Present status of Sicariidae (Arachnida: Araneae) in the Afrotropical region

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3522 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. N. LOTZ
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Present Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
Afrotropical Region

In this paper the present state of knowledge of the family Sicariidae in the Afrotropical region is discussed. The Sicariidaein the Afrotropical region, as it stands at present, consists of two genera, viz. Sicarius Walckenaer, 1847 (subfamilySicariinae) with six species: S. albospinosus Purcell, 1908, S. damarensis Lawrence, 1928, S. dolichocephalus Lawrence,1928, S. hahni (Karsch, 1878), S. spatulatus Pocock, 1900, and S. testaceus Purcell, 1908 and Loxosceles Heineken &Lowe, 1835 (subfamily Loxoscelinae) with 13 species: L. fontainei Millot, 1941, L. foutadjalloni Millot, 1941, L. lacroixiMillot, 1941, L. meruensis Tullgren, 1910, L. neuvillei Simon, 1909, L. pallidecolorata (Strand, 1906), L. parramiNewlands, 1981, L. rufecens (Dufour, 1820), L. smithi Simon, 1897, L. speluncarum Simon, 1893, L. spinulosa Purcell,1904, L. valida Lawrence, 1964 and L. vonwredei Newlands, 1980. Loxosceles parrami Newlands, 1981 is here renamedto L. parramae (Newlands, 1981), as it was named for a Miss Parram. Loxosceles valida Lawrence, 1964 is heretransferred to the genus Drymusa Simon, 1893 (Drymusidae) and three species of Loxosceles is revalidated (L. bergeri Strand, 1906, L. pilosa Purcell, 1908 and L. simillima Lawrence, 1927).

scholarly journals I.—Notes on the Phylogeny of the Graptolites

1895 ◽  
Vol 2 (12) ◽  
pp. 529-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. A. Nicholson ◽  
J. E. Marr
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
Geological Magazine

Since the remarkable paper by Professor Lapworth “On an Improved Classification of the Rhabdophora” was published in the Geological Magazine for 1873, a great deal of fresh information has been gathered as to these interesting fossils; but the classification given in that paper, though to some extent confessedly artificial, is still generally adhered to. Observations made by the authors in recent years lead them to suppose that that classification will in the future undergo considerable modification; but in the present state of our knowledge it serves a purpose so useful, that it is not our intention to propose any immediate change in it. Our object, on the other hand, is to bring forward certain conclusions which we have independently reached, and which will, we believe, enhance the value of Graptolites to the stratigraphical geologist, and lead to results important to the biologist. Our conclusions are based upon an examination of a large number of forms generally referred to the family Dichograptidæ; but, as we propose very briefly to indicate, they affect the relationships of Graptolites belonging to other families also.

A worldwide catalog of the Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5060 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-514
Author(s):  
GABRIEL M. BUENO ◽  
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER ◽  
CHARLES MORPHY D. SANTOS
Keyword(s):  
Valid Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Primary Type

The genera and species of worldwide wormlions (Diptera: Rhagionidae) are listed, with annotated references to nomenclature, synonymies and generic combinations, type localities, primary type depositories, distribution, and citations for the most recent revisions. The most diverse genera of the family are Vermileo Macquart, Vermipardus Stuckenberg and Lampromyia Macquart, with 13 described species each. The bulk of Vermileonidae diversity, with nearly half of the valid species, remains in the Afrotropical region.  

From anti-idyll to the “poem of desolation”: the traditions of M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin in the “estate text” of the early XX century

2020 ◽  
pp. 36-47
Author(s):  
Galina I. Romanova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Present State ◽  
Final Solution ◽  
Cause And Effect ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
Speech Genre ◽  
Formal Features

On the basis of thematic proximity and similarity of a number of formal features (chronotope of the noble nest; the image of the negative aspects of the es- tate life; the weakening of cause-and-effect relations between the events; the system of characters, tied by relation, but separated spiritually; the specificity of organization of speech) genre transformations in the last novel of M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin “Old Years in Poshe khonye” (1889) and in the short stories cycle of I.A. Bunin “Black Earth” (1903) have compared. The theme of returning to their homeland also brings them closer together — a mental appeal to the past, that is, in Poshekhon’s childhood by Saltykov-Shchedrin, the road to the family estate — by Bunin. In both works embodied a persistent conflict that does not find a final solution. The sharp denial of the present state of reality, characteristic of satire, presupposes the existence of an ideal, which in the works by Saltykov-Shchedrin and appears as an idyllic picture of the world. In relation to it, the image of estate life in both “Old Years in Poshekhonye” and “Black Earth” is anti-idyllic: here everything is the opposite and contradicts the idyllic notions of peaceful life in harmony with nature. In Bunin’s story, this feature is shown in the appeal to the genre of “poem of desolation”.

scholarly journals The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 700 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
YIAU-MIN HUANG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Medical Importance ◽  
Region Information ◽  
Eleven Species

The subgenus Stegomyia Theobald of the genus Aedes Meigen in the Afrotropical Region is characterized. Eleven species groups are recognized and diagnosed. The taxonomy, distribution, bionomics and medical importance of the species of the region are discussed and summarized. Keys and illustrations are provided for the identification of the 11 species groups and 59 species and subspecies known to occur in this region. Information on the present status of the species of the African Stegomyia is summarized. Six new species: Aedes ealaensis, ethiopiensis, gandaensis, hogsbackensis, mpusiensis and sampi are recognized. Aedes blacklocki Evans is restored to specific status. One subspecies, denderensis Wolfs is elevated to specific status.

