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Mathis Family Liniment
No full textTrade card advertising Mathis' Family Liniment, and Mathis' Dysentery Remedy, remedies prepared by C.B. Mathis, Toms River, N.J
Mathis' Dysentery Remedy
No full textTrade card advertising Mathis' Dysentery Remedy, a remedy prepared by C.B. Mathis, Toms River, N.J
The Ringwood Times
No full textWeekly newspaper from Ringwood, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and United States national news along with advertising
Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi Mathis
No full text5. <i>Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi</i> Mathis <p>Figs. 27–34, Map 5</p> <p> <i>Paracoenia (Paracoenia) wirthi</i> Mathis 1975: 78 [United States. California. Inyo: Tecopa Hot Springs (1.6 km N); HT ♂, CAS (12033)].— Mathis 1980: 9 –11 [revision].— Mathis and Zatwarnicki 1995: 251 [world catalog].</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> This species is distinguished from congeners, especially <i>P. bisetosa,</i> by the following combination of characters: Medium-sized shore flies, body length 3.12–3.65 mm; subshiny dorsally, bluish green to green metallic luster.</p> <p> <i>Head</i> (Figs. 27–28): Mesofrons greenish blue, shiny; fronto-orbital areas dark brown, microtomentose to subshiny. Face densely microtomentose, grayish tank, dorsum of facial hump slightly darker than face, grayer; paravertical setae shorter than their distance apart; gena-to-eye ratio 0.30; eye ratio 0.64, height-to-length ratio 0.91; eye-width-to-face-length ratio 0.44.</p> <p> <i>Thorax:</i> Mesonotum (Fig. 29) with anterior area slightly microtomentose, becoming subshiny to shiny posteriorly; acrostichal setulae in 3–4 rows anteriorly, becoming irregular, 5–6 rows posteriorly. Mesopleuron with more subdued coloration than mesonotum, mostly olivaceous gray. Wing nearly transparent to faintly brown.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen:</i> Concolorous with mesonotum; digitiform lateral process of male tergite 5 elongate, acutely pointed apically; male sternite 5 (Fig. 34) broadly U-shaped with posteriorly extended arms oriented posteriorly, acutely pointed, anterior margin somewhat truncate, posterior margin moderately deeply emarginate. Male terminalia (Figs. 30–32): Surstylus in posterior view with base robustly developed, width 3X apical width, thereafter abruptly narrowed with apical extension narrowly digitiform; medial triangular process less than half length of surstylar arm, not cleft apicomedially; gonite more or less triangular, sider basally, apical half tapered, apex digitiform, apex rounded. Female ventral receptacle as in Fig. 33 with large, mushroom-like operculum.</p> <p> <b>MAP 5.</b> Distribution map for <i>Paracoenia wirthi</i> Mathis.</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> The holotype male is labeled “ USA. CALIF. Inyo Co 1 mi N Tecopa Hot Spg 24 June 1974 [,] Wayne N. Mathis/ HOLOTYPE <i>Paracoenia wirthi</i> Mathis [red; 12033].” Allotype and 21 paratypes (7♂, 14♀; CAS, USNM) bear the same label data as the holotype. Other paratypes as listed in Mathis (1975:78). The holotype male is double mounted (minute nadel), is in excellent condition, and is deposited in the CAS (12033).</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> United States. California. Inyo: Tecopa Hot Springs (1.6 km N; 35°52.7'N, 116°13.9'W); HT ♂, CAS (12033).</p> <p> <b>Other specimens examined.</b> <i>MEXICO. Baja California:</i> Guadalupe Canyon (32°09.3'N, 115°47.4'W), 19 May 1957, F. X. Williams (1♂, 3♀; CAS). <i>Distrito Federal:</i> Mixquic, Chalco Lake (9 km NW; 19°15.5'N, 98°58.6'W), 1 Aug 1965, K. R. Valley (4♂, 16♀; CAS, USNM).</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Map 5). Nearctic: United States (California). Neotropical: Mexico (Baja California, Distrito Federal).