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Book Review: Incentives for Change: Motivating People with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Learn and Gain Independence
No full textAuthor: Demolito, L., & Harris, S. L.
Reviewer: Landry Fukunaga
Publisher: Woodbine House, 2004
Paper, ISBN: 1-890627-60-7, 145 pp.
Cost: $17.95 US
Book Review: Playing By the Rules: A Story About Autism
No full textAuthor: Dena Fox Luchsinger
Reviewer: Landry Fukunaga
Publisher: Bethesda, MD: Woodbine House, 2007
Cloth, ISBN: 978-1-890627-83-6, 32 pages
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Desmia mordor B. Landry & M. A. Solis, sp. n.
No full textDesmia mordor B. Landry & M.. Solis, sp. n. Figs 12, 13, 82, 98, 144 Material examined Holotype: ♀, ‘ ECUADOR [sideways on left side] | GALÁPAGOS | Sta Crúz, Media | Luna, Pampa Zone | 8.II.1989, M[ercury]V[apour]L[ight] | B. Landry’. ‘HOLOTYPE | Desmia | mordor | Landry & Solis’. Deposited in CNC. Paratypes: 20 ♂, 19 ♀ from Ecuador, the Galápagos Islands: – Fernandina: 1 ♂ (dissected, slide MHNG- ENTO-8671), SW side, crater rim, GPS: 1341 m, S 00° 21.910’, W 091° 34.034’, 13.ii.2005, u[ltra]v[iolet]l[ight] (B. Landry, P. Schmitz). – Isabela: 1 ♂, 3 km N S[an]to Tómas, Agr[iculture]. Zone, M[ercury]V[apor]L[ight], 8.iii.1989 (B. Landry); 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Punta Albermarle, SW of old U[nited]S[tates] radar site, Alt[itude]. ± 10 m, 27.iii. [19]70 (R. Silberglied); 1 ♂, V[olcan]. Darwin, 630 m elev[ation]., 17.v.1992, MVL (B. Landry); 1 ♀ (slide MHNG-ENTO-8980), ± 15 km N P[uer] to Villamil, 25.v.1992, MVL (B. Landry); 1 ♂, Sierra Negra, Alemania, xi.1974 (T.J. de Vries, B.M. 1976–58). – Pinta: 1 ♂, N 00° 34.591’, W 90° 45.137’, 421 m elev., 17.iii.2006, uvl (P. Schmitz, L. Roque). – Santa Cruz: 2 ♂ (one dissected, slide CNC PYR 352), Los Gemelos, 31.i.1989, MVL (B. Landry); 2 ♀, Media Luna, pampa zone, 8.ii.1989, MVL (B. Landry); 1 ♀, Horneman Farm, 220 m, 10.iii.1964 (D. Q. Cavagnaro); 1 ♂, idem except 5.iv.1964; 1 ♂, idem except 3.v.1964; 2 ♀ (slides MHNG- ENTO-8670, 8978), Finca Vilema, 2 km W Bella Vista, 1.iv.1992, MVL (B. Landry); 1 ♂, no precise locality, iv.1969 (R. Perry, Tj. de Vries, B.M. 1969-693); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Los Gemelos, 4.v.2002, uvl (B. Landry, L. Roque); 1 ♀, Los Gemelos, 27.v.1992, MVL (B. Landry); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Horneman Farm, 200 m, 24.vi.1965 (J. DeRoy); 2 ♀, idem except 26.vi.1965; 3 ♀, idem except 27.vi.1965; 3 ♂, 1 ♀, idem except 28.vi.1965. – Santiago: 1 ♀, NE side, close to Caseta, GPS: 686 m elev., S 00°14.177’, W 90°44.619’, 6.iii.2005, uvl (P. Schmitz); 3 ♂ (one dissected, slide MHNG-ENTO-8668), Aguacate [camp], 520 m elev., 6.iv.1992, MVL (B. Landry); 1 ♀, Central [camp], 700 m elev., 9.iv.1992, MVL (B. Landry); 1 ♀ (dissected, slide MHNG-ENTO-8667), Aguacate [camp], 520 m elev., 12.iv.1992, MVL (B. Landry). Deposited in AMNH, BMNH, CAS, CNC, MCZ, MHNG, and USNM. 1 ♂ from Brazil: – Bahía: 1 ♂ (slide MHNG- ENTO-8963), Camacan, Res[erva]. Serra Bonita, 800 m, 15°23’ S, 39°33’W, 24.xi.-2.xii.2013, u[ltra]v[iolet] l[ight] (B. Landry, V. Becker). Deposited in MHNG. 28 ♂, 27 ♀, 3 of unknown sex from Costa Rica: – Alajuela: 1 ♂, 12-SRNP-1518, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Camino Albergue Oscar, 560 m, Lat: 10.87741, Long: -85.32363, 15.iv.2012, eclosed 4.v.2012 from Psychotria panamensis (E. Araya); 1 ♂, 12-SRNP-1517, idem except eclosed 5.v.2012 (E. Araya); 1?sex, 13-SRNP-475, idem except 26.i.2013, eclosed 16.ii.2013 (C. Cano); 1 ♂, 12-SRNP- 86729, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Camino Francia, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, 410 m, Lat: 10.90425, Long: -85.28651, 21.xi.2015, eclosed 21.xi.2012 from Psychotria panamensis (. Cordoba); 1 ♂, 13-SRNP- 3341, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Finca San Gabriel, Sector San Cristobal, 645 m, Lat: 10.87766, Long: -85.39343, 26.vi.2013, eclosed 15.vii.2013 from Psychotria panamensis (E. Araya); 1 ♂, 13-SRNP- 3640, idem except 12.vii.2013, eclosed 15.vii.2013 from Psychotria remota (O. Espinoza); 1 ♀, 13-SRNP- 4027, idem except 2.viii.2013, eclosed 21.viii.2013 from Psychotria panamensis (E. Araya); 1 ♂, 12-SRNP-2294, idem except 2.vi.2012, eclosed 2.vi.2012 from Psychotria panamensis (E. Araya); 1 ♀, 12-SRNP-3247, idem except 30.vii.2012, eclosed 27.viii.2012 from Psychotria graciliflora (O. Espinoza); 1 ♀, 12-SRNP-3677, idem except 30.viii.2012, eclosed 2.x.2012 from Psychotria remota; 1 sex?, 12-SRNP-283, idem except 25.i.2012, eclosed 21.ii.2012, from Psychotria panamensis; 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,927), Finca San Gabriel, 16 km ENE Queb[rada]. Grande, 650 m, 1-10.vii.1986 (I. Gauld & J. Thompson); 1 ♀, idem except 11-15.vii.1986; 1 ♀, 13-SRNP-69246, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Gabriel, Flecha, 491 m, Lat: 10.94741, Long: -85.31501, 2.ii.2013, eclosed 28.ii.2013 from Psychotria