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Glaucocharis maculosa Bassi & Mey 2011
No full textGlaucocharis maculosa Bassi & Mey, 2011 Glaucocharis maculosa Bassi & Mey, 2011: 241, 242, figs 294-296, pl. 37 fig.1. HOLOTYPE: TMSA; 3: [RSA] Buffelspoort, 15. XII.[19]24, A.J. T. Janse legit; (not dissected). PARATYPES: – NAMIBIA. – CB; 1♀; Abachaus, S [outh] W[est] A[frica], Jan [uary] [19]’45, G. Hobohm legit; GS 4023 GB. – MFNB and CB; 633, 3♀♀, Otavi Mts., 21.II.2007, J. Deckert legit, GS 5189 and 5199 GB. – MFNB; 433, 10♀♀; Waterberg N. P., Okatjikona, LF, 14-18.II.2008, W. Mey legit. – MFNB; 1♀; Namibia, Outjo, 4.II.2009, W. Mey legit. – RSA. – TMSA; 13; same label of the holotype. – TMSA and CB; 13, 2♀♀, Pretoria, 10.X. [19]’17, 14.X.’16 and 9.2. [19]’13, A.J. T. Janse legit. – CB; 13, 1♀; Modderpoort, 18. XII. [19]’24, A.J. T. Janse legit; GS 3660 GB. – TMSA; 1♀; Nylstroom, 21. XII.25, A.J. T. Janse legit; GS 4075 GB. – TMSA; 1♀; Pret. [oria] North, 24.X.1924, C. J. Swiestra legit. ETYMOLOGY: The name was derived from maculosus-a (Latin), spotted, referring to the coloration of the forewings of this species. REMARKS: This is the correct type series and etymology.Published as part of Bassi, Graziano, 2013, Notes on some Old World Prionapterygini Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Crambinae), with descriptions of new species, pp. 131-160 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (1) on page 158, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.611854
Crambus proteus Bassi & Mey 2011
No full textCrambus proteus Bassi & Mey, 2011 Crambus proteus Bassi & Mey, 2011: 242, figs 297-299, pl. 36, fig. 8. HOLOTYPE: TMSA; 3; [RSA, Western Cape] Knysna, C [ape] P[rovince], Garden of Eden, 16-20.I.1955, A. J. T. Janse legit (not dissected). PARATYPES: RSA, Western Cape. – CB; 13, 2♀♀; same data as holotype. – SAM; 2♀♀; Cape Town, Table Mt., II.1919, K. Barnard legit. – TMSA; 333, 3♀♀; Cape Town, III.1912, Lord Gladstone legit. – TMSA and CB; 13, 2♀♀; Cape Town, IV.1912, Lord Gladstone legit; GS 3757 GB. – TMSA; 13; Swellendam, 9.III.1980, Scoble & Kroon legit; GS 3578 GB. – TMSA; 1 3; Hogsback (32 27 CA), 24-25.II.1978, M. J. Scoble legit. – TMSA; 8 ♀♀; Deepwalls For. Res. nr Knysna, 17-21.II.1978, M. J. Scoble legit. – TMSA; 13; Tokai, 11.III.1956, CGC. Dickson legit; GS 3771 GB. – CB; 1♀; Kogelberg, Nature Reserve, 14- 21.III.1983, Kroon & Molekane legit; GS 3753 GB. – MFNB and CB; 1133, 5♀♀; Stellenbosch, Assegaibosch N. R., 25.III.2009, LF, W. Mey legit; GS 5193 and 5210 GB. – RSA, Eastern Cape. – Kroon Collection; 1♀; Zingcuka Forest, Mt. Fletcher Dist., 28.XI.1976, D.M. Kroon legit. REMARKS: This is the correct type series. Crambus proteus has two closely related species (Bassi, 2012): C. attis Bassi and C. rossinii Bassi. They are characterized by their similar external appearance and genitalia of both sexes, C. proteus usually differing in the more ochreous tinge of the dark scales in forewings, in male genitalia the gnathos is only slightly longer than the uncus, the tegumen is S-shaped, the costal process of the valva is stronger and longer, the tip of the phallus is longer, and in female genitalia the lateral processes of the sterigma are pointed as opposed to rounded in C. attis and elongate in C. rossinii.Published as part of Bassi, Graziano, 2013, Notes on some Old World Prionapterygini Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Crambinae), with descriptions of new species, pp. 131-160 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (1) on pages 158-159, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.611854
Prionapteryx eberti Bassi & Mey 2013, sp. n.