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species is similar to <i>P. bi s pi no s a</i> but is slightly smaller in body length and less setulose. The ventral margin of the male sternite five is broadly U-shaped, and the connecting bridge is wide; the male tergite five is produced into an acutely pointed process; and the surstylus is more robustly developed basally, and the distal surstylar extensions are narrowly digitiform; the gonite is narrowed toward the apex, and the apex is digitiform, apically rounded.</p>Published as part of <i>Mathis, Wayne N. & Marinoni, Luciane, 2016, Revision of Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae) from the Americas south of the United States, pp. 1-110 in Zootaxa 4116 (1)</i> on pages 24-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4116.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/257322">http://zenodo.org/record/257322</a>
Parahyadina irwini Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2019, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Parahyadina irwini</i>, sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 43, 45–48, Map 9)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> This species is distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: Adults. Small shore flies, body length 1.35–1.85 mm.</p> <p> <i>Head</i> (Fig. 43): Lateroclinate fronto-orbital seta well developed, basal diameter comparable or only slightly reduced in comparison to basal diameters of vertical setae.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i> (Fig. 43): Postsutural scutum without distinct, longitudinal vittae between acrostichal setae and dorsocentral setae. Wing hyaline; costal vein ratio 1.10–1.19; M vein ratio 0.23–0.38.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen.</i> Tergites 3–5 with ventrolateral margin shallowly rounded; male sternite 4 weakly sclerotized, as 2 relatively approximate, lateral, longitudinal bars; male tergite 5 extended posteriorly in same plane as tergite 4; male sternite 5 Y-shaped, arms flared anterolaterally, moderately well developed. <i>Male terminalia</i> (Figs. 45–48): Epandrium in posterior view (Fig. 45) broadly oval with ventromedial projections tapered to narrowly rounded apex, bearing 4 setulae near midlength and a prominent apical setulae, in lateral view (Fig. 46) with dorsal 2/3 narrow, linear, more or less parallel sided; surstylar length (from rounded, medial bump) about ½ height of cercus, angled slightly posteromedially, in lateral view (Fig. 46) with a medial, short, hook-like protrusion, tapered from wider base to narrowly rounded apex, apex bearing a single, short seta, also bearing 4 setulae in a vertical line along anterior margin at midlength; cercus in posterior view (Fig. 45) irregularly obovate, tapered to point dorsally, ventral margin broadly rounded, generally covered with small setulae, in lateral view (Fig. 46) height almost twice width with anterior margin somewhat straight, posterior margin irregularly arched; aedeagus heavily sclerotized, in lateral view (Fig. 48) tubular, elongate, with 2 basal prongs, dorsal protrusion about 3 times length of basal one, apically as an abruptly narrowed, acutely pointed projection, length slightly less than aedeagal width at midlength, in ventral view (Fig. 47) about as wide as long, base broadly rounded, apical third narrowed, short, parallel sided with a short, medial projection; phallapodeme in lateral view (Fig. 48) irregularly triangular with 2 moderately narrowed angles and truncate, wide, keel as third angle, in ventral view (Fig. 47) narrowly hour-glass shaped, base narrowly Y-shaped with short arms, apex tapered to point, widest subapically; gonite and hypandrium broadly fused, in lateral view (Fig. 48) robustly L-shaped, gonal portion bearing a digitiform, shallowly curved projection, hypandrial portion longer than wide, narrowly rectangular, in ventral view (Fig. 47) generally irregularly rectangular, convexly truncate basally, becoming slightly wider posteriorly, posterior margin abruptly narrowed as digitiform, medially curved projections.</p> <p> <b>Type Specimen.</b> The holotype male is labeled “ <b>NEW ZEALAND.