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Plectonotum neoruficolle Constantin, 2020, nom. nov.
No full textPlectonotum neoruficolle, nom. nov. (Figs. 16, 39, 77-78, 108, 119) Plectonotum ruficolle Wittmer, 1988: 331, homonym of P.ruficolle Pic,1926 (= Hyponotum ruficolle (Pic, 1926)). Plectonotum neoruficolle Constantin, nom. nov., new name for P. ruficolle Wittmer, 1988. Type material: Holotype ♂ (NHMB): Peru: Loreto, Mariscal Ramon Castilla, Estirón [near Pebas] on Rio Ampiyacu [03°22′S, 72°00′W, written Rio Ampi Paco on original label], 28.III-09.IV.1970, leg. B. Malkin. Other material examined: A single male specimen, without abdomen, was collected with UV-light trap in the department of Madre de Dios at the CICRA [12°34′S, 70°06′W] biological station (Constantin & Chaboo, 2016). Pic (1926: 26) described as a new species Plectonotum ruficolle, from Chile, close to Plectonotum albocinctum Pic, 1926, published in the same page. Wittmer (1949) erected the new genus Hyponotum, designated P. albocinctum Pic as type-species and transferred P. ruficolle Pic to Hyponotum. Thus, Plectonotum ruficolle Wittmer, 1988 is a junior primary homonym of P. ruficolle Pic, 1926. A new name Plectonotum neoruficolle nom. nov., is proposed for P. ruficolle Wittmer, 1988.Published as part of Constantin, Robert, 2020, A contribution to the genera Plectonotum Gorham and Hyponotum Wittmer, with the description of sixteen new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), pp. 1-27 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (34) on page 22, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.34, http://zenodo.org/record/463761
Pygodiscodon touroulti Constantin 2010
No full textPygodiscodon touroulti Constantin, 2010 (Figs 6, 12, 32–34, 40, 56–58) Pygodiscodon touroulti Constantin 2010b: 12 (original description). CONSTANTIN (2017): 64 (key). Type locality. French Guiana, Regina, Réserve naturelle des Nouragues, camp de Saut Pararé. Type material examined. HOLOTYPE:, ‘ Guyane, [Régina] station [scientifique des] Nourages | Saut Pararé | 4°01 ′ N, 52°41 ′ W, 120m | 18.VII.2009, piège lum.[ineux] | P.H. Dalens, S. Brûlé, J. Touroult’ (MNHN). PARATYPES: ‘ Guyane, station Nourages | saut Pararé | 4º01 ′ N, 52º41 ′ W, 120m | 17.VII.2009, piège lum. | P. Dalens, S. Brûlé, Touroult || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | touroulti | Constantin n. sp | R. Constantin des. 2010 || NHMB-ENT | 2012-028’ (1 NHMB); ‘ Guyane, station Nourages | saut Pararé | 4º01 ′ N, 52º41 ′ W, 120m | 20.IV.2010, piège vitre | P. Dalens, S. Brûlé, E.Poirier || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | touroulti | Constantin n. sp | R.Constantin des.2010 || NHMB-ENT | 2012-028’ (1 ♀ NHMB); ‘ Guyane, station Nourages | saut Pararé | 4º01 ′ N, 52º41 ′ W, 120m | 23.XI.2009, piège vitre | P. Dalens, S. Brûlé, E. Poirie || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | touroulti | Constantin n. sp | R. Constantin des. 2010 || MZSP 5171’ (1 MZSP); ‘ Guyane, station Nourages | saut Pararé | 4º01 ′ N, 52º41 ′ W, 120m | 03.VI.2009, piège vitre | P. Dalens, S. Brûlé, E. Poirier || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | touroulti | Constantin n. sp | R. Constantin des. 2010 || MZSP 5172’ (1 ♀ MZSP);‘ Guyane, station Nourages | saut Pararé | 4º01 ′ N, 52º41 ′ W, 120m | 16.V.2010, piège vitre | P. Dalens, S. Brûlé, E. Poirier || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | touroulti | Constantin n. sp | R. Constantin des. 2010 || BMNH{E} | 2015-166 | R. Constantin’ (1 BMNH). Additional material examined: BRAZIL: AMAPÁ : Porto Platon, 22.vii.1961, 1, J. & B. Bechyné leg. (MZSP, 10259); Serra do Navio, 19.vii.1961, 1, J. & B. Bechyné leg. (MPEG). Additional published records: FRENCH GUIANA: Mana, Angoulême, 5°24 ′ N, 53°39 ′ W (CCO); Maripa-Soula-Massif de Mitaraka, camp de base, altitude 300 m, 2°14 ′ 1 ″ N, 54°27 ′ 38 ″ W (MNHN, CCO); Maripa-Soula, Mont Tabulaire Itoupé, altitude 600 m, 3°01 ′ 20 ″ N, 53°05 ′ 41 ″ W (CCO); Régina, Petite Montagne Tortue, 4°18 ′ N, 52°13 ′ W (CCO); Saint-Elie, Réserve de la Trinité, savane-roche de la Haute-Koursibo, 4°19 ′ N, 53°17 ′ W (CCO); Saint-Laurent du Maroni, village Espérance, 5°25 ′ N, 54°03 ′ W (CCO); Saül, belvédère de la Montagne Pelée, 3°37 ′ 22 ″ N, 53°12 ′ 57 ″ W (CCO). All published by CONSTANTIN (2010b). Description. Body length: 5.0–6.1 mm. Head black; frons, clypeus and base of mandibles light brown to testaceous, slightly translucent; apex of mandibles light brown; palpi dark brown. Antennae black; antennomeres X–XI yellowish-brown, except at base of X and tip XI. Pronotum orange-yellow with wide medial black patch stretching longitudinally from anterior to posterior margins. Elytra, thorax, legs and abdomen dark brown. Male (Fig. 6). Head as long as wide, broadly rounded behind eyes, densely pubescent; occipital region and frons convex; clypeus wide, emarginated anteriorly. Eyes rounded, slightly prominent. Maxillary palpi elongate, last palpomere slender and slightly securiform.Antennae (Fig. 12) long, serrate and slightly compressed dorso-ventrally; dorsal surface of antennomeres VI–IX with irregular longitudinal line, not straight, varying in length and width. Pronotum densely pubescent, transverse, 1.6 times wider than long; lateral margins almost parallel, explanate upwards and shortly notched before basal angles. Elytra finely rugous, densely covered with erect brownish setae; each elytron 5 times longer than wide. Legs slender; tarsomeres increasing in size from pro- to metathoracic legs; inner claw of prothoracic tarsus broadly lamellate at base, meso- and metathoracic tarsal claws with sharp protruding tooth. Last abdominal ventrite (Fig. 32) bilobed and slightly acute at apex; abdominal tergite VIII (Figs 32–34) short and broad, strongly constricted posteriorly, forming broad and short apical projection bearing two contiguous glandular openings at apex. Aedeagus (Figs 56–58): ventral wall of tegmen long and broad, lateral sides emarginated, apical margin truncate with short median incision, sparse short setae along lateral and apical margins; parameres very short, hidden behind dorsal margins of tegmen, bearing a few thin apical setae; median lobe long and slender, membranous apically; internal sac hidden inside median lobe, except apex of sclerites; ventral sclerite entire, not divided, apex slightly acute, curved ventro-laterally; dorsal sclerites slender, with apex curved dorso-laterally. Female. Similar to male but antennae lacking longitudinal lines; pronotum not notched laterally; tarsal claws simple; abdominal ventrite VII (Fig. 40) 2.7 times wider than long, not divided, lateral margins arched, distal margin with short and broad projecting tip; abdominal tergite VIII broad and simple. Differential diagnosis. Colour pattern similar to P. gurupi sp. nov. and P. monoceros sp. nov. Antennal lines from antennomeres VI–IX; last abdominal ventrites of males bilobed, with acute apex; last abdominal tergite of males strongly constricted posteriorly forming broad and short apical projection. Distribution. The species was known only from the type series from French Guiana (CONSTANTIN 2010b). It is recorded for the first time from the State of Amapá in Brazil (Figs 59–60).Published as part of Biffi, Gabriel & Constantin, Robert, 2018, Taxonomic revision of Pygodiscodon (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), pp. 77-90 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1) on pages 88-89, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0008, http://zenodo.org/record/367678
Robert Rumilly, Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1936
No full textConstantin C. Robert Rumilly, Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1936. In: Revue des Sciences Religieuses, tome 19, fascicule 3, 1939. p. 417
Robert Rumilly, Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1936
No full textConstantin C. Robert Rumilly, Marguerite Bourgeoys, 1936. In: Revue des Sciences Religieuses, tome 19, fascicule 3, 1939. p. 417
Héliogabale précurseur de Constantin?
No full textTurcan Robert. Héliogabale précurseur de Constantin?. In: Bulletin de l'Association Guillaume Budé, n°1, mars 1988. pp. 38-52
Hyponotum macrocephalum Constantin 2020, sp. nov.
