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Clorindaia adama Blocker & Fang
No full textClorindaia adama Blocker & Fang (Figs. 22A 2, 22B 2, 27) Clorindaia adama Blocker & Fang, 1992: 342 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 24 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue] Diagnosis. C. adama can be distinguished from other species in the genus by the crown length equal to or longer than the interocular width, aedeagus without unpaired apical process, aedeagus symmetrical, and aedeagus with a pair of very thin apical processes forming semicircles in caudal view. Material examined. Holotype ♂ examined [SEMC]. Male genitalia appear to be more or less as figured by Blocker & Fang (1992). Distribution. This species is known only from the type locality in Paraguay (Itapúa Dept.).Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4954 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/469077
Fang clans and category of participants (n = 45).
No full textFang clans and category of participants (n = 45).</p
Fang Fang e le altre: la narrazione femminile del virus in Cina
No full textLa pandemia attuale ha suscitato una ridda di reazioni nel mondo letterario cinese, soprattutto a Wuhan, la città che per prima è stata sferzata dal virus diventando un simbolo a livello globale di resistenza, sofferenza e politiche controverse. Ciò che colpisce maggiormente è che il contributo più importante proviene da due donne e che entrambe abbiano adottato la forma diaristica per esprimere le loro opinioni – talora molto critiche – da una prospettiva estremamente personale. In questo modo, Fang Fang e Chi Li, le due romanziere più importanti di Wuhan, sono diventate due figure, tra le altre (poche per la verità), di intellettuali che hanno tentato di restituire alla letteratura un ruolo di denuncia e di servizio pubblico, senza rinunciare a quello di umana testimonianza. Nel contributo vengono prese in esame altre figure femminili di spicco del mondo letterario cinese, che si sono rivolte alle autorità cinesi così come alla società tutta con atteggiamento sia di sostegno sia di disapprovazione. Lo scopo di questo studio preliminare sulla narrazione del COVID-19 in Cina è quello di analizzare come queste intellettuali cinesi abbiano tentato di distogliere la narrazione nazionale del virus dalla propaganda politica per spingerla verso questioni etiche più generali, come la necessità di comportamenti più scientifici e razionali, l’ambiguo ruolo della tecnologia nelle società moderne, la giustizia sociale, la sostenibilità ambientale, la solidarietà umana e la ricerca di verità.The current pandemic has triggered an immediate response from the literary world in China. Writers from Wuhan, the first big city to be hit by the virus and which has unavoidably become a globally resonant symbol of resistance, sufferance and controversial policies, promptly wrote down their feelings and thoughts, motivated by their wish to support their own people. What is more striking is the fact that they both are women, and that they both adopted the diary form in order to express their sometimes harshly critical views on a more personal basis. Therefore, Fang Fang and Chi Li, the two most famous novelists of Wuhan, have become two voices among the others (actually, not many), who try to restore the role of literature as a means of denunciation and of public service, but also of human testimony. In my paper, I also take into account other female voices who tackle the crisis by expressing their ideas and proposals, addressing Chinese public authorities and the Chinese community with both a disapproving and supporting attitude. The aim of this preliminary study is to analyse how a few prominent Chinese female intellectuals attempted to divert the national narration on the COVID-19 from political propaganda pushing it towards general ethical issues such as the need of more scientific and rational behaviours, the ambiguity of technology in modern societies, social fairness, environmental sustainability, human solidarity and search for truth
Macrostomum qiaochengensis Wang & Fang, n. sp.