</b> S. ISL. NN: Flora Saddle (41°11.4’S, 172°44.2’E), 12Feb 1998 [,] Wayne N. Mathis/ USNM ENT 00085386 [plastic bar code label]/ HOLOTYPE ♂ <i>Parahyadina irwini</i> Mathis & Zatwarnicki NZAC [red].” The holotype is double mounted (minuten in block of plastic elastomer), is in excellent condition, and is deposited in NZAC. Seven paratypes (4♂, 3♀; NZAC, USNM) bears the same label data as the holotype except for one male for which V. Hollmann was the collector.</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> New Zealand. South Island. NN: Flora Saddle (41°11.4’S, 172°44.2’E).</p> <p> <b>Other specimens examined.</b> <b>NORTH ISLAND. ND:</b> Whananaki (7 km SW; freshwater creek; 35°32.9’S, 174°24.6’E), 6 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (1♂; USNM).</p> <p> <b>SOUTH ISLAND. CO:</b> Danseys Pass (1.2 km SW; 44°57.2’S, 170°22.0’E; 856 m), 11 Jan 2004, W. N. Mathis (1♂, 2♀; USNM); Danseys Pass (2.2 km NE; 44°56.9’S, 170°24.2’E; 586 m), 11 Jan 2004, W. N. Mathis (2♂, 2♀; USNM). <b>FD:</b> Borland Saddle (22 km W Monowai; 45°44.8’S, 167°23.2’E; 945–988 m); 18 Jan 2004, W. N. Mathis (2♂, 2♀; USNM); Lake Monowai (45°48.7’S, 167°31.3’E; 225 m); 17–20 Jan 2004, W. N. Mathis (1♂; USNM); Monowai River (45°46.7’S, 167°35.7’E; 171 m); 17–18 Jan 2004, W. N. Mathis (4♂, 3♀; USNM). <b>MC:</b> Acheron River (43°19.7’S, 171°40.5’E; 772 m), 10 Jan 2004, W. N. Mathis (3♂, 3♀; USNM); Lake Pearson (43°05.6’S, 171°46.8’E; 612 m); 3 Feb 2004, W. N. Mathis (4♂, 3♀; USNM). <b>NN:</b> Graham Valley (41°12.1’S, 172°50.8’E), 12 Feb 1998, W. N. Mathis (1♂, 1♀; USNM). <b>SL:</b> Orepuki (46°16.9’S, 167°44.3’E), 8 Feb 1976, L. L. Deitz (1♀; NZAC).</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Map 9). Australasian/Oceanian: New Zealand. North Island (ND), South Island (CO, FD, MC, NN, SL).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet, <i>irwini,</i> is a Latinized genitive patronym to honor the contributions of Anthony G. Irwin to our study of shore flies (Diptera: Ephydridae), especially his editing skills and knowledge of the literature.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> Externally, this species is very similar to <i>P. edmistoni, P. latistylis,</i> and <i>P. debilis</i> but is distinguished from these by the following combination of characters: Male tergites three through five with ventrolateral margins shallowly and bluntly rounded, not acutely developed, as in <i>P. edmistoni</i>; and male tergite five extends posteriorly in the same plane as tergite four. Structures of the male terminalia distinguish this species, especially the moderately short and thin surstylus and the robust and L-shaped gonite (Fig. 48). The length of the gonite in lateral view (Fig. 48) is about twice its basal width, the apex is irregularly and bluntly rounded, and there is a lateral, digitiform prominence.</p>Published as part of <i>Mathis, Wayne N. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, Revision of the Shore-fly Genera Parahyadina Tonnoir and Malloch and New Zealand Hyadina Haliday (Diptera: Ephydridae), pp. 401-440 in Zootaxa 4623 (3)</i> on pages 429-432, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3258532">http://zenodo.org/record/3258532</a>
Limnellia huachuca Mathis 1978
No full text<p> <b>huachuca</b> Mathis, 1978: 270. Type localty: United States, Arizona, Cochise, Huachuca Mountains, Ramsey Canyon, Sierra Vista (24 km S; 6,000 ft). HT M (CNC). Distr.: Nearctic: United States (Arizona). Neotropical: Colombia, Mexico (Michoacan), West Indies (Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Puerto Rico).</p>Published as part of <i>Mathis, Wayne Neilsen, Júnior, Francisco De Assis Rodrigues & Couri, Márcia Souto, 2016, FAMILY EPHYDRIDAE, pp. 752-770 in Zootaxa 4122 (1)</i> on page 763, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4122.1.64, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/267319">http://zenodo.org/record/267319</a>
Investigating the protective role of phosphorylation for PSII complexes.
