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Cochlorhinus pluto Uhler C 1876
No full textCochlorhinus pluto Uhler, 1876 (Fig. 2B, C) Material. USA, 2 ♁, 3 ♀, California, Monterey Co., rt. 101 exit San Ardo, 5 V 1998 (Rakitov); 1 ♁, California, Rt. 74, 4 mi. E of Hemet, 33.71111° N, 116.77822° W, 2169 ft., 25 V 2002 (Zahniser). Description. Coloration dirty yellow with brownish color pattern. Crown with pair of small oval spots at posterior margin. Notum and abdomen with two broad longitudinal stripes, which brighter on abdomen; pale median stripe about as wide as dark stripes; lateral margins of tergites pale. Venter pale, laterotergites slightly darkened. Face pale with dark brown color pattern; two stripes pass from top of face to antennal pits, stripes broken with pale epistomal suture; small spots above antennal pits. Antenna with dark ring on pedicel. Proepimeron with dark longitudinal stripe. Body length 4.1–4.9 mm; head width 1.3–1.4 mm.Published as part of Dmitriev, Dmitry, 2009, Nymphs of some Nearctic leafhoppers (Homoptera, Cicadellidae) with description of a new tribe, pp. 13-33 in ZooKeys 29 (29) on page 21, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.29.223, http://zenodo.org/record/57657
Machaerotypus Uhler 1896
No full textGenus Machaerotypus Uhler, 1896 Figs 1–6, 8 Machaerotypus Uhler, 1896: 30. Machaerotypus – Goding 1931: 303. — Kato 1940: 147. — Funkhouser 1950: 207. — Metcalf & Wade 1965: 416. — Chou & Yuan 1981: 103. — McKamey 1998: 70. — Yuan & Chou 1988: 72; 2002: 254. Type species Machaerotypus sellatus Uhler, 1896 = M. sibirica (Lethierry, 1896). Diagnosis Body usually with bright red markings. Head with vertex slightly to strongly arcuate dorsally, ventral margins oblique. Ocelli ovoid, closer to inner margin of eyes than to each other. Suprahumeral horns rounded, each with crescent-shaped ridge, not extended laterad of humeral angles. Posterior pronotal process mostly concealing scutellum, depressed at base, flat or with slight bulge in center. Humeral angle triangular and stout. Callosity smooth or slightly bristly. Scutellum exposed on both sides and at apex. Forewing multi-striped or hyaline, base with opaque sclerotization. Metathoracic tibia with three longitudinal rows of cucullate setae, trochanter without teeth. Remarks Compared with Yuan & Chou’s (2002) record, pronotum characteristics of four species, M. subinermis, M. ishiharai, M. stigmosus Li & Chen sp.nov., and M. nodulus Li & Chen sp.nov., were supplemented, and the key to species of Machaerotypus was updated based on Yuan & Chou (2002). Host plant Unknown. Distribution China, Japan, Russia, Korea (Fig. 7). Checklist of species of Machaerotypus Uhler, 1896 M. arisanus (Kato, 1928); Japan, China (Taiwan). M. camelliae Chou & Yuan, 1981; China (Yunnan). M. ishiharai Kato, 1940; Japan (Honshu). M. mali Chou & Yuan, 1981; China (Shaanxi). M. nodulus Li & Chen sp. nov.; China (Guizhou). M. rubromarginatus Kato, 1940; China (Shaanxi, Liaoning). M. rubronigris Funkhouser, 1938; China (Zhejiang, Gansu). M. semirubronigris Yuan & Chou, 1992; China (Sichuan). M. sibiricus (Lethierry, 1876); Russia; Korea; Japan; China (Heilongjiang, Beijing, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan). M. stigmosus Li & Chen sp. nov.; China (Guizhou). M. subinermis Lindberg, 1927; Russia; Korea; China (Gansu, Heilongjiang). M. taibaiensis Yuan, 2002; China (Shaanxi). M. yananensis Chou & Yuan, 1981; China (Shaanxi). Key to species of Machaerotypus Uhler, 1896 (based on Chou & Yuan 2002) 1. Body or pronotum with obviously reddish markings....................................................................... 2 – Body dark or brown.......................................................................................................................... 8 2. Reddish markings on pronotum trident shaped (Fig. 8A, a)......... M. camelliae Chou & Yuan, 1981 – Reddish markings on pronotum non-trident shaped......................................................................... 