiert. Auch die wenigen bibliographischen Hinweise sind strikt selektiv; insbesondere wurde auf die Dokumentation der Zeitungsliteratur verzichtet.
Jirds (genus Meriones) are a diverse group of rodents, with a wide distribution range in Iran. Sundevall’s jird (Meriones crassus Sundevall, 1842) is one such species that shows a disjunct distribution, found on the Iranian Plateau and Western Zagros Mountains. Morphological differences observed between these two populations, however, lack quantitative support. Morphological differences between geographical populations of Meriones crassus were analysed and compared with those of the sympatric M. libycus. Similarities in the cranial morphology of these species were found, e.g. in a relatively large and inflated bulla. A two-dimensional geometric morphometric analysis was done on the skull of 275 M. crassus and 220 M. libycus from more than 70 different localities in their distribution range. Results confirm cranial differences between specimens of M. crassus from the Western Zagros and those from Africa and Arabia, mainly at the level of the relative size of the tympanic bulla, that were significantly correlated with the annual rainfall and elevation. Moreover, the study supports the hypothesis that the Western Zagros specimens are both a geographically and phenotypically distinct group compared to the other Iranian M. crassus specimens, suggesting that the former might be a distinct species.
Coscinodon humilis was described by Milde from mica schist in the Passeiertal NE Merano (formerly southern Tyrolia in Austria, hence cited as Austria by Greven 1995. now Alto Adige in Italy). Limpricht (1890) regarded it as “verkümmerte Form von C. cribrosus”, and although Mönkemeyer (1927) still cited it, the species got forgotten by the time. Thus the species was no more mentioned by Corley et al (1981) in the European checklist and therefore no more included by Frey et al. (1995) in the German edition of the “Moos- und Farnpflanzen Europas”. Greven (1995) re-established the species in his treatment of Grimmia (and related genera) in Europe. Therefore Frey et al. (2006) included the species, which was, however, not keyed out. Finally Hill et al. (2006) listed it again in the new European checklist as a good species.
Multiple sources of confusion surround the identity of Ochodaeus grandiceps Fairmaire, 1897, from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera: Ochodaeidae). Herein the type specimen is illustrated to solve these taxonomic issues. Examination of the holotype indicates that the species must be transferred to the genus Nothochodaeus Nikolajev, 2005, resulting in a new combination. The genus Mimochodaeus Nikolajev, 2009, based on a misidentifi cation of O. grandiceps as its purported type species, is discussed. Finally, Cuban specimens had been treated erroneously as belonging to O. grandiceps, and so the species had remained undescribed. A new species, Parochodaeus perdidus, is described to accommodate them.
The availability of organelle genome sequences of bryophytes provides opportunity to mine this data. Therefore in this study microsatellites in chloroplast genome sequence of Pellia endiviifolia (Accession number: NC_019628), downloaded from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) in fasta format, were identified. The sequence was mined with the help of MISA, a Perl script, to detect microsatellites. In total, 16 perfect microsatellites were identified in 120.546 kb sequence mined. An average length of 14.94 bp was calculated for mined microsatellites with a density of 1 SSR/7.09 kb. Depending on the repeat units, the length of microsatellites ranged from 12 to 18 bp. Tetranucleotides (7, 43.75%) were the most frequent repeat type, followed by mononucleotide (3, 18.75%) repeats. Dinucleotide, trinucleotide and pentanucleotide repeats were found with equal frequency (2, 12.5%). Interestingly, hexanucleotide repeats were completely absent in chloroplast genome of Pellia endiviifolia.
We compared Chatham Island endemic species Xanthocnemis tuanuii to its congenerics from the New Zealand South Island: X. zealandica (newly collected specimens)and X. sinclairi (type specimens plus newly collected material). Two independent tests were performed –geometric morphometrics and molecular. Both analyses were consistent in supporting the status of X. tuanuiias a good species. Species differed statistically in the following morphological traits: head (dorsal view), male appendages (dorsal, lateral, posterior and ventral views), thorax (dorsal view), and penis (dorsal and lateral view). In addition to the original diagnostic features (mainly shape of the male superior appendages), a new morphological character is suggested here which reliably distinguishes the species based on the shape of the inferior appendages. There was no statistical support for the species status of X. sinclairi. The only feature re-ported as diagnostic (lower lobe of male superior appendages) was found to be variable and insufficient to warrant the previously proposed taxonomic rank for X. sinclairi. Molecular analysis of specimens showing identical appendages to the X. sinclairi holotype grouped them with X. zealandica specimens. Therefore X. sinclairi is synonymised with X. zealandica.
