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Culicoides (Culicoides) neopulicaris Wirth 1955
No full text<i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Culicoides</i>) <i>neopulicaris</i> Wirth <p> <i>Culicoides neopulicaris</i> Wirth, 1955: 355 (Texas; Mexico).</p> <p> <i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Culicoides</i>) <i>neopulicaris</i>: Vargas 1960: 39 (in review of New World subgenera of <i>Culicoides</i>); Wirth 1965: 128 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution); Wirth and Blanton 1969: 229 (in review of North American species in <i>C</i>. <i>pulicaris</i> group; figs.; Costa Rica, El Salvador); Wirth et al. 1985: 12 (in Nearctic Wing Atlas; Louisiana); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 13 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> <i>Culicoides neopulicaris</i> is a moderately sized species, and like other North American species in the subgenus <i>Culicoides</i>, it has a very distinctive, contrasting wing pattern (Wirth et al. 1985). The feeding habits of <i>C. neopulicaris</i> are unknown, however, several other species in the subgenus <i>Culicoides</i> are primarily mammalophilic. These species include <i>C. freeborni</i> Wirth and Blanton, reported to feed on deer and jackrabbits; <i>C. neofagineus</i> Wirth and Blanton, known to feed on deer and quail; <i>C. cockerellii</i> (Coquillett), <i>C. frohnei</i> Wirth and Blanton, <i>C. tristriatulus</i> Hoffman, and <i>C. yukonensis</i> Hoffman, reported to feed on humans (Wirth and Blanton 1969). Wirth (1955) described <i>C. neopulicaris</i> from Texas and Mexico, Wirth and Blanton (1969) recorded it from Costa Rica and El Salvador, and Wirth et al. (1985) recorded it from Louisiana. We provide the first records from Alabama in the southwestern portion of that state.</p> <p> <b>New State Records.</b> ALABAMA, Clarke Co., Fred T. Stimpson Wildlife Management Area, 21 September 2011, 1 female. Marengo Co., Demopolis, David K. Nelson Wildlife Management Area, 19 September 2011, 1 female.</p>Published as part of <i>Vigil, Wlodkowski, John C., Joshua, Vargas, Shaw, David, Christopher, William L. Grogan, Jr. & Corn, Joseph L., 2014, New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from the southeastern United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 1-14 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (394)</i> on page 6, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5179761">10.5281/zenodo.5179761</a>
FIGURE 5 in Review of the genus Trichiotes Casey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Edrotini), with the description of a new species and a preliminary checklist of the Tenebrionidae from Cuatrociénegas, Mexico
No full textFIGURE 5. Pruinescence in Trichiotes Casey. A) Trichiotes seriatus (TB # 16355). B) Trichiotes lightfooti sp.nov. (TB # 16923), scale = 10 µm. P = waxy, filamentous pruinescence; S = seta.Published as part of Wirth, Christopher C. & Smith, Aaron D., 2017, Review of the genus Trichiotes Casey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Edrotini), with the description of a new species and a preliminary checklist of the Tenebrionidae from Cuatrociénegas, Mexico, pp. 533-542 in Zootaxa 4347 (3) on page 539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.6, http://zenodo.org/record/104864
Culicoides (Oecacta) barbosai Wirth and Blanton
No full text<i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Oecacta</i>) <i>barbosai</i> Wirth and Blanton <p> <i>Culicoides barbosai</i> Wirth and Blanton, 1956b: 161 (Panama; Bahamas, Ecuador, Florida).</p> <p> <i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Oecacta</i>) <i>barbosai</i>: Vargas 1960: 44 (in review of New World subgenera of <i>Culicoides</i>); Blanton and Wirth 1979: 58 (Florida records; distribution); Wirth et al. 1985: 28 (in Nearctic Wing Atlas; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 521 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 15 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> <i>Culicoides barbosai</i> is a coastal, primarily Neotropical species that has been recorded throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and northern South America (Borkent and Spinelli 2007). It is very similar to the related <i>C</i>. (<i>O</i>.) <i>furens</i> (Poey), and was confused with that species until it was described by Wirth and Blanton (1956b). The wing of <i>C. barbosai</i> lacks the small circular pale spot found on <i>C. furens,</i> located distad of the large pale spot beyond the apex of the costal vein. It is a serious pest in some coastal communities of Florida and the Caribbean, as females readily and frequently bite humans (Linley and Davies 1971). It is typically associated with mangrove swamps, coral, coquina, and sandy beaches, and brackish tidal marsh habitats in Florida (Blanton and Wirth 1979). In North America, it has only been reported from Florida (Wilkening et al. 1985; Borkent and Grogan 2009), but present as far north as Duval County on the extreme northeastern Atlantic coast and Bay County on the Gulf coast (Blanton and Wirth 1979; Cilek and Kline 2002). We provide the first record of <i>C. barbosai</i> from Georgia in Dooly County, located in the southwestern interior portion of that state. This specimen was trapped at a site along the Flint River, a major tributary of the Apalachicola River which has a broad delta on the Gulf of Mexico in northwestern Florida. We also include several new county records of <i>C</i>. <i>barbosai</i> from Florida.