scholarly journals Nienna chukotka sp. nov. (Protura, Acerentomidae, Nipponentominae) from the Arctic region, with a key to species of the genus

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 899 ◽  
pp. 37-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Shrubovych
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Northern China ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Southern Siberia ◽  
Arctic Circle ◽  
A New Species ◽  
The Arctic Region

A new species of Nienna was collected in the most northern part of the Palearctic, inside the Arctic Circle. In possessing seta Pc on tergite VII and sternites VI–VII and a very long foretarsal sensillum a, Nienna chukotkasp. nov. is more similar to Alaskaentomon species than to the other Nienna species distributed in southern Siberia and northern China. The new species differs from nearly all other members of Nipponentominae in possessing five anterior setae on tergite VII and in the presence of posterolateral pores on tergite I, as in members of Hesperentomon (Hesperentomidae). An identification key to Nienna species is provided.

A new species of Ferorhinella (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) from southeastern Brazil with taxonomic notes on the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4701 (5) ◽  
pp. 489-496
Author(s):  
JÉSSICA MENEGHETTI ◽  
DANIELA MAEDA TAKIYA ◽  
ANDRESSA PALADINI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Outer Surface ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
Dorsal Margin ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Rounded Apex ◽  
Taxonomic Key ◽  
Small Tooth ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Ferorhinella Carvalho & Webb 2004 from southeastern Brazil is described and illustrated, and a taxonomic key to species in the genus is provided. Ferorhinella itatiaiensis sp. nov. can be distinguished from other known species of the genus mainly by the paramere with rounded apex and two subapical lateral spines on outer surface, one long, dorsally inserted and the other one small, ventrally inserted; and dorsal margin of the subgenital plates with a rectangular elevation, covered with small, tooth-like spines. 

On the taxonomy of the genus Thyridanthrax Osten Sacken in Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species (Diptera: Bombyliidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4701 (6) ◽  
pp. 501-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
MAGDI S. EL-HAWAGRY ◽  
MAHMOUD S. ABDEL-DAYEM ◽  
HATHAL M. AL DHAFER
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
New Species ◽  
Field Trips ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wing Morphology ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia ◽  
Rigorous Study ◽  
One New Species ◽  
A New Species

Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Thyridanthrax spp. collected in field trips or preserved in the Efflatoun’s insect collection in Cairo University were taxonomically studied. One new species, T. elegansoides sp. nov., is herein described, and two species, T. decipulus (Austen) and T. polyphemus (Wiedemann), are newly recorded from Egypt. Ten species are treated: one species from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, T. anomalus Greathead; two species from Egypt and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, T. decipulus (Austen) and T. perspicillaris (Loew); and seven species from Egypt: T. elegans (Wiedemann), T. elegansoides sp. nov., T. griseolus (Klug), T. incanus (Klug), T. lotus (Loew), T. obliteratus (Loew), and T. polyphemus (Wiedemann). Taxonomic comments, an identification key to species, diagnoses, and photographs of some species and genitalia are provided. Based on wing morphology and male genitalic characters, T. lotus clearly does not fit in the genus Thyridanthrax, and may need to be placed elsewhere, nevertheless it is not clear whether it can be included in any of the other currently recognized genera in the tribe Villini. It is here kept in Thyridanthrax until a more rigorous study can be conducted to better ascertain its position in the Villini. 

Synopsis of the genus Termitozophilus Silvestri (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Corotocini)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4614 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
BRUNO ZILBERMAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Taxonomic Information ◽  
A New Species

Termitozophilus Silvestri 1901 is a Neotropical genus of termitophilous beetles, with two species, T. laetus Silvestri, 1901 and T. mirandus (Mann, 1923), in subtribe Timeparthenina Silvestri, 1901, which is a sister group of the remaining Corotocini Fenyes, 1918. A new species, Termitozophilus belleae sp. nov., from Brazil, is described and illustrated. The genus and the other two species are redescribed and illustrated, and morphological and general discussion of host, taxonomic information and key to species are present. 

scholarly journals “Walk the line”: An ethnographic study of the ritual of crossing the Arctic Circle—Case Rovaniemi

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 434-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alix Varnajot
Keyword(s):  
Arctic Region ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Border Crossing ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Physical Aspect ◽  
Arctic Circle ◽  
Santa Claus ◽  
Circumpolar North ◽  
Circle Case ◽  
The Arctic Region

The Arctic Circle is the most commonly used border to delimit the Arctic region, and has been used in this way to such an extent that across the circumpolar North, municipalities and local communities have built various types of signs, shops and tourist centers for its celebration. This is especially the case in Rovaniemi, Finland, with the creation of the Santa Claus Village, “right” on the Arctic Circle, leading to several thousands of tourists crossing the magical line every year. This article focuses on tourists’ practices around Arctic Circle landmarks in Rovaniemi. This study acknowledges the hegemony of the selfie era that is indubitably linked to what is referred to in this article as “border-crossing postures”, pertaining to the ritual of performing specific practices, actions and postures that suggest the crossing of a borderline. However, it is argued that in the case of the Arctic Circle in Rovaniemi, these specific postures come from the physical aspect of the landmarks, rather than the tourists recognizing the Arctic Circle as a border.

