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Historic Preservation: City of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Comprehensive Master Plan
No full textThis report presents the case for the need for a plan for historic preservation of Atlantic City structures. It includes a historic overview of Atlantic City, preservation issues, federal preservation legislation, private sector opportunities and profiles of individual monuments. In addition to the narrative study, the report contains a "Structures of Potential Historic or Architectural Significance" sheet for dozens of structures, containing data like the title of the structure, its location, the year of construction and a photograph.Prepared for the City of Atlantic City.Purpose: Historic preservation in Atlantic City
Cataglyphis aphrodite Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec 2023, n. sp.
No full text<i>Cataglyphis aphrodite</i> Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec n. sp. <p>Figs 11–20</p> <p> = <i>Cataglyphis nodus</i> (Brullé, 1833): Forel (1904): 176 (as <i>Myrmecocystus viaticus var. orientalis</i> Forel, 1895).</p> <p> = <i>Cataglyphis nodus</i> (Brullé, 1833): Santschi (1939): 7 (as <i>Cataglyphis bicolor st. nodus</i> Brullé).</p> <p> = <i>Cataglyphis viatica</i> (Fabricius, 1787): Dempster (1957): 39 (as <i>Myrmecocystus viaticus</i> (F.)).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named after Aphrodite, the ancient Greek goddess associated with love, lust, beauty, pleasure, passion, and procreation. Cyprus is one of the main cult centres of Aphrodite, and according to mythology, she is usually said to have been born near her chief centre of worship, Paphos, the <i>terra typica</i> for this species.</p> <p> <b>Type material examined.</b> <b>Holotype</b> (pinned): major worker: CYPRUS, Paphos, 424 m | Agiou Neofytou Mon. | 34.84602 / 32.44784 | 29 IV 2022, L. Borowiec (MNHW).</p> <p> <b>Paratypes</b>: 37 w., 1q (pinned): the same data as for holotype (MNHW, JDPC, ZMUA); 1s.: CYPRUS, Akrotiri, 1 m | Limassol Salt Lake loc. 1 | 34.6041 / 32.9528 | 20 IV 2022, L. Borowiec (MNHW); 1w.: CYPRUS, Akrotiri, 0 m | Limassol Salt Lake loc. 2 | 34.60987 / 32.994685 | 20 IV 2022, L. Borowiec (MNHW); 3w.: CYPRUS, Larnaca, 4 m, | Larnaca Salt Lake | 34.91047 / 33.60489 | 22 IV 2022, J. D. [emetriou] C. G. [eorgiadis]; 4s., 2w.: CYPRUS, Paphos, Kato | Paphos, 32 m | 34.75368 / 32.43391 | 17 IV 2022, L. Borowiec; 1s.: CYPRUS, Paphos, 219 m | 2.2 km S of Lemona | 34.842542 / 32.54799 | 29 IV 2022, L. Borowiec; 2s.: CYPRUS, Paphos, Lara | beach, 10 m | 34.91957 / 32.32751 | 18 IV 2022, L. Borowiec; 2s., 3w.: CYPRUS, Paphos distr., 7 m | Paphos-Lempa, beach area | 34°48.425 N / 32°23.643 E | 7 V 2012, L. Borowiec || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBC-CY00048; 1s., 1w.: CYPRUS, Paphos distr., 7 m | Paphos-Lempa, beach area | 34°47.971 N / 32°23.577 E | 1 V 2012, L. Borowiec || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBC-CY00049; 1s.: CYPRUS, Paphos distr., 176 m | Diarizos riv. n. Mamonia | 34°45.736 N / 32°37.253 E | 6 V 2012, L. Borowiec || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBCCY00050; 1s., 11w.: CYPRUS, Paphos distr. | 1196 m, Cedar Valley | 34°59.703 N / 32°41.240 E | 5 V 2012, L. Borowiec || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBC-CY00051; 1s., 1w.: CYPRUS, Paphos distr., 62 m | Diarizos riv. n. Nikokleia | 34°43.805 N / 32°35.037 E | 6 V 2012, L. Borowiec || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBCCY00202; major worker: CYPRUS, Paphos distr., 25 m | Kato Paphos Palaipafou Ave | 34.758873 / 32.421888 | 4–13 VII 2019, G. Hebda || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBC-CY00212.</p> <p> <i>Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris</i> Emery, 1925: 265 (w.). Syntype worker, Corfu, Greece (MSNG) [syntype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0905722, photos by Will Ericson, available on https://www.AntWeb. org]; Syntype worker, Corfu, Greece (MHNG) [syntype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0911116, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman, available on https://www.AntWeb.org].</p> <p> <i>Cataglyphis viatica orientalis</i> (Forel, 1895): 228–229. Syntype worker, Corfu, Greece (MHNG) [syntype worker images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0911115, photos by Alexandra Westrich and Zach Lieberman, available on https://www.AntWeb.org].</p> <p> <b>Other material examined.</b> 10 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Kato Paphos, 34.753684 / 32.433916, 32 m, 17 IV 2022, urban area and ruderal sites near citrus orchard, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata; 1 w. (EtOH): Akrotiri, Limassol Salt Lake loc. 2, 34.609878 / 32.946854, 0 m, 20 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, herbs and bushes at lake shore; 1 w. (EtOH): Akrotiri, Limassol Salt Lake loc. 3, 34.601118 / 32.971551, 4 m, 20 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, dry meadow; 1 w. (EtOH): Limassol, Apollo Temple 2.5 km W of Kourion, 34.673994 / 32.864125, 129 m, 20 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, mediterranean bushes; 1 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Evretou Dam, 34.961659 / 32.477493, 172 m, 21 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, mediterranean bushes; 1 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Paphos Forest loc. 4, 35.067761 / 32.615137, 808 m, 23 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, pine forest; 1 w. (EtOH): Nicosia, 4 km SW of Kapedes, 34.956326 / 33.214662, 677 m, 24 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, pine forest on gravel ground; 1 w. (EtOH): Nicosia, 1.2 km W of Panagia Machaira Mon., 34.937849 / 33.176931, 838 m, 24 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, roadsides in pine forest; 5 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Kato Paphos, Hotel Veronica, 34.749580 / 32.428932, 20 m, 24 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata, hotel garden and surroundings; 7 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Aphrodite Baths, 35.056245 / 32.345005, 47 m, 27 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata, bath area and garden; 1 w. (EtOH): Limassol, ad Dora, 34.772575 / 32.750353, 432 m, 28 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, close to stream; 10 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Agios Neofytos Monastery, 34.846027 / 32.447846, 424 m, 29 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, J. Demetriou, C. Georgiadis & S. Salata, on ground in shadow valley; 1 w. (EtOH): Paphos, ad Kalepia, 34.837284 / 32.503188, 414 m, 29 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, Mediterranean bushes on roadsides; 3 w. (EtOH): Paphos, 2.2 km S of Lemona, 34.842542 / 32.54799, 219 m, 29 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, J. Demetriou & S. Salata, bush around marsh; 7 w. (EtOH): Larnaca Salt Lake, 34.8819 / 33.6139, 0 m, 10 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, nest by the side of the road; 2 w. (EtOH): Larnaca Salt Lake, 34.91047 / 33.60489, 4 m, 22 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, dirt road with reeds; 3 w. (EtOH): Larnaca, Larnaca Salt Lake hiking trail, 34.91103 / 33.60121, 5 m, 22 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, dirt road with reeds; 4 w. (EtOH): Nicosia, Potamia, 35.04751 / 33.43766, 188 m, 21 IV 2022, leg. C. Georgiadis, roadsides with <i>Eucalyptus</i> trees; 1 w. (EtOH): Nicosia, Geri, Geri, 35.09006 / 33.44064, 182 m, 21 IV 2022, dirt road, leg. C. Georgiadis, foraging on garbage; 1 w. (EtOH): Larnaca, Tekke mosque, 34.88544 / 33.61008, 6 m, 22 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, irrigated gardens; 6 w. (EtOH): Larnaca, Aradippou dam, 