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FIGURE 5 in Notes on the genus Yunnantettix Zheng (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae), with descriptions of two new species from Thailand
No full textFIGURE 5. Ecology environment of Yunnantettix nanensis sp. nov.. a) the habitat; b) the habitat is located border of a stream. Pictures were photographed by Lingsheng Zha in Thailand, Nan Province, Doi Phu Kha National Park (19°12′0.48′′N, 101°4′54.85′′E, 1257 m) in April 13, 2016.Published as part of Zha, Lingsheng, Wen, Tingchi, Boonmee, Saranyaphat & Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D., 2016, Notes on the genus Yunnantettix Zheng (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae), with descriptions of two new species from Thailand, pp. 373-385 in Zootaxa 4205 (4) on page 381, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/19718
Yunnantettix variabilis Zha & Wen, sp. nov.
No full textYunnantettix variabilis Zha & Wen, sp. nov. Figs 6–8 http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:492439 Material examined. Holotype—female, Thailand: Chiang Rai, Doi Mae Salong, 20°9'22"N, 99°36'54"E, 1075 m alt, 17 May 2016, coll. Lingsheng Zha. Paratypes: 5 males and 3 female, 800–1300 m alt, in broad-leaved forests along the winding mountain highway in Doi Mae Salong, 15–25 May 2016. Description. Female. Body size small. Face and vertex covered with numerous fine granules; vertex convex, depressed on either side of median carina anteriorly, about 2.8 times as wide as an eye; anterior margin low, in dorsal view obtusely angled, surpassing far beyond anterior margins of eyes; lateral carinae little folded upwards (Fig 7 a); median carina conspicuous and protruding in anterior half, while absent in posterior half, on both side paired fossulae presented; in lateral view face slightly oblique, vertex together with frontal costa obtusely rounded and distinctly protruding forward, frontal carinae smooth and straight, nearly not protruding forward between antennal grooves, at last concave at median ocellus (Fig 7 c); in frontal view, frontal carinae distinctly divergent, scutellum wide and triangular, between antennae 2.0 times as wide as diameter of scapus (Fig 7 b). Antennae filiform, 16-segmented, inserted between lower margins of eyes, 9–11th segments longest, 4.5 times as long as wide. Eyes globose, very low, not reaching up to lateral margins of vertex; lateral ocelli placed at the middle of inner margins of eyes. Pronotal disc or very coarse (covered with many bulges, especially two rows of conspicuous, longitudinal bulges presented in most specimens), or a little coarse (bulges low and inconspicuous), or relatively smooth (bulges absent), covered with numerous fine granules. Pronotal disc a little roof-like in anterior half, while nearly at the same level in posterior half; median carina conspicuous, or entire or interrupted into many parts, in lateral view low arcuate in anterior half while undulate or straight in posterior half; anterior margin of pronotum truncated, paired extralateral carinae presented on the frontal border below eyes; prozonal carinae very conspicuous, erected, long and a little contracted backwards. Between sulci, pronotum distinctly concave on both side of median carina, and median carina lamellate with swollen base; humeral angle very inconspicuous (absent), between shoulders paired interhumeral carinae presented which are distinct and parallel; external lateral carinae of pronotum folded upward behind humeral angles, not reaching apex of hind process (reaching about 3/4 of hind femur); posterior angle of lateral lobe of pronotum extending oblique backwards, apex truncate and anterior margin of apex rounded, posterior margin of each lateral lobe with two concavities; hind process wedged, reaching variably from base of knee to slightly surpassing top of hind femur, apex wide and distinctly triangularly concave. (Fig 6) Tegmen ovate, apex rounded-sharp, 2.15 times as long as wide, not reaching abdomen (Fig 7 d, e); visible part of tegmen narrow and long, sometimes it’s wholly invisible in few specimens (Fig 6 a); hind wing vestigial, invisible, nearly triangular, base wide and apex rounded, only 0.5 times as long as tegmen, most of the area are covered by the tegmen (Fig 7 d, f). Fore and mid femora compressed, margins finely serrate, upper margin of fore femur straight while lower margin undulate; upper margin of mid femur weakly undulate and lower