scholarly journals A New Species of the Genus Eurytoma (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) from the Galls of Liposthenes glechomae (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-234
Author(s):  
M. D. Zerova ◽  
S. I. Klymenko
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Hind Tibia ◽  
Hind Femur ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

Abstract Eurytoma trjapitzini Zerova et Klymenko, sp. n. is described. The new species belongs to the pistaciae species group differing from all known species by numerous (10–12) long setae on hind tibia (2–3 in the other species) and on hind femur. An improved key to species of the pistaciae group is provided. The holotype and paratypes of the new species are deposited in the collection of the I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kyiv.

Security Perspectives in the Arctic Region: From Competition to Cooperation or Confrontation?

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 123-129
Author(s):  
Florian Răpan ◽  
Daniela Răpan ◽  
Ivona Stoica
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Arctic Region ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Global Context ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Military Presence ◽  
New Space ◽  
The Arctic Region

AbstractIn the last decade, following the climate and environmental changes, the geopolitical and strategic importance of the Arctic Region has grown substantially. Global warming has rendered it more and more accessible from the economic, energetic, commercial and even touristic point of view, but on the other hand, this fact also represents a concern for some global, regional or state actors. Warming in the region has created a new space, important from the point of view natural resources, but a non-governed space, which a series of governments are willing to attribute to themselves. The situation tends to complicate because of territorial disputes, the activity and military presence in the Arctic region have grown, generating a more and more complex competition and rivalry, however this state does not necessarily suggest an imminent conflict. On the other hand, at present, the region does not have a security architecture generating a cooperation dynamics. The paper proposes a synthetic analysis and a prognosis on the possibilities of confrontation in the region, based on geopolitical, economic, military and non-military interests of the actors in the Arctic space in global context, using elements of PMESII matrix.

scholarly journals Massalongia olechiana (Massalongiaceae, Peltigerales), a new lichen species from the Antarctic

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vagn Alstrup ◽  
Ulrik Søchting
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Antarctic Peninsula ◽  
Lichen Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
South Shetland Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Shetland Islands ◽  
The Antarctic ◽  
A New Species

Massalongia olechiana (Massalongiaceae, Peltigerales), a new lichen species from the Antarctic A new species of lichenized ascomycete, Massalongia olechiana Alstrup et Søchting, sp. nov. (Massalongiaceae) is described from the South Shetland Islands and the Antarctic Peninsula. The species is distinguished by laminal isidia and 5-7-septate ascospores. The relationships with the other species of the genus are discussed. From Massalongia carnosa, recorded from both the Arctic and the Antarctic, the new species is distinguished by its lack of isidioid squamules and in having pluriseptate ascospores instead of 1-septate ascospores.

scholarly journals A new species of Pseudostola from Madagascar (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae)

2019 ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Stefano Zoia
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
The Other ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
A New Species

Pseudostola ornata n. sp. from Madagascar is described and compared with the other known Pseudostola species. a key to species of Pseudostola and taxonomic notes are provided. Lectotypes are designated for P. amoena Bechyně, 1949, P. perrieri Fairmaire, 1899 and P. tuberculicollis Bechyně, 1946. The synonymy P. grandis (Fairmaire, 1901) = P. grandis Fairmaire, 1902, already proposed by Berlioz (1915), is reintroduced.

A new species of Dicondyla (Acari, Oribatida, Otocepheidae) from China, with discussion on taxonomic status and a key to species of the genus 

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-235
Author(s):  
Li-hao Zheng ◽  
Jun Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Identification Key ◽  
The Other ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Notogastral Seta ◽  
A New Species

The taxonomic status of the genus Dicondyla is discussed, and it is removed from the synonymy of Dolicheremaeus. Dicondyla fossalis sp. nov., is described from litter in Yunnan Province of China. It differs from other known species of this genus by the shorter notogastral seta la pressed into a groove on notogastral surface, compared to the other notogastral setae. An identification key to all known species of Dicondyla is given. 

A new species of Cardioscarta (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini) from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil and key to species of the genus

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4527 (1) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
NATHALIA H. PECLY ◽  
VICTOR QUINTAS ◽  
RODNEY R. CAVICHIOLI ◽  
GABRIEL MEJDALANI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Forest ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southeastern Brazil ◽  
South American ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Basal Portion ◽  
A New Species

The South American genus Cardioscarta Melichar, 1932 includes seven species of colorful sharpshooters. Here we describe and illustrate an additional species, C. aurantia sp. nov., from the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil (state of Rio de Janeiro). The new taxon can be distinguished by the dark brown to black forewing with two large orange areas, one from basal portion of corium to distal portions of discal cells and another covering most of clavus, or with single large orange area on basal two-thirds. A key to species of Cardioscarta is provided and the new species is compared with the other ones of the genus. 

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