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Blaps teocchii Laurent Soldati & Fabien L. Condamine & Anne-Laure Clamens & Gael J. Kergoat 2017, sp. nov.
No full textBlaps teocchii Soldati sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BBAE8764-F336-4941-9657-009531E258BC Fig. 5A–I Etymology This species is named in honour of Pierre Teocchi, cerambycid specialist, to whom one of us (L. Soldati) owes having become an entomologist. Material examined Holotype TUNISIA: ♂, “Zaghouan, 20–22.V.1995, M. Ouda leg. / Blaps teocchii m. n. sp. L. Soldati 2015, HOLOTYPE” (MNHN). Allotype TUNISIA: ♀, same data as holotype (MNHN). Paratypes TUNISIA: 1 ♂, same data as holotype (CS); 1 ♂, same data as holotype (CT). Description Length: 31.0–33.0 mm; width: 11.0–13.0 mm. Semi-gloss black. Oval-oblong (Fig. 5A–C). Upper surface covered with very fne, sparse and superfcial punctures, denser on head and pronotum. HEAD. Clypeus arcuately emarginated, with lateral angles right and protruding frontwards, leaving clypeolabial membrane partially visible. Clypeo-frontal suture reduced to thin gloss line. Middle of frons (disc) with faint transverse depression. Mentum transverse, coarsely punctate and slightly impressed in middle of anterior edge. Gula microshagreened, matte. Labium deeply notched in middle of front edge. ANTENNAE. Slender, barely reaching pronotal base when directed backwards (Fig. 5D). PRONOTUM. Broadest in its middle, with sides narrowed almost in straight line posteriorly and arcuately towards front. Anterior angles rounded. Posterior angles obtuse and blunt. External rim fne, complete on lateral margins but obliterated in middle of front edge and base. Disc slightly convex. Punctation fne, uniform, as on head. Carina of anterior foramen of pronotum thick and neck-shaped below. Episternum of prosternum superfcially wrinkled. Prosternal apophysis vertically bent just behind anterior coxae, then fat and non-protruding posteriorly. ELYTRA. Ovoid, broadest around its middle, depressed on disc. Upper surface smooth and covered with very fne and sparse punctures; background integument semi-gloss. Caudal extension at apex of elytra (mucro) measuring between 1.0 and 2.5 mm. Seen from above, mucro almost subparallel; deep suture fanked by two thick, coarsely transversely wrinkled ribs, slightly converging toward apex, apex ending in narrow apical gap (Fig. 5E). In lateral view, mucro regularly sloping up to apex (Fig. 5F). Seen from below, mucro regularly excavated, with sharp external edges and bottom transversally wrinkled. ABDOMEN. Ventrites wrinkled-punctate; anal ventrite densely punctate, with external rim complete and quite thick. LEGS. Protibiae long and fexuous. Mesotibiae curved. Inner face of pro- and mesotibiae widely grooved. Tarsi elongated and stout; claws long. Hind tarsi as long as ¾ of length of corresponding tibiae. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. No yellow tuft of bristles between ventrites 1 and 2, but strong callosity present between middle and anterior ridge of intercoxal process of ventrite 1 and directed backwards, with some oblique folds on front side. Elytra slightly larger than pronotum in males. Pseudopleural carina only visible on anterior half from above in males, or on anterior third in females, because of transversal convexity of elytra. In lateral view, posterior declivity of elytra steeper in females. Mucro longer in males (2.5 mm) than in females (1.0 mm) (Fig. 5E, G). Rear edges of median and especially hind tibiae strongly denticulate in males. Male metatibiae fexuous and shallowly emarginated on inner face at middle third; straight and simple in females. AEDEAGUS. Parameres bottleneck-shaped on sternal face (Fig. 5H), with apex acuminate. In lateral view (Fig. 5I), parameres thick and convex at base, then narrowed almost in straight line up to apex. Bionomics Unknown. Distribution Tunisia. So far known only from the type locality of Zaghouan in Tunisia. Remarks This species belongs to the Blaps emondi species group (sensu Condamine et al. 2011). It is morphologically very similar to B. maldesi sp. nov. from Tunisia (see above for more information).Published as part of Laurent Soldati, Fabien L. Condamine, Anne-Laure Clamens & Gael J. Kergoat, 2017, Documenting tenebrionid diversity: progress on Blaps Fabricius (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Tenebrioninae, Blaptini) systematics, with the description of Fve new species, pp. 1-29 in European Journal of Taxonomy 282 on pages 18-20, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.282, http://zenodo.org/record/88961
Blaps maldesi Laurent Soldati & Fabien L. Condamine & Anne-Laure Clamens & Gael J. Kergoat 2017, sp. nov.
