scholarly journals An updated checklist of the Cantharidae and Lycidae of Switzerland (Coleoptera, Elateroidea)

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 77-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannick Chittaro ◽  
Andreas Sanchez ◽  
Michael Geiser
Keyword(s):  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections

An updated checklist of the Swiss species belonging to the families Cantharidae and Lycidae, is presented and briefly discussed. This checklist includes 106 species and is based on over 26’000 occurrences obtained from the identification of specimens held in museum and private collections, as well as from records taken from the literature. Cantharis liburnica Depoli, 1912, C. paradoxa Hicker, 1960, Malthinus rubricollis Baudi di Selve, 1859 and Malthodes umbrosus Kiesenwetter, 1871 are recorded from Switzerland for the first time. Two species previously recorded from Switzerland (Malthodes montanus Kiesenwetter, 1863, M. boicus Kiesenwetter, 1863) are excluded from this list, as those records were based on misidentified material.

Hebrew Incunabula in the Russian Researchers’ Publications. Bibliographic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34
Author(s):  
Semen M. Iakerson
Keyword(s):  
Religious Community ◽  
National Library ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Russian State ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Library ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections

Hebrew incunabula amount to a rather modest, in terms of number, group of around 150 editions that were printed within the period from the late 60s of the 15th century to January 1, 1501 in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Turkey. Despite such a small number of Hebrew incunabula, the role they played in the history of the formation of European printing cannot be overlooked. Even less possible is to overestimate the importance of Hebrew incunabula for understanding Jewish spiritual life as it evolved in Europe during the Renaissance.Russian depositories house 43 editions of Hebrew incunabula, in 113 copies and fragments. The latter are distributed as following: the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences — 67 items stored; the Russian State Library — 38 items; the National Library of Russia — 7 items; the Jewish Religious Community of Saint Petersburg — 1 item. The majority of these books came in public depositories at the late 19th — first half of the 20th century from private collections of St. Petersburg collectors: Moses Friedland (1826—1899), Daniel Chwolson (1819—1911) and David Günzburg (1857—1910). This article looks into the circumstances of how exactly these incunabula were acquired by the depositories. For the first time there are analysed publications of Russian scholars that either include descriptions of Hebrew incunabula (inventories, catalogues, lists) or related to various aspects of Hebrew incunabula studies. The article presents the first annotated bibliography of all domestic publications that are in any way connected with Hebrew incunabula, covering the period from 1893 (the first publication) to the present. In private collections, there was paid special attention to the formation of incunabula collections. It was expressed in the allocation of incunabula as a separate group of books in printed catalogues and the publication of research works on incunabula studies, which belonged to the pen of collectors themselves and haven’t lost their scientific relevance today.

Checklist of the Pipunculidae (Diptera) of mainland France: further faunistic records and description of a new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5067 (4) ◽  
pp. 517-547
Author(s):  
PHIL WITHERS ◽  
JOCELYN CLAUDE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Dna Analyses ◽  
Precise Data ◽  
New Material ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections ◽  
A New Species

Since the first faunistic study of the Pipunculidae (Diptera) of mainland France in 2006, new material from 37 natural sites and four private collections has been evaluated by the authors of this article. A total of 5739 specimens of Pipunculidae collected in France were examined, of which 5214 were identified to species by the authors, for a total of 114 species. DNA analyses were also carried out on some specimens to confirm their morphological identifications. The list of Pipunculidae recorded in mainland France is updated to include 140 species. Tomosvaryella estebani sp. nov. is described from material collected in France and Italy. Twenty-four species are also reported for the first time from France. The records of Cephalops (Semicephalops) carinatus (Verrall, 1901), Cephalosphaera (Cephalosphaera) furcata (Egger, 1860), Eudorylas terminalis (Thomson, 1870) and Jassidophaga villosa (Roser, 1840), without precise data in the literature, are now precisely located in France with this work. For the other species, we provide new post-2006 records.  

“Literary Heritage” for 80 years: A Guide to Volumes 1–103, yrs. 1931–2011. — Book two: Index of Illustrations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Current Location ◽  
Literary Heritage ◽  
Visual Projection ◽  
Printed Materials ◽  
Unpublished Manuscripts ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections ◽  
Cross Reference