No full textHyponotum macrocephalum sp. nov. (Figs. 21, 44, 87-88, 113, 119) Type material: Holotype ♂ (MUSM): Peru, provincia de Huánuco, túnel de Carpish, lado norte, cabañas del camino viejo, 09°43′S, 76°06′W, 2,700 m, 28.III.2015, leg. R. Constantin. Description: Holotype. Length 4.4 mm. Head black, the front margin of the clypeus light brown. Mandibles yellow. Antennomeres I-II rusty brown with yellow ventral face, III-XI black. Pronotum, elytra and abdomen black. Legs black, protibiae yellow, tarsi brown. Head as wide as pronotum. Eyes elongate, flattened, feebly convex. Frons flat between the eyes, the surface alutaceous and dull, with dense, thin punctation and sparse, thin whitish setae. Temples long, arcuate, narrowed basally. Antennae slender, as long as three-quarters of the body. Pronotum 1.5 times wider than long. Apical edge right, basal edge feebly bisinuate, lateral edges regularly rounded, apical angles obtuse, basal angle right. Disc wide, moderately convex, separated from the border by a furrow. Lateral borders wider and more explanate than the front and rear borders. Elytra 2.8 times longer than the combined width at the base, not costate, subseriately and strongly punctate, the punctations 1.5 times wider than their intervals, covered with sparse, long (0.08-0.1 mm), whitish setae, obliquely backwards directed. Legs simples. Claws thin, without basal denticles. Abdominal sternite VIII with arched lateral edges, narrowing apically in a short tip. Aedeagus: tegmen elongate, the apico-ventral edge with two long, narrow apophyses. Lateral sclerites narrow, not denticulate. Median lobe with narrow tip.Published as part of Constantin, Robert, 2020, A contribution to the genera Plectonotum Gorham and Hyponotum Wittmer, with the description of sixteen new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), pp. 1-27 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (34) on page 23, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.34, http://zenodo.org/record/463761
Pygodiscodon similis Biffi & Constantin 2018, sp. nov.
No full textPygodiscodon similis sp. nov. (Figs 5, 11, 29–31, 39, 53–55) Type locality. Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke. Type material. HOLOTYPE:, ‘ BRASIL. Amazonas, Manaus | Reserva Ducke | i.1996 | Armadilha malaise | MGV Barbosa Col. || HOLOTYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (INPA). PARATYPES: ‘BRASIL. Amazonas, Manaus | Reserva Ducke | iv.1995 | Armadilha malaise | MGV Barbosa Col. || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 MZSP, 5195); ‘ BRASIL. Amazonas, Manaus | Reserva Ducke, Igarapé Tinga | Arm. suspensa, 20m | 17–27.I.2005 Henriques A. leg || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 INPA)’; ‘ Manaos | Aug. 74 || 18. || Amazons. | (Trail.) | 97-71 || Pygodiscodon | apicicorne | (Pic, 1910) ♀ | det. M. Geiser 2014 || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 ♀ BMNH); ‘ GUYANA, Region 8 | Iwokrama Research Centre, | N4°40 ′ W58°41 ′, ca 60m | 17-21.VI.2014, general collecting | Michael Geiser & Roy Canty leg || BMNH {E} 2014-131 | Biodiversity Initiative || BMNH(E) | 1499483 || Pygodiscodon | apicicorne | (Pic, 1910) | det. M. Geiser 2014 || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 BMNH); ‘ GUYANA, Region 8 | Iwokrama Research Centre, | N4°40 ′ W58°41 ′, ca 60m | 17-21.VI.2014, general collecting | Michael Geiser & Roy Canty leg || BMNH {E} 2014-131 | Biodiversity Initiative || BMNH(E) | 1499401 || Pygodiscodon | apicicorne | (Pic, 1910) | det. M. Geiser 2014 || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 CBDG); ‘ GUYANA, Region 8 | Iwokrama Research Centre, | N4°40 ′ W58°41 ′, ca 60m | 17-21.VI.2014, general collecting | Michael Geiser & Roy Canty leg || BMNH {E} 2014-131 | Biodiversity Initiative || BMNH(E) | 1499402 || Pygodiscodon | apicicorne | (Pic, 1910) | det. M. Geiser 2014 || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 BMNH); ‘ GUYANA, Region 8 | Iwokrama Research Centre, | N4°40 ′ W58°41 ′, ca 60m | 6.VII.2014, general collecting | Michael Geiser leg || BMNH {E} 2014-131 | Biodiversity Initiative || BMNH(E) | 1499552 || Pygodiscodon | apicicorne | (Pic, 