No full textBlaps maldesi Soldati sp. nov. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:ECAD95F0-9469-4AA3-824D-960F20F3DD15 Fig. 3A–I Etymology This species is named in honor of Jean-Michel Maldes, friend and colleague, entomologist at the CIRAD, specialist in Asilidae (Diptera), who discovered this new species of Blaps while prospecting in the Aures mountain range. Material examined Holotype ALGERIA: ♂, “Algérie, Mif Aurès, S’Gag, 1900 m, 19.VI.1981 / ALGERIE J. M. MALDES / Blaps maldesi m. n. sp., L. Soldati 2015, HOLOTYPE” (MNHN). Allotype ALGERIA: ♀, “S’Gag, 2000 m, Ras Gueddelane, Mif des Aurès, 18.VI.1981 / ALGERIE J. M. MALDES / Blaps maldesi m. n. sp., L. Soldati 2015” (MNHN). Paratype ALGERIA: 1 ♂, “Sgag (Aurès) / Blaps maldesi m. n. sp., L. Soldati 2015, PARATYPE” (CS). Description Length: 29.0–35.0 mm; width: 10.0–15.0 mm. Dull to semi-gloss black. Oval-oblong (Fig. 3A–C). Upper surface covered with very fne and sparse punctures, denser on head and pronotum. HEAD. Clypeus arcuately emarginated, with lateral angles right and protruding frontwards, leaving clypeo-labial membrane partially visible. Clypeo-frontal suture reduced to thin, superfcially engraved gloss line. Middle of frons (disc) with faint transverse depression. Mentum transverse, punctate and slightly impressed in middle of anterior edge. Gula microshagreened, matte. Labium deeply notched in middle of front edge. ANTENNAE. Medium size, not reaching pronotal base when directed backwards (Fig. 3D). PRONOTUM. Broadest in its middle, sides narrowed almost in straight line posteriorly, sinuated before posterior angles and arcuately narrowed toward front. Anterior angles rounded. Posterior angles obtuse and blunt. External rim fne, complete on lateral margins, but briefy obliterated in middle of front edge and base. Disc quite convex. Punctation fne, uniform. Carina of anterior foramen of pronotum thick and neck-shaped below. Episternum of prosternum wrinkled near coxae and obliterate toward sides. Prosternal apophysis vertically bent just behind anterior coxae, then fat and non-protruding posteriorly. ELYTRA. Ovoid, broadest around its middle, fat on disc. Upper surface leathery and covered with extremely fne and sparse punctures. Pseudopleural carina only visible on anterior half from above because of transversal convexity of elytra. Caudal extension at apex of elytra (mucro) measuring less than 2.0 mm. Deep suture of mucro fanked by two thick, coarsely transversely wrinkled ribs, converging toward apex, apex ends in narrow apical gap (Fig. 3E). In lateral view, mucro regularly sloping up to apex (Fig. 3F). Below, mucro regularly excavated, with sharp external edges and bottom transversally wrinkled. ABDOMEN. Ventrites wrinkled-punctate; anal ventrite densely punctate, especially along external rim, external rim complete and quite thick. In one case (paratype), external rim of anal ventrite shortly interrupted in middle of apex. LEGS. Protibiae long and fexuous, especially in males. Mesotibiae curved. Inner face of pro- and mesotibiae widely grooved. Tarsi elongated; claws long. Hind tarsi approximately as long as one half of length of corresponding tibiae. SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. Yellow tuft of bristles between ventrites 1 and 2, and a callosity in middle of intercoxal process of ventrite 1. Callosity directed backwards, with some oblique folds on front side. Elytra slightly larger than pronotum in males. In lateral view, posterior declivity of elytra steep in males and subvertical in females. Mucro longer in males (1.5–2.0 mm) than in females (0.5 mm) (Fig. 3E, G). Seem from