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No full textSCALE-SDM used in Shima et al. (2019, GMDD
NINGEN: The generation of media-lore concerning a giant, sub-antarctic, aquatic humanoid and its relation to Japanese whaling activity
No full text© 2020 Shima Publications (Australia). The ningen. a giant. sub-Antarctic aquatic humanoid. is a mythical creature created by fapanese Internet users in the mid-iooos. Since its inception it has crossed over into international Internet contexts and has been embellished and inflected in various ways. As such it forms an element within modern media-lore, joining a host of pre-constituted mythic/folkloric creatures and more modern inventions. One of the most notable aspects of ningen media-lore is that the creature was conceived as an inhabitant of sub-Antarctic waters, which have not traditionally been perceived to be rich in crypto-zoological entities. Within this location it has been closely associated with Japan's Southern Ocean whaling fleet and can. in this regard, be understood as a manifestation of a modern aquapelagic imaginary. The article identifies that the original location of the ningen's story is not merely incidental to its circulation and elaboration but is. rather, a key element of its emergence as a Japanese figure and a continuing aspect of its significance in a broader, international arena
Secessionism, submergence and Siteresponsive art: The Embassy of the Commonwealth of New Bayswater at the 1st Fremantle Biennale
Get PDF© 2018, Shima Publications (Australia). Assertions of territorial and, particularly, micronational secession have often been highly performative and/or rhetorical. In this regard, they closely parallel aspects of conceptual, performance and installation art practice. It is unsurprising then that a number of prominent micronations have been formed by artists in response to local issues and/or as components of broader artistic projects. The Embassy of the Commonwealth of New Bayswater, created by Perth artist Jessee Lee Johns for the inaugural Fremantle Biennale in 2017, is a prime example of site-responsive art's ability to provide illuminating representations of key issues in local discourse. The installation merits sustained consideration in this journal due to its intersection with recent debates concerning micronationality in the form of its wry engagement with aspects of Western Australian secessionist politics. Its other significant aspect is its address to issues of sea level rise, encroachment and submergence - a phenomenon whose impacts are likely to over-ride the viability of many low-lying territories let alone any secessionist pretensions individuals or communities inhabiting them may have
INTRODUCTION"–"17(1)"
Get PDFThis issue of Shima consolidates research on a number of areas explored in previous theme and general issues. Articles, 6 and 7 arose from a call for papers on “The island as ‘watery land’: water:land interfaces in island discourses, experiences and practices: Ecocritical, political and cultural perspectives”. This call was initiated in the context of on:going research within the DFG (German Research Foundation) funded Island Studies Network: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Island Exchanges, Environments, and Perceptions. Etymologically, island means ‘watery land’, going back to Old English – ‘of or pertaining to water’, ‘watery’, and land (OED, 2022). Linguistically, then, islands transgress the binary opposition between land and water. Rather than just being land surrounded by water, they are themselves characterised by water. Island Studies has long emphasised the close connection between terrestrial and aquatic spaces and in recent decades has turned to the study of the multifarious interrelations between islands and water, for instance with the concept of aquapelago, which conceives (some) archipelagic areas as “an intermeshed and interactive marine/land environment” (Hayward, 20 2, p.5). Islands’ watery or ecotonal character (Gillis, 20 4) shapes human behaviour on the edge of two ecosystems. The opposition between land and