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Epicharmeropsis Huang, Ren & Shih
No full textGenus <i>Epicharmeropsis</i> Huang, Ren & Shih, gen. nov. <p> <b>Type species.</b> <i>Epicharmeropsis hexavenulosus</i> Huang, Ren & Shih, <b>sp. nov.</b></p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Greek prefix <i>Epichar-</i> (beautiful) and <i>meropsis</i> (a suffix taken from genus <i>Ephemeropsis</i>).</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Imago. Moderate to good-sized species; mesonotal suture (MNs) in anterior part of mesonotum strongly stretched backwards medially, not transverse; paired medioparapsidal sutures (MPs) anastomosed at middle area of mesonotum, not parallel; lateroparapsidal suture (LPs) curved laterally; metanotum relatively long. Forewing about 2.4 times as long as its width; membrane thickened at distal part of the field between C and RA; RS forking about 10mm from base of forewing, RSa formed two triads, RSp nonbranched; distinct intercalary veins existing between MP2 and CuA1; CuA1 with 4–6 triads (loop-shaped veinlets) leading to wing margin; numerous crossveins and intercalary veins between longitudinal veins. Hindwing more or less than half as long as forewing, broad, about 1.6 times as long as its width with fairly obtuse tip.</p> <p> <b>Composition.</b> The type species and <i>Epicharmeropsis quadrivenulosus</i>.</p> <p> <b>Comparison.</b> <i>Epicharmeropsis</i> <b>gen. nov.</b> is very similar to <i>Ephemeropsis</i> Eichwald from the Early Cretaceous of Transbaikalia and Mongolia in the shape and venation of fore and hind wings; but it differs from <i>Ephemeropsis</i> by membrane thickened at distal part of the field between C and RA, unforked RSp, and the distinct intercalary veins existing between MP2 and CuA1 of forewing. The later two features of wing venation are present in Late Jurassic genus <i>Hexagenites</i> Scudder, 1880 and Lower Cretaceous genus <i>Cratogenites</i> Martins-Neto, 1996, but in contrast to them, hind wing of <i>Epicharmeropsis</i> is more or less than half as long as forewing.</p> <p> <b>Remark.</b> The combined characters of this new genus allow an allocation of it to the family Hexagenitidae: moderate to large size; vein CuA of forewing forked, one of its branches with a series of triads (loopshaped veinlets) leading to wing margin.</p> <p> <i>Epicharmeropsis</i> <b>gen. nov.</b> possesses a peculiar combination of characters: mesonotal suture (MNs) in anterior part of mesonotum strongly stretched backwards medially, not transverse; paired medioparapsidal sutures (MPs) jointed at middle area of mesonotum, not parallel; forewing less than 2.5 times as long as its width; RSp non-branched; the presence of intercalary veins between MP2 and CuA1; hindwing broad, about 1.6 time as long as its width, with fairly obtuse tip. These characters allow formal separation of this new genus from other known genera of the Hexagenitidae established by mayfly adults, extant or in fossil records.</p>Published as part of <i>Huang, Jiandong, Ren, Dong & Shih, Chungkun, 2007, New genus and species of Hexagenitidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from Yixian Formation, China, pp. 39-50 in Zootaxa 1629</i> on page 40, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/179369">10.5281/zenodo.179369</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
Xeruca Shih 2015
