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Paralastor caprai Giordani Soika 1977
No full textcaprai Giordani Soika Paralastor caprai Giordani Soika 1977: 135, female—“ Australia: N. Territory, Adelaide R.” (London).— Cardale 1985: 184 (cat.).— Borsato & Ratti 1999: 71 (list).— Brown 2009: 29 (N. T.: North Coast).Published as part of Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 4919 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/447337
Pamphagus caprai Massa 1992
No full textPamphagus caprai Massa, 1992 (Fig. 94) Material examined. ALGERIA: Mascara, 1922, 1♂ (Holotype) (leg. A. Aras) (det. Uvarov, as Pamphagus elephas), plus 2♀ (Paratypes) (NHMUK); Mascara, 5.6.1929, 1♂, 1♀ (det. as P. marmoratus) (AİBÜEM); Algeria, Saida, 28.5.1942, 1♂ (leg. M. N. Korsakoff) (NHMUK); Alg., Oran, 7.4.1914, 1♂ (NMW).Published as part of Ünal, Mustafa, 2016, Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the Palaearctic Region: taxonomy, classification, keys to genera and a review of the tribe Nocarodeini I. Bolívar, pp. 1-223 in Zootaxa 4206 (1) on page 77, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4206.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/20826
Chthonius caprai Gardini 1977
No full textChthonius caprai Gardini, 1977 (Figs 49–59, 411) Chthonius (Neochthonius) caprai Gardini, 1977: 216, figs 1–7. Chthonius (N.) caprai: Callaini 1979a: 129. Chthonius (C.) caprai: Gardini 1995: 44. Chthonius (Chthonius) leoi: Gardini 2011: 825 (Golfo Aranci, Chiaramonti, Villa Scema) Type locality: Italy, Liguria, Genoa Province, Camogli, Monte di Portofino, Semaforo Nuovo (44°19’20”N, 9°09’09”E). Distribution. Italy (Liguria, Sicily and Sardinia). Diagnosis (♂ ♀). An anophthalmic (rarely microphthalmic) epigean Chthonius that differs from other species of the ischnocheles group in the following combination of characters: anterior margin of carapace with 1 (rarely without) preocular microsetae; posterior margin of carapace with 6 (rarely 4) macrosetae; chelicerae with 1 or 2 lateral microsetae; chela length 0.31–0.43 mm; movable chelal finger length 0.21–0.28 mm; chelal fingers with contiguous teeth; movable chelal finger with coupled sensilla pc on a weak tubercle. Type material examined. ITALY — Liguria: 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (holotype and paratype), Camogli, Monte di Portofino, Semaforo Nuovo, 2.II.1975, G. Gardini leg. (MSNG); 6 ♀ (paratypes), id. (MHNG, MNHN, NHMW); 1 ♂ 9 ♀ (paratypes), id. (G. Gardini coll., Genoa); 2 ♀ (paratypes), Ne, Pian di Fieno, 8. VIII.1976, G. Gardini leg. (G. Gardini coll., Genoa). Other material examined. ITALY — Liguria: Genoa Prov. — 1 ♀, Genova, Villetta Di Negro, 1. V.1975, R. Poggi leg., sieved under Quercus ilex; 1 ♀, Ne, Monte Bossea, 20.IX.2018, M. Zinni & D. Badano leg., under Buxus; 2 ♀, San Colombano Certenoli, SE slope of Monte Ramaceto, 750 m a.s.l., 28. V.2010, L. Galli & G. Torrisi leg., under Pteridium; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Villagrande di Cichero, SE slope of Monte Mignano, 4. VI.2012, M. Capurro leg. Liguria: Imperia Prov. — 1 ♂, Diano San Pietro, Monte Colletto, 400 m a.s.l., 30. V.2007, T. Ardissone leg., Quercus pubescens wood. Liguria: La Spezia Prov. — 1 ♀, Deiva Marina, 26.X.1972, R. Poggi leg., Quercus suber wood; 5 ♂ 9 ♀, Vernazza, 25.II.2014, G. Lionetti leg., vineyard. Liguria: Savona Prov. — 1 ♂, Laigueglia, Colla Micheli, 132 m a.s.l., 