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The Private Cost of Long-Term Care in Canada: Where You Live Matters
No full textCanadians expect the same access to health care whether they are rich or poor, and wherever they live, often without direct charge at the point of service. However, we find that the private cost of long-term care differs greatly across the country, and within provinces, we find substantial variation, depending on income level, marital status, and, in Quebec alone, on assets owned. A non-married person with average income would pay more than twice as much in the Atlantic provinces as in Quebec, while a couple with one in care would pay almost four times as much in Newfoundland as in Alberta.long-term care, private cost
Grammedessa longispina Da Silva & Fernandes 2022, sp.n.
No full text<i>Grammedessa longispina</i> Da Silva & Fernandes sp.n. <p>(Figs. 1E–F; 4A)</p> <p> <b> <i>Diagnosis</i>.</b> Length 15.5 mm. Width 9.6 mm. Specimen yellowish-brown colored, remnant spots on pronotum indicates a green color when alive or well-preserved dead specimens. Pronotal disc with punctures light brown, except posterior margin that shows black punctures on small dark spots, only part forming irregular lines (Fig. 1E). Beneath thorax irregularly punctured with punctures shallow, brown to black on dark spots, some forming sinuous lines (Fig. 1F). Abdomen shagreen with sparse, shallow, brown punctures on dark spots among brown spots, these dark marks more concentrated on lateral sides of the abdomen (Fig. 1F). Humeral angles projection short, dentiform. Anterior half of the costal margin of corium and hypocostal ridge with punctures on black spots (Fig. 1E). Antennae with dark spots on the first three and base of the fourth segment. Legs with dense dark spots (Fig. 1F). Female valvifers 8 strongly projected posteriorly, posterior margins forming sharp spines (Fig. 4A).</p> <p> <b> <i>Description</i>.</b> Head wider than long (1.3 times). Antennae with the fifth segment missing. Thorax: Pronotum wider than long (2.5 times); cicatrices delimited by grooves, not punctuated. Evaporatorium dull, translucid, densely spotted; lateral areas spotted, and half-moon shaped. Metasternal process yellow; anterior bifurcation with arms acuminate; distally with few dark spots (Fig. 1F). Abdomen: connexivum densely and irregularly punctuated; segments III–VI medially with a callus; segment VII with margin and spots dull black. Beneath one trichobothrium in line and the other lateral to spiracles.</p> <p> <i>Female</i> (Fig. 4A). Valvifers 8 longer than wide (2 times), sutural border not contiguous; far exceeding valvifers 9, reaching the median line of laterotergites 9. Valvulae 8 medially slightly elevated and somewhat sclerotized, visible between sutural borders of valvifers 8. Valvifers 9 slightly convex, longer than wide (1.3 times), lateral sides partially hidden by valvifers 8. Laterotergites 8 spotted, longer than wide (1.3 times), distal spine well developed slightly exceeding abdominal segment VII. Laterotergites 9 narrow and long, clearly exceeding the band uniting the laterotergites 8, but shorter than laterotergites 8 and level with abdominal segment VII.</p> <p> <i>Etymology.</i> Named for the long spine of the valvifers 8. From the Latin. <i>Longus</i> (long) and <i>Spinus</i> (spine).</p> <p> <i>Comments</i>. Remnant spots on pronotum indicate that probably pronotal disk has green punctures on green spots that are slightly darker than background like in <i>G. brunneotarsata</i> and <i>G. fundicava</i> <b>sp.n.</b>; among all species of <i>Grammedessa</i> only <i>G. longispina</i> <b>sp.n.</b>, <i>G. fundicava</i> <b>sp.n.</b>, <i>G. graciligramma</i> <b>sp.n.</b>, and <i>G. stichtocephala</i> <b>sp.n.</b> share a posterior stripe of black punctures on the pronotum. But only the first three show black spots on legs. <i>G. longispina</i> <b>sp.n.