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Pitts, James B. - An inaugural dissertation on cholera infantum
No full textHandwritten inaugural dissertation on cholera infantum by James B. Pitts, of Nashville, Tennessee.Inaugural dissertation; no. 61
Charles "Skip" Pitts, 2004
No full textThis is an interview with Charles "Skip" Pitts conducted by Jacob Rabinbach. Charles Pitts was an American soul and blues guitarist. He is best known for his distinctive "wah-wah" style, prominently featured on Isaac Hayes' title track from the 1971 movie Shaft. He is widely considered to have been one of the architects of soul, R&B and funk guitar
Letter from Thomas Pitts to James B. Finley
No full textDr. Thomas Pitts writes from New York City asking Finley to receive two land warrants (6295, 6421) from Alexander Homes, Esq., in Newark, Ohio. Pitts requests that Finley sell the land to advantage and send the net proceeds to him. He then asks Finley to call on Rev. Spencer in Cincinnati to let him know that he will send necessary proof on account of two notes paid the Newark Banking Co. for the estate of Jonathan Dayton (deceased). In a postcript, Pitts advises that these military land warrants sell for $200. Abstract Number - 8https://digitalcommons.owu.edu/finley-letters/1007/thumbnail.jp
Laminatilla Pitts
No full text<i>LAMINATILLA</i> Pitts, New Genus <p> <b>Type species.</b> <i>Odontophotopsis lamellifera</i> Schuster</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis of male.</b> This genus can be easily recognized by the unique shape of the mesosternal processes (Fig. 63) and the unique shape of the cuspis of the genitalia (Figs. 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79).</p> <p> <b>Description of male.</b> <i>Coloration.</i> Body testaceous; flagellum and legs stramineous to concolorous with body; metasoma varies from stramineous to testaceous. Body clothed with sparse, erect, brachyplumose, whitish setae, few plumose setae on mesosoma near tegula. T1 without plumose setae or with sparse fringe at distal margin. T2 and S2 with sparse fringe of whitish plumose setae. T3-5 and S3-5 each with sparser, less conspicuous fringe of whitish plumose setae. Setae sometimes tinged yellow.</p> <p> <i>Head.</i> Head distinctly triangular to subtriangular posteriorly. Mandible tridentate, deeply excised beneath, angle of excision rounded; dorsal carina strong, medially lamelliform, terminating at strong inner tooth; subdistal inner tooth weak; mandibles varying from dilated beyond excision to tapered (Figs. 69–71, 74, 77). Clypeus depressed below margin of mandible, median area concave; surface of clypeus polished, almost impunctate, with few erect setae. Scape with single carina beneath. F1 ~0.75–1.2X length of F2. Front, vertex, and gena with moderate, shallow, close punctures, becoming separated and sparse on vertex and gena. Ocelli moderate in size, ocellocular distance ~1–1.25X greatest width of lateral ocellus.</p> <p> <i>Mesosoma</i>. Sides and dorsum of pronotum coarsely punctate, dorsum with moderate, confluent, deep punctures, sides with somewhat larger, shallower punctures. Mesonotum with moderate, contiguous, shallow punctures. Notaulus distinct, obsolete on anterior 0.3–0.5 of mesonotum. Scutellum coarsely, confluently punctate. Dorsum and posterior face of propodeum conspicuously, shallow reticulate, reticulations extending on to sides of propodeum, either remaining reticulate laterally or becoming coarse, punctate-reticulate. Anterolateral area of mesopleuron with moderate, shallow, separated punctures; remainder of mesopleuron with deeper, contiguous to confluent punctures; interstitial areas sometimes micropunctate. Metapleuron polished. Mesosternal processes triangularly shaped, subapproximate, parallel, tall, lamellately compressed laterally, and hyaline (Fig. 63). Metasternum bidentate. Tibial spurs and legs concolorous. Marginal cell on costa elongate, ~1.4–2.0X length of stigma.</p> <p> <i>Metasoma</i>. First metasomal segment petiolate, nodose. T1 sparsely punctured throughout. T2 polished, with fine, scattered punctures throughout. T3-5 weakly punctured, punctures most obvious at anterior and posterior margins. Pygidium elongate and ovate, polished, not strongly margined; S2 with small, shallow, sparse punctures, sternal felt line 0.2–0.33X length of tergal felt line; S3-5 weakly punctured. Hypopygium with close, moderate punctures. Genitalia with cuspis elongate and spatulate apically in lateral view (Figs. 72, 73, 75, 76, 78, 79).