No full textMacrostomum qiaochengensis Wang & Fang, n. sp. (Figs. 5–7) Material examined. Observations were made on live and preserved specimens. Holotype (PLA–Ma0080): one mounted specimen. Paratypes (PLA–Ma0081–89): nine serially-sectioned specimens. The type specimens were collected by Chu-Yu Fang from the same location as that of M. shenzhenensis n. sp. (22°31′87″ N, 113°58′87″ E) (Fig. 1). All specimens are deposited in IZCAS. Etymology. The name of this new species is derived from the name of OCT mangrove wetland, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. Description. The body is transparent and dorsoventrally flattened. The body length and width are 1,147 ± 52 µm (n=6) and 186 ± 7 µm (n=6) (length to width ratio is approximately 6:1) (Figs. 5 A, 7A). Its head and tail are rounded. The anterior and posterior body margin have rigid cilia that are 8 ± 1.9 µm (n=6) long. The whole body is covered with cilia that are 6.7 ± 1.4 µm (n=6) long. The epidermis, 4 ± 0.5 µm (n=6) thick, contains a large number of rhabdites. The brain is crescent shaped, with its widest part 23 ± 1.4 µm (n=6) (Fig. 6 A). It lies posteriorly to a pair of reniform eyes and the distance between two eyes is 28 ± 9.3 µm (n=6). The mouth is 82.6 ± 10.0 µm (n=6) long. The pharynx is ventrally surrounded by numerous saccular pharyngeal glands (Figs. 5 A, 6C). At the caudal end of the flatworm, there are a number of well-developed adhesive glands (Fig. 5 B). The male reproductive system of M. qiaochengensis n. sp. conforms to the general plan within the genus Macrostomum (Figs. 5 C–D, 6A, 6D–G, 7B–C). A pair of elongated oval-shaped testes is 115 ± 10.8 µm (n=3) long and is located at each side of the anterior 30% of the intestine. The oval-shaped false vesicula seminalis lies posterior to the female antrum on the left side. The muscular vesicula seminalis is also oval shaped and connects to the posterior tear-shaped vesicula granulorum. The vesicula granulorum is partially enclosed by the proximal end of the hook-shaped penis stylet. The proximal end of the penis stylet is 21 ± 1.2 µm (n=8) broad. The curved-line (marked as ‘a’) and straight-line (marked as ‘b’) between the proximal and distal ends of the stylet are 51 ± 3.5 µm (n=8) and 45 ± 3.3 µm (n=8), respectively (Fig. 7 C). The anterior 63% of the penis stylet is funnel shaped, while the rest is willow leaf shaped and forms a right angle with the anterior part (Figs. 5 E–G, 7D). The stylet opens at the convex side, starts from the position of the curve (anterior 63%), and ends in the distal tip (Figs. 5 H–I). The features of the female reproductive system are similar to those of the above mentioned M. shenzhenensis n. sp. (Figs. 5 A–B, 6B, 6D, 6F–G). Except its female atrium locates at the posterior end of the intestine in M. qiaochengensis n. sp.. The mature sperm are 88 ± 3.6 µm (n=6) long (Figs. 5 J–K, 7E). The lengths of feeler, body and shaft of the sperm are 24 ± 1.7 µm, 17 ± 1.6 µm and 46 ± 3.6 µm (n=6). Diameters of the feeler, body and shaft are 0.6 ± 0.2 µm (n=6), 2.0 ± 0.7 µm (n=6) and 1.3 ± 0.2 µm (n=6), respectively. A pair of bristles, 14 ± 1.6 µm (n=6) long, is on the sperm body. While 3–7 brushes, 3 ± 0.7 µm (n=8) long, can be observed at the posterior end of the shaft. Remarks. A comparison of the penis stylets between Macrostomum qiaochengensis n. sp. and six other previously-described resembling species of Macrostomum is shown in TABLE 2. They are common in the following characteristics: 1) hook-like overall morphology; 2) rigid and pointed distal end. However, stylets of these species vary in the position of distal opening. For example, in M romanicum, the position of the opening is 64% of the stylet length, while in most of the other species, the distal opening is located at a position larger than 70% of the stylet length. Moreover, its stylet length is much longer than that of M. qiaochengensis n. sp.. As for the position of the curve in the stylet, M. hystrix (63%) is similar to M. qiaochengensis n. sp. (63%). However, the bending angle of M. hystrix (77°) is much smaller than that of M. qiaochengensis n. sp. (90°). In M. qiaochengensis n. sp., the stylet bends sharply and forms a right angle at 63% of its length (Figs. 5 E–F, 5H), while the opening starts from the position of the curve to the distal tip of the stylet and is willow leaf shaped. Therefore, obvious differences can be noticed between M. qiaochengensis n. sp. and the six resembling species of Macrostomum. * Measurement based on images and scales from the references. The procedures of measuring the angle refer to Ferguson (1940). NA: Not available, information cannot be obtained from literature. Molecular phylogenetic analysis. Phylogenetic analyses using neighbor joining (NJ) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods (Figs. 8–13) showed that three specimens of M. shenzhenensis n. sp., as well as those of M. qiaochengensis n. sp. cluster together. Furthermore, all of these results show that these two new species form a well-supported clade with M. hystrix and M. lignano, which is in good agreement with the morphological comparison of these species. In summary, both morphological and phylogenetic evidence supports the establishments of M. shenzhenensis n. sp. and M. qiaochengensis n. sp. as new species.Published as part of Wang, Lei, Xin, Fan, Fang, Chu-Yu, Zhang, Yu & Wang, An-Tai, 2017, Two new brackish-water species of Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomida) from mangrove wetland in southern China, pp. 107-124 in Zootaxa 4276 (1) on pages 113-116, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4276.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/80469
Corynoneura ecphora Fang & Wang & Fu 2014, sp. n.
