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Solter liber Navas 1912
No full textSolter liber Navás, 1912 (Figs. 2, 6, 7, 8) Examined specimens. SE Spain, Almería: Tabernas desert, 350 m: 15.VI. 2013 (F. Acevedo and M. A. Dionisio leg.), 1 third instar larva; 7.VII. 2013 (D. Badano, F. Acevedo and V. J. Monserrat leg.), 1 third instar larva, 2 second instar larvae of which one reared to the third instar, 1 pupa. Description. Medium sized larva (Table 1). General coloring (Fig. 2) ochre with darker markings, ventral side of the body very pale, whitish, dorsal side of the head capsule yellowish brown with a median pair of dark brown markings (Fig. 6), clypeo-labrum dark brown, ventral side of the head pale, unmarked except the darker mouthparts (Fig. 7), jaws brown, setae of the body black. Head. Head capsule rectangular in shape, longer than wide (Figs. 6, 7); clypeo-labrum with a deep median incision; antennae long and thin, composed by at least 14 flagellomeres; ocular tubercles small but prominent, black in color. Dorsal side of head capsule covered with black dolichasters. Mandibles slightly longer than the head capsule and comparatively straight (Fig. 6); the median tooth is the largest and it is closer to apical tooth than to the basal tooth, distance between the base of the mandible and the basal tooth comparable to that between the basal and apical teeth; 5–7 pseudo-teeth interspersed with smaller setae between the base of the mandible and the basal tooth, 2–3 pseudo-teeth interspersed with smaller setae between the basal and median teeth, 1 robust seta between the median and apical teeth; dorsal side of mandible covered with short black setae, ventral side of the mandible equipped with short setae both internally than externally to the maxilla, external margin of the mandible equipped with setae longer toward the base; labial palpi covered with black dolichasters (Fig. 7). Thorax. Pronotum densely covered with short and robust black dolichasters. Mesothoracic spiracle sessile, dark in color. Mesothorax equipped with prominent setiferous processes of which the anterior pair is pedunculated (Fig. 6). Legs. Pale in color; metathoracic legs equipped with a fringe of long setae. Abdomen. Covered with dark setae, longer toward the margins; VIII sternite with extremely small odontoid processes; IX sternite provided with small rastra each bearing 4 digging setae of which the internal pairs are shorter (Fig. 8). FIGURE 2. Solter liber (Navás, 1912), 3 rd instar larva (Spain: Almería, Tabernas). A: dorsal view, B: ventral view, C: lateral view. FIGURES 3–8. Morphological comparisons between 3 rd instar larvae of G. invisus (Navás, 1912) and S. liber (Navás, 1912). 3. G. invisus, dorsal view of the head. 4. G. invisus, ventral view of the head. 5. G. invisus, VIII and IX urites. 6. S. liber, dorsal view of the head. 7. S. liber, ventral view of the head. 8. S. liber, VIII and IX urites. Scale bar: 1 mm. Ecological notes. The larvae were collected in the semi-desert of Tabernas, in Almería (south-eastern Spain), one of the driest points of Europe, whose landscape is characterized by badlands with limited and sparse vegetation. The larvae were discovered buried in the very fine substratum filling the numerous small cavities which dot the sandstone escarpments. Behavioral notes. Solter larvae are ambush predators not building pit traps and able to move both forward and backward; they are also adept climbers. In resting position, the larva remains motionless and completely buried in the substrate with only the eyes emerging; the mandibles are kept open wide at more than 180 °. When the larva successfully subdues a prey, the latter is not usually dragged under the surface.Published as part of Badano, Davide, Acevedo, Fernando & Monserrat, Víctor J., 2014, The larvae of Gepus invisus Navás, 1912 and Solter liber Navás, 1912, a comparative description (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), pp. 87-94 in Zootaxa 3785 (1) on pages 90-93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/28583
Solter naevipennis Navas 1913