13.I.2019, P. Gardini & C. Giusto leg., under Quercus ilex. Sicily: Agrigento Prov. — 1 ♀, Isola Lampedusa, Cala Galera, 2.XII.1992, R. Poggi leg. (MSNG). Sicily: Ragusa Prov. — 1 ♂ 3 ♀, Cava d’Ispica, 3.IV.2010, G. Gardini leg., under Ceratonia . Sicily: Trapani Prov. — 6 ♀, Isola di Pantelleria, 7.X.1994, S. Ragusa di Chiara leg., leaf litter; 5 ♀, id., 14.XII.1994, S. Ragusa di Chiara leg., leaf litter; 1 ♂ 1 ♀, id., 20.II.2002, B. Massa leg. Sardinia: Cagliari Prov. — 1 ♀, Villacidro, Villa Scema, 20.IX.1986, P. Leo leg. Sardinia: Sassari Prov. — 1 ♀, Chiaramonti, 30.XII.1994, L. Fancello & P. Leo leg.; 1 ♀, Golfo Aranci, 19.I.1994, L. Fancello & P. Leo leg. Description of adults (♂ ♀). Integument slightly pigmented, carapace, tergites, chelicerae and pedipalps pale brown; weak hispid granulation on lateral surfaces of carapace, on cheliceral palm and on base of fixed chelal finger. Carapace (Fig. 51) 0.95–1.0 times longer than broad, quadrate, weakly constricted posteriorly; anterior margin between median macrosetae with a prominent epistome, that has sharp denticles, mainly in females (Figs 49–50); no eyes or eye-spots [rarely microphthalmic, according to Callaini (1979a)]; standard chaetotaxy m 4m:6:4:2:6(24), lateral macrosetae of posterior margin of carapace mainly shorter than medial ones; specimens from Sardinia (Chiaramonti, Golfo Aranci, Villa Scema) and Pantelleria Isl. without preocular microsetae; posterior margin of carapace rarely with five macrosetae (Fig. 51), with four, five or six macrosetae in females from Pantelleria Isl. (see also Gardini 1995); length of anteromedian macrosetae 0.05–0.06 mm. Chaetotaxy of tergites 4:4:4:4:6:6:6:6:1T2T1:4:1T2T1:0. Chaetotaxy of sternites 8–11:(3)8–10(3):(2)6–8(2):8–9:6–7:6:6:6:2T1T2:0:2; genital opening of males flanked by 6 (rarely 5) setae on each side. Chelicerae (Fig. 52) 1.95–2.0 (♂ ♀) times as long as broad, palm with 6 setae and 1 or 2 lateral microsetae; fixed finger with 8–11 teeth; movable finger with an isolated subapical tooth (di) located more proximal than the spinneret, and 7–8 teeth proximally reduced in size; gs ratio 0.55–0.62; spinneret prominent in both sexes (Figs 52–53); rallum with 11 blades; serrulae interior and exterior with 10–12 and 12–14 blades respectively. Coxal setae: pedipalp 5 (including 2 on manducatory process), I 3 + 3 marginal microsetae, II 4, III 5–6, IV 6–7; coxa II with 3–7 coxal spines, coxa III with 1–5 coxal spines; intercoxal tubercle bisetose. Pedipalp: femur 3.8–4.1 (♂) or 3.4–4.0 (♀) times as long as broad, femoral chaetotaxy 3:5:2:5:1; chela (Figs 56, 59) 4.4–4.7 (♂) or 4.1–4.6 (♀) times as long as deep; hand of chela 1.4–1.6 (♂ ♀) times as long as deep, ovoid in dorsal view (Figs 54–55); fixed chelal finger with 42–53 contiguous teeth, tall and rectangular in the distal half of the finger, apically truncated and then rounded in the proximal half (Figs 57–58); all teeth with dental canal; fixed finger at level of est-it with about 11 teeth occupying 0.05 mm; tip of fixed chelal finger with apical sensilla af 1- 2 , distal paraxial seta gradually curved and thin; movable chelal finger with 37–47 contiguous teeth, similar to those of fixed chelal finger, apically rounded from sb towards finger base (Figs 56–59); movable finger at level of st-t with about 11 teeth occupying 0.05 mm; coupled sensilla pc mainly just distad of sb and on a weak tubercle; tip of movable chelal