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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
F. R. Pitts, 1965, A Graph Theoric Approach to Historical Geography. Version bilingue et commentée
No full textPitts, Forrest R. "A graph theoretic approach to historical geography." The professional geographer 17.5 (1965): 15-20
F. R. Pitts, 1965, A Graph Theoric Approach to Historical Geography. Version bilingue et commentée
No full textPitts, Forrest R. "A graph theoretic approach to historical geography." The professional geographer 17.5 (1965): 15-20
Lomachaeta polemomechana Williams & Pitts 2009
No full textLomachaeta polemomechana Williams & Pitts, 2009 (Fig. 60) Lomachaeta polemomechana Williams & Pitts, 2009: 236. Holotype, ♂, Mexico, Sonora, 30km Agua Prieta (EMUS). Diagnosis. MALE. The following combination of characters is diagnostic for L. polemomechana: the body is almost entirely black; the mandible lacks a ventral tooth basally; the head and T2 disc have separated 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, subcylindrical, and having evenly distributed short setae. Body length 4–6 mm. FEMALE. Unknown. Material examined. USA: Arizona: Santa Cruz County, Ruby Mountain, 20 km SSE Arivaca, 3–7.V.2004, M. E. Irwin and F. D. Parker (1♂, EMUS, Fig. 60). Distribution. Southern Arizona, USA and northern Sonora, Mexico. Remarks. This species has only been found in transition zones between the Madrean Sky Islands and Chihuahuan Desert.Published as part of 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) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/258877
Lomachaeta litosisyra Williams & Pitts 2009
No full textLomachaeta litosisyra Williams & Pitts, 2009 (Fig. 63) Lomachaeta litosisyra Williams & Pitts, 2009: 234. Holotype, ♂, USA, Arizona, Santa Cruz Co. (EMUS). Diagnosis. MALE. This species can be immediately recognized by the unique genitalia, wherein the paramere is elongate, gradually downcurving, cylindrical, and having an apical tuft of long setae. The following characters are also useful for diagnosis: the body is entirely blackish, except the sometimes reddish tegulae; the head has separated punctures; the mandible is unarmed ventrally; the forewing has its veins encompassing the basal 0.7 × of the wing; the T1 shape is sub-sessile; the T2 disc has coarse punctures; and the T2 fringe is composed of simple setae. Body length 4–6 mm. FEMALE. Unknown. Material examined. USA: Arizona: Pima County, Vail Mountain Creek Ranch, 18–25.IV.2006, 1100 m, malaise trap, M. E. Irwin (1♂, paratype, CSCA, Fig. 63). Distribution. Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona, USA and northern Sonora, Mexico. Remarks. The elongate, down-curving, cylindrical paramere shape is unique in Lomachaeta. This morphology is superficially similar to that of L. vacamuerta, except that species has shorter, straighter parameres. The length and curve, however, are similar to that of L. beadugrimi and L. snellingella, except those species have dorsoventrally flattened parameres without an apical setal tuft.Published as part of 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) on pages 122-123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/258877
Perie R. Pitts looking at machinery with William Alexander
No full textPerie R. Pitts (left) (CHE 58) & William Alexande
Lomachaeta argenta Pitts & Manley 2004
No full textLomachaeta argenta Pitts & Manley, 2004 (Figs 1, 5) Lomachaeta argenta Pitts & Manley, 2004: 5. Holotype, ♀, USA, Utah, Washington Co. (EMUS). Pitts & Manley (2004): Hosts. Diagnosis. FEMALE. This species can be recognized by its setal distribution and body shape: the mesosoma and T2 have matching subparallel subappressed long silver to golden setae and the dorsal thoracic length is 0.85 × its width. The following characters may also aid in diagnosis: the head width is subequal to the mesosomal width; the baso-ventral mandibular margin lacks a hyaline lamella; the pronotal spiracle is only weakly swollen; the lateral mesonotal tooth is distinct; the propodeal spiracle is slightly more sharply swollen than the pronotal spiracle; the mesonotal dorsum has about 12 areolations between the pronotal spiracles; the T1 shape is