above, mucro triangularly narrowed in males and acuminate in females. Rear edges of median and especially hind tibiae strongly denticulate in males. Male metatibiae fexuous and shallowly emarginated on inner face; female metatibiae straight and simple. AEDEAGUS. Parameres bottleneck-shaped on sternal face (Fig. 3H), with apex acuminate. In lateral view (Fig. 3I), parameres thick and convex at base, then narrowed almost in a straight line up to apex. Bionomics The three known specimens were taken in the cedar forest of S’Gag (Algeria). Distribution Algeria. This species is currently known only from the type locality of S’Gag in the Aurès region. Remarks This species belongs to the Blaps emondi species group (sensu Condamine et al. 2011). It is morphologically most similar to B. teocchii sp. nov. from Tunisia. Blaps maldesi sp. nov. is most clearly separated from B. teocchii sp. nov. by having shorter antennae and tarsi, a wider pronotum and by the presence of a tuft of yellow bristles between abdominal ventrites 1 and 2. Until now, these two species have passed unnoticed in the collections because they superfcially look like small specimens of other species of the emondi group, especially when the specimens are prepared in the old-fashioned way, with the legs tucked under the body. Compared to other species in the emondi group, these two species are characterized by the following combination of characters: slender legs; long and fexuous fore-tibiae, with inferior face distinctly grooved; tarsi long; and bottleneck-shaped parameres of aedeagus.Published as part of Laurent Soldati, Fabien L. Condamine, Anne-Laure Clamens & Gael J. Kergoat, 2017, Documenting tenebrionid diversity: progress on Blaps Fabricius (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Tenebrioninae, Blaptini) systematics, with the description of Fve new species, pp. 1-29 in European Journal of Taxonomy 282 on pages 12-15, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.282, http://zenodo.org/record/88961
Blaps intermedia Laurent Soldati & Fabien L. Condamine & Anne-Laure Clamens & Gael J. Kergoat 2017, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Blaps intermedia</i> Soldati sp. nov. <p>urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EC3407F9-8A76-4296-AEC5-DFDA9F06CDE1</p> <p>Fig. 2A–I</p> Etymology <p> The name of this species refers to the fact that it looks like a morphological intermediary between <i>Blaps appendiculata</i> Motschulsky, 1851 and <i>B. debdouensis</i> Obenberger, 1914.</p> Material examined Holotype <p> MOROCCO: ♂, “4.IV.1996, Arhbalou, Moyen Atlas, Maroc, P. Jolivet leg. / Museum Paris coll. P. Ardoin 1978 / <i>Blaps</i> ssp. <i>intermedia</i> m. Soldati det. 1996 / <i>Blaps intermedia</i> m. n. sp., L. Soldati 2015, HOLOTYPE” (MNHN).</p> Paratypes <p> MOROCCO: 1 ♂, “Marocco, Moyen Atlas 6.04.1958 Leg. L. Kocher / Coll. N. Skopin / <i>appendiculata</i> Motsch. 1975 N. Skopin det. / <i>Blaps appendiculata canalicauda</i> subsp. n. / <i>Blaps emondi intermedia</i> n. ssp. PARATYPE” (HNHM); 2 ♂♂, “Dj. Hebbri 18.IV.1926 / Coll. Dr. G. Audéoud” (HNHM); 2 ♂♂, “El Hajeb 19.IV.1926” (HNHM); 1 ♂, “Moyen Atlas, route P21 bif.r.3206 21.7.69 / Marokko O. Stemmler / <i>Blaps tingitana</i> All. Dr. Z. Kaszab det. 1973” (HNHM); 3 ♂♂, same data as holotype (MNHN); 1 ♂, “14.V.1969, Azrou, Moyen Atlas, Durand” (MNHN); 1 ♂, “20.IV.1965, Almis du Guigou p. Boulemane, Moyen Atlas, P. Jolivet” (MHNH); 1 ♂, “Azrou” (MNHN); 1 ♂, “20.IV.1965, Boulemane, Moyen Atlas, P. Jolivet” (MNHN); 1 ♂, “29.V.1968, 1800 m, Djebel Hebri, Moyen Atlas, Maroc, D. Seiler” (MNHN); 1 ♂, “Moyen Atlas, 1960 m, Djebel