34.98306 / 33.59293, 66 m, 22 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, next to dam water, limestone rocks, reeds, thistles cloase to reservoir; 4 w. (EtOH): Larnaca, Aradippou bank, 34.98661 / 33.59135, 71 m, 22 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, riverbank with reeds; 4 w. (EtOH): Larnaca, Kiti dam, 34.87157 / 33.55439, 47 m, 22 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, cultivations with <i>Ferula communis</i>, thistles and <i>Crataegus azarolus</i>; 2 w. (EtOH): Nicosia, Machairas Forest, 34.85330 / 33.36188, 181 m, 23 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis; 10 w. (EtOH): Ammochostos (Famagusta), Paralimni, 35.03886 / 33.97520, 70 m, 25 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis; 13 w. (EtOH): Ammochostos (Famagusta), Paralimni lake, 35.03552 / 33.95647, 70 m, 25 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis; 2 w. (EtOH): Ammochostos (Famagusta), Cavo Greco, 34.96647 / 34.06698, 51 m, 25 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, maquie; 13 w. (EtOH): Ammochostos (Famagusta), Achna reservoir, 35.05017 / 33.81183, 40 m, 25 IV 2022, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis, next to water, low vegetation; 3 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Paphos Lempa, Sunny Hill Aparthotel, 34.8042 / 32.40078, 56 m, 1–6 V 2012, leg. L. Borowiec, hotel garden; 10 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Paphos-Lempa, beach area loc. 1, 34.79964 / 32.39314, 5 m, 1 V 2012, leg. L. Borowiec, seacoast; 10 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Paphos-Lempa, beach area loc. 2, 34.80732 / 32.39417, 11 m, 7 V 2012, leg. L. Borowiec, seacoast; 1 w. (pinned): Paphos, Panagia-Cedar Valley rd. loc. 1, 34.92718 / 32.64728, 755 m, 5 V 2012, leg. L. Borowiec, pine forest; 5 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Cedar Valley, 34.99503 / 32.68732, 1196 m, 5 V 2012, leg. L. Borowiec, pine and cedar forest; 13 w. (EtOH): Diarizos riv. ad Nikokleia, 34.73005 / 32.58394, 62 m, 6 V 2012, leg. L. Borowiec, dry riverbanks; 3 w. (EtOH): Paphos, Diarizos riv. ad. Fasula, 34.76222 / 32.62087, 173 m, 6 V 2012, leg. L. Borowiec, dry riverbanks; 1 w. (pinned): Paphos, Kato Paphos, Palaipafou Ave, 34.7591 / 32.4236, 28 m, 4–13 VII 2013, urban area, leg. G. Hebda (USMB).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Cataglyphis aphrodite</i> is a member of the <i>Cataglyphis nodus</i> complex within the <i>bicolor</i> speciesgroup characterised by petiole nodiform, head and mesosoma distinctly sculptured, monophasic variation in body size, and bicolored and large workers (WL always above 3 mm, often above 5 mm) (Agosti 1990).</p> <p> The eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin complex consists of two species: <i>C. lunatica</i> Baroni Urbani, 1969, and <i>C. nodus</i> (Brullé, 1833). <i>Cataglyphis lunatica</i> differs strongly in yellow body coloration and brownish gaster. <i>Cataglyphis nodus</i> appears to be the most similar-looking species but differs from <i>C. aphrodite</i> in larger body size. HL in major workers of <i>C. nodus</i> reaches up to 3.5 mm (less than 2.3 mm in <i>C. aphrodite</i>). The overall small body size was already noticed by Forel (1904), who recorded <i>C. nodus</i> from Cyprus and pointed out that a smaller size characterizes Cypriot populations compared to typical <i>C. nodus</i>. Also, the setation of mesosoma, if present, is in <i>C. nodus</i> more abundant and longer than in <i>C. aphrodite</i>. In <i>C. nodus</i>, the longest setae on pronotum are 0.269 mm, on mesonotum 0.230 mm, and propodeum 0.262 mm, while in <i>C. aphrodite</i> 0.158, 0.076, and 0.079, respectively. Currently, there are four taxa considered junior synonyms of <i>C. nodus,</i> and two of them were described from the Eastern Mediterranean region. <i>Cataglyphis bicolor rufiventris</i> Emery, 1925 was described from Korfu [Corfu/ Kerkyra] based on differences in the coloration of gaster, while <i>Cataglyphis viatica orientalis</i> (Forel, 1895) was described from Edirne in Türkiye based on the thicker and lower petiole. In both cases, the characters mentioned above were proven to fall within the infraspecific variation observed in <i>C. nodus</i>. Thus, due to the lack of any name that can be used for the Cypriot populations, we decided to describe them as new to science.</p> <p> <i>Cataglyphis aphrodite</i> might also be confused with some other species of the <i>bicolor</i> species group known from the Eastern Mediterranean. <i>Cataglyphis machmal</i> Radchenko & Arakelian, 1991 differs in the dorsum of mesosoma and first gastral tergite with numerous white, long erect setae, mostly longer than apical width of hind tibia (in <i>C. aphrodite</i> dorsum of mesosoma and first gastral tergite without erect setae or with 1–3 short setae on each mesosomal tergite and at most 6 setae on propodeum, setae never longer than apical width of hind tibia); <i>Cataglyphis oasium</i> Menozzi, 1932 differs in a strongly convex propodeum, legs always dark colored (brown to black) and larger size (HL in major workers always above 3 mm while in <i>C. aphrodite</i> HL <2.5 mm); <i>Cataglyphis israelensis</i> Ionescu & Eyer, 2016 differs in larger body size (HL in major workers up to 3.20 mm) and mesonotum raised over pronotum in most workers; <i>Cataglyphis laevior</i> Emery, 1925 differs in larger body size (HL in major workers always above 3 mm) and less sculptured gaster with shiny lateral sides (in <i>C. aphrodite</i> gaster is more sculptured and never shiny). Also, <i>C. laevior</i> is distributed in northern Africa and its records from Türkiye (Kiran & Karaman 2021) and Arabian Peninsula (Collingwood 1985, Collingwood & Agosti 1996) need confirmation.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Major worker (n=8): <i>Measurements.</i> HL: 2.211 (2.07–2.33); HW: 1.999 (1.80–2.17); SL: 2.245 (2.14–2.31); EL: 0.543 (0.51–0.58); PW: 1.385 (1.27–1.48); PRL: 1.184 (1.10–1.28); PRW: 0.991 (0.92–1.07); PTH: 0.460 (0.33–0.55); PTW: 0.484 (0.45–0.54); WL: 3.160 (3.00–3.33); HFL: 3.391 (3.17–3.63); CI: 1.107 (1.064 –1.239); SI: 1.125 (1.064 –1.239); PI: 0.951 (0.880 –1.021); FI: 1.074 (1.032 –1.132).</p> <p> <i>Color.</i> Head, mesosoma, petiole, legs, and antennae red, gaster black (Figs. 11, 12). In the palest specimens gaster brownish black; in the darkest specimens femora reddish brown to brown, occasionally also tibiae reddish brown but dark specimens represent not more than 10% of all examined specimens. <i>Head.</i> Square, approximately 1.11 x as long as wide, sides below eyes almost parallel, above eyes gently convex, posterior margin slightly convex or almost straight (Fig. 13). Anterior clypeal margin slightly convex, without central impression, with a row of 6–8 long yellow setae only slightly shorter than clypeal length. Clypeal surface with very sparse, yellow and appressed pubescence and anteriorly with few decumbent and short setae, with a pair of long erect setae as long as 1/3–1/2 length of clypeus. Clypeus densely and finely microreticulated, slightly dull, basally with additional longitudinal striation. Eyes large and oval, approximately 1.3–1.4 x as long as wide and 0.6 x as long as gena. Frontal carinae short, not extending beyond frontal lobes. Frons narrow, in the narrowest point 0.18–0.15 x as wide as head. Antennal fossa shallow, opalescent, densely microreticulated and covered with very short and sparse pubescence. Head densely microreticulated, dull, with no longitudinal or transverse striation, surface covered with very short and sparse, yellow, appressed pubescence. Anterior and lateral parts of head up to ocellar area without erect setae, ocellar area usually with a pair of long, yellow erect setae with length of up to 0.222 (in mature specimens setae often broken). Central part of occipital area usually with 6–8 yellow, short to long erect setae, the longest ~ 0.334. Occipital corners without or with single short, yellow seta. Ventral side of head without or with 2–4 short yellow setae, three times shorter than the longest seta on occipitum. Antennal scape long; in frontal view almost straight, 1.06–1.24 x as long as width of the head; base without tooth; apex only slightly and gradually widened (Fig. 13); funiculus longer than scape, pedicel elongated, approximately 0.9 x as long as segments 2 and 3 combined and 1.9 x as long as segment 2 (Fig. 13). Surface of scape densely microsculptured, shiny or slightly dull, covered with short, sparse, mostly appressed to decumbent yellow hairs. Mandibles rounded, basally smooth and shiny, apical ¾ length with deep grooves, surface shiny with several long, yellow setae. <i>Mesosoma.