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Novas espécies de Aglaoschema Napp, 1994 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
No full textNovas espécies de Aglaoschema Napp,1994 são descritas da América do Sul: Aglaoschema rondoniense sp. nov. e A. mimos (Brasil: Rondônia), A. acauna (Brasil: Pará) e A. potiguassu (Argentina: Chaco). Chave para identificação das espécies, parcialmente modificada de Napp (2007) para incluir as novas espécies, é fornecida.New species of Aglaoschema Napp, 1994 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae). New species described from South America: Aglaoschema rondoniense sp. nov. and A. mimos from Brazil (Rondônia), A. acauna from Brazil (Pará), and A. potiguassu from Argentina (Chaco).A key to species, partially modified from Napp (2007) to include the new species, is added
Charles Napp Interview
No full textCharles Sterling Napp was born in Toledo in 1922. He attended Longfellow grade school and DeVilbiss High School. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Toledo. He worked at the meat counter at Tiedtke's Department Store in his teens, and worked at the Electric Auto-lite Company and The Dana Corporation in the 1940s. He worked at Toledo Scale from 1947-1982, and at AES Perrysburg, Ohio from 1982-1996. Mr. Napp married Maj-Britt Hoglund and they were married for over fifty years. He was an active lifetime member of Collingwood Presbyterian Church, serving as Deacon, Elder, Head Usher and Church School Superintendent. He also volunteered at the Peristyle for 55 years. Mr. Napp died on December 20, 1983 at the age of 81
Time-relevant stability of 2D systems
No full textFor many 2D systems, one of the independent variables plays a distinct role in the evolution of the trajectories; since often this special independent variable is time, we call such systems 'time-relevant'. In this paper, we introduce a stability notion for time-relevant systems described by higher-order difference equations. We give algebraic tests in terms of the location of the zeros of the determinant of a polynomial matrix describing the system. We also give an LMI characterization of time-relevant stability involving only constant matrices
Synopsis of the genus Caperonotus Napp, 1993(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
No full textNapp, Dilma Solange, Monné, Miguel A. (2008): Synopsis of the genus Caperonotus Napp, 1993(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Zootaxa 1941 (1): 25-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1941.1.2, URL: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1941.1.
Caperonotus Napp 1993
No full textCaperonotus Napp, 1993 Caperonotus Napp, 1993: 657; Monné, 2005: 122 (cat.). Type species: Orthoschema cardinale Bates, 1870 (original designation). Redescription. Frons short, transverse, subvertical. Antennal tubercles rounded, not prominent. Genae half as long as the lower eye lobes, acute at apex. Eyes finely granulate, emarginate; lower lobes moderately large. Mandibles slender, not angulate, acute at apex. Ventral surface of head, excluding the gula, entirely plicate. Antennae 11-segmented, exceeding the elytral apex by four to five segments in males and by one segment in females. Scape cylindrical, without basal impression; segments from 3 cylindrical, conspicuously carinate and sulcate on four sides; apical third of segment 3 and at length of 4 to 11 with a well developed poriferous system divided by carina; segments 3 to 5 with short, inner apical spines. Prothorax slightly wider than long, without lateral tubercles, slight and gradually expanded backwards from apex, widest at posterior third. Pronotum plane, transversely plicate. Intercoxal process of prosternum broad, about half to two thirds as wide as one procoxa. Procoxal cavities feebly angulate, almost closed at sides, open behind. Mesosternal process as wide as one mesocoxa, subparallel at sides and emarginate at apex. Mesocoxal cavities opened to epimera. Elytra slightly and gradually expanded from base to apical third, then rounded attenuate to apices which are feebly emarginate. Legs short. Femora subclavate, rounded at apex; metafemora, at most, reaching elytral apex. Tibiae cylindrical, not carinate. Tarsi short. First segment of metatarsi shorter than the following two combined. Remarks. Caperonotus differs from the other genera of Compsocerini Thomson, 1864 by the following characters combined: 1) prothorax and elytra gradually expanded backwards; 2) antennae with poriferous system; 3) femora subclavate; metafemora, at most, reaching the elytral apex; 4) intercoxal process of prosternum and mesosternum wide, the former truncate at apex, the second emarginate; 4) procoxal cavities almost closed at sides; 5) frons short, subvertical; 6) tibiae not carinate. According to Napp (1993: 663, fig. 33 and 667, fig. 54) the females of C. cardinalis and C. superbus have very elongated ovipositor with symbiont-containing pouches opening into the ovipositor.Published as part of Napp, Dilma Solange & Monné, Miguel A., 2008, Synopsis of the genus Caperonotus Napp, 1993 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), pp. 25-30 in Zootaxa 1941 (1) on pages 25-26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1941.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/523104
