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    UBC's Humanities 101 Program - Interview with Sandra Delorme

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      Childhood educational shortcomings didn't stop Sandra Delorme from becoming a published author later in life. She credits UBC's Humanities 101 program (but deserves most of the credit herself)
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      BIDS formatted EEG meditation experiment data

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      This meditation experiment contains 24 subjects. Subjects were meditating and were interrupted about every 2 minutes to indicate their level of concentration and mind wandering. The scientific article (see Reference file) contains all methodological details. - Arnaud Delorme (October 17, 2018)</p
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      BIDS formatted EEG meditation experiment data

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      This meditation experiment contains 24 subjects. Subjects were meditating and were interrupted about every 2 minutes to indicate their level of concentration and mind wandering. The scientific article (see Reference file) contains all methodological details. - Arnaud Delorme (October 17, 2018)</p
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      Germalna Delorme 2018, gen. nov.

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      Genus Germalna gen. nov. (Fig. 1) Germalna germaini nom. nud. BOULARD (2006), P. 131, 132,181; SANBORN (2013), P. 528, 789. Type species. Melampsalta germaini Distant, 1906, 387. [Type locality: New Caledonia], mono-specific genus coming from New Caledonia. Included species. Only one species, Germalna germaini comb. nov. Etymology. Genus name derived from the species name “ germaini ”. Gender feminine. Diagnosis. Among the New Caledonian genera, Kanakia Distant, 1892, Ueana Distant, 1905, Panialna Delorme, 2016a, Pseudokanakia Delorme, 2016a, Vastarena Delorme, 2016, Bispinalta Delorme, 2017a, and Melanesiana Delorme, 2017a, can be distinguished from Germalna gen. nov., by the medial veins and cubitus anterior vein meeting the basal cell clearly separated or affiXed but distinct while Germalna gen. nov. has the medial vein and cubitus anterior vein meeting the basal cell with their stems confluent. Mouia Distant, 1920, differs by the larger size, the pedunculate eyes, the postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view nearly straight giving the head a very blunt appearance; Paulaudalna Delorme 2017a, is much larger, has opercula covering the rim of the distal margin of the tympanal cavity; Myersalna Boulard, 1988b, has pedunculate eyes and the postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view nearly straight giving the head a very blunt appearance; Murmurillana Delorme, 2016b, has pseudoparameres lateral of the theca originating near the thecal base and apically curved at right-angles, the postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view is nearly straight giving the head a very blunt appearance; Rouxalna Boulard 1999, have an inflated pterostigma on the fore wings and the postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view is nearly straight giving the head a very blunt appearance; Strepuntalna Delorme, 2017a has stringy pseudoparameres, dorsal of and much longer than the theca (> 3 time longer), originating near the thecal base; Poviliana Boulard, 1997 and Caledopsalta Delorme 2017b, also have narrow pseudoparameres, much longer than the theca (> 3 time longer) and apically straight. According to Marshall et al. (2016) Tettigetta Kolenati, 1857 and Mezammira Fieber, 1876 (European genera) seem to show some relationship with Germalna gen. nov according to the molecular data. However these two genera differ by the presence of a well developed upper lobe on pygofer, a shorter median lobe of the uncus and sternite VIII is as long as sternite VII. In addition, species of Mezammira have an inner tooth on the basal lobe of the pygofer and the pseudoparameres are flat. Description. Head. As wide as mesonotum. Dorsal postclypeal area wider than long; anterior border prominent from the curve of supra-antennal plate. Postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view well rounded giving the head an angular appearance. Epicranial suture deep. Postclypeus bearing at least siX transverse grooves and a longitudinal suture. Thorax. Lateral margin of pronotal collar smooth with only a rounded lateral lobe and completely lacking an anterior lateral tooth or