</i> Long, approximately 2.3 x as long as wide, metanotal groove shallow (Fig. 12). Pronotum regularly rounded on sides (Fig. 11). In lateral view, promesonotum regularly arched, mesonotum not raised above pronotum, propodeum positioned lower than promesonotum, dorsum of propodeum in lateral view form regular arch (Fig. 12). Mesosoma densely microreticulated, dull; covered with yellow appressed pubescence sparse to moderately dense on pronotum and dorsal mesonotum, dense on the surface of pronotum, laterals sides of mesonotum, and propodeum, dense close to metapleural gland. Pronotum 1–3 short to moderately long, yellow erect setae, the longest seta with length to 0.158, mesonotum usually with four short, yellow setae, the longest with length 0.076, propodeum without, or anteriorly with a pair and posteriorly 1–4 short setae, the longest with length 0.079. <i>Petiole.</i> Nodiform, node in lateral view regularly rounded, posterior face slightly concave, pedicel elongate (Fig. 14). Surface of petiole distinctly microreticulated and slightly shiny, covered with moderately dense, yellow pubescence, top of node without or with 1–2 very short, yellow erect setae. <i>Gaster.</i> Dull and distinctly microreticulated, first gastral tergite sometimes with additional transverse striation. Gaster with very short and sparse appressed pubescence, distance between hair usually longer than length of hair; top of first tergite usually without or occasionally with 1–2 very short, yellow erect setae, tergite 2 usually without, occasionally with 1–2 short, yellow erect setae, tergite 3 usually with a pair of long, yellow erect setae up to 0.317 mm in length, but in large specimens setae often broken. Each of gastral sternites with 3–4 long, yellow, and erect setae up to 0.325 mm in length. <i>Legs.</i> Elongate, hind femora slightly longer than mesosoma (mean FI 1.073). Dorsal and lateral surfaces of femora and tibiae covered with fine, sparse, appressed to slightly decumbent setae, without additional, decumbent spiniform setae. Ventral surfaces of hind tibiae with a row of 6–8 long, yellow spines.</p> <p> Minor worker (n=6): <i>Measurements.</i> HL: 1.407 (1.17–1.56); HW: 1.102 (0.86–1.29); SL: 1.572 (1.29–1.70); EL: 0.380 (0.33–0.40); PW: 0.872 (0.71–0.98); PRL: 0.788 (0.63–0.84); PRW: 0.638 (0.51–0.69); PTH: 0.305 (0.26–0.35); PTW: 0.305 (0.24–0.34); WL: 2.173 (1.80–2.32); HFL: 2.320 (1.98–2.50); CI: 1.282 (1.209 –1.360); SI: 1.432 (1.318 –1.466); PI: 1.005 (0.848 –1.103); FI: 1.068 (1.035 –1.100).</p> <p> <b> <i>Color</i>.</b> Similar to major workers, but legs often darker, yellowish brown to brown (Figs. 15, 16). Antennae sometimes with reddish brown scapi and slightly obscure funicle. <b> <i>Head</i>.</b> Slightly more elongated than in major workers, 1.21–1.36 x as long as wide, below eyes parallel-sided, behind eyes regularly rounded, occipital margin of head slightly convex.Anterior clypeal margin convex without median impression, central surface of clypeus without median keel. Eyes large and oval, 1.4 x as long as wide and 0.8 x as long as gena. Sculpture and setation of head and legs similar to major worker. <b> <i>Mesosoma</i>.</b> Same as in major worker but setation often more visible, mesonotum often with 4–6 setae. <b> <i>Petiole</i>.</b> As in major worker, without erect setae. <b>Gaster.</b> Strongly microreticulated and dull. Tergites 1–2 without erect setae, tergite 3 usually without erect setae but occasionally with a row of 4 short setae. Each of gastral sternites with 2–4 long, yellow erect setae. Legs as long as in major workers with mean FI below 1.068.</p> <p> Gyne (n=1): <i>Measurements.</i> HL: 2.30; HW: 2.20; SL: 2.02; EL: 0.57; PW: 1.69; PRL: 1.33; PRW: 1.33; PTH: 0.60; PTW: 0.47; WL: 3.63; HFL: 2.67; CI: 1.045; SI: 0.918; PI: 1.276; FI: 0.736.</p> <p> <b> <i>Color</i>.</b> Head, mesosoma, petiole legs, and antennae red, gaster reddish brown (Figs. 17, 18). <i>Head.</i> Square, almost as long as wide, sides below eyes almost parallel, above eyes gently convex, posterior margin slightly convex (Fig. 19). Anterior clypeal margin slightly convex, without central impression, on each side with a row of 6–8 short yellow setae. Clypeal surface with very sparse yellow appressed pubescence and anteriorly with few decumbent short setae and close to base with one broken seta. Clypeus densely and finely microreticulated, slightly shiny, basally often with additional longitudinal striation. Eyes large and oval, approximately 1.4 x as long as wide and 0.8 x as long as gena. Frontal carinae short, not extending beyond frontal lobes. Frons narrow, in the narrowest part 0.19 x as wide as head width. Antennal fossa shallow, opalescent, densely microreticulated, and covered with very short and sparse pubescence. Head regularly, densely microreticulated, frontal face dull, occipital part slightly shiny, surface of gena covered with extremely short and sparse, yellow, appressed pubescence, rest of head surface appears bare. Only occipital area with a pair of short, yellow erect setae. Ventral side of head on each side with 4 moderately long yellow setae. Antennal scape long, approximately 0.9 x as long as width of the head; base without tooth; apex only slightly and gradually widened (Fig. 19); funiculus longer than scape, pedicel elongated, approximately 0.8 x as long as segments 2 and 3 combined and 1.7 x as long as segment 2 (Fig. 19). Surface of scape diffusely microsculptured, shiny, covered with short, sparse, mostly appressed to decumbent yellow hairs. Mandibles rounded, basally smooth and shiny, apical ¾ l
Temnothorax cypridis Salata & Demetriou & Georgiadis & Borowiec 2024, new status
No full text<i>Temnothorax cypridis</i> (Santschi, 1930), new status (Figs 19–22, 62) <p> <i>Leptothorax bulgaricus</i> st. <i>cypridis</i> Santschi, 1930: (Cyprus, Limassol).