finger with apical sensilla am 1- 2 ; trichobothria as in figs 56, 59; trichobothrium sb halfway between b and st or just closer to b; ratio of movable finger/hand of chela 1.75–2.1 (♂ ♀); ratio of pedipalpal femur/movable finger 0.9–1.0 (♂ ♀); ratio of pedipalpal femur/carapace 0.8–1.0 (♂ ♀). Measurements (in mm). Body length 0.6–0.7 (♂) or 0.75–0.95 (♀). Carapace 0.22–0.24 × 0.22–0.24 (♂) or 0.26–0.28 × 0.26–0.29 (♀). Chelicerae 0.18–0.20 × 0.09–0.10 (♂) or 0.215–0.25 × 0.105–0.12 (♀); movable finger length 0.09–0.105 (♂) or 0.105–0.13 (♀). Pedipalp: femur 0.19–0.20 × 0.05 (♂) or 0.21–0.275 × 0.06–0.075 (♀); chela 0.31–0.35 × 0.07 (♂) or 0.34–0.43 × 0.08–0.10 (♀); hand length 0.10–0.11 (♂) or 0.12–0.16 (♀); movable finger length 0.21–0.225 (♂) or 0.23–0.28 (♀). Remarks. Among the species of the Chthonius ischnocheles group, C. caprai is morphologically similar to the epigean C. jonicus Beier, 1931 also known from central and southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia, and to C. leoi (Callaini, 1988) from Sardinia. Chthonius caprai differs from C. jonicus in the following characters: posterior margin of carapace mainly with 6 macrosetae (with 4 macrosetae in C. jonicus); no eyes (anterior eyes with flat lens, posterior ones reduced to a pale cuticular area in C. jonicus); chelicerae with 1 or 2 lateral microsetae (without lateral microsetae in C. jonicus); chela length 0.31–0.43 mm (0.40–0.51 mm in C. jonicus); movable chelal finger length 0.21–0.28 mm (0.275–0.34 mm in C. jonicus); movable chelal finger with coupled sensilla pc on a weak tubercle (coupled sensilla pc not on a tubercle in C. jonicus). Chthonius caprai differs from C. leoi in the following characters: anterior margin of carapace mainly with 1 preocular microseta on each side (without preocular microsetae in C. leoi); posterior margin of carapace mainly with 6 macrosetae (with 4 macrosetae in C. leoi). The disjointed distribution of Chthonius caprai (Fig. 411), not recorded so far from central and southern Italy, may be caused by a lack of sampling and difficulties imposed by the small size of the species. Ligurian specimens show stability in carapacal chaetotaxy (anterior margin with 1 preocular microseta on each side, posterior margin with 6, rarely 5, macrosetae) while specimens from Pantelleria Isl. and Sardinia lack preocular microsetae, and specimens from Pantelleria Isl. have the posterior margin of carapace with 4 to 6 macrosetae. Moreover, part of the specimens from the Aeolian Archipelago are microphthalmic (Callaini 1979a). Variability of the main characters used to distinguish Chthonius leoi from C. caprai may suggest a probable synonymy of the two species, which however is not formally proposed here due to the scarcity of the Sardinian specimens available for examination. The above description of Chthonius caprai incorporates the data provided by Gardini (1977).Published as part of Gardini, Giulio, 2021, The Italian species of the Chthonius ischnocheles group (Arachnida, Pseudoscorpiones, Chthoniidae), with reference to neighbouring countries, pp. 1-131 in Zootaxa 4987 (1) on pages 19-22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4987.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/497965
Allotment Gardens for Senior Citizens in Italy: Current Status and Technical Proposals
