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Nothocyphon thylacinus Zwick, 2015, n. sp.
No full textNothocyphon thylacinus, n. sp. (Figs. 115–120) Type material: 1 ♂ holotype: Cradle Mtn Tasmania J. Armstrong (ANIC). Habitus. An elongate-oval Nothocyphon. BL 2.7mm, BL/BW 1.7. Dark brown, punctation granular and fine on head and pronotum, spaced on pronotum, normal and dense on elytra. Flagellar segments twice as long as wide at apex. Male. Segments 8 and 9 as in the generic description except that T 8 (damaged) appears fairly narrow (Figs. 115–117). The tegmen is a narrow transverse arch supporting slender, blade-like parameres which carry some large teeth near midlength and are serrate along the edge (Fig. 120). The penis (Figs. 118, 119) has an anteriorly wide pala (damaged) which narrows to where the trigonium is inserted. The trigonium is a small sharply pointed triangle. Ventrally it is armed with sharp teeth standing in two irregular oblique rows. Some teeth are unusually large and project laterally across the parameroids. The gently arched parameroids are narrow and extend far beyond the trigonium. They lack spines, to their outside attach membranes (torn in the only specimen). Female. Unknown. Etymology. The large teeth on the trigonium reminded me of the fangs of vertebrate carnivores. Named after the largest marsupial predator, the Marsupial Wolf, Thylacinus, which survived the arrival of Man in Australia longer in Tasmania than elsewhere.Published as part of Zwick, Peter, 2015, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 7. Genus Nothocyphon, new genus, pp. 301-359 in Zootaxa 3981 (3) on page 346, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24097
Nothocyphon brevihamatus Zwick, 2015, n. sp.
No full textNothocyphon brevihamatus, n. sp. (Figs. 128–131) Type material: holotype ♂: New England Nat. Park, NSW, rainforest below Wright's L'kout, 11.x. 66 E.Britton (ANIC). Habitus. Elongate oval, BL 2.3mm, BL/BW ~ 1.7. Light brown, legs yellowish brown, flagellar segments 2–8 infuscate. The dorsal punctation is fine, with blond semi-erect pilosity. The antennae are slender, the distal flagellar segments are cylindrical, about twice as long as wide, tip of last segment blunt. Male. Segments 8 and 9 as described for the genus (Figs. 128, 129). Tegmen and parameres together form a thin rectangular frame (Fig. 130). The straight parameres are long. The thin sclerites of the tegmen widen abruptly and form a triangular lobe caudally from which the long straight parameres narrow continuously. They end as gently inwardly curved rods. Penis (Fig. 131) with oval pala supporting long thin inwardly curved parameroids with asperous tip. On their medial side they are excised in the area occupied by the short trigonium. Its basal arms are connected by a transverse bridge from which originate two parallel rods with rectangularly downcurved sharp tip. Female. Unknown. Note. The unusual shape of the genitalia, especially the profoundly divided trigonium reminded me of Petrocyphon species. However, the animal's body structure agrees with genus Nothocyphon. No similar species is known. Etymology. Latin brevihamatus translates as short hooked; the name is an adjective.Published as part of Zwick, Peter, 2015, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 7. Genus Nothocyphon, new genus, pp. 301-359 in Zootaxa 3981 (3) on page 349, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/24097
Eurycyphon falcatus Zwick, 2015, n. sp.
No full text<i>Eurycyphon falcatus</i>, n. sp. <p>(Figs. 52–55)</p> <p> <b>Type material:</b> 1 ♂ <b>holotype</b> (given to ANIC), 1 ♂ <b>paratype</b> (PZ):? Victoria. See notes!</p> <p> <b>Habitus</b>. BL 4.0mm, BL/BW ~1.36. Similar to <i>E. thunguttii</i> exept a little smaller and more convex. Elytral punctures a little finer. Mandibular teeth very small. Only the genitalia permit reliable distinction.</p> <p> <b>Male</b>. Segments 8 and 9 similar to <i>E. barringtoni</i> (Figs. 43–46). The tegmen (Fig. 52) is a wide arch which increases about threefold in sclerite width where the long, bar-like parameres begin. At the same level a rudimentary stylus attaches to the outside. The parameres converge caudally. Originating laterally is a large subterminal sickle-shaped process. The medial terminal part is plate-like with a short horn with fine pores on the outside. The blunt medial lobes of the counterparts touch in the middle. The horn-like processes at the apex are curved in opposite directions and overlap (Fig. 55).</p> <p>The wide front of the long pala is not clearly visible but appears to be semicircular. The caudal half of the pala has gently convex sides and is of approximately uniform width (Fig. 52). The trigonium is about three times as long as wide, with wide rounded tip which bears a sharply bifid ventral appendage. The concave parameroids are about half as long as the trigonium. They bear sensory pores and end in an external point (Figs. 53, 54).</p> <p> <b>Female</b>. Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Note</b>. The origin of the specimens is not known. They were probably collected in Victoria by a visitor to Monash University, Melbourne. The specimens bore a code number instead of a locality label. The field notebook had been lost by the time the specimens were given to me.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The name alludes to the shape of the paramere, the Latin adjective <i>falcatus</i> meaning sickle-shaped or armed with a sickle.</p>Published as part of <i>Zwick, Peter, 2015, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 8. The new genera Cygnocyphon, Eximiocyphon, Paracyphon, Leptocyphon, Tectocyphon, and additions to Contacyphon de Gozis, Nanocyphon Zwick and Eurycyphon Watts, pp. 451-490 in Zootaxa 3981 (4)</i> on pages 468-471, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/235846">http://zenodo.org/record/235846</a>
Austrocyphon submersus Zwick, 2013, sp. n.