No full text7. <i>Solter naevipennis</i> Navás, 1913b <p>Figs 40–44, 71, 72.</p> <p> <i>Solter naevipennis</i> Navás, 1913b: 450.</p> <p> <b>Redescription.</b> Medium-sized species (Fig. 40). Forewings 23–26 mm, hind wings 20–23 mm. Coloration of dorsal surface ochre-yellow and light brown. Vertex dark, raised (Fig. 41). Tentorial pit closed (Fig. 41). Last segment of labial palp strongly enlarged with a short apical part and a small palpimacula narrowing basally (Fig. 42). Pronotum with more or less contrasted markings, except the two dots in the posterior angles which are always clearly defined. Mesoscutum spotted laterally. Forewings with sub-rounded apices. Main longitudinal veins of forewings with alternating pale and light brown bands. Membrane hyaline with a row of smoked areas along the anterior branch of CuA, rhegmal and cubital marks conspicuous. Forewings with 4–7 presectoral crossveins, hind wings with 4–5 presectoral veins. Pterostigma brown basally. Legs yellow. Fore and mid tibiae with light brown median and apical markings. Hind tibiae dark apically. Tibial spurs in fore and mid legs as long as tarsomeres 1+2, in hind legs shorter than tarsomere 1+2 (Fig. 44). Abdomen with tergite 1 yellow, tergite 2 light brown with fine yellow anterior line, remainder of abdomen with alternating yellow and light brown bands. From tergite 2 covered with minute black setae.</p> <p> <b>Male genitalia</b> (Figs 71, 72). Gonarcus moderately arched. Parameres enlarged and strongly projected backwards in basal half. Inner edge of basal half strongly raised forward.</p> <p> <b>Material examined. Holotype ♂ ALGERIA Oued Nssa</b> Ghardaïa [32.47122 3.69097] to Guerrara [32.79144 4.49534] 03–05.vi.1912, Hartert & Hilg. <i>leg</i>. (BMNH 1927-307). <b>Biskra</b> [34.84994 5.73209] 1♀, Martin <i>leg</i>., 1920 (MNHN). <b>MOROCCO Bouânane</b> [32.08075–3.094426] 1♂ 1♀ 20.viii.2012, alt. 933 m, reg with <i>Launea</i> sp., at light, B. Michel & A. François <i>leg</i>.</p> <p> <b>Distribution</b> (Fig. 86). Known from northern Algeria and one locality in North-East Morocco.</p>Published as part of <i>Michel, Bruno, 2014, A revision of the genus Solter Navás, 1912 for Maghreb and West Africa with descriptions of five new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), pp. 529-554 in Zootaxa 3887 (5)</i> on pages 541-543, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/251235">http://zenodo.org/record/251235</a>
XPak3 promotes cell cycle withdrawal during primary neurogenesis in Xenopus laevis
No full textWe have isolated the Xenopus p21-activated kinase 3 (XPak3) by virtue of its expression in the territory of primary neurogenesis in the developing embryo. XPak3, but not the other Pak variants, responds positively to X-Ngnr-1 and negatively to X-Notch-1. A constitutively active form of XPak3, generated by fusing a myristylation signal to the N-terminus (XPak3-myr), induces early cell cycle arrest at high concentrations, while ectopic expression of low amounts induces premature neuronal differentiation. Conversely, XPak3 loss of function achieved by use of an antisense morpholino oligonucleotide increases cell proliferation and inhibits neuronal differentiation; this phenotype is rescued by co-injection of XPak3-myr. We conclude that XPak3 is a novel member of the proneural pathway, functioning downstream of neurogenin to withdraw neuronally programmed cells from the mitotic cell cycle, thus allowing for their differentiation.Journal ArticleResearch Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tFLWINinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishe
Solter leopardalis Michel
No full text4. Solter leopardalis Michel nov. sp. Figs 16 –27, 66, 67. Diagnosis. Medium-sized species (Fig. 16). Forewing 28–29 mm, hind wing 25–26 mm. General dorsal coloration ochre yellow and light brown. Thorax laterally and ventrally yellow, abdomen ventrally ochre yellow. Unmistakable species, characterized by the narrow wings, the forewing crossveins black and the strongly spotted mesonotum (Fig. 17). Description (Based on 1 male, 2 females). Head (Figs 17, 18). Labrum, clypeus and frons yellow with two black lines below antennae. Vertex rounded, shiny, yellow with a brown transverse streak upon antennae and brown horizontal and vertical markings dorsally. Tentorial pit narrow but conspicuous and deep (Fig. 18). Last segment of labial palp slightly swollen with the apical part slender and almost as long as the enlarged part. (Fig. 