No full text<i>Xeruca</i> Shih, 2015, status nov. <p>(Fig. 12B)</p> <p> <i>Xeruca</i> Shih, 2015: 154. Type species: <i>Uca formosensis</i> Rathbun, 1921, by original designation. Gender feminine.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Large-sized species (carapace width about 30 mm in adults); dorsal carapace surface without posterolateral striae; front narrow; cornea round; eyestalks slender; adult male major cheliped very large; right- or left-handed, deep fingers (with straight cutting margins>1/2 length of fingers), pollex without ventral carina, outer surface of major manus with moderate-szied to large tubercles, carpus with anterodorsal area flattened to facilitate chela flexion, setae on merus of minor cheliped long, thin; male pleonites free; pleonal locking mechanism absent; no setae on lateral margins of posterior stem region of urocardiac ossicles in gastric mill. Taiwan endemic.</p> <p> <b>Species included</b>:</p> <p> <i>Xeruca formosensis</i> (Rathbun, 1921).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> Although Rathbun described this large endemic Taiwanese species in Rathbun (1921), it was not well known until the work of Shih et al. (1999). Crane (1975) placed it with <i>U. tetragonon</i> and the <i>U. vocans</i> species-complex, in <i>Thalassuca</i> (= <i>Gelasimus</i>), although she had examined only a few specimens. Shih et al. (1999) suggested that it was closely related to <i>Tubuca</i>, but cautioned that more study was needed to confirm its status. Shih (2015) recently established a separate taxon <i>Xeruca</i> for this species based on morphological (see Rosenberg, 2001) and molecular evidence. The present work (Fig. 2) and Shih (2015) show <i>Xeruca</i> to be basal to the main <i>Tubuca</i> clade which confirms earlier relationship speculation (Crane, 1975; Shih et al., 1999; Rosenberg, 2001). The monotypic <i>Xeruca</i> is confined to Taiwan Island and the adjacent Penghu Islands, and thus has the smallest distribution of any genus in the Ocypodidae (Fig. 4).</p>Published as part of <i>Shih, Hsi-Te, Ng, Peter K. L., Davie, Peter J. F., Schubart, Christoph D., Türkay, Michael, Naderloo, Reza, Jones, Diana & Liu, Min-Yun, 2016, Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera, pp. 139-175 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64</i> on page 159, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5355087">10.5281/zenodo.5355087</a>
Jembra kuanae Shih, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Jembra kuanae</i> Shih sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 2, 3)</p> <p> <b>Coloration:</b> General color brown (Fig. 2 A). Tegmen without markings (Fig. 2 B); wing hyaline, veins brown, apical area with brown pubescence except apical cells. Two color variations on head (Figs. 2 D, 2E), pronotum and mesoscutellum: dark brown type with irregular dark brown mottles (Fig. 2 E), and yellowish brown type with one obviously inverted and yellowish V-shaped stripe (Fig. 2 D).</p> <p> <b>Structure:</b> Head width: body width: body length= 1:1.6:3.2. Head in ventral view rhombus shaped (Fig. 3 B), as long as wide; head in dorsal view triangular (Fig. 3 A), about 2.6 times as wide as long. Head subequal to pronotum at level of anterior margin, about 1.04:1.0. Frons with a median longitudinal carina and 10 transverse ridges in ventral view (Fig. 3 B). Expanded flagellar base with 4 plate-shaped basiconic sensillae on ventrolateral side. Rostrum nearly extended to apex of middle trochanters. Pronotum width at widest part greater than median length by about 1.5: 1.0. Tegmen densely punctured (Fig. 3 D) with pits about 0.1 mm in diameter; 3 times as long as wide, AM (length of anal margin): PM (length of posterior margin): LT (length of tegmen) = 1.0: 3.0: 3.9. Wing with 3 apical cells (Fig. 3 E). Hind tibia with two lateral spines, distal one about 2.0–2.5 times as long as basal one; apical spines arranged into 2 rows, upper row composed of 11 spines, lower one composed of 12 spines. First hind tarsomere with apical spines arranged in two rows (Figs. 2 C, 3H), upper row composed of 18–21 spines, lower one composed of 7–12 spines.