The endophallic structure of the genus Laius is studied and discussed based on the examination of 19 species from Asia to the Indian Ocean. The structure contains two primary sclerites (named gonoporal piece and ligula), a secondary sclerite on the basal part of the gonoporal piece (named additional sclerite) in some species, and a membranous basal area closely covered with many spines (named spinous area). Five species groups are recognized based on the morphology of the endophallic sclerites. The sympatric species have different body sizes and quite distinguishable endophallic sclerites (= different species group), while the allopatric species have overlapping body sizes and similar endophallic sclerites (= same species group). Three new species are described and six previously known species are redescribed with endophallic sclerites, and the descriptions of endophallic sclerites of the remaining ten species are added. The larva of Laius rodriguesensis sp. nov. is also described. The genus
Nossibeus Evers, 1994 is synonymised with Laius Guérin-Méneville, 1830.
Pocket gopher burrows were sampled from 22 counties within Arkansas to determine the associated faunal composition of three major families of Coleoptera (Histeridae, Leiodidae and Scarabaeidae) commonly associated with pocket gopher burrows. We collected eight species of Histeridae, four species of Leiodidae and eight species of Scarabaeidae from the burrows of Geomys breviceps Baird. Three of the Histeridae were new state records, Geomysaprinus goffi Ross, G. rugosifrons (Fall) and Margarinotus felipae (Lewis). All of the Leiodidae were new state records and one Scarabaeidae was a new state record, Dellacasiellus concavus (Say). The most commonly collected scarab beetles were Cryptoscatomaseter haldemani (Horn) and Geomyphilus insolitus (Brown). The most commonly collected hister beetle was Onthophilus kirni Ross. The Leiodidae were infrequently captured.
This document describes the biological cycle of two species of the genus Corades Doubleday, C. chelonis Hewitson and C. dymantis Thieme. The morphological characteristics of the two species are compared to each other, to other species of Corades and to other members of the subtribe Pronophilina. An outstanding character of the larvae of C. chelonis is the united cephalic horns which differ from the other species of Corades. The hostplant of both species is Chusquea serrulata. Oviposition varies between the two species of the study. Immature stage development takes an average of 147 days for C. chelonis and 150 days for C. dymantis. Both species were raised ex situm in the same life zone. Ethological aspects of the larvae and adults are discussed and compared.
A recent investigation was conducted to assess the threat of insect venom hypersensitivity to deployed U.S. service members operating in the region. In parallel with this study, a checklist of medically important Hymenoptera was assembled from limited fi eld collections as well as a comprehensive review of the literature and information provided by electronic databases. We compiled names of 14 families comprising 396 species of Hymenoptera capable of stinging humans. This is the first such checklist for Afghanistan, and should aid future taxonomic work and provide reference information for public health-related entomology in this region.
CGC aktuell 02/2014
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CGC aktuell 01/2014
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Debate exists regarding the number of species of the moon jellyfish (genus Aurelia), a common member of the planktonic community of the coastal shelf seas around the world. Three Aurelia congeners (A. aurita, A. labiata and A. limbata) are currently considered to exist but recent genetic analyses suggested that this is an oversimplification. We analyzed the morphological characteristics of scyphistomae, morphological characteristics of ephyrae and differences in the time span of the strobilation process of Aurelia congeners from 17, 7 and 6 different source populations, respectively, of known species. Morphological characteristics of scyphistomae were similar among the 17 populations but those of ephyrae, such as the shape and form of lappets, were effective discriminators in the 6 cases examined. We recommend identifying species based on differences in 1) the morphological characteristics of scyphistomae and ephyrae (and not only medusae), 2) the genetics of individuals, and 3) the geographical occurrence of the population. This study adds to the growing body of knowledge on scyphozoan scyphistomae and ephyrae, stages of the metagenic life cycle of scyphozoans that have received relatively little study compared to medusae.
Tarr Béla ist der international einflussreichste mitteleuropäische Filmemacher der Nach-1989er-Dekaden – was nicht heißt, dass sein Schaffen allgemein geläufig und regelmäßig zu sehen wäre, ganz im Gegenteil.
Davon abgesehen: Wenn die Leute vom Schaffen Tarrs schwärmen, der Radikalität seiner Ästhetik, dann reden sie in Wirklichkeit eigentlich immer nur von einem Film: Sátántangó (1994), ein rund siebeneinhalb Stunden langes Monument, das damals, noch während seiner ersten internationalen Vorführung bei der Berlinale 1994, zum Axiom einer ästhetischen Spätmoderne akklamiert worden war. Wobei kaum jemand Sátántangó je zu sehen bekam, was daran liegt, dass sich Kinos nur in Ausnahmefällen dazu aufschwingen, solche Normensprenger zu zeigen. Freilich gibt es DVD-Veröffentlichungen; da sieht und hört man zwar was, nur gelebt hat man Sátántangó so nicht. Wie auch, wenn weder der Film selbst atmet noch eine Menschenmasse oder zumindest -menge um einen herum, und man mit ihr? Und darum geht es bei diesem Brocken filmgewordenen Lebens, überhaupt dem Schaffen Tarrs: Die Erfahrung von Gegenwart und Gemeinschaft, Dauer und Raum angelegentlich einer Präsentation schwarzweißer Bilder und einiger weniger Klänge, die mal Worte sind und mal Töne und mal Musik. Sátántangó, dieses Antiepos vom Zerfall einer landwirtschaftlichen Produktionsgenossenschaft in spät- bis postkommunistischen Zeiten, besteht im Wesentlichen aus Plansequenzen, die auch mal zehn, zwölf Minuten lang sein können.
