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Oulema verae Bezděk & Baselga 2015, sp. nov.
No full textOulema verae sp. nov. (Figs 5, 10, 15, 23, 25, 30, 32) Type locality. Spain, Castilla y León, Zamora Province, Fornillos de Fermoselle. Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ 18-5-1998 2561 / Fornillos de / Fermoselle / Zamora [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h]/ A. Baselga [p] ʼ98 [w, h]’ (MNCN). PARATYPES: SPAIN: ANDALUSIA: 1 ♀, ‘ 27-4–2010 / Castillo de / Castellar de la Frontera / Cadiz [h] / A. Baselga [w, p]’ (BASC); 1 ♂, 1 spec. unsexed, ‘K...th 1903 / Andalusia [partly illegible, w, h]’ (NHMW); 3 ♂♂ 2 ♀♀, ‘ Puebla de / D. Fadrique / (Granada) / Escalera 1900 [w, p] // MUSEUM PARIS / COLL. H. MARMOTTAN 1914 [w, p]’ (MNHN); 1 ♂, ‘ La Sagra / (Granada) / Escalera 1900 [w, p]’ (MNHN); 1 ♀, ‘ Sierra / de Alfakar [Alfacar, Granada] / R. Obr. & L. Bl. / Juillet 1879 [w, p] // Museum Paris / ex Coll. / R. Oberthur [w, p]’ (MNHN). ARAGÓN: 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ Albarracin, / Spain, / G. C. C. [w, p] // G. C. Champion Coll. / B. M. 1927-409. [w, p]’ (BMNH). CASTILLA Y LEÓN: 1 ♀, ‘ 18-5-1998 2561 / Fornillos de / Fermoselle / Zamora [h] / A. Baselga [w, p]’ (BASC); 4 ♂♂ 4 ♀♀, ‘ 18-6-2001 4278 / Villadepera / Zamora [h] / A. Baselga [w, p]’ (BASC, 1 ♂ JBCB); 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ 18-6-2001 2478 / Villadepera / Zamora / A. Baselga [w, h] // Oulema / rufocyanea Suff. / A.Baselga det. [w, p]’ (FFCJ); 1♂, ‘ 18-6-2001 2478 / Villadepera / Zamora [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suff.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h] // coll. F.Fritzlar, Jena / ex coll.Andrés Baselga, / Corunna, 2003 [w, p]’ (FFCJ); 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀, ‘ 18-6-2001 4306 / Badilla / Zamora [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h]’ (BASC); 6♂♂ 1♀, ‘ 18-5-1998 2561 / Fornillos de / Fermoselle / Zamora [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] ʼ98 [w, h]’ (BASC); 3 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, ‘ 19-5-1998 2592 / Pinilla / Fermoselle / Zamora [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] ʼ98 [w, h]’ (BASC); 1 ♂, ‘ CASTILLA-LEON / Luelmo (Zamora) / 7-VI-2004 / leg. E. Petitpierre [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea (Suffr.) / det. Petitpierre ʼ04 [w, p]’ (EPCP); 3 ♂♂, ‘ Bejar, / Spain, / G. C. C. [w, p] // G. C. Champion Coll. / B. M. 1927-409. [w, p]’ (BMNH); 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀, ‘ 19-6-2001 4354 / Cerezal de / Peñahorcada / Salamanca [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h]’ (BASC); 1 ♂ 3 ♀♀, ‘ 19-6-2001 4318 / Masueco / Salamanca [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h]’ (BASC); 1 ♂, ‘ 19-6- 2001 4372 / Saucelle / Salamanca [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h]’ (BASC); 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, ‘ 20-6-2001 4379 / Trabanca / Salamanca [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h]’ (BASC); 2 ♀♀, ‘ 19-5-2010 / Vilvestre / Salamanca [h] / A. Baselga [w, p]’ (BASC); 1 ♂, ‘ HISPANIA [p] / Buenamadre / Salamanca [h] / J. Vives Leg. [w, p] // 8-58 [reverse of previous label, h]’ (EPCP); 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ Ponferrada / Paganetti [w, p]’ (NHMW); 1 ♀, ‘ S. Rafael [Segovia] / 29.6.1930 [w, h] // Collección / M. ESCALERA [w, p]’ (MNCN). GALICIA: 2 ♀♀, ‘ 14-6-2010 / San Martiño / Baltar – Ourense [h] / A. Baselga [w, p]’ (BASC); 1 ♂, ‘ 3-6-2000 3926 / Casaio / Carballeda / Ourense [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 00 [w, h]’ (BASC). MADRID: 2 ♂♂, ‘ Escorial / Espagne / R. Obr. & L. Bl. / Juillet 1879 [w, p] // Museum Paris / ex Coll. / R. Oberthur [w, p]’ (MNHN); 1 ♂, ‘ HISPANIA [p] / Escorial / Madrid 6.5.57 [h] / M. González leg. [w, p]’ (EPCP); 1 ♀, ‘Galap. [= Galapagar, Madrid] / 14.6.1930 [w, h] // Collección / M. ESCALERA [w, p] // Oulema / melanopa (L.) [h] / det. [p] E. Petitpierre ʼ89 [w, h]’ (MNCN); 1 ♀, ‘ ESCORIAL [w, p] // Collección / LAUFFER [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea Suffr. / det. Petitpierre ʼ91 [w, h]’ (MNCN); 4 ♂♂ 3 ♀♀, ‘ESCORIAL [w, p] // Collección / LAUFFER [w, p]’ (MNCN); 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ Madrid / Escorial [w, p]’ (NHMW); 8 spec. unsexed, ‘ Escorial 4.7.1879 / D. S. [w, h] // Sharp Coll. / 1905-313. [w, p]’ (BMNH). PORTUGAL: TRÁS- OS- MONTES: 1 ♂ 1 ♀, ‘ 20-6-2001 4404 / Castelo Branco / Mogadouro [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h]’ (BASC, NMPC); 1 ♀, ‘ 21-6-2001 4458 / Vila Cha / Miranda de Douro [h] / A. Baselga [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea / (Suffr.) [h] / A. Baselga [p] 01 [w, h]’ (BASC). The specimens are provided with additional printed red labels: ‘ HOLOTYPUS, [or PARATYPUS] / Oulema verae sp. nov. / det. J. Bezděk & / A. Baselga 2014’. Description. Body length: ♂♂ 3.7–4.2 mm (holotype 4.0 mm); ♀♀ 3.8–4.4 mm. Male (holotype, Fig. 5). Pronotum orange with narrow black anterior margin, posetrior margin wide, black (including complete basal constriction), pronotal hypomeron with large orange to red triangle connecting with colouration of dorsal side. Antennae (Fig. 15) slender, 0.48 times as long as body, length ratio of antennomeres I–XI equal to 100: 71: 86: 86: 129: 114: 114: 114: 100: 100: 143. Pronotum (Fig. 10) quadratic, as wide as long, widest in anterior third. Surface weakly constricted before base, between constriction and posterior margin low thin ridge. Anterior margin nearly straight, thinly bordered, anterior half of lateral margins almost parallel, straight, posterior half convergent. Scutellum as wide as long, posterior margin straight. Elytra 0.68 times as long as body, 1.8 times as long as wide in humeral part. Tarsi. Protarsomere I elongate triangular, 1.4 times as long as broad, 0.63 times as long as two following tarsomeres combined, protarsomere II triangular, as wide as long, length ratios of protarsomeres I–IV equal to 100: 71: 86: 143. Metatarsomere I elongate triangular, 1.75 times as long as broad, 0.72 times as long as two following tarsomeres combined, length ratios of metatarsomeres I–IV equal to 100: 63: 75: 150. Male genitalia.Aedeagus as in Fig. 25. Flagellum (Fig. 23) relatively small, wide, shallowly constricted before its midlength, apex with deep elongate-oval incision and sharp thin process; in lateral view bisinuate, apically slightly wider than basally; posterobasal arms dark, slender, regularly turned in apical half. Female. Spermatheca (Fig. 30) with short duct, which is heavily sclerotized in proximal three quarters, soft in basal quarter, with no specialized junction to bursa copulatrix, sclerotized part of duct slender, slightly widened in basal third. Nodulus poorly developed, gradually connected with cornu, about twice wider than cornu in middle part, cornu and nodulus are connected in axis ca 75°, cornu gradually narrowing towards apex. Variability. Metallic colouration of head, scutellum and elytra varies from metallic bright blue to metallic bluish-black. Pronotum orange to red, posterior margin, usually including complete basal constriction, black, in some specimens only middle of basal constriction darkened or black. Antennae 0.46–0.50 times as long as body. Elytra 0.66–0.75 times as long as body. The length/width ratio of elytra varies between 1.75–2.00. Differential diagnosis. Oulema verae sp. nov. differs from all other European species of the Oulema melanopus species group in the anterior and posterior margins of pronotum with wide darkened borders, while pronotum in the rest of species is uniformly orange or with only thin dark borders. Within European species O. verae sp. nov. has also shortest protarsomere I (length/width ratio 1.25–1.40). This ratio is higher in remaining species, at least 1.45 (see Tab. 1). Lateral margins of pronotum in O. verae sp. nov. are similar to those of O. melanopus and O. duftschmidi, as the anterior half of lateral margins is nearly parallel (Figs 6, 7, 10). The best diagnostic character is the flagellum, which is very characteristic in O. verae sp. nov. (relatively small, wide, with apex