angular projection. Male opercula not reaching lateral or distal margin of tympanal cavity, directed towards distomedial margin of tympanal cavity, apically broadly rounded, not meeting. Wings. Fore wings with eight apical cells; medial veins and cubitus anterior vein meeting basal cell with their stems confluent; distance between radial and radiomedial crossveins equal to or slightly longer than between radiomedial and medial crossveins; fore wing infuscation absent on radial vein. Pterostigma slender, briefly reduced at tip and terminally acute; Radial crossvein oblique. Hind wings with siX apical cells; anal cell 3 short, reaching half the length of anal cell 2. Legs. Fore femora bearing three developed black spines and a forth one (aborted) located at the base of the third spine. Primary spine strong and oblique; secondary spine sharp, oblique shorter than the primary spine; apical spine oblique, triangular, shorter than the secondary spine. Mid legs black. Hind legs similar to mid legs, with three lateral spurs on interior medial side and two on lateral eXterior side. Abdomen. Oval shaped, sharply reduced posteriorly, as wide as mesonotum. Timbals broad, bearing three long ribs fused dorsally. Male stenite I flat and smooth; sternite VII about as long as wide. Genitalia. Upper lobes of pygofer small, as long as wide; basal lobes undivided, shorter than upper lobe, rounded in lateral view, abutted against or partly tucked behind pygofer margin. Dorsal beak present as a developed apical spine or pointed apeX and a part of chitinized pygofer. Median lobe of uncus flat, shorter than wide. Thecal pseudoparameres slender, apically strongly divergent and sharp; dorsal of theca, originating closer to apeX of theca than its base, slightly longer than theca. Claspers smooth, parallel sided. Aedeagal basal plate in lateral view rightangled.Published as part of Delorme, Quentin, 2018, Germalna, a new genus for the New Caledonian cicada previously assigned to the genus Melampsalta Kolenati, plus a complement to the description of the genus Rouxalna Boulard, with the description of two new species (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) in Zootaxa 4377 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/116326
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      Rouxalna scabens Delorme 2018, sp. nov.

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      &lt;i&gt;Rouxalna scabens&lt;/i&gt; sp. nov. &lt;p&gt;(Figs. 3&ndash;7)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Material examined&lt;/b&gt;. Holotype male (MNHN 23543), New-Caledonia, Province sud, Pa&iuml;ta, Mont Mou, 12/I/2013, Quentin Delorme, caught by net. Coll. Museum National d&rsquo;Histoire Naturelle Paris (MNHN), 1 male, New- Caledonia, Province sud, Saint-Louis, Pic Malaoui, 10/I/2013, Quentin Delorme, caught by net. (MNHN); 5 males, New-Caledonia, Province sud, Pa&iuml;ta, Mont Mou, 08/II/2013, Quentin Delorme, caught by net (QDC), 1 male New- Caledonia, Province sud, Progny, 19/I/2013, Quentin Delorme, caught by net (MNHN), 2 males New-Caledonia, Province sud, Dumbea, cascade des Koghis 13/I/2013, Quentin Delorme, caught by net (MNHN); 1 male New- Caledonia, Province sud, Dumb&eacute;a, vall&eacute;e des Dzumacs, 14/II/2013 Quentin Delorme, caught by net (MNHN), 1 male, New-Caledonia, Province sud, Thio, Petit Borindi, 19/II/2015, Quentin Delorme, caught by net (CXMNC).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Body measurements&lt;/b&gt; (in mm, n= 12, mean [range]). FL: 16.8 [15.0&ndash;17.7]; BL: 15.1 [13.9&ndash;16.1]&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Etymology.&lt;/b&gt; From Latin &ldquo;scabere&rdquo; meaning &ldquo;scratch&rdquo; because of the male calling song.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Diagnosis.&lt;/b&gt; Among &lt;i&gt;Rouxalna&lt;/i&gt; species, &lt;i&gt;R. scabens&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/b&gt;, can be distinguished from &lt;i&gt;R. rouxi&lt;/i&gt; by the smaller size (body length less than 16 mm); the long ribs 1 and 2 which are fused ventrally (&lt;i&gt;R. rouxi&lt;/i&gt; has ribs 1 and 2 unfused ventrally) and ribs 1 to 4 fused dorsally (&lt;i&gt;R. rouxi&lt;/i&gt; has the long rib 4 unfused dorsally). &lt;i&gt;Rouxalna villosa&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/b&gt;, differs by the presence of dense long black hair on the body.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Morphology&lt;/b&gt;. &lt;b&gt;Description of male&lt;/b&gt; (Figs. 3&ndash;6). &lt;i&gt;Head.