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dkpro-cassis
No full text<h2>What's Changed</h2>
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<li>#293: Relaxed dependency on attrs by @DavidHuebner in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/294</li>
<li>#295 - Improve warning message in _add_feature() by @zesch in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/296</li>
<li>#297 - Possible inconsistency in test fixtures by @reckart in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/298</li>
<li>#299 - cassis won't find tokens when doing cas.select(...TOP) by @reckart in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/300</li>
<li>#301 - Make better use of type constants in code by @reckart in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/302</li>
<li>#249 - Set sofa string and document language in Cas constructor by @reckart in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/303</li>
<li>#250 - Convenience for setting the document language by @reckart in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/304</li>
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<h2>New Contributors</h2>
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<li>@zesch made their first contribution in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/296</li>
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Schuhirandella Namyatova and Cassis 2013
No full text<i>SCHUHIRANDELLA</i> NAMYATOVA AND CASSIS <p>Figures 9, 23</p> <p> <i>Schuhirandella</i> Namyatova & Cassis, 2013a: 100 (gen. nov.; type species <i>Schuhirandella fulva</i> Namyatova & Cassis, 2013 by monotypy); Namyatova & Cassis, 2013b: 707 (disc., phylogeny); Namyatova <i>et al</i>., in press (phylogeny).</p> <p> <i>Diagnosis: Schuhirandella</i> belongs to the <i>Monalonion</i> - complex and is recognized by the following characters: antenna distinctly shorter than body (Fig. 9); ASI distinctly shorter than head width (fig. 2A, D in Namyatova & Cassis, 2013a); ASIII–IV clavate; clypeus delimited with depression; medial fracture subparallel to R + M (as in fig. 11G in Namyatova <i>et al</i>., in press); scutellum flat, without outgrowth; dorsum clothed with suberect setae; metepimeron narrow and rounded (as in fig. 9C in Namyatova & Cassis, 2013b); and pretarsal claws broadly rounded (Fig. 2F in Namyatova & Cassis, 2013a).</p> <p> <i>Description:</i> See Namyatova & Cassis (2013a).</p> <p> <i>Host plants: Schuhirandella</i> is known from <i>Calothamnus</i> sp., <i>Calothamnus quadrifidus</i> R.Br. (Myrtaceae) and</p> <p> <i>Pityrodia bartlingii</i> (Lehm.) Benth. (Lamiaceae) (see Namyatova & Cassis, 2013a for further details).</p>Published as part of <i>Namyatova, Anna A. & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2016, Systematic revision and phylogeny of the plant bug tribe Monaloniini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae) of the world, pp. 36-136 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176 (1)</i> on pages 125-126, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12311, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5356719">http://zenodo.org/record/5356719</a>
dkpro-cassis
No full text<h2>What's Changed</h2>
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<li>#305 - Relax version constraints on itertools by @reckart in https://github.com/dkpro/dkpro-cassis/pull/306</li>
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Chimairacoris Yasunaga, Schuh & Cassis 2015
No full textGenus <i>Chimairacoris</i> Yasunaga, Schuh & Cassis, 2015 <p> <i>Chimairacoris</i> Yasunaga, Schuh & Cassis in Yasunaga <i>et al.</i>, 2015: 3 (original description), type species: <i>C. lakshmiae</i> Yasunaga, Schuh & Cassis, 2015, by original designation (type locality: Bangalore, S. India); Yasunaga & Duwal, 2017: 594 (diagnosis).</p>Published as part of <i>Taszakowski, Artur, Masłowski, Adrian & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2023, Chimairacoris flavipes sp. nov., (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Miridae, Phylinae) from New Caledonia, pp. 567-574 in Zootaxa 5315 (6)</i> on page 568, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.6.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/8142559">http://zenodo.org/record/8142559</a>