No full textAllotment gardens have several socio-cultural and economic functions particularly for senior citizens. They provide a place for meeting and overcoming loneliness and where fresh vegetables can be raised at a minimum cost, while providing an opportunity for self-fulfillment during retirement. The aim of this research was to study the situation of allotment gardens in Italy and to examine criteria and possible solutions for planning small garden areas in an urban environment. A survey was carried out in 2001 throughout Italy using a questionnaire sent to the municipal administrations of all the Provincial capitals and other municipalities, and by interviews with municipality technicians and representatives of allotment garden associations. There were 111 municipalities with allotment gardens (90% in northern Italy and 10% in central Italy) with a total of 18709 plots: the region of Emilia Romagna plays the leading role with 77 municipalities having a total of 14000 plots. Most of the gardens were developed after 1975 and especially in the last 10 years. The number of gardens per town and the size (from a few to hundreds of square meters, in most cases 30-70 m2) vary with the town as a result of land use planning, size and distribution of urban land areas, the sensitivity of local authorities, the presence of complementary/alternative services and facilities for citizens. In most cases the allotment and use of a garden follow administrative regulations (ranking in the list of applicants, contract conditions, duration, lease rate, utility rates, insurance) and technical regulations (type of use, maintenance, fencing, use of chemicals and water). However, agronomical aspects are often neglected. Suggestions and proposals for planning allotment gardens and for specific agronomical management are discussed
Effectiveness and safety of ciclosporin as therapy for autoimmune diseases of the liver in children and adolescents
No full textBackground: Conventional treatment for autoimmune hepatitis results in a significant percentage of failures and several, poorly tolerated, side-effects. Therapy for autoimmune cholangitis and giant cell hepatitis associated with autoimmune haemolysis is poorly documented. Ciclosporin is a promising treatment for all of these diseases. Methods: We reviewed the records of 12 patients treated in our unit between 1987 and 2001. Eight had autoimmune hepatitis, two had autoimmune cholangitis and two had giant cell hepatitis. Indications for ciclosporin were treatment failure (four patients) and contraindications to/refusal of steroids (eight patients). Ciclosporin was administered in five untreated cases and in seven patients during relapse. The mean duration of ciclosporin administration was 35.6 months (8-89 months). The median follow-up was 6.5 years (1.5-15 years). Results: All patients achieved complete remission in a median period of 4.5 weeks (2-12 weeks). No treatment withdrawal due to side-effects occurred. Three patients required a combination of ciclosporin with conventional treatment due to severe liver function impairment. Tolerance to ciclosporin was excellent. A 20% transient elevation of serum creatinine occurred in one case, gingival hypertrophy in two and moderate hypertrichosis in two. Conclusions: Ciclosporin may be considered as a safe treatment for all autoimmune liver diseases and as an effective alternative for front-line therapy
La sindrome della diarrea persistente post enteritica: "take an aspirin for your bowel"?