&lt;/i&gt; VerteX mostly black with pink ocelli. Epicranial suture ochraceous, wide and deep. Frons entirely black. Dorsal postclypeal area flat, ochraceous with sparse short hair. Supra-antennal plate black with wide orange margin. Antennal flagella and pedicel black. Postclypeus contrasted; laterally brown with black median section; slightly domed with seven to eight transverse grooves. Anteclypeus mostly black, eXcept a brown median part; covered by sparse long black hair. Rostrum with labrum and mentum brownish, eXcept apeX which is darker; rostrum reaching base of mid coXae; covered by sparse short silver hair.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Thorax.&lt;/i&gt; Pronotum mostly black with wide median linear ochraceous fasciae, covered by sparse short silver hair. Pronotal collar ochraceous, and lateral parts black. Mesonotum and parapsidal suture ochraceous; submedian and lateral sigilla black; scutal depression distinct. Cruciform elevation ochraceous eXcept black anterior branches. Opercula more or less reaching margin of tympanal cavity, directed towards distomedial margin of tympanal cavity, apically broadly rounded; whitish at base becoming blackish at tip and bearing sparse silver pubescence.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Wings.&lt;/i&gt; Fore wing hyaline; venation pale brown, becoming darker towards apical cells and ambient veins; pterostigma partly obscur. Hind wings hyaline; venation brownish.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Legs.&lt;/i&gt; Covered by sparse short silver hair; fore femora brown to black at lateral margins. Mid and hind femora brown to ochraceous. Fore and mid tibiae dark brown, becoming blackish apically. Fore and mid tarsi and claws dark brown. Meracantha sharp, black with whitish margin, much shorter than opercula.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Abdomen.&lt;/i&gt; Tergites covered by short silver pubescence; tergites 1 and 8 uniformly black; tergite 2 black with wide ochraceous posterior margin; tergite 3 to 7 mostly black with narrow ochraceous margin and greenish posterior margin. Sternite I to VIII uniformly brown. Timbals bearing siX long ribs; ribs 1 and 2 fused ventrally; ribs 1 to 4 fused dorsally; ribs 5 and 6 unfused ventrally and dorsally; rib 6 much shorter than other ribs; five intercalary ribs.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;i&gt;Genitalia.&lt;/i&gt; Pygofer entirely dark brown to blackish; upper lobes black, roundish; lower lobes rounded, not prominent but distinct. Median lobe of uncus, blackish, flat, as long as wide. Thecal pseudoparameres slender, apically divergent, sharp. Claspers brown, unfused, distally parallel to each other; their apices affiXed; apically obtuse, not hooked.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Acoustic behavior.&lt;/b&gt; Male calling song (Fig. 7) is formed by a regular succession of phrases emitted at a rate of 4 per second. Each phrase is formed by 2 syllables: a group of 7 echemes and one isolated echeme. Frequency ranges from 5,000 to&gt; 20,000 Hz. The dominant frequency is located between 8,000 and 11,000 Hz and the maXimum of power is located at 9,500 Hz.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Description of female.&lt;/b&gt; Unknown.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Distribution.&lt;/b&gt; Endemic to south of New Caledonia Main Island.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Habitat and ecology.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Rouxalna scabens&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/b&gt;, inhabits shrubbery vegetation of mining scrub formation where Niaouli trees (&lt;i&gt;Melaleuca quinquenervia&lt;/i&gt;) are scattered or absent. The populations discovered at Mont Mou, Pic du Pin, Dzumacs, Parc Provincial de la Riviere bleue and Petit Borindi, are localized on ultramafic soil. No information on seasonality and peak period of emergence is recorded.&lt;/p&gt;Published as part of &lt;i&gt;Delorme, Quentin, 2018, Germalna, a new genus for the New Caledonian cicada previously assigned to the genus Melampsalta Kolenati, plus a complement to the description of the genus Rouxalna Boulard, with the description of two new species (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) in Zootaxa 4377 (1)&lt;/i&gt;, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.1.5, &lt;a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1163266"&gt;http://zenodo.org/record/1163266&lt;/a&gt
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      Melanesiana kataouii Delorme, 2017, sp. nov.