Hebri, Maroc, 30.IV.1970” (MNHN); 1 ♂, “Timhadit, 1900 m, Alluaud 1881” (MNHN); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, “rte entre Ajabou et Azrou (stat° 21, 1900 m, 33°15′ N / 05°14′ WW)” (MHNL); 1 ♂, “Aknoul 11/10/1936” (CS); 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, “Jbel Tichtrar, Moy. Atl. 6.1973, Maroc, H. Fongond” (CS); 1 ♂, “Tizi Abekhnanes, Jbel Tichtrar, Maroc Moy. Atl. 27.VI.1973, H. Fongond” (CS); 1 ♂, “Forêt de Jaaba 11 km W. Ifrane Moyen Atlas Maroc 30.V.08” (CT); 1 ♂, “Maroc m 2000, Moyen Atlas, Aguelmame Sidi Ali, 20.VI.1998, P. Leo” (CMF); 1 ♀, “Aguelm. Sidi Ali,Moy. Alt., Maroc, 6.IV.1980, H. Fongond” (CMF).</p> <p> <b>Other material</b> (50 specimens, MNHN)</p> <p>MOROCCO: Aknoul, Almis du Guigou, Azerzou (SE of Khenifra) (MNHN); Azrou, Arhbalou-n- Serdane, Bekrite, 1950 m (Middle Atlas) (MNHN); Berkane (MNHN); Dayet Ifrah (MNHN); El Hadjeb (MNHN); Ifrane (MNHN); Zaouïa de l’Oued Ifrane (MNHN); Djebel Hebri (MNHN); Guercif (MNHN); Mechrâ Safsaf (near Berkane) (MNHN); Taza (MNHN); Tendrara (MNHN); Timhadit, Zad, 2100 m (MNHN).</p> Description <p>Length: 32.0–42.0 mm; width: 12.0–16.0 mm. Dull black. Oval-oblong, elongated (Fig. 2A–C). Upper surface covered with very fne and sparse punctures, progressively denser from elytra to head.</p> <p>HEAD. Clypeus arcuately emarginate, with lateral angles protruding frontwards, clypeo-labial membrane not visible. Clypeo-frontal suture reduced to thin, superfcially engraved glossy line. Middle of frons (disc) with faint, generally obliterated, transverse depression. Mentum transverse, punctate and slightly impressed in middle of anterior edge. Gula microshagreened, dull. Labium triangularly emarginated in middle of front edge.</p> <p>ANTENNAE. Medium size, reaching at most ¾ of pronotal length when directed backwards (Fig. 2D).</p> <p>PRONOTUM. Broadest in its middle, sides distinctly sinuated before posterior angles and arcuatly narrowed frontwards. Anterior angles rounded. Posterior angles sub-right and blunt. External rim fne, complete on lateral margins, but obliterated in middle of front edge and base. Disc convex. Punctuation fne, uniform. Carina of pronotum anterior foramen thick and neck-shaped below. Episternum of prosternum shallowly wrinkled near coxae and obliterate toward margins. Prosternal apophysis vertically bent just behind anterior coxae, then very slightly denticulate in middle at apex.</p> <p>ELYTRA. Ovoid, broadest around its middle, fat on disc. Upper surface leathery, covered with extremely fne and sparse punctures. Pseudopleural carina only visible from above because of tranversal convexity of elytra. Caudal extension at apex of elytra (mucro) measuring between 1.5 and 3.5 mm. Seen from above, mucro triangularly narrowed; deep suture fanked by two thick, coarsely transversely wrinkled ribs, converging toward apex, which ends in acute angular gap (Fig. 2E). In lateral view, mucro regularly narrowed up to apex, with lower face sub-horizontal (Fig. 2F); below, regularly but not deeply excavated, with sharp external edges and bottom transversally wrinkled.</p> <p>ABDOMEN. Ventrites wrinkled-punctate; anal ventrite fnely punctate, denser along external rim, external rim complete and fne.</p> <p>LEGS. Mesotibiae curved. Inner face of pro-and mesotibiae superfcially grooved.