No full textVelia caprai subsp. caprai TAMANINI 1947
No full textVelia caprai caprai TAMANINI, 1947 AUT Ö s t e r r e i c h: Kärnten, Klagenfurt - Land, Sattnitz E / Klagenfurt SE, 1 Ex., 5.VIII.1988, leg. KA; Niederösterreich, Korneuburg, Bisamberg, 1 Ex., leg. Kubinyi;, Krems-Land, Maria Langegg, 1 Ex., 18. VI.1953, leg. Mader; Niederösterreich, Scheibbs, Feichsenbach / Purgstall W, 1 Ex., 29.IX.1975, leg. Ressl F.; Niederösterreich, Scheibbs, Göstling an der Ybbs SE/ Hundsau, 1 Ex., 19. V.1984, leg. Ressl F.; Niederösterreich, Scheibbs, Oberndorf an der Melk / Schweinsbach, 1 Ex., 27.X.1975, leg. Rausch;, Niederösterreich, Scheibbs, Purgstall an der Erlauf, 1 Ex., 11. V.1970, leg. Ressl F.; Niederösterreich, Scheibbs, Purgstall an der Erlauf, 1 Ex., 8.II.1970, leg. Ressl F.; Niederösterreich, Bucklige Welt, 1 Ex., leg. Mader;, Nordtirol, Imst, Barwies, 3 Ex., 14.II.1993, leg. HE; Nordtirol, Innsbruck, Arzl, 13 Ex., 7.III.1959, leg. HA; Nordtirol, Innsbruck / Arzler Lehmgrube, 4 Ex., 16.IV.1958, leg. PE; Nordtirol, Innsbruck / Arzler Lehmgrube, 6 Ex., 13.IV.1958, leg. HA; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Gnadenwald, 5 Ex., 13.IV.1968, leg. HE; Nordtirol, InnsbruckLand, Mösern / Seefeld in Tirol SW, 1 Ex., 20.IX.1968, leg.HE; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Mösern / Seefeld in Tirol SW, 1 Ex., 13.X.1967, leg. HE; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Rinn - Innsbruck SE, 1 Ex., 29.IX.1946, leg. KF; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Sistrans, 4 Ex., 23. VI.1968, leg. Kappeller; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Sistrans, 6 Ex., 23. VI.1968, leg. HA; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Sistrans, 1 Ex., 26. VI.1968, leg. HA; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Wildmoosalm / Seefeld in Tirol N, 9 Ex., 4.X.1959, leg. HA; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Wildmoosalm / Seefeld in Tirol N, 21 Ex., 1.X.1967, leg. HE; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Wildmoosalm / Seefeld in Tirol N, 4 Ex., 1. VI.1968, leg. HE; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Wildmoosalm / Seefeld in Tirol N, 1 Ex., 9.X.1960, leg. PE; Nordtirol, Innsbruck-Land, Zirl, 6 Ex., 4.IV.1959, leg. PE; Nordtirol, Kufstein, Brandenberg / Kaiserhaus Umgebung, 1 Ex., 20.X.2001, leg. LM; Nordtirol, Kufstein, Brandenberger Ache / Kramsach NW, 1 Ex., 31. V.1962, leg. PE.; Nordtirol, Kufstein, Münster, 2 Ex., 27. V.1962, leg. PE; Nordtirol, Arzberg / Schwaz S, 1 Ex., 4.X.1948, leg. KF; Nordtirol, Schwaz, Münster-Wiesing / Bahnhof W, Innau, 1 Ex., 23. V.1962, leg. Zschästak A.; Nordtirol, Stans / Schwaz NE, 17 Ex., 26.IV.1959, leg. PE; Nordtirol, Stans / Schwaz NE, 5 Ex., 7.VIII.1966, leg. HE; Nordtirol, Stans / Schwaz NE, 14 Ex., 26.IV.1964, leg. HE; Nordtirol, Schwaz, Strass im Zillertal, 1 Ex., 3.X.1948, leg. KF; Nordtirol, Schwaz, Strass im Zillertal, 2 Ex., 13.X.1946, leg. KF; Nordtirol, Schwaz, Strass im Zillertal, 5 Ex., 14.X.1945, leg. KF; Nordtirol, Schwaz, Terfens, 1 Ex., 30.X.1926, leg. Ratter J.; Oberösterreich, Freistadt, Sandl-Rosenhofer Teiche, 5 Ex., 21.IX.2013, leg. LM; Oberösterreich, Linz N / Maderleiten, 1 Ex., 24.IV.1975, leg. Gusenleitner J.; Osttirol, Lienz, Ainet W/ Iselufer, 6 Ex., 3.VIII.1971, leg. KA; Osttirol, Ainet / Lienz