water, however, remains a dominant discursive pattern and is connected to other distinctions playing a fundamental role in Western discourses (Moser, 2005, pp. 408:409): the contrast between structured and amorphous space, order and chaos, the human world and its other. Focussing on islands as ‘watery lands’ and on related socio:cultural contexts muddies such seemingly clear:cut distinctions and highlights different perspectives on nature and culture, not as dichotomy but as inseparably intertwined. Developing such non:dichotomous viewpoints and strengthening their influence within hegemonic discourses and practices has become increasingly urgent in times of accelerated environmental destruction and anthropogenic climate change. A non: hierarchical, anti:instrumentalising view of the relationship between humans and nature could help to create a much:needed alternative to the logic of capitalist exploitation, colonisation, and extractivism
Paravibrissina Shima
No full textParavibrissina Shima Paravibrissina Shima, 1979: 142. Type species: Paravibrissina adiscali s Shima, 1979, by original designation. Diagnosis. A genus of the subfamily Exoristinae: Head dichoptic, semicircular in profile; eyes large; ocellar seta absent or minute; facial ridge with strong downcurved setae; proepisternum bare; 1 st postsutural supraalar seta (pre-alar seta) shorter than 1 st postsutural intra-alar seta and notopleural seta; scutellum with apical setae fine or absent, subapical scutellar setae close to each other; wing with cell R 4 + 5 open, bend of vein M forming an obtuse angle; male abdomen with patches of very short and fine hairs on underside of 4 th and/or 5 th terga. Generic description. Head dichoptic; inner vertical setae strong, parallel to each other; ocellar seta absent or very fine and hair-like; 2–3 reclinate orbital setae; parafacial bare; facial ridge with strong downcurved setae on lower 3 / 5 or more; occiput flattened; vibrissa nearly level with lower margin of face; 1 st flagellomere more than 4 times as long as pedicel; arista bare or very short pubescent, thickened at most on basal 1 /3, 2nd aristomere at most as long as wide; prementum short, palpus shorter than 1 st flagellomere. Prosternum with several strong hairs on each side; proepisternum bare; postpronotal lobe with 4 setae, anterior seta fine, 3 basal setae standing nearly in a straight line or middle seta slightly set forward; 3 pre- and 3 postsutural acrostichal setae; 3 pre- and 3 or 4 postsutural dorsocentral setae; 1 pre- and 3 postsutural intraalar setae; 3 postsutural supra-alar setae, 1 st seta (pre-alar) distinctly shorter than 1 st postsutural intra-alar seta and notopleural seta; 2 or 3 katepisternal setae; katepimeral seta strong; anatergite bare; postcoxal bridge open; basal and subapical scutellar setae strong, apical scutellar seta fine or absent, 2 rather short lateral scutellar setae, 2 subapical scutellar setae close to each other, distance between bases of them usually much less than that between basal and subapical setae of corresponding side. Wing without costal spine; costa bare below beyond attachment of subcosta; vein R 4 + 5 with 2–3 setulae at base; vein M curved at obtuse angle, its bend closer to wing margin than to dm-cu crossvein; cell R 4 + 5 open; dm-cu crossvein weakly sinuate, at most 1.5 times as long as last section of vein CuA 1; vein A 1 +CuA 2 not reaching wing margin. Fore coxa bare on anteroventral surface; hind coxa bare on posterodorsal margin; fore tibia with 1–2 posterior setae; mid tibia with or without ventral seta; hind tibia without posteroventral apical seta. Abdominal syntergum 1 + 2 excavated to its posterior margin; male 4 th and/or 5 th abdominal terga with a patch of dense short fine hairs ventrolaterally. Male terminalia: 6 th sternum short, fused with syntergosternum 7 + 8 on upper margin of right side; dorsal arms of hypandrium fused medially and encircling base of aedeagus; cerci narrowly separated on apical portion; surstylus broad; epiphallus absent. Female terminalia: 6 th tergum divided into 2 hemitergites; 6 th sternum broad, posterior margin