1910) | det. M. Geiser 2014 || NHMB-ENT | 2017-008 | PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 NHMB); ‘ GUYANA, Region 8 | Iwokrama Research Centre, | N4°40 ′ W58°41 ′, ca 60m | 6.VII.2014, general collecting | Michael Geiser leg || BMNH {E} 2014-131 | Biodiversity Initiative || BMNH(E) | 1499553 || Pygodiscodon | apicicorne | (Pic, 1910) | det. M. Geiser 2014 || PARATYPE | Pygodiscodon | similis | Biffi & Constantin’ (1 BMNH). Description. Body length: 5.8–6.1 mm. Head dark brown to black; frons, clypeus and base of mandibles light brown to testaceous, slightly translucent; apex of mandibles light brown; palpi light brown. Antennae brown; first antennomere slightly lighter ventrally and antennomeres IX–X and base of XI yellowish-white. Pronotum predominantly dark brown to black, pale yellow around the borders. Elytra, thorax and abdomen brown; legs light brown, darker at base of femora, apex of tibiae and tarsi. Male (Fig. 5). Head as long as wide, broadly rounded behind eyes, densely pubescent; occipital region and frons convex; clypeus wide, emarginated anteriorly. Eyes rounded, rather prominent. Maxillary palpi elongate, last palpomere slender and slightly securiform. Antennae (Fig. 11) long, slightly serrate and slightly compressed dorso-ventrally; dorsal surface of antennomeres IV to VI with irregular longitudinal line, not straight, varying in length and width. Pronotum densely pubescent, transverse, 1.5–1.6 times wider than long; lateral margins slightly emarginated, explanate upwards and shortly notched near middle. Elytra finely rugous, densely covered with erect brownish setae; each elytron 4.9 times longer than wide. Legs slender; tarsomeres increasing in size from pro- to metathoracic legs; inner claw of prothoracic legs broadly lamellate at base; meso- and metathoracic tarsal claws with sharp protruding tooth. Last abdominal ventrite (Fig. 29) bilobed, rounded posteriorly and emarginated internally; abdominal tergite VIII (Figs 29–34) elongate and broad, with shallow latero-posterior compressions and strongly constricted posteriorly, forming rather trapezoidal apical projection bearing two contiguous glandular openings at apex; dorsal surface of apical projection with pair of parallel narrow ridges culminating in strong apical tooth. Aedeagus (Figs 53–55): ventral wall of tegmen long and broad, lateral sides slightly convergent, apical margin rounded; short setae along lateral and apical margins and in narrow longitudinal fringe ventrally; parameres very short, slightly surpassing dorsal margins of tegmen; apex obtuse, bearing few long setae; median lobe broad and membranous; internal sac long, apex exposed beyond median lobe, with two pairs of sclerites; ventral sclerites flattened dorso-ventrally, tip acuminate, curved laterally; dorsal sclerites broadly curved dorsally, apex rounded. Female. Similar to male but antennae lacking longitudinal lines; pronotum not notched laterally; tarsal claws simple; abdominal ventrite VII (Fig. 39) 2.1 times wider than long, not divided, lateral margins arched, distal margin with short and broad projecting tip; abdominal tergite VIII broad and simple. Differential diagnosis. Similar to P. apicicornis and P. obscurus. Elytra and pronotal patch lighter in colour; antennal lines not straight, varying in length and width, present from antennomeres III to IV; last abdominal ventrite of males bilobed, with apex sinuated internally; last abdominal tergite of males with broader, trapezoidal median projection with pair of dorsal longitudinal ridges culminating in acute, upwards-pointing tooth. Etymology. The specific epithet, latin adjective similis (similar), refers to the similarity of this species with P. apicicornis and P. obscurus. Distribution. Guyana and Brazil (Amazonas state) (Fig. 59).Published as part of Biffi, Gabriel & Constantin, Robert, 2018, Taxonomic revision of Pygodiscodon (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), pp. 77-90 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 58 (1) on page 88, DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2018-0008, http://zenodo.org/record/367678
Plectonotum leymebamba Constantin 2020, sp. nov.
