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Crossomeles oscarcastilloi Nearns & Swift 2022, sp. nov.
No full textCrossomeles oscarcastilloi Nearns & Swift, sp. nov. (Figures 2a–d, 5d, 5h, 5l) Description. Male (Figs. 2a–d, 5d, h, i). Length 18.0 mm (measured from frons to abdominal apex), width 2.7 mm (measured across humeri). Habitus as in Fig. 2a. Form moderate sized, elongate; integument black with portions dark brown and reddish orange. Head. Frons black with fine, somewhat abundant yellow pubescence; eyes large, globose, narrowly separated in front by about 5 ommatidia; frons with narrow, moderately deep median suture; genae about 3/4 as tall as lower eye lobe (Figs. 2c, 5d); vertex irregularly punctate; antennae extending to near middle of abdominal segment II; antennomeres I–IV black, V–XI dark brown; antennomeres I–VI with several long and erect setae beneath, VI–XI slightly expanded apically; with 2–3 small sensory pores on dorsal and ventral surface of each antennomere. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape=0.50; II=0.25; III=1.00; IV=0.50; V=0.90; VI=0.85; VII=0.83; VIII=0.70; IX=0.65; X=0.60; XI=0.65. Thorax. Pronotum black, elongate, subcylindrical, about 1.25 times as long as wide (Figs. 2a, b, 5h); disk coarsely, deeply, subconfluently alveolate, pubescence yellow across apex, base, and down sides dense; prosternum clothed with long, suberect setae; mesoventrite densely clothed at sides with fine, golden, appressed pubescence; metaventrite moderately densely punctate, moderately densely clothed with short, golden, appressed pubescence along top margin and on posterior end. Mesanepisternum densely clothed with appressed pale yellow pubescence. Mesepimeron with sparse pale yellow setae. Metanespisternum with sparse pale yellow setae on anterior 3/4, densely clothed with appressed pale yellow pubescence on posterior 1/4. Scutellum densely clothed with appressed pale yellow pubescence. Elytra extending beyond posterior margin of abdominal segment I at about middle of segment II; disk shining, testaceous, base yellowish inside of humeri, humeri black, margins narrowly black; punctures moderately dense, becoming finer toward apex; pubescence sparse, long, erect and suberect, each seta rising out of a puncture; each elytron strongly dehiscent and narrowing from behind middle; apices narrowly rounded, about as wide as length of second antennal segment. Legs. Pro- and mesofemora reddish orange, pro- and mesotibiae almost black, basal half of metatibiae black; pro- and mesofemora strongly clavate, short; metafemora elongate, widening slightly at apical third (Fig. 2d); metatibiae with a large, dense brush of orangish hairs on apical two-thirds (Fig. 5i). Metatarsomere I about as long as II–IV combined. Abdomen. Elongate, slender, broadening slightly toward apex, with portions reddish orange, yellow and black (Figs. 2a, d); ventrites progressively more densely punctate from first; pubescence sparse; last ventrite shallowly impressed medially. Female. Unknown. Diagnosis and remarks. This species can be separated from congeners by the elytra longer, extending beyond posterior margin of abdominal segment I to about middle of segment II, narrowly rounded apically; integument of basal antennae black; and genae about 3/4 as long as lower lobe of eye. Type material. Holotype, male (Figs. 2a–d): “ Costa Rica: Puntarenas Province, Santa Elena, caught on the wing, 1388 m., 10°19′20″N, 84°49′19″W, 11-VI-2021, O. Castillo coll.” (MNCR). Etymology. We are pleased to name this species for our dear friend and master nature guide, Oscar Castillo Mejia (Nasua Tours, Monteverde, Costa Rica), who collected the holotype specimen. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case.Published as part of Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2022, Descriptions and new records in longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Central America, pp. 39-48 in Zootaxa 5141 (1) on pages 42-44, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/657770
Reading Swift and Ireland, 1720-1729 : constituences, contexts and constructions of identity in Jonathan Swift's occasional writings of the 1720s
No full textThe 1720s was a decade of crisis in Ireland. Jonathan Swift's occasional writings from these years extend the country's political and economic crises into
dramas of personal and national identity. Part One of this thesis investigates the material conditions of the relationship between Swift, his Irish audience, and the
underlying problems of identity that such an audience simultaneously poses and occludes. Part Two is an anatomy of the literary modes through which that relationship is figured.