</p> <p> <b>Male Genitalia:</b> Pygofer in lateral view subquadrate (Fig. 3 I), about 1.3 times wider than long; basal margin of pygofer straight downward, then protruding at ventral third; pygofer ventral view oval (Fig. 3 J); dorsal process of pygofer (dp) in lateral view cone like, ventrally directed (Fig. 3 I); ventral process of pygofer (vp) (= genital plate) in lateral view, about 0.7 times longer than posterior margin of pygofer; ventral processes of pygofer in ventral view bilobed, acute at tip and direct mesade (Fig. 3 J). Abdominal segment X cylindrical, subequal to the abdominal tergite of segment XI (XIt) in length. Aedeagus T-shaped (Figs. 3 O–P) in both dorsal and ventral views, joined with basal part and apical winged plate; basal part of aedeagus short in lateral view, cylindrical, and membranous; apical winged plate somewhat hardened; transversely enlarged at caudal view, widest at middle and with a obviously concave gonopore (Fig. 3 N). Genital style triangular, basal part narrow and gradually widening to apex (Figs. 3 K–L).</p> <p> <b>Measurements:</b> Body length (from apex of vertex to tip of tegmen): 3, 7.9 ± 0.2 mm (n =17); Ƥ, 8.5 ± 0.1 mm (n =2); Body width: 3, 3.8 ± 0.3 mm (n =17); Ƥ, 3.9 ± 0.3 mm (n =2).</p> <p> <b>Holotype: Male, TAIWAN</b>, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill, XII. 1984, K. S. Lin & K. C. Chou, Malaise trap; Holotype depository: TARI.</p> <p> <b>Paratypes: TAIWAN</b>, 1 male, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill, II. 1984, K. S. Lin & K. C. Chou, Malaise trap (TARI); 5 males, 1 female, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill, III. 1984, K. S. Lin & K. C. Chou, Malaise trap (TARI); 2 males, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill, V. 1984, K. S. Lin & K. C. Chou, Malaise trap (TARI); 1 male, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill, VII. 1984, K. S. Lin & K. C. Chou, Malaise trap (TARI); 3 males, 1 female, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill, VIII. 1984, K. S. Lin & K. C. Chou, Malaise trap (TARI); 1 male, Taichung, Wanfeng Hill, XII. 1984, K. S. Lin & K. C. Chou, Malaise trap; 1 male, Nantou, Chushan, 24-IX-1999, H. T. Shih (TARI); 1 male, Nantou, Chushan, 24-IX-1999, H. T. Shih (Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); 1 male, Nantou, Chushan, 24-IX-1999, H. T. Shih (Canadian National Collection of Insects, Ottawa, Canada); 1 male, Nantou, Chushan, 24-IX-1999, H. T. Shih (National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan, ROC.).</p> <p> <b>Etymology:</b> Named for the first author’s mother K. C. Kuan.</p> <p> <b>Distribution:</b> Taiwan.</p> <p> <b>Host plants:</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Remarks:</b> This species can be distinguished easily from other <i>Jembra</i> species by the following characteristics: (1) antenna with 4 plate-shaped basiconic sensillae (Figs. 2 G–H) on the expanded flagellar base; (2) pronotum without obvious lateral carinae, median carina interrupted by some longitudinal wrinkles on the anterior margin (Fig. 3 A); (3) frons with median longitudinal carina (Fig. 3 B); (4) wing with 3 apical cells and without pubescence in apical cells (Fig. 3 E); (5) the first tarsus with apical spines arranged in 2 rows (Figs. 2 C, 3H); (6) the dorsal process of pygofer conical (Fig. 3 I); (7) genital style triangular (Figs. 3 K–L), without distinct slender inner and outer processes; (8) apical portion of aedeagus winged, and each lateral tip of winged portion directed ventrad (Figs. 3 O–P).</p>Published as part of <i>Shih, Hsien-Tzung, Liang, Ai-Ping & Yang, Jeng-Tze, 2009, The genus Jembra Metcalf and Horton from Taiwan with descriptions of two new species and the nymph of J. taiwana sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae), pp. 29-40 in Zootaxa 1979</i> on pages 33-36, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/185235">10.5281/zenodo.185235</a>
Letter dated 2 September 1914 from Shih Fu Tang to Mrs Wagner, translated by an American missionary
No full textLetter dated 2 September 1914 from Shih Fu Tang, a Chinese girl at Lintsing, to Mrs Wagner (perhaps Mrs. Vincent E. Wagner), translated by an American missionary, perhaps Dr Susan B. Tallmo