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      &lt;i&gt;Melanesiana kataouii&lt;/i&gt; sp. nov. &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Material examinated&lt;/b&gt;. Holotype male (MNHN 19259) Nouvelle-Cal&eacute;donie, Province Sud, Poya, 17/II/2000, J.- P. Kataoui rec, one paratype male (MNHN 19260), Nouvelle-Cal&eacute;donie, Province Sud, Poya, 13/II/2002, David Paulaud rec, and one paratype female, Nouvelle Cal&eacute;donie, Province nord, Voh, Massif du Kopeto, 21/I/2015, Quentin Delorme rec (MNHN). Other specimens: 6 males Nouvelle Cal&eacute;donie, Province nord, Voh, Massif du Kopeto 21/I/2015, Quentin Delorme rec, in Delorme personale collection.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Body measurements&lt;/b&gt; (in mm, first value refers to holotype and second to paratype, third value refers to paratype female). FL: 36.4, 36.0, 42.4; FW: 12.0, 11.4, 19.0; HW: 8.4, 8.3, 9.9; HL: 2.5, 2.6, 3.2; BL: 28.0, 29.0, 32.0.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Description of male&lt;/b&gt; (Fig. 23&ndash;27). &lt;b&gt;Head.&lt;/b&gt; Vertex brown to ferruginous. Each ocellus sits on a uniform dark brown part of the vertex. Epicranial suture deep, yellowish to greenish. Dorsal postclypeal area about two times shorter than wide, slightly convex, brownish; its anterior border non prominent, following the curve of the supraantennal plate. Scape yellowish and supra-antennal plate brown. Antennal flagella and pedicel blackish. Posclypeus mostly brownish, but darker in median area. Median part of anteclypeus brownish, hairless; lateral parts darker, covered by long silvered hairs. Rostrum with labrum and mentum yellowish. Labium yellowish with blackish tip. Apex of rostrum reaching posterior base of hind trochanter. Gena and lorum brownish covered by dense and long silvered hairs; lateral margin of lorum yellowish prominent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Thorax.&lt;/b&gt; Pronotum longer than head, ferruginous with a medio-longitudinal black line bearing a yellow shape like an exclamation mark. Pronotal collar yellowish; lateral parts with two prominent lobes; anterior lobe obtuse, yellowish with dark margin; posterior lobe semi-circular with wide yellowish margin. Ambient fissure black. Mesonotum mostly brown to ferruginous with wide yellowish ornamentations along parapsidal suture and median part. Scutal depression with circular brown patch. Metanotum and cruciform elevation entirely brownish. Opercula separated, longer than wider, pale yellow. Meracanthus brown with yellow exterior margin, slender and sharp.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Wings.&lt;/b&gt; Forewings hyaline; venation brownish; radial crossvein and radiomedial crossvein with brown infuscation. Hind wing venation brownish. Ambient vein brownish, vannus and jugum hyaline with brown infuscation at margin.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Legs.&lt;/b&gt; On fore legs, coxa and trochanter brownish with yellow margins; femur brown with wide yellow longitudinal lines; tibia and tarsus brownish with short golden hairs; pretarsal claw yellowish at base, getting darker at tip. Mid legs with coxa and trochanter brown to yellowish with a linear brown spot on the medio-anterior side and latero-exterior side; femur entirely brownish; tibia and tarsus yellowish. Hind legs pretty similar to mid legs, slightly paler.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Abdomen.