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Curtonotum ndoki Kirk-Spriggs 2023, sp. n.
No full text<i>Curtonotum ndoki</i> Kirk-Spriggs, sp. n. <p>Figs 1–7.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> The specific epithet <i>ndoki</i> is a noun in apposition, named after the type locality Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo.</p> <p> <b>Description:</b> J (based on unique field-pinned holotype).</p> <p> As described for <i>C</i>. <i>marriott</i> Kirk-Spriggs, 2013 (see Kirk-Spriggs & Wiegmann 2013: 67), differing in the following respects:</p> <p> <b>Measurements:</b> Overall length unknown (abdomen removed for dissection); length of head and thorax combined 3.8 mm; length of thorax and scutellum combined 3.6 mm; wing length 5.4 mm.</p> <p> <i>Head</i> (Figs 1, 3). Eye height/length ratio: 14: 8; frons (Fig. 3) length/width ratio: 9: 12; arista with 11 dorsal branches and 4 ventral branches; face uniformly grey dusted, without silver fascia between eye margin and ptilinal fissure, edge adjacent to ptilinal fissure concolourous with face; 17 fine setae bordering genal groove; eye height/ genal height ratio: 14: 4.</p> <p> <i>Thorax</i> (Figs 1, 2). Postpronotum with 22 fine setulae; anepisternum with <i>ca</i> 40 fine setulae; dorsal katepisternal setae <i>ca</i> ½ length of ventral, with 26 short, fine setulae.</p> <p> <i>Scutellum</i> (Fig. 2). Concolourous with median part of scutum, apical marginal setae slightly shorter than lateral marginal setae.</p> <p> <i>Legs</i>. Uniformly pale yellow; fore coxa with 22 brown setulae; fore tibia with ctenidium of 16 short, weaklydeveloped spinules.</p> <p> <i>Wing</i> (Fig. 4). Membrane slightly darker in anterior ¼, bordering both sides of vein <i> R 2+3</i> and over <i>dm–m</i> crossvein; <i>dm–m</i> crossvein with acute angle.</p> <p> <i>Abdomen</i>. Sternite 6 (Fig. 5) apically expanded, with sides evenly rounded, with relatively deep, wide, V-shaped apical excision, clothed in short black irregular brown setulae, those at apical margin longer and more prominent.</p> <p> <i>Terminalia</i> (Figs 5–7). Hypandrium (Fig. 6, hypd) with 2 setulae proximal to postgonite (obscured by epandrium on Fig. 6); postgonite (pgt); epandrium (epand); cercus (cerc); surstylus (sur) as illustrated in Fig. 6; phallus as illustrated in Fig. 7, phapod, basph, distph); ejaculatory apodeme missing from holotype; basiphallus (Fig. 7, basph) narrow and regular in basal ¼, then slightly narrowed, with moderately sclerotised spur-like extension of left side clearly visible through cuticle, inner lateral margin developed into convex, prominent acute spur-like projection (Fig. 7); distiphallus (Fig. 7, distph) short, subdivided into apically expanded, forked basoventral process (bv proc) with two finger-like processes.</p> <p>♀ Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Differential diagnosis.</b> Based on wing venation (especially the similar shape of the <i>dm–m</i> crossvein) and the structure of the male terminalia (mainly the shape of the distiphallus and basoventral process), the new species appears to be most closely related to <i>C</i>. <i>marriott</i>. It significantly differs from its congeners, however, in the shape of the lateral extension of the basiphallus, which terminates in a sharp point.</p> <p> <b>Type material examined.</b> REPUBLIC OF CONGO: holotype ³, “REPUBLIC OF CONGO 349m / Likouala Prov., Nouabale-Ndoki / National Park, Makao forest / (Secondary forest) / 02°36′42.5′′N, 17°09′23.8′′E / 23– 28.ix.2022 Malaise Trap / Dérozier, V., Fouka,B., / Kirk-Spriggs,A., Takano, H. Leg. / ANHRT:2022.14 // <b>HOLO- TYPE</b> ³ / <i>Curtonotum</i> / <i>ndoki</i> / A.H. Kirk-Spriggs 2022 [printed; red border]” (deposited ANHRTUK # 00273380). In excellent condition; micro-pinned and staged; dissected, abdomen and terminalia in micro-vial pinned beneath specimen.</p> <p> <b>Distribution:</b> Republic of Congo.</p> <p> <b>Bionomics:</b> Occurring in disturbed Guineo-Congolian rainforest (Fig. 8).</p> <p>Amended couplets from the identification key provided by Kirk-Spriggs & Wiegmann (2013: 53). To avoid confusion, “fig.” or “figs” is applied below to denote figures in Kirk-Spriggs & Wiegmann (2013) and “Fig.” or “Figs” for figures in this paper.