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Tricholabiodes aldryhimi Soliman, sp. nov.
No full textTricholabiodes aldryhimi Soliman, sp. nov. (Figs 1–13) Material examined. Holotype ♂: SAUDI ARABIA, Rawdhat Farshet Sheaal (Al-Aflag) [22 ° 24 ' 56 "N, 46 ° 35 ' 17 "E], 602 m, LT No. 3, 4.VIII. 2015 (leg. Al Dhafer et al.) [KSMA]. Paratypes: SAUDI ARABIA, 9 ♂ with the same label as holotype [KSMA]; 1 ♂, Rawdhat Farshet Sheaal (Al-Aflag) [22 ° 24 ' 22 ", 46 ° 35 ' 35 "E], 596 m, LT No. 0, 4.VIII. 2015 (leg. A.M. Soliman) [KSMA]; 2 ♂: Rawdhat Farshet Sheaal (Al-Aflag) [22 ° 24 ' 34 "N, 46 ° 35 ' 32 "E], 601 m, LT No. 2, 4.VIII. 2015 (leg. Al Dhafer et al.) [KSMA]; 16 ♂: Rawdhat Farshet Sheaal (Al- Aflag) [22 ° 23 ' 28 "N, 46 ° 34 ' 46 "E], 582 m, LT No. 6, 4.VIII. 2015 (leg. Al Dhafer et al.) [KSMA]; 10 ♂: Rawdhat Farshet Sheaal (Al-Aflag) [22 ° 23 ' 28 "N, 46 ° 34 ' 46 "E], 582 m, LT No. 6, 4.VIII. 2015 (leg. Al Dhafer et al.) [DJBC]; 1 ♂: Rawdhat Al-Sabalh (Al-Zulfi) [26 ° 21 ' 47 "N, 44 ° 58 ' 48 "E], 666 m, LT No. 0, 20.V. 2015 (leg. A.M. Soliman) [KSMA]; 1 ♂: Rawdhat Al-Sabalh (Al-Zulfi) [26 ° 21 ' 31 "N, 44 ° 59 '06"E], 669 m, LT No. 2, 20.V. 2015 (leg. Abdel- Dayem et al.) [DJBC]; 1 ♂: Rawdhat Al-Harmalyiah (Al-Quwayiyah) [24 ° 20 ' 21 "N, 45 ° 08' 38 "E], 774 m, LT No. 0, 25.VIII. 2015 (leg. A.M. Soliman) [KSMA]. Description. MALE. Body length 8.3−9.5 mm. Colour and pubescence. Head including antennal tubercles, mesosoma and first metasomal segment reddish brown (Fig. 1); remainder of metasoma dark brown, last 2 segments lighter (Fig. 10); antenna, palpi and legs pale yellow (Fig 1, 2); mandible ferruginous yellow on basal two-thirds, black apically (Fig. 2); tibial spurs ferruginous yellow. Wings hyaline, fore wing distal to cells slightly infuscated, infuscation invading third submarginal cell distally (Fig. 3); veins yellowish-brown (Fig. 3). Body and legs clothed with subappressed to appressed short and erect long pale setae (Figs 1, 6−8); felt line on T 2 whitish (Fig. 8). Head. In dorsal view slightly wider than pronotum, convergent behind eyes, with straight posterior margin (Fig. 1); face and vertex polished and puncticulate (Fig. 2); MOD about 1.35 × F 1 diameter and 1.6 × distance between mid ocellus and posterior one; IOD 1.3 × OOD; clypeus gently convex on disc, smooth, with median longitudinal carina extending on its basal fourth and free margin entirely convex (without protuberances); scrobal carina weak, provided with distinct tubercle; mandible tridentate apically, with dorsal rim carinate and without an enlarged vertical flange (Fig. 2), subbasal ventral tooth about 0.8 × as long as minimum distance between emargination and upper mandibular margin; malar space about 0.35 × F 1 diameter; scape with longitudinal carina on anterior surface; F 1 1.6 × as long as wide and 0.75 × as long as F 2; F 2 as long as F 3. Mesosoma. Pronotum and mesopleuron punctate-reticulate; mesoscutum puncticulate, with complete notauli slightly divergent anteriorly and faint parapsidal lines; parascutal carina well developed, ending in a tooth; scutellum densely punctate on disc, punctures smaller than those on pronotum; propodeum gently sloping posteriorly, laterally and dorsally foveate-reticulate; propleuron shallowly punctate; metapleuron smooth; metasternal process bidentate on front of hind coxae. Fore wing with second submarginal cell as long as distance between origin of Rs on vein Sc and base of stigma and about 0.6 × as long as marginal cell and first submarginal cell (Fig. 3). Mid femur with maximal width in the middle, evenly convex on both inner and outer surfaces; mid tibia oval in cross-section; mid basitarsus gradually curved in lateral view (Fig. 4); ventral surface of hind femur without clumping of macrosetae, macrosetae shorter than shorter tibial spur; hind coxa convex on ventral surface, without longitudinal carina on mesal margin or setal tuft on posteromesal margin (Fig. 5). Metasoma. First segment petiolate (Fig. 1); T 1 punctate-reticulate, length 1.6 × its maximal width (Fig. 1); S 1 coarse, with weak interrupted longitudinal carina on anterior three-fourths of its length; T 2 with long lateral felt line (Figs 8, 9); S 2 without any traces of felt line (Figs 8, 9), evenly convex, not flattened on the disc (Figs 7, 8); T 2 −T 6 punctulate, punctures about 3−4 diameters apart; S 3 posteromesally with a bifurcal sessile process (Figs 7, 8, 9); T 7 foveate basally and microgranulate on apical greater part, apical border evenly rounded (Fig. 10). Genitalia. 