</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> Ammochostos (Famagusta), Kavo Greco, 34.96647 / 34.06698, 51 m, 25 IV 2022, 4w, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis (JDC); Famagusta, Paralimni, 35.03886 / 33.9752, 70 m, 25 IV 2022, 1w, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis (MNHW); Larnaka, Skarinou, 34.81835 / 33.35652, 156 m, 25 IV 2022, 13w, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis (JDC, MNHW); Limassol, Apollo Temple 2.5 km W of Kourion, 34.67399 / 32.86412 and 34.67404 / 32.86382, 129–131 m, 20 IV 2022, 8w, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); Limassol, ad Dora, 34.77257 / 32.75035, 432 m, 20 IV 2022, 19w, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); Paphos, Diarizos riv., Kidasi, Rock of Chasampoulion, 34.79767 / 32.70502, 262 m, 6 V 2012, 2w, leg. L. Borowiec (MNHW); Paphos, Evretou, Evretou Dam, 34.96165 / 32.47749, 172 m, 21 IV 2022, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); Paphos, ad Kalepia, 34.83728 / 32.50318, 414 m, 29 IV 2022, 37w, leg. L. Borowiec, J. Demetriou, C. Georgiadis & S. Salata (MNHW); Paphos, Kouklia, Ranti Forest Beach 34.67337 / 32.60695, 31 m, 20 IV 2022, 5w, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); Paphos, Kritou Tera, Kremiotis Waterfall, 34.96254 / 32.43356, 330 m, 22 IV 2022, 2w, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); Paphos, 2.2 km S of Lemona, 34.84254 / 32.5479, 219 m, 6w, 29 IV 2022, leg. L. Borowiec, J. Demetriou, C. Georgiadis & S. Salata (JDC, MNHW); Paphos, Paphos Forest loc. 1 ad Pachiamos, 35.16617 / 32.59157, 126 m, 23 IV 2022, 32w, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); Paphos, Peyia, sea caves, 34.8842 / 32.3335, 20 m, 18 X 2022, 1w, leg. J. Demetriou (JDC); Paphos, road F612 ad Ag. Konstantinos loc. 1, 34.73358 / 32.64293, 368 m, 28 IV 2022, 1w, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); Paphos, Tala, Agios Neofytos Monastery, 34.84485 / 32.44509, 398 m, 7 V 2022, 3w, leg. L. Borowiec (MNHW); Paphos, Tala, Agios Neofytos Monastery, 34.84602 / 32.44784, 424 m, 29 IV 2022, 27w, leg. L. Borowiec, J. Demetriou, C. Georgiadis & S. Salata (MNHW); Akrotiri UK SBA, Agiophyla, 0 m, 34.6006 / 32.9721, 10 X 2023, 6w, leg. J. Demetriou (JDC); Paphos, Gialia, 150 m, 35.0950 / 32.5352, 03 V 2023, 1w, leg. J. Demetriou (JDC).</p> <p> <b>Comparative and taxonomic note.</b> This taxon was described from Cyprus: Limassol as a trinome <i>Leptothorax bulgaricus cypridis</i> Santschi, 1930 and further treated as a subspecies of <i>T. bulgaricus</i> (Bolton 1995: 237). We have examined the syntype of <i>Leptothorax bulgaricus cypridis</i> preserved in the Basel Museum (AntWeb.org, CASENT0912914) and numerous specimens from Cyprus conspecific with the syntype. In our opinion, this taxon represents a distinct species, which differs well from <i>Temnothorax bulgaricus</i> (Forel, 1892) in a shorter setation of body. In <i>T. bulgaricus,</i> erect setae on the head, mesosoma, and gaster are very long, the longest setae on mesosoma are longer than the eye diameter while in <i>T. cypridis</i> dorsal setae of mesosoma are short, distinctly shorter than the eye diameter (mean ratio length of setae/eye diameter 0.71, in <i>T. bulgaricus</i> 1.06). The third member of the <i>T. bulgaricus</i> group known from the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin, <i>T. nadigi</i> (Kutter, 1925), differs in distinctly bicolored body, with a head predominantly distinctly darker colored than mesosoma, from yellowish-brown to dark brown. Other Cypriot species of <i>Temnothorax</i> well differ from <i>T. cypridis</i> in uniformly yellow antennae and usually well-marked propodeal spines. Only <i>T. aeolius</i> has an antennal club similarly darkened, partly brown to black, but differs in well-marked propodeal spine with mean PSL/HW 0.266 (in <i>T. cypridis</i> the spine is reduced to very small, triangular tubercle or spine with mean PSL/HW 0.225), shorter petiole with mean PI 1.481 (in <i>T. cypridis</i> 1.505), and in more globular petiolar node, without lateral carinae.</p> <p> <b>Redescription.</b> Worker (n = 10): HL: 0.563 –0.706 (0.643); HW: 0.444 –0.589 (0.530); SL: 0.429 –0.540 (0.475); EL: 0.114 –0.151 (0.143); EW: 0.087 –0.115 (0.105); PNW: 0.294 –0.413 (0.367); WL: 0.635 –0.860 (0.763); PEL: 0.225 –0.341 (0.294); PEH: 0.160 –0.238 (0.195); PPL: 0.163 –0.238 (0.217); PPW: 0.175 –0.240 (0.211); PSL: 0.090 –0.139 (0.117); CI: 1.170 –1.268 (1.216); EI1: 1.313 –1.469 (1.368); EI2: 0.202 –0.233 (0.223); SI1: 0.868 – 0.966 (0.897); SI2: 0.693 –0.765 (0.738); MI: 2.000 –2.160 (2.081); PI: 1.406 –1.589 (1.505); PPI: 0.890 –1.074 (0.978); PSLI: 0.179 –0.262 (0.225).</p> <p> <b>Color.</b> Almost whole body yellow, gena usually more or less infuscate, yellowish-brown to brown, antennal club predominantly brown to almost black, first gastral tergite in basal ⅔ length yellow and in posterior ⅓ length with brown band, only posterior margin yellow. Legs uniformly yellow, femora never infuscate in the middle (Figs 19, 20). In the palest specimens band on first gastral tergite very narrow, occupying only ⅕–¼ length of the tergite, in the darkest specimens almost whole posterior half of first gastral tergite is darkened. <b>Head.</b> Slightly elongate, approximately 1.2 × as long as wide, subparallel or gena softly converging anterad and sides behind eyes slightly converging posterad, occipital corners broadly rounded, occipital margin of head straight (Fig. 22). Anterior margin of clypeus softly convex, without central angulation, with 4–6 short setae, medial notch absent. Eyes moderate, elongate, 1.3–1.5 × as long as wide, 0.22 × as long as head length. Antennal scape long, in lateral view slightly curved, approximately 0.9 × as long as width of the head, in apex gradually widened with softly marked preapical constriction, its base with obtuse dorsal and ventral angle. Funiculus distinctly longer than scape, first segment 2.3 × as long as wide at apex, 4.5 × as long as second segment, segments 2–6 transverse, segment 7 only slightly wider than long, club large, 1.2 × as long as segments 1–8 combined, last segment of club elongate, 1.4 × as long as segments 8 and 9 combined (Fig. 22). Surface of scape with smooth and shiny, covered with thin, moderate dense, appressed hairs. Mandibles with thick sparse, longitudinal striae, shiny, covered with short appressed hairs. Clypeus with median keel and one or two keels on each side, interspaces smooth and shiny. Frons narrow, approximately 0.35 × as wide as head width. Frontal carinae short, slightly extending beyond frontal lobes. Antennal fossa deep, margined with sharp circular striae with smooth interspaces. Frontal lobes moderately broad, placed slightly upwards (Fig. 22). Gena, malar area and frons laterally with sharp longitudinal rugae gradually diffused posterad, postocular area and occipital corners predominantly smooth or with fine striation, central part of frons, vertex and occipitum smooth and shiny, sides of vertex often with diffused microreticulation, frons centrally without setose punctation. The smooth and shiny area varies from narrow stripe along middle to broad stripe which occupies central ⅓ width of head. Surface of head without appressed pubescence, frons, vertex and occipital area with erect, pale, moderately long setae, the longest on occipitum 0.57 × as long as eye width (Fig. 22). <b>Mesosoma.</b> Elongate, approximately 2.1 × as long as wide, slightly arched in anterior third, flat in posterior ⅔ length, without metanotal groove or impression. Pronotum convex on sides. Anterior slope of pronotum partly microgranulate, partly with longitudinal rugae, dorsum with fine longitudinal rugae and diffusely microreticulate interspaces, appears shiny. Sides of pronotum with longitudinal rugae and smooth and shiny interspaces. Dorsum of mesonotum microreticulate, without or with rudiments of rugae, sometimes along middle with smooth and shiny stripe, on sides with longitudinal rugae and microreticulate interspaces, sides of mesonotum with longitudinal rugae and microreticulate interspaces, appears slightly irregulare. Dorsum of propodeum centrally microreticulate, on sides with longitudinal rugae, posterior face microreticulate with few transverse rugae, sides of propodeum from predominantly microgranulate with few rugae to predominantly with sharp longitudinal rugae, especially on metapleural lobe, surface appears irregular but shiny. Propodeal spines very short, sometimes almost reduced, usually in form of triangular tubercle, mean PSL/HW 0.22. Entire mesosoma bearing erect, yellow, moderately long setae, the longest on pronotum 0.6–0.71 × as long as eye diameter (Figs 20, 21). <b>Petiole.</b> Elongate, mean PEL/PEH 1.51, anterior face straight or very shallowly concave, ventral margin anteriorly with sharp spine, node in lateral view obtusely angulate with sharp lateral carinae, on top microgranulate or with few short rugae, on sides with distinct rugae, interspaces microreticulate, shiny. <b>Postpetiole.