&lt;/b&gt; Appearing less inflated than &lt;i&gt;Kanakia&lt;/i&gt;; tergites and sternites uniformly brown, getting darker towards apex (tergite 8 almost black).&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Genitalia.&lt;/b&gt; Pygofer brownish to blackish; upper lobes paler, long, curved medially and becoming slightly slender to form an obtuse tip; basal lobe roundish; much smaller, located at base of upper lobes. Thecal pseudoparameres of aedeagus slender and apically divergent.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Acoustic behavior&lt;/b&gt; (Fig. 28). Male calling song composed of a continuous and regular succession of phrases. Each phrase lasting from 1.20 s to 1.30 s and separated by interval of 30 ms. Phrases are formed by echemes, emitted with progressive acceleration. Calling song includes frequencies ranging from 2 to 6 kHz with the main energy between 2.5 and 4 kHz and a maximum of energy at 3.4 kHz.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Desciption of female&lt;/b&gt; (Figs. 29&ndash;30). &lt;b&gt;Head.&lt;/b&gt; Colouration similar to that of male.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Thorax.&lt;/b&gt; Colouration and black ornamentation of pronotum similar to that of male. Mesonotum colouration similar to that of male.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Legs.&lt;/b&gt; Similar in colour to those of male.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Abdomen.&lt;/b&gt; Tergites slightly darker in colouration to those of male; abdominal segment 9 brownish with a pair of longitudinal near-dorsal black fasciae that extend to the anterior edge and ventrolaterally to some extent, dorsal beak terminally pointed; sternites colouration similar to that of male.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Genitalia.&lt;/b&gt; Ovipositor sheath black with long golden hairs, reaching approximately the tip of dorsal beak of abdominal segment 9.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Repartition.&lt;/b&gt; Endemic to New Caledonia, found only on West Coast of Main Island.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Derivation of name&lt;/b&gt;. Species dedicated to Jean-Pierre Kataoui, a former technician of the IAC entomological laboratory, who first caught this species.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;b&gt;Habitat and ecology.&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Melanesiana kataouii&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;sp. nov.&lt;/b&gt;, inhabits shrubbery vegetation of mining scrub formation where Niaouli trees (&lt;i&gt;Melaleuca quinquenervia&lt;/i&gt;) are scattered or absent. No information on seasonality and peak period of emergence has been recorded.&lt;/p&gt;Published as part of &lt;i&gt;Delorme, Quentin, 2017, Description of four new genera and five new species of cicadas from New Caledonia (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae), pp. 97-124 in Zootaxa 4243 (1)&lt;/i&gt; on pages 117-121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.4, &lt;a href="http://zenodo.org/record/398711"&gt;http://zenodo.org/record/398711&lt;/a&gt
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      P. Guaydier, Les grandes découvertes de la Physique moderne

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      Delorme Albert. P. Guaydier, Les grandes découvertes de la Physique moderne. In: Revue d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, tome 5, n°3, 1952. p. 282

      Poviliana dayubiikii Delorme, sp. nov.