</p> <p> <b>New State Record.</b> GEORGIA, Dooly Co., Vienna, Flint River WMA, 6 August 2012, 2 females.</p> <p> <b>New</b> <b>Florida County Records.</b> FLORIDA, Charlotte Co., Punta Gorda, Charlotte Harbor Preserve State Park, 8 June 2009, 3 females; same data except 9 June 2009, 1 female; Port Charlotte, Tippecanoe Environmental Park, 6 June 2011, 1 female. De Soto Co., Arcadia, 22 April 2008, 3 females. Hendry Co., Clewiston, 18 June 2008, 1 male. Pasco Co., New Port Richey, Starkey Wilderness Preserve, 12 June 2011, 1 female.</p>Published as part of <i>Vigil, Wlodkowski, John C., Joshua, Vargas, Shaw, David, Christopher, William L. Grogan, Jr. & Corn, Joseph L., 2014, New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from the southeastern United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 1-14 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (394)</i> on page 9, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5179761">10.5281/zenodo.5179761</a>
Culicoides (Amossovia) beckae Wirth and Blanton
No full text<i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Amossovia</i>) <i>beckae</i> Wirth and Blanton <p> <i>Culicoides beckae</i> Wirth and Blanton, 1967: 213 (Florida); Gazeau and Messersmith 1970: 35 (Maryland record); Wirth et al. 1985: 20 (in Nearctic Wing Atlas).</p> <p> <i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Drymodesmyia</i>) <i>beckae</i>: Battle and Turner 1971: 26 (Virginia records)</p> <p> <i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Oecacta</i>) <i>beckae</i>: Blanton and Wirth 1979: 63 (Florida records; distribution); Wilkening et al. 1985: 522 (Florida records).</p> <p> <i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Amossovia</i>) <i>beckae</i>: Borkent and Grogan 2009: 12 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> <i>Culicoides beckae</i> is an uncommon species that closely resembles females of <i>C. villosipennis</i> Root and Hoffman and <i>C. ousairani</i> Khalaf, and males of <i>C. arboricola</i> Root and Hoffman. <i>Culicoides beckae</i> can be differentiated from these species by the female dark halteres and pale-banded hind femora, and more slender male parameres (Wirth and Blanton 1967). This species utilizes tree-holes for larval development like most other species in the subgenus <i>Amossovia</i> Glukhova (Lamberson et al. 1992), and like other species in this subgenus, it is ornithophilic (Garvin and Greiner 2003). This species inhabits the Coastal Plain from New York south to northern Florida and Alabama (Blanton and Wirth 1979; Borkent and Grogan 2009). We provide the first records of <i>C. beckae</i> from Mississippi and Louisiana.</p> <p> <b>New State Records.</b> LOUISIANA, Tensas Parish, Winnsboro, Big Lake Wildlife Management Area, 14 September 2012, 2 females. Caldwell Parish, Columbia, Boeuf Wildlife Management Area, 15 September 2012, 2 females. MISSISSIPPI, Adams Co., Garden City, Sandy Creek Wildlife Management Area, 25 September 2008, 1 female; same data except 12 July 2010, 1 female. Franklin Co., Meadville, Caston Creek Wildlife Management Area, 10 August 2012, 1 female.</p>Published as part of <i>Vigil, Wlodkowski, John C., Joshua, Vargas, Shaw, David, Christopher, William L. Grogan, Jr. & Corn, Joseph L., 2014, New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from the southeastern United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 1-14 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (394)</i> on page 3, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5179761">10.5281/zenodo.5179761</a>
A Mixed-Method Approach for Quantifying Illegal Fishing and Its Impact on an Endangered Fish Species
No full textIllegal harvest is recognized as a widespread problem in natural resource management. The use of multiple methods for quantifying illegal harvest has been widely recommended yet infrequently applied. We used a mixed-method approach to evaluate the extent, charac- ter, and motivations of illegal gillnet fishing in Lake Hovsgol National Park, Mongolia and its impact on the lake’s fish populations, especially that of the endangered endemic Hovsgol grayling (Thymallus nigrescens). Surveys for derelict fishing gear indicate that gillnet fishing is widespread and increasing and that fishers generally use 3–4 cm mesh gillnet. Interviews with resident herders and park rangers suggest that many residents fish for subsistence during the spring grayling spawning migration and that some residents fish commercially year-round. Interviewed