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Paolaltica eocenica Biondi, 2014, sp. nov.
No full textPaolaltica eocenica sp. nov. (Figs 2, 3 a, 3 b) Type material. “ Holotype / Paolaltica eocenica sp. nov. / Biondi M. des 2014 ” [red printed label]; probable female. The holotype will be deposited in the entomological collection of the author housed in the Department of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila (Italy), for permanent preservation. The complete beetle is embedded in a relatively small, subrectangular and slightly curved amber piece (length = 21.5 mm, max width = 11.6 mm, max height = 3.0 mm; weight = 0.96 grams). No small gas bubbles exist, but a few cracks are diffusely spread throughout the amber piece. Other animal or plant syninclusions are absent. The specimen is well visible in sub-ventral and sub-dorsal view (left side); other views are not possible because of the shape and structure of the amber piece. Type strata. Baltic Amber, Upper Eocene, Prussian Formation (Priabonian). Estimated age: 37.2 – 33.9 my. Type locality. Russia: Kaliningrad region: the Sambian [Samland] peninsula: Yantarny village [formerly Palmnicken]. Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the geologic time of the specimen’s origin. Description. Body length (LB) about 2.00 mm; length of pronotum (LP): 0.47 mm; length of elytra (LE) about 1.60 mm; length of left antenna (LAN): 1.05 mm. Dorsal integument apparently golden green with clear metallic reflections (some reflections may represent reflective surfaces within surrounding amber); ventral parts dark bronze with weak metallic reflections; legs clearly blackened, apparently with weak metallic reflections. Antennae longer than half of body length (LAN/LB ≈ 0.52); each antennomere proportional to following numerical sequence: 56: 29: 37: 59: 77: 52: 73: 66: 68: 67: 100 (right antenna). Pronotal punctation uniformly and moderately impressed. Elytral punctation arranged in regular rows, apparently clearly impressed up to apical declivity.Published as part of Biondi, Maurizio, 2014, Paolaltica eocenica new genus and new species of flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from Baltic amber, pp. 496-500 in Zootaxa 3852 (4) on pages 498-500, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3852.4.7, http://zenodo.org/record/22664
Fundoesofagostomía infraesfinteriana (Técnica de Biondi- King- Ferrari)
No full textThe author presents bis experienc,a with sevenmegaesophagus treated with the Biondi-KingFerrariprocedure.El autor presenta su experiencia de 7 megaesófagosoperados con la técnica de Biondi-KingFerrari
Madapoderus pacificus Biondi, 2005, n. sp.
No full text<i>Madapoderus pacificus</i> n. sp. <p>Material examined</p> <p> <i>Type locality.</i> Central­Western Madagascar, Tulear province, 35 km north­east of Morondava, track Morondava Belo sur Tsiribihina, between Andranomena forest and Kirindy forest.</p> <p> <i>Type material.</i> Holotype. ɗ, W. Madagascar, Tulear prov., Kirindy Forest, 35 km NE Morondava, 29 XII 2003 / 3 I 2004, S. Biondi leg. Paratypes: 9 Ψ, same data of the holotype; 2 ɗ: SW Madagaskar, Morondava distr., Miandrivazo, 246 km W of Antsirabe, 5.1.2002, D. Hauck leg. The holotype and a pair of paratypes (one of the males collected by Hauck and one of the females collected by the author) have been deposited in the collection of the Museo Naturalistico Archeologico in Vicenza. The remaining specimens belong to the authors personal collection.</p> <p>Etymology</p> <p> This species name is based on the Latin adjective <i>pacificus</i> (= pacific) and refers to the absence of acute spines on the pronotum and on the elytra, also in opposition with the names of the Malagasy species of the genus <i>Echinapoderus</i>: <i>E. aculeatus</i> (Faust, 1899) (from Latin = with spines) and <i>E. enoplus</i> (Brancsik, 1893) (from Greek = armed).</p> <p>Description</p> <p> <i>Male</i> (holotype)</p> <p>Habitus as in Fig. 1. Total length (excl. rostrum): 7.0 mm.</p> <p> <i>Colour.</i> Head, prothorax and elytra bright brownish red. Abdomen and legs paler, almost yellow; parts of the mouth and claws black.</p> <p> <i>Head.</i> Oval; in dorsal view very broad, shortest distance between eyes 1.5 times eye diameter; tempora rounded; front margin of eye very close to the insertion of the rostrum in lateral view; head maximum height in basal third; immediately behind the eyes a deep transversal furrow intersecting a median longitudinal furrow that limits the basal, smooth and shiny part of the head; two short longitudinal impressions between eyes, convergent towards antennal insertion. Eyes rather wide, in dorsal view protruding from head contour. Rostrum in dorsal view almost quadrate, slightly narrower than distance between eyes; in lateral view, dorsal contour almost straight, ventral contour convex; surface with deep, large punctures and long pale setae. Antennae inserted in a prominent zone of the dorsal surface of rostrum, near base, short; scape clavate, 2.5 times longer than wide; first funicular segment oval, half as long as scape; second a little narrower and shorter than the first; 3 as long as 1 but a little narrower; 4 shorter than 3, longer than broad; 5 almost quadrate; 6 and 7 transverse; club oblong­oval, pubescent, with first segment as long as wide, 2 and 3 transverse, 4 easily visible, short, cusp­shaped.