jimenezii (E. Apu); 1 ♀, 12-SRNP-82060, idem except 7.xii.2012, eclosed 29.xii.2012; 1 ♂, 12-SRNP-81734, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Jacobo, 461 m, Lat: 10.94076, Long: -85.3177, 4.x.2012, eclosed 2.xi.2012, from Psychotria panamensis (E. Apu); 1 ♂, 12-SRNP-81556, idem except 20.ix.2012, eclosed 18.x.2012, from Psychotria jimenezii; 1 ♂, 12- SRNP-3539, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Albergue Crater, 980 m, Lat: 10.84886, Long: -85.3281, 17.viii.2012, eclosed 5.ix.2012 from Psychotria panamensis (E. Araya); 1 ♀, 12-SRNP-3955, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Colegio, 520 m, Lat: 10.89296, Long: -85.3788, 15.ix.2012, eclosed 10.x.2012 from Psychotria remota (C. Cano); 1 sex?, 12-SRNP-3947, idem except eclosed 6.x.2012 from Psychotria panamensis (E. Araya); 1 ♀, 12-SRNP-723, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Cristobal, Sendero Huerta, 527 m, Lat: 10.9305, Long: -85.37223, 25.ii.2013, eclosed 24.iii.2012 from Hamelia patens (identification suspect) (G. Sihezar); 1 ♀, 13-SRNP- 1836, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector San Gabriel, Sendero Perdido, 620 m, Lat: 10.8794, Long: -85.38607, 12.iv.2013, eclosed 1.v.2013 from Psychotria remota (G. Sihezar); 1 ♀, 13-SRNP-1835, idem; 1 ♀, 13-SRNP-40840, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Rincon Rain Forest, Sendero Rincon, 430 m, Lat: 10.8962, Long: -85.27769, 26.ii.2013, eclosed 30.iii.2013 from Psychotria panamensis (J. Perez); 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,959), 1 ♀, Estacion Pitilla, 9 km S. Santa Cecilia, vii.1988 (Espinosa & Chaves); 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,949), 1 ♀, F[in]ca. La Campana, El Ensayo, 7 km NW Dos Rios, 15-17.iii.1986 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs); 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,964), San Lorencito, Res[erva]. For[estal]. San Ramon, 5 km N. Col. Palmarena, 800 m, 1-4.xi.1986 (I. &. Chacon). – Cartago: 1 ♂, (slide USNM 106,957), Tapanti, Grande de Orosi, 1300-1400 m, 9.iv.1984 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs). – Guanacaste: 2 ♂ (slides USNM 106,955 & USNM 106,951), 2 ♀, Estacion Mengo, SW side Volcan Cacao, 1100 m, 29.vii.1987 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs); 1 ♀, 13-SRNP-30124, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Laguna, 680 m, Lat: 10.9888, Long: -85.42336, 10.i.2013, eclosed 30.i.2013 from Psychotria panamensis (F. Quesada); 1 ♀, 13-SRNP-31124, Area de Conservacion Guanacaste, Sector Pitilla, Sendero Orosilito, 900 m, Lat: 10.98332, Long: -85.43623, 19.viii.2013, eclosed 16.ix.2013 from Psychotria panamensis (M. Rios); 1 ♀, 13-SRNP-31126, idem; 1 ♂, 13-SRNP-31127, idem except eclosed 14.ix.2013; 2 ♂ (slides USNM 106,950 & USNM 106,954), 2 ♀, W. of Carmona, Nicoya, 600- 700 m, 19.viii.1982 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs). – Heredia: 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,956), 1 ♀, El Angel Waterfall, 8.2 km downhill Vara Blanca, 1350 m, i.1981 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs); 2 ♂ (slides USNM 106,952 & USNM 106,953), 2 ♀, Finca La Selva (OTS), Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, 50 m, 14-15.xi.1982 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs); 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,932), La Selva Biol. Sta., Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, 40 m, v.1987 (M.M. Chavarria). – Puntarenas: 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,960), 1 ♀, Monte Verde, 15-16.v.1980 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs); 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,948), Tajo Cafrosa, Z.P. Las Tablas, 1300 m, 25.xi.1987 (I. Chacon). – San Jose: 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,961), 1 ♀, Estacion Carrillo, Par[que]. Nac[ional]. Braulio Carrillo, 700 m, v.1985 (I. &. Chacon); 1 ♀, Estacion Zurqui (El Tunel), Par. Nac. Braulio Carrillo, 1500 m, vii.1985 (W. I. &. Chacon); 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,947), idem except ix.1985 (W. I. &. Chacon); 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,926), 1 ♀, La Montura, Braulio Carrillo Nat[ional]. P[ar]k., 1100 m, 17.xii.1981 (D.H. Janzen & W. Hallwachs). Deposited in USNM. 1 ♂ from Mexico: – Veracruz: 1 ♂ (slide USNM 106,939), La Gloria, Cardel, iii.1937 (J. Carmelo G.). Deposited in USNM. Diagnosis: The new species is externally similar to D. vulcanalis Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, described from Volcan Chiriqui, Panama, and Veragua. They have similar markings and absence of obvious modification of the male antenna, but externally D. vulcanalis males are larger (holotype = 21 mm forewing length, but most specimens are larger than 16 mm), the females of both species are almost the same size, D. vulcanalis colour is more chocolate brown than black, D. vulcanalis lacks the femoral and tibial modified scaling that occurs in the new species, the white