No full textZheleva D, Hankamer B, Barber J, Kruse O. Investigating the protective role of phosphorylation for PSII complexes. In: Mathis P, ed. Photosynthesis: from Light to Biosphere. Dordrecht: Kluwer Acad. Publ.; 1995: 401-404
Parahyadina bulla Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2019, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Parahyadina bulla,</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 18, 23–26, Map 5)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> This species is distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: Adults. Small to moderately small shore flies, body length 1.75–2.40 mm.</p> <p> <i>Head</i> (Fig. 18): Lateroclinate fronto-orbital seta well developed, basal diameter comparable or only slightly reduced in comparison to basal diameters of vertical setae.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i> (Fig. 18): 2 pairs of posterior dorsocentral setae. Wing hyaline; costal section II greater in length than costal section III; costal vein ratio 0.83–0.85; M vein ratio 0.30–0.32.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen:</i> Tergites 3–5 with ventrolateral margin shallowly round; male tergite 5 extended posteriorly in same plane as tergite 4. <i>Male terminalia</i> (Figs. 23–26): Epandrium in posterior view (Fig. 23) as inverted, regular U, surstylar arms oriented ventrally, widest a ventral level of cerci, in lateral view (Fig. 24) with dorsal, epandrium linear, narrow, more or less parallel sided, widest at level of fusion with surstyli; surstylar length (from fusion bulge ventrad) subequal to height of cercus, oriented in same plane as epandrial portion, in lateral view (Fig. 24) with slight basal swelling (at fusion with epandrium), thereafter ventrally tapered to narrowly rounded, shallowly recurved apex, posterior margin very shallowly obtusely angled, apex bearing a single, short, curved setula, also bearing 2 larger setulae along anterior margin at midheight, length of setulae twice that of apical setula; cercus in posterior view (Fig. 23) irregularly obovate, generally covered with small setulae, in lateral view (Fig. 24) height greater than twice width with anterior margin somewhat straight, posterior margin almost regularly arched; aedeagus in lateral view (Fig. 26) slipper-like with toe toward base, base shallowly bifurcate with slightly asymmetric, short arms, in ventral view (Fig. 25) with basal margin deeply arched, wide, apical margin with short, wide medial projection, apex truncate; phallapodeme in lateral view (Fig. 26) irregularly triangular, with moderately broad, elongate keel with a broadly rounded apical margin, extension toward aedeagal base digitiform, elongate, hypandrial extension broader and shorter than extension toward aedeagal base, in ventral view (Fig. 25) very as a cross, with base shallowly bifurcate, cross piece at midlength, thereafter toward apex tapered to narrowly rounded apex; gonite and hypandrium broadly fused, in lateral view (Fig. 26) with hypandrial portion longer than gonal portion, with shallow step at midlength, gonal portion short, tapered to point apically, in ventral view (Fig. 25) tubular with lateral extension at 90° angle and with paired apical, digitiform extensions medially that bear 2 apical tubercles.</p> <p> <b>Type Specimen.