Revisão do gênero Aglaoschema Napp (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
No full textAgloschema Napp, 1994 e 17 espécies são redescritos. Aglaoschema viridipenne (Thomson, 1860) é revalidada e três novos sinônimos são propostos: Aglaoschema prasinipenne (Lucas, 1857) = A. nigricorne (Bates, 1870) syn. nov. = A. tibiale (Aurivillius, 1920) syn. nov., e Aglaoschema rufiventre (Germar, 1824) = A. erythrogaster (White, 1853) syn. nov. Novas espécies descritas: A. inca sp. nov. (Peru e Colômbia), e A. apixara sp. nov. (Brasil). Chave para identificação e ilustrações de todas as espécies são fornecidas
Ptychoderes jekeli Mermudes and Napp 2004
No full textPtychoderes jekeli Mermudes and Napp, 2004 Figs. 210, 254, 263 Ptychoderes jekeli Mermudes and Napp, 2004: 28, Figs. 2, 4; Rheinheimer, 2004: 10 (cat.). Ptychoderes jekeli was recently described and illustrated by Mermudes and Napp (2004). Here it is added: Female paratype. Ovipositor (apex exposed) with a toothed plate similar to that of P. crustatus. Male. Unknown. Remarks P. jekeli belongs to the P. crustatus + group, being the sister group of P. brevis by the synapomorphies mentioned under this species (20 5, 36 2). It differs from P. brevis by the dorsal vestiture with darkgreen scales plus the autapomorphies: 1) mentum transversely carinated; 2) segments of antennal club robust and elongate; 3) prosternum transversely raised and 4) glabrous area of mesofemora with two coarse punctures. In P. brevis, the dorsal vestiture has olivaceousgreen scales, the mentum not transversely carinated, the segments of antennal club short and less thickened, the prosternum not raised and the glabrous area of mesofemora finely, densely punctate. With regard to the greenish dorsal vestiture, P. jekeli looks like P. jordani and P. viridanus, species related, respectively, to the groups P. obsoletus + and P. antiquus +. Type material Female holotype (ISNB) examined, labelled as follows: Guyane Française, Roches de Kourou, R. Mus. Hist. Nat. Belg. I. G. 12.595. Female paratype (MPEG) examined, labelled: Brasil, Pará, Tucurui (Rio Tocantins, Chiqueirão), 8. IV.1984, M. F. Torres leg. Distribution (Fig. 263) FRENCH GUIANA and BRAZIL (Pará).Published as part of Mermudes, José Ricardo M. & Napp, Dilma Solange, 2006, Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus: Ptychoderes Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Ptychoderini), pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 1182 (1) on pages 28-29, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1182.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/506407
Potiapua Napp & Monné 2009, New Genus
No full textPotiapua Napp & Monné New Genus Type species: Potiapua antonia Napp & Monné, new species Description. Head short. Frons wider than long, declivous, somewhat subangulate between the rounded antennal tubercles. Genae short, about one third as long as the lower eyes lobe. Eyes finely granulate, deeply emarginate, lobes connected by a narrow strip of two ommatidia; lower lobes well developed, prominent; upper lobes narrow, little developed, just reaching the border of antennal tubercles. Clypeus almost as long as frons; clypeal suture bisinuate. Mandibles slender, acute at apex; outer side somewhat enlarged, regularly curved apically. Apical segment of maxillary palps cylindrical, truncate at apex, longer than two preceding which are short and conical. Antennae filiform, unarmed, 11 –segmented, neither sulcate nor carinate, longer than body. Scape cylindrical, not sulcate. Segments from 3 cylindrical, slender; 3 and 5 each little longer than 4; 5–9 each longer than 3; 11 as long as 3. Prothorax longer than wide; sides narrowed and subparallel at apical third, then broadly rounded, widest at middle. Pronotum (Fig. 3) uneven, with prominent, somewhat acuminate tubercle on each side at apical half. Prosternum transversely swollen behind middle with a median projection in front of prosternal process, acute and with tuft of setae at apex (Fig. 4). Prosternal process narrow between procoxae, slightly expanded apically. Procoxal cavities rounded, slightly angulate, open behind. Mesosternal process little wider than mesocoxa, parallel-sided, shallowly emarginate at apex to fit metasternum. Mesosternal cavities closed to epimera. Metepisterna narrow, slightly sinuate. Scutellum small, quadrangular. Elytra narrow, parallel-sided, not impressed at base, without costae; surface entirely punctate; margins not asperate. Legs elongate, very slender. Pro- and mesocoxae rounded, not prominent. Femora pedunculate and gradually clavate, peduncles neither sulcate nor carinate; metafemora exceeding