The first chapter offers the 1720 Declaratory Act as an important subtext for Swift's 'inaugural' work of the decade, the 1720 Proposalfor the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture. Challenging retrospective constructions of the author's textual and political authority, the chapter examines how Swift the 'Hibernian patriot' was largely an invention of the crisis surrounding the act. Chapter Two
argues that The Drapier's Letters reconfigure the language that had been used in the past to depict the Catholic threat to Protestant Ireland, and use it to depict the
threat emerging from England.
Part Two moves to the question of identity, which Chapter Three designates a kind of 'style', both a mode of expression and a trend in polite society. The writing of history and the social signification of language are the
main concerns of this chapter, which investigates how Irish historiography becomes the focus for a range of concerns in the 1720s. Chapter Four nominates the pastoral genre as an alternative vehicle for the reading and writing of history
in Swift's Ireland. It identifies a Virgilian dialectic of expropriation and protection by a patron as an important method of 'reading' oneself into history and identity. Looking at various manifestations of crisis in Ireland in 1729 - famine, fuel shortages and emigration, the final chapter argues that A Modest Proposal uses techniques of allegory to produce a crisis of interpretation. By
promoting and perpetuating misreading, it mirrors the pervasive climate of error that produced this text.
As a whole the thesis documents three transitions. It traces the emergence of a parodic method of literary and political representation which eventually overwhelms any claims Swift's writing might once have made to positive
advocacy. Once considered the dominant and definitive voice of 1720s Ireland, Swift is re-appraised as one writer among many, and his writing as a product of his society rather than an authoritative comment on it. Finally, the Presbyterians of Ireland are shown to emerge by the end of the decade as the primary focus for the anxieties and aggressions that animate Swift's occasional writings
Crossomeles copei Nearns & Swift 2022, sp. nov.
No full textCrossomeles copei Nearns & Swift, sp. nov. (Figures 1a–d, 5c, 5g, 5k) Description. Male (Figs. 1a–d, 5c, g, k). Length 16.5–17.5 mm (measured from frons to abdominal apex), width 2.2–2.3 mm (measured across humeri). Habitus as in Fig. 1a. Form moderate sized, elongate; integument testaceous with portions black, dark brown, and reddish orange. Head. Frons black with fine, dense yellow pubescence; eyes large, globose, narrowly separated in front by about 6 ommatidia; frons with narrow, shallow median suture; genae about 1/4 as long as lower eye lobe (Figs. 1c, 5c); vertex irregularly punctate; antennae extending to near apex of abdominal segment II; antennomeres orangish to brownish; antennomeres I–VI with several long and erect setae beneath, VI–XI slightly expanded apically; with small, indistinct sensory pores on dorsal and ventral surface of each antennomere. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape=0.70; II=0.25; III=1.00; IV=0.55; V=0.90; VI=0.80; VII=0.85; VIII=0.80; IX=0.75; X=0.70; XI=0.80. Thorax. Pronotum black, elongate, subcylindrical, about 1.20 times as long as wide (Figs. 1a, b, 5g); disk coarsely, deeply, subconfluently alveolate, pubescence dense across apex, base, and down sides dense; prosternum clothed with long, suberect setae; mesoventrite densely clothed at sides with fine, golden, appressed pubescence; metaventrite moderately densely punctate, moderately densely clothed with short, golden, appressed pubescence along top margin and on posterior end. Mesanepisternum densely clothed with appressed pale yellow pubescence. Mesepimeron with sparse pale