</p> <p> 5. Lateral margin of basiphallus with angulate, sub-rectangular extension (fig. 224); male sternite 6 with lateral margins gently curved and U-shaped apical excision (fig. 218); <i>dm–m</i> crossvein as illustrated in fig. 163; spermatheca (fig. 213)..................................................................................... <i>C</i>. <i>marriott</i> Kirk-Spriggs, 2013</p> <p>- Lateral margin of basiphallus either with finger-like, evenly-rounded extension and serrated edge (figs 225, 226), with fingerlike, evenly-rounded extension and shallow, wide apical excision (fig. 227), or with lateral margin terminating in acute spur-like process (Fig. 7); male sternite 6 with lateral margins rounded or straight with V-shaped apical excision (figs 219, 220; Fig. 5); spermathecae (figs 214, 215)............................................................................ 6</p> <p> 6. Lateral margin of basiphallus with finger-like, extension and serrated edge (figs 225, 226); male sternite 6 with shallow Vshaped apical excision (fig. 219); <i>dm–m</i> crossvein as illustrated in Fig. 164; spermatheca (fig. 214)................................................................................................. <i>C</i>. <i>moffatt</i> Kirk-Spriggs, 2013</p> <p> - Lateral margin of basiphallus with finger-like, evenly-rounded extension and shallow, wide apical excision (fig. 227); male sternite 6 with narrow V-shaped apical excision (fig. 220); <i>dm–m</i> crossvein evenly curved as illustrated in fig. 165; spermatheca (fig. 215); female unknown........................................................... <i>C</i>. <i>platyphallum</i> Tsacas</p> <p> - Lateral margin of basiphallus terminating in acute spur-like process (Fig. 7); male sternite 6 with wide V-shaped apical excision (Fig. 5); <i>dm–m</i> crossvein angulate as illustrated in Fig. 4; female unknown.......................... <i>C</i>. <i>ndoki</i> <b>sp. nov.</b></p>Published as part of <i>Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H., 2023, A new species of the Curtonotum platyphallum species-group (Diptera: Curtonotidae) from Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, Republic of Congo, pp. 137-142 in Zootaxa 5227 (1)</i> on pages 138-141, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.7, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/7518483">http://zenodo.org/record/7518483</a>
Letter to Philander Chase
No full textSpriggs deposited 200 dollars for Samuel Chase and notified him of it, requesting him to draw on the St. Louis office.https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/1985/thumbnail.jp
Musca stuckenbergi Swart, Kirg-Spriggs & Copeland 2015
No full textstuckenbergi Swart, Kirg-Spriggs & Copeland, 2015 Holotype: Male, Kasigau Mountain, Kenya (MNKE). Dist.: KENYA: restricted to Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya, known from Kasigau Mountain [3°49’37.2”S 38°38’55.5”E] / [3°49’36.0”S 38°38’59.4”E] and Taita Hills, Chawia settlement [3°28’44.7”S 38°20’29.8”E]. Refs.: Swart et al., 2015: 558 (des., diag., key) 562 (biog. cons.), 563 (dist.); Woodley & Swart, 2017: 866, 868, 870 (figs.).Published as part of Bueno, Gabriel M., Kehlmaier, Christian & Santos, Charles Morphy D., 2021, A worldwide catalog of the Vermileonidae (Diptera: Brachycera), pp. 489-514 in Zootaxa 5060 (4) on page 493, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5060.4.2, http://zenodo.org/record/563795
Black Bone
No full textThe Appalachian region stretches from Mississippi to New York, encompassing rural areas as well as cities from Birmingham to Pittsburgh. Though Appalachia\u27s people are as diverse as its terrain, few other regions in America are as burdened with stereotypes. Author Frank X Walker coined the term Affrilachia to give identity and voice to people of African descent from this region and to highlight Appalachia\u27s multicultural identity. This act inspired a group of gifted artists, the Affrilachian Poets, to begin working together and using their writing to defy persistent stereotypes of Appalachia as a racially and culturally homogenized region.