3 3. Half of suprahumeral horn reddish (Fig. 8D, d)................ M. semirubronigris Yuan & Chou, 1992 – Suprahumeral horn entirely reddish.................................................................................................. 4 4. Posterior pronotal process with one reddish band (Fig. 8B, b).... M. rubronigris Funkhouser, 1938 – Reddish markings on posterior pronotal process more extensive, Y-shaped.................................... 5 5. Anterior parts of reddish Y-shaped pronotal marking enlarged (Fig. 8G, g)...................................................................................................................................................... M. mali Chou & Yuan, 1981 – Anterior parts of reddish Y-shaped marking narrow......................................................................... 6 6. Posterior pronotal process almost entirely reddish (Fig. 8C, c)..... M. rubromarginatus Kato, 1940 – Center of posterior pronotal process in dorsal view brown or black................................................ 7 7. Forewing with a hyaline transverse band near center............................... M. taibaiensis Yuan, 2002 – Forewing brown and slightly shallow edge................................ M. yananensis Chou & Yuan, 1981 8. Forewing veins with small nodules.................................................................................................. 9 – Forewing veins without nodules..................................................................................................... 10 9. Posterior pronotal process flat (Fig. 8J)............................................. M. subinermis Lindberg, 1927 – Posterior pronotal process with dorsal margin arched (Fig. 8M)...... M. nodulus Li & Chen sp. nov. 10. The apex of posterior pronotal process curved (Fig. 8L).......................... M. arisanus (Kato, 1928) – The apex of posterior pronotal process flat......................................................................................11 11. Posterior pronotal process with two depressions (Fig. 8I).......................... M. ishiharai Kato, 1940 – Posterior pronotal process with one depression.............................................................................. 12 12. Posterior pronotal process flat or slightly expanded (Fig. 8K)............ M. sibiricus (Lethierry, 1876) – Posterior pronotal process obviously expanded in lateral view (Fig. 8H).................................................................................................................................................. M. stigmosus Li & Chen sp. nov.Published as part of Yang, Lin, Long, Jian-Kun, Chang, Zhi-Min & Chen, Xiang-Sheng, 2022, Two new species of the treehopper genus Machaerotypus Uhler, 1896 from China (Hemiptera: Membracidae: Centrotinae), pp. 64-79 in European Journal of Taxonomy 826 (1) on pages 65-67, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.826.1835, http://zenodo.org/record/676166
Banasa lenticularis Uhler 1849
No full textBanasa lenticularis Uhler, 1849 Examined material (n=1). Pará. 1 ♂, Ourém, Patauateua. Distribution. A—Pará. C—United States of America, Mexico, Honduras, West Indies, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana and Suriname (Becker & Grazia-Vieira 1977; Thomas & Yonke 1988, 1990; Cambra et al. 2018).Published as part of Silva, Valeria Juliete Da, Santos, Cleverson Rannieri Meira Dos & Fernandes, Jose Antonio Marin, 2018, Stink bugs (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) from Brazilian Amazon: checklist and new records, pp. 401-455 in Zootaxa 4425 (3) on page 441, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4425.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/126751
Ptilomera (Ptilomera) tigrina Uhler 1860