</p> <p>SEXUAL DIMORPHISM. Yellow tuft of bristles between ventrites 1 and 2, and strong callosity between middle and front edge of intercoxal process of ventrite 1. Callosity directed backwards, bifd on top (when not eroded), with some longitudinal and oblique folds on front side, and coarse, transversal wrinkles hindwards. Pseudopleural carina of elytra only visible on anterior half in males, visible on anterior third in females. In lateral view, posterior declivity of elytra steep in males and subvertical in females. Mucro longer in males (2.0–3.5 mm) than in females (1.5–2.0 mm) (Fig. 2E, G). Male protibiae slightly fexuous; straight in females. In males, rear edges of median and especially hind tibiae strongly denticulate. Male metatibiae fexuous and shallowly emarginated on inner face; female metatibiae straight and simple.</p> <p>AEDEAGUS. Parameres open on sternal face (Fig. 2H), with apex acuminate. In lateral view (Fig. 2I), parameres thick and convex at base, then narrowed almost in straight line up to apex.</p> Bionomics <p>The examined material was collected between April and October.</p> Distribution <p>Morocco: Middle Atlas mountain range and further north, up to the surroundings of Taza and Aknoul.</p> Remarks <p> This species belongs to the <i>Blaps emondi</i> species group (<i>sensu</i> Condamine <i>et al.</i> 2011). <i>Blaps intermedia</i> sp. nov. is morphologically very close to <i>B. debdouensis</i>, and the aedeagus is the most reliable character to the two species: in <i>B. intermedia</i> sp. nov. the parameres are more extended laterally and appear infated, whereas they are parallel and gutter-shaped in <i>B. debdouensis</i>. However, it is worth underlining that the aedeagus is often distorted by dehydration because of the very thin lateral tegument of the parameres. In the case of isolated females, the geographic distribution is a good criterion to distinguish females of <i>Blaps intermedia</i> sp. nov. from females of <i>B. debdouensis</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Laurent Soldati, Fabien L. Condamine, Anne-Laure Clamens & Gael J. Kergoat, 2017, Documenting tenebrionid diversity: progress on Blaps Fabricius (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Tenebrioninae, Blaptini) systematics, with the description of Fve new species, pp. 1-29 in European Journal of Taxonomy 282</i> on pages 9-12, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.282, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/889613">http://zenodo.org/record/889613</a>
Fig. 1 in Documenting tenebrionid diversity: progress on Blaps Fabricius (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Tenebrioninae, Blaptini) systematics, with the description of Fve new species
No full textFig. 1. Blaps effeminata Soldati sp. nov. A. ♂, habitus (dorsal view). B. ♂, habitus (lateral view). C. ♂, habitus (ventral view). D. ♂, left antenna (dorsal view). E. ♂, mucro (dorsal view). F. ♂, mucro (lateral view). G. ♀, mucro (dorsal view). H. ♂, aedeagus (ventral view). I. ♂, aedeagus (lateral view). Scale bars: A–C = 10 mm; D = 5 mm; E–G = 2 mm; H–I = 3 mm.Published as part of Laurent Soldati, Fabien L. Condamine, Anne-Laure Clamens & Gael J. Kergoat, 2017, Documenting tenebrionid diversity: progress on Blaps Fabricius (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Tenebrioninae, Blaptini) systematics, with the description of Fve new species, pp. 1-29 in European Journal of Taxonomy 282 on page 8, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.282, http://zenodo.org/record/88961
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe 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
Variations on the Author
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Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
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Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
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