yellow setae. Metanespisternum with sparse pale yellow setae on anterior half, densely clothed with appressed pale yellow pubescence on posterior half. Scutellum densely clothed with appressed pale yellow pubescence. Elytra extending to near base of abdominal segment I; disk shining, testaceous, base yellowish inside of humeri, humeri orangish, margins narrowly black; punctures moderately dense, becoming finer toward apex; pubescence sparse, long, erect and suberect, each seta rising out of a puncture; each elytron strongly dehiscent and narrowing from behind basal fourth; apices rounded. Legs. Pro- and mesolegs reddish orange; pro- and mesofemora strongly clavate, short; metafemora elongate, widening slightly at apical third; basal half brownish, apical half reddish orange (Fig. 1d); metatibiae with basal half brownish black, apical half reddish orange; with a sparse brush of orangish setae on apical two-thirds (Fig. 5k). Metatarsomere I distinctly longer than II–IV combined. Abdomen. Elongate, slender, broadening slightly toward apex, predominantly yellow with portions reddishorange (Figs. 1a, d); ventrites progressively more densely punctate from first; pubescence sparse; last ventrite shallowly impressed medially. Female. Unknown. Diagnosis and remarks. This species can be separated from congeners by the elytra shorter, extending to about base of abdominal segment I, broadly rounded apically; metatibiae without dense brush of suberect setae; and genae about a 1/4 as long as lower eye lobe. Type material. Holotype, male (Figs. 1a–d): “ Mexico, Q. Roo, 1 km N Xel-Ha, on Croton flowers, 16, VI- 2016, Cope Collection” (NMNH). Paratypes, 2 males, same data as holotype (NMNH, JCPC). Etymology. This species is named for James (Jim) Cope (JSCC), who collected all three known specimens. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case.Published as part of Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2022, Descriptions and new records in longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Central America, pp. 39-48 in Zootaxa 5141 (1) on pages 40-42, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/657770
Monneoncideres Nearns and Swift 2011, gen. nov.
No full textMonneoncideres Nearns and Swift, gen. nov. (Figures 3 a-d) Type species. Monneoncideres cristata Nearns and Swift, sp. nov, here designated. Description. General form elongate-ovate, robust, moderate-sized. Head with frons flat, subquadrate or elongate. Eyes with lower lobes large, oblong, moderately separated. Antennae short, not distinctly longer than body; antennal tubercles prominent, moderately separated; scape clavate, antennomere III longest. Pronotum subcylindrical, wider at base, transverse, sides with acute protuberance each side behind middle; disk with three tubercles, median tubercle glabrous. Elytra with humeri prominent, anterior margin arcuate, angle with several round, shiny tubercles. Legs moderate to short in length; femora clavate apically; tibiae slightly expanded apically. Etymology. This distinctive genus is named for Miguel A. Monné with appreciation for his friendship, encouragement, and inspiration. The name is derived from the surname “Monné” and “ Oncideres;” the gender is feminine. Diagnosis and Remarks. This genus superficially resembles some species of Oncideres Lacordaire, 1830 and Psyllotoxoides Breuning, 1961 but can be distinguished by the combination of the following characters: eyes with lower lobes large; frons distinctly flat; pronotum with glabrous median tubercle; and base of elytra with arcuate, strongly elevated cristae.Published as part of Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2011, New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2011 (192) on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516122
Tibiosioma martinsi Nearns and Swift 2011, sp. nov.