</b> is separated from the other two species by the ventral side of the body with dark punctures and spots.</p> <p> <i>Examined material</i> (n=1). <i>Holotype</i>: BRAZIL: Pará. [Canta Galo (Óbidos), Dirings Coll] (1 Female-MZUSP).</p> <p> <b> <i>Distribution</i>.</b> BRAZIL: Pará.</p>Published as part of <i>Silva, Paulo Augusto Lima Da & Fernandes, José Antônio Marin, 2022, Description of six new species to Grammedessa Correia & Fernandes, 2016 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae), pp. 211-226 in Zootaxa 5129 (2)</i> on pages 218-219, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6500665">http://zenodo.org/record/6500665</a>
Amauromelpia miri Fernandes & Grazia 1998
No full text<i>Amauromelpia miri</i> Fernandes & Grazia, 1998 <p>Figs 49, 112, 115–125, 135</p> <p> <i>Amauromelpia miri</i> Fernandes & Grazia, 1998a: 157–160, figs 6–9, 13–15, 17.</p> <p> <b>Type material examined.</b> Holotype ♂, PERU, Loreto, Iquitos, Iquitos ville, chacra Mario Eduardo Vargas, <Cruciferaceae? / <i>Sinapris</i> >, G. Couturier leg. (AMNH) <illustrated specimen>. Paratypes, PERU, ♂, Loreto, Iquitos, L. Huggert leg. (LUND) <illustrated specimen>; ♀, Jenaro Herrera, G. Couturier leg. (UFRG) <illustrated specimen>. <b>Other material examined.</b> PERU, ♂, San Martín, Tocache, L. Huggert leg. (UFRG), <illustrated specimen>, <new record>.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Mandibular plates equal than clypeus in length (Fig. 117).Anterolateral margins of pronotum serrate (Fig. 135).</p> <p> <b>Measurements.</b> See Table 1.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia.</b> Posterolateral angles of pygophore quadrate. Genital cup occupying less than half the length of pygophore. Area between layers of ventral rim depressed. Segment X having a transversal carina (Figs 120–122). <i>Phallus</i> (Figs 123–125): Dorsal connectives short, not reaching the distal half of <i>phallotheca</i>. Dorsal processes of <i>phallotheca</i> wider at the base, and curved.</p> <p> <b>Female genitalia.</b> Posterior margins of valvifers 8 straight. Mesial margins of laterotergites 9 convergent; posterior margins surpassing abdominal tergite 8 (Fig. 49). <i>Capsula seminalis</i> without process (see Fernandes & Grazia, 1998: 159, fig. 18).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Colombia (Amazonas); Peru (Loreto) (Fig. 135).</p>Published as part of <i>Barros, Lurdiana D., Barão, Kim R. & Grazia, Jocelia, 2021, Taxonomic updates on the Mecocephala group (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) Redescription of ' Hypatropis complex', with a review of genitalic terminology and new records, pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 4981 (1)</i> on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/4897374">http://zenodo.org/record/4897374</a>
"Cava a cova!": descrevendo o humor da cena dos coveiros de Hamlet em duas traduções brasileiras
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2013.Em estudos acadêmicos, como os Estudos da Tradução, por exemplo, a pesquisa é feita para preencher uma lacuna, entretanto os pesquisadores apresentam dificuldades em como conduzir o projeto de pesquisa, qual a metodologia a ser usada para sustentar a pesquisa. A famosa máxima ?Um problema bem colocado é resolvido pela metade?, no ver da pesquisa científica, não deixa de ser verdade; mas faz-se necessária uma formulação do problema, de modo que irá clarear o objetivo do projeto de pesquisa. (KRUGER; WALLMARCH, 1997, p. 120). Esta dissertação tem como objetivo fazer uma análise descritivo-comparativa do humor shakespeariano em duas traduções brasileiras da cena dos coveiros da peça A Tragédia de Hamlet: Príncipe da Dinamarca, de William Shakespeare (2005). Entende-se por humor os recursos textuais e discursivos passíveis de gerar o riso presentes no original e como estes elementos foram transpostos nas traduções da referida cena na peça shakespeariana por Millôr Fernandes e Carlos Alberto Nunes, esta publicada em 1983 e aquela