No full textCorynoneura ecphora sp. n. (Figs 1 A–G) Type material. Holotype male, P. R. CHINA: Guangdong Province, Guangzhou City, Conghua County, Wenquan Town, 16.i. 2011, H.Q.Tang (HBMY Type no.0001). Paratypes: 1 male as holotype (HBMY no.0002). Etymology. From Latin, ecphora, a projection in buildings, referring to sternapodeme with obvious oral projection. Diagnostic characters. The male imago is characterized by having an antenna with 11 flagellomeres, AR 0.38 – 0-39; superior volsella developed, like a collar with rounded corner; inferior volsella broad, with dented edge, placed caudally on gonocoxite; sternapodeme curved into U–shape, with developed oral projection, and lateral sternapodeme with caudal attachment point. Phallapodeme slightly curved, placed in caudal position of sternapodeme, gonostylus tapering.Published as part of Fang, Xiangliang, Wang, Xinhua & Fu, Yue, 2014, A New Species of Corynoneura Winnertz from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), pp. 567-572 in Zootaxa 3884 (6) on page 568, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.6.5, http://zenodo.org/record/22791
North Sea Rising: A Case for Water-Based Commons
Full text linkIn North Sea Rising, editors Nabi Agzamov and Francesca Vanelli argue for a new perspective on regional commons across the North Sea watershed. Through a series of essays, experts and practitioners examine the historical evolution of this dynamic region and its legacy, climate change challenges, and the potential approaches needed to imagine a vision of a resilient and equitable future for the North Sea.
Tom Holbrook’s “A New Hansa?” explores the region’s historical and present-day significance of trade and urban networks, “Mapping the Human-Ocean Nexus” by Di Fang critiques traditional cartography and advocates for biodiversity-focused “ocean thinking”, and Nashin Mahtani’s “To Dream Like a River” highlights the importance of community-led governance. The book concludes with “North Sea Manifesting”, where Agzamov and Vanelli propose a fluid, inclusive governance model that balances ecological and social dimensions. The book challenges conventional notions of territory and governance, advocating for a vision of a North Sea rooted in cooperation, resilience, and environmental equilibrium
Clorindaia latiabdoma Blocker & Fang
No full textClorindaia latiabdoma Blocker & Fang (Figs. 22A 3, 22B 3, 22Q, 27) Clorindaia latiabdoma Blocker & Fang, 1992: 344 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 24 [catalogue]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue] Diagnosis. The male of C. latiabdoma is not known, making it difficult to establish its identity. However, the coloration of the face of the female appears to be unique in the genus: clypellus mostly dark brown, with some areas of lighter coloration; lorum ivory; gena dark brown laterad of lorum, otherwise ivory to tawny except for some dark brown above and below antennal pit; frontoclypeus ivory to tawny centrally, with pair of poorly defined broad brown markings extending from clypellus to antennal pits. The measurement reported by Blocker & Fang (1992) of 4.8 mm is confirmed here. Material examined. Holotype ♀ [SEMC]. Distribution. This species is known only from the type locality in Paraguay (Caaguazú Dept.). Remarks. This species is known only from a single female. The unique coloration of the face may help to identify males and clarify the identity of this species in the future.Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4954 (1) on page 45, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/469077
Clorindaia cyphora Blocker & Fang