</p> <p> <i>Female</i>. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> From the Latin <i>Lamina</i> meaning blade or thin plate in reference to the sternal processes of the included species combined with a common suffix used for Mutillidae. Gender feminine.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Southern New Mexico, Arizona, and Baja California Sur (Mexico).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Laminatilla</i> is a distinct genus in the Sphaeropthalmini (subtribe: Sphaeropthalmina). The shape of the sternal processes and genitalic cuspis are autapomorphic for the genus. <i>Laminatilla</i> will key to subfamily Sphaeropthalminae without difficulty in existing keys by Brothers (1993, 1995). In Manley and Pitts’s (2002) key to the mutillid genera of the North American, <i>Laminatilla</i> will key to <i>Odontophotopsis</i> from which it may be distinguished by the autapomorphies listed above.</p> <p> This genus shares characters with several other genera. The genitalia, especially the shape of the cuspis, and lack of dense plumose setae are reminiscent of <i>Sphaeropthalma</i>. The genus as a whole also shares similarities in the size, shape and position of the mesosternal processes and shape of the posterior margin of the head with <i>Acanthophotopsis</i> as well.</p> <p> This genus contains the three species <i>L. bicornigera</i> Schuster, <i>L. lamellifera</i> Schuster, and <i>L. mixtoensis</i> Schuster.</p> <p> It is likely that species in this genus will also be found in southern California and Baja California Norte when more specimens become available. <i>Laminatilla</i> species seem to be rare compared to other nocturnal mutillids, but this could be an artifact of sampling, similar to species in the <i>O. setifera</i> species-group, rather than actual rarity.</p>Published as part of <i>Pitts, James P., 2007, Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new Genus Laminatilla, pp. 1-43 in Zootaxa 1619</i> on pages 35-37, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/179151">10.5281/zenodo.179151</a>
Mary Pitts Perry Papers - Accession 1789
No full textThe Mary Pitts Perry Papers document the personal collecting activities and institutional connections of Mary Celeste Pitts Perry (b. 1943), a 1962 graduate of the Winthrop Training School. The collection reflects Perry’s longstanding family ties to Winthrop and her interest in preserving materials related to the history of Winthrop College (now Winthrop University), the Winthrop Training School, the city of Rock Hill, and the surrounding Catawba region, as well as selected aspects of her family history.
Materials in the collection span the late nineteenth century through the early twenty-first century and include books, college bulletins, newspapers, newsletters, photographs, programs, ephemera, and commemorative objects. Of particular note are resources documenting the Winthrop Training School, such as graduate lists, reunion materials, class rolls, student photographs, prom invitations, and issues of The Winthrop Journal. The collection also contains institutional publications and correspondence, including a 1918 letter from Winthrop President Bancroft Johnson regarding the purchase of land near present-day Dinkins Hall, illustrating the physical expansion of the campus.
The collection further includes publications and clippings related to Rock Hill and the Catawba River region, offering perspectives on local history, civic development, and regional identity. These materials are complemented by assorted historical books and pamphlets on South Carolina and United States history, some containing Perry’s personal annotations.
In addition, the papers contain a small group of artifacts and printed materials related to fraternal and secretive organizations, including coded ritual booklets associated with the Freemasons and a 1916 handbook from the Ku Klux Klan. These items are preserved as part of the historical record of the collection and reflect the breadth of materials Perry retained rather than her personal affiliations.