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Letter dated 5 June 1930 from Shih Fu T\u27ang, Superintendent of Evangelistic Work, Lintsing
No full textLetter dated 5 June 1930 from Shih Fu T\u27ang, Superintendent of Evangelistic Work, Lintsing, to American friends, translated by Mr. Wickes, relating ongoing challenges of the Lintsing Church; envelope addressed to Mrs. H. B. (Edith Tallmon) Park, Morgan Hill, California; includes a map showing location of Lintsin
Geothelphusa makatao Shih & Shy, 2009, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Geothelphusa makatao</i> sp. nov. <p>(Figs. 1, 2)</p> <p> <b>Material examined</b>. <b>Holotype</b>: 1 male (39.3 x 29.3 mm) (NMNS-5915-001), Longcyuan Temple, Chaishan, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. Jung-Hsiang Lee, 31 May 2002. <b>Paratypes</b>: 2 males, CW 32.5, 35.4 mm (NCHUZOOL 13033), same data as holotype; 1 male, CW 35.4 mm, 1 female, CW 43.0 mm (NCHUZOOL 13238), Chaishan, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. J.-H. Lee, 25 May, 2002; 4 ovigerous females, CW 37.1~ 42.6 mm (NCHUZOOL 13032, 13240, 13241), 22 May 2002, Longcyuan Temple, Chaishan, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. Hsi-Te Shih; 1 male, CW 25.3 mm (NCHUZOOL 13239), Cueiheng Dormitory, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. H.- T. Shih, 9 Aug. 2000; 1 male, CW 36.6 mm (NTOU F10708), Cueiheng Dormitory, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, coll. H.- T. Shih, 22 May 2002.</p> <p> <b>Comparative material examined</b>. see Table 2 for the holotypes of <i>G. albogilva</i>, <i>G. ancylophallus</i>, <i>G. pingtung</i>, and <i>G. shernshan</i>.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis</b>. Carapace swollen longitudinally, transversely; dorsal surface smooth, glabrous, with fine pits. Carapace length, width 1.5-, 1.9-times carapace height, respectively. Frontal margin straight, without tooth. Postorbital cristae distinct, supraorbital margin smooth, without granules; infraorbital margin smooth to almost smooth, lined with very low granules. External orbital angle stout, external orbital region concave. Anterolateral margin faint, smooth, without epibranchial tooth. Postorbital crista faint, smooth. Gastric, cardiac, intestinal regions smooth. H-shaped groove distinct. Tip of medium lobe of epistome slightly stout. Distance between tip of closed male abdomen, anterior margin of thoracic sternite 4 about 2.4 times length of thoracic sternites 1-3. Chelipeds of adult male unequal, fingers of larger chela forming large gape when closed. Ambulatory legs smooth, dorsal, ventral margins of dactyli with 2 rows of small spines. Second leg about 1.8 carapace length. Telson of male abdomen bell-shaped, moderately short, width about 1.4 carapace length. Subterminal segment of G1 (Fig. 1 a-c) slightly curving outwards, outer proximal margin with blunt tooth, inner proximal margin moderately dilated; terminal segment straight or slightly curving inwards; total length of G1 4.9 terminal segment; length of synovial membrane about 6.1 maximum width. Outer proximal margin of basal segment of G2 (Fig. 1d) dilated, showing a single lobe; distal segment short, about 0.14 total length.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The species is named for the aboriginal Makatao Tribe, one of the Pingpu Tribes, which once lived in the Chaishan area. The name is used as a noun in apposition.</p> <p> <b>Coloration</b>. Body, including legs, of most adults is yellow (Fig. 2d). Some young individuals range from pale yellow, orange (Fig. 2f, g), or greenish (Fig. 2e), to brown.</p> <p> <b>Ecological notes</b>. The maximum elevation of type locality, Chaishan, is only 330 m and no permanent surface running water is present in this uplifted coral reef mountain system. Aquatic habitats rely on the presence of small ephemeral springs and periodic rainfall. Specimens were collected under rocks (Fig. 2h) or as they moved around on a road after a rain. Some individuals were observed near a burrow entrance. Ovigerous females were observed and collected in May (Fig. 2g).