No full textClorindaia cyphora Blocker & Fang (Figs. 22A 1, 22B 1, 23Q–V, 27) Clorindaia cyphora Blocker & Fang, 1992: 344 [original description, illustration, morphology]; Zanol, 2008: 24 [catalogue]; Zahniser & Dietrich, 2013: 84 [illustrated]; Zahniser, 2007 [online catalogue]; Freytag & Gaiani, 2017 [online catalogue] Diagnosis. C. cyphora can be distinguished from other species of Clorindaia by the crown length 0.9x or more of interocular width, aedeagus without unpaired apical process, aedeagus asymmetrical, aedeagus with pair of relatively thick apical processes sinuate but not forming semicircles in caudal view. In addition to the original description by Blocker & Fang (1992), the species was illustrated by Zahniser & Dietrich (2013). Material examined. Holotype ♂ examined [SEMC]. Additional material: 7♂, 5♀ ARGENTINA: Chaco, P.N. Chaco, 70m, 26°48’50”S 59°36’52”W, 10-I-2008, A. Gonçalves, vacuum, AR10-10. 1♂, 1♀, same data except col- lected by C.H. Dietrich, vacuum, AR10-13 [INHS, USNM]. Distribution. This species is known from Paraguay (Central Dept.) and Argentina (Chaco Prov.).Published as part of Zahniser, James N., 2021, Revision of the New World leafhopper tribe Faltalini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) and the evolution of brachyptery, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4954 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4954.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/469077
Macrostomum zhujiangensis Wang & Fang, n. sp.
No full textMacrostomum zhujiangensis Wang & Fang, n. sp. (Figs. 2–4) Material examined. Observations were made on several live and preserved speciemens. Holotype (PLA– Ma0070): permanent slides of stylet in polyvinyl-lactophenol. Paratype (PLA–Ma0071–76): six serially-sectioned specimen. Paratype (PLA–Ma0077–80): batches of animals in absolute ethanol. The type specimens were collected from a brackish fishpond in the Water-lands Resort in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China (22°43′16″N, 113°46′03″E) (Fig. 1) on April 3rd and 30th, 2015. All specimens are deposited in IZCAS. Etymology. The name of this new species is derived from the name of the Zhujiang River Estuary in Guangdong Province, China. Description. The body is dorsoventrally flattened and milk-white in color. The length and width of the body of active specimens is 1033 ± 76.7 µm (n=5) and 220 ± 41.7 µm (n=5), respectively (Fig. 2 A), while the length and width of the body of anaesthetized specimens is 912 ± 37.6 µm (n=5) and 257 ± 27.2 µm (n=5), respectively (Fig. 2 B). Its head and tail are rounded. When swimming, the body is broader anteriorly and narrower posteriorly. The thickness of epidermis is 8.6 ± 2.0 µm (n=5). Epidermal cilia are 8–10 µm (n=5) in length and distributed densely over the body surface. The body edge has tufts of rigid cilia that are 21–28 µm (n=5) in length. Rhabdites are 12–16 µm (n=5) in length and distributed along the dorsal body surface (Figs. 3 A, 4A–B). A pair of bean-shaped eyes (8.0 ± 0.9 µm in diameter, 25 ± 1.7 µm in eyes distance) is located at the anterior 12% position of the body. A lobeshaped pharynx is situated posterior to the eyes and surrounded by filiform pharyngeal glands, while the pharyngeal gland cell bodies are resided further back laterally on the ventral side of the animal. (Figs. 2 A–B, 4A). There are well developed adhesive glands at the posterior end of the body. For the male reproductive system, a pair of testes, similar in size and shape, is located one at each side of the anterior 50% position of intestine. The testes of sexually mature individuals contain a large number of sperm (Figs. 2 A–B, 4A), which appear as dark regions in the center of the testis. Mature sperms are 130 ± 0.9 µm (n=10) in length. The lengths of feeler, body and shaft of the sperm are from 38–50 µm, 30–34 µm, and 45–48 µm, respectively. The sperm body has a pair of bristles, while a brush is not observed at the posterior end of the shaft (Figs. 2 E, 4E). The oval-shaped false vesicula seminalis is located at posterior 12% of the body length. The false vesicula seminalis connects to the spherically-shaped and muscular vesicula seminalis at its right edge, while the false vesicula seminalis connects to the vesicula granulorum on the right lower side (Figs. 2 B–C, 3A–E, 4A–C). The basal part of the C-shaped penis stylet connects to the posterior part of vesicula granulorum (Figs. 2 C, 4A–C). The curved-line (marked as ‘a’) and straight-line (marked as ‘b’) distances