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New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence
No full textZhou, Kaiya, Wang, Qiuxian (2008): New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence. Zootaxa 1778: 59-68, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18226
Descriptions of one new genus and six new species of Machilidae (Insecta: Archaeognatha) from China: morphological and molecular data
No full textZhang, Jiayong, Zhou, Kaiya (2011): Descriptions of one new genus and six new species of Machilidae (Insecta: Archaeognatha) from China: morphological and molecular data. Journal of Natural History 45 (19-20): 1131-1164, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.552801, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2011.55280
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guizhou, China
No full textYan, Jie, Lin, Yubo, Guo, Weibo, Li, Peng, Zhou, Kaiya (2016): A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Guizhou, China. Zootaxa 4117 (4): 543-554, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4117.4.
Figure 2 in Descriptions of one new genus and six new species of Machilidae (Insecta: Archaeognatha) from China: morphological and molecular data
No full textFigure 2. Phylogenetic tree of the relationships among 16 bristletail species based on cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequences. Branch lengths and topology are from the Bayesian analysis. Numbers above branches specify posterior probabilities from Bayesian inference (BI), bootstrap percentages from maximum likelihood (ML, 1000 replicates), maximum parsimony (MP, 1000 replicates) and neighbour joining (NJ, 1000 replicates) analyses.Published as part of Zhang, Jiayong & Zhou, Kaiya, 2011, Descriptions of one new genus and six new species of Machilidae (Insecta: Archaeognatha) from China: morphological and molecular data, pp. 1131-1164 in Journal of Natural History 45 (19-20) on page 1138, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.552801, http://zenodo.org/record/520363
A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China
No full textGuo, Weibo, Zhou, Kaiya, Yan, Jie, Li, Peng (2015): A new species of Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Yunnan, China. Zootaxa 3974 (3): 377-390, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.3.
FIGURE 2 in New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence
No full textFIGURE 2. Bayesian phylogenetic tree obtained for seven species of the genus Gekko derived from 1556 bp of the combined data (COI and cyt b). Numbers by the nodes indicate (in this order): posterior probability value of the Bayesian analysis and MP bootstrap values above 50%. An asterisk indicates a MP bootstrap value below 50%.Published as part of Zhou, Kaiya & Wang, Qiuxian, 2008, New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 1778 on page 66, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18226
Figure 7 in Descriptions of one new genus and six new species of Machilidae (Insecta: Archaeognatha) from China: morphological and molecular data
No full textFigure 7. Pedetontinus taishanensis sp.nov. Male (A–J): (A) head, frontal view, (B) labium, (C) maxillary palp, (D) apical spines of article VII, (E) the distal chains of flagellum, (F) fore leg, (G) mid leg, (H) hind leg, (I) urosternite V, (J) urosternite IX with paramere and penis. Female (K–Y): (K) head, frontal view, (L) labium, (M) maxillary palp, (N) apical spines of article VII, (O) the distal chains of flagellum, (P) fore leg, (Q) mid leg, (R) hind leg, (S) urosternite V, (T) urosternite VII, (U) urosternite VIII with anterior gonapophysis, (V, W) part of gonapophysis VIII, ventral view, (X) urosternite IX with posterior gonapophysis, (Y, Z) part of gonapophysis IX, ventral view.Published as part of Zhang, Jiayong & Zhou, Kaiya, 2011, Descriptions of one new genus and six new species of Machilidae (Insecta: Archaeognatha) from China: morphological and molecular data, pp. 1131-1164 in Journal of Natural History 45 (19-20) on page 1155, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2011.552801, http://zenodo.org/record/520363
Two new decapod (Crustacea, Malacostraca) complete mitochondrial genomes: bearings on the phylogenetic relationships within the Decapoda
No full textQian, Guanghui, Zhao, Qiang, Wang, An, Zhu, Lin, Zhou, Kaiya, Sun, Hongying (2011): Two new decapod (Crustacea: Malacostraca) complete mitochondrial genomes: bearings on the phylogenetic relationships within the Decapoda. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 162 (3): 471-481, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00686.x, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00686.
Complete solo piano works of Zhou Long
No full textAccess to thesis restricted until 07/2023.Zhou Long is a contemporary composer of Chinese American descent, who
belongs to a generation of Chinese composers that began introducing traditional
Chinese music to western audiences. He gained international recognition after
receiving the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for his opera, Madame White Snake (2011). Very
few performances, recordings, and publications currently exist on Zhou’s piano
music, and this doctoral lecture recital is the first time an artist has performed the
complete collection of Zhou’s solo piano pieces. The pieces include: Mongolian Folk-
Tune Variations, Wu Kui, Pianogongs, and Pianobells. In his piano music, Zhou
makes use of unconventional extended piano techniques, imitates and evokes Chinese
traditional instruments, and likes to make connections with other art genres. Also, the
prominence of percussive elements in Zhou’s music is of a great importance. In this
lecture recital, the author has mainly focused on 1) the background information of
Zhou Long and his solo piano works; 2) the influence of Chinese traditional
instruments, ancient literatures and aesthetic concepts, in addition to folk elements on
his piano music; 3) how the composer combined those elements with western music
and compositional skills; and 4) the exploration of the percussive usage of the piano
along with various sound effect. Much of the discussion were from the author’s own
observations; it also include insights from an interview the author conducted with the
composer. Through the combined presentation of the lecture and performance of Zhou
Long’s four piano pieces, the author intended to help bring exposure to his piano
works, and to serve as a guide for piano students and teachers interested in exploring
Zhou’s piano music.Thesis (D.A.