Warrumiris viridis Chin & Cassis 2018, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Warrumiris viridis</i> sp. nov. <p> <b>Material examined.</b> HOLOTYPE. <b>AUSTRALIA: New South Wales:</b> 1♂, 17.5 km W Warrumbungle National Park, 31.26667 <b>°</b> S 148.75 <b>°</b> E, 250 m, 26 Oct 1995, Schuh and Cassis, <i>Eremophila mitchellii</i> Benth. (Scrophulariaceae), Det: J. Everett 1996 NSW 395936 (AMNH _PBI 00001210) (AM).</p> <p> <b>PARATYPES. AUSTRALIA: New South Wales:</b> 17.5 km W Warrumbungle National Park, 31.26667°S 148.75°E, 250 m, 26 Oct 1995, Schuh and Cassis, <i>Eremophila mitchellii</i> Benth. (Scrophulariaceae), det. Det: J. Everett 1996 NSW 395936, 2;m (AMNH_PBI 0 0 0 0 1211, AMNH_PBI 00001212), 7;f (AMNH_PBI 00001213- AMNH_PBI 00001219) (AMNH). <b>Northern Territory:</b> 45.3 km NW of Bond Springs on Tanami Rd, 23.51668°S 133.4626°E, 695 m, 21 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, SchwartZ, Silveira, Wall, <i>Eremophila sturtii</i> R.Br.(Scrophulariaceae), det. NSW staff NSW658297, 16;m (UNSW_ENT 00041036-UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 41044, UNSW_ENT 00041067-UNSW_ENT 00041073), 27;f (UNSW_ENT 00041045-UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 41054, UNSW_ENT 00041075-UNSW_ENT 00041091), 1;u (UNSW_ENT 00041074) (AM), <i>Eremophila sturtii</i> R.Br. (Scrophulariaceae), det. NSW staff NSW658297, 5;m (UNSW_ENT 00037539-UNSW_ENT 00037543), 5;f (UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 37544, UNSW_ENT 00037766-UNSW_ENT 00037769) (AMNH). 51.6 km W of Stuart Hiway on Mount Denison-Coniston Rd, 22.30001°S 132.8951°E, 722 m, 24 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, SchwartZ, Silveira, Wall, <i>Eremophila sturtii</i> R.Br. (Scrophulariaceae), det. NSW staff NSW658334, 3;m (UNSW_ENT 00041055- UNSW_ENT 00041057), 1;u (UNSW_ENT 00041058), 8;f (UNSW_ENT 00041059-UNSW_ENT 00041066) (AMNH). 67 km E of Stuart Hiway on Arltunga Stn Rd, 23.28027°S 134.37°E, 714 m, 27 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, SchwartZ, Silveira, Wall, <i>Eremophila sturtii</i> R.Br. (Scrophulariaceae), det. NSW staff NSW658366, 14;m (UNSW_ENT 00037756-UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 37759, UNSW_ENT 00039128-UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 39130, UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 39134, UNSW_ENT 00040767-UNSW_ENT 00040772), 37;f (UNSW_ENT 00037760-UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 37765, UNSW_ENT 00039135-UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 39139, UNSW_ENT 00039143-UNSW_ENT 0 0 0 39154, UNSW_ENT 00040773-UNSW_ENT 00040786) (AMNH), <i>Eremophila sturtii</i> R.Br. (Scrophulariaceae), det. NSW staff NSW658366, 3;m (UNSW_ENT 00039131-UNSW_ENT 00039133), 3;f (UNSW_ENT 00039140- UNSW_ENT 00039142) (NTM). <b>Queensland:</b> 9.6 km W of Mitchell, 26.49202°S 147.8728°E, 430 m, 31 Oct 1998, Schuh, Cassis, Silveira, <i>Eremophila mitchellii</i> Benth. (Scrophulariaceae), det. Det: Royal Bot Gard. NSW NSW427506, 6;m (AMNH_PBI 00007423-AMNH_PBI 00007428), 11;f (AMNH_PBI 00007429-AMNH_PBI 00007439) (AM), Eucalyptus populnea F.Muell. populnea (Myrtaceae), det. Det: Royal Bot Gard. NSW NSW427492, 2;m (AMNH_PBI 0 0 0 0 1220, AMNH_PBI 00001221), 6;f (AMNH_PBI 00001222-AMNH_PBI 00001227) (AMNH). 48.6 km NW of Charleville, 26.14706°S 145.8637°E, 365 m, 0 1 Nov 1998, Schuh, Cassis, Silveira, <i>Eremophila mitchellii</i> Benth. (Scrophulariaceae), det. Det: Royal Bot Gard. NSW NSW427510, 7;m (AMNH_PBI 0 0 0 0 7414, AMNH_PBI 0 0 0 0 7413, AMNH_PBI 00007415-AMNH_PBI 0 0 0 0 7417, AMNH_PBI 0 0 0 0 7326, AMNH_PBI 00007441), 6;f (AMNH_PBI 00007418-AMNH_PBI 0 0 0 0 7422, AMNH_PBI 00007440) (AM).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. <i>Warrumiris viridis</i> is recognised by the following combination of characters: body uniformly green to light brown, head, pronotum and scutellum greenish-brown, mesoscutum light brown; hemelytra green, membrane translucent and uniformly light smoky brown, with green veins infusing into adjacent areas; AI greenish-yellow (Fig. 1). Genitalia as in genus diagnosis.