</p> <p> <i>Thorax.</i> Pronotum transverse, in dorsal view with lateral edges progressively rounded towards head; anterior margin in the shape of a cylindrical collar; posterior margin thick; median longitudinal impression deep, forming in its basal half a deep dimple and a second one, more superficial, near the anterior margin; each half of the pronotum with swellings that delimit a central, inverted Y­shaped depression; integument shiny and smooth, no punctation visible. Scutellum transverse, inversely ogival, the sides slightly slanting upwards and apex slightly swelled. Meso and metathoracic epimeres and pygidium clothed in thin white setae. Elytra subrectangular, 1.5 times as long as wide; sides almost parallel behind humeri; the latter with a blunt, outward protuberance; strial punctures wide and deep, sometimes partially confluent; intervals irregular due to elytral tubercles, no punctation visible; each elytron with five tubercles besides the humeral one: the largest on second and third interval, equidistant from elytral base and apex; a little smaller one on fourth interval, between first and humeral tubercle; a third, also smaller one, on same interval at beginning of elytral declivity; a fourth, similar to second, in middle between first and third; a fifth, cone­shaped and smallest, on second interval, near elytral suture, inside of second. Legs quite short and squat; femora clavate, especially front and hind ones; tibiae short, especially middle ones, straight except at base; ventrally all with a row of equidistant denticles bearing each a stiff seta; apex with a single spur; first tarsomere clavate, 2 times as long as wide (a little longer in hind legs); second subtriangular, as long as wide; third deeply bilobate, wider and longer than second; last (ungueal) long and curved; claws connate at base.</p> <p> <i>Genitalia</i>. As in Figs 2–3.</p> <p> <i>Female</i></p> <p>Habitus as in Fig. 7. Genitalia as in Figs 4–5.</p> <p>The female differs from the male, in addition to the primary sexual characters, only in the following characters:</p> <p>body size; the female specimens are larger than male: total length (rostrum excluded) of each male specimen is 7.0 mm (holotypus), 7.0, 7.1; the average length of females 8.2 mm (minimum 7.9, maximum 8.6).</p> <p>tibial apex with two spurs, as in most Apoderinae.</p> <p>venter slightly convex (concave in male).</p> <p>Distribution and ecology</p> <p>The species is so far only known from two localities in the province of Tulear of central­western Madagascar, less than 100 km apart. The size of the Kirindy Forest population was estimated based on the number of leaf rolls found. It appeared to be limited to the edges of short stretch of the track (Fig. 6). In this narrow zone the number of rolls was remarkably high: each branch of the host plant could harbour several dozen of these rolls (Fig. 11). The biotope in which the new species was found is classified as primary dry deciduous forest. This forest type had a broad geographic range on the island in the past but nowadays occurs only in few restricted zones of western and northern Madagascar.</p> <p>Life history</p> <p>Observations on the habits of the new species were carried out at the type locality, during the end of December 2003 and in early January 2004.</p> <p>Virtually nothing is known, regarding the feeding and reproductive behaviour of the about one hundred species of the tribe Hoplapoderini. No biological information is available in the literature for the African and Madagascan species; a little information is reported for some Asian species, mainly Japanese, but frequently it is only limited to identification of host plants.</p> <p> <i>Madapoderus pacificus</i> is in all its stages of development associated with a species of the genus <i>Grewia</i> Linnaeus (Malvaceae): the identification of the species pending. This woody shrub or tree occurs in the primary dry deciduous forest of Kirindy, small specimens rarely also in thick forest, and flowering individuals commonly grow in forest clearings and along the edges of roads and tracks.</p> <p> Adult <i>Madapoderus pacificus</i> feed on the leaves of this plant after their eclosion from leaf rolls, causing round feeding lesions as typical of Apoderinae in the leaf tissues but generally leaving the main veins intact (Fig. 12 d).