No full textTibiosioma martinsi Nearns and Swift, sp. nov. (Figures 5 a-d) Description. Male. Length 10.0- 18.5 mm (measured from vertex to elytral apices), width 4.5-5.5 mm (measured across humeri). Habitus as in Fig. 5a. General form elongate-ovate, moderate-sized. Integument ferrugineous with brown, white, and testaceous pubescence; pronotum with distinct longitudinal, testaceous vitta at center; scutellum testaceous; elytra densely speckled with white and testaceous pubescence. Head with frons elongate, about 2 times width of lower eye lobe (Fig. 5c). Eyes with lower lobes oblong; narrowest area connecting upper and lower eye lobes about 3-4 ommatidia wide. Genae elongate, a little shorter than lower eye lobes. Antennae about 1.3 times longer than body; antennal tubercles prominent, moderately separated; tubercles armed at apex with short blunt tooth; scape robust, gradually expanded to apex, slightly clavate, a little shorter than antennomere III, about as long as IV; basal 2/3 of scape transversely rugose; antennomere III slightly curved; antennomeres IV-X becoming progressively shorter, XI a little longer than X; basal 1/2 of antennomeres IV, VI, VIII, and X with distinctly lighter pubescence. Pronotum distinctly conical, wider at base, transverse, about 1.5 times as wide as long, sides nearly straight, slightly arcuate, without lateral protuberances (Fig. 5a); disk with three feebly elevated tubercles, sometimes absent; disk shallowly, sparsely punctate. Scutellum transverse, sides straight, oblique, apex rounded. Elytra about 1.6 times as long as width at humeri (Fig. 5a), about 4.4 times as long as pronotal length, about 1.4 times broader basally than pronotum at widest (at base); sides nearly straight, gradually rounded to apices at apical 1/3, elytral apices individually rounded; base of each elytron with a feeble, broad gibbosity; basal 1/3 of elytra with dense punctation, surface coarsely punctate; humeri prominent, anterior margin arcuate, angle with broad, obtuse tubercle. Venter with procoxae large, globose, not uncate (Fig. 5b); narrowest area of prosternal process between procoxae about 1/5 as wide as procoxal cavity; apex of prosternal process subtriangular. Mesosternal process about as wide as mesocoxal cavity; mesosternal process deeply emarginate. Fifth sternite about twice as long as IV, apex emarginate. Legs moderate in length; profemora robust, transversely rugose at base; meso- and metafemora clavate apically; meso- and metatibiae distinctly expanded apically; meso- and metatibiae with distinct, longitudinally depressed areas on both inner and outer surfaces (Fig. 5d); metafemora about 1/3 as long as elytra. Female. Unknown. Type Material. Holotype, male (Fig. 5 a-d), “ ECUADOR: Napo Pr., 24 km E Atahualpa, 09-12 Sept 2004, F. T. Hovore, coll.” (CASC). Two paratypes: one male, same data as holotype (CASC); one male, “ Ecuador: Napo, Res. Ethnica Waorani, 1km S. Okone Gare Camp, Trans. Ent. 3 Oct. 1996, 220 m. 00 o 39’10”S 076 o 26’W, T. L. Erwin, et. al.” (ENPC). Etymology. We are pleased to name this species in honor of Ubirajara R. Martins, for his friendship and many contributions to the study of Neotropical Cerambycidae. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case. Diagnosis and Remarks. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: pronotum with longitudinal, testaceous vitta at center; elytra densely speckled with white and testaceous pubescence; and procoxae in males not uncate. This species is described from three male specimens and female specimens are unknown. Nothing is known about the habitat and behavior of this species. The geographic range of this genus (previously known from Bolivia and Brazil) is extended to Ecuador.Published as part of Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2011, New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2011 (192) on page 14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516122
Hesycha tavakiliani Nearns and Swift 2011, sp. nov.