19). Palpimacula small, pointed basally and more or less flat apically (Fig. 19). Thorax (Fig. 17). Pronotum with three longitudinal lines more or less interrupted at transverse furrow, the lateral lines incurved medially. Cervical sclerite shiny black. Mesoscutum with about seven black markings, the two behind premesoscutum being lighter. Mesoscutellum with two anterior and one posterior black spots. Postnotum black, yellow medially and laterally. Metascutum with irregular lateral dark markings. Metascutellum with a posterior dark spot. Legs slender. Entirely yellow. Tibial spurs extending beyond tarsomeres 2 in fore and mid legs and almost as long as tarsomeres 1 + 2 in hind legs (Fig. 20). Wings narrow, apices sub-acute. Pterostigma slightly darker basally. Forewings longitudinal veins pale, dark only at the connection with crossveins; crossveins black; 7–8 presectoral crossveins. Hind wings with 4–6 presectoral crossveins; some crossveins between Radius and RS black. FIGURES 22–27. Solter leopardalis. 22 — 3 rd instar larva, habitus, dorsal view. 23 — idem, head, dorsal view. 24 — idem, ventral view. 25 — idem, abdominal sternites 7 to 9. 26—Exuvia of nymph, mandibles and labrum, dorsal view. 27 —Biotope between Missour and Endjil, the red arrow shows the cavity where larvae were collected. (OT = ocular tubercle). Abdomen. Tergite 1 ochre yellow. Tergite 2 dark, paler along anterior margin and laterally. Remainder of abdomen alternating ochre yellow and light brown bands. From tergite 2 covered with minute black setae. Posterior margin of sternite 7 of female largely concave with a stout median brown process (Fig. 21). Male genitalia (Figs 66–67). Gonarcus largely arched with dorsal edge serrulate. Parameres with a conspicuous backward flat projection and the inner edge of basal half with very close and parallel large forward projections. Description of larva (Based on two 3 rd instar specimens) (Figs 22–25). Length of body 27 mm. General coloration pale yellow with darker areas and brown markings on head, thorax and abdomen (Fig. 22). Ventral surface entirely pale. Body covered with variably developed conical macrochetae with a pointed tip and a shrunken base that can be assimilated to dolichasters. All have the same general shape but are more or less tapered. Head capsule (Figs 23, 24) longer than wide with two posterior brown markings. Dorsal surface covered with black dolichasters in the basal half and with smaller translucent dolichasters in the distal half. Ventral surface covered with black setae decreasing in size from outer margin to discal area. Clypeo-labrum concave, bordered with black and white dolichasters between the bases of mandibles and dense smaller white dolichasters around base of mandibles. Antennae thin, with 12–14 flagellomeres. Ocular tubercle small but prominent. Labial palps equipped with small dolichasters. Mandibles as long as head capsule; the median tooth noticeably longer than the two other teeth, closer to apical tooth than basal tooth; distance between the base of the mandible and the basal tooth shorter than that between basal tooth and apex of mandible; 11–13 stout setae between base of mandible and basal tooth, 2–4 between basal tooth and median tooth and 1–2 between median tooth and distal tooth. Dorsal surface of mandible with some minute black setae on the basal half; ventral surface without setae. Thorax. Prothorax with two lateral brown markings contiguous to the lateral margin of pronotum. Pronotum yellow with two longitudinal lines, densely covered with black dolichasters, quite longer at the latero-anterior angles. Mesothorax with a small anterior process and a slightly developed posterior process bearing short and long black dolichasters. Mesothoracic spiracle slightly projected. Metathorax with two transverse darker markings, bearing an unconspicuous anterior process equipped with 4 dolichasters and a slightly convex posterior setiferous process equipped with dense and thin long setae. Legs pale in color; pro- and mid femora bearing long thin setae while the tibiae are mainly equipped with black small dolichasters. Inferior margin of posterior tibiae with a fringe of small black dolichasters. Abdomen covered with transverse rows of small black dolichasters, longer on the lateral