</p> <p> After mating (not seen), females construct typical attelabid brood rolls from the leaves of their host plant (Figs. 8–12). At first, the female makes a cut into the leaf lamina, near the base of the leaf and perpendicular to the midrib. The cut can run from either the left or the right side and begin anywhere along the basal leaf margin, but it always reaches the midrib and often proceeds beyond it (Fig. 9). In the categorisation of attelabid leaf rolling techniques (Zuppa et al., 1994) <i>Madapoderus pacificus</i> thus falls into the same group as <i>Apoderus coryli</i> Linnaeus. The female briefly interrupts this rolling process to perforate the leaf roll and lay her eggs inside. In almost all the rolls that were opened there were two eggs (or two larvae, or two pupae); only one dissected roll contained a pupa and two mature larvae. Since a large basal portion of the leaf is left intact, the roll remains firmly attached to the leaf at all times and does not fall to the ground. The larva feeds and develops on the leaf tissues inside the roll, as in the rule in Apoderinae. The whole developmental cycle is quite rapid, lasting about twenty days of which the last two or three are spent as a pupa. Each adult emerges from its own round hole (Fig. 10). On emergence the integument of the adults is translucent pale yellow, and they remain on the leaves until it hardens and takes on its proper coloration, before commencing to feed and start a new generation. Field observations in this locality were carried out only during a few days, so I can affirm that the weevil complete at least two cycles in a year; however the speed of the life cycle indicates that the number could be higher.</p>Published as part of <i>Biondi, Silvano, 2005, A new genus and species of Hoplapoderini from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Attelabidae: Apoderinae), pp. 37-47 in Zootaxa 1089</i> on pages 43-46, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/170524">10.5281/zenodo.170524</a>
Disciplina dei gruppi parlamentari e controlli sui bilanci: osservazioni alle recenti modifiche ai regolamenti di Camera e Senato
No full textThe essay points out the reform of the Rules of the Chamber of Deputies (the reform was approved on the 25th September 2012) and the similar proposal to amend the Rules of the Senate with regard to the internal organization of parliamentary groups, public funding and budget controls.
After an overview of the new rules (obligation to prepare and publish internal rules, proportional distribution of government grants and measures to ensure the transparency of financial statements) and of the critical aspects (allocation of public funds and procedures and regulatory authorities) the author focuses on the compatibility of the new controls over the budgets of the parliamentary groups with respect to the principle of accounting autonomy of the Chambers.
Finally, after an analysis of the legislation on public funding, the Author reflects on the relationship between political parties and parliamentary groups
Piccoli gesti di normalità quotidiani, umanità della pena e finalità rieducativa. Nota alla sentenza n. 97 del 2020
No full textThe Author discusses Constitutional Court’s judgment No. 97 of 2020, where the Constitutional Court once again deals with the detention regime provided under Article 41-bis of the Penitentiary Regulations for people convicted of specific serious crimes. The paper highlights the Constitutional Court’s sensitivity for the needs of social defense underlying this special discipline, and, mainly, for the sense of humanity, that must characterize the sentence, as a precondition of the re-education of the detainee
Sessant'anni e oltre di governo autonomo della magistratura : un bilancio
No full textThe Supreme Judicial Council, from its establishment till present times, has em- bodied a role that is highly differing from that imagined by the framers. The Author analyses this path through an investigation that touches upon the law and the practice. The first part of the Article focuses on the composition of the Supreme Judicial Council and on the interrelationships among its different components; the second part is dedicated to the ways in which the Supreme Judicial Council’s attributions have been exercised with respect to its compe- tences in regulating judges’ careers and in organizing judicial offices and their duties
La responsabilità disciplinare: problemi vecchi e nuovi
No full textL’Autrice individua quale dovrebbe essere il ruolo della responsabilità disciplinare nel sistema di governo della magistratura, distinguendola dalle valutazioni etiche e di professionalità. Mette, quindi, alla prova tale definizione, verificando quale sia stato il rendimento, in concreto, della riforma del 2006, sia sul piano sostanziale sia su quello procedurale.The author identifies which should be the role of the disciplinary responsibility in the context of the governance of the judiciary, with the aims of distancing it from ethical and professional evaluations. The A., then, tests this definition to verify the impact and concrete effects of the 2006 reform from a procedural and substantial perspective