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> COLOURATION. Dorsum mostly uniformly green to greenish-brown, often with speckled appearance, sometimes light brown; head and pronotum green to greenish-brown, posterior region of pronotum mostly darker, mesoscutum light brown, scutellum green to light brown. Hemelytra green, sometimes with green markings; inner margin of embolium and cuneus margins sometimes darker; membrane translucent and uniformly light smoky brown, veins green, infusing into adjacent area. AI light brown, sometimes tinged with green</p> <p>speckling. Ventral surface greenish-yellow to yellow; propleuron sometimes green; abdomen rarely orangishyellow. Appendages greenish-yellow to yellow, sometimes with green speckling (Fig. 1).</p> <p>VESTITURE. See generic description.</p> <p>STRUCTURE. Head transverse, 1.9x wider than long; First antennal segment 1.7x longer than interocular distance; second antennal segment approx. 1.5x longer than posterior margin of pronotum. Pronotum approx. 2.6x wider than long.</p> <p>MALE GENITALIA. See generic description.</p> <p> <b>Measurements.</b> See Table 1.</p> <p> <b>Plant hosts.</b> One hundred and seventy-one specimens including both sexes of <i>Warrumiris viridis</i> were collected from species belonging to families Myrtaceae and Scrophulariaceae. Forty specimens, including both sexes were found on <i>Eremophila mitchelli</i> (Scrophulariaceae). One hundred and twenty-three specimens, including both sexes, were collected from <i>Eremophila sturtii</i> (Scrophulariaceae) (Table 2, Fig. 5). Eight specimens, including both sexes were collected from <i>Eucalyptus populnea</i> (Myrtaceae), but are likely to be a sitting record.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Warrumiris viridis</i> is known from multiple, mostly inland locations in New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia (Fig. 4).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is named after its green body; from the Latin, <i>viridis</i>.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> See generic remarks.</p>Published as part of <i>Chin, Yee Wei & Cassis, Gerasimos, 2018, Description of an enigmatic new genus and new species of Australian Orthotylinae (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae) associated with the plant genus Eremophila, pp. 491-500 in Zootaxa 4438 (3)</i> on pages 496-497, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.3.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1298246">http://zenodo.org/record/1298246</a>
Description of eight new species of the traumatically inseminating plant bug genus Coridromius (Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Coridromini)
No full textEight new species of the plant bug genus Coridromius are described: C. basilanus sp. nov. from the Philippines, C. eremnos sp. nov. from Sabah, Malaysia, C. fomangsu sp. nov. and C. tafo sp. nov. from Ghana, C. norfolkensis sp. nov. from Norfolk Island, Australia, C. mulu sp. nov. from Sarawak, Malaysia, C. macchabeeus sp. nov. from Mauritius, and C. taravao sp. nov. from Tahiti, French Polynesia
Lasiacantha luritja Cassis & Symonds 2011, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Lasiacantha luritja</i>, sp. nov. <p>(Figs 1, 3a, 4g & h, 5, 7a, 10, 13c)</p> <p> <b>Holotype.</b> ♂, <b>AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory:</b> ~ 38 km N of Lasseter Hwy on Luritja Rd, 24.92 <b>°</b> S 132.2809 <b>°</b> E, 593 m, 02 Nov 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, ex <i>Eremophila freelingii</i> F.Muell. (Myoporaceae), det. NSW Herbarium NSW 666292 (193243) (NTM).</p> <p> <b>Paratypes. AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory:</b> ~ 38 km N of Lasseter Hwy on Luritja Rd, 24.92 <b>°</b> S 132.2809 <b>°</b> E, 593 m, 02 Nov 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, ex <i>Eremophila freelingii</i> F.Muell. (Myoporaceae), det. NSW Herbarium NSW 666292, 3 m (13665, 13187, 13188), 4 f (13664, 13183–13185) (AM); 1 km S of Henbury Craters Nature Reserve, 24.56668 <b>°</b> S 133.1234 <b>°</b> E, 457 m, 29 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, ex <i>Eremophila freelingii</i> F.Muell. (Myoporaceae), det. NSW Herbarium NSW 658410, 1 f (13123) (AM); 33 km E of Alice Springs on Ross Hwy, 23.73335 <b>°</b> S 134.1536 <b>°</b> E, 555 m, 25 Oct 2001, Cassis, Schuh, Schwartz, Silveira, Wall, ex <i>Amyema maidenii</i> (Blakely) Barlow (Loranthaceae), det. NSW Herbarium NSW 658336, 1 f (13116), ex <i>Eremophila freelingii</i> (Myoporaceae), det. NSW Herbarium NSW 658335, 15 m (13089–13103), 12 f (13111–13115, 13117–13122, 13653) (AM); 5 km S of Aileron, 22.8 <b>°</b> S 133.35 <b>°</b> E, 5 Apr 1981, M. Malipatil and J. Hawkins, 1 f (00193266) (NTM); Trephina Gorge, Grevillea Gorge, 23.53333 <b>°</b> S 134.4 <b>°</b> E, May 1995, G Cassis, ex <i>Eremophila</i> sp. (Myoporaceae), det. field ID, 4 m (17386–17389), 13 f (17390– 17402) (AM).