processes. Sternite 8 without odontoid processes. Sternite 9 equipped with long black stout dolichasters. Apical margin bearing a rastra of four dolichasters of which the two internal are smaller (Fig. 25). Nymph (based on exuvia) (Fig. 26). Inner edge of mandibles brown and serrulate with a stout apical tooth. Labrum with a median incision. Material examined. Holotype ♂, MOROCCO, between Missour and Enjil [33.05495–4.13518], alt. 1037 m; stony and rocky area (reg) with Atractcylis sp. Larva collected on 15.viii. 2012 in fine sand inside a small cavity under a rock (Fig. 27); adult emerged on 04.viii. 2013, B. Michel & A. François leg. Paratypes. same data as holotype, 1 ♂ emerged on 30.vii. 2013; Missour, ECWP, 1 ♀ 11.viii. 2011, alt. 954 m, at light, A. François leg. Larvae. Douirat [33.05665–4.13559] 23.iv. 2014 alt. 1024 m. Burried in sandy soil inside a cavity under a rock overhang. Ecological note. Solter leopardalis lives in arid regions of the Atlas Mountain. The larvae do not dig a pit-fall trap as typical for the genus. They develop buried in fine sandy soil accumulated in cavities formed between fractured rocks. (Fig. 27). Etymology. Referring to the spotted coloration of thorax that resembles leopard fur. Distribution (Fig. 86). Known only from the region of Missour in the Atlas Mountains. 5. Solter liber Navás, 1912 Figs 28–33, 68, 80–82. Solter liber Navás, 1912: 33. Redescription. Medium-sized species (Fig. 28). Forewing 26–31 mm, hind wing 23–28 mm. Labrum, clypeus and frons pale with a dark making above base of antennae, this marking weakened or absent in some specimens from Morocco (Fig. 29). Last segment of labial palp slightly enlarged with a long apical part (Fig. 30). Palpimacula variable, generally small and oval but sometimes narrowed and extended basally. Pronotum with a pair of anterior dots, a median posterior streak more or less V-shaped and two dots at each posterior angle. In some individuals only the dots of posterior angles are clearly marked. Meso and metascutum spotted (Fig. 31). Tibial spurs as long as tarsomeres 1 + 2 in fore and mid legs, extending beyond tarsomere 1 in hind legs (Fig. 32). Tarsomeres 3 and 4 generally darker. In male, gonarcus thick with two medio-lateral expansions (Fig. 68). Basal half of inner edge of parameres raised forward, more strongly in the basal fourth. Sternite 7 of female as in figure (Fig. 33). Canal of spermatheca long, of variable shape but sharply bent three times (Fig 81, 82). Material examined. Lectotype ♂ PORTUGAL San Fiel [approx. 39.86104–7.30700] S.J. Silvano leg, 1908 (MNHN). SPAIN Rambla Roja (Almeria) [approx. 36.83902–2.46632] 1 ♂ 18.vii 2011, F. Acevedo leg. (Facultad de Biología, Madrid); Tabernas (Almeria) [37.055555–2.39294] 1 ♀ 25.vii. 1991, V. J. Monserrat leg. (Facultad de Biología, Madrid). MOROCCO Missour ECWP, alt. 954 m, at light, 1 ♂ 09.vi. 2010; 1 ♀ 07.viii. 2012.; 1 ♂ 15.viii. 2009; 3 ♀♀ 18.viii. 2011; 1 ♀ 21.ix. 2011 A. François leg.; 2 ♂, 7 ♀♀ 15.viii. 2012, at light, alt. 960 m, wadi with Tamarix sp., Phragmites australis, Retama sphaerocarpa bordered by a steppe with Helianthemum sp. and Moricandia suffruticosa, A. François & B. Michel leg.; 7 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ 21.viii. 2012, at light, alt. 963 m, reg with Hammada scoparia, Helianthemum sp., Artemisia herba-alba, over a wadi with Tamarix sp. A. François & B. Michel leg.; Zerouillet [33.57184–3.36577], 1 ♀ 22.viii. 2012, at light, alt. 1096 m, steppe with Stipa tenacissima on a rocky and gullied slope, A. François and B. Michel leg.; Douar Boukhalfa [32.99467–4.04562] 1 ♂ 17.viii. 2012, at light, alt. 904 m, side of wadi Moulouya, vegetation consisting of olive tree plantations, alfalfa, orchards, poplars and tamarisks, A. François and B. Michel leg.; between Ouled Ali and Ouatat el Haj [33.44759–3.96888] 2 ♀♀, 18.viii 2012, at light, matorral (low groupings) with Rosmarinus officinalis, Stipa tenacissima, Moricandia suffruticosa, Juniperus phoenicea, Pinus alepensis, Olea europaea, A. François and B. Michel leg. Larva. Badano et al. (2014) described the larva and provided information on its ecology. Distribution (Fig. 86). S. liber is a Mediterranean species with a wide area of distribution including Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel and Turkey. But as far as is known it is not present in Africa south of the Sahara since S. neglectus from Mali, synonymized with S. liber by Aspöck et al. (2001), is reinstated as valid species. Remarks. The male genitalia figured by Aspöck et al. (1980) refer to S. naevipennis and not S. liber.Published as part of Michel, Bruno, 2014, A revision of the genus Solter Navás, 1912 for Maghreb and West Africa with descriptions of five new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), pp. 529-554 in Zootaxa 3887 (5) on pages 534-540, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/25123