</b> The holotype male of <i>Parahyadina bulla</i> is labeled “ NEW ZEALAND. Tennants Lake (43°49.4’S, 176°34’W), 14 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis/ USNM ENT 00184462 [plastic bar code label]/HO- LOTYPE ♂ <i>Parahyadina bulla</i> Mathis & Zatwarnicki NZAC [red].” The holotype is double mounted (minuten in a plastic block), is in excellent condition, and is deposited in the NZAC. Thirty-two paratypes bear the same label data as the holotype (18♂, 14♀; USNM). Other paratypes are as follows: <b>Chatham Islands. Chatham Island:</b> Cape Young (43°41.7’S, 176°37.5’W; on <i>Cotula coronopifolia</i> L.), 16 Jan 1976, R. P. MacFarlane (1♂; NZAC); Kiringe Creek (44°02.8’S, 176°38.3’W), 13 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (1♀; USNM); Lake Te Roto (43°49.2’S, 176°34.8’W), 12 Feb 1967, J. S. Dugdale (2♂, 2♀; NZAC); Mangahu Forest (43°58.6’S, 176°30.2’W), 10 Feb 1967, J. S. Dugdale (1♂; NZAC); Ocean Mail Point (2.5 km W; beach on lagoon; 43°45’S, 176°27.6’W), 12 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (2♀; USNM); Port Hutt (1 km NW; peat and bracken fern; 43°48.1’S, 176°43.3’W), 14 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (13♂, 14♀; USNM); Rotoparaoa Lake (43°48.7’S, 176°35.3’W), 14 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (2♂, 1♀; USNM); Tuku River (mouth; 44°03.9’S, 176°39.2’W), 13 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (3♂, 3♀; USNM); Waitangi Creek (43°47.1’S, 176°48.3’W), 14 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (1♂, 1♀; USNM); Waterfall Creek (44°03.5’S, 176°38.2’W), 13 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (1♂; USNM); Wharekuri (field and beach; 43°42.4’S, 176°34.7’W), 12 Oct 2002, D. and W. N. Mathis (6♂, 5♀; USNM). <b>Pitt Island:</b> Glory Bay (44°19’S, 176°12.1’W), 14 Jan 1990, J. W. Early (1♂, 2♀; LUNZ).</p> <p> <b>Type locality.</b> New Zealand. Chatham Islands. Chatham Island. Tennants Lake (43°49.4’S, 176°34’W).</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Map 5). Australasian/Oceanian: New Zealand. Chatham Islands (Chatham Island, Pitt Island).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The species epithet, <i>bulla,</i> is of Latin derivation and means knob, referring to the swollen, knoblike apex of the shallowly recurved gonite of this species.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species is apparently endemic to the Chatham Islands, occurring on both Chatham Island and Pitt Island. The dozen or so islets of the Chatham Islands were not sampled.</p> <p> This species is very similar to <i>P. lacustris,</i> including many structures of the male terminalia, such as the surstylus. The gonites of this species, however, differ markedly, as seen by comparing Figs. 26 of this species with those of <i>P. lacustris</i> (Fig. 52). The anterior projections of the gonite are approximate, not widely separated, and the posterior structure is as a very broad and short U-shaped structure. The phallapodeme is T-shaped (Fig. 25) with the comparatively large cross piece located near the midlength and not toward the base. In addition, the surstylus in posterior view (Fig. 23) is sinuous with a slightly expanded, semispatulate apex.</p>Published as part of <i>Mathis, Wayne N. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2019, Revision of the Shore-fly Genera Parahyadina Tonnoir and Malloch and New Zealand Hyadina Haliday (Diptera: Ephydridae), pp. 401-440 in Zootaxa 4623 (3)</i> on pages 418-420, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3258532">http://zenodo.org/record/3258532</a>
Neoephydra araucaria Mathis, 2008, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Neoephydra araucaria,</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 11–16)</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Specimens of <i>N. araucaria</i> are distinguished from similar congeners by the following characters: generally appearing moderately dark; face moderately setose; gena moderately short; and structures of male terminalia with distinctive conformation.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Medium-sized to moderately large shore flies (Fig. 11), body length 3.04–4.38 mm; generally dull, grayish with some subshiny areas dorsally.