em 1955, porém será a usada a reimpressão de 2011 de ambas. Inicialmente, pretende-se introduzir a questão da tradução do humor em Shakespeare, com base em estudos de Dirk Delabastita (1996) e Stanislaw Baranckzak (1992), e depois analisar a cena dos coveiros pelo modelo descritivo proposto por José Lambert & Hendrik Van Gorp (2011). Junto com o modelo descritivo, unimos a Teoria Geral do Humor Verbal de Salvatore Attardo (2002) e os procedimentos técnicos de Jean Paul Vainay & Jean Darbelnet (in VENUTI, 2004), como teorias voltadas ao processo tradutório com seus mecanismos de funcionamento. Como resultado final, pôde-se notar que ambos os tradutores souberam transpor a comicidade no texto shakespeariano, mantendo o tom ambíguo, irônico e sarcástico que o humor sugere.<br
Garn! I'm a good girl, I am: um estudo descritivo de duas traduções do cockney em Pygmalion de Bernard Shaw para o português brasileiro
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos da Tradução, Florianópolis, 2013.Esta pesquisa está inserida nos Estudos Descritivos de Tradução e tem como objetivo analisar duas traduções para o português brasileiro da peça Pygmalion de Bernard Shaw. Mais especificamente, analisar como os dois tradutores brasileiros Miroel Silveira (1964) e Millôr Fernandes (2005) traduziram o dialeto cockney da personagem Eliza Doolittle. Esta variação linguística específica tem associações geográficas e culturais. O cockney é a forma de inglês falado na área de East End de Londres pela chamada classe trabalhadora e tem um papel central na narrativa de Pygmalion. O modelo teórico metodológico proposto por Lambert e Van Gorp (1985) foi utilizado para a análise das traduções. A hipótese inicial levantada por este estudo foi a de que os tradutores, apesar de utilizarem abordagens diferentes, não apagariam os traços dialetais, pela importância desse elemento no desenvolvimento da peça, o que vai de encontro às observações de Milton (2002) no que se refere à prática comum de apagamento de dialetos na tradução literária no Brasil. O que se verificou pela análise é que Miroel Silveira ambientou a peça no Rio de Janeiro e traduziu o cockney de Eliza funcionalmente para um pseudodialeto suburbano com marcação da oralidade principalmente pelo uso de gírias, deixando bem marcado, dessa forma, seu background social, enquanto Millôr Fernandes optou por traduzir funcionalmente o cockney a um pseudodialeto caipira, porém mantendo a peça em Londres. Abstract : This research is embedded within the Descriptive Translation Studies and aims at analyzing two translations into Brazilian Portuguese of the play Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw. Specific attention is given to how the two Brazilian translators Miroel Silveira (1964) and Millôr Fernandes (2005) translated the cockney accent of the character Eliza Doolittle. This linguistic variation has specific geographical and cultural association. Cockney is the form of English spoken in London's East End area by the so-called working class and has a central role in the narrative. The methodological model proposed by Lambert and Van Gorp (1985) was used for the analysis of the translations. The initial hypothesis formulated that the two translations, despite the different approaches, would not erase the dialect due to its importance to the development of the play, going against observations made by Milton (2002) to what refers to the common practice of erasing dialects in literary translations in Brazil. The analysis verified that Miroel Silveira changed the setting of the play to Rio de Janeiro and translated Eliza?s cockney accent functionally to a suburban pseudo dialect with orality marks mainly by slang usage, marking the social background. On the other hand, Millôr Fernandes chose to translate cockney functionally into a pseudo ?caipira? dialect, however, keeping the setting of the play in London
Grammedessa stichtocephala Da Silva & Fernandes 2022, sp.n.