No full textPrionapteryx eberti Bassi & Mey sp. n. Figs 8, 25, 39, 40 HOLOTYPE: 1- ‘3’; 2- [NAMIBIA] Sandveld [Conservancy] | 60 Km. N. Gobabis | 22-26.I.2007 | LF | Mey & Ebert legit’; 3- ‘GS-5360-GB’; 4- ‘ HOLOTYPE | Prionapteryx | eberti Bassi’. Deposited in MFNB. PARATYPES [all from NAMIBIA]. – MFNB; 3♀♀; same data as holotype. – MFNB; 1♀; Namibia-Exp [edition] ZMB 1992, Bushmanland, Klein Dobe, 19°25’S 20°21’E, lux, 19-21.II.1992, W. Mey legit; GS 5389 GB. – CB; 1♀; Auas Mts, Krumhuk, 1850 m, 24.I.2009, LF, W. Mey legit; GS 5385 GB. – CB; 1♀; Popa Falls, 1000 m, lux, 24-25.XI.2010, Mahangu Campsite, G. Bassi legit, GS 5322 GB. ETYMOLOGY: The new species is named in honour of Konrad Ebert of the MFNB, co-collector of large series of Lepidoptera during the MFNB expeditions in Southern Africa. DIAGNOSIS: P. eberti (Fig. 8) differs from P. amathusia (Fig. 7) in having a welldefined yellow and greyish brown forewing coloration and short rami in male antennae. In male genitalia (Fig. 25) the uncus is more distinctly curved, with strong tip and broad lateral process, the phallus is shorter, and the juxta is well sclerotized, even dorsally. In female genitalia (Figs 39, 40) the ductus bursae is membranous and on the corpus bursae the proximal patch is rounded. DESCRIPTION (Fig. 8): Wingspan: male 23 mm, females 24-28 mm. Labial and maxillary palpi 3 x as long as widest diameter of eye, greyish brown. Antennae bipectinate in males, simple in females; rami in males brown and moderately developed, costa bronze brown, silver bordered. Frons clearly produced, ending in corneous tooth, greyish brown. Ocelli small. Chaetosemata brown. Patagium medially white, brown laterally. Tegulae yellow with distal margins pale yellow. Thorax laterally brown, medially white. Abdomen dorsally brown on first four segments, then greyish yellow. Forewings ground color yellow to greyish brown; hook present but without tufty scales; costal line grey; costal area yellow, including cell; median and dorsal areas grey with dark brown scales except for a yellow stripe, distally bordered dark brown, reaching midwing below cell; subterminal area with inner side yellow and medial fascia white reaching apex, with 5 ill-defined black dots inside, and terminal line broad, grey; fringes with row of shorter scales grey till hook, then paler, with base white and row of longer scales greyish with paler bases, but tricolored around tornus, with pale greyish medially. Hindwings ivory yellow with greyish brown suffusion; fringes pure white with short scales ivory yellow. Sclerotizations of male abdominal segment VIII as shown in figure 25. MALE GENITALIA (Fig. 25): Uncus 1.7 x length of gnathos, slightly downcurved proximally, then strongly curved dorsally and notched ventrally at 0.7; tip subcylindrical and hooked; patch of setae mid-ventrally placed; mid-lateral extensions broad and subtriangular. Gnathos short, well sclerotized and with up-curved tip. Tegumen subtriangular, with strong and pointed proximal pointed projection. Vinculum with lateral arms thin; sternal