No full textHesycha tavakiliani Nearns and Swift, sp. nov. (Figures 1 a-d) Description. Female. Length 10.2-11.8 mm (measured from vertex to elytral apices), width 4.3-5.3 mm (measured across humeri). Habitus as in Fig. 1a. General form elongate-oblong, moderate-sized. Integument ferrugineous, with portions of scutellum, apical 1/3 of elytra, and tibial apices with dark brown or black pubescence; portions of pronotum and elytra with ochraceous, dark brown, black, and white pubescence. Head with frons roughly subquadrate, about 5 times width of lower eye lobe (as in Fig. 1c). Eyes with lower lobes small, ovate-oblong; narrowest area connecting upper and lower eye lobes about 1-2 ommatidia wide. Genae elongate, a little taller than lower eye lobes. Antennae slightly longer than body; antennal tubercles prominent, moderately separated; tubercles armed at apex with short blunt tooth; scape robust, clavate, a little shorter than antennomere III, about as long as IV; antennomere III strongly sinuate; antennomeres IV-XI becoming progressively shorter; basal 1/2 of III-X with distinctly lighter pubescence. Pronotum slightly conical, slightly wider at base, transverse, about 1.3 times as wide as long, sides irregular, with a small, acute protuberance each side behind middle (Fig. 1d); disk with three moderately elevated tubercles, median tubercle oval, lateral tubercles reniform and more prominent; disk with 4 coarse punctures at basal transverse sulcus. Scutellum transverse, apex rounded. Elytra about 1.75 times as long as width at humeri (Fig. 1a), about 4 times as long as pronotal length, about 1.5 times broader basally than pronotum at widest (at base); lateral margins nearly straight, distinctly attenuate to apices, elytral apices obliquely truncate; base of each elytron with a feeble, broad gibbosity; basal 1/3 of elytra with moderate punctation, surface coarsely punctate; humeri prominent, anterior margin arcuate, angle with an obtuse tubercle. Venter with procoxae large, globose, not uncate; narrowest area of prosternal process between procoxae about 1/4 as wide as procoxal cavity; apex of prosternal process subtriangular. Mesosternal process about as wide as mesocoxal cavity; mesosternal process subtruncate-rounded. Fifth sternite about 1.5 times as long as IV, with a median triangular impression. Legs moderate in length; profemora robust; meso- and metafemora clavate apically; tibiae expanded apically; metafemora about 1/3 as long as elytra. Male. Unknown. Type Material. Holotype, female (Fig. 1 a-b, d), “Pedra Azul, 700 m, M. Gerais, Brasil, XI.972, Seabra & Oliveira; Coleção Fragoso” (MNRJ). One paratype, female, same data as holotype (MNRJ). Etymology. We are pleased to name this species in honor of Gérard L. Tavakilian, for his collaboration and many contributions to the study of Neotropical Cerambycidae. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case. Diagnosis and Remarks. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following characters: pronotum with a small, acute protuberance each side behind middle; scutellum with dark brown pubescence and longitudinal, ochraceous line at center; and apical 1/3 of elytra with distinct dark brown and white pubescence. This species is described from two female specimens, males are unknown. Nothing is known about the habitat and behavior of this species; however, both known specimens were collected at 700 m elevation.Published as part of Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2011, New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2011 (192) on pages 3-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516122
Trestonia wappesi Nearns and Swift 2011, sp. nov.