margin conspicuously undulate. Hind femur stout, 2.6 times as long as wide; upper and lower margins finely serrate; antegenicular denticle not isolated, apex right angled (3♂ 3♀) or a little sharp (2♂ 1♀); genicular denticle finger-like, extending backwards and apex obtuse; hind tibia a little enlarging from base to terminal part, outer/inner side with 6–7/3–5 spines, margins serrate; first segment of hind tarsus 2.0 times as long as third segment, three pulvilli nearly equal in length, apex of third pulvillus obtuse, apices of first and second pulvilli a little sharp. Ovipositor: upper valvula about 3.0 times as long as wide, sub-base widest, outer margins of upper and lower valvulae wholly serrate (Fig 7 g). Subgenital plate nearly as long as wide in fresh specimens, posterior margin truncate, in the middle with a broad triangular protrusion (Fig 7 h). Body or yellowish brown, or dark, or dark with yellowish brown pronotal disc. Antennae brown, distal 2–3 segments darker; all tibiae brown, fore and mid tibiae with 3 yellowish brown rings each; lower outer side of hind femur black; lower margin of hind femur spotted with yellowish brown. Male. Slightly smaller than female (Fig 6 a). Vertex about 2.4 times as wide as one eye; antennae 15- segmented, 8–10th segments longest; subgenital plate cone-shaped, nearly as long as wide, apex fissured and in lateral view nearly truncate, upper apex on both sides forming into a pair of very short and small spines (Fig 7 i). Other structures and coloration same as female. Measurements (in mm). Length of body: male 8.5–9.0, female 10.0–11.0; length of pronotum: male 8.0–9.0, female 9.0–9.8; length of hind femur: male 5.0–5.5, female 6.0–6.5. Distribution. Thailand (Chiang Rai). Diagnosis. The new species is similar to Y. bannaensis Zheng (Zheng 1995, 2005) and Y. elytratus (Günther) (Günther 1939, Shishodia 1991). it can easily distinguish from the former based on obtusely angled anterior margin of vertex and indistinct humeral angles, and from the latter by triangular concavity of apex of hind process and external lateral carina of pronotum distinctly extending backwards and reaching 3/4 of hind femur. Etymology. The new species’ epithet is derived from Latin words ‘ variabilis ’ (variable), which means structures of pronotal disc of the new species are variable in different individuals. Ecology and habitats. Individuals of Yunnantettix variabilis sp. nov. inhabited leaf litter of tropical rainforest (Doi Mae Salong) in Northern Thailand, and they prefer shades of trees instead of exposing under the sun, and live in the open air and dry place (Fig 8). They feed on humus of leaf litter. Around the localities there are no stream, and they can also adapt to drought even extreme high temperature, because one locality had burnt off seriously (Fig 8 c), and specimens collected from it resemble black carbon, which seems to having been burnt off by fire. Provided with extremely degenerate wings, they are flightless, instead with very developed hind femora, they jump rapidly for 1–2 meters. They live with Epitettix obtusus and several Bolivaritettix spp.. According to our observations and experiences, adults of the new species cannot be found after August of the year, so we infer they occur only in the dry seasons, while with the rainy season’s coming they will disappear thoroughly. From adult occurrence period and environment of inhabits, together with rotation between dry season and rainy season in Northern Thailand, we infer they reproduce one generation per one year, and they lay eggs in soil which will go through the whole rainy reason before hatching.Published as part of Zha, Lingsheng, Wen, Tingchi, Boonmee, Saranyaphat & Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D., 2016, Notes on the genus Yunnantettix Zheng (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae), with descriptions of two new species from Thailand, pp. 373-385 in Zootaxa 4205 (4) on pages 381-384, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/19718
Cladonotinae Bolivar 1887