Solter francoisi Michel
No full text3. Solter francoisi Michel nov. sp. Figs 11–15, 64, 65, 79. Diagnosis. Large species (Fig. 11). Forewing 36–39 mm, hind wing 32–35 mm. Coloration ochre yellow with dorsal light brown areas (Fig. 12). Forewings with 7–8 brown markings along the anterior branch of CuA from cubital fork. Anterior tentorial pit wide and deep (Fig. 13). Description (Based on 3 males). Head (Fig. 13). Labrum, clypeus and frons yellow. Vertex raised, ochre yellow with a brown triangular mark above antennae and dorsal very light brown markings. Last segment of labial palp moderately enlarged, spindle-shaped (Fig. 14); palpimacula triangular with rounded angles, narrowing basally. Anterior tentorial pit widely opened and deep (Fig. 13). Thorax (Fig. 12). Dorsal surface ochre yellow with light brown markings, side and sternites yellow. Pronotum with white erect setae along the anterior and posterior margins and on the sides; discal area with minute black spine-like setae. Mesonotum with white erect setae on mesoprescutum, disc of mesonotum and posterior margin of mesoscutellum. Metascutellum with two tufts of around seven white erect setae on each side of posterior margin. Wings. Apices sub-acute; pterostigma brown basally. Forewing subcostal vein darker at the origin of each costal area crossvein; radial and CuA vein more or less alternatively pale and brown at the connections with crossvein; membrane hyaline, with 8–9 suffused dots along anterior branch of cubital fork; cubital mark conspicuous; seven presectoral crossveins. Hind wing hyaline with 5–6 presectoral crossveins. Legs. Yellow with white erect setae. Fore and mid tibiae with light brown marking medially and apically. Hind tibiae with dark brown apices. Fore and mid tibia spurs as long as tarsomeres 1 + 2. Hind tibia spurs slightly longer than first tarsomere (Fig. 15). All tarsomeres pale, slightly darker apically. Abdomen. Tergite 1 ochre yellow with dorsal white erect setae. Tergite 2 brown with an anterior short black longitudinal line and two lateral dots variably contrasted. Remainder of abdomen brown with anterior and posterior ochre yellow area marked with transversal row of parallel light brown lines. Sternites yellow. Male genitalia (Figs 64, 65). Gonarcus strongly arched. Parameres convex with inner edge of basal half strongly raised forward. Hypandrium internum as in fig. 79. Female and Larva. Unknown. Material examined. Holotype ♂, MOROCCO Missour Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation [33.00570–4.09325] 12.vii. 2013, alt. 954 m, at light, A. François leg. Paratypes, Same locality as holotype, 1 ♂ 01.vii. 2011; 1 ♂ 03.viii. 2011, both at light, A. François leg. Etymology: Dedicated to our colleague Alexandre François (Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP), Missour) who collected the specimens. Distribution (Fig. 86). Known only from the type locality in the Atlas Mountains.Published as part of Michel, Bruno, 2014, A revision of the genus Solter Navás, 1912 for Maghreb and West Africa with descriptions of five new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), pp. 529-554 in Zootaxa 3887 (5) on page 534, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/25123
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
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
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Solter dogon Michel