No full textTrestonia wappesi Nearns and Swift, sp. nov. (Figures 6 a-c) Description. Male. Length 8.7 mm (measured from vertex to elytral apices), width 2.7 mm (measured across humeri). Habitus as in Fig. 6a. General form elongate, subcylindrical, moderate-sized. Integument ferrugineous and dark brown with white, dark brown, ferrugineous, and ochraceous pubescence; scutellum, basal 2/3 of elytra, and venter with white pubescence; apical 1/3 of elytra distinctly darker, with dark brown and testaceous pubescence. Head with frons roughly subquadrate, about 3.5 times width of lower eye lobe (Fig. 6b). Eyes with lower lobes oblong; narrowest area connecting upper and lower eye lobes about two ommatidia wide. Genae elongate, about 2/3 as tall as lower eye lobes. Antennae about 1.5 times as long as body; antennal tubercles prominent, widely separated; tubercles armed at apex with short blunt tooth; scape robust, strongly clavate, a little shorter than antennomere III and IV; antennomere III slightly sinuous, about as long as IV; antennomeres IV-X becoming progressively shorter, XI distinctly longer than X; basal 1/2 of antennomeres IV-VIII with distinctly lighter pubescence. Pronotum subcylindrical, slightly narrower at base, slightly transverse, about 1.1 times as wide as long, sides slightly sinuous, without lateral protuberances (Fig. 6a); disk with three feebly elevated tubercles; disk microsculptured and shallowly, sparsely punctate. Scutellum transverse, sides straight, oblique, apex rounded. Elytra about 2.25 times as long as width at humeri (Fig. 6a), about 3.6 times as long as pronotal length, about 1.25 times broader basally than pronotum at widest (at apex); sides straight, nearly parallel, elytral apices individually rounded; base of each elytron with a feeble gibbosity; basal 1/3 of elytra with dense punctation, surface coarsely punctate; humeri slightly prominent, anterior margin arcuate, angle with small, obtuse tubercle. Venter with procoxae moderate, globose, not uncate (Fig. 6c); narrowest area of prosternal process between procoxae about 1/5 as wide as procoxal cavity; apex of prosternal process subtriangular. Mesosternal process about 1/2 as wide as mesocoxal cavity; mesosternal process deeply emarginate. Fifth sternite about as long as IV, apex feebly emarginate. Legs short in length; femora clavate apically; tibiae slightly expanded apically; metafemora about 1/4- 1/5 as long as elytra. Female. Length 9.9 mm (measured from vertex to elytral apices), width 3.0 mm (measured across humeri). Similar to male except antennae only slightly longer than body; antennomere XI shorter than X; fifth sternite about twice as long as IV, with a median triangular impression. Type Material. Holotype, male (Fig. 6 a-b), “ PANAMA, Bayano Dist., 15 km W Ipeti, May 5 1984, E. Giesbert coll.” (FSCA). Allotype, female, same data as holotype (FSCA). Etymology. We take pleasure in naming this species for James E. Wappes with appreciation for his friendship, encouragement, and inspiration. Jim has collected extensively in the Neotropics and has contributed greatly to our knowledge of Cerambycidae. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case. Diagnosis and Remarks. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following combination of characters: elytral with predominantly white pubescence except darker maculae at apical 1/3; venter with predominantly white pubescence; and distinctly small form. Three other species in this genus are known from Panama, but are not easily confused with T. wappesi. This species is most similar to Trestonia grisea Martins and Galileo, 1990 but can be separated by the shorter antennae (more than twice as long as body in male of T. grisea), antennomere IV length (distinctly longer than III in T. grisea); elytra proportions (more elongate in T. grisea), and the mottled pubescence of the head (with predominantly testaceous pubescence in T. grisea). Nothing is known about the habitat and behavior of this species; however, Martins (1975) reported that members of this genus oviposit in dead wood.Published as part of Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2011, New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2011 (192) on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.516122
Pseudosparna marilenae Nearns & Swift & Santos-Silva 2023, sp. nov.