simple; 7 th tergum separated into 2 small hemitergites; 7 th sternum as long as 6 th sternum, posterior margin nearly straight; 8 th tergum of very small hemitergites; cerci short, rounded apically. Egg: Microtype: Ellipsoid in form, with thick marginal ring, at most 0.2mm long and 0.1mm wide. First instar larva: Small, about 0.2mm long; mouth hook long and narrow, apex sharply pointed, dorsal cornu extending to posterior margin of third thoracic segment; 1 st to 3 rd thoracic segments each with rows of hook-like spinules.Published as part of Shima, Hiroshi & Tachi, Takuji, 2008, New species of the genus Paravibrissina Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Southeast Asia and South Pacific, pp. 43-60 in Zootaxa 1870 on pages 44-45, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18393
Phyllomya albipila Shima & Chao 1992
No full textPhyllomya albipila Shima & Chao, 1992 (Figs 4, 12, 21, 55, 73, 101) Phyllomya albipila Shima & Chao, 1992: 638. Holotype male (KIZ, examined). Type locality: China, Yunnan, Deqin. Phyllomya albipila: O’Hara et al. 2009: 41 (Chinese catalog); Shima 2014: 836 (Japanese catalog). Diagnosis. Head dichoptic; head, thoracic pleura and venter of abdomen with whitish hairs; arista short plumose; palpus black; 3 postsutural dorsocentral setae; basal scutellar setae about twice as long as scutellum; 2 katepisternal setae; costa bare above; mid tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae; hind tibia with 3 preapical dorsal setae. Redescription. Body length: 6.7–7.8 mm. Male. Terminalia: Sixth tergite entire, concave on anterior margin of mid-dorsal portion, without hairs; 6th abdominal spiracle on ventral portion of 6th tergite; cerci broad at base and evenly narrowed to apex in dorsal view, very narrowly separated along apical 1/3 and convergent at apex, in lateral view weakly curved ventrally along apical 1/2, apex weakly reflected; surstylus narrow, gradually tapering to a pointed apex in lateral view, with several fine hairs; pregonite weakly convex on dorsal 1/3; distiphallus with dorsal sclerite weakly curved on apical 1/5, distal membranous area long, about as long as sclerite. Female. Unknown. Type material examined. Holotype ♂: [CHINA] Deqin [in Chinese] / 1978.vii.1 / Gan Yung-xin [in Chinese] (KIZ). Distribution. China (Yunnan). Remarks. A female described as a paratype of this species was misidentified by Shima & Chao (1992: 638). It belongs to a different species, described below as P. sichuana Shima & Zhang, sp. nov.Published as part of Shima, Hiroshi, Zhang, Wenxia & Tachi, Takuji, 2022, A systematic study of Old World Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae), pp. 401-449 in Zootaxa 5099 (4) on page 406, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/609181
Paravibrissina adiscalis Shima
No full textParavibrissina adiscalis Shima Figs. 1 –3, 25. Paravibrissina adiscalis Shima, 1979: 143. Paravibrissina adiscalis infuscata Shima, 1979: 145. Syn. nov. Paravibrissina thailandica Shima, 1979: 145.– Dear & Crosskey, 1982: 140. Syn. nov. Recognition. This species was described from Sarawak, Malaysia, based on male specimens, with a subspecies from the Malay Peninsula. Paravibrissina thailandica from Thailand was described at the same time as P. adiscalis and was treated as a different species mainly on the basis of body color. The two nominal species are here considered conspecific. This species is distinct in having bare eyes and the abdomen lacking median discal setae. Redescription. Male. Vertex about 1 / 5 of head width; inner vertical seta about 1 / 2 as long as eye height; outer vertical seta absent; 2–3 reclinate orbital setae; gena narrow, slightly less than 1 / 5 of eye height; 5–6 frontal setae; occiput with a row of fine black hairs; antenna with 1 st flagellomere 4.5 times as long as pedicel; palpus black, spatulate, about 3 / 4 as long as 1 st flagellomere; eye bare; thoracic dorsum with dense grayish white or pale yellowish brown pollinosity; 3 postsutural dorsocentral setae; 2 katepisternal setae; wing tinged with pale brown basally; fore tibia usually with only 1 posterior