incised, in lateral view bisinuate, apically slightly wider than basally), and slightly resembles only that of O. melanopus, which is larger and not incised apically (Figs 17–18, 23). The spermatheca and ductus spermathecae with simple incomplete coil are similar to those of O. rufocyanea, but both species differ in the structure of soft distal part of ductus spermathecae which is very short in O. verae sp. nov. and about four times longer in O. rufocyanea (Figs 28, 30). Known specimens of O. verae sp. nov. are 3.8–4.3 mm long, thus smaller than O. melanopus (4.5–6.2 mm) and O. duftschmidi (4.2–5.7 mm). However, the elytral length/width ratio (1.75–2.00 in O. verae sp. nov.) widely overlaps with this ratio in O. melanopus and O. duftschmidi (1.87–2.05) and also in O. rufocyanea and O. mauroi sp. nov. (1.69–1.87), thus this character cannot be used for correct identification. Lateral margins of pronotum of O verae sp. nov. are not convexely rounded asin O. rufocyanea and O. mauroi sp. nov., but the pronotum resembles more that of O. melanopus and O. duftschmidi in which margins converge only in its anterior parts. Etymology. Dedicated to Vera, daughter of Andrés Baselga. Collection circumstances and bionomy. All collections done by A. Baselga correspond to samplings in meadows (particularly wet meadows), using a sweeping net. No specific information on the host plants is available yet. Distribution. Portugal (Trás-os-Montes), Spain (Andalusia, Aragón, Castilla y León, Galicia, Madrid) (Fig. 32).Published as part of Bezděk, Jan & Baselga, Andrés, 2015, Revision of western Palaearctic species of the Oulema melanopus group, with description of two new species from Europe (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae), pp. 273-304 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1) on pages 295-298, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.530369
Analysis of reproductive performances during the formation of a synthetic rabbit strain
No full text[EN] In 1995, a synthetic rabbit strain ('2666') was formed at INRA for commercial meat purposesby crossing the INRA '2066' strain and the 'V' strain from the Polytechnical University of Valencia (Spain).The development of some reproductive traits and body weight at palpation of the '2666' does was studiedfrom the F1 (first generation cross) to the F4 generation in comparison with the 'V' does. This developmentwas quantified in terms of Dickerson's crossbreeding parameters. The base strains did not differ significantlyfor any of the studied traits, either overall or in their direct and maternal genetic value. F1 does exhibitedsignificant individual heterosis for body weight (5.5% of the parental average), pregnancy rate (13.3%),total born (18.3%), born alive (24.4%) and weaned (21.0%) per litter born. Concerning body weight, asignificant crossbred superiority over the 'V' line was retained in the F2 but not thereafter. The rate ofpregnancy showed no crossbred advantage from the F2 on. Concerning litter size traits, the benefit ofcrossbreeding was maintained until the F4, but at a lower magnitude than in the F1. Body weight andpregnancy rate exhibited maternal heterosis, while litter size did not. Direct epistatic losses were significantfor body weight, tended towards significance for pregnancy rate, but did not affect litter size. Overall, thecomparison between the synthetic strain and the founders was favourable to the synthetics.Brun, J.; Baselga, M. (2005). Analysis of reproductive performances during the formation of a synthetic rabbit strain. World Rabbit Science. 13. https://doi.org/10.4995/wrs.2005.514SWORD1
ESMO pays tribute to Professor José Baselga
No full textHomenatge; José BaselgaHomenaje; José BaselgaTribute; José BaselgaIt is with deep sadness that ESMO has learnt of the death of Professor José Baselga, renowned for his outstanding contributions in advancing cancer science, treatment and care for countless patients across the globe, leaving an enduring legacy for years to com
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Oulema mauroi Bezděk & Baselga 2015, sp. nov.