markings on both wings are broader in both sexes, and in the males only, the basal areas of both wings have longer scales that give these areas a ‘fluffy’ look. In the male genitalia, the valvae are similar, but in D. vulcanalis the apex is round with a small fold that is absent in the new species, the ventrobasal section also with a small, triangular, marginal projection, but much more prominent in D. vulcanalis. Most obvious are the differences in the transtilla that is very straight in the new species, but with two lobes in D. vulcanalis, the juxta is about as long as wide in D. vulcanalis, whereas in the new species it is about twice as long as wide, and the saccus is wider and about twice as large in vulcanalis than in the new species. In the phallus both species have two sets of cornuti on the vesica, but in D. vulcanalis it is 2 lines of straight spines, about 5 on each side, decreasing in size posteriorly, whereas in the new species they form curving structures with differing sizes and arrangement of spines. In the female genitalia of D. vulcanalis the anterior apophyses are almost three times as long as the posterior apophysis, they are only twice as long in the new species. In D. vulcanalis the ductus bursae is shortly membranous followed by a sclerotized, square-shaped colliculum with a short extension into another membranous anterior part of the ductus bursae, the colliculum in the new species is wide and rectangular. The corpus bursae are similar, but in D. vulcanalis it is less broad at the cephalic end. In the Galápagos this species is unlike any other by virtue of its black wings adorned with white spots and bands. Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner) and Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius) are superficially similar, but they are paler brown and they have the forewing paler markings that touch the costa as well as the dorsum, whereas the white spots on the forewing of D. mordor do not touch either margin. Etymology: The new name, treated as a noun in apposition, means ‘Black Land’ in Sindarin, a fictional language used in The Lord of the Rings, the epic high-fantasy novel written by English author J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) (Wikipedia, 2016). Mordor is volcanic and partly arid, like the Galápagos. As Mordor is the land controlled by Sauron, the evil lord in Tolkien’s tale, this name also refers to the tendency of earlier authors to attribute names in relation to death to species of Desmia, such as D. tages (Cramer, 1777), D. sepulchralis Guenée, 1854, or D. mortualis Hampson, 1912. Description: Male (n=50) (Fig. 12). Head with frons flat, dark blackish brown except for thin white line along margin of eye ventrally from antennal base, broad scales on dorsal half of frons not entirely appressed, slightly elevated, longer and thinner scales between antennae projecting anterodorsally, longer hair-like scales behind ocelli projecting dorsomedially; antenna filiform, without modified flagellomeres but with pair of thickened setae arising laterally on each side of scale coating before middle of flagellomeres except first few, short on first flagellomeres on which they appear and then about twice as wide as corresponding flagellomeres at maximum length, vestiture dark blackish brown on scape and first few flagellomeres, paler greyish brown beyond, with white longitudinal line ventrally on scape; maxillary palpus minute, smaller than pilifer, with greyish brown scales; labial palpus bicolored, white ventrally on most of first segment and base of second, dark greyish brown elsewhere, slightly paler medially toward apex of second and tiny third segment; haustellum greyish brown at base, white to light cream beyond. Thorax dorsally mostly dark greyish brown, slightly darker at base of collar scales, with thin, paler, whitish scales at base of mesoscutum hidden by collar scales, white laterally and sometimes also basally on metascutum. Tegula extending to posterior margin of mesoscutum, scales extending to first abdominal segment. Foreleg coxa dark greyish brown with white at base and apex; femur with chocolate brown brush of short erect scales of equal length ventrally from base to 3/4, with greyish brown at base and white apically; tibia greyish brown with white and cream at base and apex, with long greyish brown scales at base of epiphysis and projecting over it, with short projecting scales laterally on distal half; tarsomeres cream coloured. Midleg femur greyish brown with white and cream at base and white subapically, ventral edge at base with row of mediumlength hair-like scales; tibia greyish brown with black at base and white and cream at tip, spurs cream with greyish brown; tarsomere I dirty cream with greyish brown on distal half dorsally; tarsomeres II-V pale cream. Hindleg femur dirty white at base, greyish brown subapically, snow white apically; tibia dark greyish brown, spurs cream dorsally and white ventrally; tarsomere I dirty cream with greyish brown on distal