seta; mid tibia with or without ventral seta; claws and pulvilli longer than 5 th tarsomere; abdomen with rather dense pale yellowish to grayish white pollinosity on anterior 2 / 3 of 3 rd tergum and 3 / 4 of 4 th and 5 th terga; abdomen without discal setae; venter of 4 th abdominal tergum with a pair of roundish patches of rather dense short and very fine hairs on posterior 2 / 3 of the tergum. Terminalia: Cerci in dorsal view broad, only weakly narrowed to apex, very narrowly separated on apical 1 / 4; surstylus broad, rounded dorsally, without distinct hairs. Female. Differing from male as follows: Vertex about 2 / 9 of head width; inner vertical seta about 3 / 5 of eye height in length; 2 subequally long proclinate orbital setae, subequal in length to anterior reclinate orbital seta and slightly shorter than inner vertical seta; 1 st flagellomere about 4 times as long as pedicel; thoracic dorsum with dense pale yellowish white pollinosity; fore tibia with 2 posterior setae; mid tibia with a strong ventral seta; claws and pulvilli shorter than 5 th tarsomere; female without hair patches on venter of 4 th abdominal tergum. Terminalia: 6 th tergum divided into 2 small rectangular hemitergites, with several strong setae on posterior margin; 6 th spiracle on posterior margin of 6 th tergum; 6 th sternum rounded anteriorly, with many setae on posterior portion; 7 th hemitergites smaller than 6 th hemitergites, with a few setae on posterior margin; 7 th sternum as long as 6 th sternum; 8 th tergum of very short and narrow hemitergites, without hairs; 8 th sternum very small, triangular in shape; epiproct very weak, without hair. Body length: 5.5–9mm. Distribution. China, Thailand, Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah, Sarawak), Philippines (Balabac Is.), Papua New Guinea. Host. Lepidoptera, Pyralidae: Pagyda salvalis Walker. Material examined. Holotypes. Male of Paravibrissina adiscalis, Balai Ringgin, 100km N. of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 22–24.xi. 1975, H. Shima (NSMT); male of P. adiscalis infuscata, Cameron Highlands, 1300m, Malaysia, 27.x. 1975, H. Shima (NSMT); male of P. thailandica, Sai Yok, 500m, Kanchana Buri, Thailand, 27–29.xii. 1975, W. Tumrasvin (NSMT). Paratypes. Male of P. adiscalis, same data as holotype; paratype male of P. a. infuscata, same data as holotype; paratype male of P. thailandica, same locality as holotype, 9–13.xii. 1975, S. Shinonaga (all paratypes in BLKU). CHINA: 2 females, Menglun, 500–700m, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, 6–9.viii. 1990, H. Shima; 1 female, Dazhai, 1200m, Jiangchen, Simao, Yunnan, 12.iii. 1995, T. Saigusa (BLKU); MALAYSIA: 3 females, Nature trail, 150m, Danum Valley, Sabah, 21.ii. 2005, Malaise trap, T. Tachi; 19 males, 1 female, East Trail, 150m, Danum Valley, Sabah, 24–25.ii.2005, 9.ix.2005, 18.xii. 2006, T. Tachi; 2 females, Trail 5, 800m, Ulu Kimanis, Crocker Range, Sabah, 30.viii. 2002, T. Tachi; 3 males, Inobong, 500m, Crocker Range, Sabah, 5.ii. 2004, H. Shima; 2 males, same locality as preceding, 24.ii. 2006, T. Tachi; 1 male, same as preceding, 2.vi. 2004, T. Tachi (ITBC, BLKU); PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 2 males, 1 female, Baitabag, Madang Province, 7.viii. 2002, ex Pagyda salvalis Walker (Lep., Pyralidae); 2 males, Mis, Madang Province, 28.x. 1999 (USNM).Published as part of Shima, Hiroshi & Tachi, Takuji, 2008, New species of the genus Paravibrissina Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Southeast Asia and South Pacific, pp. 43-60 in Zootaxa 1870 on pages 45-47, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18393
Ants, Wasps and Bees of Take-shima, Northern Ryukyus, Japan (Hymenoptera, Aculeata)
Get PDFP(論文)Faunal survey of ants, wasps and bees was conducted on Take-shima, Mi-shima group, Northern Ryukyus, Japan, in 2007. In total 36 species belonging to 26 genera were collected. Among them 14 ant, 3 wasp and 12 bee species are new to this island. Additional data for the aculeate fauna of Iwo-jima was presented based on the 2007 survey. A revised list of Aculeata from Take-shima, and a comprehensive list of Aculeata for the three Mi-shima islands are presented. Some biological and bio-geographical notes are given for the aculeate fauna of the Mi-shima group.departmental bulletin pape