No full textOulema mauroi sp. nov. (Figs 4, 9, 14, 22, 24, 29, 31) Type locality. Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige Region, Avio. Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♂, ‘ TRENTINO / Val Lagarina [p] / Avio. 15.VI.950 [w, h] // Massa.- / struscio [reverse of previous label] // rufocyanea / Suffr. [w, h] // ex coll. / Brasavola [pale green, p]’ (MSNV). PARATYPES: ITALY: TRENTINO- ALTO ADIGE: 1 ♂, ‘Avio Trentino [p] / Massa 8.V. [w, h] // con lo / struscio [reverse of previous label] // ex coll./ Brasavola [pale green, p]’ (MSNV); 1♂, ‘ TRENTINO [p] / Avio / 18.VI.948 [w, h] // Massa / Struscio [reverse of previous label] // ex coll. / Brasavola [pale green, p]’ (MSNV); 1 ♀, ‘ TRENTINO [w, p] // Avio. 15.5 / Massa [reverse of previous label] // ex coll. / Brasavola [pale green, p]’ (MSNV); 1 ♂, ‘Avio Trentino [p] / Massa 10.V [w, h] // struscio [reverse of previous label] // Oulema / rufocyanea / Suff. / det. [h] Daccordi [p] ʼ84 [w, h]’ (HNHM); 1 ♀, ‘ Toblino / Trento, 300m / 11.9.67 Hbth [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea (Suff.) / det. Kippenberg 88 [w, h]’ (DSCR); 2 ♀♀, ‘I. Trentino / Pietramurata [w, h] // Sarca, 14.VI.69 / Kippenberg [w, h] // Oulema [p] / rufocyanea (Suff.) [h] / d. Kippenberg [w, p]’ (HKCH). VENETO: 1 ♂, ‘ Novaglie (VR) / 25-IV-1970 [h] / leg. Daccordi Mauro [w, p] // COLLEZIONE / M. DACCORDI [pale blue, p]’ (MDCV); 1 ♂, ‘ Italia 9.7. / Teolo 1962 / Dlabola [w, p]’ (NMPC); 1 ♂, ‘ Ital., Lago di Garda / Torri del Benaco / Albisano, Spighetta / 21.07.1998 D. Siede [w, p] // Lema / rufocyanea [h] / det. D. Siede 1988 [w, p]’ (DSCR); 1 ♀, 1 spec. unsexed, same data as preceding but 25.07.1998 (DSCR); 1 ♀, ‘ Prealpi Venete / dint. Marostica / IV – 72 [w, h] // COLLEZIONE / DACCORDI [w, p] // MUSEO MILANO [w, p]’ (MSNM); 2 ♂♂, ‘ VENETO [p] VR / Fumane / 19/VI/1983 [h] / l. M. Rizzotti V. [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea [h] / det. M. Daccordi 19 [w, p] / COLLEZIONE / DACCORDI [w, p] // MUSEO MILANO [w, p]’ (MSNM). LOMBARDIA: 1 ♂, ‘ GALBIATE (LO) / 12.V.1978 / lg. Spreatico [w, p]’ (DSCM); 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 2 spec. unsexed, ‘ Lombardia ITA / Mt. Grigna 14-VI-12 / Somana Lg. D. Sassi [w, p]’ (DSCM); 1 ♂, 27 spec. unsexed, ‘M. Grigna, Lierna / Alpe di Mezzedo, 865m / 6.IX.2014, R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM); 1 ♀, ‘ Mandello L. (LO) / V. Meria / 29.V.1997 / L. Regalin [w, h] // Lema / rufocyanea [h] / det. R. Regalin 19 [p] 78 [w, h]’ (RRCM); 5 spec. unsexed, ‘ LOMBARDIA, Lecco / Mandello L., Sonvico / 450 m, 28.IV.2012 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM, 1 spec. in BMNH, 1 spec. in MNCN); 3 ♂♂, 7 spec. unsexed, ‘ LOMBARDIA, Lecco / Mandello L., Sonvico / 450 m, 19.V.2012 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM, 2 spec. in BASC, 2 spec. in NMPC); 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ LOMBARDIA, Lecco / Mandello L., Sonvico / 450 m, 17.IV.2013 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM); 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ Lecco, Mandello Lario / Somana, 300 m / 17.IV.2013 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM); 1 ♀, 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ Lecco, Mandello Lario / Olcio, loc. Galdano / 320-370m, 17.IV.2013 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM); 1 ♂, 8 spec. unsexed, ‘ Lecco, Mandello Lario / Olcio, loc. Galdano / 320-370m, 15.VII.2012 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM, 2 spec. in JBCB); 1 spec. unsexed, ‘ Lecco, Mandello Lario / Olcio, loc. Galdano / 320-370m, 9.IX.2012 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM); 1♂, ‘ Lecco, Mandello Lario / Olcio, loc. Galdano / 320-370m, 19.X.2014 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM); 