No full text<i>Grammedessa stichtocephala</i> Da Silva & Fernandes sp.n. <p>(Figs. 1K–L; 7A–C)</p> <p> <b> <i>Diagnosis</i>.</b> Length 14.7 mm. Width 9.5 mm. Dorsally dark yellow. Beneath uniformly yellow (Fig. 1K–L). Head with a rectangular, small, median, punctured, black maculae between ocelli (Fig. 1K). Pronotal disc with punctures brown; posterior margin with a band of black punctures. Scutellum with black punctures on black spots forming a few irregular lines (Fig. 1K). Humeral angles projection short, dentiform. Costal margin of corium densely punctured, punctures small and brown (Fig. 1K); hypocostal ridge with few, black, small punctures on spots. Beneath uniformly and densely punctured, except on median line; punctures brown to black, most on black spots (Fig. 1L). Ventral rim of the pygophore deeply excavated, almost as excavated as dorsal rim (Fig. 7A).</p> <p> <b> <i>Description</i>.</b> Head wider than long (1.4 times). Antennal segments I–III and base of fourth spotted. Thorax: Pronotum wider than long (3.4 times); cicatrices delimited by punctures, weakly punctuated. Evaporatorium slightly darker than pleura, densely punctured, dull, and slightly shagreen; lateral areas oval and punctured (Fig. 1L). Metasternal process yellow; anterior bifurcation with arms strongly acuminate; with few spots posteriorly. Legs not spotted (Fig. 1L). Abdomen: connexivum with punctures shallow; segments III–VI with medial callus. Both trichobothria lateral to spiracles.</p> <p> <i>Male</i> (Fig. 7). Pygophore dark yellow, subtrapezoidal (1.1 times), dorsal rim slightly projected over the genital cup. Posterolateral angles strongly developed (Fig. 7A), shallowly concave, inner part outlined by a stripe of dark brown punctures. Superior processes of the genital cup large, subtriangular, touching the dorsal rim of the genital cup. Parameres with anterior lobe rounded, posterior lobe small and dentiform connected with a long black carina (Fig. 7C). Proctiger yellow, elongated (1.5 times); slightly constricted laterally; carina of the posterior surface restricted to basal half (Fig. 7C). Ventral rim strongly excavated, widely opened, almost level with dorsal rim (Fig. 7A–B); expansions indicated only by a tumid, black, densely punctured rim (Fig. 7C). Ventral surface densely punctured with punctures of different sizes, concolorous to black, some on brown spots (Fig. 7B).</p> <p> <b> <i>Etymology</i>.</b> Named for the punctured black rectangular mark on the head between ocelli. From the Greek. <i>Stiktos</i> (punctured) and <i>Cephalus</i> (head).</p> <p> <b> <i>Comments</i>.</b> This species probably has the same body color as <i>G. longispina</i> <b>sp.n.</b>, but all specimens examined are completely yellow. This species is also known only from males that have the ventral rim of pygophore extremely excavated. This species differs from <i>G. longispina</i> <b>sp.n.</b> by the legs without large black spots.</p> <p> <i>Examined material</i> (n=3). <i>Holotype</i>: FRENCH GUIANA: Régina. [Arataye region, Saut-Pararé, mission, 17.II/ 06.III.1981, M. & C. Boulard leg.] MNHN (EH) 138 (1Male-MNHN). <i>Paratypes</i>: FRENCH GUIANA: Régina. [Nouragues, Saut-Pararé 4°02’N / 52°41’W, 20.II.2010, S.E.A.G. leg., coll. R. Lupoli] (1Male-RL). SURINAME: Sipaliwini. [Itani, Carbet Lavaud, Rive Surinamienne 5°29’N / 54°10’W, Mission M. Boulard, P. Jauffret & P. Pompanon, 3–4.XII.1975] (1Male-UFRG).</p> <p> <i>Distribution</i>. FRENCH GUIANA: Régina. SURINAME: Sipaliwini.</p>Published as part of <i>Silva, Paulo Augusto Lima Da & Fernandes, José Antônio Marin, 2022, Description of six new species to Grammedessa Correia & Fernandes, 2016 (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Edessinae), pp. 211-226 in Zootaxa 5129 (2)</i> on pages 222-223, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.2.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/6500665">http://zenodo.org/record/6500665</a>
Plagaedessa celsa Almeida & Nunes & Fernandes 2018, n. comb.