No full textPseudosparna marilenae sp. nov. Figures 42–45 Description. Holotype male (Fig. 42–45). Integument mostly dark brown; legs and antennomere IV light brown; prothorax reddish-pink except at base, which is dark brown. Head. Vertical, subquadrate, frons with medial suture extending from clypeus to behind antennae, with scattered short, light colored, appressed setae, becoming darker between and behind antennal insertions. Eyes deeply emarginate, narrowest portion adjacent to antennae 3 ommatidia wide, upper lobe small, narrow. Genae slightly shorter than lower eye lobe. Antennae elongate, surpassing elytral apices by about 4 antennomeres. Scape elongate and cylindrical, slightly expanded apically, attaining mesocoxae in lateral view; antennomere III dark brown, moderately clothed in short, appressed, black setae, shorter than scape, longer IV; IV light brown, apical 1/8 dark brown, slightly longer than V; V-XI each similar in size and vestiture; antennomeres I-VI with few short, scattered, erect setae. Antennal formula based on length of antennomere III: scape = 1.3; pedicel = 0.05; IV = 0.80; V = 0.80; VI = 0.80; VII = 0.70; VIII = 0.70; IX = 0.70; X = 0.55; XI = 0.65. Thorax. Prothorax transverse, densely clothed dorsally in short, appressed, orangish pink setae, becoming sparse and dark brown to black ventrally; pleura with acute tubercles placed at basal 1/3 of pronotum, each feebly reflexed, about as wide as elytral humeri. Prosternum clothed in moderately dense pale setae; prosternal process narrow between coxae, expanded posteriorly, procoxal cavities closed. Mesoventrite of similar vestiture as prosternum, slightly exceeding midline of mesocoxae posteriorly, apex truncate. Metaventrite of similar vestiture to prosternum and mesoventrite, broad, flattened, unmodified; medial suture present for length of metaventrite. Elytra. Finely, abundantly punctate on anterior 3/4, gradually sparser toward apex; apex spiniform at outer angle, sinuously slightly oblique toward rounded sutural angle; with long, erect, sparse black setae throughout. Legs. With abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument; mesotibiae with short, erect black setae from basal quarter ventrally and from middle dorsally, distinctly denser about posterior third; metatibiae with short, erect, sparse black setae from basal quarter ventrally and from base dorsally, distinctly denser on posterior third. Protibiae armed with small tooth near middle, apical edge of tooth serrate with about 5 peaks (Fig. 43, 45). Metatarsomere I slightly longer than twice length of II–III together. Abdomen. Ventrites with abundant yellowish pubescence not obscuring integument; apex of ventrite 5 subtruncate. Female. Unknown. Dimensions (mm) (holotype). Total length, 6.50; prothoracic length, 1.1; anterior prothoracic width, 1.3; posterior prothoracic width, 1.5; maximum prothoracic width, 2.3; humeral width, 1.9; elytral length, 5.1. Type material. Holotype, male: “ PANAMA Chiriqui Prv. Cont’l divide trail 3-4-VII-1997 Wappes & Morris” (NMNH). Etymology. We are pleased to name this species for Marilena (Marilou) Salamanou (Easy Greek YouTube channel and podcast, Athens, Greece), for her friendship, generosity, and commitment to bringing people together through language. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case. Diagnosis and remarks. This species can be separated from congeners by the distinct projections on the protibiae on male specimens and the lack of pale colored ventrites IV-V. In Pseudosparna mantis, males have distinct projections on both the profemora and protibiae and ventrites IV-V are distinctly yellowish. In Pseudosparna dimitrisi sp. nov., both males and females lack distinct projections on the prolegs as well as pale colored ventrites.Published as part of Nearns, Eugenio H., Swift, Ian P. & Santos-Silva, Antonio, 2023, Three new species of longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with notes on additional taxa, pp. 137-156 in Zootaxa 5228 (2) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/753224
Lesbates milleri Nearns and Swift 2011, sp. nov.