half dorsally; tarsomeres II white with cream distally; tarsomeres III-V white. Forewing length: 12.0-14.0 mm (wingspan: 24.0-26.0 mm); vestiture with blue-tinged white markings as illustrated (Fig. 12), reniform spot white, rectangular, orbicular and claviform white spots as one, rectangular, fringe with longer scales white above tornus. Hindwing broadly triangular, posterior margin length equal to costal margin, with white discal spot extending as a line to posterior margin, fringe with longer scales white on all of termen except anal sector. Abdomen tapering, 9 mm long, longer than female’s, dorsally dark greyish brown to blackish brown on tergite VII, tergites II-VI with snowy white line on terminal margin, with line generally wider on tergite II, ultimate segment longer than wide, blackish brown with longitudinal lateral white lines ending in black hair-like scales surrounding genitalia; ventrally white except for dark greyish brown apex of ultimate sternite. Segment VIII with sclerotization pattern as shown (Fig. 82). Male genitalia (n=21) (Fig. 98). Uncus long and narrow, with broad base, down curved distally, apically expanded slightly, dorsoventrally flattened, and covered evenly with short, thick setae, with longer setae at base. Subscaphium long and narrow, about 1.5X length of uncus. Tegumen an inverted U with bifid lateral arms, the median pair more thickly sclerotized and partly covered by wider lateral pair. Parategumenal sclerites membranous, barely extending to saccus, with sclerotized edge, with small group of long, narrow scales and denser fan of shorter, narrow and apically bifid scales. Gnathos a narrow, weakly sclerotized (hardly visible) band, apparently not connected medially. Transtilla a pair of narrow, sclerotized sclerites sharply pointed distally (or adjoining costa of valva), narrowing toward middle and connected by membrane medially. Valva elongate, wider medially, narrowing toward almost square-like apex, with dorsal, more thickly sclerotized band ending at about 3/4, with oval-shaped ventrobasal section devoid of setae and ending in small, triangular, marginal projection, ventral margin set with long (as long as width of valva), thickly sclerotized, narrow scales easily detached and shorter toward apex. Juxta with slightly broader base, parallelmargined until blunt apex, slightly shorter than uncus. Vinculum with arms of medium width, as long as wide; saccus a bulbous projection directed anteriorly, only slightly wider than long from base of vinculum. Phallus straight, with ventral wall more thickly sclerotized, widening from middle, with short, narrower tongue-like projection apically, also with short membranous, bulbous, and shortly setose projection on each side ventrolaterally before apex; vesica with two cornuti formed by small attached spines, one curved with more than 10 slightly curved spines, the other bear paw-like, with about 12 straight apical spines. Female (n=47) (Fig. 13): Antenna without pair of lateral setae from first few flagellomeres, but subsequently present and increasing slowly in length to reach slightly more than width of flagellomeres. Legs without femoral and tibial modified scales. Forewing length: 10.5- 13.0 mm (wingspan: 21.0-24.0 mm) (holotype: 10.5 mm forewing length, 21.5 mm wingspan); reniform spot rectangular as in male; orbicular and claviform spots not rectangular, appearing as two spots adjoining, sometimes disconnected. Hindwing differing from that of male in markings as illustrated (Fig. 13); posterior margin length shorter than costal margin; white discal spot extending to posterior margin as two short, white lines. Abdomen similar in colour to male, dorsally with white lateral lines on ultimate segment shorter than those of male but reaching apex, <6 mm in length, tergites II-VI not tapering, tergite VI much broader than ultimate segment giving it a square-like appearance, ultimate segment as long as wide. Female genitalia (n=4) (Fig. 144). Papillae anales narrow, with setose surface slightly longer dorsally, ventral 1/3 flattened and slightly curving posteriorly; narrow basal sclerotized band slightly enlarging ventrally; posterior apophyses straight except for slight subbasal bend, about half as long as width of papillae anales. Segment VIII with tergum dorsally about 3X ventral length, with medium length setae more concentrated on distal half and dorsally; without sternal plates or other ventral modifications; anterior apophyses almost twice as long as posterior apophyses, slightly sinuate, with slight enlargement subbasally. Membrane around ostium bursae membranous, unmodified. Ductus bursae very short, with basal section occupied entirely by wide, rectangular colliculum dorsally thickly sclerotized and only so as basal band ventrally; constriction at base of colliculum followed by equally wide shorter membranous and spiculate section. Corpus bursae elongate, about thrice as long as ductus bursae, with basal section scobinated until medioventral inception of ductus seminalis, with