</p> <p> <b>Other material examined</b>. <b>AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory:</b> Trephina Gorge, Grevillea Gorge, 23.53333 <b>°</b> S 134.4 <b>°</b> E, May 1995, G Cassis, ex <i>Eremophila</i> sp. (Myoporaceae), det. field ID, 2 larvae (17403, 17404) (AM).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Lasiacantha luritja</i> is recognised by the following combination of characters: mottled colouration of dorsum, golden orange brown to red brown and dark brown (Fig. 5); pronotal carinae orange brown, paler than disc (Fig. 5); major setiferous tubercles on pronotum and hemelytra moderately elongate, terminal seta at least half length of tuberculate base (Fig. 10a, c–d, f); costal area with setiferous tubercles extending to posterior hemelytral margin (Fig. 10f); carinate margins of discoidal area with major setiferous tubercles, posterior angle with clump of setiferous tubercles (Fig. 10f); pronotum with woolly and hairlike setae (Fig. 10c, d); hemelytra with woolly and hairlike setae (Fig. 10f); woolly setae elongate, curly, creamy gold (Fig. 5); hairlike setae moderately elongate (Fig. 10a, c–d); abdominal venter with straight, pale, short, scalelike setae (Fig. 10h); cephalic spines elongate, medial spine forked(Fig. 10a–b); collum columnar, subequal to medial carina; paranota three areolae wide (Fig. 10c–d); costal area mostly two areolae wide, three posteriorly (Fig. 10f); areolae on hemelytra all subequal, large (Fig. 10f); sternal carinae divergent, metasternal carinae more widely separated.</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Medium size, macropterous (Fig. 5); males 2.99–3.15, females 2.81–3.22. COLOURATION. Dorsum golden orange brown to red brown and dark brown, mottled. <i>Head:</i> dark brown, almost black; cephalic spines medium brown, sometimes bicoloured with dark brown apex; bucculae orange brown; labium orange brown, apex dark brown; antennae mostly orange brown, AIV distal club darker red brown. <i>Pronotum:</i> disc dark brown, almost black or red brown, diminishing posteriorly to golden orange brown; paranota mottled, red brown and orange brown; collum orange brown, slightly darkened at apex; carinae orange brown, medial carina with a darker red brown stripe medially. <i>Thoracic pleura and sterna:</i> variable from red brown to dark brown almost black, supracoxal lobes slightly paler; sternal carinae orange brown. <i>Legs:</i> mostly orange brown, basal three quarters of femur slightly darker; tarsi red brown, tarsal claw black. <i>Hemelytra:</i> mottled/patchy orange brown and red brown to dark brown; darker patches banded on costal area, at posterior angle of discoidal area, medially in discoidal and sutural areas. <i>Abdomen:</i> variable from red brown to dark brown. VESTITURE. <i>Head:</i> dense distribution of elongate, curly, creamy gold, woolly setae; absent in longitudinal rows between occipital and medial spines; antennae with minor setiferous tubercles, pale colour, AI–AII with single row of setiferous tubercles with moderately elongate curved terminal seta, AIII setiferous tubercles with greatly elongate with straight terminal seta. <i>Pronotum:</i> paranota margins with moderately elongate major setiferous tubercles, terminal seta at least half length of tuberculate base; keel of collum and pronotal carinae rarely also with major setiferous tubercles; collum, paranota and pronotal carinae with moderately elongate, hairlike setae; disc with dense distribution of elongate, curly, creamy gold, woolly setae, same setae as head. <i>Thoracic pleura and sterna:</i> pleura with dense distribution of elongate woolly setae as on dorsum, less dense on supracoxal lobes; mesosternum with sparse distribution of short scalelike setae. <i>Legs:</i> minor setiferous tubercles, terminal seta pale colour, elongate, erect, bristlelike; slightly shorter and thickened at base of femora. <i>Hemelytra:</i> costal margins with major setiferous tubercles as on paranota, extending to posterior margin of hemelytra; major setiferous tubercles on carinate margins of discoidal area and cubitus + R+M vein, more clumped (aggregated) at anterior angle of discoidal