</p> <p> <i>Head</i> (Fig. 11): Head ratio 0.69–0.72; frontal ratio 0.54–0.55; mesofrons with dark, greenish blue to brassy luster, inconspicuously pilose; ocellar triangle differing little from mesofrons in color or vestiture; fronto-orbital setae 2. Antenna mostly concolorous, dark, blackish brown. Facial ratio 0.90–0.93; mostly densely setulose, particularly along oral margin and toward posteroventral portions of face; dorsum of interfoveal hump with subshiny area more or less concolorous with mesofrons, otherwise face densely microtomentose, grayish brown to golden brown, gradually paler ventrally. Eye ratio 1.07–1.10; gena-to-eye ratio 0.32–0.35; gena moderately short, coloration immediately below eye whitish gray, slightly more tannish posteriorly.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i> (Fig. 11): Scutum thinly microtomentose, subshiny, mostly dark brown, darker and shinier posteriorly; anterior margin slightly more microtomentose, grayer, especially postpronotum and 2 partial, microtomentose stripes laterad of acrostichal track; lateral margins of scutum slightly more microtomentose, more grayish brown; scutellum concolorous with posterior portion of scutum; pleural areas paler, grayer ventrally; anepisternum with dorsal and posterior margins more brownish, otherwise mostly gray; anepimeron mostly concolorous with posterior margin of anepisternum; other pleural areas including coxae whitish gray, concolorous. Wing length averaging 3.55–3.80 mm; faintly infuscate; costal vein ratio 0.20–0.22; M vein ratio 0.69– 0.71. Legs generally dark; femora microtomentose, grayish blue to green, only slightly darker than ventral pleural areas; tibiae and tarsi orangish yellow, with blackish tinges apically.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen:</i> Generally thinly microtomentose to microtomentose; tergites fasciate, anterior margin brownish to brassy, more thinly microtomentose, posterior margin grayish olivaceous green to gray, paler toward lateral margins, some specimens with faint bluish tinges of metallic luster; ventral surface of tergites frequently whitish gray. Fifth tergite of male triangular, nearly equilateral. Male terminalia (Figs. 12–16): margins of epandrium in posterior view (Fig. 12) parallel below cerci, rounded dorsally; surstyli in posterior view roughly forming isosceles triangle, apices of posterior processes forming ventral angle with narrow gap between; surstylus in lateral view (Figs. 14–16) with posterior process wide on basal 2/3, thereafter tapered to anteriorly curved, rounded apex, anterior margin irregularly shaped, posterior margin more regular; lateral process short, bluntly rounded, with patch of long, medioapical setulae.</p> <p> <b>Type Material.</b> The holotype male is labeled “ CHILE: Osorno Pr. Anticura (1 km. W) 430 m 1–3 Feb. 1978 W N Mathis/ɗ/ HOLOTYPE ɗ Neoephydra araucaria Mathis USNM [red].” The holotype is double mounted (minuten in a plastic elastomer block), is in excellent condition, and is deposited in the USNM. The allotype female and 123 paratypes (71ɗ, 52Ψ; USNM) bear the same locality label data as the holotype. Other paratypes are as follows (all in USNM): <i>CHILE. Bio Bio:</i> Santa Barbara (25 km E; 37°40'S, 72°01'W; 350 m), 24 Jan 1978, W. N. Mathis (21ɗ, 11Ψ; USNM). <i>Curico:</i> Estero Potrero Grande (3 km E Potrero Grande; 35°11'S, 71°07'W; 400 m), 8 Feb 1987, C. M. and O. S. Flint (5ɗ, 5Ψ; USNM). <i>Malleco:</i> Victoria (11 km N; 38°13'S, 72°20'W; 300 m), 25 Jan 1978, W. N. Mathis (15ɗ, 8Ψ; USNM). <i>Maule:</i> Constitución (35°20'S, 72°30'W), 16 Dec 1976, A. Gurney, Barria (1ɗ; USNM). <i>Nuble:</i> Río Perquilauquen, Parral (12 km S; 36°10'S, 71°50'W; 160 m), 24 Jan 1978, W. N. Mathis (5ɗ, 3Ψ; USNM). <i>O'Higgins:</i> Río Claro (5 km N Rengo; 34°24'S, 70°52'W; 300 m), 23 Jan 1978, W. N. Mathis (9ɗ; USNM). <i>Osorno:</i> Termas de Aguas Calientes (1 km SE; 40°41'S, 72°21'W; 530 m), 7–8 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (12ɗ, 