herders and rangers generally agree that fish population sizes are decreasing but are divided on the causes and solutions. Biological monitoring indicates that the gillnet mesh sizes used by fishers efficiently target Hovsgol grayling. Of the five species sampled in the monitoring program, only burbot (Lota lota) showed a significant decrease in population abundance from 2009–2013. However, grayling, burbot, and roach (Rutilus ruti- lus) all showed significant declines in average body size, suggesting a negative fishing impact. Data-poor stock assessment methods suggest that the fishing effort equivalent to each resident family fishing 50-m of gillnet 11–15 nights per year would be sufficient to over- exploit the grayling population. Results from the derelict fishing gear survey and interviews suggest that this level of effort is not implausible. Overall, we demonstrate the ability for a mixed-method approach to effectively describe an illegal fishery and suggest that these methods be used to assess illegal fishing and its impacts in other protected areas.Peer reviewe
Culicoides (Avaritia) alachua Jamnback and Wirth
No full text<i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Avaritia</i>) <i>alachua</i> Jamnback and Wirth <p> <i>Culicoides obsoletus</i> (Meigen), 1818: 76; Beck 1952: 102 (Florida); Beck 1956: 133 (Florida); Beck 1957: 8 (Florida).</p> <p> <i>Culicoides alachua</i> Jamnback and Wirth, 1963: 187 (Florida; in review of the <i>C</i>. <i>obsoletus</i> group in eastern USA); Brickle et al. 2008: 54 (Georgia record).</p> <p> <i>Culicoides</i> (<i>Avaritia</i>) <i>alachua</i>: Wirth 1965: 128 (in Nearctic catalog); Blanton and Wirth 1979: 54 (Florida records; distribution); Wirth et al. 1985: 12 (in Nearctic Wing Atlas); Wilkening et al. 1985: 519 (Florida records); Borkent and Grogan 2009: 12 (in Nearctic catalog; distribution).</p> <p> <b>Discussion.</b> <i>Culicoides alachua</i> is in the subgenus <i>Avaritia</i>, which contains several vector species: <i>C. imicola</i> Kieffer, a vector of BTV in Africa and Southern Europe, <i>C. brevitarsis</i> Kieffer, a vector of BTV and EHDV in Australia, <i>C. pusillus</i> Lutz, a BTV vector in the Neotropics, and <i>C. obsoletus</i>, a possible BTV vector in Europe (Borkent 2004; Mellor et al. 2004). Apparently, <i>C</i>. <i>alachua</i> is primarily a mammalophilic species that is known to feed on livestock (Kramer et al. 1985a; Greiner et al. 1990). It was originally described by Jamnback and Wirth (1963) from specimens that were considered to be <i>C. obsoletus</i> (Beck 1952, 1956, 1957) collected from the interior counties of Alachua, Highlands, Lake and Marion in north-central Florida. Blanton and Wirth (1979) also reported this species from the eastern portion of the Florida panhandle in Jefferson and Liberty counties and in South Carolina. Hagan and Wirth (1985) surveyed coastal Georgia for <i>Culicoides</i>, but did not collect any specimens of <i>C. alachua</i>, however, they suggested that it was “…reasonably expected to occur in Georgia”. Subsequently, Brickle et al. (2008) reported on the first record of this species from Georgia, a female collected in a hardwood forest in Bulloch County on the southeastern Coastal Plain. We provide the first records of <i>C. alachua</i> from Alabama. We also include a new Florida county record for St. Lucie County, on the southeastern coast of that state as well as the second record from Georgia in Ware County from a site adjacent to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.</p> <p> <b>New State Records.</b> ALABAMA, Lowndes Co., White Hall, Lowndes County Wildlife Management Area, 8 July 2008, 2 females; same data except 16 August 2008, 1 male; same data except 14 September 2011, 1 female.</p> <p> <b>New Florida and Georgia County Records.</b> FLORIDA, St. Lucie Co., Fort Pierce, Teague Hammock Preserve, 4 April 2011, 1 male. GEORGIA, Ware Co., Waycross, Dixon Memorial Wildlife Management Area, 14 July 2010, 2 females.</p>Published as part of <i>Vigil, Wlodkowski, John C., Joshua, Vargas, Shaw, David, Christopher, William L. Grogan, Jr. & Corn, Joseph L., 2014, New records of biting midges of the genus Culicoides Latreille from the southeastern United States (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), pp. 1-14 in Insecta Mundi 2014 (394)</i> on pages 4-5, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5179761">10.5281/zenodo.5179761</a>
Christopher Dawson
No full textInspired with Jude P. Dougherty’s works in which he stresses the overruling importance of the classical, humanistic education and the central place and role of religion in the Western culture, the author presents Christopher Dawson’s analysis of the Western civilization and his demonstration of the central role of Christianity in it. The author traces the premises on which was based Dawson’s opinion that modern Western man might be absorbed by his technical inventions, to the point of losing his soul
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