No full textPlagaedessa celsa (Distant, 1890) n. comb. (Figs. 23–27, 40, 42–43, 44–45, 52) Edessa celsa Distant, 1890: 348; Lethierry & Severin, 1893: 189; Kirkaldy, 1909: 155; Fernandes, J.A.M., Silva, V.J., Correia, A.O. & Nunes, B.M., 2015: 512. Lectotype male: David, Panama (Champion) (BMNH). Examined. Here designated. Paralectotype female: Same data as lectotype. Examined. Material examined (n=6): MEXICO, Veracruz: 1 ♀, Las Cabañas, Veracruz 11.I.1972, H. Brailowsky (UFRGS). COSTA RICA, Alajuela: 1 ♂, Caño Negro, RNVS Caño Negro, Prov. Alajuela. 1–26.I.1993. K. Martínez. L~N-325900, 454500 (INBIO); Guanacaste: 1 ♀, Los Almendros, P. N. Guanacaste, 28.III–24.IV.1992 G. Gallardo L-N 334800, 369800 (INBIO); 1 ♂, Santa Rosa National Park. 1–15.I.1982 300m DHJ Janzen & W.Hallwachs (INBIO); Limón: 1 ♀, Amubri, 70 m. 3–9.IX.1994, G. M. Gallardo, L S 385500_578000 # 3201 (INBIO). PANAMA, Barro Colorado: 1 ♂, Canal Zone Barro Colorado Is. 19.II.1955 C. W. Rettenmeyer (KSBS). Measurements. Total length: 16.0– 18.8 mm; abdominal width: 8.2–9.7 mm; head length: 1.6–2.1 mm; head width: 3.0– 3.3 mm; antennomeres length: I: 0.8–1.0; II: 1.5–1.7; III: 1.6–2.0; IV: 3.4–4.1; V: 3.9–4.4; pronotum length: 3.4–3.9 mm; pronotum width: 9.4–11.5 mm. Diagnosis. Pygophore with posterolateral angles straight in dorsal view (Fig. 23). Margin of the dorsal rim of pygophore sinuous (Fig. 23). Superior process of genital cup shallow and small, not reaching apices of the paramere projections (Fig. 24). Paramere with anterior projection short and rounded, sinuous and directed to the proctiger; lateral projection directed to the posterolateral angle (Fig. 24). Female internal genitalia with capSUla SeminaliS distinctly globose and projections slightly surpassing posterior annular flange (Fig. 40); sclerotized part of gonapophysis 9 larger than in P. nigrovittata; DUctUS receptacUli after vesicular area shorter than in P. nigrovittata (Figs. 40, 41). Discussion. Distribution of the species extended to Mexico and Costa Rica. Male and female genitalia of P. celSa are described for the first time. This species is quite similar to P. DiStanti sp. n. However, P. celSa can be distinguished by the humeral angle straight, shape of the parameres and superior process of genital cup. Internal female genitalia probably are also typical but only two species were dissected. This is the only species of PlagaeDeSSa known to Central America so far. Distribution (Fig. 52). MEXICO: Veracruz; COSTA RICA: Alajuela, Guanacaste, Limón; PANAMA: Barro Colorado.Published as part of Almeida, Flavio Roberto De Albuquerque, Nunes, Benedito Mendes & Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marin, 2018, A new genus and new species of Edessinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), pp. 254-268 in Zootaxa 4377 (2) on page 260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/116393
Reduced ovarian response to controlled ovarian stimulation is associated with increased oxidative stress in the follicular environment
No full textSerum estradiol (E2) level is routinely used to monitor the ovarian response during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation (COH) and the concentration of serum E2 may influence the oocyte quality and pregnancy outcome. However, the knowledge on the association between COH induced serum E2 level, oocyte quality and embryo development is limited. Therefore we investigated the association between serum E2 level, oxidative stress in the follicular fluid and granulosa cells (GCs) response to elucidate the association between E2 level and embryological outcome. In this study, patients (n = 30) undergoing ART were categorized as ‘normal responders’ (NR, n = 10), ‘poor responders’ (PR, n = 10) and hyper