After years of growth, honors, and accomplishments, the group is acknowledging its silver anniversary with Black Bone. Edited by two newer members of the Affrilachian Poets, Bianca Lynne Spriggs and Jeremy Paden, Black Bone is a beautiful collection of both new and classic work and features submissions from Frank X Walker, Nikky Finney, Gerald Coleman, Crystal Wilkinson, Kelly Norman Ellis, and many others. This illuminating and powerful collection is a testament to a groundbreaking group and its enduring legacy.
Bianca Lynne Spriggs is a writer, multidisciplinary artist, and assistant professor of English at Ohio University. She is the recipient of a Kentucky Arts Council 2013 Al Smith Individual Arts Fellowship in Poetry, as well as a recipient of multiple artist enrichment grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. Spriggs is the author or coeditor of a number of books, including Kaffir Lily, Call Her by Her Name, and The Galaxy Is a Dance Floor.
Jeremy Paden is an associate professor of Spanish and Latin American literature at Transylvania University. His poems have appeared in such places as the Atlanta Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Cortland Review, Louisville Review, Naugatuck River Review, pluck! and Rattle, among others. He is the author of two collections of poems, Broken Tulips and ruina montium.https://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_cr/1004/thumbnail.jp
Alhajarmyia stuckenbergi Swart, Kirk-Spriggs & Copeland, sp. n.
No full textAlhajarmyia stuckenbergi Swart, Kirk-Spriggs & Copeland, sp. n. Figs 2, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25. Etymology. The species is named in honour of the late Brian Roy Stuckenberg (1930–2009), in recognition of his major contributions to Afrotropical dipterology and the study of Vermileonidae specifically. Differential diagnosis. Alhajarmyia stuckenbergi sp. n. differs from its congenor, A. umbraticola mainly in the length of the antennal stylus, wing and terminalia characters and can be separated using the above key. Description. Male (primarily based on ex spirit-preserved HT). Measurements (n = 5): proboscis length: 4.9–5.3 mm; mesonotum length: 1.4–1.5 mm; wing length (measured from humeral crossvein to apex): 5.5–6.8 mm. Head: with frons sub-rectangular, concave at lateral margins, width (at widest point) ca. 1 / 6 width of head. Antenna (Fig. 4) with scape elongate, slightly expanded apically, ca. 3 × as long as deep; postpedicel elongate, 1.5 × length of scape; stylus long, subequal in length to postpedicel, basal stylomere (segment 9) less than 1 / 3 length of apical stylomere (length ratio: 5: 16). Face similar to A. umbraticola, except proboscis ca. 2.6 × mesonotal length and lacking whitish section in basal 1 / 4. Thorax: with mesonotum (Fig. 2) as described for A. umbraticola, but apparently less distinctly marked in holotype (paratypes with dark median vitta rounded posteriorly, terminating between wing bases, anteriorly this vitta narrowing abruptly into slender midline marking, extending to anterior margin; with conspicuous, subtriangular, blackish markings laterally, between humeral callus and raised median area over which vitta lies, extended laterally on either side up to posterior end of vitta; notopleural area unmarked). Scutellum flat, unmarked. Legs: with femur darkened in apical 1 / 4; tibia as described for A. umbraticola; fore and mid tarsi as described in A. umbraticola, metatarsus darkening in apical 1 / 2, remaining tarsomeres as described in A. umbraticola. Wing (Fig. 7): with membrane mostly pale smoky-grey, darker toward apex and in region of basal radial cell (br), basic wing vein configuration as described for A. umbraticola, but differing as follows: length of vein R 5 ca. 86 % length of