No full textSubfamily Cladonotinae Bolivar, 1887 <p>The subfamily Cladonotinae differ from other subfamilies of the family Tetrigidae by: 1) filiform antennae; 2) medial ocellus situated below lower margins of eyes; 3) dorsal margin of fore and mid femora with a well developed carina, rather than a clear furrow; and 4) fascial carina enclose a broadened scutellum (broader than diameter of scapus) (Bolivar, 1887; Tumbrinck, 2014).</p>Published as part of <i>Zha, Lingsheng, Wen, Tingchi, Boonmee, Saranyaphat & Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D., 2016, Notes on the genus Yunnantettix Zheng (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae), with descriptions of two new species from Thailand, pp. 373-385 in Zootaxa 4205 (4)</i> on page 374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.6, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/197182">http://zenodo.org/record/197182</a>
Yunnantettix thaicus Storozhenko & Pushkar 2015
No full textYunnantettix thaicus Storozhenko & Pushkar, 2015 http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:470962 Notes. This species is similar to Y. nanensis sp. nov.. According to the original photographs provided (Storozhenko & Pushkar 2015): median carina of vertex not protruding forward, in lateral view vertex together with frontal costa exactly arcuate (but the original line drawing provided indicates that in lateral view vertex together with frontal costa obtusely rounded and protruding forward); posterior margin of female subgenital plate truncate (but the line drawing provided indicates posterior margin gradually contracted backwards). Notably, female size (body length, width of vertex than one eye, and lengths of both hind femur and pronotum) is smaller than male (Storozhenko & Pushkar 2015), which is unusual. In Tetrigiade, female pronotum may equal or shorter than male sometimes, such as Bolivaritettix anhuiensis Zhang, Zha & Zheng, 2014, but little is reported that female body length, width of vertex than one eye, length of hind femur are smaller or shorter than male. Considering the holotype (♂, Nakhon Ratchasima Province) and the paratype (only 1♀, Loei Province) coming from two different regions of Thailand, that are 300 km distant, their different ratios of width of scutellum between antennal grooves than diameter of first segment of antenna (male 2.5 times while female 2.0 times), together with their unusual body sizes, we doubt the two specimens may represent two different species. Shortly afterwards, Storozhenko & Dawwrueng (2015) reported another distribution of this species (1♂ 2♀, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand), but they did not give any morphological description.Published as part of Zha, Lingsheng, Wen, Tingchi, Boonmee, Saranyaphat & Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D., 2016, Notes on the genus Yunnantettix Zheng (Tetrigidae: Cladonotinae), with descriptions of two new species from Thailand, pp. 373-385 in Zootaxa 4205 (4) on page 377, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.4.6, http://zenodo.org/record/19718
Figure 10 in Species diversity of Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) in Guizhou, China with description of two new species
No full textFigure 10. Habitat environment of Teredorus jinshaensis sp. nov. Pictures were photographed by Lingsheng Zha in Lengshuihe Natural Reserve, Jinsha County, Guizhou, China.Published as part of Ding, Jian-Hua, Wen, Ting-Chi, Wu, Xiao-Min, Boonmee, Saranyaphat, Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D. & Zha, Ling-Sheng, 2017, Species diversity of Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) in Guizhou, China with description of two new species, pp. 741-760 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 51 (13-14) on page 757, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1293749, http://zenodo.org/record/477977
Figure 3 in The subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China with description of a new monotypic genus
No full textFigure 3. Ecology of Tetradinodula bambusae sp. nov.: (a–c) living in bamboo (Chimonobambusa quadrangularis) forests (a–b, female; c, male); (d–f) habitat environments (d–e, bamboo forests; f, humid broad-leaved forest alongside a bamboo forest); (g) toads were found as their main natural enemy. Photos by Lingsheng Zha in China, Guizhou, Tongzi County, Baiqing Natural Reserve, 14–17 July 2016.Published as part of Zha, Ling-Sheng, Yu, Feng-Ming, Boonmee, Saranyaphat, Eungwanichayapant, Prapassorn D. & Wen, Ting-Chi, 2017, The subfamily Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from China with description of a new monotypic genus, pp. 1479-1489 in Journal of Natural History (J. Nat. Hist.) 51 (25-26) on page 1487, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2017.1338775, http://zenodo.org/record/518204
Lamellitettigodes diversifemoris Lu & Zha 2020, sp. n.