The Alticini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) of Sicily: Recent records and updated checklist
No full textThis paper compiles an updated checklist of the Sicilian flea beetle species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini) by a critical bibliographic screening and adding new material, mainly collected by the first author in the last few decades. The data provided expand the known distribution of many poorly known species in Sicily. An updated checklist of the species recorded from the island, including those based on unpublished data or extracted from recently examined material, is supplied: 161 species are reported, about half of the whole Italian flea beetle fauna presently known. The new records for Sicily include seven species: Altica carduorum Meneville-Guerin, 1858; Chaetocnema obesa (Boieldieu, 1859); Longitarsus helvolus Kutschera, 1863; L. monticola Kutschera, 1863; L. rectilineatus (Foudras, 1860); Mniophila muscorum (Koch, 1803) and the alien species Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer, 1847), an invasive pest of tobacco from North America. Finally, we question the occurrence of Longitarsus membranaceus (Foudras, 1960) in Sicily
Microwave ablation for treatment of recurrent bleeding adrenal adenoma in a dog: a treatment potentially translational in human
No full textLa diversidad de grupos taxonómicos y tróficos de los invertebrados del suelo responden positivamente a la restauración de los bosques riparios
No full textUna restauración exitosa de los bosques ribereños puede recuperar la diversidad de varios grupos de invertebrados del suelo. Sin embargo, pocos estudios han considerado la recuperación de toda la comunidad de macrofauna del suelo y el efecto relativo en la diversidad taxonómica y funcional. Evaluamos cómo la diversidad taxonómica, en términos de abundancia y riqueza, se relaciona con la diversidad trófica en cuatro parches de bosques ribereños que habían sido recuperados artificialmente, en comparación con el sitio de referencia en el Embalse Volta Grande, Brasil. No se encontró relación entre la diversidad taxonómica y la diversidad trófica, lo que indica redundancia funcional entre grupos taxonómicos. Sin embargo, observamos que el grupo taxonómico con más especies presentó mayor diversidad trófica, lo cual indica una baja redundancia funcional dentro de ese grupo. La abundancia y la riqueza taxonómica y funcional de los cuatro sitios restaurados fueron similares al sitio de referencia. La recuperación del bosque recuperó eficientemente la comunidad los invertebrados del suelo, ya que la composición taxonómica y trófica registrada en nuestros de estudio fue similar a la composición de las áreas naturales. Enfatizamos la importancia de estudiar la fauna edáfica a nivel de comunidad para comprender cómo reacciona a la restauración forestal.A successful restoration of riparian forests can recover the diversity of several groups of soil invertebrates. However, few studies have considered the recovery of the entire community of soil macrofauna and the relative effect in taxonomical and functional diversity. We evaluated how taxonomical diversity, in terms of abundance and richness, relates to trophic diversity in four patches of riparian forests that had been artificially recovered, and compared them to the reference site in Volta Grande Reservoir, Brazil. No relationship was found between taxonomic diversity and trophic diversity, suggesting functional redundancy among taxonomic groups. Nevertheless, we observed that the taxonomic group with more species presented higher trophic diversity than the rest, indicating low functional redundancy within this group. The abundance and the taxonomic and functional richness of the four restored sites was similar to the reference site. The forest recovery was efficient in recovering invertebrate soil community since the taxonomic and trophic composition recorded in our study were similar to the composition of natural areas. We emphasize the importance of studying edaphic fauna as a community in order to comprehend how it reacts to forest restoration.Fil: Ferreira Biondi, Stella. Universidade Federal de Ouro PretoFederal - Campus Morro do Cruzeiro. Bauxita - Departamento de Biodiversidade Evolução e Meio Ambiente, (UFOP), BrazilFil: Lopes Ferreira, Rodrigo. Universidade Federal de Lavras - Centro de Estudos em Biologia Subterrânea, Setor de Zoologia Geral/DBI, MG, BrazilFil: Antonini, Yasmine. Universidade Federal de Ouro PretoFederal - Campus Morro do Cruzeiro. Bauxita - Departamento de Biodiversidade Evolução e Meio Ambiente, (UFOP), Brazi
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