following short section slightly narrower and without membrane ornaments, then slightly enlarged in broad triangle on right side with scobination slightly thicker on enlargement than at cephalic end. Biology: One BMNH paratype specimen from Santa Cruz Island, without specific locality, bears a label recording ‘further specimen from larva taken on Psychotria rufipes, Fernandina, October 1969 ’. This specimen is probably a CDRS specimen only labelled ‘105’, a number that refers to a note in a CDRS notebook mentioning that it was reared from ‘ Psychotria rufipes ’. Many of the paratypes from Costa Rica have been reared also from species of Psychotria (P. graciliflora Benth., P. jimenezii Standl., P. panamensis Standl., P. remota Benth.). Most Galápagos specimens were collected above 200 m in elevation, up to 1341 m at the rim of the volcano on Fernandina, but a small series was taken near the sea shore at Punta Albermarle on Isabela. Collecting localities on Galápagos harbour a diverse set of habitats, from untouched to modified for lowintensity agriculture. Collecting dates of the Galápagos specimens are from January to June and October. Distribution: In the Galápagos this species has been collected on the islands of Fernandina, Isabela, Pinta, Santa Cruz, and Santiago. On the continent it is known from Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil. Remarks: Rubiaceae, Psychotria rufipes Hook. f. is a vulnerable Galápagos endemic present on Fernandina, Floreana, Isabela, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, and Santiago (Jaramillo Díaz & Guézou, 2015).Published as part of Bernard Landry, 2016, Taxonomic revision of the Spilomelinae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae s. l.) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, pp. 315-399 in Revue suisse de Zoologie 123 (2) on pages 323-329, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15530
Fables
No full textAs the closing AI indicates, there are sixty-eight fables here, with nine popular-style cartoon illustrations. Not in The Fabulists French. Online I can find out nothing about this author, though I have found his book online for sale and downloadable digitally. I have struggled to understand one or two shorter texts here in these mostly uncut pages. I think I may have succeeded with Jacquot (73). Jacquot is just three years old. No toy can console him for not being able to go to school. What would please you so much at school? What pleases Lisette: getting so many days off. Often we seek the eyeglasses that we are carrying on the end of our nose! A monk receives a hundred-year old man asking for lodging and cares for him graciously. He notices that the man says no prayer before eating. I do not believe in God or the devil and am doing fine. Whom am I to thank for this evening? You, and I do thank you. The monk is scandalized and throws him out. God then asks the monk what he has done. Kicked him out for insulting you. I have experienced his insults for a hunded years and loved him as a father. You only had to watch him eat and sleep. The monk understood and went after the impious man to resume his residence (145-6). This book looks to me like another of those out-of-the-way ephemeral finds for this collection.Language note: FrenchLouis Landr
Undulambia lindbladi Landry, NEW SPECIES
No full textUndulambia lindbladi Landry, NEW SPECIES (Figs 3–11) Type material. HOLOTYPE: ɗ with the following labels. 1 - " ECU [ADOR]., GALAPAGOS/ Santiago, Central/ 700 m elev[ation]., 9.iv. 1992 / M[ercury] V[apour] L[amp], leg [it]. B[ernard]. Landry" (typed on white card stock); 2 - " HOLOTYPE / Undulambia / lindbladi / Landry & Roque-Albelo" (hand-written on red card stock). Deposited in the MHNG. PARATYPES: 28 ɗ, 7 Ψ from Ecuador, Galapagos Islands. Isabela. 1 Ψ, Santo Tomas, 360 m, Jan[uary] 1971 [R. Perry & Tj. De Vries]; 2 Ψ, Volcan Sierra Negra, Corason [sic] Verde, 360 m, L 164, January 1971, R. Perry & Tj. De Vries, B.M. 1971 - 79; 1 Ψ (dissected, slide MHNG 3039), [Volcan] Alcedo, lado NE, 700 m [elevation], camp guayabillos, u[ltra] v[iolet] l[ight], 16.iv. 2002, leg. B. Landry, L. Roque; 1 Ψ (dissected, B.M. Pyralidae slide 21171), Corazon Verde, xi-xii- 1974, T. J. de Vries, B.M. 1976 - 58; 1 Ψ, Corazon Verde, 19-20.xii. 1975, T. J. de Vries, B.M. 1976 - 58. Pinta. 10 ɗ (two dissected: MHNG (wing) slide 3042, MHNG (genitalia) slide 3037), 400-650 m elev., day, 18.iii. 1992, leg. B. Landry. San Cristobal. 1 ɗ (dissected, slide BL 1639), pampa zone, MVL, 15.ii. 1989, B. Landry; 1 ɗ (dissected, slide BL 1183), same data except date: 18.ii. 1989. Santa Cruz. 1 ɗ (dissected, slide BL 1638), Media Luna, Pampa Zone, MVL, 21.i. 1989, B. Landry; 1 ɗ, ii-iii. 1970, R. Perry & Tj. De Vries, Ref. No. L. BM. 1971 - 4; 1 ɗ (dissected, slide MHNG 3038), Los Gemelos, MVL, 27.v. 1992, leg. B. Landry; 1 ɗ, Los Gemelos, 11.ix. 2001, R. Boada; 1 ɗ, Media Luna, en Pteridium, 23.x. 2001 [L. Roque]; 1 ɗ (dissected, B.M. Pyralidae slide 21170), 1 Ψ (dissected, B.M. Pyralidae slide 21169), Camote, xi. 1974, B.M. 1975 - 7, Ref. No. L. Santiago. 