area; moderately dense distribution of hairlike setae, same as pronotum, on costal, subcostal and discoidal areas; discoidal area at wing base with few woolly setae; white microtrichae absent. <i>Abdomen:</i> moderately dense distribution of short, straight, silvery, scalelike setae. STRUCTURE. <i>Head:</i> spines elongate; frontal spines parallel, longer than AI; medial spine forked; occipital spines strongly curved outwards, extending past outer margin of eye; labium moderate length, extending to anterior margin of metasternum; antennae, AI short and subequal to AII, AIV with compact base before clavate apex. <i>Pronotum:</i> disc slightly convex; collum columnar, uniformly broad, vertically projected, sub-equal in height to medial carina; carinae moderately elevated, one areole wide, medial carina with extra one to three areolae medially; lateral carinae thickened; paranota rounded semi-circular, three areolae wide. <i>Thoracic sterna:</i> sternal carinae straight, metasternal carinae wider than mesosternal carinae. <i>Hemelytra:</i> areolae large, subequal size over entire hemelytra; costal area two areolae wide, three posteriorly; subcostal area two areolae wide; discoidal area three areolae wide; sutural area four areolae wide. <i>Male genitalia:</i> pygophore subquadrate; narrowing posteriorly; rounded and slightly flattened posterior margin; dorsal opening strongly concave, rounded (Fig. 10g); parameres with sensory lobe rounded, weakly expanded (Figs 10g, 13c); distal u-shaped endosomal sclerite with shallow cleft, basal branches very short. MEASUREMENTS. Ranges for 5 ♂ and 5 ♀ are given in Table 6.</p> <p> <b>Fifth instar larva.</b> See Fig. 7a; body length 2.11 mm; colouration overall medium brown to dark brown, lateral margins of paranota and abdominal tergites paler orange brown, head, cephalic spines and abdomen medially dark brown, marginal dorsal processes dark brown, medial dorsal processes bicoloured, yellow brown basally and dark brown apically; dorsum with sparse distribution of pale, linear, moderately short, cuticular outgrowths, with a slightly bulbous apex; cephalic spines greatly elongate, medial spine forked basally, occipital spines with elongate dorsal branch; pronotum with two medial pairs of dorsal processes, one pair on partially formed collum, second pair medial; paranota rounded; lateral margins of pronotum, forewing buds and abdominal tergites with dorsal processes; abdominal T1–3 with medial paired dorsal processes, T4, 7, 8 & 10 with single medial dorsal process; all dorsal processes greatly elongate, with tapering apex, and mostly glabrous, with a moderate distribution of short, pale, setiferous setae.</p> <p> <b>Host plant.</b> Collected on <i>Eremophila freelingii</i> (Fig. 4h), an unidentified <i>Eremophila</i> species, and <i>Amyema maidenii</i>, with the latter a likely sitting record.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> This species is known from five localities in central Australia, both east and west of Alice Springs (Figs 3a, 4g). Interestingly, one <i>Inoma</i> species, <i>Inoma arrernte</i> Cassis and Symonds, 2008, is also known from this locality but from a different host <i>Anemocarpa saxatilis</i> (Asteraceae).</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> After the Luritja people, the Indigenous Australians on whose traditional lands the type locality is found.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Lasiacantha luritja</i> and <i>L. pilbara</i> are the only two species with columnar shaped collum, which is not greatly enlarged, and no higher than the medial carina. <i>Lasiacantha luritja</i> is easily distinguished from <i>L. pilbara</i> by its golden to orange brown colouration, lack of white microtrichiae on hemelytra, thin pronotal carinae, broader paranota with larger areolae, areolae large over entire hemelytra, and metasternal carinae more widely separated than mesosternal carinae. The hairlike setae in this species are not as elongate as in other species with very fine, apically hooked, hairlike setae.