No full text<i>Ptilomera (P.) tigrina</i> Uhler, 1860 <p>(Figs. 5A–J)</p> <p> <i>Ptilomera tigrina</i> Uhler, 1860. <i>Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia,</i> 12, 230 (type locality: Hong Kong).</p> <p> <b>Material examined. INDIA,</b> ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS, <b>South Andaman District,</b> 1 apt. ♀, 2 nymphs, Wimberleygunj, Jan. 1930, Coll. Not mentioned; 2 apt. ♀, 1 nymph, Humphrygunj, 7.iii.1964, Coll. B.S. Lamba; 4 apt. ♂, 8 apt. ♀, Mannar Ghat, Wright Myo, 24.iii.1964, Coll. B.S. Lamba; 1 apt. ♂, 6 apt. ♀, 1 nymph, South Andaman, Shoalbay-8, 30.xii.2013, Coll. G. Srinivasan; 1 apt. ♂, 7 apt. ♀, South Andaman, Aniket near Mazad Pahad, 31.xii.2013, Coll. G. Srinivasan. <b>North</b> and Middle Andaman District, 4 apt. ♂, 1 mac-da ♂, 3 apt. ♀, 1 nymph, Saddle Peak National Park, 16.xii.2013, Coll. G. Srinivasan. Reg. No. 4042/H15 to 4044/H15 and Reg. No. 5743/H15 to Reg. No. 5745/H15.</p> <p> <b>Repository.</b> The specimens are deposited in the National Zoological Collection, Hemiptera Section, Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Body length of apterous male 12.33–15.01, apterous female 11.74–13.46. Males of <i>Ptilomera tigrina</i> can easily be distinguished from those of all known congeners from India by the long abdominal tergum VIII and pygophore (Figs. 5A, C, D); the posteromedian process of the proctiger not exceeding its lateral process (Figs. 5A, C, I); the basal half of the male mid femur with thin and short setae and the apical half with intertwined slightly thick swimming setae (Fig. 5G); the apex of the lateral process of the male pygophore is pointed, without a setal tuft, and lies above and does not exceed the lateral process of the proctiger (Fig. 5A, C, D). Females can be identified by the presence of a bilobed lateral process of sternum VII (Fig. 5H) and the connexival process with a straight base (Fig. 5E).</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands (Andaman) (Polhemus & Starmühlner 1990 and Jehamalar & Chandra, 2013b), see Fig. 8B. Elsewhere: China, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam (Polhemus 2001).</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> This species has been reported as <i>P. harpyia</i> Schmidt, 1926 from the Andaman Islands by Polhemus & Starmühlner (1990), which was synonymised to <i>P. tigrina</i> Uhler, 1860 by Polhemus (1991).</p>Published as part of <i>Jehamalar, E. Eyarin, Chandra, Kailash, Basu, Srimoyee & Selvakumar, C., 2018, Review of Ptilomera (Ptilomera) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) from India, with description of a new species, pp. 501-518 in Zootaxa 4370 (5)</i> on page 512, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4370.5.3, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1147313">http://zenodo.org/record/1147313</a>
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
Mesovelia amoena Uhler 1894
No full text<i>Mesovelia amoena</i> Uhler, 1894 <p>(Figs. 14A–C, 15)</p> <p> <i>Mesovelia amoena</i> Uhler, 1894: 218 (original description).</p> <p> <b>Identification.</b> Our specimens were identified based on the body color brown; the body length around 2 mm; and the absence of black spinules on the ventral margin of the middle femur (Figs. 14A–C) (Moreira <i>et al</i>. 2008; Floriano <i>et al</i>. 2016a).</p> <p> <b>Material examined.</b> <b>BRAZIL</b>, <b>Rio Grande do Norte:</b> Balneáreo Pium, 20-IX-2019, 5°57’14.3”S 35°09’41.7”W; R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ apterous DPIC); Canguaretama, Rio Curimataú, 6°24’13.7”S, 35°08’03.8”W, 31-X-2020, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Itajá, açude em Itajá, 5°43’36.0”S, 36°46’20.9”W, 02-X-2020, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ macropterous CEAAVF); Nísia Floresta, riacho beira da praia de Búzios, 6°00’55.3”S, 35°06’32.2”W, 20-IX-2019, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Parnamirim, Riacho Taborda, 5°57’14.3”S, 35°09’41.7”W, 20-IX-2019, R.P. R. Canejo, A.L. Melo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Parnamirim, Rio Pitimbu, Vale Encantado, 5°55’56.3”S, 35°10’47.3”W, 17-VII-2022, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (1♀ apterous CEAAVF); Serra de São Bento, Riacho Macacos, 6°24’30.8”S, 35°41’45.1”W, 13-VIII-2022, R.P. R. Canejo leg. (5♀ apterous CEAAVF).