NW, 2 Ex., 3.VIII.1971, leg. KA; Osttirol, Lienz E: Iselsberg, 2 Ex., 22.VIII.1971, leg. KA; Osttirol, Lienz, St. Johann im Walde Umgebung, 1 Ex., 6.VIII.1971, leg. KA; Vorarlberg, Feldkirch / Bangs, 2 Ex., 5.IX.1995, leg. Kopf T.; Vorarlberg, Feldkirch / Bangs, 1 Ex., 26. VI.1995, leg. Kopf T.; Feldkirch / Bangs, 2 Ex., 24. VI.1995, leg. Kopf T.; Wien, Wien XIX, 1 Ex., leg. Mader. DEU D e u t s c h l a n d: Bayern, Rosenheim, Oberaudorf-Regau / Bichlersee, 1 Ex., 14.VII.2013, leg. LM; Bayern, Unterallgäu, Egelhofen, 1 Ex., 10.IV.1999, leg. Schuster G.; Bayern, Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge, Breitenbrunn, 2 Ex., 21.VIII.1955, leg. Papperitz R.; Hessen, Bad Hersfeld, 2 Ex., 1.I.1977, leg. Puthz V.; Niedersachsen, Lüneburger Heide / Celle Umgebung, 2 Ex., 1.X.1939, leg. Harting V. DNK D ä n e m a r k: Insel Bornholm, 27 Ex., 20.VI.1966, leg. Josifov M.; Hovedstaden, Bornholm / Gudhjem, 8 Ex., 18.VIII.1966, leg. Josifov M.; Midtjylland, Silkeborg, 2 Ex., 30.VIII.1965, leg. Kaiser E.W. FRA F r a n k r e i c h: Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, Var, Rians, 4 Ex., 12.VI.1975, leg. Pericart J. ITA I t a l i e n: Südtirol, Bolzano-Bozen, Staben, 1 Ex., 29.III.1971, leg. KM.Published as part of Heiss, Ernst, Eckelt, Andreas, Lederwasch, Manfred & Unterasinger, Romed, 2022, Die Heteropterensammlung Ernst Heiss im Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum. Teil IX: Gerromorpha II: Familien Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, Hydrometridae, Hermatobatidae, Veliidae, pp. 149-173 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (1) on pages 162-163, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.750725
Effectiveness and safety of ciclosporin A as therapy for autoimmune diseases of the liver in children and adolescents
No full textConventional treatment for autoimmune hepatitis results in a significant percentage of failures and several, poorly tolerated, side-effects. Therapy for autoimmune cholangitis and giant cell hepatitis associated with autoimmune haemolysis is poorly documented. Ciclosporin is a promising treaautoimmune hepatitistment for all of these diseases.
We reviewed the records of 12 patients treated in our unit between 1987 and 2001. Eight had autoimmune hepatitis, two had autoimmune cholangitis and two had giant cell hepatitis. Indications for ciclosporin were treatment failure (four patients) and contraindications to/refusal of steroids (eight patients). Ciclosporin was administered in five untreated cases and in seven patients during relapse. The mean duration of ciclosporin administration was 35.6 months (8-89 months). The median follow-up was 6.5 years (1.5-15 years).
All patients achieved complete remission in a median period of 4.5 weeks (2-12 weeks). No treatment withdrawal due to side-effects occurred. Three patients required a combination of ciclosporin with conventional treatment due to severe liver function impairment. Tolerance to ciclosporin was excellent. A 20% transient elevation of serum creatinine occurred in one case, gingival hypertrophy in two and moderate hypertrichosis in two.
Ciclosporin may be considered as a safe treatment for all autoimmune liver diseases and as an effective alternative for front-line therap
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