</p> <p> Additionally, the woolly setae on the head and pronotum is the same in the above two species, whereas in other Clade 3 species it tends to be slightly longer, less curly and more upright on pronotum than on the head. <i>Lasiacantha luritja</i> fifth instar larvae can be distinguished from those of <i>L. aureolus</i> as follows: overall colouration darker; dorsal processes are more greatly elongate, with a tapering apex, with moderate distribution of longer setiferous setae (these setiferous setae on dorsal processes in <i>L. aureolus</i> are very sparse and very short), and marginal dorsal processes on pronotum and abdominal tergites being unicolourous—all dark brown. See also remarks for <i>L. aureolus</i>.</p>Published as part of <i>Cassis, Gerasimos & Symonds, Celia, 2011, Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the lace bug genus Lasiacantha Stål in Australia (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) 2818, pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 2818 (1)</i> on pages 37-39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2818.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5289063">http://zenodo.org/record/5289063</a>
CaSSIS - First Images from science orbit
No full textCaSSIS (Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System)
is the main imaging system for the ExoMars Trace
Gas Orbiter (TGO) mission. The instrument was
completed in October 2015 and launched in March
2016 [1]. This abstract describes the current status of
CaSSIS and provides a first assessment of its
observations from the start of the primary science
mission
Topographic correction of HiRISE and CaSSIS images: Validation and application to color observations of Martian albedo features
No full textThe topographic correction of satellite images has to be applied to both disentangle albedo features from illumination effects induced by local topography and performspectrophotometric analyses of planetary surfaces. This work focuses on the modeling and removal of surface brightness variations induced by topography, referred astopographic shading, from high resolution images of Mars. Topographic shading can be modeled through functions of the surface illumination and observation anglescalled disk functions. We consider four disk functions that are widely used in planetary photometry: the Lambert, Lommel-Seeliger, Akimov and Minnaert diskfunctions. We test and evaluate their performances in removing topographic shading from High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) and Colour andSurface Science Imaging System (CaSSIS) images. We here validate our method, moreover, we report scientific applications to single or multi-band datasets byanalyzing topographically corrected HiRISE colour observations of Martian recurring slope lineae and dust devil tracks, as well as CaSSIS panchromatic observations
Thaumastocoris nadeli Noack, Cassis & Rose, n.sp.
No full text<i>Thaumastocoris nadeli</i> Noack, Cassis & Rose n.sp. <p>(Figures: 6A,B; 13A–H; 19A)</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> This species is named in honour of Ryan Nadel, from the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI), University of Pretoria, who collected the type series and many additional specimens.</p> <p> <b>Holotype:</b> 3, WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Swan River, Perth, 16 m. 31°57.998’S 115°50.732’E, 30 May 2008, R Nadel, ex <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis</i> (WAM). Paratypes: 53, 5 Ƥ, same data as holotype (AM; UNSW); 23, Cape Naturaliste National Park, 50 m, 33°32’25”S 115°00’44”E, 14 December 1997, RT Schuh, G Cassis, H Brailvosky, locality code WA97-L49-H89, ex <i>Dryandra sessilis</i> (Knight) Domin (PERTH 05055288) (AM); 23, 2Ƥ, South West Hwy, Boyanup, December 2010, A.E. Noack, ex <i>Eucalyptus nicholii</i>; 1Ƥ, Conspicuous Beach, Walpole-Nornalup National Park, 10 km E of Nornalup, 30 m, 35°02’14”S 116°5’39”E, 17 December 1997, RT Schuh, G Cassis, H Brailovsky and A Asquith, locality code WA97-L58-H116, ex <i>Agonis flexuosa</i> (Wild.) Sweet (PERTH 05055423) K157158 (AM); 23, 2Ƥ, South West Hwy, Donnybrook, December 2010, A.E. Noack, ex <i>Eucalyptus scoparia</i>; 23, 3Ƥ, Exmouth, Truscott Crescent, opposite Pony Club, 21.94606S 114.1358E, 31 October 2004, G Cassis, MA Wall, C Weirauch, N Tatarnic and C Symonds, locality code PBI-WA04-L29-H195, ex <i>Acacia</i> sp. (AM; UNSW); 183, 16Ƥ, 1 nymph, Forest Grove Road, 0.9 km E of Caves Road, 60 m, 30°04’20”S 115°02’46”E, 15 December 1997, RT Schuh, G Cassis, H Brailovsky and A Asquith, locality code WA97-L51-H97, ex <i>Kunzea glabrescens</i> (PERTH 05056330) (AM; UNSW); 13 Highbury, 33° 00,828S; 