8 ɗ (two dissected, MHNG 3036, MHNG 3129), same data as holotype; 2 ɗ, same data as holotype except date: 10.iv. 1992. Deposited in the BMNH, CDRS, CNC, MHNG, and USNM. Diagnosis. Among the other members of Undulambia, this species has male genitalia similar to those of U. fulvitinctalis (Hampson), described from Peru, but the wing pattern differs. The male and female genitalia are also very similar to the illustrations provided in the original description of U. polystichalis Capps (1965), described from Florida, U.S.A., but the two species differ in details of the wing pattern, and U. lindbladi has the wing margins less excised (see Munroe 1972, pl. 4). Other species of Undulambia have even greater differences in wing pattern from U. lindbladi. Description. Male (n = 29) (Figs 3, 5–8, 10). Head with labial palpi upturned, reaching upper margin of eye; second palpomere about 1.3 X length of third palpomere and as long as larger diameter of eye; greyish brown laterally on first palpomere and base or most of second, whitish-beige elsewhere. Maxillary palpi dark brown laterally at base, beige medially and on apical segment. Fronto-clypeus usually white with brown laterally, but usually descaled; brown in darker specimens from San Cristobal. Vertex and occiput white with light brown to yellowish brown longer and thinner scales apicolaterally, and shorter and wider scales behind eyes; all brown in darker specimens from San Cristobal. Antenna about 10 % shorter than forewing (n = 6); each antennomere with apical ring of short scales and with additional basal set of about 8 scales dorsally; scales dark brown on first half of antenna, grey on apical half. Thorax anteriorly mostly light brown with slight ochreous tinge, with scales darker brown at their apex, dark brown at base of tegulae, whitish beige on mesothorax; darker brown in darker specimens from San Cristobal. All legs beige medially, laterally as follows, but darker greyish brown in darker specimens from San Cristobal. Foreleg light greyish brown on coxa; darker greyish brown on other segments. Midleg femur and three apical tarsomeres light greyish brown, tibia and first two tarsomeres darker greyish brown except for beige tip of tibia. Hindleg mostly beige, or with light greyish brown on tibia and all or only first two tarsomeres. Forewing length 4.19–6.38 mm (Holotype: 5.56 mm). Forewing outer margin (Fig. 3) slightly undulated, slightly more concave between M 1 and M 2; venation (Fig. 5) with Sc ending at costal glandular swelling medially; R 1 short, also ending at costal glandular swelling; R 2 and R 3 stalked, originating from about ¼ length of R 4; R 5 free, ending at apex; M 1 free from R 5, originating slightly below anterior angle of cell; M 2 free, originating slightly above posterior corner of cell; cell open; M 3 from posterior angle of cell; Cu 1 from slightly before posterior angle of cell; Cu 2 from about 2 / 3 cubital stem; CuP absent (diagnostic for subfamily); 1 A represented by fold; 2 A strong; 3 A represented by short rudiment. Hindwing outer margin as in forewing; venation with Sc+R 1 and Rs stalked from before 2 / 3 wing length; M 1 arising slightly before middle of wing; cell open; M 2 free, from above posterior angle of cell; M 3 from posterior angle of cell; CuA 1 from before posterior angle of cell; CuA 2 from 3 / 5 length of cell; CuP absent; 1 A weak, distinct only in its distal half; 2 A shown as distinct line of stain, but not forming tube, except for base; 3 A absent. Forewing colour dark brown with white and orange markings (obscured in darker specimens from San Cristobal); darker brown at base along costa and as outwardly concave crescent-shaped spot marking end of discal cell; with white, oblong, subcostal fovea medially; with four transverse white lines lined with dark brown: basal line usually incomplete towards costa, submedian line at 1 / 3 and nearly straight, postmedian line from 2 / 3 dorsum, straight to discal cell, surrounding apex of cell and ending straight on costa at 2 / 3, subapical line less conspicuous and made of separated spots between veins; orange markings as basal spot medially, along main veins before postmedian line, and as transverse lines following postmedian and subapical white lines although apical orange line separated into spots between veins; fringe with line of shorter scales dark greyish brown and line of longer scales light greyish brown. Hindwing mostly white with dark brown and orange lines, or mostly dark brown with inconspicuous lines in darker specimens from San Cristobal; with three thin lines, latter most conspicuous, before ¼ wing length; median dark brown line similar in shape to white postmedian line; with dark brown spot at end of discal cell; with somewhat diffuse and irregular postmedian band of light greyish brown or dark brown (especially towards anal margin) and light orange projecting towards termen along some veins and between M 1 and