R 4 + 5 measured from r–m intersection; vein R 4 evenly rounded basally (without stem vein in cell r 2 + 3); veins M 3 and M 4 sub-parallel; r–m crossvein situated at 2 / 5 length of discal cell (d) (Fig. 7); discal cell (d) expanded in apical 1 / 2 (not parallel-sided). Abdomen: with tergites yellow banded in apical 2 / 3 (as described for A. umbraticola). Hypopygium with tergite 8, as described for A. umbraticola; tergite 9 (Figs 19, 20) sub-quadrate (not laterally expanded); cercus short and broad, medially expanded; synsternite (Figs 15, 16) parallel-sided; clothed in long, dense setation, with long, narrow, sub-rectangular ventral aperture, dorsal margin evenly curved (not markedly undulate); gonostylus (Fig 11, 12) claw-like, narrowed basally; gonocoxite (Figs 11, 12) slightly curved, with apical part squarely rounded (lacking lobular process apically); aedeagus (Figs 11, 12) broad basally, with rounded ventrobasal keel, constricted sub-apically, strongly upcurved over apical section which is transversely flattened and broadened, with lateral processes sub-triangular; dorsal bridge (Figs 11, 12) as described for A. umbraticola. Female (similar to male; differing in the following aspects): Measurements (n = 1): proboscis length: 5.8 mm; mesonotum length: 1.5 mm; wing length: 7.5 mm. Head as described for ♂ Thorax virtually unmarked (may be a remnant of alcohol preservation). Legs as described for ♂ (hind legs missing). Wing as described for ♂, but vein R 4 evenly rounded basally; veins CuP and CuA weakly convergent not closely approximated at wing margin and veins M 3 and M 4 subparallel to wing margin (Fig. 8). Spermathecae as described for A. umbraticola Type material. Holotype: ♂, “ KENYA Coast Prov / Kasigau Mtn / indigenous forest, 1065 m, / 3.82700°S, 38.64875°E // Malaise trap, next to / campsite in forest / 14-28 Dec 2011 / R. Copeland // P 1 // IBOL 19700 VermA 1 // HOLOTYPE / Alhajarmyia ♂ / stuckenbergi sp. n. / Swart, Kirk-Spriggs & / Copeland 2014 //” [printed; red card] (NMKE). Micro-pinned and staged; in fair condition (ex alcohol); left mid leg missing; right mid leg glued to card; dissected, terminalia and abdomen in micro-vial pinned beneath specimen; right wing detached and glued to card. Paratypes: 1 ♂, “ KENYA Coast Prov / Kasigau Mtn / indigenous forest, 1117 m, / 3.82667°S, 38.64982°E // Malaise trap, next to / spring in forest / 2-16 JUN 2011 / R. Copeland // P 2 // IBOL 19700 VernA 2 // 14482 - Lampromyia F 8 // PARATYPE / Alhajarmyia ♂ / stuckenbergi sp. n. / Swart, Kirk-Spriggs & / Copeland 2014 //” [printed; blue card] (NMKE); 1 ♂, same labels, except: “Malaise trap, next to / spring in forest / 2-16 JUN 2011 / R. Copeland // P 3 // IBOL 19700 VermA 3 ”; 1 ♀, same labels, except: “Malaise trap, next to / spring in forest / 19 MAY- 2 JUN 2011 / R. Copeland // P 4 // IBOL 19700 VermA 4 // 14482 - Lampromyia F 7 ” (NMKE). Dissected; abdomen in micro-vial pinned beneath specimen; both wings detached and glued to cards; 1 ♂, “ KENYA Coast Prov / Taita Hills, Chawia / Forest, 3.47908°S, / 38.34162°[E] 1614 m // Malaise trap, next / to small forest pond / 12-26 DEC 2011 / R. Copeland // P 5 // IBOL 19700 VermA 5 ” (NMKE). Dissected, terminalia and abdomen in micro-vial pinned beneath specimen; 1 ♂, same labels, except: “P 6 // IBOL 19700 VermA 6 ” (NMKE). Distribution. Apparently confined to Kasigau Mountain and the Taita Hills of Kenya. Bionomics. Unknown.Published as part of Swart, Vaughn R., Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Copeland, Robert S., 2015, A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications, pp. 556-566 in Zootaxa 4044 (4) on pages 558-561, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/23407
Isocanace mauritiana Munari & Kirk-Spriggs & Mcgregor 2021, sp. nov.