1 ♂, ‘ I-LOMBARDIA, Lecco / Mandello L., S. Preda / 590 m, 19.VII.2014 / R. Regalin leg. [w, p]’ (RRCM); 1 ♂ [preserved in 96% alcohol], ‘ ITALY, LC, 19.vi.2011, / Corno Medale, 400 m, / 45.8685389N- 9.3908472E, / M. Montagna leg. [w, p]’ (MMCM); 1 ♀, ‘ Gargnano / Gardasee. V. 03. [w, p] // Oulema / rufocyanea (Suff.) / det. Kippenberg 88 [w, h]’ (HKCH); 1 ♂, ‘(Lo) VII.953 / Val Ponzate [h] / coll. A. Porta [w, p] // Lema / rufocyanea [h] / det. C. Leonardi [w, p] // COLLEZIONE / MUSEO MILANO [w, p]’ (MSNM); 1 ♀, ‘ LOMBARDIA Parco Curone / LC Perego prati magri / 18.VI.2013 m. 370 / Farina leg. [w, p]’ (LFMC). The specimens are provided with additional printed red labels: ‘ HOLOTYPUS, [or PARATYPUS] / Oulema mauroi sp. nov. / det. J. Bezděk & / A. Baselga 2014’. Description. Body length: ♂♂ 3.7–4.4 mm (holotype 4.4 mm); ♀♀ 4.2–4.6 mm. Male (holotype, Fig. 4). Pronotum orange with slightly darkened extreme anterior and posterior margins, pronotal hypomeron orange, prosternum black. Antennae (Fig. 14) slender, 0.57 times as long as body, length ratio of antennomeres I–XI equal to 100: 71: 100: 114: 157: 143: 143: 143: 129: 129: 186. Pronotum (Fig. 9) as wide as long, widest in middle. Surface weakly constricted before base, constriction densely covered with fine punctures. Anterior margin nearly straight, thinly bordered, lateral margins distinctly rounded, anterior half of lateral margins moderately convergent anteriorly, posterior half convergently rounded to basal constriction. Scutellum as wide as long, lateral margins convergent posteriorly, posterior margin shallowly emarginated. Elytra 0.66 times as long as body, 1.81 times as long as wide in humeral part. Tarsi. Protarsomere I elongate triangular, 1.5 times as long as broad, 0.69 times as long as two following tarsomeres combined, protarsomere II triangular, as wide as long, length ratios of protarsomeres I–IV equal to 100: 67: 78: 122. Metatarsomere I elongate triangular, 1.81 times as long as broad, 0.83 times as long as two following tarsomeres combined, length ratios of metatarsomeres I–IV equal to 100: 60: 60: 120. Male genitalia. Aedeagus as in Fig. 24. Flagellum very thin, in lateral view rounded, apex sharp, base wide directed anteriorly; posterobasal arms long, wide basally, slender apically, turned in apical half (Fig. 22). Female. Spermatheca (Fig. 29) with short duct heavily sclerotized in proximal two thirds forming three coils, basal third soft, in middle bent, with no specialized junction to bursa copulatrix. Nodulus poorly developed, gradually connected with cornu, as wide as cornu in middle part, cornu gradually narrowing towards apex. Variability. Metallic colouration of elytra varies from metallic bright blue (most specimens) to metallic bluish-green or bluish-black (very rare in the population). Antennae 0.52–0.61 times as long as body. Elytra 0.65–0.70 times as long as body. The length/width ratio of elytra varies between 1.69–1.82. Differential diagnosis. Oulema mauroi sp. nov. can be distinguished from O. melanopus and O. duftschmidi by its wider elytra (length/width ratio of elytra 1.69–1.82 in O. mauroi sp. nov., 1.87–2.05 in O. melanopus and O. duftschmidi) and shorter protarsomere I (length/ width ratio 1.45–1.65 in O. mauroi sp. nov., 1.65–2.00 in O. melanopus and O. duftschmidi). Due to its comparatively wider elytra and antennae, O. mauroi sp. nov. is similar to O. verae sp. nov. and particularly to O. rufocyanea. Iberian O. verae sp. nov. clearly differs in its pronotum with expanded black colour on posterior margin and less convex lateral margins, and shorter protarsomere I (length/width ratio 1.25–1.40). Oulema mauroi sp. nov. shares with O. rufocyanea a similar structure and colouration of pronotum (see Figs 8–9), and ratios of antennae/body