projection moderate and pointed. Pseudosaccus suboval, medium sized. Juxta subconical. Valva broad, proximally slightly concave, with costal margin more strongly sclerotized; basal costal process strongly sclerotized, with five pointed teeth; sacculus sclerotized except for membranous proximal edge; cucullus with ventral margin and apex broadly rounded. Phallus 0.75 x as long as valva, simple, with tip ventrally and dorsally moderately sclerotized and slightly bulged. FEMALE GENITALIA (Fig. 39, 40): Papillae anales almost fused dorsally, ventrally membranous and with dorsal sclerite triangular; setae fine and of moderate lenght except for some short and strong. Apophyses posteriores long, basally with plate-like sclerite reaching sternum. Abdominal segment VIII strongly developed and sclerotized, with tergal proximal border straight. Apophyses anteriores as long as apophyses posteriores. Ostium bursae broad, suboval and membranous. Ductus bursae tubular, membranous, half as long as corpus bursae. Corpus bursae suboval, with broad sclerotized patch in proximal third. Ductus seminalis opening in extension of proximal third of corpus bursae, opposite sclerotized patch. DISTRIBUTION: Namibia.Published as part of Bassi, Graziano, 2013, Notes on some Old World Prionapterygini Landry, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea, Crambidae, Crambinae), with descriptions of new species, pp. 131-160 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 120 (1) on pages 157-158, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.611854
Calcium binding to the Photosystem II subunit CP29
No full textWe have identified a Ca(2+)-binding site of the 29-kDa chlorophyll a/b-binding protein CP29, a light harvesting protein of photosystem II most likely involved in photoregulation. (45)Ca(2+) binding studies and dot blot analyses of CP29 demonstrate that CP29 is a Ca(2+)-binding protein. The primary sequence of CP29 does not exhibit an obvious Ca(2+)-binding site therefore we have used Yb(3+) replacement to analyze this site. Near-infrared Yb(3+) vibronic side band fluorescence spectroscopy (Roselli, C., Boussac, A., and Mattioli, T. A. (1994) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 91, 12897-12901) of Yb(3+)-reconstituted CP29 indicated a single population of Yb(3+)-binding sites rich in carboxylic acids, characteristic of Ca(2+)-binding sites. A structural model of CP29 presents two purported extra-membranar loops which are relatively rich in carboxylic acids, one on the stromae side and one on the lumenal side. The loop on the lumenal side is adjacent to glutamic acid 166 in helix C of CP29, which is known to be the binding site for dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (Pesaresi, P., Sandonà, D., Giuffra, E. , and Bassi, R. (1997) FEBS Lett. 402, 151-156). Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide binding prevented Ca(2+) binding, therefore we propose that the Ca(2+) in CP29 is bound in the domain including the lumenal loop between helices B and C
Aurotalis cristata Bassi, 2016, sp. n.