</b> In dorsal view almost as long as wide, approximately 1.3 × as wide as petiole, surface microreticulate or with short longitudinal striation, appears irregular but shiny. Dorsal surface of petiole and postpetiole with long erect setae, as long as setae on pronotum (Figs 20, 21). <b>Gaster.</b> Smooth and shiny, bearing erect, thin, pale setae, usually twice shorter than setae on mesosoma (Figs 20, 21). <b>Legs.</b> Moderately elongate, femora swollen in the middle, tibiae widened from base to ¾ length, surface of legs covered with extremely sparse, appressed hairs, surface smooth and shiny.</p> <p> <b>Biological note.</b> Less thermophilous. Most workers were shaken off into the entomological umbrella from Mediterranean bush, predominantly <i>Pistacia</i> and <i>Rubus</i>, inside pine forests or nearby streams, or growing around dams or shadow roadsides. A few specimens were shaken off into the entomological umbrella from herbs on a sowed field next to the road. Nests could not be found.</p>Published as part of <i>Salata, Sebastian, Demetriou, Jakovos, Georgiadis, Christos & Borowiec, Lech, 2024, The genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5434 (1)</i> on pages 26-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5434.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10954759">http://zenodo.org/record/10954759</a>
Microaffirmations as a tool to support the process of inclusive education
No full textThe main question that guides this work concerns the intentional use of microaffirmations in support of the inclusive education process. We will describe how microaffirmations can help to achieve significant goals for inclusive education both inside and outside the classroom (Ainscow 2015; Messiou et al., 2016). Specifically, attention will be focused on how support and recognition communicated through microaffirmations can improve sense of belonging as an essential element of creating safe spaces for learning (Mitchell, 2014). The theoretical overview provided here sets the groundwork for a research study, to be implemented in Italy and the United States, where inclusion and microaffirmation is the binomial investigated
11th June 2009-Cyprus-Minister of Education and Culture H. E. Prof. Andreas Demetriou
No full textTirage 1 :CERN Director-General, R. Heuer and Minister of Education and Culture, H. E. Prof. Andreas Demetriou; Tirage 2:Council President,T. Åkesson, Ecole Normale Supérieure,K. Kounnas, Chairman of the Cyprus CERN Committee,C. N. Papanicolas, R. Heuer,A. Demetriou, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Cyprus in Geneva,A. Hadjichrysanthou, Directorate Office,E. Tsesmeli
Temnothorax kykkos Salata & Demetriou & Georgiadis & Borowiec 2024, n. sp.
No full text<i>Temnothorax kykkos</i> n. sp. (Figs 13–15, 61) <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named after its <i>locus typicus</i>, the Kykkos Monastery placed in Troodos Mts., one of the wealthiest and best-known monasteries in Cyprus. The Greek name Kykkos [Κύκκος] according to one belief is related to the Kermes oak (Latin <i>Quercus coccifera</i>), which developed in this area; a different account attributed the expression 'kykkos' to a bird whose call 'kik-ko, kik-ko' became the name of the monastery.</p> <p> <b>Type material examined.</b> <b>Holotype worker (pin)</b>: “ CYPRUS, Nicosia, 1130 m | Kykkos Monastery | 34.98375 / 32.74145 | 22 IV 2022, L. Borowiec ” (MNHW). <b>Paratypes</b> (26 workers, pin): 13w “ CYPRUS, Limassol | Trooditissa loc. 1, 1344 m | 34.91365 / 32.84265 | 22 IV 2022, L. Borowiec [+ J. Demetriou, C. Georgiadis & S. Salata]” (MNHW); 1w “ CYPRUS, Paphos, 368 m | rd. F612 loc. 1 | 34.73358 / 32.64293 | 28 IV 2022, L. Borowiec ” (MNHW); 1w “ CYPRUS, Nicosia, 680 m | Kapedes | 34.9669 / 33.2404 | 24 IV 2022, L. Borowiec ” (MNHW); 3w “ CYPRUS, Nicosia, 181 m | Machairas Forest | 34.8533 / 33.36188 | 23 IV 2022, J.D. & C.G. [J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis]” (MNHW); 1w “ CYPRUS, Paphos Prov., | Peyia Forest loc. 3, 390 m | 34.889366 / 32.3739 | 18.04.2022, S. Salata ” (MNHW); 1w “ CYPRUS, Paphos distr. 363 m | Pegeia Forest n. Pegeia | 34°53.853 N / 32°22.046 E | 4 V 2012, L. Borowiec || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBC–CY00155” (MNHW); 6w “ CYPRUS, Paphos distr. 374 m | Pegeia Forest n. Pegeia | 34.89754 / 32.36743 | 7 V 2012, L. Borowiec || Collection L. Borowiec | Formicidae | LBC–CY00182” (MNHW).</p> <p> <b>Other material examined.</b> Nicosia, 4 km SW of Kapedes, 34.956326 / 33.214662, 677 m, 24 IV 2022, 1w (EtOH), leg. L. Borowiec; Akrotiri UK SBA, Lady’s mile beach, 34.5962 / 33.0073, alt. 2 m, 04 V 2008, leg. S. Zotos, 1w (ZMUA).</p> <p> <b>Comparative note.</b> <i>Temnothorax kykkos</i> and <i>T. apolloni</i> are the only Cypriot members of the <i>T. angustulus</i> group (for characteristics see <i>T. apolloni</i>). <i>Temnothorax kykkos</i> differs from <i>T. apolloni</i> in an almost uniformly brown body with mesosoma not or insignificantly paler brown than head and gaster. <i>Temnothorax kykkos</i> has a shorter petiole with mean PI 1.306 with a petiolar node in profile triangular and sharply angulate. Body sculpture in <i>T. kykkos</i> is finer than in <i>T. apolloni</i>, with the head predominantly smooth and shiny and sculpture present predominantly on lateral frons and gena. Also, <i>T. kykkos</i> has shorter propodeal spines with a mean length 0.127 and PSLI index 0.215. Geographically, the closest member of the <i>T. angustulus</i> group outside of Cyprus is <i>T. dessyi</i> (Menozzi, 1936) (known from Greece and Western Türkiye). It is very similar but differs in stronger microreticulate and rugose head sculpture covering almost the whole surface except for the central frons, and in strong microreticulate or/and longitudinal sculpture dorsal pronotum. None of the species of the <i>T. angustulus</i> group distributed in the western part of the Mediterranean basin and recently reviewed by Galkowski & Cagniant (2017) have head surfaces so largely smooth and shiny as in <i>T. kykkos</i> and none of them have top of pronotum with partly diffused sculpture or with a shiny background.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Worker (n = 10): HL: 0.619 –0.738 (0.696); HW: 0.508 –0.630 (0.589); SL: 0.430 –0.524 (0.490); EL: 0.143 –0.169 (0.159); EW: 0.098 –0.127 (0.116); PNW: 0.348 –0.420 (0.388); WL: 0.746 –0.889 (0.823); PEL: 0.246 –0.304 (0.277); PEH: 0.183 –0.240 (0.213); PPL: 0.177 –0.222 (0.204); PPW: 0.173 –0.222 (0.206); PSL: 0.111 –0.138 (0.127); CI: 1.144 –1.222 (1.182); EI1: 1.233 –1.459 (1.369); EI2: 0.205 –0.242 (0.228); SI1: 0.789 – 0.890 (0.833); SI2: 0.682 –0.728 (0.704); MI: 2.036 –2.157 (2.125); PI: 1.192 –1.650 (1.306); PPI: 0.905 –1.111 (1.015); PSLI: 0.197 –0.236 (0.215).</p> <p> <b>Color.</b> Almost whole body brown with varying intensity, often dorsum of pronotum, petiole and postpetiole and base of first gastral tergite paler brown than head, rest of mesosoma and posterior part of gaster, in the palest specimens dorsum of pro- and mesonotum and base of first gastral tergite orange-brown but without sharp borders between paler and darker parts. Legs in the darkest specimens predominantly brown with yellowish or yellowish-brown trochanters and tarsi, in the palest specimens legs predominantly yellowish to yellowish-brown only femora predominantly brown. Antennal scapus brown, funicle from yellowish to brown with more or less darkened club. Mandibles yellowish (Figs 13, 14). <b>Head.