No full textIsocanace mauritiana Munari sp. nov. Figs 3, 6, 10 Etymology. The specific epithet mauritiana is a Latin toponymic adjective that highlights the type locality, the Mauritius Island. Description. Male (primarily based on holotype). Measurements: body length (excluding antenna) 1.85–2.05 mm; wing length 1.67–1.82 mm. Head. With 3 large interfrontal setae (mostly broken or missing) along lateral margin of frontal vitta (= mesofrons of authors), appearing slightly inclinate and proclinate; frontal vitta brown, dull; mid portion of frontal vitta with 2–3 pairs of inconspicuous, sparse setulae; postocellar setae distinct, divergent, slightly proclinate, about 1 / 2 length of ocellar setae, the latter strongly divergent; fronto-orbital plate (= parafrons of authors) dull, changing from pale grey to whitish grey; 4 lateroclinate fronto-orbital setae; antennal arista (Fig. 3) not plumose, branches short, as long as or very slightly longer than basal arista width; 3 anaclinate genal setae, anterior seta arising from peristomal margin, posterior pair just below mid portion of eye; both bulging face and gena appearing of changing hue, white microtomentose (in frontal view), grey microtomentose (in lateral view); minimum height of gena ca 0.6 × height of compound eye, measured perpendicular to mid-section. Thorax. Both holotype and paratype setal vestiture of mesonotum highly depauperated, with many setae and setulae missing or misoriented. Dorsocentral setae 4 (1 + 3); acrostichal setulae in approximately 2–3 irregular rows anteriorly, reduced to 1–2 rows posteriorly, median 2 rows with larger setulae, numbering approximately 12–13 (calculated from both setulae and setal sockets), prescutellar acrostichal setae much longer than other acrostichal setulae; 1 supra-alar seta; lateral postalar seta very strong and long. Scutellum. With 2 pairs of long, strong marginal setae; scutellar disc apparently bare, or at most with 2–3 microscopically perceptible sockets (possibly remnants of missing discal setulae; very scarcely visible in the holotype); mid portion of scutellar disc bare, glossy black (this character should be corroborated based on additional material); anterior notopleural seta black, shorter and finer than posterior seta; propleuron bare of setulae; 1 proepisternal seta; 1 proepimeral seta; anepisternum with 2 long, posteromarginal black setae and 1 anaclinate seta on dorsal margin; katepisternum with long, black seta at posterodorsal corner. Wing. Membrane yellowish grey to pale grey; costal vein ratio = 0.20; M vein ratio = 0.37‒0.43; haltere white to pale yellowish. Legs. Femora dark grey; tibiae distinctly paler, yellow (holotype) to brown or yellowish brown (paratype); tarsomeres yellow, except for 2 distal tarsomeres brown infuscated; fore femur without anteroventral ctenidium of spine-like setae; hind tibia without apical anteroventral seta. Abdomen. Moderately sclerotized, entirely dark grey, sparsely setose; male terminalia with surstylus as illustrated in Fig. 6 (lateral view), long and slender, constricted proximally (neck-shaped), swollen in median portion, sickle-shaped apically; posterior margin without trace of heel-shaped swelling (the latter typical in Isocanace briani); 3 long setae medially on posterior margin. ♀ Unknown. Differential diagnosis. Similar and closely related to I. briani and I. freidbergi Mathis, 1999, but distinguished from these by the following combination of characters: aristal branches (Fig. 3) noticeably shorter than those of I. briani, some as long as or very slightly longer than basal aristal width; 4 fronto-orbital setae; frontal vitta with very inconspicuous, sparse setulae; disc of scutellum mostly bare, with large black, shiny macula, without evident discal setae or setulae; anepisternal and katepisternal setae black; male terminalia in lateral view (Fig. 6) with gently sinuous, foot-like surstylus, lacking more or less produced posterior heel-shaped swelling and also lacking obvious anteromedial