No full textLamellitettigodes diversifemoris Lu & Zha sp. n. Figs. 1-2 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: C4D1F7B9-00B2-4979-B45E-F271A2F860AB Material examined. Holotype—female, PR China: Hainan Province /Island, Ledong County, Jianfengling National Forest Park, 18°44′10.07′′N, 108°52′6.86′′E, 830 m, 12 September 2018, coll. Yongzhong Lu and Lingsheng Zha. Paratypes: 2 males and 2 females, 750-850 m, 11-13 September 2018, other data same as holotype. Description. Female. General appearance. Body slender (relatively bulky for Lamellitettigodes) and size moderate, surface relatively smooth, but with numerous fine granules. Body grayish brown to dark brown, generally maculated with many yellowish brown spots; antennae brown and color of terminal segments darker; pronotum behind shoulders generally has a pair of large, black and conspicuous spots; hind wings grayish brown; spots on fore and mid femora indistinct, hind femur often has a very large yellowish brown spot, fore and mid tibiae have three yellowish brown rings each, hind tibia mainly brown and the rings indistinct. Head. Vertex slightly lower than anterior margin of pronotum, gradually and slightly narrowing forwards, equal to one eye in width; anterior margin straight, finely serrated, slightly surpasses the level of anterior margin of eyes, anterior part a little higher than posterior part; lateral carinae conspicuous, horn-like upwards and a little higher than the top of eyes, in dorsal view and in frontal view are both L-shape; medial carina clear, erect and straight, nearly extends to occiput, much lower than lateral carinae; fossulae deep and elongate, nearly extends to the end of medial carina. In lateral view face slightly oblique; medial carina together with frontal costa nearly right angled which is clearly visible before eyes; fascial carinae nearly straight above superior ocelli and then broadly and weakly arcuate forwards between antennal grooves, margin of fascial carinae slightly finely serrated. In frontal view, bifurcation of frontal costa located at the middle of between anterior margin of vertex and upper margin of superior ocelli; superior ocelli small, distance between anterior margin of vertex and upper margin of superior ocelli two times as long as one superior ocellus; longitudinal furrow deep and narrow, long triangular, between grooves 0.8 time as wide as the diameter of scapus. Antenna filiform and thin, 16-segmented, inserted between the lower margin of eyes, the 9 th segment longest and about 9 times as long as wide, terminal two segments very short (15-segmented and the 8 th segment longest in males). Eyes globose, slightly higher than the anterior margin of pronotum, elevated indistinctly; superior ocelli placed at the middle of the inner margins of eyes. Pronotum. Pronotum compressed in the anterior part (before the end of tegmina), while the posterior part stands on nearly the same level. Anterior margin obtusely angled forwards, between shoulders slightly uplifted while behind shoulders a little concave. Prozonal carinae erect, low, slightly shortened and slightly contracted backwards, extralateral carinae straight and lower, both nearly but not reach anterior sulcus; median carina conspicuous, erect and entire, lamellate before the end of tegmina and then gradually lowering backwards; humero-apical carina and lateral carina slightly erect and with finely serrated margins. In lateral view, upper margin before the end of tegmina wholly arcuate, highest at the level of posterior sulcus, the posterior part nearly straight. Humeral angles obtusely angled; hind process elongate and wedged, reaches about the middle of hind tibiae, apex nearly truncated. Posterior angle of lateral lobe of pronotum extending obliquely, backwards and downwards, anterior margin finely serrated, apex rounded and a little folded outward; ventral sinus and tegminal sinus conspicuous, both nearly right angled. Wings. Visible part of tegmen long and oval, slightly wider than mid femur, apex rounded; hind wing extremely developed, surpasses hind pronotal process about 2.5 mm. Legs. Dorsal and ventral margins of all femora finely serrated, dorsal and ventral margins of fore and mid femora nearly straight (a little undulated which are all indistinct), ventral margins of fore and mid femora have sparse white hairs; mid femur compressed indistinct, basal part a little wider than terminal part; hind femur 3 times as long as wide, ventral margin entire, dorsal margin before antegenicular tooth has a small tooth which is very indistinct, antegenicular tooth and genicular tooth a little sharp. Hind tibia has finely serrated inner margins, terminal part slightly wider than basal part, outer/inner side has 5-8 spines; the first segment of hind tarsus 1.3 times longer than the third, the third pulvillus longest while the first shortest, all apices sharp. Abdomen. Ovipositor: upper valva wide and short, about 2.4 times as long as wide (not including the length of the stipe, same as below), widest at the basal one-third; outer margins of upper and lower valvae has small, obtuse and saw-like teeth. Subgenital plate: its width slightly longer its length, medial carina entire, posterior margin truncated and, in the middle, has an acutely triangular protrusion. Male. Slightly thinner and smaller than female. Mid femur clearly wider than the visible part of tegmen, and basal part wider and thicker than terminal part. Subgenital plate short cone-shape, apex obliquely truncated and bifurcate. Other characters same as female. Measurements (in mm). Length of body: male 6.7-6.8, female 9-9.5; length of pronotum: male 9.5-9.8, female 9.8-10.2; length of hind femur: male 4.8-5, female 5-5.4; length of antenna: male 3.8-4, female 4.2-4.5. Distribution. PR