</b> Slightly elongate, 1.14–1.22 × as long as wide, sides almost parallel, occipital corners regularly rounded, occipital margin of head straight (Fig. 15). Anterior margin of clypeus softly convex, without central angulation truncate or shallowly emarginate in the middle, with 8 short setae. Eyes moderate, short oval, 1.2–1.4 × as long as wide, 0.23 × as long as head length. Antennal scape moderately long, in lateral view slightly curved, approximately 0.8 × as long as width of the head, in apex gradually widened with shallow preapical constriction, its base with obtusely angulate dorsal and ventral angle. Funiculus distinctly longer than scape, first segment 2.2 × as long as wide at apex, approximately 3.2 × longer than second segment, segments 2–6 transverse, segment 7 slightly wider than long, club large, only slightly longer than segments 1–8 combined, last segment of club elongate, 1.2 × as long as segments 8 and 9 combined (Fig. 15). Surface of the scape with fine microreticulation, shiny, covered with thin, moderate dense, appressed hairs. Mandibles with thick sparse, longitudinal striae, shiny, covered with very short appressed hairs. Clypeus with long median keel and one short keel on each side, sometimes without lateral keels, interspaces smooth and shiny. Frons narrow, approximately 0.35 × as wide as head width. Frontal carinae short, slightly extending beyond frontal lobes. Antennal fossa deep, margined with very fine, partly diffused circular striae with smooth interspaces. Frontal lobes narrow, placed distinctly upwards. Gena and malar area with sharp longitudinal rugae gradually disappearing toward the back of the head; frons laterally with few striae partly disappearing, rest of head smooth and shiny, frons centrally without or with extremely small setose punctation. Surface of head without appressed pubescence, frons, vertex and occipital area with erect, pale, short and thick setae, the longest on occipitum 0.4 × as long as eye width (Fig. 15). <b>Mesosoma.</b> Elongate, approximately 2.1 × as long as wide, slightly arched in pronotal part, flat in posterior ¾ length, with very shallow metanotal impression, occasionally without impression. Pronotum convex on sides. Anterior slope of pronotum with diffused microreticulation, in the middle smooth and shiny, dorsum diffused microreticulation, shiny, sides of pronotum with fine longitudinal striation without or with few sharp longitudinal rugae and distinctly microreticulate interspaces. Dorsum of mesonotum predominantly diffusely microreticulate without or with rudiments of longitudinal striae, on sides with microgranulation often tending to form longitudinal rows, without few fine longitudinal rugae especially close to ventral margin. Dorsum of propodeum and space between propodeal spines microreticulate, posterior slope with few transverse rugae, on sides predominantly microreticulate to microgranulate with few longitudinal rugae especially on metapleural lobe, in front of spiracle usually small smooth and shiny area, surface of propodeum appears slightly irregular but shiny. Propodeal spines short, mean PSL/HW 0.22, running obliquely upwards, in form of narrow spine or needle with slightly widened base, straight and acute apically (Fig. 14). Occasionally spines reduced to very small triangular tubercle. Entire mesosoma bearing erect, white, moderately long setae, the longest on pronotum 0.49 × as long as eye diameter (Fig. 14). <b>Petiole.</b> Moderately elongate, mean PEL/PEH 1.31, anterior face shallowly concave, ventral margin anteriorly with sharp spine, node in lateral view almost regularly triangular with sharp top margined by short carinae, whole surface microgranulate, on sides with fine longitudinal rugae, surface appears slightly dull. <b>Postpetiole.</b> In dorsal view almost as long as wide, approximately 1.4 × as wide as petiole, surface predominantly microgranulate only top with diffused granulation, without striation or rugae. Dorsal surface of petiole and postpetiole with moderately long erect setae, slightly longer and thicker than setae in mesosoma (Fig. 14). <b>Gaster.</b> Smooth and shiny, bearing erect, short, pale setae, 0.7–0.8 × as long as the longest setae on mesosoma (Fig. 14). <b>Legs.</b> Moderately elongate, femora swollen in the middle, tibiae widened from base to ¾ length, surface of legs covered with extremely sparse, appressed hairs, surface with diffused microreticulation or partly smooth, shiny.</p> <p> <b>Biological note.</b> Less thermophilous. Workers were observed on trunks and stems of <i>Robinia pseudoacacia</i> in rest area close to stream and shaken off into the entomological umbrella from <i>Pistacia</i> and leguminose bushes located inside pine forests. The holotype was collected on a low wall surrounding the courtyard of Kykkos Monastery. Nests could not be found, probably as in the Greek representatives of the <i>Temnothorax angustulus</i> group, they can nest inside the dry stems of shrubs and large herbs.</p>Published as part of <i>Salata, Sebastian, Demetriou, Jakovos, Georgiadis, Christos & Borowiec, Lech, 2024, The genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus, pp. 1-69 in Zootaxa 5434 (1)</i> on pages 19-23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5434.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10954759">http://zenodo.org/record/10954759</a>
Cataglyphis chionistrae Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec 2023, n. sp.
No full text<i>Cataglyphis chionistrae</i> Salata, Demetriou, Georgiadis & Borowiec n. sp. <p>Figs 1–10, 20</p> <p> <b>Type material examined.</b> <b>Holotype:</b> s. (pin): CYPRUS, Limassol, Mt | Olympos / Chionistra loc. 1, 1862 m | 34.92943 / 32.87001 | 25 IV 2022, L. Borowiec || <i>Pinus nigra</i> forest | nest under stone (MNHW).</p> <p> <b>Paratypes:</b> 24 w., 1q.: the same data as holotype (MNHW, JDPC, ZMUA); 1q., 6 w.: CYPRUS, Limassol, Mt | Olympos / Chionistra loc. 3, 1928 m | 34.93563 / 32.8624 | 26 IV 2022, L. Borowiec || <i>Pinus nigra forest</i> | nest under stone (MNHW).</p> <p> <i>Cataglyphis cretica</i> (Forel, 1910): 23 (w.m.). Syntype (w.): <i>Myrmecocystus cursor aenescens</i> var. <i>cretica</i> Em., Creta (MSNG) (leg. Cecconi), Kufor [type images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0102116, photos by April Nobile, available on https://www.AntWeb.org].</p> <p> <i>Cataglyphis hellenica</i> (Forel, 1886): 204 (w.). Syntype (w.): <i>Myrmecocystus cursor</i> var. <i>hellenicus</i> Forel, 1886, Pyrgos, Morea, Greece (MHNG) [type images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0911108, photos by Alexandra Westrich, available on https://www.AntWeb.org].</p> <p> <i>Cataglyphis italica</i> (Emery, 1906): 48, fig 5 (w.): <i>Myrmecocystus cursor</i> subsp. <i>italicus</i> Emery, 1906., Foggia, Italy (MSNG) [type images examined, AntWeb, CASENT0102115, photos by April Nobile, available on https:// www.AntWeb.org].</p> <p> <i>Cataglyphis minos</i> Borowiec & Salata, 2022 142, figs 62.1-11 (s.w.q.). Holotype major (w.)., Greece, Crete, Rethymno, Prov. Nida Plateau, 1370 m (35°15’N 24°50’E), 25.04.14, leg. S. Salata (MNHW); paratypes (q.,s.), Greece, Crete, Heraklion, Prov. Rouvas Forest loc. 1, 1316 m, (35°09N 2456’E), 05.05.14, leg. S. Salata (MNHW).</p> <p> <b>Other material examined:</b> 6w. (EtOH), 44 w. (EtOH), 47 w. (EtOH), 11 w. (EtOH): four nests, the same data as for holotype; 5 w. (EtOH): Limassol, Troodos, Mt Olympos / Chionistra loc. 3, 34.935639 / 32.862404, 1928 m, 26 IV 2022, <i>Pinus nigra</i> forest, leg. L. Borowiec & S. Salata (MNHW); 40 w. (EtOH): Limassol, Mt. Olympos / Chionistra, 34.93479 / 32.86232, 1915 m, 26 IV 2022, <i>Pinus nigra</i> forest, leg. J. Demetriou & C. Georgiadis (MNHW).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Named after its <i>locus typicus</i>, Chionistra (= Mt. Olympos, 1,952 m), the highest point in Cyprus.