swelling; anteroapical part of surstylus slender, sickle-shaped. Type material. MAURITIUS: holotype ♂ “ Sweeping intertidal / zone & coastal / vegetation [printed] // Mau- ritius: Pamplemousses / Le Goulet / 20°06′14″S, 57°31′02″E / 30.i.2018, 1– 3 m / Kirk-Spriggs & Muller [printed] // Entomology Dept. / National Museum / PO Box 266 / Bloemfontein 9300 / South Africa [printed; pale blue card] // BMSA (D) / 102449 [printed] // HOLOTYPUS ♂ / Isocanace mauritiana sp. nov. / L. Munari des. 2021 [printed white label with double red frame]” (BMSA). Holotype micro-pinned and double-mounted in small block of Plast- azote. In fairly good condition (setal vestiture of frons and mesonotum strongly depauperated, with many setae and setulae missing). Abdomen removed and terminalia dissected and stored in genitalia vial in glycerine pinned beneath specimen. MAURITIUS: paratype ♂ “ Sweeping intertidal / zone & coastal / vegetation [printed] // MAU- RITIUS: Rivière du / Rempart / Grand Gaube / 20°01’00”S, 57°40’55”E / 31.i.2018, 1– 3 m / Kirk-Spriggs & Muller [printed] // Entomology Dept. / National Museum / PO Box 266 / Bloemfontein 9300 / South Africa [printed; pale blue card] // BMSA (D) / 101060 [printed] // PARATYPUS ♂ / Isocanace mauritiana sp. nov. / L. Munari des. 2021 [printed white label with double red frame]” (LMC). Paratype micro-pinned and double-mounted in small block of Plastazote. In good condition, with abdomen in situ, exhibiting broadly exposed terminalia, especially surstyli. Distribution. Mascarene Islands (Mauritius). Bionomics. Intertidal zone and coastal vegetation, specifics unknown.Published as part of Munari, Lorenzo, Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Mcgregor, Gillian K., 2021, The surf flies of the Mascarene Islands (Diptera: Canacidae: Canacinae), with the description of a new species, pp. 563-570 in Zootaxa 4990 (3) on pages 566-568, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4990.3.7, http://zenodo.org/record/502728
JSED-18-02-26.R1_Appendix_A-_Procedural_Fidelity_ – Supplemental material for Initiation and Generalization of Self-Instructed Video Activity Schedules for Elementary Students With Intellectual Disability
No full textSupplemental material, JSED-18-02-26.R1_Appendix_A-_Procedural_Fidelity_ for Initiation and Generalization of Self-Instructed Video Activity Schedules for Elementary Students With Intellectual Disability by Sally B. Shepley, Amy D. Spriggs, Mark D. Samudre and Emily C. Sartini in The Journal of Special Education</p
MeSH term explosion and author rank improve expert recommendations
No full textInformation overload is an often-cited phenomenon that reduces the productivity, efficiency and efficacy of scientists. One challenge for scientists is to find appropriate collaborators in their research. The literature describes various solutions to the problem of expertise location, but most current approaches do not appear to be very suitable for expert recommendations in biomedical research. In this study, we present the development and initial evaluation of a vector space model-based algorithm to calculate researcher similarity using four inputs: 1) MeSH terms of publications; 2) MeSH terms and author rank; 3) exploded MeSH terms; and 4) exploded MeSH terms and author rank. We developed and evaluated the algorithm using a data set of 17,525 authors and their 22,542 papers. On average, our algorithms correctly predicted 2.5 of the top 5/10 coauthors of individual scientists. Exploded MeSH and author rank outperformed all other algorithms in accuracy, followed closely by MeSH and author rank. Our results show that the accuracy of MeSH term-based matching can be enhanced with other metadata such as author rank
Curtonotum pauliani : Tsacas 1974