115° 13,838E, 329 m, ML Moir, 1 July 2008, ex <i>Eucalyptus wandoo</i> MLM 0 0 687 (MMPC); 13 Highbury, 329 m, 33° 00,828S; 117° 13,838E, 0 2 July 2008; M.L. Moir, (beat) ex <i>Eucalyptus sideroxylon</i> MLM00677 (MMPC); 133, 6Ƥ, 6 nymphs Mosman Park, Perth 32°01’33”S 115°45’57”E sea level, 7 August 1999 G. Cassis (L2) <i>Eucalyptus</i> sp. (AM); 53, 3Ƥ, 3 nymphs Mosman Park, Perth 32°01’33”S 115°45’57”E 20 m 5 December 1998 G. Cassis [98-L22] <i>Eucalyptus</i> sp. (PERTH 05227313) Host/98-31, (AM); 23 Mosman Park, Perth 32°01’33”S 115°45’57”E 20 m, 24 November 1998 G. Cassis [98-L1] <i>Agonis flexuosa</i> (Wild.) Sweet (PERTH 05227410) Host/98-1 (AM); 1Ƥ Mosman Park, Perth 32°01’33”S 115°45’57”E 20 m, 30 November 1998, G Cassis [98-L10] <i>Hemiandra glabra</i> Benth. (PERTH 05227348) Host/98-21 (AM); 53, 4Ƥ Perth: Coles store on Falkirk and Morrison St. Alt. 20 m, S31°55.784’; E115°53.830’ 30 May 2008, R. Nadel, <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis,</i> (AM; UNSW); 33, 3Ƥ Perth: Cnr. Fyfe and Bullcreek St., Alt. 28 m, S32°03.073’; E115°51.431’ 31 May 2008, R. Nadel, <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis</i>, (AM; UNSW); 33, 3Ƥ Perth: Thomas Oval, Medina Park, Alt. 8 m, S32°13.974’; E115°47.938’ 31 May 2008, R. Nadel, <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis</i> (AM).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> <i>Thaumastocoris nadeli</i> is recognised by the following characters: body elongate (Figure 6 A,B); mandibular plates strongly recurved laterally (Figure 13 A); bucculae weakly arcuate, strongly explanate distally (Figure 13 B); pronotum strongly constricted medially.(Figure 6 A,B; 13A); pygophoral lock is triangulate, weakly concave medially, narrowing apically to an oblique sharp angle; paramere subquadrate (Figure 19 A). It can be distinguished from <i>T. peregrinus</i> by the apical margin of the pygophoral lock which is rounded and not obliquely angled (cf. Figure.19 B). The females of the two species can be distinguished by the colouration of the pronotal disc. The disc of female <i>T. nadeli</i> is fuscous and strikingly darker than the cream disc of the males (Figure 6 A,B), whereas the disc of both male and female <i>T. peregrinus</i> is cream (cf. Figure 7 A,B).</p> <p> <b>Description.</b> Submacropterous. Male length 2.37–2.88, width 0.74–0.92; female 2.53–2.92, width 0.89–1.05. Females larger and darker in colouration, especially hemelytra and pronotum. <b>Colouration</b>. Dorsum cream to yellowish brown with contrasting dark brown to fuscous markings. <i>Head</i>: mostly cream-coloured; vertex and clypeus yellowish brown; lateral aspect of mandibular plates and genae with brown to fuscous stripe; genae, gula and bucculae cream-coloured. <i>Antennae</i>: mostly yellowish brown; subapical half of AIV dark brown to fuscous (Figure 6 A,B). <i>Labium</i>: straw-coloured; apex of LIV fuscous. <i>Pronotum</i>: mostly yellowish brown, pronotal disc cream medially. <i>Thoracic pleura and sterna</i>: mostly yellowish brown; propleura posterior margin more cream-coloured; prosternum cream. <i>Scutellum</i>: dark brown, posterior two-thirds of midline straw-coloured. <i>Hemelytra</i>: yellowish brown, with clavus cream-coloured; medial margin of corium dark brown; membrane cream, medially infused with brown (Figure 6 A,B). <i>Legs</i>: mostly straw-coloured, with distal half of second tarsomere dark brown. <i>Abdomen</i>: uniformly yellowish brown. <b>Texture.</b> Dorsum moderately polished, with scattered shallow to deep setose punctures. <i>Head</i>: vertex mostly impunctate, with transverse puncticulate rows sometimes visible, punctures shallow; epicranial suture with irregular distribution of shallow to moderately deep punctures; mandibular plates irregularly punctate, denser posteriorly, punctures shallow (Figure 13 A). <i>Pronotum</i>: callosite region sparsely punctate, punctures shallow, denser along midline and anterolateral angles; disc densely and regularly punctate, punctures deep, posterolateral angles impunctate (Figure 13 A). <i>Thoracic pleura and sterna</i>: propleuron with regular distribution of fine punctures posteroventrally (Figure 13 D); thoracic sterna mostly with sparse, irregular distribution of shallow punctures; mesosternum strongly polished. <i>Scutellum</i>: densely and regularly punctate, punctures deep, midline