responders (HR, n = 10). The follicular fluid malondialdehyde (MDA) level was determined. The total RNA extracted from GCs was subjected to analyse the relative abundance of transcripts of stress response genes (P53, caspase 3,8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase, OGG1 and heat shock protein 70; HSP70) and embryological outcome was noted. Follicular fluid MDA level was significantly higher in PR (p < 0.01) compared NR and HR whereas number of top-quality embryos were significantly lower in PR and HR compared to NR (p < 0.01). The relative expression of P53, HSP70, and OGG1 in GCs was significantly elevated in PR (p < 0.05−0.01). An inverse relationship was established between serum E2 level vs follicular MDA level (r = −0.45; p < 0.01) and follicular MDA level vs. number of top-quality embryos (r = −0.45; p < 0.01). Hence, patients with low serum E2 had elevated oxidative stress in their follicular environment and poor quality embryos implicating the risk of oxidative stress in patients with poor ovarian response
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No full textBackgroundMaternal depression during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of adverse child outcomes. One potential mechanism is the influence of antenatal depression on the foetal hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. This can be observed as disturbances in baseline cortisol secretion during childhood. The influence of antenatal depression on infant cortisol reactivity to a stressor may provide further insight into this association. In addition, the dose–response relationship between foetal exposure to antenatal depression and infant cortisol reactivity is unclear.MethodsA consecutive sample of 133 pregnant women in their third trimester was recruited from an antenatal clinic in Karnataka, South India. Women were assessed for depression before and after birth on the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Kessler 10 Scale. Salivary cortisol response to immunization was measured in 58 infants at 2 months of age. We aimed (i) to investigate the association between antenatal depression and infant cortisol reactivity to immunization and (ii) to explore whether the relationship is dose-dependent.ResultsExposure to antenatal depression independently predicted elevated infant cortisol responses to immunization (β = 0.53, P = 0.04). The association was found to be U-shaped, for antenatal depression measured on the EPDS, with the infants exposed to the highest and lowest levels of maternal antenatal EPDS scores during intra-uterine life showing elevated cortisol responses to immunization (R2 = 0.20, P = 0.02). Infants exposed to moderate levels of maternal antenatal depression showed the lowest cortisol response to immunization.ConclusionsThese findings suggest that the association between antenatal depression and infant cortisol reactivity is dose-dependent and U-shaped, implying that infants exposed to both low and high levels of maternal depression showed greater reactivity. The study provides the first evidence of such an association from a low-income setting
Paraedessa ecuadoriensis Silva & Fernandes, sp. nov.
No full textParaedessa ecuadoriensis Silva & Fernandes sp. nov. (Figures: 21 –25, 53, 59) Etymology. The specific name makes reference to the country where most of the specimens were collected. Material examined. Holotype male. ECUADOR. Napo: Tena, 7 -Mar- 1982, G. Couturier & G. Onoré coll. Bord du Fleuve (MNHN). Paratypes. COLOMBIA. Meta: ♂ Villavicencio, Bosque de Bavaria, nr. Rio Guatiquia 3–5 -VII- 2013, J. E. Eger & A. A. Calixo, coll., N 04° 10.657 ’, W 073° 38.852 ’, 1684 ft. elev. (JEE); ♂ 2 ♀ Vic. GunavicheEstadero, nr. Rio Guatiquia, 3–5 -VII- 2013, J. E. Eger & A. A. Calixto, coll., N 04° 10.506 ’, W 073° 38.233 ’, 1465 ft. elev (JEE). ECUADOR. Sucumbios: ♂ Shushufinde, F 2. 