No full text2. Solter dogon Michel nov. sp. Figs 6–10, 62, 63, 78. Diagnosis. Large species (Fig. 6). Forewing 42 mm, hind wing 40 mm. Body dorsal coloration dark brown with pale markings; ventral coloration pale. Mesonotum unspotted (Fig. 7). Tarsomeres 3, 4 and apices of 5 black. Tibial spurs stout, longer than tarsomeres 1 + 2 (Fig. 10). Hind wings with 3 presectoral crossveins. Description (Based on 1 male). Head (Fig. 8). Labrum, clypeus and frons pale yellow. Tentorial pit small and narrow. Vertex moderately raised, with black marking above antennae and an interrupted brown transverse line. Inner surface of scape with a longitudinal black line. Flagellomeres darker basally. Vertex covered with minute spine-like black setae. Last segment of labial palp oval-shaped with an ovoid palpimacula narrowing basally (Fig. 9). Thorax (Fig. 7). Notum dark brown with pale markings, the posterior longitudinal marking stout not divided by median pale line. Mesonotum unspotted. Pale areas of pro and mesonotum scattered with minute black points corresponding to the insertions of minute black setae that are stouter in anterior and posterior margins of pronotum and anterior margin of mesoprescutum. Posterior surface of mesoscutum with long slender white setae. Lateral surface with dark markings. Ventral surface pale. Legs. Pale. Foreleg outer surface of coxae with a conspicuous black spot; femora with two large middle and apical black markings; tibiae with three black markings proximally, medially and apically; tarsomeres 3, 4 and apices of 5 black; tibial spurs stout, curved apically, as long as tarsomeres 1–3. Mid legs coxae pale; femora with anterior surface speckled apically with small dark dots at base of each white erect seta; tibiae, tibial spurs and tarsi like in fore legs. Hind legs tibiae with thin proximally and medially dark markings, black apically; base of each white erect seta with a small but conspicuous dark dot; tibial spurs slightly shorter than tarsomeres 1–3 (Fig. 10). Wings. Apices sub-acute. Forewings main longitudinal veins with alternating bands of pale and dark brown; five presectoral crossveins; membrane hyaline with a row of four smoked dots along CuA 1 and smoked markings at cubital and rhegma areas. Hind wings with 3 presectoral crossveins. Abdomen. Tergite 1 pale with irregular dark dorsal markings, bearing long lateral white setae; posterior margin yellow medially. Tergite 2 light and dark brown, yellow along anterior margin. Remainder of abdomen with alternating light and dark brown bands; each band with dark or pale irregular markings. Male genitalia (Fig. 62, 63). Gonarcus thick, moderately arched with stout median triangular process. Parameres convex with inner edge of basal half raised forward. Hypandrium internum process slender (Fig. 78). Material examined. Holotype ♂, MALI Sanga [14.05496–5.48297], larva collected on 20.vii. 1997 under dry leaves at the entrance of a cave; adult emerged on 02.vi. 1998, V. Monserrat leg. (Facultad de Biología, Madrid). Etymology. Dogon, a noun in apposition, is the name of the ethnic group inhabiting the central region of Mali where the specimen was collected. Distribution (Fig. 86). Known only from the type locality in the principal Dogon area bisected by the Bandiagara escarpment that rises 100–300 m above the lower sandy flats and has a length of approximately 150 km. The cliffs harbor troglodyte caverns and natural cavities where the larva was found. Remarks. S. dogon resembles S. virgilii. Both species are large-sized and have three presectoral crossveins in hind wings. However, the general coloration of S. virgillii is yellow, the hind femora lack black dots at base of setae, mid and hind tibiae are uniformly yellow, the legs are more slender and the posterior longitudinal marking of pronotum is represented by two divergent lines which form a V when they are entire, in holotype the lines are reduced to two short segments corresponding to the extremities of the branches of the V. In male of both species the gonarcus has a stout triangular median process but the shape of the parameres is different.Published as part of Michel, Bruno, 2014, A revision of the genus Solter Navás, 1912 for Maghreb and West Africa with descriptions of five new species (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae), pp. 529-554 in Zootaxa 3887 (5) on pages 532-533, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.5.2, http://zenodo.org/record/25123
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
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