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> A member of the <i>Cataglyphis cursor</i> species complex within the <i>cursor</i> species group characterized by a petiole in the shape of a thick squama and monomorphic or with monophasic size variation of worker caste (Agosti 1990). Recent genetic studies showed that <i>C. aenescens sensu lato</i> is a group of cryptic or subcryptic taxa with rather small distribution areas and complicated genetic structure displaying clonal social hybridogenesis (Kuhn <i>et al.</i> 2020). In the eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin, the following species have been hitherto recorded: <i>Cataglyphis aenescens</i> (Nylander, 1849) - Türkiye, <i>C. cretica</i> (Forel, 1910) — Crete, <i>C. hellenica</i> (Forel, 1886) — Greece, <i>C. italica</i> (Emery, 1906) — Italy, and <i>C. minos</i> Borowiec & Salata, 2022 —Crete.</p> <p> The status of the Turkish populations recorded under <i>C. aenescens</i> is rather unclear. This taxon appears to be common in Central Anatolia (Kiran & Karaman 2021). However, as the true <i>C. aenescens</i> was described from “ Russia meridionalis” without the exact type locality and based on material collected by V. Motschulsky, it is possible that Turkish populations are not conspecific with populations from eastern Ukraine and the area north of the Caucasus. Kuhn <i>et al.</i> (2020) reported <i>C. aenescens</i> from Iran based on material collected close to the Caspian Sea and revealed that these populations genetically differ from populations distributed eastward. Thus, it is also possible that populations from the south Caspian area are not conspecific with true <i>C. aenescens</i>. So far, no species of the <i>cursor</i> complex has been noted from Israel (Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch 2009) nor Lebanon (Guenard <i>et al.</i> 2017), but <i>C. aenescens</i> was recorded from Syria by Wheeler & Man (1916). However, it is unknown which morphogenotype the Syrian populations represent.</p> <p> Workers of <i>C. chionistrae</i> differ from <i>C. minos</i> in the lack of erect setae on their antennal scapi, less setose pronotum and propodeum, and in major workers in the lack of erect setae on the first gastral tergite; from <i>C. cretica</i> in the smaller body size, less opalescent body sculpture, and in the presence of long and erect setae on the occipital part of the head and all mesosomal tergites (also in minor workers); from <i>C. hellenica</i>, <i>C. italica</i>, and <i>C.</i> cf. <i>aenescens</i> from Türkiye in usually deep black and always monochromous body coloration; longer antennal scapi (SI approximately 1.3 in <i>C. chionistrae</i> vs <1.22 in <i>C. hellenica</i>, <i>C. italica</i>, and <i>C.</i> cf. <i>aenescens</i>), and more shiny body surface.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Major worker (n=8): <i>Measurements.</i> HL: 1.464 (1.35–1.51); HW: 1.193 (1.09–1.26); SL: 1.551 (1.42–1.64); EL: 0.430 (0.41–0.45); PW: 0.965 (0.94–1.00); PRL: 0.778 (0.70–0.82); PRW: 0.681 (0.64–0.71); PTH: 0.448 (0.40–0.49); PTW: 0.226 (0.21–0.24); WL: 2.085 (2.00–2.15); HFL: 2.069 (2.00–2.17); CI: 1.228 (1.183 –1.265); SI: 1.301 (1.262 –1.344); PI: 1.983 (1.708 –2.143); FI: 0.992 (0.972 –1.029).</p> <p> <b> <i>Color</i>.</b> Whole body black (Figs. 1, 10); in a few examined specimens the frontal part of the head and gena were slightly paler colored, brownish black but the rest of the body was always deep black; legs bicolored, coxa, trochanters, and femora black, only knee yellowish to yellowish brown, tibiae yellowish brown to brown, usually fore tibiae paler colored than mid and hind tibiae, tarsi yellow. Antennae yellow to yellowish brown (Figs. 1, 2, 7). <i>Head.</i> Almost square, approximately 1.23 x as long as wide, sides below eyes slightly converging anterad, above eyes gently convex, posterior margin slightly convex (Fig. 7). Anterior clypeal margin convex, without shallow median emargination, with a row of very short setae and of 6–8 long yellowish-brown setae, the longest 0.6 x as long as than clypeal length. Clypeal plate with very sparse yellow appressed pubescence, anteriorly with additional few decumbent short setae, basally with a pair of long erect setae as long as 1/3–1/2 length of clypeus. Clypeus densely and finely microreticulated, slightly dull, at least basal half of clypeus with additional thin longitudinal striation (Fig. 3). Eyes large and oval, approximately 1.4–1.5 x as long as wide, and 0.8 x as long as gena. Frontal carinae short, slightly extending beyond frontal lobes. Frons narrow, in the narrowest point 0.26–0.27 x as wide as head width. Antennal fossa shallow, opalescent, covered with very short and sparse pubescence, densely microreticulated, sculpture tends to form semicircular striae. Head densely microreticulated, dull, with additional longitudinal striation, gena with very short and sparse, yellow, appressed pubescence. Anterior and lateral parts of head up to ocellar area without erect setae, except for one to two pairs of moderately long setae on frons; ocellar area usually with a pair of long, yellow erect setae with length up to 0.174 (setae in mature specimens often broken). Lateral parts of occipitum with 2–3 erect setae, the longest ~ 0.206. Antennal scape long, in frontal view almost straight, approximately 1.3 x as long as width of the head; base without tooth; apex only slightly and gradually widened; funiculus longer than scape, pedicel elongated, approximately 0.8 x as long as segments 2 and 3 combined and 1.5 x as long as segment 2 (Fig. 7). Scape microsculptured, slightly dull, covered with short and sparse hairs, mostly appressed, only at apices slightly decumbent, without erect setae. Mandibles rounded, basally smooth and shiny, apical ¾ length with deep grooves, shiny with few long and short yellow setae, cutting edge with 4 large teeth (Fig. 3). <i>Mesosoma.</i> Long, approximately 2.2 x as long as wide, metanotal groove deep (Fig. 2). Pronotum convex on sides (Fig. 1). In lateral view pro- and mesonotum form regular convexity, propodeum positioned lower than promesonotum, distinctly convex in lateral view with top of convexity slightly behind the middle (Fig. 2). Mesosoma densely microreticulated but shiny, on top of promesonotum with very sparse and short, hardly visible appressed pubescence, anterior surface of pronotum, mesonotum and propodeum with more visible yellowish white vestiture. Pronotum with one or two pairs of moderately long yellow setae, the longer pair with length 0.222, the shorter with length up to 0.110, mesonotum anteriorly with 2–4 short standing setae, the longest twice shorter than long setae on pronotum, and in posterior half with a pair of short setae, propodeum with 8–14 moderately long, yellow erect setae, the longest with length 0.143. <i>Petiole.</i> Squamiform, thin, PI approximately 1.95, anterior face softly convex, posterior face almost flat, top of petiole rounded obtusely angulate, surface diffusely microreticulate, covered with short, sparse, white appressed pubescence, apex without or with 2–4 erect setae (Fig. 4). <i>Gaster.</i> With fine and partly diffused microreticulation tending to form transverse striation, surface strongly shiny. Whole surface of gaster with very short and very sparse appressed pubescence, distance between hair mostly longer than length of hair; tergites 1–2 without erect setae or sometimes second tergite with a pair of short, white erect setae, tergite 3 with transverse row of 4 short erect setae. Each of gastral sternites with 3–4 long, white to yellow erect setae.</p> <p> <i>Legs.</i> Moderately elongate, FI approximately 0.992. Dorsal and lateral surfaces of femora and tibiae covered with thin, sparse, mostly appressed or only slightly decumbent yellow setae, without decumbent spiniform setae. Ventral surfaces of femora and tibiae with sparse, moderately long, and yellow suberect to erect setae, ventral margin of hind tibiae with a row of 5–6 spines.</p> <p> Minor worker (n=6): <i>Measurements.