3 c 10. d 11 -XI- 82, R. Desmier de Chenon (UFRG); ♀ San Pablo de Kantesiya, 17 -Abr- 1985, G. Couturier rec. Fauchage chauy de Zea Mays (UFRG); Napo: ♀ Santa Cecilia, 20–28 -Jul- 1966, C. R. Patrick (JEE); ♂ Coca, Juillet, 1982, G. Onoré Coll. Sur Les Peuilles de Elasis guinaensis (MNHN); ♂ 6 -Mar- 1982. G. Couturier & G. Onoré Coll, 32 km de Puyo chamo de cannes (MNHN); 3 ♂ 3 ♀ Vic. Puerto Misahuallí, 1650–1900 ft, 6–19 -IX- 1998, J. E. Eger, coll.; 1 °02’ 4.2 ” S lat., 77 ° 39 ’ 49.2 ” W lon., Mercury vapor and Ultraviolet Lights (JEE); ♀ Estación Biológia Jatun Sacha, July- 31-1989, Paul. H. Freytag, Tom Myers (JEE); Orellana: ♂ Estación Cientifica Yasuní. 5-10 - 1999. 00° 40 ’ 28 ” S, 76 ° 38 ’ 50 ” W.UV light. Coll. E. G. Riley, 215m (TAMU); ♂ 4 ♀ Yasuni National Park, Yasuni Research Station, 76 ° 36 ’W 0° 38 ’S, 3–20 -XI- 1998, T. Pape & B. Vicklund (NHRS); ♂ Yasuni Research Satation, 19–30 -Oct- 1998, W. J. Hanson, 250 m (JEE); ♂ Lake Limoncocha, Sacha Lodge Station 900 ’ El. 24–27 -June- 1980 col. Dan Bogar (JEE); ♂ 9 -II- 1974. 300 m. Drummond, B. coll. (JEE). Measurements. Total length: 11.2–12.5; head length: 1.2–1.4; head width: 2.5–2.6; pronotal length: 2.2–2.5; pronotal width: 6.6–7.3; abdominal width: 6.1–6.8; length of antennal segments (I: 0.6–0.8; II: 1.1–1.2; III: 1.5– 1.6; IV: 2.5–2.7; V: 2.7). Male: Pygophore with dorsal rim slightly concave (Fig. 21), furrowed and posterolateral angle poorly developed (Figs. 21, 23). Genital cup process ogival, long, curved, located lateral to proctiger; apex rounded, curved posteriorly, surpassing the dorsal rim in lateral view (Figs. 21–22). Parameres flat, mesial surface shallowly concave; anterior expansion digitiform and short, apex bifid due to small dark lobes (Figs. 21 –22, 24); apex barely surpassing dorsal rim in lateral view (Fig. 22). Dorsal face of proctiger twice as wide as long; with a distal shallow concavity (Figs. 21–22). Lateral face of proctiger with a slight constriction (Fig. 21). Lateral expansion of proctiger trapezoidal to cordiform, large, three or more times wider than the anal opening, concave; apices rounded and directed posteriorly, projected dorsally, almost reaching the level of dorsal face (Figs. 21–23). Ventral rim with developed lobes, not reaching the level of the posterolateral angles (Fig. 23). Female: Gonocoxites 8 subtriangular, greatly reduced, laterally displaced and widely separated medially; posterolateral angle not notably developed or projected and contiguous with gonapophyses 8 (Fig. 25). Gonocoxites 8 overlapping gonapophyses 8 in all of its extension. Comments. Paraedessa ecuadoriensis sp. nov. is recognized by having an ogival genital cup process; parameres with bifid apex; lateral expansion of proctiger trapezoidal or cordiform; gonocoxites 8 subtriangular and greatly reduced. This species shares the lateral face of the proctiger slightly constricted with P. albomaculata sp. nov., P. heymonsi, P. paravinula, P. silvicola sp. nov., P. stolida and P. verhoeffi. The species P. ecuadoriensis sp. nov., P. heymonsi and P. verhoeffi have the dorsal face of proctiger with distal shallow concavity and gonocoxites 8 greatly reduced. Distribution (Fig. 59): COLOMBIA: Meta; ECUADOR: Sucumbios, Napo, Orellana.Published as part of Nunes, Valéria Juliete Da Silva Benedito Mendes & Fernandes, José Antônio Marin, 2013, Paraedessa, a new genus of Edessinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), pp. 395-416 in Zootaxa 3716 (3) on pages 404-405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3716.3.4, http://zenodo.org/record/22297
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