China (Hainan Province). Diagnosis. Lamellitettigodes diversifemoris sp. n. is similar to L. cultratus (Bolívar, 1898) from New Guinea, Biak, and the Bismarck Archipelago (New Britain and New Ireland) (Tumbrinck, 2019), but the latter: antennae much shorter, only 1.3 times as long as fore femur; prozonal carinae strongly contracted backwards; and hind pronotal process much longer, surpasses apices of hind tibiae. Etymology. The specific epithet ‘ diversifemoris ’ is derived from the combination of two Latin words in genitive case, (1) adjective diversus, diversa, diversum (different) and (2) noun femur, femoris (femur), pointing to the mid femora which are distinctly different in male and female. Notes. The new species is also similar to Euparatettix bimaculatus Zheng, 1993 which is widely distributed in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guizhou, Guangxi and Hainan, PR China, but the latter has lower lateral carinae of vertex, truncated anterior margin of pronotum, and narrow upper valva of female ovipositor (3-3.5 times as long as wide) (Zheng, 1993; 2005). The description and drawings of Eu. bimaculatus (Zheng, 1993; 2005) match the character of Lamellitettigodes; together with its similarity to L. diversifemoris sp. n., herein we transfer it to Lamellitettigodes. Thus, Lamellitettigodes bimaculatus (Zheng, 1993) comb. nov. becomes a new combination of Euparatettix bimaculatus Zheng, 1993.Published as part of Lu, Yong-Zhong & Zha, Ling-Sheng, 2020, A new species of the genus Lamellitettigodes (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from PR China, with taxonomic notes on the genus, pp. 338-348 in Zootaxa 4851 (2) on pages 340-342, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4851.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/440775
Records of Hedotettix and Teredorus in Thailand with the description of three new species (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae)
No full textWe are studying the fungi associated with insects in northern Thailand and as a result several rarely collected insect species have been uncovered. The genera Hedotettix with one new species and Teredorus with two new species are reported from Thailand. Hedotettix triangularis Zha & Hyde, sp. n., Teredorus chiangraiensis Zha & Hyde, sp. n. and Teredorus combfemorus Zha & Hyde, sp. n. are introduced, described and photographed and compared with other species. Keys to species of Hedotettix and Teredorus from Thailand are provided
A structural analysis of neighborhood and school effects on immigrant children's academic performance:
No full textImmigrant children are influenced by a variety of contexts, including their family, peer groups, neighborhood, and institutions such as school and the workplace. To gauge how immigrant children fare in education, it is extremely important to understand whether, and how, these contexts affect their academic performance. This dissertation’s theoretical framework is heavily grounded in theories dealing with the impact of neighborhood and school on children’s academic performance. Analyzing nationally representative data from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this study investigates whether, and how, two of these contexts--neighborhood and school characteristics--influence non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, Hispanic, and Asian immigrant students’ academic performance. Comparison analysis, hierarchical linear modeling, and fixed-effect modeling are used to test six hypotheses. The comparison analysis found that, generally speaking, neighborhood and school conditions are better for non-immigrant than for immigrant students. Specifically, neighborhood and school conditions are better for Asian immigrants than for Hispanic immigrants, and significantly better for immigrant non-Hispanic Whites than for immigrant non-Hispanic Blacks. Multilevel regression analysis found that both neighborhood and school characteristics affect immigrant students’ GPA, while neighborhood-school involvement characteristics do not (neither do they affect non-immigrant students’ GPA). Neighborhood SES and neighborhood immigrant composition affect immigrant students’ GPA. Furthermore, the results show that school socioeconomic status (SES), school climate, and school location affect immigrant students’ GPA. Large class size and school type are associated with non-immigrant students’ GPA. The results of the study imply that both neighborhood and school characteristics influence academic performance of immigrant students more than that of non-immigrant students. Compared to the neighborhood, the school, as an institutional resource, plays a crucial role in immigrant students’ academic performance and their assimilation processes.Ph.D.Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-168)by Peijia Zha, M.A
A Study of the Protagonist in Ne Zha: I Am The Destiny from the Perspective of Karen Horney’s Psychoanalysis
No full textNe Zha: I Am The Destiny is an animated movie with excellent public reputation in china and international market. Setting in traditional Chinese mythology, the leading character, Ne Zha, undergoes a life full of twists and turns. The author analyzes the movie under the guide of the representative of new Freudian, Karen Horney. In the light of Karen Horney’s theory, Ne Zha bears the tendency of neurotic personality from the phenomenon of moving toward people, moving against people and moving away from people. However Ne Zha ultimately achieve self-actualization and transcendence through the appeal of mastery, the appeal of love as well as the appeal of freedom. The movie exerts far-reaching and profound significance to the people in the present world.
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