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UBC's Humanities 101 Program - Interview with Sandra Delorme
No full textChildhood 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)
Rouxalna rouxi Delorme 2018
No full textRouxalna rouxi (Distant, 1914) (Figs. 1 & 15) Diagnosis. Among Rouxalna species, R. rouxi can be distinguished from R. scabens sp. nov., by the larger size (body length> to 17 mm); the long ribs 1 and 2 which are free ventrally (R. scabens has ribs 1 and 2 free fused) and ribs 1 to 3 fused dorsally (R. rouxi has the long rib 1 to 4 fused dorsally). Rouxalna villosa sp. nov., differs by the presence of dense long black hair. Song patterns. The male calling song (Fig. 15) is formed by a regular succession of phrases lasting between 1.5 and 1.7 s; each phrase is composed by 22 to 26 syllables, emitted at a rate of 14 per second; each syllable is composed by 4 echemes. Frequency ranges from 5,000 to 20,000 Hz. The dominant frequency is located between 7,000 and 13,000 Hz and the maXimum of power is located at 10,500 Hz.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
PSEUDOKANAKIA Delorme, gen. nov.
No full textPSEUDOKANAKIA Delorme gen. nov. (Fig. 34) Type species. Pseudokanakia flavoannulata (Distant, 1920) comb. nov. Included species. Only one species coming from New Caledonia: Pseudokanakia flavoannulata (Distant, 1920). Derivation of name. Means “close to Kanakia ”. The genus is feminine. Diagnosis. Big sized cicada (male body length around 30 mm), more or less close to the genus Kanakia Distant, 1892 with which it shares a similar shape and wing venation, but differs mainly in claspers morphology (flattened and serrated (Fig. 34 c)) and aedeagus shape (thecal pseudoparameres originating near thecal base (Fig. 34 a)). Material examined. Holotype male, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Plaine des lacs, (BMNH). Province Sud, Boulouparis, Mont Do, 1 male, Salesne rec, 15 /I/ 2009 (MNHN). Province Sud, Dumbéa, Monts Koghi, 1 male Delorme rec, 13 /I/ 2013 (MNHN). Province Sud, Dumbéa, Monts Dzumac, 1 male Delorme rec, 16 /I/ 2013 (MNHN). Head. About as wide as mesonotum between wings; head length shorter than pronotum length. Dorsal postclypeal area wider than long; anterior border not prominent from curve of supra-antennal plate. Postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view well rounded giving the head an angular appearance. Big sized ocelli; distance between lateral ocelli longer than distance between lateral ocellus and median ocellus. Distance between lateral ocelli twice as wide as ocelli and about equal to distance between lateral ocellus and eye. Epicranial suture very deep. Postclypeus bears at least six transversal grooves and no longitudinal furrow. Thorax. Paranotum (lateral margin of pronotal collar) when viewed dorsally with a rounded lateral lobe and an anterior lateral tooth. Male operculum, covering rim of distal margin of tympanal cavity, overlapping, almost joining, directed towards distomedial margin of tympanal cavity, apically broadly rounded. Wings. Forewings with eight apical cells; radial crossvein oblique. Forewing veins M and CuA meeting basal cell clearly separated, immediately diverging; distance between r and r-m much less than distance between r-m and m; forewing infuscation present on crossveins r and r-m. Base of first apical cell located close after pterostigma mid-length; slender and briefly reduced at tip, terminally sharpen and more than half as long as costal vein. Hind wings with six apical cells; anal cell almost reaching distal margin of anal cell 2. Legs. Forelegs with femur bearing three developed black spines and a forth one (aborted) on the anterior base of the third spine. Primary spine strong and oblique, isolated, almost as long as distance separating primary and secondary spines. Secondary spine sharp, sub-perpendicular distinctly shorter than primary spine; apical spine oblique, triangular, distinctly shorter than second spine. Hind legs similar to mid legs, with three tibial laterointernal spurs and two latero-external spurs. Abdomen. Swollen, much larger than mesonotum. Timbals broad, bearing four long ribs fused dorsally; ribs 1 to 3 fused ventrally; three intercalary ribs. Male sternite 1 with large rounded bulge; sternite 7 about as long as wide, apically roundish. Genitalia. Upper lobe of pygofer flat, well developed, longer than wide dominating pygofer between basal lobes and dorsal beak; basal lobes undivided, moderately developed, 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 obtuse with median furrow, longer than wide. Thecal pseudoparameres thick, dorsal of theca, originating near thecal base. Claspers serrated posteriorly. Pseudoparameres apically straight and obtuse. Aedeagal basal plate in lateral view angled at about 90 °.Published as part of Delorme, Quentin, Mille, Christian & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, A review of the genus Kanakia Distant, 1892 (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) from New Caledonia, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 4092 (3) on pages 333-335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/27089
Rouxalna scabens Delorme 2018, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Rouxalna scabens</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 3–7)</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b>. Holotype male (MNHN 23543), New-Caledonia, Province sud, Païta, Mont Mou, 12/I/2013, Quentin Delorme, caught by net. Coll. Museum National d’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, Païta, 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, Dumbéa, vallée 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).</p> <p> <b>Body measurements</b> (in mm, n= 12, mean [range]). FL: 16.8 [15.0–17.7]; BL: 15.1 [13.9–16.1]</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> From Latin “scabere” meaning “scratch” because of the male calling song.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Among <i>Rouxalna</i> species, <i>R. scabens</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, can be distinguished from <i>R. rouxi</i> by the smaller size (body length less than 16 mm); the long ribs 1 and 2 which are fused ventrally (<i>R. rouxi</i> has ribs 1 and 2 unfused ventrally) and ribs 1 to 4 fused dorsally (<i>R. rouxi</i> has the long rib 4 unfused dorsally). <i>Rouxalna villosa</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, differs by the presence of dense long black hair on the body.