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      Poviliana dayubiikii Delorme sp. nov. (Figs. 1–5) Material examined. Holotype male (MNHN 19284), Nouvelle-Calédonie, Province Nord, Hienghène, Mont Panié, refuge Blaffart (570 m), 25 /II/ 2013, Quentin Delorme rec, caught by net. Paratypes: 2 males (MNHN 19285 and MNHN 19286), same data as holotype. Measurements (in mm, 3 males): FL: 19.4 – 19.3 – 19.1, FW: 6.9–7.4 – 6.8, YW: 1.2 – 1.2 – 1.2, HW: 5–5.1 – 5, HL: 1.9 – 1.9 – 1.6, BL: 14.6–14.9 - 14, PL: 2 – 2 – 2, PW: 4.7 – 4.7 – 4.7, HWW: 5 – 5 – 5, HWL: 10.4 – 10.4–11.2. Description of male (Figs. 1–4). Head. Slightly broader than mesonotum; vertex more angular than P. vincentiensis, greenish with pink ocelli separated by a distance equal to two times the width of an ocellus. Each ocellus set on a wide black patch much larger than found in P. vincentiensis. Epicranial suture green. Anteromedian ocellus located in a frontal position. Compound eyes greenish, prominent, wider than long. Dorsal postclypeal area about three times shorter than width, flat horizontal and black, with a yellowish triangular patch in the middle; anterior border slightly prominent than curve of supra-antennal plate. Scape and supra-antennal plate are yellowish with a black ocular margin. Antennal flagella and pedicel black. Postclypeus yellowish slightly domed with four transversal grooves. Anteclypeus yellowish with brownish margins only in lower half, hull entirely blackish. Rostrum with labrum, mentum and labium yellowish with darker sutures. Apex of rostrum reaching bases of mid trochanter. Gena and lorum yellow with a thin brown longitudinal line (length variable). Thorax. Pronotum longer than head, green with variable black ornamentations. A very thin mediolongitudinal black line disappearing in posterior half, absent in one paratype. Pronotal collar and lateral parts yellowish with black posterior margin. Lateral and paramedian fissures black. Mesonotum green with three longitudinal black fascia. Median fascia reaching cruciform elevation. Lateral fascia terminating at beginning of anterior branch of cruciform elevation. Scutal depression with circular black patch. Metanotum greenish with blackish posterior margin. Cruciform elevation greenish, except blackish posterior branch and prolongation of median fascia. Opercula whitish, separated, as long as wide and domed, bearing scattered silver hairs on posterior margin. Opercula entirely covering tympanal cavity. Wings. Forewings hyaline with eight apical cells; venation yellowish except apical cells and a part of ulnar cells, which are blackish; median and cubital anterior veins fused for 1 mm by their bases. Hindwings with six apical cells, reaching middle of forewings; venation blackish; vannus and jugum hyaline. Legs. Greenish with longitudinal black ornamentations. Forelegs with coxa yellow with black internal margin. Trochanters greenish with variable brownish ornamentations. Femurs greenish except anterior side which bears a wide longitudinal brown line. Femur with three developed black spines and a forth one (aborted) on anterior base of third spine. Primary spine strong and oblique, isolated, shorter than distance between base of primary and second spine. Secondary spine oblique, much shorter than primary ( ½). Abdomen. Tergites 1 and 2 pinkish with large black posterior margin and black lateral side. Tergite 3 paler pinkish with slender median posterior black margin. Tergite 4 whitish with a complete thin black posterior margin. Tergites 5 to 7 entirely black; tergite 8 mostly pinkish with not well defined black spot. Timbals bear series of two short ribs and three long ribs connected by a dorsal bar and running dorsoventrally to the timbal plate. Sternites 2, 3 and 4 entirely pinkish; sternite 5 pale pink and black in median posterior half, sternites 6 and 7 entirely blackish; sternite 8 pale pinkish. Genitalia. Pygofer whitish slightly curved with a non-prominent rounded upper lobe distant from dorsal beak. Basal lobe almost insignificant. Dorsal beak black and sharp. Median lobe of uncus rectangular and flat. Thecal pseudoparameres of aedeagus yellow, filiform and much smaller than theca. Claspers whitish, well developed, large, dominant, restraining aedeagus, lobe-like, flat, wide in lateral view, outer face with an overhanging lip along margin; unfused; distally parallel to each other; their apices not widely separated; apically obtuse. Song patterns. Calling song (Fig. 10) is composed of calls lasting between 8 or 10 seconds. Each call is separated by a silence lasting between 7 to 11 seconds (A) and is formed by four sequences (B & C). The first sequence lasting about 1.5 second is composed by a regular succession of echemes emitted at a rate of about 30 per second. The second sequence, lasting about 4 or 5 seconds, shows a progressive acceleration of the rate of echeme emission to reach a maximal rate of about 105–110 echemes per second. Third sequence, lasting about 2 seconds, is composed by groups of three echemes emitted at a rate of 18 or 19 groups per second. The last sequence shows a similar acceleration as the second sequence but much shorter. At most of the time, the calling song ends with one or two groups of three echemes. All sequences cover frequencies from 7.5 to 20 kHz with main energy between 14.5 and 16 kHz and a maximum of energy at 15 kHz (fig. 10 -D). The calling song of P. montrouzieri is close to P. sarasini because of the similar acceleration in the rate of echemes emission. It differs mainly by the presence of a third sequence composed by a succession of groups of three echemes. Distribution. Central mountain chain of New Caledonia (Fig. 11) Derivation of name. The species is dedicated to the Reverend Father Xavier Montrouzier (1820-1897) who first studied cicadas in New Caledonia in 1861. Habitat and ecology. Like Poviliana sarasini, P. vicentiensis and P. dayubiikii Delorme sp. nov., P. montrouzieri Delorme sp. nov. inhabits primary rainforest undergrowth and behaves exactly like the previous described species. Distribution range of each species. The figure 9 illustrates the non-sympatric distribution of Poviliana species.Published as part of Delorme, Quentin, Jourdan, Hervé & Mille, Christian, 2015, Description of two new cicada species of the genus Poviliana Boulard (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) from New Caledonia, pp. 489-500 in Zootaxa 3957 (4) on pages 490-497, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.4.9, http://zenodo.org/record/23795
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      Melanesiana kataouii Delorme, 2017, sp. nov.