between the basal and distal ends of the penis stylet are 141.4 ± 3.4 µm (n=5) and 93.1 ± 2.4 µm (n=5), respectively (Figs. 4 D). Diameters of the basal and distal parts of the penis stylet are 13.9 ± 1.3 µm (n=5) and 5.2 ± 0.6 µm (n=5), respectively. The distal end of the penis stylet has neither spine nor thickening (Figs. 2 D, 4C–D), but has a beveled opening pointing at the male gonopore (Figs. 2 D, 4C). For female reproductive system, a pair of ovaries is located one at each side of posterior region of the intestine. The light color or transparent ovary and dark color maturing or developing eggs are situated in an anterior to posterior sequence. (Figs. 2 A–B). The female antrum is situated at the mid-ventral line posterior to the intestine. The female gonopore, which is the opening of female antrum, is surrounded by cement glands (Figs. 3 B, 4A). Phylogenetic analysis. The 18S rDNA phylogenetic analysis using neighbor joining (NJ) and maximum likelihood (ML) methods showed that three specimens of Macrostomum zhujiangensis n. sp. clustered together (Figs. 5, 6), forming a well-supported clade with the other 6 species of Macrostomum. Within the genera/species with sequences for analysis, this new species is more closely related to Bradynectes sterreri (FJ715298) than the species from the families Dolichomacrostomidae, Microstomidae, or Haplopharyngidae. Remarks. There are 12 previously described species that are similar to Macrostomum zhujiangensis n. sp. in the morphology of penis stylets (see Tab. 1). However, the distal ends of the penis stylets are evidently thickened in 8 species, including M. bicaudatum, M. clavituba, M. curvituba, M. gallicum, M. guttulatum, M. johni, M. lutheri and M. subterraneum (Tab. 1). In M. bicurvistyla, M. semicirculatum and M. caprariae, although the distal ends of the penis stylets are non-thickened, the penis stylet openings are non-beveled. As for M. zhujiangensis n. sp., the wall of the distal region of penis stylet is not thickened and penis stylet opening is bevel-shaped, therefore the penis stylets of the above 8 species are easily distinguished from that of M. zhujiangensis n. sp. M. obtusum is most similar to the M. zhujiangensis n. sp. in overall morphology of penis stylet. Their penis stylets both have a C-shape, without a thickening at the distal end. In addition, the distal openings of their penis stylet are similarly beveled. However, they showed obvious differences in their overall length, diameters of different regions of the penis stylets and bending angle. In M. obtusum, the length of penis stylet is 7 5–90 µm and the diameter of basal part of the penis stylet is approximately 18 µm. In contrast, the penis stylet of M. zhujiangensis n. sp. is about 140 µm in length and the diameter of basal part of penis stylet is approximately 14 µm. In M. obtusum, the diameter of the penis stylet changes abruptly in the anterior 33% position, while in M. zhujiangensis n. sp., diameter of the corresponding region is relatively constant. Furthermore, the bending angle of penis stylet in M. zhujiangensis n. sp. is clearly larger than that of M. obtusum. In addition, specimens of M. obtusum are much longer (2.0 mm) than M. zhujiangensis n. sp. (950 µm). Finally, M. obtusum lives in freshwater and M. zhujiangensis n. sp. lives in brackish-water. Together with the results of 18S rDNA phylogenetic analysis, it is evident that M. zhujiangensis n. sp. is a new species within the genus Macrostomum.Published as part of Fang, Chu-Yu, Wang, Lei, Zhang, Yu & Wang, An-Tai, 2016, Two new species of brackish-water Macrostomum (Platyhelminthes, Macrostomida) from southern China, pp. 298-310 in Zootaxa 4170 (2) on pages 300-304, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/26362
Fang, à propos de fétichisme. Fang, musée Dapper, 21 novembre 1991 -15 avril 1992
No full textDupuis Annie. Fang, à propos de fétichisme. Fang, musée Dapper, 21 novembre 1991 -15 avril 1992 . In: Gradhiva : revue d'histoire et d'archives de l'anthropologie, n°11, 1992. p. 102
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