</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b>. This species is found only in the Chaishan area, Kaohsiung City, southwestern Taiwan.</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. Based on Shih <i>et al</i>. (2004, 2007b), <i>G. makatao</i> <b>sp. nov</b>. (as “ <i>G. albogilva</i> ” in Shih <i>et al</i>. 2007b), <i>G. shernshan</i>, <i>G. neipu</i>, and <i>G. pingtung</i> belong to the <i>G. pingtung</i> clade, but <i>G. neipu</i> was formally synonymized under <i>G. pingtung</i> recently (Ng <i>et al</i>. 2008). Morphologically, this new species is close to <i>G. pingtung</i> and <i>G. shernshan</i>, but they can be separated by several characters including carapace height and G1 morphology (Table 2). In particular, the new species differs from <i>G. shernshan</i> by the relatively taller and higher carapace (Table 2; Fig 2A, B in Chen <i>et al.</i> 2005). The external morphology of <i>G.makatao</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> and <i>G. albogilva</i>, both of which inhabit the uplifted coral reef mountain and are yellow in color, is also superficially similar. However, the distance between the tip of the closed male abdomen and the anterior margin of thoracic sternite 4, and the relative lengths of the second leg and terminal segment of the G1 of <i>G. makatao</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> are clearly greater than those of <i>G. albogilva</i> (Table 2; Fig. 4 in Shy <i>et al</i>. 1994).</p> <p> <i>Geothelphusa ancylophallus</i> is also close to this new species, with the body height of both species being greater than most other species of <i>Geothelphusa.</i> The G1 of the former, however, is strongly curved outwards, while that of the latter is only slightly curved (Table 2; Fig. 2 in Shy <i>et al</i>. 1994).</p>Published as part of <i>Shih, Hsi-Te & Shy, Jhy-Yun, 2009, Geothelphusa makatao sp. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura: Potamidae), a new freshwater crab from an uplifted Pleistocene reef in Taiwan, pp. 51-60 in Zootaxa 2106 (1)</i> on pages 52-56, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2106.1.4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5323183">http://zenodo.org/record/5323183</a>
Works by visiting composer JOHN ANTHONY LENNON and by DEREK BERMEL SHIH-HUI CHEN JOHN MUSTO BERNARD RANDS Wednesday, November 30, 2005 8:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
No full textPresented by SyzygyPlaylist: Twin Trio / Derek Bermel (b. 1967) -- Echolalia / John Anthony Lennon (b. 1950) -- Walcott Songs / Bernard Rands (b. 1934) -- Twice Removed / Shih-Hui Chen (b.1962) -- Death Angel (Metamorphosis) / John Anthony Lennon (b. 1950) -- Divertimento / John Musto (b.1954)
Shih-Yun Zheng Clarinet Recital Program Notes
No full textThis report is the program notes of Shih Yun Zheng\ue2s Clarinet Recital on March 15th, 2023. The repertoire of this recital includes four clarinet compositions from the classical period and the twentieth century, and all of these are from: Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom. This document will be divided the four works into four chapters, and each chapter introduces the life of the composers, the background of the compositions, the analysis and interpretation of these masterpieces.
The first chapter is about the German composer Carl Stamitz\ue2s Clarinet Concerto no. 3 in B flat major. The second chapter is about the France composer Pierre Gabaye\ue2 s Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano. The third chapter is about the Italian composer Michele Mangani\ue2 s Sonata for Clarinet and Piano. The fourth chapter is about the United Kingdom composer Joseph Horovitz\ue2 s Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano
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