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Satsuma A. Adams 1868
No full textSatsuma A. Adams, 1868 Type species: Helix japonica Pfeiffer, 1847, by original designationPublished as part of Wu, Shu-Ping, Lin, Yao-Sung & Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2007, A new Satsuma species (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) endemic to Taiwan, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 1608 on page 61, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17884
FIGURE 5 in A new Satsuma species (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) endemic to Taiwan
No full textFIGURE 5. Jaw of Satsuma longkiauwensis sp. nov. (paratype, TMMT 0705). Scale bar = 600 µm.Published as part of Wu, Shu-Ping, Lin, Yao-Sung & Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2007, A new Satsuma species (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) endemic to Taiwan, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 1608 on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17884
Effect of Artificial Enrichments and Inherent Production Capacity on the Fish Production in Taoyuan Reservoirs
No full textLife history variables of wild troops of formosan macaques (Macaca cyclopis) in Kenting, Taiwan
No full textAge, Reproduction, and Demography of the Spiny Rat (Muridae: Niviventer coxingi) in Subtropical Central Taiwan
No full textFIGURE 3 in A new Satsuma species (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) endemic to Taiwan
No full textFIGURE 3. Reproductive system of Satsuma longkiauwensis sp. nov. (paratype TMMT 0705) A. Whole genitalia, vas deferens is cut to unfold the genitalia; B. Verge and penial caecum; C. Interior of genitalia. Scale bar for A and C = 10 mm, scale bar for B = 1 mm.Published as part of Wu, Shu-Ping, Lin, Yao-Sung & Hwang, Chung-Chi, 2007, A new Satsuma species (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) endemic to Taiwan, pp. 59-68 in Zootaxa 1608 on page 63, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17884
Criniverticillus Lin, Yao & Ren 2018, gen. nov.
No full textGenus <i>Criniverticillus</i> Lin, Yao & Ren gen. nov. <p>http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A5025B96-B712-418B-958C-FB3A91475B51</p> <p> <b>Type species.</b> <i>Criniverticillus longicumulus</i> Lin, Yao & Ren <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> <b>Diagnosis (macropterous male).</b> Body large (ca. 2 mm long, Fig. 1); antenna long (ca. 2.1–2.4 mm, Fig. 2F), most antennal setae forming distinct whorls, antennal apical segment with curved bristles (Fig. 2G); hamulohaltere leaf-shaped; basisternum without a median ridge (Fig. 2B); abdominal tergites well developed and sclerotized, first three tergites each with distinct median ridge (Fig. 2A); abdominal tergites VI and VII each with a transverse row of 7–9 tubular ducts (Fig. 2A) extruding wax filaments; a pair of short tubercular projections present on apex of abdominal segment VIII (Fig. 2 C).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The generic name <i>Criniverticillus</i> comes from combination of the prefix ‘ <i>crini-</i> ’ (from the Latin <i>crinis</i> meaning ‘hair’) with the masculine Latin noun ‘ <i>verticillus</i> ’ (meaning ‘whorl’), referring to most of the setae on the antenna forming whorls around the segments.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> Koteja (2008) considered that the following extinct genera were xylococcid-like taxa: <i>Arnoldus</i> Koteja; <i>Grohnus</i> Koteja; <i>Lithuanicoccus</i> Koteja; <i>Serafinus</i> Koteja, and <i>Weitschatus</i> Koteja, and classified them in five families: Arnoldidae, Grohnidae, Lithuanicoccidae, Serafinidae and Weitschatidae respectively. After comparing key structures like antennal capitate setae; pterostigma on forewing; radial sector on forewing; hamulohaltere; basisternal median ridge; small caudal extension on tergite VIII; tarsal digitule; penial sheath; anterior margin of scutellum, and membranous lateral areas of scutellum, Vea & Grimaldi (2015) questioned this classification and considered that further analyses of relationships within the xylococcid-like taxa were needed. According to our observations, based on the body and wing shapes, antennae without specialised setae, subtriangular scutellum and waxy tail tufts of our adult male <i>Criniverticillus</i>, we think these genera are very similar to each other, and are inclined to support the latter authors’ point of view.</p> <p> Among the Xylococcid-like genera, records from the Cretaceous only comprise <i>Xiphos</i> Vea & Grimaldi (family placement uncertain) from the Early Cretaceous Lebanese amber and <i>Pseudoweitschatus</i> Vea & Grimaldi from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber; all other fossil records are from the Eocene Baltic amber. However, the morphological characters of <i>Xiphos</i> are very different from the other genera, such as: body small (ca. 1.45 mm long total); scutum with an oval membranous area; forewings each without anterior flexing patch; claw digitule absent, and penial sheath extremely elongate. The Xylococcid-like taxa therefore only have one important record (<i>Pseudoweitschatus</i>) from the Cretaceous. The new species described in this paper adds to the record of the Weitschatidae in the mid-Cretaceous and provides a significant new addition to the understanding the past diversity of scale insects.</p> <p> The new genus described herein is assigned to the family Weitschatidae based on the presence of the following features (contrasting conditions in the other fossil taxa/families are given in brackets): antennae without capitate setae (capitate setae present in <i>Arnoldus</i> (Arnoldidae)); radial sector of forewing absent (present in <i>Xylococcus</i> (Xylococcidae)); tarsal digitules undifferentiated (clavate in <i>Arnoldus</i> and <i>Xiphos</i>); membranous lateral areas of scutellum absent (present in <i>Grohnus</i> (Grohnidae) and <i>Xiphos</i>) and cubital ridge extending beyond middle of wing (cubital ridge very short, reaching posterior wing margin at 1/4 its length in <i>Serafinus</i> (Serafinidae)). In particular, the shape of the pterostigma in <i>Criniverticillus</i> is very similar to that of <i>Weitschatus</i> and <i>Pseudoweitschatus</i> (Weitschatidae) (absent in other Xylococcid-like taxa).</p> <p> <i>Criniverticillus</i> differs from the other two genera in Weitschatidae by the following combination of characters (contrasting conditions in the other taxa are given in brackets): antenna significantly longer, 2.10–2.40 mm in <i>Criniverticillus</i> (1.30–1.33 mm in <i>Pseudoweitschatus</i>); most setae on antenna forming distinct whorls (without whorls in <i>Weitschatus</i>); antennal apical segment with the short ‘curved bristles’ of Vea & Grimaldi (2015) (absent in <i>Weitschatus</i>); hamulohaltere leaf-shaped (bilobed in <i>Weitschatus</i>); first three abdominal tergites with distinct median ridge (median ridge absent in <i>Weitschatus</i> and <i>Pseudoweitschatus</i>); a single row of tubular ducts present on each of abdominal tergites VI and VII (2–4 rows of pores in <i>Weitschatus</i>), and the presence of a pair of short tubercular projections on the apex of abdominal segment VIII (absent in <i>Pseudoweitschatus</i>).</p>Published as part of <i>Lin, Shan, Yao, Yunzhi & Ren, Dong, 2018, A new scale insect of the extinct family Weitschatidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, pp. 427-434 in Zootaxa 4407 (3)</i> on pages 428-431, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.9, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1216662">http://zenodo.org/record/1216662</a>
Male pheasant-tailed jacanas commit infanticides to avoid cuckoldry when paternity of eggs is doubtful
No full textChen, Te-Chih, Lin, Yao-Sung, Deng, Po-Ling, Ding, Tzung-Su (2008): Male pheasant-tailed jacanas commit infanticides to avoid cuckoldry when paternity of eggs is doubtful. Journal of Natural History 42 (47-48): 2991-3000, DOI: 10.1080/00222930802389817, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0022293080238981
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