polished (Figure 6 A,B). <i>Hemelytra</i>: clavus and corium with uniform distribution of deep punctures, larger than on pronotal disc. <i>Abdomen</i>: impunctate, moderately polished. <b>Vestiture</b>. Dorsum with uniform distribution of setose punctures, setae short, erect, straw-coloured. Lateral aspects with irregular distribution of fine, straw-coloured, decumbent setae, most densely distributed posteroventral on propleura and ventrally mesopleura (Figure 13 E). Ventral surface with irregular distribution of fine setae, most densely distributed on mandibular plates (Figure 13 B). <i>Antennae</i>: uniform distribution of decumbent setae intermixed with fine, erect setae; AIII–AIV with same setae on lateral margins, otherwise bare (Figure 13 C). <i>Male genitalia</i>: pygophore with irregular distribution of fine setae, more elongate and dense near genital opening, pygophoral lock with sparse and distribution of irregular setae; paramere evenly beset with setae, becoming sparse apically (Figure 19 A). <b>Structure.</b> <i>Head</i>: mandibular plates elongate, surpassing clypeus by length of clypeus, contiguous medially, flared anteriorly, concave dorsally, anterolateral margins strongly recurved (Figure 13 A); bucculae weakly arcuate, strongly explanate posteriorly (Figure 13 B). <i>Eyes</i>: moderately pedicellate. <i>Antennae</i>: AI to AIII cylindrical; AII weakly distally expanded; AIV weakly lanceolate (Figure 13 C). <i>Labium</i>: short, reaching past anterior margin of prosternum (figure 13B). <i>Pronotum</i>: strongly constricted medially; callosite region and disc subequal in length, disc a little broader; anterolateral angles strongly tuberculate; lateral margins of disc weakly arcuate (Figure 13 A). <i>Thoracic sterna</i>: prosternum weakly swollen medially, lateral margins rounded (Figure 13 B). <i>Hemelytra</i>: at rest extending to abdominal TIX; medial margin of corium straight to weakly convex, apex of corium at membrane strongly narrowed medial margin less than 45° to costal margin (Figure 6 A,B). <i>Legs</i>: forecoxal separation equal to slightly wider than coxal width (Figure 13 B); fore and mesofemora strongly incrassate; fossula spongiosa elongate, reaching distal half of second tarsomere (Figure 13 B); 3–4 foretibial teeth, 3–4 mesotibial teeth, without metatibial teeth. <i>Male Genitalia</i>: pygophoral lock triangulate, weakly concave medially, narrowing apically to oblique sharp angle; paramere subquadrate (Figure 19 A).</p> <p> <b>Measurements.</b> Table 2</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> <i>Thaumastocoris nadeli</i> is known from southwestern Australia, suburban Perth, and Exmouth, north of Perth (Figure 20 B).</p> <p> <b>Host plants.</b> <i>Thaumastocoris nadeli</i> has been collected from four different plant families, with most of the records from the family Myrtaceae (Table 3). It has been collected on numerous species of <i>Eucalyptus</i> spp, particularly <i>Eucalyptus camaldulensis.</i> It is also known from the myrtle species, <i>Agonis flexuosa</i> and <i>Kunzea glabrescens</i> in southwest Western Australia. East of Perth it has been collected on <i>Eucalyptus sideroxylon</i> and <i>E. wandoo</i>, and with the latter record it was found in association with <i>T. freomooreae</i>. Some 1000 km north of Perth, at Exmouth, it was collected on an unidentified species of <i>Acacia</i> (Fabaceae). The records of <i>Hemiandra glabra</i> (Lamiaceae) and <i>Dryandra sessilis</i> (Proteaceae) are possibly sitting records, with two specimens taken from each plant.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species is the only known species <i>Thaumastocoris</i> where the female is easily recognised from conspecific males by colouration alone. Typically, females of <i>Thaumastocoris</i> are slightly darker in colouration, but in this species the pronotal disc is strikingly fuscous to black, whereas in males it is cream-coloured. This sexual dimorphism in colouration is consistent in all populations.</p>Published as part of <i>Noack, Ann E., Cassis, Gerasimos & Rose, Harley A., 2011, Systematic revision of Thaumastocoris Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae), pp. 1-60 in Zootaxa 3121</i> on pages 38-41, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/279374">10.5281/zenodo.279374</a>
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