</p>Published as part of <i>Canejo, Rafael P. R., Melo, Alan Lane De & Rodrigues, Higor D. D., 2023, Gerromorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the state of Rio Grande do Norte, northeastern Brazil, including a new synonymy, pp. 151-185 in Zootaxa 5357 (2)</i> on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.2.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/10017897">http://zenodo.org/record/10017897</a>
Carineta socia Uhler 1875
No full textCarineta socia Uhler, 1875 Carineta socia Uhler 1875: 285. (Lower Amazons, perhaps near Santarem, Pará, Brazil) REMARKS.—This is the last of a group of Ecuadorian species that are of similar size and general morphology including C. cyrili, C. dicrophryxothrix, C. gemella, and C. lichiana. The basal pygofer lobe is tapering, sinuate crossing the midline twice. It can be distinguished from all these species by the bronzing of the distal fore wings found in these species being replaced with longitudinal lines within of the fore wing apical cells in C. socia. The contrasting color of the abdomen quickly distinguishes specimens of C. gemella and C. lichiana. The pointed medial margin to the operculum of C. socia rather than the rounded medial margin distinguishes C. dicrophryxothrix. DISTRIBUTION.—The species has been reported from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana and Peru (Metcalf 1963c; Duffels & van der Laan 1985; Sanborn 2011a; 2013; 2019b; 2020b) and was recently added to the cicada fauna of Venezuela (Sanborn 2020a). The species has been recorded from Coca, Orellana province Bucay, Guayas province, Río Lliquino, Pastaza province, Baños, Tungurahua province Balzapamba, Bolívar province, Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas province, La Mona, Los Ríos province, and Tanti, Pinchicha province (Jacobi 1907a; Goding 1925). MATERIAL EXAMINED.— “ ECUADOR: Napo / Prov. 25km.e.Puerto / Napo, 450m. ix–1997 // B.&B. Valentin coll. // Cabanas / Alinahui / rainforest // Valentine / Coll’n / Rec. 2016” two males (FSCA); “ ECUADOR: Provincia de / Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S 00º 40.478 W076º 23.866 / A. Caranci, C. Taylor / 18.i.2010 Station Lights // UDCC_TCN 00049186 ” one male (UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Provincia de / Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S 00º 40.478 W076º 23.866 / A. Caranci, C. Taylor / 25.i.2010 Station Lights // UDCC_TCN 00049187 ” one male (UDCC); “ ECUADOR; Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478 W076 o 23.866 // 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex: @Hg Vapor light/night ” three males (UDCC), two males (AFSC); “ ECUADOR; Provincia / de Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S00 o 40.478 W076 o 23.866 / 25–IV–2005; CRBartlett / N Nazdrowicz, D Chang / ex: @Hg Vapor light/night ” one male (UDCC), one male (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Provincia de / Francisco de Orellana / Yasuni National Park / S 00º 40.478 W076º 23.866 / A. Caranci, C. Taylor / 23.i.2010 Station Lights ” one male (UDCC); “ ECUADOR: Sucumbios / Sacha Lodge. 0.5ºS / 76.5ºW. iii.1994 / P. Hibbs. MT 290m ” two males (LACM); “ ECUADOR: Napo Prov. / Estación Cientifica Yasunì / 00º 40’ 28”S, 76º 38’50”W / IX–5–10–1999, UV light / Coll. E.G. Riley, 215 m.” one male (TAMU), one male (AFSC); “ Ecuador, Orellana, Estacion / Cientifica Yasuni; to UV / & merc. vap. lights; 15–16Oct.2003 / D. Robacker, W. Warfield & M.H. Evans ” one male (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Pichincha / Prov., Tinlandia, E. / Alluriquin / 26–28–V–1976 / 700 m. elev. // netted / T. E. Rogers ” one male (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Pichincha / Prov., Tinlandia, / 10–17–VII–1980 / Howard V. Weems, Jr. ” one male (AFSC); “ ECUADOR: Napo: Yasuni / Res. Stn. 0 o 40.5’S / 76 o 24’W. UVMV light / 19 June 1999 / Dawn MV, V. Moseley ” one male (AFSC); “ Cicada Species / Family Cicadidae / Ecuador / Sucombios Prv / Zabalo River / 27–30 Mar 2001 / Coll: D.O. Beaver // Habitat; night light / (incandescent) / Coll Meth: hand net // Specimen from the / David Beaver Collection / Donated to MSU/ARC / March 2009 ” three females (MSUC); “ ECUADOR / Misahualli / ~ 350 m / 8–18 October 2001 / Mark Churchill coll.” one male (MSUC).Published as part of Sanborn, Allen F., 2020, The cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) of Ecuador including the description of five new species, a new subtribe, four new synonymies, and fifteen new records, pp. 1-80 in Zootaxa 4880 (1) on page 59, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4880.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/442552
Dycoderus picturatus Uhler
No full textDycoderus picturatus Uhler Figs 5, 6, 13–18 Dycoderus picturatus Uhler 1901: 508 (orig. descrip.); Slater 1964: 639 (cat.), 1974: 517 (note); Ashlock and A. Slater 1988: 209 (cat.). Diagnosis. Th is species is best distinguished by the generic characters given above, especially the shape of the pronotum (Fig. 6) and the larger, white maculae (Figs 13, 15, 17) on the corium. Description. Subbrachypterous lectotype male (Figs 13, 14): Overall coloration yellowish brown to almost reddish brown, with four white maculae on hemelytra. Dorsal surface of head, pronotum, scutellum, explanate costal margin, and wing membrane shiny; corium and clavus dull. Head reddish brown; eyes small, dark brown; ocelli tiny, indistinct, reddish. Labium yellowish brown, segment IV dark brown. Antenna yellowish brown, segment IV and apical half of III dark brown. Pronotum and scutellum reddish brown. Hemelytron largely brown to dark brown with basal third and apex white. Ventral surface brown to reddish brown, abdomen darker brown to fuscous laterally; acetabulae and posterior half of metapleuron white. Ostiolar evaporative area and auricle brown. Legs with femora brown to reddish brown; tibiae pale yellowish brown, slightly darker brown basally and distally. Head deeply and densely punctate. Pronotum deeply but less densely punctate, posterolateral angles swollen but not tuberculate; scutellum deeply, but more sparsely punctate, Figures Ι3–Ι8. Dycoderus picturatus Ι3, Ι4 Subbrachypterous lectotype male Ι3 Dorsal aspect Ι4 Lateral aspect Ι5, Ι6 Macropterous male Ι5 Dorsal aspect Ι6 Lateral aspect Ι7, Ι 8 Paralectotype female Ι7 Dorsal aspect Ι8 Lateral aspect. depressed through middle, apex weakly swollen above level of hemelytra. Hemelytron impunctate except for a few fine punctures on white basal third of corium. Dorsum with scattered, erect, pale setae; setae more dense on head and pronotum than on hemelytron. Total length 2.58 mm, width 0.99 mm. Head length 0.48 mm, width across eyes 0.62 mm; interocular width 0.42 mm, width between ocelli 0.32 mm. Labium: Total length 1.06 mm; segment I length 0.24 mm, II 0.26 mm, III 0.24 mm, IV 0.32 mm; extending to bases of middle coxae. Antenna: Segment I length 0.30 mm, II 0.45 mm, III 0.29 mm, IV 0.50 mm. Pronotum: Total length 0.69 mm, length of anterior lobe 0.43 mm, length of posterior lobe 0.25 mm, width of anterior lobe 0.66 mm, width of posterior lobe 0.70 mm, width of transverse impression 0.59 mm. Hemelytron length to apex of membrane 1.57 mm, length to apex of corium 1.20 mm. Macropterous male (Figs 15, 16): Similar to subbrachypterous male but with wings fully developed and membrane extending well beyond apex of abdomen. Length 3.14 mm, width 1.07 mm. Head: Length 0.51 mm, width 0.62 mm, interocular width 0.40 mm; width between ocelli 0.32 mm. Labium: Total length 1.06 mm, length of segment I 0.27 mm, II 0.26 mm, III 0.21 mm, IV 0.32 mm, extending to bases of middle coxae. Antenna: Missing. Pronotum: Total