length and elytral length/body length (see Tab. 1). Both species can only be separated with certainty by the shape of flagellum which in O. mauroi sp. nov. is much thinner in both dorsal and lateral views (Fig. 22), in contrast with the wider flagellum of O. rufocyanea (Figs 19–21). Flagelum of Oulema mauroi sp. nov. is most similar to that of O. duftschmidi, but it is smaller, shorter and in lateral view less convexely rounded (Figs 16, 22). The females of O. mauroi sp. nov. and O. rufocyanea can be distinguished by the structure of spermatheca and ductus spermathecae: proximal sclerotized part of ductus in O. mauroi sp. nov. has three coils, while only one in O. rufocyanea; soft distal parts are of similar length but turned in the middle in O. mauroi sp. nov. but gradually and slightly extended towards the base in O. rufocyanea (Figs 28–29). Etymology. Dedicated to our good friend Mauro Daccordi, an excellent specialist in Chrysomelinae. Habitat. A large series of Oulema mauroi sp. nov. was collected in the surroundings of Mandello del Lario exclusively on dry grasslands. It seems that O. mauroi sp. nov. is a xerothermophilous species occurring in xerothermic prealpine oases with submediterranean vegetation. Similar habitats as in Mandello del Lario can be found also in other places where the new species was collected like in Teolo (situated on the Colli Euganei, a complex of volcanic hills) or Avio in the Adige valley. The beetle is probably associated with Poaceae and may be connected with calcareous soils and rocks (Regalin 2014, pers. comm.). Distribution. Italy (Lombardia, Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto) (Fig. 31).Published as part of Bezděk, Jan & Baselga, Andrés, 2015, Revision of western Palaearctic species of the Oulema melanopus group, with description of two new species from Europe (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Criocerinae), pp. 273-304 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1) on pages 291-295, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.530369
A Luminescence Study Of Microstructure Development And Melting/crystallization Processes In Low Density Polyethylene (ldpe)
No full textPyrene, a fluorescent probe, was inserted in low density polyethylene and the emission spectrum was recorded during a cooling cycle from 150°C to -100°C and during isothermal crystallization at 105°C. Analysis of the temperature dependence of the fluorescence band at 365.5 nm reveals that, during dynamic crystallization, excited pyrene couples with vibrations which may correspond to crystalline defects. It was also found that pyrene emission increases about 10-fold during the final steps of the crystallization process, indicating that the interfacial cavity in which pyrene becomes lodged restricts its mobility. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.235-237554558Vigil, M.R., Bravo, J., Atvars, T.D.Z., Baselga, J., (1997) Macromolecules, 30, p. 4871Mandelkern, L., Physical properties of polymers (1993) ACS Prof. Ref. Book, , Washington, DC, ch. 4Bershtein, V.A., Egorov, V.M., (1994) Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Polymers, p. 65. , Ellis Horwood, Chichester, UKKoenig, J.L., Spectroscopy of polymers (1991) ACS Prof. Ref. Book, p. 37Painter, P., Coleman, M., Koenig, J.L., (1982) Theory of Vibrational Spectroscopy and Its Applications to Polymeric Materials, , Wiley, New YorkSerrano, B., Levenfeld, B., Bravo, J., Baselga, J., (1996) Polym. Eng. Sci., 36, p. 175Becker, R.S., (1968) Theory and Interpretation of Fluorescence and Phosphorescence, , Wiley, New YorkCanpolat, M., Pekcan, Ö., (1996) J. Polym. Sci., Polym. Phys. Ed., 34, p. 69
Effective population size and inbreeding depression on litter size in rabbits. A case study