Bladsmutten : Nr. 2/2014
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Bladsmutten : Nr. 1/2014
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In Fortführung der Bibliographie der Filmmusik (Medienwissenschaft/Hamburg: Berichte und Papiere, 87, 2008; rev. 2012, <http://berichte.derwulff.de/0087_08.pdf>, setzen wir das Verzeichnis der immer noch rasant ansteigenden Publikationen der Filmmusikforschung vor. Unseren Lesern sind wir dankbar für Hinweise auf Übersehenes und Neuerscheinungen (hwulff@uos.de) – das vorliegende Verzeichnis soll nach angemessener Zeit fortgeschrieben werden.
Während in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren vermehrt wissenschaftliche Arbeiten zu literarischen Produktionen von eingewanderten AutorInnen vorliegen, die ihre Herkunftsländer verlassen und sich in weiterer Folge im deutschsprachigen Raum angesiedelt haben, gibt es in Österreich bislang wenig systematische Beschäftigung mit diesem Thema. Erst in den letzten Jahren hat sowohl die deutschsprachige als auch die internationale Germanistik begonnen, vermehrt österreichische AutorInnen, die zwischen verschiedenen Sprachen und Kulturen leben und arbeiten, in den Blick zu nehmen und damit zugleich ein Forschungsfeld zu eröffnen, das sich sowohl Fragen der Verortung und Positionierung der AutorInnen als auch den damit verknüpften literarischen Effekten widmet. Als ein weiterer Beitrag zu diesem Forschungsfeld liegt der Fokus der vorliegenden Nummer der Aussiger Beiträge auf der Literatur von eingewanderten AutorInnen aus mittel- und osteuropäischen Ländern in Österreich, wie etwa Jiří Gruša, Ivan Ivanji, Viktorija Kocman, Julya Rabinowich, Alja Rachmanowa, Michael Stavarič oder Fred Wander. Zudem wurde das Korpus um AutorInnen erweitert, die - wie etwa Semier Insayif - zwar in Österreich geboren sind, jedoch bi- oder multikulturellen Hintergrund haben, der in ihren Texten, bewusst oder unbewusst, literarisch reflektiert wird. Die vorliegende Nummer, in der entlang literarischer Texte sowohl theoretische Fragestellungen behandelt als auch die AutorInnen selbst und ihre Texte vorgestellt werden, verdeutlicht, dass es keine kulturell und sprachlich homogene 'österreichische Literatur' gibt, sondern viel mehr 'österreichische Literaturen', die als ein dynamischer Prozess von Bewegungen und Begegnungen zwischen verschiedenen Kulturen und Sprachen im gemeinsamen Kulturraum Österreich zu verstehen sind.
Aus Wissen wird Gesundheit : das Magazin des Universitätsklinikums Frankfurt. Ausgabe 04/2014
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Aus Wissen wird Gesundheit : das Magazin des Universitätsklinikums Frankfurt. Ausgabe 03/2014
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Aus Wissen wird Gesundheit : das Magazin des Universitätsklinikums Frankfurt. Ausgabe 02/2014
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Aus Wissen wird Gesundheit : das Magazin des Universitätsklinikums Frankfurt. Ausgabe 01/2014
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Rhaptothyreus is arguably the most enigmatic nematode taxon due to a combination of unusual morphological features (e.g., large feather-like amphids, vestigial mouth, trophosome, single spicule), unclear phylogenetic relationships (possible affinities with the Enoplida, Mermithida and Benthimermithida) and a distribution restricted to the deep sea. Here I provide the first record of the genus in the Western Pacific Ocean and describe new morphological features of a moulting juvenile. This specimen is characterised by features that differ markedly from those of the adults, the most prominent being the absence of cephalic sensillae and amphids and the presence of a stylet-like structure in the buccal cavity. Similar contrasts in morphology are found between adults and juveniles of the order Benthimermithida, which is characterised by free-living adults and parasitic juveniles.
Other morphological (large body size, presence of trophosome) and distributional characteristics (predominantly deep-sea distribution, juveniles rare / absent in sediments) are also common to both groups. Published records show that Rhaptothyreus is commonly found in oligotrophic environments (e.g., abyssal plain) where organisms bearing symbiotic bacteria are not typically found, which makes the presence of endosymbiotic bacteria inside the trophosome unlikely. These observations are consistent with the existence of a parasitic juvenile life stage in Rhaptothyreus.
Arachnides N°73 (2014)
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Arachnides N°71 (2014)
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Arachnides N°70 (2014)
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