Panzeria undetermined Shima 2020
No full textPanzeria sp. nr. japonica Shima, 2020 Remarks. This species is apparently similar to the recently described Panzeria japonica Shima, 2020. The single specimen is, however, badly covered in mold and cannot be determined. Panzeria Robineau-Desvoidy species have planidial larvae and the females deposit fully developed first instars on the ground or on tree trunks or twigs in the vicinity of the host. Known hosts of Panzeria species are mainly larvae of large lepidopterans, including Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Lymantriidae, Noctuidae and Notodontidae (Tschorsnig 2017, some as Eurithia Robineau- Desvoidy and Fausta Robineau-Desvoidy). Within Geometridae, the host Abraxas pantaria (Linnaeus) is known only for one European species, P. argentifera (Meigen, 1824). Specimen examined *. 1 female (covered in mold), Japan, Hokkaido, Tomakomai Experimental Forest, Tomakomai, 30.v.2014 (emerged), ex Erannis golda, M. Libra & T. Abe (TOC 02699) (HUM). Host. Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Erannis golda Djakonov.Published as part of Shima, Hiroshi, Abe, Tomokazu & Libra, Martin, 2021, Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae) reared from deciduous plant-feeding lepidopteran larvae at Hokkaido University Tomakomai Forest (Japan), with descriptions of three new species, pp. 275-295 in Zootaxa 5060 (2) on page 289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.2.8, http://zenodo.org/record/562731
Phyllomya formosana Shima 1988
No full textPhyllomya formosana Shima, 1988 (Figs 17, 26, 60, 77, 109) Phyllomya formosana Shima, 1988: 11. Holotype male (BLKU, examined). Type locality: Taiwan, Chiai Hsien, Alishan, 2300 m. Phyllomyia formosana: Shima & Chao 1992: 640; Richter 2004: 368 (tachinids of Russian Far East); O’Hara et al. 2009: 41 (Chinese catalog). Diagnosis. Head dichoptic in both sexes; 2 proclinate orbital setae; antennal pedicel with a seta almost as long as pedicel; arista short plumose; 1 presutural and 0–1 postsutural acrostichal setae; 2 katepisternal setae; mid tibia with 2 anterodorsal setae in male, 3 in female; hind tibia with 3 preapical dorsal setae; male claws and pulvilli longer than 5th tarsomere; male 5th abdominal sternite with strong sharp spines on postero-interior corner of posterior lobe. Redescription. Body length: 5.1–8.5 mm. Male. Terminalia: Sixth tergite entire, concave on mid-dorsal portion, without hairs; surstylus slender, weakly tapered to apex, with several hairs; cerci in dorsal view rather narrow, mid-dorsal suture distinct, narrowly separated along apical 1/4, weakly curved ventrally along apical 1/ 4 in lateral view; pregonite flat; postgonite almost reaching apex of epiphallus; distiphallus with dorsal sclerite curved dorsally on posterior margin, distal membranous portion slightly shorter than dorsal sclerite. Type material examined. Holotype ♂: Taiwan / Alishan, 2300 m / Chiai Hsien / 5.vi.1970 / H. Kurahashi (BLKU). Paratypes. Taiwan: 5 ♂♂, same locality as holotype, 3, 4, 5.vi.1970, H. Kurahashi & K. Nishida (BLKU, KMNH); 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Alishan, 2400 m, 12–16.vi.1965, T. C. Maa & K. S. Lin (BPBM); 1 ♂, Chiai Hsien, Tata- chianampu to Paiyunshanchuan, 6.vii.1985, H. Shima (KUM); 1 ♂, Nantou Hsien, Meifeng to Tsuifeng, 2200–2300 m, 25.iv.1981, K. Ohara (KUM). Distribution. China (Taiwan). Remarks. This species closely resembles P. elegans from Sichuan, but differs from it for its narrow gena, 1 presutural and 1 postsutural acrostichal setae on the thorax and long male claws.Published as part of Shima, Hiroshi, Zhang, Wenxia & Tachi, Takuji, 2022, A systematic study of Old World Phyllomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae), pp. 401-449 in Zootaxa 5099 (4) on pages 422-423, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/609181
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