M 2; with subapical dark brown line sometimes interrupted along veins, followed by light orange or white; sometimes with dark brown spots terminally; fringe on termen as in forewing, lighter greyish brown on anal margin. Abdomen dorsally banded greyish brown (on most of segments’ surfaces) and beige (at apices of segments II to VII and base of segment II) except for white base and apex of segment I, but darker specimens from San Cristobal entirely greyish brown except for thin row of white at apices of segments I to VII; ventrally banded as on dorsal surfaces of segments, but darker areas much paler, especially so on darker specimens from San Cristobal. Male genitalia (n = 9) (Figs 6 –8, 10). Uncus narrow, slightly down-curved, about 10 % shorter than valva measured on dorsal margin, with sparse setae of short to moderate length, apically gently pointed. Gnathos almost straight, only slightly down-curved, about ¾ length of uncus, with 4–10 small, shark-tooth-like spines on apical 1 / 5; bases extended ventrally. Tegumen in dorsal view with anterior margin forming broad, thickly sclerotized V; dorsally about half as wide as laterally; posterior margin laterally weakly sclerotized on dorsal 2 / 3, thickly sclerotized, strenghtened, on ventral 1 / 3. With moderately sclerotized narrow plate (t–v plate of Yoshiyasu (1985), stated to be absent in Musotiminae) situated along lateroposterior margins of tegumen and connected between lateroventral angles of uncus and short dorsobasal projections of valvae as well as dorsal point of strenghtened posteroventral edges of tegumen. Vinculum laterally narrow, with bulbous saccus directed upward, almost as long as and almost at right angle from lateral branches of vinculum. Subscaphium lightly sclerotized ventrally, scobinated. Juxta long, about 3 X as long as wide, slightly shorter than gnathos, with narrow and low longitudinal crest dorsomedially from 1 / 5 to 3 / 5. Manica with minute setulae and spined ridges. Valva elongate, 2.5 X longer than width at widest point situated near middle of convex ventral margin; dorsal edge on basal 1 / 3 wide, flattened and bare, with narrow, thickly sclerotized bar on medial edge; bar finely pointed apically and with short upward projection at base; medially with sparse short setae; apically rounded. Phallus slightly shorter than valva; apical third slightly down-curved; lateral margins mostly straight although irregular; basal 2 / 3 (from base to zone) dorsoventrally compressed, with lateral margins strongly sclerotized, but without sclerotization between margins for part or most of basal 2 / 3; beyond zone with partial (broken in diagonal dorsally), more strongly sclerotized ring of about 1 / 10 total length, apical 1 / 5 with longitudinal ridges all around; vesica without ornamentations. Female (n = 7) (Figs 4, 9, 11). Labial palpi projected straight ahead, only slightly upturned apically, longer than male’s, with second palpomere 1.5 X longer than third palpomere and 1.8 X longer than largest diameter of eye. Antenna about 25 % shorter than forewing (n= 3; range= 16 %– 37 %); antennomeres thinner than male’s. Colour (Fig. 4) generally darker brown than in males. Forewing length 4.81–6.25 mm; pattern with more or less distinct white transverse markings, and with variable amounts of orange scaling; forewing and hindwing shape as males’, but without glandular swelling and fovea; frenulum with one acantha. Female genitalia (n = 3) (Figs 9, 11). Papillae anales rounded, about 2 X longer than wide at largest width, dorsally, with basal sclerotized band wide dorsally (about 1 / 3 total width) to very narrow ventrally, with irregular margins; with setae of medium length to long mostly on apical margin and few long setae along margin of basal sclerotized band. Posterior apophyses slender, pointed, reaching basal margin of segment VIII. Segment VIII with narrow sclerotized basal band disconnected ventrally, also with band of few short setae laterally and dorsally at apex of segment; anterior apophyses slender, slightly curved, blunt, reaching about middle of segment VII. Ostium in middle of intersegmental membrane VII-VIII ventrally, without associated sclerotization, but with minute spinulae. Ductus bursae long and moderately wide, dorsoventrally compressed, reaching basal margin of segment VII, with spinulae next to connection with ductus seminalis (close to entrance of corpus bursae). Corpus bursae elongate, about 20 % shorter than ductus bursae, slightly wider on proximal half, about twice as long as wide (width measured at proximal half), with spinulae on most of surface except proximal third. Spermatophore perfectly rounded except for short and slightly narrower neck. Life history. One specimen was reared by the second author from a larva mining a stem of the fern Pteridium aquilinum var. arachnoideum Herter (Polypodiaceae). The moths fly in the day time and at night, and they are attracted to light. Most of the available specimens were collected at higher elevations, mostly