No full textCurtonotum pauliani Tsacas, 1974 Figs 127, 151, 188, 286, 289, 292, 331. Curtonotum pauliani: Tsacas, 1974: 715; figs 7a–d (p. 716), fig. 8b (p. 718). Type locality: [Madagascar] “Nosy Mitsio”. Curtonotum pauliani: Kirk-Spriggs (2008c: 246, fig. 6, 251). Curtonotum pauliani: Kirk-Spriggs (2011); figs 12, 25, 38, 69, 72, 75, 90, 103. Remarks: This species was redescribed and figured by Kirk-Spriggs (2011), only figures are included here for comparative purposes: head and thorax (Fig. 127); frons (Fig. 151); wing (Fig. 188); male terminalia (Figs 286, 289, 292). Differential diagnosis. Curtonotum pauliani belongs to a group of ten species here ascribed to the uncinatum species-group that are virtually identical externally and are only separable based on minor differences in the male phallus (see Differential diagnosis under C. uncinatum sp. n. for details). Curtonotum pauliani can be separated from other species in the species-group by reference to the above key. Type material examined: MADAGASCAR: holotype ♂, “ Madagascar Nord-Ouest / Nosy Mitsio / 13– 14.I.[19]60 / R. Paulian // INSTITUT / SCIENTIFIQUE / MADAGASCAR [pale grey card] // HOLOTYPE [red card] // CURTONOTUM / pauliani / Holotype ♂ n.sp. / L. TSACAS DET. 1973 [printed & handwritten] // MUSÉUM PARIS // Curtonotum / pauliani ♂ / Tsacas, 1974 / A.H. Kirk-Spriggs vidit 2006” [head missing] (MNHN). In fair condition, head, right fore leg, left fore tarsus and hind leg missing; re-staged on nu-poly mount; dissected, abdomen and terminalia in micro-vial pinned beneath specimen. Paratypes (all labelled: “ PARATYPE [red card] // CURTONOTUM / pauliani / n.sp. / L. TSACAS DET. 1973 [printed & handwritten] // Curtonotum / pauliani ♂ [or ♀] / Tsacas, 1974 / A.H. Kirk-Spriggs vidit 2006”): MADAGASCAR: 1♀, same labels as holotype, except: “ ALLOTYPE [red card] // CURTONOTUM / pauliani / n.sp. / L. TSACAS DET. 1973 [printed & handwritten]” [wing detached, glued to card]; 2♂, same labels as holotype [1 head missing]; 1♀, same labels as holotype, except: “EXEMP. / DESS. [printed; orange card]”; 1♀, same labels as holotype, except: “ouile gameha / ma tres large / Anomalié ♀ [handwritten]”; 1♂, “ Madagascar Nord-Ouest / dct. Majunga / forêt Ankarafantsitka [= Ankarafantsika] 120m / XII-[19]59 / Raharizonina // INSTITUT / SCIENTIFIQUE / MADAGASCAR [pale grey card] // MUSÉUM PARIS” [head missing]; 1♂, “MUSEUM PARIS / MADAGASCAR / PROV. D’ANALALAVA / MAROMANDIA / R. DECARY 1922 [grey card] // PARATYPE [red card] // Specimen / missing from mount / 2006”; 1♂, 1♀, same labels, except: “Pr A18 / ♂ [handwritten] [head missing]” (all MNHN). Additional material examined (both labelled “ Curtonotum pauliani Tsacas, 1974, det. A.H. Kirk-Spriggs 2011 ”): NAMIBIA: 1♂, Namibia: OPUWA DIST., Ekuju village: Kunene R., 17°19'30"S 13°48'56"E, 11– 12.x.1999, [A.H.] Kirk-Spriggs, [T.] Pape, [W.] Hauwanga, Malaise traps, riverine forest (NMNW). SOUTH AFRICA: 1♂, 6664, SO. AFRICA: Natal, 15 km SE Rorke’s Drift, 28°30'S, 30°30'E, 30.v.1982, R.M. Miller (NMSA). Distribution. Madagascar, Namibia and South Africa (Fig. 331). The only species known to occur in the continental Afrotropical Region and on the island of Madagascar. Bionomics. In southern Africa the species occurs in the Nama Karoo and Drakensburg Afromontane Grassland and Woodland major habitat types; Deserts and Xeric Shrublands and Montane Grasslands vegetation types (Appendix III). This species has been sampled in a Malaise trap in riverine forest in Namibia. A detailed account of habitat associations in Madagascar was provided by Kirk-Spriggs (2011).Published as part of Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. & Wiegmann, Brian M., 2013, A revision of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies (Diptera: Schizophora; Curtonotidae). Part IV — the continental Afrotropical species of Curtonotum Macquart, with descriptions of thirteen new species and a combined phylogenetic analysis of the Curtonotidae , pp. 1-166 in Zootaxa 3684 (1) on pages 121-122, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3684.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/529891
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
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