3Ψ; USNM); Anticura (4 km W; 37°40'S, 72°01'W; 400 m), 3 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (2ɗ, 3Ψ; USNM); Anticura (1 km W; 40°39'S, 72°10'W; 430 m), 5–6, 11–12 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (6ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM); Lago Puyehue (SE shore; 40°45'S, 72°25.2'W), 6–10 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (23ɗ, 20Ψ; USNM); Lago Puyehue, Entre Lagos (40°45.2'S, 72°34.8'W), 14 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (40ɗ, 24Ψ; USNM); Lago Rupanco, El Encanto (40°49'S, 72°28'W), 6 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (2ɗ, 3Ψ; USNM); Laguna El Pato (41°10'S, 73°40'W; 1100 m), 13 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (5ɗ, 12Ψ; USNM); Laguna El Toro (41°09'S, 73°28'W; 780 m), 8 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (1ɗ, 2Ψ; USNM); Salto del Río Pilmaiquen (40°08'S, 71°59'W), 14 Feb 1978, W. N. Mathis (15ɗ, 14Ψ; USNM). <i>Palena:</i> Termas El Amarillo, (30 km SE Chaitén; 42°52.9'S, 72°21.4'W; 250 m), 22 Jan 1987, C. M. and O. S. Flint (3ɗ, 7Ψ; USNM). <i>Santiago:</i> El Alfalfal (33°30'S, 70°11'W; 1320 m), 22 Jan 1978, W. N. Mathis (20ɗ, 5Ψ; USNM); Lampa (22 km NW Santiago; 33°17'S, 70°54'W), 21 Jan 1978, W. N. Mathis (5ɗ, 9Ψ; USNM). <i>Talca:</i> Río Lircay (11 km N Talca; 35°23'S, 71°39'W; 85 m), 23 Jan 1978, W. N. Mathis (3ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM).</p> <p> <b>Type Locality.</b> Chile. Osorno. Anticura (1 km W; 40°39'S, 72°10'W).</p> <p> <b>Additional Specimens Examined.</b> <i>ARGENTINA. Buenos Aires:</i> Médanos (38°49'S, 62°41'W), 11 Nov 1946, K. Hayward (1ɗ; USNM). <i>Mendoza:</i> Uspallata (9 mi W; 32°40'S, 69°25'W), 6 Feb 1951, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (1ɗ; CAS). <i>Rio Negro:</i> Bariloche (49°09'S, 71°18'W), Nov 1926, R. and E. Shannon (5ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM).</p> <p> <i>CHILE. Aconcagua:</i> Guardia Vieja (E; 32°54'S, 70°17'W), 3 Dec 1976, A. Gurney, G. Barria (1ɗ; USNM). <i>Antofagasta:</i> Pocos (23°15'S, 68°04'W; 2800 m), Des Atacama, Apr 1954, L. E. Peña (lɗ; USNM). <i>Bio Bio:</i> El Abanico (37°20'S, 71°31'W), 31 Dec 1950, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (lɗ; USNM). <i>Cautin:</i> Temuco (20 km E; 38°44'S, 72°35'W), 7 Jan 1951, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (39ɗ, 46Ψ; USNM). <i>Concepción:</i> Cosmito (36°46'S, 73°01'W), 31 Dec 1966, O. S. Flint, Jr., T. Cekalovic (lɗ, 1Ψ; USNM); San Rosendo (37°16'S, 72°43'W), Dec 1926, R. and E. Shannon (lɗ; USNM). <i>Coquimbo:</i> Bosque de Nague-Los Vilos (31°54.7'S, 71°30.8'W), Nov 1969, L. E. Peña (2ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM); Tilama, El Naranjo (32°05'S, 71°10'W), Oct 1967, L. E. Peña (2ɗ, 2Ψ; USNM); Freirina (28°30.3'S, 71°04.6'W), Oct 1969, L. E. Peña (4ɗ, 13Ψ; USNM); Hda Illapel (31°37.8'S, 71°09.9'W; 600–1200 m), 24–30 Oct-19 Dec 1954–1966, M. E. Irwin, L. E. Peña, E. Schlinger (4ɗ, 2Ψ; USNM); La Serena (50 km S; 29°55'S, 71°15.2'W), 1 Dec 1950, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (2ɗ; CAS); Ovalle (20 mi SE; 30°36'S, 71°11'W), 12 Dec 1950, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (4ɗ, 11Ψ; USNM); Río Colorado-Pichidarqui (32°52'S, 72°25'W), 7–11 Aug 1960, L. E. Peña (2ɗ, 1Ψ; CNC); Port Tres Cruces (Portuzuelo; 29°22.3'S, 70°56'W), 30 Oct 1957, L. E. Peña (2ɗ, 2Ψ; CNC). <i>Curico:</i> Cajon de Río Claro-SE Los Queñes (35°0.1'S, 70°49.1'W; 1100 m), 8 Dec 1966, E. I. Schlinger (1ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM). <i>Llanquihue:</i> Frutillar (41°07'S, 73°03'W), 22 Jan 1953, P. G. Kuschel (4ɗ; USNM). <i>Malleco:</i> Angol (37°48'S, 72°43'W), 28 Nov-1 Jan 1926–1932, D. S. Bullock (3ɗ; USNM). <i>Maule:</i> Curanipe (35°50'S, 72°38'W), 4 Dec 1953, L. E. Peña (1ɗ; USNM). <i>Nuble:</i> San Carlos (18 km