Overall, the Mary Pitts Perry Papers provide a multifaceted assemblage of institutional memory, local history, and personal collecting that will be of interest to researchers studying Winthrop’s educational history, Rock Hill and the Catawba region, and the ways alumni and families have preserved and interpreted the past.https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/manuscriptcollection_findingaids/2792/thumbnail.jp
John Douglas Pitts
No full textJohn Douglas Pitts was a longtime Baptist minister and Furman University alumni. The Pitts wing and Pitts room in the James B. Duke Library were named in his honor
Lomachaeta ptilohyalus Pitts & Manley 2004
No full text<i>Lomachaeta ptilohyalus</i> Pitts & Manley, 2004 <p>(Fig. 51)</p> <p> <i>Lomachaeta ptilohyalus</i> Pitts & Manley, 2004: 12. Holotype, ♂, Mexico, Oaxaca, 10 m North of Huajuapan de Leon (CNCI). Pitts & Manley (2004): Host.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> MALE. The following combination of characters is diagnostic for <i>L. ptilohyalus</i>: the body is entirely black, except T2–3 are largely orange; the mandible lacks a ventral tooth basally; the head and T2 disc have separated punctures; the mesoscutum has sparse punctures; the forewing has its veins encompassing the basal 0.7 × of the wing; the T1 shape is sub-sessile; the T2 fringe is composed of simple setae; and the paramere is virtually straight, laterally subcompressed, and having long setae ventrally throughout its length. Body length 4–6 mm.</p> <p>FEMALE. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> USA: <i>Arizona</i>: Maricopa County, Gila River, 10 km S. Arlington, malaise on sand beach, 200 m, 33°13.3’N 112°45.53’W, 25.V–03.VI.2010, M. E. Irwin (1♂, CSCA, Fig. 51).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> This species has an apparently disjunct distribution in the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts (Arizona and California, (USA) and Balsas Dry Forests (Oaxaca, Mexico).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> The holotype from Oaxaca, Mexico is separated from the other known specimens of <i>L. ptilohyalus</i> in hot deserts of the USA by over 2300 km. Further collections in Mexico may reveal other populations, or molecular data comparisons between Oaxacan and hot desert specimens may reveal that they are not conspecific. Either way, this is a compelling link between disjunct arid habitats of southern Pacific Mexico and the North American hot deserts.</p>Published as part of <i>Williams, Kevin A., Cambra, Roberto A., Bartholomay, Pedro R., Luz, David R., Quintero, Diomedes & Pitts, James P., 2019, Review of the genus Lomachaeta Mickel, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with new species and sex associations, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 4564 (1)</i> on page 128, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2588770">http://zenodo.org/record/2588770</a>
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Gerald Pitts, former F. B.
No full textGerald Pitts, former F.B.I, agent in Ardmore, is seen with two Civil Air Patrol members
Abernessia prima Waichert & Pitts 2011
No full text<i>Abernessia prima</i> Waichert & Pitts, 2011 <p> <b>Material examined.</b> 4 ♂: Brazil: GO, Jataí: i.1977, F. M. Oliveira (EMUS _818); Brazil: BA, Encruzilhada: xi.1974, alt. 980m, M. Alvarenga (EMUS _817); Brazil: MG, Pedra Azul: xi.1972, alt. 800m, Alvarenga & Seabra (EMUS _ 820); Brazil: BA, Nova Conquista: xii.1969, F. M. Oliveira (EMUS _819).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Bahia, Minas Gerais and Goiás, Brazil (Fig. 1).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> We observed morphological variation among the specimens of <i>A. prima</i>. The integument may have two white maculations on the first tergum (Figs. 4–5), or the white maculations may be enlarged such that they coalesce, almost create a single lateral white area. Also, the second and third terga may or may not have white maculations laterally. One specimen has white maculations on the first and second terga (Fig. 3), while the other specimen has maculations on the first, second, and third terga (Fig. 2). The clypeus also may have small lateral white maculations or just single large white maculations that covers one third of the clypeus and extends between the eyes.</p>Published as part of <i>Oliveira, Nathália S., Decker, Brenna L., Pitts, James P. & Waichert, Cecilia, 2020, Addition to the taxonomic and distribution records of Abernessia Arlé (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), pp. 191-197 in Zootaxa 4801 (1)</i> on page 193, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.1.12, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/3898084">http://zenodo.org/record/3898084</a>
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