No full text<i>Aurotalis cristata</i> sp. n. <p>Figs 1, 12, 17, 24, 26, 27</p> <p> <b>Holotype:</b> ♀, Zimbabwe, Bulawayo, Matopo Nat[ional] Park [20°33’S, 28°30’E] 28.30.XI.1993, leg. Mey & Ebert, GS 4060.– GB; Holotypus <i>Aurotalis cristata</i> n. sp. G. Bassi det. 2002. Deposited in MFNB.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes:</b> Zimbabwe: 2♀, 4♂, same data as holotype, GS 3840 GB; 1♀, S[outhern] Africa, Manicaland Prov[ince], Vukutu, 18°21’S32°36’E, h 1900 m, 1-3. XII.2010, Ustjuzhanin P. & Kovtunovich V. ‒ 1♀, Zimbabwe, 15.III.1951, G. C. Clarke. ‒ 1♀, Emangeni, Rhod[esia], 19.I. [19]’18, A. J. T. Janse. ‒ 1♂, Lundi, Rhod[esia], Nuanetsi Dist[rict], 13.III.1976, M. J. Scoble; 1♀, Darwendale, 17-19.I.1955, D. W. Rorke. ‒ RSA: 1♂, Messina, T[rans]v[aa]l, 20 m. South, II.1950, N. Mitton. ‒ 2♂, Midw[est] L[ouis] Trichardt, Wilie’s [Wyllie’s] Poort, 28 and 31.I.[19]25, A. J. T. Janse. ‒ 1♀, 5♂, Blauwkop, 30.I.[19]25, A. J. T. Janse, GS 4671 GB. ‒ 1♀, 1♂, Nelspruit, 2.1910, H. G. Breijer. ‒ 1♀, Skukuza, 2.XII.1974, L. Vari, GS 4661 GB. ‒ 1♀, Buffelspoort, 15.XII.[19]24, A. J. T. Janse. Deposited in CGB, MHNG, MFNB and TMSA.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>: At least in Zimbabwe, <i>A. cristata</i> (Fig. 1) co-occurs with <i>A. similis</i> Bassi (Fig. 6), but it is clearly smaller (14-20 mm versus 22-26 mm respectively), it has a double subterminal fascia and no longitudinal white lines. It shares a wingspan similar to males of <i>A. delicatalis</i> (Hampson), but it is darker, with the forewing narrower and with the ground colour white. Male genitalia of <i>A. cristata</i> (Fig. 26) can be distinguished from those of congeners by the narrow, tapering and pointed uncus, the presence of a saccular process on the valva and the juxta subcylindrical and with a finger-like projection. The female genitalia (Figs 12, 27) are small and with a sclerotized ductus bursae, in comparison to the larger and membranous ductus bursae of <i>A. delicatalis</i> (Fig. 21).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>: The name derives from the Latin <i>cristatus-a,</i> crested, and refers to the shape of the gnathos in the male genitalia.</p> <p> <b>Description</b> (Fig. 1): Wingspan 14-20 mm. Labial palpi 3× longer than widest diameter of eye, black and white. Frons rounded, clearly produced, black with outer margin white. Antennae serrate, narrower in female, brown; costa with narrow band of scales white and black. Ocelli and chetosemata poorly developed. Head with raised scales, medially black, laterally white. Patagia white with basal scales black. Tegulae white with black spot in middle. Thorax white with black scales. Abdomen yellowish white with anal tuft pure white. Forewing ground colour white with black markings over all surface and brown patches along costa; median fascia wavy, brown with some additional black scales; subterminal fascia broad, wavy, with margins brown, silvery white in middle; postmedian spot silvery white bordered with brown and black; five black submarginal spots; outer margin black from apex to mid-termen; fringe tricolored with basis white, middle black and outer margin silvery white except at termen, completely silvery white. Hindwing grey to white suffused grey in some ♀♀; fringe white. Male sclerotizations of abdominal segment VIII as in Fig. 17. Female abdominal segment VIII with sternite unsclerotized and tergite narrow and laterally more sclerotized.</p> <p>Male genitalia (Fig. 26): Uncus shorter than gnathos, narrow, with pointed tip. Gnathos broad, straight, with rounded apex and dorsal crest-like sclerotization. Tegumen dorsally fused with uncus, broad membranous area at base of uncus, gnathos and tegumen. Tegumen subtriangular, narrowing toward vinculum. Vinculum narrow, with moderate v-shaped dorsal projection. Juxta subcylindrical, well sclerotized, with finger-like dorsal process. Valva 1.2× length of phallus, with large membranous basal area; cucullus rounded; costa simple, slightly bent; single saccular process small and rounded; harpe with wrinkled sclerotization. Phallus simple, with dorsal bulge in postmedian area; vesica with several thin scobinations.</p> <p>Female genitalia (Figs 12, 27): Papillae anales broad and well sclerotized, dorsally bulged. Apophyses posteriores 1/3 longer than apophyses anteriores, well sclerotized. Apophyses anteriores thin. Ductus bursae short and sclerotized. Corpus bursae suboval, broad and spinulate in first half. Ductus seminalis opening in first third of corpus bursae.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>: RSA, Zimbabwe.</p>Published as part of <i>Graziano Bassi, 2016, Studies on Afrotropical Crambinae (Lepidoptera, Pyraloidea, Crambidae): Notes on the genus Aurotalis Błeszyński, 1970, pp. 11-20 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (1)</i> on pages 14-18, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/46283">10.5281/zenodo.46283</a>
Prof. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack.