No full textThe purpose of this study is to use demographic and litter size data on four Spanish maternal lines of rabbits (A, V, H and LP), as a case study, in order to: (i) estimate the effective population size of the lines, as a measure of the rate of increase of inbreeding, and (ii) study whether the inbreeding effect on litter size traits depends on the pattern of its accumulation over time. The lines are being selected for litter size at weaning and are kept closed at the same selection nucleus under the same selection and management programme. The study considered 47 794 l and a pedigree of 14 622 animals. Some practices in mating and selection management allow an increase of the inbreeding coefficient lower than 0.01 per generation in these lines of around 25 males and 125 females. Their effective population size (Ne) was around 57.3, showing that the effect of selection, increasing the inbreeding, was counterbalanced by the management practices, intended to reduce the rate of inbreeding increase. The inbreeding of each individual was broken down into three components: old, intermediate and new inbreeding. The coefficients of regression of the old, intermediate and new inbreeding on total born (TB), number born alive (NBA) and number weaned (NW) per litter showed a decreasing trend from positive to negative values. Regression coefficients significantly different from zero were those for the old inbreeding on TB (6.79 2.37) and NBA (5.92 2.37). The contrast between the coefficients of regression between the old and new inbreeding were significant for the three litter size traits: 7.57 1.72 for TB; 6.66 1.73 for NBA and 5.13 1.67 for NW. 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Clinical Response to a Lapatinib-Based Therapy for a Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Patient with a Novel HER2(V659E) Mutation
No full textThis work has been supported by the European Research Council grants (ERC AdG09 250244 to J. Baselga and ERC 205819 to J. Seoane), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) grants (PSO9/00623 to J. Baselga, PI070648 to J. Seoane, and PI1202536 to J. Arribas), and Redes Temáticas de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud (RETIC)-ISCIII (RD06/06/0020/0075 to J. Baselga, RD12/0036/0043 to J. Seoane, and RD12/0036/0042 to J. Arribas), Asociación Española contra el Cáncer AECC grants (to J. Seoane and J. Arribas), a Rafael del Pino Foundation grant (to J. Baselga), a private donation from the Orozco family through the Oncology Research Foundation, FERO (to J.Baselga), and the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) Foundation (to J. Baselga)
β-diversity of deep-sea holothurians and asteroids along a bathymetric gradient (NE Atlantic)
No full textMeasuring and understanding patterns of ?-diversity remain major challenges in community ecology. Recently, ?-diversity has been shown to consist of 2 distinct components: (1) spatial turnover and (2) species loss leading to nestedness. Both components structure deep-sea macrofaunal assemblages but vary in importance among taxa and ocean basins and with energy availability. Here, we present the first evidence for turnover and nestedness along a bathymetric gradient in 2 major megafaunal taxa, holothurians and asteroids. Turnover is the dominant component of ?-diversity throughout bathyal and abyssal zones in both taxa, despite major differences in ?-diversity and trophic composition. High spatial turnover suggests a role for evolutionary adaptation to environmental circumstances within depth bands. This pattern differs fundamentally from those in some macrofaunal groups in low-energy environments where abyssal nestedness is high and diversity low, with diversity maintained partly by source-sink dynamics
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