sub-disciform; T2 has dense punctures and mostly smooth intervals; the fringes of T2–3 are composed of dense setae thicker than the erect setae surrounding them; and the S6 lateral carina is small and sharply triangular. Body length 3–3.5 mm. MALE. Unknown. Material examined. USA: Arizona: Yavapai County, 11 mi W Jerome, Rearing 7598, F. D. Parker (2♀, EMUS); Coconino County, 7 mi S. Sedona, Reared, F. D. Parker (2♀, EMUS); Mohave County, Oatman 3 mi S, Reared, F. D. Parker (1♀, EMUS); Nevada, Esmeralda County, 1.5 mi. S, 4 mi. W Lida Summit, 7400’, 28.III– 1.X.1982, D. Giuliani, ethylene glycol pit trap (1♀, CSCA); Nye County, Ash Meadows, NWR [Natural Wildlife Reserve], Non-dune salt soil site, S. Devils hole rd. BR, 11s0563221 4029908, 11.V.2009, N. Boehme (1♀, EMUS); Utah, Washington County, 3 mi W Hurricane, reared, F. D. Parker (1♀, paratype, EMUS, Figs 1, 5). Distribution. Known from the Great Basin, Mojave Desert, and the Arizona Mountains forests in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, USA. Remarks. This species, formerly recognized from one Great Basin locality in southern Utah, is newly recorded from Arizona and Nevada in two additional ecoregions. The newly identified specimens from Arizona were collected from trap nests that also included L. crocopinna, L. cirrhomeris, and L. hicksi. Since the females of L. hicksi and L. cirrhomeris are already known, L. crocopinna could be the unknown male of L. argenta. These specimens, however, are far removed from the type locality of L. crocopinna, so we prefer to wait for more evidence before formalizing this synonymy.Published as part of 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) on pages 105-106, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/258877
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>
Group in front of Pitts family home
No full textL-R: Back row: Frank Jones, Mrs. Pitts, Mr. Pitts brother, Mrs. Pitts sister-in-law, Mr. Pitts, Muriel Pitts, Dorothy (Pitts) Jones, two nieces of Mr. and Mrs. Pitts. Front row: Jack, Carl and Alice Jones
Odontophotopsis costaricensis Pitts, NEW SPECIES
No full textOdontophotopsis costaricensis Pitts, NEW SPECIES (Figs. 37, 42, 43) Diagnosis. This species is distinguished from others in this species-group by the mesosternal armature, which consists of dentate ridges bearing two tubercles with the anterior greater in height than posterior (Fig. 37). Male. Coloration. Head, mesosoma and first metasomal segment ferruginous; antenna slightly paler. Metasomal segments 2–7 darker, dark ferruginous to piceous with violet-blue reflections, slightly lighter in coloration towards apex. Head and mesosoma uniform in color throughout. Head. Ocellocular distance 1.1 X length of lateral ocellus; interocellular distance 0.8 X length of lateral ocellus. Mandible with three apical teeth and with large basal tooth; width at ventral tooth 1.1 X basal width of mandible, width at preceding sinus 0.6 X basal width of mandible, apical width 0.6 X basal width of mandible. Length first three flagellomeres: 2.6 X, 2.7 X and 2.6 X length of pedicel, respectively; width of first flagellomere 1.2 X length of pedicel. Mesosoma. Mesosternum with dentate ridges, bearing two tubercles, height of anterior tubercle greater than that of posterior tubercle (Fig. 37). Marginal cell 2.2 X length of stigma. Stigma 0.8 X length of R 1 vein. Metasoma. T 2 lacking apical margin with slightly raised area of denser fine punctures. Genitalia as in Figs. 42 and 43. Digitus with basal portion cylindrical; apical portion lobate, flattened, tapering toward apex. Length. Holotype 17.4 mm. Variation ~14.0– 17.4 mm. Type Specimens. Holotype. male; COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Santa Rosa St. Park, 5.I. 1977, dry hill, D.W. Janzen (AEIC). Paratype: COSTA RICA: Guanacaste, Santa Rosa St. Park, 1 male, 3.III. 1978, dry hill, D.W. Janzen (AEIC). Distribution. Known only from Central American dry forest of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.Published as part of 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 on pages 23-24, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17915
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