No full text<i>Lesbates milleri</i> Nearns and Swift, sp. nov. <p>(Figures 2 a-c)</p> <p> <b>Description. Male</b>. Length 17.0 mm (measured from vertex to elytral apices), width 7.0 mm (measured across humeri). Habitus as in Fig. 2a. General form elongate-ovate, robust, moderate-sized. Integument ferrugineous with off-white and light brown pubescence.</p> <p>Head with frons elongate, about 3 times width of lower eye lobe (Fig. 2c). Eyes with lower lobes small, ovate-oblong; narrowest area connecting upper and lower eye lobes about 2-3 ommatidia wide. Genae elongate, about 1.5 times taller than lower eye lobes.</p> <p>Antennae about twice as long as body; antennal tubercles prominent, narrowly separated, contiguous at base; tubercles armed at apex with short blunt tooth; scape robust, gradually clavate, about 2/3 as long as antennomere III, a little shorter than IV; basal 2/3 of scape transversely rugose; antennomere III slightly sinuate; antennomeres V-IX about equal in length; antennomere X slightly longer than IX, subequal to XI.</p> <p>Pronotum distinctly conical, wider at base, transverse, about 1.5 times as wide as long, sides nearly straight, without lateral protuberances (Fig. 2a); disk tumid, with three moderately elevated tubercles, median tubercle small, oval, lateral tubercles larger, traversed by a shallow, oblique, linear impression; entire disk coarsely, moderately punctate.</p> <p>Scutellum transverse, sides straight, oblique, apex feebly emarginate.</p> <p>Elytra about 1.6 times as long as width at humeri (Fig. 2a), about 3.5 times as long as pronotal length, about 1.4 times broader basally than pronotum at widest (at base); sides nearly straight, slightly sinuous, attenuate to apices, elytral apices individually rounded; base of each elytron with an elongate, moderately distinct gibbosity; basal 1/3 of elytra with moderate punctation, surface coarsely granulatepunctate; humeri prominent, without distinct crest, anterior margin arcuate, oblique, angle with large tubercle which is obliquely truncate at apex.</p> <p>Venter with procoxae large, globose, anteriorly with a robust, short uncus; narrowest area of prosternal process between procoxae about 1/5 as wide as procoxal cavity; apex of prosternal process subtriangular. Mesosternal process about as wide as mesocoxal cavity; deeply emarginate. Fifth sternite about 1.5 times as long as IV, apex feebly emarginate.</p> <p>Legs moderate in length; profemora robust, transversely rugose basally; meso- and metafemora clavate apically; tibiae expanded apically; metafemora about 1/3 as long as elytra.</p> <p> <b>Female</b>. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Type Material</b>. Holotype, male (Fig. 2 a-c), “Venez.a [sic], 26167, Fry Coll. 1905.100” (BMNH).</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. This species is named for Kelly B. Miller, for his friendship and camaraderie in the field, and for his many contributions to the study of Coleoptera. The epithet is a noun in the genitive case.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis and Remarks</b>. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: humeri without distinct crest; sternites I-IV not glabrous at center; and relatively drab coloration. <i>Lesbates milleri</i> is most similar to <i>L. carissima</i> (Fig. 2d) but can be distinguished by the moderate punctation at basal1/3 of elytra (dense in <i>L. carissima</i>); basal 1/3 of elytra with surface coarsely punctate (granulate-punctate in <i>L. carissima</i>); and the pubescence of sternites I-IV at center (glabrous at center in <i>L. carissima</i>).This species is described from a single male specimen and female specimens are unknown. Nothing is known about the habitat and behavior of this species. The geographic range of this genus (previously known only from Brazil) is extended to Venezuela.</p>Published as part of <i>Nearns, Eugenio H. & Swift, Ian P., 2011, New taxa and combinations in Onciderini Thomson, 1860 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), pp. 1-27 in Insecta Mundi 2011 (192)</i> on page 6, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5161227">10.5281/zenodo.5161227</a>
Efeito de fungos termófilos sobre madeira de Eucalyptus saligna Sm. II. Aspergillus sp., Dactulomyces thermophilus Sopp., Penicillium bacillisporum Swift, Rhizomucor sp. E Sporotrichum sp.
No full textMadeira esterilizada de Eucalyptus saligna Sm. foi inoculada com cinco fungos termófilos: Aspergillus sp., Dactylomyces thermophilus Sopp., Penicillium bacillisporum Swift, Rhizomucor sp. e Sporotrichum sp. e incubada a 45°C, para verificar o efeito sobre os componentes químicos. Houve redução somente nos teores de extrativos e de açucares livres em etanol 80%, promovida pela esterilização e pela ação dos fungos. A maior eliminação dos componentes ocorreu em função do fungo estudado: extrativos totais, solúveis em água quente e solúveis em etanol-tolueno 2:1 por Sporotrichum sp.; solúveis em diclorometano por Aspergillus sp. e açúcares livres em etanol por D. thermophilus
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