No full textProf. Th. W. Adorno and the author Hans Erich Nossack at a reception of Insel Verlag, Buchmesse Frankfurt 1966LB
Collapse models: from theoretical foundations to experimental verifications
No full textThe basic strategy underlying models of spontaneous wave function collapse (collapse models) is to modify the Schrödinger equation by including nonlinear stochastic terms, which tend to localize wave functions in space in a dynamical manner. These terms have negligible effects on microscopic systems—therefore their quantum behaviour is practically preserved. On the other end, since the strength of these new terms scales with the mass of the system, they become dominant at the macroscopic level, making sure that wave functions of macro-objects are always well-localized in space. We will review these basic features. By changing the dynamics of quantum systems, collapse models make predictions, which are different from standard quantum mechanical predictions. Although they are difficult to detect, we discuss the most relevant scenarios, where such deviations can be observed
Typification and reassessment of seventeen species of coralline red algae (Corallinales and Sporolithales, Rhodophyta) described by W. Ishijima during 1954–1978
No full textThe type specimens of 17 species of non-geniculate coralline red algae belonging to the Corallinales and Sporolithales (Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta) and established from 1954–1978 by Wataru Ishijima have been re-examined, focusing on characters relevant to modern coralline taxonomy. The species are from the Early Cretaceous, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene and Pleistocene rocks of southern and central Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Indian Ocean, Philippines, Pakistan and Galapagos and were attributed by Ishijima to Lithothamnion (as Lithothamnium), Mesophyllum, Lithophyllum and Archaeolithothamnion (as Archaeolithothamnium). With two exceptions, all species had to be reassigned to different genera or were of uncertain generic placement within particular subfamilies, families or orders. The type specimen of Lithophyllum oboraensis is retained in Lithophyllum and the type specimen of Mesophyllum izuensis is retained in Mesophyllum. The type specimens of Lithophyllum izuensis (Ishijima) comb nov. (= Lithothamnion izuensis), Phymatolithon tokumanensis (Ishijima) comb. nov. (= Mesophyllum tokumanensis), Sporolithon borneoensis (Ishijima) comb. nov. (= Archaeolithothamnium borneoense) and Sporolithon galapagosensis (Ishijima) comb. nov. (= Archaeolithothamnion galapagosensis) possess features justifying their assignment to various genera within a particular family and subfamily. A specimen ascribed by Ishijima to Archaeolithothamnion galapagosensis (as Archaeolithothamnium) in the protologue of that species is a misidentified specimen of Sporolithon ptychoides Heydrich. The type specimens of Lithophyllum minoensis and Mesophyllum indicum belong to the Corallinaceae, subfamily Mastophoroideae but are of uncertain generic placement. The type specimens of Lithothamnion makinogoensis, Lithothamnion nodai, Lithothamnion tenuicrustatum, Mesophyllum niinoi and Mesophyllum yuyashimaensis belong to the Hapalidiaceae (Melobesioideae) but are of uncertain generic placement. The type specimens of Lithophyllum hashimotoi, Lithophyllum minae, Lithothamnion huseinii and Lithothamnion tokiensis lacked sufficient data to allow for order, family, subfamily or genus placement within the Corallinophycidae. Lectotype specimens have been designated as necessary, and relevant historical, repository, geological, morphological and other data are presented in the taxonomic accounts and concluding remarks
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