</p> <p> <b>Morphology</b>. <b>Description of male</b> (Figs. 3–6). <i>Head.</i> 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.</p> <p> <i>Thorax.</i> 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.</p> <p> <i>Wings.</i> Fore wing hyaline; venation pale brown, becoming darker towards apical cells and ambient veins; pterostigma partly obscur. Hind wings hyaline; venation brownish.</p> <p> <i>Legs.</i> 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.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen.</i> 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.</p> <p> <i>Genitalia.</i> 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.</p> <p> <b>Acoustic behavior.</b> 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> 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.</p> <p> <b>Description of female.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Endemic to south of New Caledonia Main Island.</p> <p> <b>Habitat and ecology.</b> <i>Rouxalna scabens</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, inhabits shrubbery vegetation of mining scrub formation where Niaouli trees (<i>Melaleuca quinquenervia</i>) 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.</p>Published as part of <i>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)</i>, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4377.1.5, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1163266">http://zenodo.org/record/1163266</a>
Cicadidae Delorme, Mille & Jourdan, 2016, gen. nov.
No full textFamily Cicadidae Subfamily Cicadettinae Buckton, 1889 Tribe Cicadettini Buckton, 1889 Genus Murmurillana Delorme gen. nov. Type species. Murmurillana inaudibilis Delorme sp. nov. [Type locality: Nouvelle-Calédonie, Province Nord, Ponérihouen, Massif de l’Aoupinié (750 m), (21 ° 10 ’ 45 ’’S E 165 ° 17 ’ 55 ’’E). Included species: Two species coming from New Caledonia: M. paenetacita Delorme sp. nov., and M. inaudibilis Delorme sp. nov. Diagnosis. Small sized cicada (body length 15 mm); more or less close to the genus Poviliana Boulard, 1997, which is similar in wing venation but different in color (blackish) and male genitalia structure (Thecal pseudoparameres originating near thecal base). Description. Head, broader than the mesonotum (eyes included); length slightly inferior to the pronotum; dorsal postclypeal area flat and about three times shorter than wide; postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view nearly straight giving to the head a very blunt appearance. Paranota (lateral margins of pronotal collar) ampliate. Large ocelli; the distance between lateral ocelli longer than distance between lateral ocellus and median ocellus; distance between lateral ocelli equal to twice that of the ocelli and about equal to distance between lateral ocellus and eye; epicranial suture deep; postclypeus with at least five prominent black transversal grooves and no longitudinal furrow. On thorax, operculum roundish, covering tympal cavity, much longer than meracanthus. When viewed dorsally, lateral margin of pronotal collar smooth with only a rounded lateral lobe and completely lacking anterior lateral tooth or angular projection. Forewings hyaline, with eight apical cells. Median and cubital anterior vein shortly fused at bases of anterior angle of basal cell; pterostigma partially opaque, slender, progressively reduced and terminally sharpen; base of apical cell 1 located in the second third of pterostigma length. Radial cross-vein vertical; distance between r and r-m about equal to or longer than distance between r-m and m; base of first apical cell located before pterostigma mid-length; hindwing with six apical cells; anal cell 3 short, reaching the middle of anal cell 2. On fore legs, femur bearing three developed black spines and a fourth one (aborted) on the anterior base of third spine; primary spine strong and oblique, isolated, shorter than distance between its base and second spine; secondary spine oblique and much shorter than the primary spine; apical spine oblique, shorter than second spine. Hind legs similar to mid legs with three tibial spurs on anteromedian side and one at lateral exterior side. Male abdomen bullet shaped, sharply reduced posteriorly, not much wider than mesonotum. Timbales with long ribs 1 to 3 fused dorsally; long ribs 4 very short; three intercalary ribs. Male sternite 1 flat and smooth; sternite 7 much wider than long, apex roundish. Upper lobes of pygofer flat, very small, almost aborted, set well away from dorsal beak, rounded in lateral view; basal lobes undivided, not well developed, 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 and obtuse, as long as wide. Thecal pseudoparameres originating near thecal base, filiform, much longer than theca, sharpened and terminally right angled anteriorly (Fig. 1). Aedeagal basal plate in lateral view right-angled. Claspers curved and hooked anteriorly. Derivation of name. From Latin “ murmurillum ” meaning “purring”, because of the high frequency of male calling song.Published as part of Delorme, Quentin, Mille, Christian & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, Description of a new genus and two new species of high frequency cicada from New Caledonia (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae), pp. 563-576 in Zootaxa 4126 (4) on pages 564-566, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/25583
Arnold Reymond , par A. Virieux-Reymond, R. Blanche, G. Widemer, F. Brunner
No full textDelorme S. Arnold Reymond , par A. Virieux-Reymond, R. Blanche, G. Widemer, F. Brunner. In: Revue d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, tome 10, n°1, 1957. pp. 93-94
Arnold Reymond , par A. Virieux-Reymond, R. Blanche, G. Widemer, F. Brunner
No full textDelorme S. Arnold Reymond , par A. Virieux-Reymond, R. Blanche, G. Widemer, F. Brunner. In: Revue d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, tome 10, n°1, 1957. pp. 93-94
PANIALNA Delorme, gen. nov.