Gekko wenxianensis Zhou & Wang, 2008, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Gekko wenxianensis</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figure 1)</p> <p> <b>Holotype.</b> Nanjing Normal University (NNU) Z 2006.013, adult male; China, Gansu Province, Wenxian County, Danbao Village on the south slope of the west Qinling Mts, 32°51’N; 104°46’E, altitude 905 m; collected by J.Y. Zhang, 2 August 2006.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes.</b> NNU Z 2006.001–012, Z 2006.014–043), 21 males and 21 females; same data and collector as for holotype.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet is a latinization of the name Wenxian, Gansu Province, China.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Gekko wenxianensis</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> can be distinguished from all congeners on the basis of the following combination of characters: body size moderate; nostril in contact with rostral; dorsal tubercles oval or conical, extending from occiput and temporal region on to back and tail base, lacking on forelimb and thigh; 42–44 ventral scales across belly; short web between the toes; 6–8 precloacal pores in continuous series in male; tailbase with 2–3 (usually 2) cloacal spurs on each side. From their most morphologically similar congers they can be distinguished by: the lack of forelimb and thigh tubercles from <i>G. japonicus</i>; usually 2 cloacal spurs (versus mostly 3 in <i>G. japonicus</i> and <i>G. taibaiensis,</i> and 1 in <i>G. hokouensis</i>); and a continuous series of precloacal pores in males (versus left and right series separated by a single scale in <i>G. taibaiensis</i>).</p> <p> <b>FIGURE 1.</b> Adult male holotype of <i>Gekko wenxianensis</i>, <b>sp. nov.</b>, (NNU Z 2006.013) from Wenxian County, Gansu Province, Photo by Chao Tian.</p> <p> <b>Description</b> (based on the holotype, NNU Z 2006.013). Adult male. Snout-vent length 52.87 mm. Head relatively long (HeadL/SVL ratio 0.28), wide (HeadW/HeadL ratio 0.75), not markedly depressed (HeadH/ HeadL ratio 0.45), distinct from neck. Lores and interorbital region weakly inflated, frontonasal region weakly concave. Snout elongate (SnEye/HeadL ratio 0.45), rounded at tip; longer than eye diameter (OrbD/ SnEye ratio 0.54); scales on snout and forehead small, rounded, granular, homogeneous; scales on snout larger than those on occipital region. Eye large (OrbD/HeadL ratio 0.25); pupil vertical with crenelated margins; Ear opening rounded, relatively large (EarL/HeadL ratio 0.08); eye to ear distance larger than diameter of eye (EyeEar/OrbD ratio 1.42). Rostral quadrangular, twice as wide (3.23 mm) as high (1.57 mm), without middorsal notch; rostral in contact with supralabial I and supranasals and internasal; two enlarged supranasals separated by a single internasal; nostrils round, each surrounded by supranasal, rostral, first supralabial, and two postnasals; Mental pentagonal, wider (1.78 mm) than deep (1.28 mm); one pair of enlarged postmentals, each bordered anteromedially by mental, medially in broad contact with other postmental, bordered anterolaterally by first infralabial, laterally by an enlarged sublabial, posteriorly by two enlarged chin-shields. Supralabials to midorbital position 9 (right) to 10 (left); enlarged supralabials to angle of jaws 12/12; infralabials 11/ 11.</p> <p>Body slender, elongate (TrunkL/SVL ratio 0.43). Scales on dorsum of body granular, nearly homogeneous, intermixed with distinctly enlarged tubercles (4–6 times size of adjacent scales), in approximately 10 rows at midbody; tubercles oval or conical; a few tubercles present in temporal and occipital region and also on shank, tubercles lacking on the other parts of limbs; ventral scales larger than dorsals, smooth, hexagonal, and imbricate, much larger in precloacal region; 44 rows of ventral scale across midbody; gular region with relatively homogeneous, smooth scales. Six large preanal pores in continuous series, each borne in an enlarged scale. Base of tail distinctly swollen, with 2 cloacal spurs on each side.</p> <p>Fore and hindlimbs moderately long, slender (ForeaL/SVL ratio 0.13; CrusL/SVL ratio 0.19); digits moderately dilated, inflected at interphalangeal joints, clawed except for digit I; distal, compressed claw-bearing phalanges arising from anterior margin of dilated portion, extending only a short distance beyond; undivided scansors covering the distal dilated portion: 6–6–7–8–7 (manus), 6–8–9–9–7 (pes); interdigital webbing minimal. Relative length of digits (manus; measurements in mm in parentheses): IV (3.93)> III (3.71)> V (3.56)> II (3.01)> I (2.77); (pes): IV (4.84)> III (4.39)> V (4.08)> II (3.47)> I (3.29).</p> <p> <b>Coloration in preservative.</b> Dorsal ground color brown, with a series of roundish, somewhat enlarged grayish spots along the midline of the back, each outlined by a dark brown border. First spot on the neck, seven on the trunk. A grayish stripe, bordered above with dark brown, extends from the posterior corner of the orbit, passing above the ear opening to the occiput. Dorsal surfaces of the limbs brown, with irregular grayish markings outlined by dark brown borders. Dorsal surface of the tail with several transverse grayish bands, each band margined by a narrow dark band anteriorly. Ventral surface cream yellow, with or without dark dots on the head or body; dark dots occurring in high density on limbs and tail.</p> <p> <b>Variation.</b> Comparative mensural data for the holotype and paratypes are presented in Table 2. The enlarged chin-shields vary in number; tail with 2–3 pairs of cloacal spurs, mostly 2. Male with 6–8 preanal pores.</p>Published as part of <i>Zhou, Kaiya & Wang, Qiuxian, 2008, New species of Gekko (Squamata: Sauria: Gekkonidae) from China: morphological and molecular evidence, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 1778</i> on pages 61-63, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/182260">10.5281/zenodo.182260</a>
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