The Index of Illustrations is an integral part of the definitive guide “Literary Heritage For 80 Years. A Guide to Volumes 1–103 yrs. 1931–2011”. There are nearly 12,000 illustrations in 103 volumes of “Literary Heritage”. The search for content spanned small and large museums, archives, and libraries in Russia, with many illustrations published for the first time ever. Other materials were sourced from public and private collections within the country and from abroad. The resulting illustrative content in “Literary Heritage” forms a massive, powerful visual projection of Russian authors, aspects of their family and everyday life, the spectrum of cultural and political professions, and portraits of actors in life and as performers on the stages of domestic and foreign theaters. The authors emphasized reproducing autographs including unpublished manuscripts, letters, and dedications on photographs and in books. Of great importance is the replication of printed materials — illustrations from the works of Russian authors as representative examples of typography. Finally, we should highlight many illustrations that give the viewer an idea about the environment of the authors, including memorials and monuments. The Index of Illustrations serves as a key to this iconic collection of materials, cataloging cutlines in order of their appearance in the volumes and respective location within each book. Cutlines are expanded on the illustrations’ theme — the subjects of the portraits, the groups gathered for specific purposes, the authors of the manuscripts, etc. They indicate the artist or photographer of the original illustration and its current location (museum, archive, etc.). In addition, a cross-reference of over 7,000 names accompanies the Index.

An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula, with biogeographical remarks

Zootaxa ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 1157 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
FABIO PENATI ◽  
PIERPAOLO VIENNA
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Transitional Zone ◽  
Distributional Pattern ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections

The histerid fauna of the Arabian Peninsula is evaluated. As a result of the study of specimens recently collected in Oman by the scientific expeditions of the Museum of Natural History and Territory of Calci (University of Pisa, Italy), and compiling new data from 15 public and private collections, and literature records, the total number of Histeridae known from the Arabian Peninsula now stands at 67 species, without taking into account dubious species and undetermined taxa (9).Of these 67 species, in total 18 are reported for the first time: 4 for the Arabian Peninsula [Teretrius (Neotepetrius) parasita Marseul, Saprinus (Saprinus) flexuosofasciatus Motschulsky, Chalcionellus hauseri (Schmidt), Hypocacculus (Nessus) hosseinius (Théry)], 9 for Oman [Pachylister luctuosus (Marseul), Hister castus Lewis, Atholus bimaculatus Linnaeus, Atholus scutellaris (Erichson), Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull), Hypocacculus (Colpellus) praecox (Erichson), Hypocacculus (Hypocacculus) harmonicus (Marseul), Hypocacculus (Hypocacculus) metallescens (Erichson), Hypocaccus (Hypocaccus) fochi (Auzat)], 2 for Yemen [Saprinus (Saprinus) tenuistrius tenuistrius Marseul, Chalcionellus tunisius (Marseul)] and 3 for Kuwait [Saprinus (Saprinus) moyses Marseul, Pholioxenus mesopotamicus Olexa, Paravolvulus syphax (Reitter)].Histeridae are now known for four national states (Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and Kuwait), while there are no records for Qatar or United Arab Emirates. An updated comprehensive catalogue of the histerid fauna of the Arabian Peninsula is provided.Analysis of faunal affinities shows that it mostly consists of Palearctic species (24 species, equal to 35.9%), followed by Afrotropical and Afrotropico-Mediterranean species (22 species, 32.8%), and cosmopolitan/subcosmopolitan species (7 species, 10.4%); endemics stand at 5 species (7.5%), while species of undefined chorology at 9 (13.4%). On the whole these numbers fit well the largely accepted biogeographical assumption that indicates the Arabian Peninsula as a transitional zone between the Regions Palearctic, Afrotropic and, to a lesser degree, Indo-Malay (e.g., Büttiker 1979). Moreover, a distinctive distributional pattern has been recognised: “Afrotropical” Histeridae are almost exclusively present in the southern and south-western parts of the peninsula, while “Palearctic” Histeridae are mostly present in the inner central and south-eastern parts of the peninsula.Finally, the synonymy Saprinus (Saprinus) osiris Marseul, 1862 = Saprinus (Saprinus) ornatus Erichson, 1834 stated by Müller (1933), but neglected by Mazur (1976, 1984, 1994, 1997), is considered valid.

scholarly journals A.F. Mantel’s Art Collection in Museums of the Volga Region: Reconstruction Experience

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-405
Author(s):  
Olga L. Ulemnova
Keyword(s):  
Russian Revolution ◽  
Volga Region ◽  
Art Collections ◽  
Literary Sources ◽  
The Social ◽  
Art Collection ◽  
The World ◽  
High Degree ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections

A characteristic feature of the artistic life of Russia at the turn of the 19th—20th centuries was the growth in the number of private art collections and the expansion of the social composition of collectors due to the addition of industrialists, merchants and intellectuals. After the Russian Revolution of 1917, these collections became one of the important sources in the formation of art collections of metropolitan and provincial museums of Russia. The article is devoted to one of the most interesting private collections of the Kazan province — the collection of A.F. Mantel, formed at the beginning of the 20th century from paintings and graphics by the leading masters of the World of Art association: A.N. Benois, I.Ya. Bilibin, A.F. Gaush, B.M. Kustodiev, D.I. Mitrokhin, G.I. Narbut, N.K. Roerich and others. The article reveals the fates of once famous works of the artists from the World of Art association, which were shown at the association’s exhibitions and published in well-known books, magazines and almanacs such as Apollo, Libra, Rosehip, At Dawn and others. A.F. Mantel’s collection played an important role in the formation of museums in several cities of the Volga region — Kazan, Tetyushi, Kozmodemyansk — becoming one of the sources of contemporary national art collections. Due to various reasons, the most of the collection, including the part received by museums, was lost in the late 1910s — 1930s. Relying on archival and literary sources and museum collections, the author, for the first time, managed to restore, with a high degree of accuracy, the composition of the part of A.F. Mantel’s collection that was purchased for museums of Tetyushi and Kozmodemyansk, and to clarify the composition of the Kazan Museum’s collection.

scholarly journals Generation of Chloroplast Molecular Markers to Differentiate Sophora toromiro and Its Hybrids as a First Approach to Its Reintroduction in Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Ignacio Pezoa ◽  
Javier Villacreses ◽  
Miguel Rubilar ◽  
Carolina Pizarro ◽  
María Jesús Galleguillos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
De Novo ◽  
Nucleotide Polymorphisms ◽  
Rapa Nui ◽  
Single Nucleotide ◽  
Chloroplast Genomes ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Ssr Loci ◽  
Hybrid Lines ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections

Sophora toromiro is an endemic tree of Rapa Nui with religious and cultural relevance that despite being extinct in the wild, still persists in botanical gardens and private collections around the world. The authenticity of some toromiro trees has been questioned because the similarities among hybrid lines leads to misclassification of the species. The conservation program of toromiro has the objective of its reinsertion into Rapa Nui, but it requires the exact genotyping and certification of the selected plants in order to efficiently reintroduce the species. In this study, we present for the first time the complete chloroplast genome of S. toromiro and four other Sophora specimens, which were sequenced de-novo and assembled after mapping the raw reads to a chloroplast database. The length of the chloroplast genomes ranges from 154,239 to 154,473 bp. A total of 130–143 simple sequence repeats (SSR) loci and 577 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were identified.

scholarly journals Wet Collodion and a pair of lenses. Carlos Relvas's stereoscopic photography: the digital reunion of negatives and prints

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Flores
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Meaningful Work ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Long Period ◽  
Photography Collections ◽  
First Time ◽  
Early Photography ◽  
Private Collections

The beginning the photographic activity of Carlos Relvas (1838-1894) is closely connected to stereoscopic photography. This fact has not always been quite clear since Carlos Relvas’s stereoviews have remained one of the least known sides of his photographic work. The dispersion of his stereo cards among several public and private collections, as well as the long period of inaccessibility to his archive of negatives, hindered the perception of the meaningful work that Carlos Relvas carried out in the production of stereoscopic views of Portugal. One of the main challenges of the 21st-century studies of photography lies in the opportunity to publish online images from early photography collections. Digital media can enhance these collections and expand their reading. Among the main beneficiaries will be photographic negatives, which will gain new heuristic importance in this new environment of mediations. That was our intuition by developing a digital catalogue for the collections of Carlos Relvas’s stereoscopic photography aiming to bring together and combine all his negatives and positives and thus, for the first time, allow a comprehensive image of his passion for this type of photography.

scholarly journals THE HISTORY OF FORMATION OF ENTOMOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS IN THE MUSEUMS OF KEMEROVO REGION

2016 ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
V. A. Polevod
Keyword(s):  
State University ◽  
General Regularity ◽  
Natural Heritage ◽  
History Of ◽  
The University ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections ◽  
History Of Formation

Collections of insects in the museums are a part of natural heritage. Their preservation presents complexity, but is relevant for scientific, educational and exposition tasks. The history of entomological researches in the territory of Kemerovo region is described, the problem of discrepancy of data in references on stories of collecting entomological material to the maintenance of museum entomological collections in the region is analyzed.The generalizing research on existence and history of completing of entomological collections in the Region’s museums was never carried out earlier. 6 museums with such materials, the collections of the Department of Zoology and Ecology of Kemerovo State University and a number of private collections were revealed. Also detailed description of large collections of Kemerovo State University (materials of the Museum, the Department of Zoology and Ecology) and the Kemerovo Regional Museum of Local Lore is provided for the first time. The example of particular collections allowed observing the general regularity of merge of private collections with museum funds. Unambiguous leadership of of Kemerovo State University collections in quantity of units of storage and their importance is established. They are actively used and involved in research, educational, exposition and exhibition life of the University and the Region (with active support of private collections).

scholarly journals Rauner - one and a half centuries in the service of forestry in Russia

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
В.А. Липин
Keyword(s):  
State Planning ◽  
State Planning Commission ◽  
Deputy Chairman ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
First Time ◽  
Revolutionary Period ◽  
Private Collections