length 0.77 mm, length of anterior lobe 0.42 mm, length of posterior lobe 0.35 mm, width of anterior lobe 0.69 mm, width of posterior lobe 0.91 mm, width of transverse impression 0.66 mm. Hemelytron length to apex of membrane 2.20 mm, length to apex of corium 1.40 mm. Subbrachypterous paralectotype female (Figs 17, 18): Similar to subbrachypterous lectotype male in shape, size, and coloration. Length 3.01 mm, width 1.20 mm. Head: Length 0.45 mm, width across eyes 0.72 mm; interocular width 0.50 mm. Labium: Total length 1.10 mm, length of segment I 0.27 mm, II 0.32 mm, III 0.26 mm, IV 0.35 mm; extending to bases of middle coxae. Antenna: Length of segment I 0.26, II 0.40 mm, III 0.27 mm, IV 0.46 mm. Pronotum length 0.72 mm, length of anterior lobe 0.46 mm, width of anterior lobe 0.75 mm, length of posterior lobe 0.26 mm, width of posterior lobe 0.82 mm. Hemelytron length to apex of membrane 1.89 mm, length to apex of corium 1.33 mm. Distribution. Reported and known only from Arizona and Colorado in the Unit- ed States (Ashlock and A. Slater 1988). Discussion. Th is species is most similar to Notocoderus argentinus in overall appearance, but can be distinguished by the presence of ocelli, the subequally wide pronotal lobes, the lack of a tubercle on each posterolateral angle of the posterior lobe, and the larger white maculae on the corium. Type material examined . Lectotype. Male. (here designated to preserve nomenclatural stability): label 1, “Phoenix, Ariz, 5.97”; label 2, “Type”; label 3, “Remounted 1 Feb. 2008 ” (USNM). Paralectotypes: 1 female, same data as for lectotype (USNM); 1 female [head, pronotum, right hemelytron, and all legs missing], “Col.,” “ Dycoderus picturatus Uhler ” (in Uhler’s hand), “P. R. Uhler collection.,” “ Dycoderus picturatus Uhl. Lectotype (?), Det. H. G. Barber ” (USNM). Other specimens examined . 1 female, West Cliff, Colo. [? City]; Dycoderus picturatus Uhler det. H. G. Barber (USNM); 1 male, Garland, Col., 22 – 6, Hubbard & Schwarz (USNM); 2 females, Custer Co., Col., Aug., T. D. A. Cockerell (USNM). Acknowledgments Partial support (to PMD) for this work was provided by CONICET (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina). We thank David A. Nickle (Systematic Entomology Laboratory [SEL], ARS, USDA, c/o National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA), Michael G. Pogue (SEL), and Luis Cervantes Peredo (Instituto de Ecología, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico) for kindly reviewing the manuscript and offering suggestions for its improvement.Published as part of Henry, Thomas & Dellapé, Pablo, 2009, A new genus and species of Oxycarenidae (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea) from Argentina, pp. 49-59 in ZooKeys 25 (25) on pages 56-58, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.25.244, http://zenodo.org/record/57655
Mitomycin C in highly myopic eyes - Author reply
No full textOphthalmology. 2005 Feb;112(2):208-18; discussion 219.
Mitomycin C modulation of corneal wound healing after photorefractive keratectomy in highly myopic eyes.
Gambato C, Ghirlando A, Moretto E, Busato F, Midena E.
SourceRefractive Surgery Service and Antimetabolite Therapy Research Unit, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the role of topical mitomycin C in corneal wound healing (CWH) after photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) in highly myopic eyes.
DESIGN: Prospective, double-masked, randomized clinical trial.
PARTICIPANTS: Seventy-two eyes of 36 patients affected by high (>7 diopters) myopia.
METHODS: In each patient, one eye was randomly assigned to PRK with intraoperative topical 0.02% mitomycin C application, and the fellow eye was treated with a placebo. Postoperatively, mitomycin C-treated eyes received artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months), whereas the fellow eye was treated with fluorometholone sodium 2% and artificial tears (3 times daily, tapered in 3 months).