E; 36°20'S, 71°44'W), 24 Dec 1950, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (1Ψ; CAS); San Carlos (40 km E; 36°20'S, 71°43'W), 23 Dec 1950, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (lɗ, 1Ψ; USNM). <i>O'Higgins:</i> Rancagua (23 km N; 34°09'S, 70°45'W), 21 Dec 1950, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (30ɗ, 26Ψ; USNM). <i>Osorno:</i> Río Bueno-N Osorno (40°19'S, 72°58'W), 14 Jan 1951, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (30ɗ, 38Ψ; USNM); Termas de Puyehue (40°42'S, 72°18'W), 7 Jun 1940, G. H. Schwabe (2ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM). <i>Santiago:</i> Baños de Morales (33°50'S, 70°03'W), 12 Jul 1940, G. H. Schwabe (1ɗ; USNM); Chacabuco, Tiltil (33°04.3'S, 70°58.3'W; 950 m), 18–19 Jan 1999, P. and M. Kerr (1ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM); Refugio Lo Valdés (33°48'S, 70°03'W), Jun 1954, L. E. Peña (2ɗ, 4Ψ; USNM); Los Maitenes (33°32'S, 70°16'W; 1200–1300 m), 19 Oct 1954, L. E. Peña (1ɗ; USNM); Cantillana (33°58'S, 70°58'W; 2000 m), Dec 1969, L. E. Peña (2ɗ, 1Ψ; USNM). <i>Talca:</i> Talca (29.5 km N; 35°25'S, 71°25'W), 22 Dec 1950, E. S. Ross, A. E. Michelbacher (1Ψ; CAS); Vegas del Flaco (34°56'S, 70°02'W; 1350 m), Nov 1969, L. E. Peña (1ɗ; USNM). <i>Valparaiso:</i> Islas Juan Fernandez: Mas-a-Tierra (33°38'S, 78°52'W), 15 Jan– 24 Mar 1951–1973, G. Barria, L. Cartagena, P. G. Kuschel, L. E. Peña (47ɗ, 53Ψ; CNC, USNM); Isla Más Afuera (33°45'S, 80°46'W), 31 Jan 1973, L. E. Peña (51ɗ, 68Ψ; CNC); Isla Santa Clara (33°42'S, 79°W), 1 Jun–30 Dec 1952–1954, P. J. Kusch, P. G. Kuschel (7ɗ, 3Ψ; USNM).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Neotropical:</i> Argentina (Buenos Aires, Mendoza, Rio Negro) and Chile (Antofagasta, Bio Bio, Cautin, Concepción, Coquimbo, Curico, Llanquihue, Malleco, Maule, Nuble, O'Higgins, Osorno, Santiago, Talca, Valparaiso), between 28°–42°S and 62°–79°W.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet, <i>araucaria,</i> is taken from the name of a native American tribe that lived in southern Chile. The epithet is a noun in apposition to the generic name.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This is a common and widespread species in southern South America. Specimens are abundant, and large numbers are frequently collected in marshy habitats.</p> <p>Some variation is evident in the shape of the surstylus. This variation (Figs. 14–16), which I interpret to be intraspecific, is best viewed laterally and is expressed within and among populations of this species.</p>Published as part of <i>Mathis, Wayne N., 2008, Two new neotropical genera of the shore-fly tribe Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1874</i> on pages 10-14, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/184062">10.5281/zenodo.184062</a>
Risa (Achaetorisa) salsolae Mathis & Zatwarnicki 2023, comb. nov.
No full text<i>Risa (Achaetorisa) salsolae</i> Mathis & Zatwarnicki comb. nov. <p>Fig. 37</p> <p> <i>Achaetorisa salsolae</i> Mathis & Zatwarnicki, 2017: 646 [United Arab Emirates. Ajman (N; 25°25.7'N 55°30.1'E; salt marsh); HT ♂, NMWC].</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. Afrotropical: United Arab Emirates (Ajman).</p> <p> <b>Natural history</b>. This shore-fly species is associated with <i>Seidlitzia rosmarinus</i> Bunge ex Boiss (Amaranthaceae).</p>Published as part of <i>Mathis, Wayne N. & Zatwarnicki, Tadeusz, 2023, Phylogeny and Taxonomy of the Risa Genus-group (Diptera: Ephydridae), with Description of a New Genus from Australia, pp. 1-23 in Records of the Australian Museum (Rec. Aust. Mus.) (Rec. Aust. Mus.) 75 (1)</i> on page 20, DOI: 10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1823, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/7946210">http://zenodo.org/record/7946210</a>
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