В статье впервые в обобщенном виде приводятся ранее неопубликованные сведения о судьбе и деятельности представителей династии выходцев из Австрии Раунеров на русской службе и в послереволюционный период. На основе архивных материалов, редких и малодоступных публикаций, а также материалов из частных собраний отражены малоизвестные страницы истории лесного хозяйства России. Непосредственно к лесному делу России имели отношение целый ряд представителей клана Раунеров. Юлий Карлович Раунер, который учился в Лисинском учебном лесничестве. С 1855 г. Ю.К. Раунер главный лесничий Екатеринбургского горного округа. Наибольшей известности в лесоводстве достиг Станислав Юльевич Раунер, лесовод, мелиоратор, теоретик и практик горно-облесительных работ, проводимых в целях борьбы с эрозией почв и селевыми потоками. После окончания Алексеевского Екатеринбургского Реального училища с 1879 по 1882 год С.Ю Раунер являлся студентом Лесного института в Петербурге. Влияние леса на режим поверхностных и подземных вод составляло предмет особенно тщательного изучения С.Ю. Раунера. С середины 80-х годов XIX в. до 1917 года С.Ю. Раунером было написано большинство научных трудов, составлено множество инструкций и программ, непосредственно по географическому, биологическому и другим исследованиям. После Революции с 1917 г. С.Ю. Раунер работал в Москве в ВСНХ в должности Заместителя председателя Госплана. В 1920 году был выбран профессором лесного института в Петрограде. For the first time, the article summarizes previously unpublished information about the fate and activities of representatives of the dynasty of come from Austria, Rauner in Russian work for the government and in the post-revolutionary period. On the basis of archival materials, rare and inaccessible publications, as well as materials from private collections, little-known pages of the history of forestry in Russia are described. A number of representatives of Rauner clan were directly involved in forestry in Russia. Julius Karlovich Rauner, who studied at the Lisinsky training forestry. Since 1855, Yu.K. Rauner is the chief forester in the Yekaterinburg mountain district. Stanislav Yulievich Rauner, a forest grower, land reclamator, theoretician and practitioner of mining and afforestation works carried out to combat soil erosion and mudflows, became the most famous in forestry. After graduating from the Alekseevsky Yekaterinburg Real School from 1879 to 1882, S.U. Rauner was a student at the Forest Institute in St. Petersburg. The influence of the forest on the regime of surface and groundwaters was the subject of a particularly thorough study by S.Yu. Rauner. Since the mid 80s of the XIX century. until 1917 S.Yu. The majority of scientific works were the rauner, many instructions and programs were compiled, directly on geographical, biological and other studies. After the Revolution since 1917, S.Yu. Rauner worked in Moscow at the Supreme Economic Council as a Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission. In 1920 he was chosen as a professor at the Forestry Institute in Petrograd.

Hebrew Incunabula in the Russian Researchers’ Publications. Bibliographic Review

2021 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34
Author(s):  
Semen M. Iakerson
Keyword(s):  
Religious Community ◽  
National Library ◽  
Saint Petersburg ◽  
15Th Century ◽  
Russian State ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Library ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
First Time ◽  
Private Collections

Hebrew incunabula amount to a rather modest, in terms of number, group of around 150 editions that were printed within the period from the late 60s of the 15th century to January 1, 1501 in Italy, Spain, Portugal and Turkey. Despite such a small number of Hebrew incunabula, the role they played in the history of the formation of European printing cannot be overlooked. Even less possible is to overestimate the importance of Hebrew incunabula for understanding Jewish spiritual life as it evolved in Europe during the Renaissance.Russian depositories house 43 editions of Hebrew incunabula, in 113 copies and fragments. The latter are distributed as following: the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts of the Russian Academy of Sciences — 67 items stored; the Russian State Library — 38 items; the National Library of Russia — 7 items; the Jewish Religious Community of Saint Petersburg — 1 item. The majority of these books came in public depositories at the late 19th — first half of the 20th century from private collections of St. Petersburg collectors: Moses Friedland (1826—1899), Daniel Chwolson (1819—1911) and David Günzburg (1857—1910). This article looks into the circumstances of how exactly these incunabula were acquired by the depositories. For the first time there are analysed publications of Russian scholars that either include descriptions of Hebrew incunabula (inventories, catalogues, lists) or related to various aspects of Hebrew incunabula studies. The article presents the first annotated bibliography of all domestic publications that are in any way connected with Hebrew incunabula, covering the period from 1893 (the first publication) to the present. In private collections, there was paid special attention to the formation of incunabula collections. It was expressed in the allocation of incunabula as a separate group of books in printed catalogues and the publication of research works on incunabula studies, which belonged to the pen of collectors themselves and haven’t lost their scientific relevance today.

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