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Uncorrected visual acuity (UCVA) and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), contrast sensitivity, manifest refraction, and biomicroscopy. Contrast sensitivity was determined using the Pelli-Robson chart. Corneal confocal microscopy documented CWH.
RESULTS: Mean follow-up was 18 months (range, 12-36). No side effects or toxic effects were documented. At 12-month follow-up examination, UCVAs (logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution) were 0.4+/-0.48 and 0.5+/-0.53 (P = .03) in mitomycin C-treated eyes and corticosteroid-treated eyes, respectively. At 1 year, corneal haze developed in 20% of corticosteroid-treated eyes, versus 0% of mitomycin C-treated eyes. At 12, 24, and 36 months, corneal confocal microscopy showed activated keratocytes and extracellular matrix significantly more evident in untreated eyes (Ps = 0.004, 0.024, and 0.046, respectively).
CONCLUSION: Topical intraoperative application of 0.02% mitomycin C can reduce haze formation in highly myopic eyes undergoing PRK.
Comment in
Ophthalmology. 2006 Feb;113(2):357; author reply 357-8
Scaphoideus Uhler
No full text<i>Scaphoideus</i> Uhler <p> <i>Scaphoideus</i> Uhler, 1889: 33. Type species: <i>Jassus immistus</i> Say.</p> <p> <i>Hussa</i> Distant, 1908: 68. Type species: <i>Hussa insignis</i> Distant, by original designation.</p> <p> <i>Bolanus</i> Distant, 1918: 18. Type species: <i>Bolanus baeticus</i> Distant, by original designation. For the relationships and diagnosis of <i>Scaphoideus</i> see Oman (1949), Barnett (1977) and Viraktamath & Mohan (2004).</p> <p> <b>Remarks</b>. As mentioned in the description given by Viraktamath and Mohan (2004), the species of <i>Scaphoideus</i> differ widely in colour and male genitalia, and can be divided into three groups according to coloration: (1) body ochraceous to brown with a median longitudinal yellowish or whitish stripe extending to folded front wings; (2) body with transverse bands on vertex, pronotum and scutellum; (3) body with dark brown spots or bands on vertex, and longitudinal bands on pronotum and scutellum. In the first group, here referred to as the <i>Scaphoideus albovittatus</i> group, species are very similar in coloration and difficult to distinguish externally. Based on the number of spots on vertex and male genitalia, they can be divided into two morphotypes: 1) Vertex pale with four spots; style with preapical lobe not developed; subgenital plate with blunt distal end; and aedeagus without process, including S. <i>rostratus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, <i>S. albovittatus</i> Matsumura and <i>S. katraini</i>; 2) Vertex pale with three spots; style with preapical lobe well developed; subgenital plate with round distal end and aedeagus with pair of processes; including other nine species as in checklist.</p> <p> The known females of Chinese species of the <i>Scaphoideus albovittatus</i> group can be distinguished from each other mainly by the following characters: the posterior margin of sternite VII is well produced medially and forms a median lobe in <i>S. coniceus</i> (Fig. 4 B, F), <i>S. maai</i> (Fig. 4 D, H), <i>S. intermedius</i> and <i>S. kumamotonis</i> (Fig. 4 C, G), and the former species has the projection slightly elongated (Fig. 4 B, F), the last species has the projection conspicuous more elongated with a notch in the middle (Fig. 4 C, G); in <i>S</i>. <i>albovittatus</i> (Fig. 4 A, E), the sternite VII is broadly convex and lacks a distinct median lobe, and deeply incised in the middle. Other characteristics are similar among females.</p>Published as part of <i>Chen, Fangying, Dai, Wu & Zhang, Yalin, 2015, Review of species of the Scaphoideus albovittatus group (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from China, with a checklist and distribution summary for Chinese species in the genus, pp. 334-358 in Zootaxa 3904 (3)</i> on page 335, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.3.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/233530">http://zenodo.org/record/233530</a>
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