in fern covered habitats. Notes. The identification of this species to genus Undulambia was originally made by E. G. Munroe after his examination of the first specimens collected by BL in 1989. Its morphology generally agrees with the description of the genus provided by Lange (1956) and Munroe (1972), and the characters mentioned by Yen et al. (2004) in their Table 2 which compares most of the genera of Musotiminae. Of particular importance to us in assigning U. lindbladi to Undulambia when comparing it with the generic description are the presence of a median costal swelling and fovea on the male forewing, the absence of cataclystiform wing pattern elements (especially terminal dots on the hindwing as found in Neurophyseta Hampson), the simple male valva with a narrower apex, and the similarity in shape of the phallus. Undulambia lindbladi differs from the type species of the genus (U. striatalis Dyar) in the less incised wing margins, the wing pattern (U. striatalis has a striking pattern of longitudinal stripes), the stalking of forewing veins R 2 and R 3 before their common stem is stalked with R 4 (R 2 and R 3 are separately stalked with R 4 in U. striatalis), the apparent absence of 3 A in the hindwing, the less bifid juxta in the male genitalia, and the narrower ductus bursae. This comparison suffers from the coarse description of U. striatalis and our lack of material, but we believe that no other Musotiminae genus of the New World would make a better choice for U. lindbladi. We feel especially confident in E. G. Munroe’s initial assignment of this species to Undulambia as he described two of the seven recognized Musotiminae genera in the New World (Malleria and Midilambia; Cymoriza Guenée having been synonymized by Munroe (1995) by placing its type species, C. damescalis Guenée, in Neurophyseta) and he listed all the species, introducing 41 new combinations (Munroe 1995). Also, if one considers U. polystichalis Capps, from Florida, to be a member of Undulambia, then the wing pattern similarity is another character in favour of assigning U. lindbladi to Undulambia. However, a phylogenetic analysis of the New World genera would be desirable, although clearly beyond the scope of this study, to properly evaluate the placement of this species and all other Undulambia species with regards to their similarities and differences from the type species of Undulambia. With this in mind we prefer the conservative approach of considering the differences as intra-generic. In order to determine that the Galapagos Islands’ species of Undulambia was new, BL examined the types of 15 of the 29 described species in the BMNH and Munroe’s (1972) treatment of North America (3 species), and M. A. Solis (pers. comm.) compared it with the types of the other 11 species in the USNM. The name of this species honours Sven-Olof Lindblad of Lindblad Expeditions, based in New York, U.S.A., for his multiple generous contributions to conservation in the Galapagos Islands. The species has been found so far on the islands of Isabela, Pinta, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz, and Santiago. The sexual dimorphism reflected by the longer and forward directed labial palpi of the female hasn’t been recorded for the North American species of Musotiminae (Munroe 1972), but in Neurophyseta species and Austromusotima camptozonale (Hampson) the labial palps are sexually dimorphic, although the dimorphism is different than that of Undulambia lindbladi Landry (Phillips and Solis 1996; Yen et al. 2004). Wing colour dimorphism has been noted also for Undulambia polystichalis Capps (1965). In the Galapagos Islands this species can be differentiated from the other Lepidoptera species by the characters that identify it as a Pyralidae (scaled proboscis and presence of abdominal tympanal organs) and, among the Pyralidae, by the wing pattern, especially the presence in the forewing of two paler, usually white, transverse lines bordered by dark brown scales, i.e., an almost straight submedian line and a curved postmedian line from about 2 / 3 dorsal margin to 2 / 3 costa. The slight incision of the outer margin between M 1 and M 2 in both wings is also diagnostic, as well as the presence in the male of a glandular swelling on the forewing costa associated with a subcostal fovea medially.Published as part of Landry, Bernard & Roque-Albelo, Lazaro, 2006, The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, pp. 45-56 in Zootaxa 1354 on pages 48-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17456
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The event coincides with the 55th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The seminar’s genesis started with Brewer’s research and presentation on the several Atlas missile sites, which were active in southwestern Oklahoma during the early 1960s. These missiles went on active alert during the crisis in October 1962.https://dc.swosu.edu/facpresent/1000/thumbnail.jp
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