1.8 × as long as wide (Fig. 11); paramere tapered apically, with long and dense setae on inner side (Figs 11, 12), inner margin suddenly sinuate apically; base of paramere subtriangular in lateral view (Fig. 13); volsella lobe-like (Fig. 11); digitus cylindrical (Fig. 11), longer than cuspis; penial valve with inner margin broadly concave, provided with short setae on its tip (Fig. 12). FEMALE. Unknown. Distribution. Saudi Arabia (Najd region). Remarks. The male of T. aldryhimi sp. nov. resembles that of T. brothersi Lelej, 2010 in having a bifurcal process on S 3 but it differs from it by the following: head, mesosoma and metasomal first segment reddish brown, remainder of metasoma dark brown, last 2 segments slightly lighter (body straw-coloured in T. brothersi); fore wing with second submarginal cell medium sized and pentagonal (very small and quadrangular in T. brothersi); bifurcal process on S 3 sessile and not extending beyond S 3 (bifurcal process on S 3 petiolate and slightly extending beyond S 3 in T. brothersi, Fig. 14); inner margin of genital paramere suddenly sinuate apically (straight throughout in T. brothersi, Fig. 15); base of paramere subtriangular in lateral view (cylindrical in T. brothersi, Fig. 16); inner margin of penial valve broadly concave throughout (strongly concave on apical half in T. brothersi, Fig. 15). Etymology. This species is dedicated to Prof. Yousif N. Aldryhim (Plant Protection Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University).Published as part of Soliman, Ahmed M., 2016, A new species of Tricholabiodes Radoszkowski, 1885 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Saudi Arabia, pp. 95-100 in Zootaxa 4067 (1) on pages 96-98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/26276
Role of Knowledge, Learning and innovation in Enhancing Sustainability of Cloud-based Supply Chains
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Could cultural sustainability improve organisational sustainability in cloud environments?
No full text© 2015 by IGI Global. All rights reserved. This chapter provides an explorative analysis of cultural factors critical to the sustainable organisational developments within cloud environments. The chapter examines how businesses could improve their sustainability by creating sustainable cultures. The chapter debates sustainability issues such as the relationship between organizational culture and sustainable organisational developments. The chapter provides a list of key areas for creating a sustainable culture, for instance, the Change readiness assessment, Leadership and management support, Stakeholder involvement, and Education, as well as Communication. The chapter also discusses organizational culture and the close relationships between culture and sustainability. The chapter examines the relationships when creating sustainability culture and the key factors that will influence the change process
Figure 5 from: Soliman AM, Gadallah NS, Al Dhafer HM (2018) An illustrated key to the Saudi Arabian species of the genus Macroocula Panfilov, 1954, with the description of a new species and the previously unknown female of M. andreai Pagliano (Hymenoptera, Bradynobaenidae, Apterogyninae). ZooKeys 742: 35-56. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.742.22854
No full textFigure 5 A, C, E, F M. khorimensis Soliman & Gadallah (♂) B, D, G Macroocula zulfiensis Soliman & Gadallah (♂) A, B Head, dorsal view C, D Mesosoma, dorsal view E Mid and hind coxae and trochanters (protuberance on trochanters indicated) F & G Mesosoma, dorsal view
Framing the Effectiveness of Innovation Management: A Knowledge Management Perspective
No full textFraming the effectiveness of innovation management processes is of great imporlance to any organization. The role of Knowledge Management in evaluating the effectiveness of innovation management is discussed from a gap analysis perspective. In addition, the chapter presents a method for the identihcation of any gaps which may exist in organìzational innovation management processes. The existence of such gaps may adversely affect the expected outcome of tl're innovation management process. The chapter also explores any distinction between the organizational/irnplementers' perception of innovation managelnent processes and consumers'/recipients' perception of innovation management outputs. Finally, the study seeks to identifu other management characteristics associated with the success or otherwise of innovation management in organizations. In so doing, the imporlance of addressing issues arising from knowledge management is addressed
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