No full textPANIALNA Delorme gen. nov. (Fig. 35) Type species. Panialna parva (Boulard, 1991) comb. nov. Included species. Only one species coming from New Caledonia: Panialna parva (Boulard, 1991). Derivation of name. Comes from “Mont Panié”. The genus is feminine. Diagnosis. Medium sized cicada (male body length 26.5 mm), more or less close to the genus Kanakia Distant, 1892 with which it shares a similar opercula shape and wing venation. Differs mainly in clasper morphology (conic, slightly curved and smooth (Fig. 35 c), aedeagus shape (thecal pseudoparameres originating near thecal base, apically curved inwards (Fig. 35 a & b)) and head shapes (narrower than width of mesonotum between wings). Material examined. Holotype male and 1 paratype male, P rovince Nord, Hienghène, Mont Panié (1,300 m), Chazeau, Dugdale & Baylac rec at light, 11–15 /XII/ 1990 MNHN). Head. Clearly narrower than width of mesonotum between wings; length inferior to pronotum. Dorsal postclypeal area about as wide as long; its anterior border slightly prominent from the curve of the supra-antennal plate. Postclypeus anterior profile in dorsal view well rounded giving the head an angular appearance. Big sized ocelli; distance between lateral ocelli longer than distance between lateral ocellus and median ocellus. Distance between lateral ocelli about equal to one ocelli size and about equal to distance between lateral ocellus and eye. Epicranial suture very deep. Postclypeus bears at least six transversal grooves and a not well marked longitudinal furrow. Thorax. Paranotum (lateral margin of pronotal collar) when viewed dorsally, smooth with only a rounded lateral lobe and completely lacking anterior lateral tooth or angular projection. Male operculum, covering rim of distal margin of tympanal cavity, overlapping, not meeting; directed towards distomedial margin of tympanal cavity, apically broadly rounded. Wings. Forewings with eight apical cells; radial and radiomedial crossveins vertical. Forewing veins M and CuA meeting basal cell clearly separated, immediately diverging; distance between r and r-m much less than distance between r-m and m; forewing infuscation present on crossvein r and r-m. First apical cell’s base located close after half of pterostigma length; slender, briefly reduced at tip and terminally sharpen; its length superior to half of costal vein length. Hind wings with six apical cells; anal cell 3 short, reaching middle of anal cell 2. Legs. Forelegs with femur bearing three developed black spines. Primary spine strong and oblique, isolated, much shorter than distance separating primary and secondary spines. Second spine sharp, perpendicular, shorter than primary spine; apical spine oblique, triangular, distinctly shorter than second spine. Hind legs similar to mid legs, with three tibial latero-internal spurs and two latero-external spurs. Abdomen. Ogival shaped, sharply reduced posteriorly, not much wider than mesonotum. Timbals broad, bearing four long ribs not fused ventrally; ribs 1 to 3 fused dorsally; three intercalary ribs. Male sternites domed; sternite 1 with a large rounded bulge; sternite 7 shape about as long as wide or longer, apex rounded. Genitalia. Upper lobes of pygofer flat, well developed, longer than wide dominating pygofer between basal lobes and dorsal beak; basal lobes undivided, moderately developed, 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, lateral of theca, originating near thecal base (Fig. 35 a & b). Claspers conic, smooth and slightly curved inwards. Pseudoparameres apically curved and sharp, apically strongly convergent. Aedeageal basal plate in lateral view angled at about 45 °.Published as part of Delorme, Quentin, Mille, Christian & Jourdan, Hervé, 2016, A review of the genus Kanakia Distant, 1892 (Insecta: Hemiptera, Cicadoidea, Cicadidae) from New Caledonia, pp. 301-338 in Zootaxa 4092 (3) on pages 335-336, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4092.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/27089
F. Bacon, A Bibliography of his works and of Baconiana to the year 1750, by R. W. Gibson
No full textDelorme S. F. Bacon, A Bibliography of his works and of Baconiana to the year 1750, by R. W. Gibson. In: Revue d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, tome 5, n°4, 1952. pp. 373-374
R. W. Gibson, Francis Bacon, A Bibliography of his Works and of Baconiana to the year 1750, Supplement
No full textDelorme S. R. W. Gibson, Francis Bacon, A Bibliography of his Works and of Baconiana to the year 1750, Supplement. In: Revue d'histoire des sciences et de leurs applications, tome 13, n°2, 1960. p. 153
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