</i> HL: 1.137 (1.05–1.22); HW: 0.833 (0.75–0.90); SL: 1.258 (1.19–1.32); EL: 0.358 (0.34–0.38); PW: 0.753 (0.70–0.83); PRL: 0.638 (0.61–0.67); PRW: 0.550 (0.52–0.59); PTH: 0.312 (0.29–0.34); PTW: 0.163 (0.15–0.18); WL: 1.710 (1.60–1.82); HFL: 1.648 (1.49–1.76); CI: 1.365 (1.341 –1.400); SI: 1.512 (1.467 –1.587); PI: 1.917 (1.611 –2.125); FI: 0.964 (0.903 –0.988).</p> <p> <i>Color.</i> Same as in major workers, often antennae darker, brown (Figs. 5, 6). <b> <i>Head</i>.</b> Slightly more elongated than in major workers, 1.34–1.40 x as long as wide, below eyes softly converging anterad, behind eyes regularly rounded, occipital margin of head slightly convex. Anterior clypeal margin convex with shallow median emargination. Eyes large but slightly shorter than in major workers, 1.3 x as long as wide and 0.8 x as long as gena. Sculpture and setation of head and legs similar to major worker. <b> <i>Mesosoma</i>.</b> Same as in major worker but setation usually shorter and less numerous than in majors (Fig. 6). <b> <i>Petiole</i>.</b> Stouter than in major worker, mean PI 1.92, without erect setae.</p> <p> <b> <i>Gaster</i>.</b> As finely microreticulated as in majors. Tergites 1–2 without erect setae, tergite 3 usually without erect setae but occasionally with two short setae. Each of gastral sternites with 2–4 long, white to yellow erect setae. Legs slightly shorter than in major workers with mean FI 0.963.</p> <p> Gyne (n=2): <i>Measurements.</i> HL: 1.54 (1.51–1.57); HW: 1.42 (1.37–1.47); SL: 1.345 (1.27–1.42); EL: 0.455 (0.45–0.46; PW: 1.205 (1.19–1.22); PRL: 0.93 (0.92–0.94); PRW: 1.005 (1.00–1.01); PTH: 0.515 (0.49–0.54); PTW: 0.23 (0.22–0.24); WL: 2.485 (2.37–2.60); HFL: 1.765 (1.70–1.83); CI: 1.085 (1.068 –1.102); SI: 0.947 (0.927 –0.966); PI: 2.239 (2.227 –2.250); FI: 0.711 (0.704 –0.717). <b> <i>Color</i>.</b> Head reddish to reddish brown centrally, brown laterally and posteriorly; mesosoma mostly brown, scutellum and upper parts of episterna paler, reddish brown; petiole brown, gaster dorsally black, laterally brown; coxa, trochanters and femora mostly brown except reddish brown margins and reddish knee, tibiae yellowish or reddish brown, tarsi and antennae yellow (Figs. 8–10).</p> <p> <i>Head.</i> Almost square, approximately 1.1 x as long as wide, sides below eyes almost parallel, above eyes gently convex, posterior margin slightly convex (Fig. 8). Anterior clypeal margin slightly convex, with shallow median emargination, with a row of short setae and 6 long setae, the longest with length 0.269 and 0.68 x as long as length of clypeus. Clypeus with very sparse yellow appressed pubescence, anteriorly and basally with few decumbent short setae, anterolaterally with a pair of long erect setae surface densely and finely microreticulated, slightly dull, basally often with additional longitudinal striation. Eyes large and oval, approximately 1.5 x as long as wide and 0.8 x as long as gena. Frontal carinae short, not extending beyond frontal lobes. Frons narrow, in the narrowest point 0.22 x as wide as head width. Antennal fossa shallow, opalescent, densely microreticulated and covered with very short and sparse pubescence. Head regularly and densely microreticulated, in frontal area with additional longitudinal striation, behind eyes with additional semicircular striation; surface of gena and sides of head covered with extremely short and sparse, yellow, appressed pubescence. Frons with two pairs of long erect setae, between frons one pair of similar setae, ocellar area with 3–4 long erect setae, the longest with length 0.238, occipital sides with 2–3 long setae, the longest as long as the longest seta in ocellar area. Ventral side of head on each side with 4–5 long yellow setae. Antennal scape long, approximately 0.9 x as long as width of the head; base without tooth; apex only slightly and gradually widened (Fig. 8); funiculus longer than scape, pedicel elongated, approximately 0.7 x as long as segments 2 and 3 combined and twice as long as segment 2 (Fig. 8). Surface of scape diffusely microsculptured, shiny, covered with short, sparse, mostly appressed yellow hairs. Mandibles rounded, basally smooth and shiny, apical ¾ length with deep grooves, surface shiny, with 3–4 moderately long, yellow setae. <i>Mesosoma.</i> Long, approximately 2.06 x as long as wide. Pronotum elongate, along midline as long as 0.7 length of scutum (Fig. 9). Surface of pronotum anteriorly with diffused microreticulation, shiny, on sides distinctly microreticulated, slightly dull, with additional semicircular striation; anterior slope appears bare; sides with short, sparse, yellow appressed pubescence, at base a row of 4 yellow setae with length up to 0.286. In lateral view scutum gibbous anteriorly, top flattened posteriorly (Fig. 10). Surface of scutum densely microreticulated, but shiny, anteriorly, on sides and at base with long setae up to 0.275 mm length. Scutellum moderately convex, surface densely microreticulated, shiny, microreticulation with additional longitudinal striation, antero- and posterolateral corners with long erect setae. Anepisternum densely microreticulated, dull, with only few short, appressed hair; katepisternum densely microreticulated, dull, covered with moderately dense, appressed, yellow hair. Propodeum slightly shorter than scutum, softly, regularly convex, densely microreticulated, surface anteriorly and on sides dull, posteriorly shiny, covered with moderately dense, yellow vestiture, denser on top, sparser on sides close to spiracle, very dense in area close to metapleural gland, top of propodeum with more than 20 yellow erect setae, the longest with length 0.192. <i>Petiole.</i> Squamiform, like in workers, anterior face slightly convex, posterior face almost flat, PI 2.23–2.25 (Fig. 10). Surface of petiole distinctly microreticulated and shiny, covered with moderately dense, yellow pubescence, top of node without a pair of elongate erect setae. <i>Gaster.</i> Distinctly microreticulated and shiny, with additional transverse striation. Whole surface of gaster with short and sparse appressed pubescence; distance between hair longer than length of hair. Tergite 1–3 with a pair of long, yellow erect setae. Each of gastral sternites with 2–4 long, yellow, and erect setae. <i>Legs.</i> Moderately elongated but shorter than in workers, hind femora distinctly shorter than mesosoma (FI 0.711). Dorsal and lateral surfaces of femora and tibiae covered with fine, sparse, moderately long, appressed to decumbent setae, external surface of mid and hind tibiae with a row of very long erect setae up to 0.300 mm length. Ventral surfaces of hind tibiae with 1–2 yellow subapical spines.</p> <p> <b>Biological notes.</b> All nests were located under moderate sized stones located in the highest parts of Mt. Olympus around the peak locality of Chionistra, overgrown with <i>Pinus nigra</i> subsp. <i>nigra</i> var. <i>pallasiana</i> at an altitude from 1862 to 1928 m a.s.l. <i>Cataglyphis chionistrae</i> is the only species of the <i>C. cursor</i> complex from the eastern part of the Mediterranean Basin that prefers shadowed sites inside old pine forests. All other species are more photophilous and build nests in open spaces such as mountain steppes or xerothermophilic meadows with sparse vegetation, and if in pine forests, then on luminous clearings or broad sandy roadsides.</p>Published as part of <i>Salata, Sebastian, Demetriou, Jakovos, Georgiadis, Christos & Borowiec, Lech, 2023, The ant genus Cataglyphis Förster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Cyprus, pp. 301-322 in Zootaxa 5264 (3)</i> on pages 304-311, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5264.3.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/7836585">http://zenodo.org/record/7836585</a>
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
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