New species of Chaetonerius Hendel (Diptera: Neriidae) and key for identification of the Neriidae of Tanzania

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4755 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-194
Author(s):  
TATIANA A. SEPÚLVEDA ◽  
ANGELA ECHEVERRY ◽  
DIEGO DE S. SOUZA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
African Continent ◽  
The Family ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Internal Genitalia

Chaetonerius Hendel is the only native genus of Neriidae from the African continent, with 21 species described. Although widely distributed across the Afrotropical region, the species of Chaetonerius are still poorly known and recent efforts are being devoted to clarify the taxonomy of the family and discover its diversity. Here, we describe a new neriid species from Tanzania, Chaetonerius stichodactylus sp. n. Illustrations of the male holotype, including the external and internal genitalia, are presented and a key for the species of Neriidae of Tanzania is provided. 

THEORY OF QUANTUM LIQUIDS: WHERE WE ARE AND WHERE WE ARE GOING

1999 ◽  
Vol 13 (05n06) ◽  
pp. 579-594
Author(s):  
E. KROTSCHECK
Keyword(s):  
Symmetry Breaking ◽  
Present State ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Microscopic Theory ◽  
Simulation Methods ◽  
Conservative Approach ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
Quantum Liquids

The present status of the microscopic understanding of quantum liquids is reviewed. We take a conservative approach and focus thoroughly on two examples: the neutral quantum liquids 4 He and 3 He . The first part of this contribution reviews the present state of the microscopic theory of these systems. Results of both simulation methods and semi-analytic theories are discussed and compared. Quantum liquids in non-uniform geometries lead, due to symmetry breaking, to a number of new and interesting effects and also to new experimental possibilities and theoretical challenges. Finally, we highlight a number of yet open problems where present microscopic approaches have so far been unsuccessful.

Some Phenomena Affecting Handwriting Analysis

1965 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calvin J. Frederick
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Present Status ◽  
Clinical Skill ◽  
Handwriting Analysis ◽  
Projective Techniques ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Rule Out

In this investigation designed to explore some of the phenomenological aspects of the present status of handwriting analysis, as an expressive technique largely, the results indicate that the technique is of value although it needs considerable refinement. The significant clues which one uses at this stage in analyzing the handwriting are apt to be something in the content, rather than the actual handwriting itself. Many handwriting specialists may be laboring under a false impression that they are picking up cues from the handwriting which really stem from other sources, principally the content of the material. The most significant results thus far seem to depend on clinical skill stemming from assaying content of the writing productions, more than the handwriting itself. The results cannot be said to rule out the value of cues from the handwriting per se, but at the present state of refinement, handwriting is largely still in the realm of many projective techniques in that objective and measurable clues currently employed for handwriting analysis do not seem reliable.

scholarly journals Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) collected in Central African Republic, Gabon and Liberia with comments on their updated distribution

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 263-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Ježek ◽  
Jan Votýpka ◽  
Jana Brzoňová ◽  
Jozef Oboňa
Keyword(s):  
Current Distribution ◽  
Central African Republic ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Malaise Trap ◽  
Western Africa ◽  
The Family ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Horse Flies ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Horse Fly

Abstract A zoogeographical review summarized the current distribution of 28 morphologically determined horse fly species recently collected in three Western Africa countries. In Malaise trap collections, the family Tabanidae was represented by three subfamilies, Pangoniinae, Chrysopsinae and Tabaninae (tribes Philolichini, Chrysopsini, Tabanini and Haematopotini), and six genera: Philoliche Wiedemann, 1828 (1 species), Chrysops Meigen, 1803 (3 specis), Ancala Enderlein, 1922 (2 species), Euancala Enderlein, 1922 (1 species), Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 (13 species) and Haematopota Meigen, 1803 (8 species). Information contained in the principal publication The Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region 1980 is complemented by newly published studies on horse flies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

scholarly journals Diversity of two families Libellulidae and Coenagrionidae (Odonata) in Regional Institute of Education Campus, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 9851
Author(s):  
Priyamvada Pandey ◽  
Animesh Kumar Mohapatra
Keyword(s):  
Present Status ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Status ◽  
Systematic Planning ◽  
Regional Institute

Libellulidae and Coenagrionidae are the most dominant families among dragonflies and damselflies.  The present study deals with the diversity, occurrence and present status of libellulids and coenagrionids within the Regional Institute of Education Campus in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (RIEC). The major objectives of this study are to prepare a preliminary checklist of libellulids and coenagrionids species in the RIEC and to find out the status and distribution of genera and species in their respective families.  This study is also aimed at systematic planning for developing different strategies for conservation of odonates in the campus.  During this study a total of 24 species have been recorded out of which 20 species belong to the family Libellulidae representing 15 genera and four species belong to the family Coenagrionidae representing four genera.  The findings of this study are based on the survey which was carried out for a period of four months in 2015.

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