No full textPlectonotum leymebamba sp. nov. (Figs. 12, 35, 69-70, 104, 119) Type material: Holotype ♂ (MUSM): Peru, Amazonas, provincia de Chachapoyas, Leymebamba 2 km SW, flowering shrubs, 06°42′53″S, 77°49′06″W, alt. 2,700 m, 08.V.2018, leg. R. Constantin. Paratypes: 3♂, 2♀, same locality and date as the holotype, leg. R. Constantin. Holotype and two paratypes deposited in the collection of the MUSM, other paratypes preserved in author's collection (CCo). Description: Holotype. Length 4.0 mm. Head black, the clypeus and the genae orange yellow in front of the antennal sockets. Antennae black, the first two antennomeres with orange yellow ventral side. Mandibles yellow. Labial and maxillary palpi black, their first joint yellow. Prothorax, elytra, abdomen and legs black. Head 0.76 times as wide as pronotum, the clypeus triangularly protruding. Eyes developed, bulging, the interocular space 0.6 times as wide as the head. Frons broad, flattened between the eyes with a median longitudinal depression and two small oblique bumps behind the antennal sockets. Temples short, narrowing backwards. Cephalic surface smooth, very thinly punctate, with thin whitish setae. Antennae 0.8 times as long as the body, the first two antennomeres smooth, the following parallel sided, dull, covered with erected brownish setae. Pronotum 1.47 times wider than long, feebly transversally convex. Front edge slightly arched, rear edge angular, lateral edge moderately narrowing frontwards, rounded with a long narrow bead and a short emargination in front of the basal corners.Pronotal surface shiny, thinly punctate, the punctations twice smaller than the intervals. Elytra 2.8 times longer than combined width at the base, the punctations shallow, rugulose and irregularly disposed, covered with long, thin, obliquely erected pale yellow setae. Aedeagus: tegmen with apex of the lateral lobes parallel sided in dorsal view, forming a rectangular lamina with dense and very long apical setae in lateral view; apico-ventral apophysis slender, their tips with a minute hook; lateral sclerites narrow, straight, the tooth at mid-length minute; median lobe with a narrow styliform projection. Dimensions of the holotype: TL =4.0 mm;AL = 3.25mm; HW = 0.83 mm; IOW = 0.50 mm; OL = 0.29 mm; IAW = 0.19 mm; PL = 0.74 mm; PW = 1.09 mm; EL = 3.0 mm; EW = 1.06 mm. Length of the antennomeres, in mm: aI = 0.32; aII = 0.13; aIII = 0.31; aIV = 0.35; aV = 0.35; aVI = 0.35 × 0.09; aVII = 0.32; aVIII = 0.32; aIX = 0.27; aX = 0.25; aXI = 0.28. Paratypes ♂: length 3.9-4.1 mm. Paratypes ♀: Differs from the males by the less convex eyes, shorter antennae and pronotum narrower anteriorly. Dimensions of one paratype ♀. TL = 4.2 mm; AL = 2.6 mm; HW = 0.75 mm; IOW = 0.50 mm; OL = 0.24 mm; IAW = 0.21 mm; PL = 0.72 mm; PW = 1.06 mm; EL = 3.3 mm; EW = 1.1 mm. Other paratype ♀: length 4.5 mm. Variability: The two female paratypes have yellow genae and reddish-brown clypeus. Differential diagnosis: Plectonotum leymebamba sp. nov., resembles P. oxapampa sp. nov., and P. bicoloricolle sp. nov., by the pronotal bead. It differs from these two other species by the mostly black colour pattern, thicker antennae, subseriate elytral punctation and the aedeagus shape. Etymology: Specific name refers to Leymebamba village, close to the type-locality. Noun in apposition. Natural history: Collected by beating shrubs, on the edge of the road in the morning.Published as part of Constantin, Robert, 2020, A contribution to the genera Plectonotum Gorham and Hyponotum Wittmer, with the description of sixteen new species from Peru (Coleoptera, Cantharidae), pp. 1-27 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (34) on page 13, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.34, http://zenodo.org/record/463761
Defalcation of European Union Budget in the Romanian Criminal Law
No full textOne of the goals for Romania, after the 1st January 2007, was to protect the financial interests of the European Union to fight against fraud, corruption and other illegal activities. In order to achieve this target, the legal framework has been completed by the Law no. 161/2003 which introduced the article no. 182 in the text of the Law no. 78/2000 regarding prevention, discovery and punishing the corruption acts. The author analyses this new article and he develops the two constitutive elements (actus reus, mens rea), the objective and subjective aspects of the analyzed crime, the ways, the legal punishments applicable to this crime.fraud, financial interests, spending, incomes, actus reus, mens rea, legal punishments.
Les tondi d’Hadrien sur l'arc de Constantin
No full textTurcan Robert. Les tondi d’Hadrien sur l'arc de Constantin. In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 135ᵉ année, N. 1, 1991. pp. 53-82
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