elytral apices. Tibiae cylindrical, not carinate. First segment of metatarsi longer than the following combined. Remarks. Potiapua new genus differs from all other Rhopalophorini in having the prosternum with an acute projection, tufted at apex, and by the prominent tubercles at the apical half of the pronotum. By the slender form and gradually clavate femora it is similar to Muxbalia Giesbert & Chemsak described from Guatemala (Giesbert & Chemsak 1993: 60, fig. 12). Etymology. The name of the genus is a combination of two indigenous Tupi words: poti = chest, plus apu = prominence, alusive to the prosternal tubercle.Published as part of Napp, Dilma Solange & Monné, Miguel A., 2009, New Neotropical genera and species of Dryobiini and Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), pp. 29-34 in Zootaxa 2137 on pages 31-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27499
Anisotyma Napp & Monné 2009, New Genus
No full textAnisotyma Napp & Monné New Genus Type species: Anisotyma soteri Napp & Monné, new species. Description. Head moderately long. Frons almost as broad as long, plane, subvertical. Antennal tubercles somewhat acuminate. Eyes finely granulate, deeply emarginate, upper and lower lobes connected by a narrow strip of two omatidia; lower lobes little developed, upper lobes narrow, distance between them about four times width of one lobe. Genae almost as long as lower lobe eyes, rounded at apex. Mandibles slender, regularly rounded, acute at apex. Apical segments of maxillary and labial palps longer than respective preceding ones, gradually expanded apically. Antennae filiform reaching the elytral apex at middle of segment 6, neither sulcate nor carinate; segments 3–5 with a minute spine at inner apex. Scape robust, base as broad as apex, with an inner basal tooth. Segments from 3 long, cylindrical, densely fringed beneath, more so 3–5. Prothorax longer than wide, regularly rounded at sides, widest at middle. Pronotum without gibbosities. Prosternal process narrow between procoxae, subparallel at sides, not expanded apically. Procoxal cavities rounded, slightly angulate at sides, open behind. Intercoxal process of mesosternum somewhat prominent, subparallel-sided, as wide as mesocoxa; apex narrowly, subangulately notched at middle to fit metasternum. Mesocoxal cavities almost closed to epimera. Scutellum small, triangular. Elytra almost 3 times as long as width across humeri, tapering slightly, apices obliquely truncate, unarmed. Pro- and mesocoxae rounded, not prominent. Femora impressed, with a short carina on each side at apex, metafemora less conspicuously so; apices rounded. Pro- and mesofemora pedunculate-clavate; metafemora very thickened almost at length, narrowed only at base, not reaching elytral apex. Tibiae cylindrical, carinate, metatibiae bent. Metatibial spurs well developed, strong, the inner one longer. First segment of hind tarsi as long as the following two combined. Remarks. Anisotyma new genus is similar to Ornithia but differs mainly in having the prothorax longer than wide, with sides regularly rounded, not tuberculate or angulate, and not tapering from middle to apex and base; pronotum regularly convex, without lateral or median callus; metafemora strongly thickened, narrowed only at basal fifth and subangulate dorsally near base; metatibiae bent; segments 2–4 of maxillary palps, and 2–3 of labial palps elongate subtriangular. In Ornithia, the prothorax is somewhat hexagonal, angulate or tuberculate at middle, conspicuously tapering to apex and base; the pronotum has a large median callus and two lateral gibbosities on each side in front of middle; the metafemora are conspicuously pedunculate-clavate, with the peduncle slender extending up to one third of the femora length; the metatibiae are straight; the segments 2–3 of the maxillary palps and 1–2 of the labial palps are short conical, the apical ones dilated but not elongate. Etymology. Aniso, from Greek, meaning unequal plus tyma, from indigenous Tupi language, meaning legs; allusive to the metafemora.Published as part of Napp, Dilma Solange & Monné, Miguel A., 2009, New Neotropical genera and species of Dryobiini and Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae), pp. 29-34 in Zootaxa 2137 on page 30, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27499
Cotychroma Martins & Napp 2005
No full textCotychroma Martins & Napp, 2005 Cotychroma Martins & Napp, 2005a: 17. Typespecies— Cotychroma acaguassu Martins & Napp, 2005 (monotypy and original designation).Published as part of MONNÉ, MIGUEL A., 2006, Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part III. Subfamilies Parandrinae, Prioninae, Anoplodermatinae, Aseminae Spondylidinae, Lepturinae, Oxypeltinae, and addenda to the Cerambycinae and Lamiinae,, pp. 1-244 in Zootaxa 1212 (1) on page 159, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1212.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/506497
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