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      Melanesiana kataouii sp. nov. Material examinated. Holotype male (MNHN 19259) Nouvelle-Calédonie, Province Sud, Poya, 17/II/2000, J.- P. Kataoui rec, one paratype male (MNHN 19260), Nouvelle-Calédonie, Province Sud, Poya, 13/II/2002, David Paulaud rec, and one paratype female, Nouvelle Calédonie, Province nord, Voh, Massif du Kopeto, 21/I/2015, Quentin Delorme rec (MNHN). Other specimens: 6 males Nouvelle Calédonie, Province nord, Voh, Massif du Kopeto 21/I/2015, Quentin Delorme rec, in Delorme personale collection. Body measurements (in mm, first value refers to holotype and second to paratype, third value refers to paratype female). FL: 36.4, 36.0, 42.4; FW: 12.0, 11.4, 19.0; HW: 8.4, 8.3, 9.9; HL: 2.5, 2.6, 3.2; BL: 28.0, 29.0, 32.0. Description of male (Fig. 23–27). Head. Vertex brown to ferruginous. Each ocellus sits on a uniform dark brown part of the vertex. Epicranial suture deep, yellowish to greenish. Dorsal postclypeal area about two times shorter than wide, slightly convex, brownish; its anterior border non prominent, following the curve of the supraantennal plate. Scape yellowish and supra-antennal plate brown. Antennal flagella and pedicel blackish. Posclypeus mostly brownish, but darker in median area. Median part of anteclypeus brownish, hairless; lateral parts darker, covered by long silvered hairs. Rostrum with labrum and mentum yellowish. Labium yellowish with blackish tip. Apex of rostrum reaching posterior base of hind trochanter. Gena and lorum brownish covered by dense and long silvered hairs; lateral margin of lorum yellowish prominent. Thorax. Pronotum longer than head, ferruginous with a medio-longitudinal black line bearing a yellow shape like an exclamation mark. Pronotal collar yellowish; lateral parts with two prominent lobes; anterior lobe obtuse, yellowish with dark margin; posterior lobe semi-circular with wide yellowish margin. Ambient fissure black. Mesonotum mostly brown to ferruginous with wide yellowish ornamentations along parapsidal suture and median part. Scutal depression with circular brown patch. Metanotum and cruciform elevation entirely brownish. Opercula separated, longer than wider, pale yellow. Meracanthus brown with yellow exterior margin, slender and sharp. Wings. Forewings hyaline; venation brownish; radial crossvein and radiomedial crossvein with brown infuscation. Hind wing venation brownish. Ambient vein brownish, vannus and jugum hyaline with brown infuscation at margin. Legs. On fore legs, coxa and trochanter brownish with yellow margins; femur brown with wide yellow longitudinal lines; tibia and tarsus brownish with short golden hairs; pretarsal claw yellowish at base, getting darker at tip. Mid legs with coxa and trochanter brown to yellowish with a linear brown spot on the medio-anterior side and latero-exterior side; femur entirely brownish; tibia and tarsus yellowish. Hind legs pretty similar to mid legs, slightly paler. Abdomen. Appearing less inflated than Kanakia; tergites and sternites uniformly brown, getting darker towards apex (tergite 8 almost black). Genitalia. Pygofer brownish to blackish; upper lobes paler, long, curved medially and becoming slightly slender to form an obtuse tip; basal lobe roundish; much smaller, located at base of upper lobes. Thecal pseudoparameres of aedeagus slender and apically divergent. Acoustic behavior (Fig. 28). Male calling song composed of a continuous and regular succession of phrases. Each phrase lasting from 1.20 s to 1.30 s and separated by interval of 30 ms. Phrases are formed by echemes, emitted with progressive acceleration. Calling song includes frequencies ranging from 2 to 6 kHz with the main energy between 2.5 and 4 kHz and a maximum of energy at 3.4 kHz. Desciption of female (Figs. 29–30). Head. Colouration similar to that of male. Thorax. Colouration and black ornamentation of pronotum similar to that of male. Mesonotum colouration similar to that of male. Legs. Similar in colour to those of male. Abdomen. Tergites slightly darker in colouration to those of male; abdominal segment 9 brownish with a pair of longitudinal near-dorsal black fasciae that extend to the anterior edge and ventrolaterally to some extent, dorsal beak terminally pointed; sternites colouration similar to that of male. Genitalia. Ovipositor sheath black with long golden hairs, reaching approximately the tip of dorsal beak of abdominal segment 9. Repartition. Endemic to New Caledonia, found only on West Coast of Main Island. Derivation of name. Species dedicated to Jean-Pierre Kataoui, a former technician of the IAC entomological laboratory, who first caught this species. Habitat and ecology. Melanesiana kataouii sp. nov., inhabits shrubbery vegetation of mining scrub formation where Niaouli trees (Melaleuca quinquenervia) are scattered or absent. No information on seasonality and peak period of emergence has been recorded.Published as part of Delorme, Quentin, 2017, Description of four new genera and five new species of cicadas from New Caledonia (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae), pp. 97-124 in Zootaxa 4243 (1) on pages 117-121, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4243.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/39871
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      Camille Froidevaux-Metterie, La révolution au féminin, Collection Bibliothèque des Sciences Humaines, Gallimard, 2015, 384 p.

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      Delorme Ludmilla. Camille Froidevaux-Metterie, La révolution au féminin, Collection Bibliothèque des Sciences Humaines, Gallimard, 2015, 384 p.. In: Diplômées, n°252, 2015. La liberté d'association : clé de la promotion des femmes. p. 30
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