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    James E. Sheriff oral history interview and transcript, 1982

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    This recording forms part of a collection of oral history interviews donated by Dr. Edward Chen to the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. It includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans living in Houston.James E. Sheriff, interviewed by Edward C.M. Chen, 198

    Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen 1954

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    Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954 (Figs. 57 –62, 89, 98) Pelmatops fukienensis Zia & Chen, 1954: 307; Hardy, 1977: 76; Wang, 1996: 111; Chen et al., 2010: 3. Type-locality: Shaowu [Shao-Woo], Fujian [Fukien], China. (HT ♂ IZCAS) Description (supplement to the species description of Chen et al., 2010). Compound eye wholly smooth and rounded, without projection; ommatidia similar in size (Fig. 89). Occipital protuberance in female flat, rectangular, not clearly delimited from occiput, setae on its posterior margin short and numerous (Fig. 98). Male terminalia: epandrium large and broad in posterior view; lateral surstylus small and short, apex rounded in lateral view; medial surstylus with 1 black prensiseta (Fig. 61). Distribution. China (Fujian, Sichuan, Shaanxi (new record), Taiwan), Burma (new record). Specimens examined. BURMA: Chin Hills, Mt Victoria, 2400–2800m, May 1938, G. Heinrich, 2 ♀ (BMNH, checked by D.L.Hancock, pers. comm.). CHINA: Fujian: Chongan, 750 m, 24 June 1960, Y. R. Cheng, 1 ♀ (IZCAS); Shaowu, 20 April 1943, C.C. Maa, HT ♂ (IZCAS, head missing, male genetalia are shown in Fig. 61), 1 PT♀ (IZCA S). Sichuan: Mt. Emei, 21 July 1957, K.R. Huang; 26 May 1957, L.Y. Zheng, 2 ♀ (IZCAS). Taiwan: Alishan, Chiayi Hsien, 2270m, 8–9 April 1965, C.M. Yoshimoto, 1 ♀ (BPBM). Shaanxi: Ningshan, Huoditang, 1600m, July 2013, J.Z. Wang, 1 ♀ (NAFU, Figs. 57 –60, 62). Remarks. The record from Shaanxi extends the known distribution of Pelmatops northward to the Oriental- Palearctic transition zone, and that from Burma extends the known southern limit of the range.Published as part of Chen, Xiao-Lin, Norrbom, Allen, Freidberg, Amnon, Chesters, Douglas, Islam, Md Sajedul & Zhu, Chao-Dong, 2015, A systematic study of Ichneumonosoma de Meijere, Pelmatops Enderlein Pseudopelmatops Shiraki and Soita Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae), pp. 301-347 in Zootaxa 4013 (3) on pages 317-318, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/25439

    Eleanor Tinsley oral history interview and transcript

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    This recording forms part of a collection of oral history interviews donated by Dr. Edward Chen to the Chao Center for Asian Studies at Rice University. It includes audio recordings and transcripts of interviews with Asian Americans living in Houston.Eleanor Tinsley interviewed by Andy Lai and Edward Chen, 1980. Andy Lai and Edward Chen interview Mrs. Eleanor Tinsley, a member of Houston’s city council, on a radio show. Mrs. Tinsley spoke about her campaign for the city council position and gave advice to people who wanted to be heard by the council. She also spoke about some of the problems and possible projects that the council was facing at the time, including the impact the new convention center might have on “Little” Chinatown, and how the Chinese community might be heard by the city council. She spoke as well about her personal involvement with affirmative action for women in Houston
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