No full textAustrocyphon submersus, sp. n. (Figs. 218–220) Type material. Holotype ♂: Mossman Gorge, N.Q., under stones in river, 22.x. 66, E.B.Britton (teneral specimen; QLD; ANIC). Habitus. BL 2.0 mm, BL/BW ~ 1.6. Specimen in poor condition, elytra twisted and curled, shape and dimensions difficult to assess. Dark greyish-brown. Punctation unusually fine and dense. Pilosity strikingly dense, a greyish pelt. Male. T 8 narrow, apodemes little longer than plate, caudal margin medially shallowly excised. There is no pecten, but microtrichia on the plate project over the edge and form a fringe. Medially some additional setae present. S 8 a Y-shaped small bare sclerite. T 9 longer than T 8, apodemes slender, as long as the plate. Plate with large, almost circular notch surrounded by two pairs of slender, regularly curved sharply tipped processes. S 9 only partly visible, the caudally bilobed, pilose portion is distinct, the tongue-shaped anterior portion is almost transparent, its connection with the setose portion not recognized. U-shaped base of parameres forking into two very slender, caudally acutely pointed parameres which seem to bear membranous flaps or flanges before the long acute tips. Penis much longer than segment 9 and parameres, pala long, medially constricted (possibly an artifact during flattening of the bent base in the preparation), fused parameroids and trigonium even longer, narrower than pala. Sides of parameroids with trichoid-like fine cuticular stuctures. There is no distinct foramen. Trigonium very long and slender, gently narrowing to a long, downcurved hook. Basally from it are a few fine cuticular asperities. Notes. The genitalia of the teneral specimen could not be satisfactorily dissected. There is no similar species. The penis structure agrees well with Austrocyphon. However, the only adult male Scirtidae I have seen under water were occasional specimens of the genus Hydrocyphon Redtenbacher in the Northern Hemisphere. This caused me to check the head structure. Unlike Hydrocyphon the present specimen has slender terminal palpus segments and fully developed mouthparts, including mandibles with sharp incisivus, the right one additionally with a large, the left with a small tooth. The unusual little beetle belongs definitely in Austrocyphon. Whether it regularly lives under water is unknown. Etymology. The specific name is a Latin adjective stating that the beetle was under water when it was collected.Published as part of Zwick, Peter, 2013, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) 4. Two new genera, Austrocyphon and Tasmanocyphon, pp. 1-74 in Zootaxa 3706 (1) on pages 65-66, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3706.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/28460
Prionocyphon cacatua Zwick 2016, n.sp.
No full text<i>Prionocyphon cacatua</i>, n.sp. <p>(Figs 69−71, Table 2)</p> <p> <b>Type material. ♂ Holotype, 1♂ paratype</b>: 14.25S 126.40E CALM Site 4/3 14 km SbyE Kalumburu Mission <b>W.A.</b> 3-6 June 1988 T. A. Weir / at light open forest. 1♂ paratype: 16.08S 136.05E, 22 km WSW of Borroloola, <b>N.T.</b>, 16.iv.1976, at light, J.E.Feehan (all ANIC).</p> <p> <b>Habitus</b>. BL 1.8−1.9 mm, BL/BW ~1.7, head very large, HCW equals 70% of BW. Body flat, not domed. Uniformly light brown, pilosity almost erect. Clypeus with rectangular lobes projecting either side of the square labrum. Antennal base typical, distal part of flagellum weakly pectinate.</p> <p> <b>Male</b>. T8 and segment 9 resembling congeners. A slender transverse sclerite whose sides diverge strongly forms base of tegmen. Tegmen and parameres together form approximately rhomboid capsule-like entity. Parameres (Figs 69, 70) basally slender, caudally first moderately widening, then medially abruptly restricted, resulting in a hook-shaped tip. Parameres caudally with numerous small sensory pores. In centre of complex lie the heavily sclerotized genital hooks (Fig. 70, gh) whose anterior tips meet. Each consists of a triangular central portion which is caudally drawn out into a long sinuous horn, and laterally into a foot-like process.</p> <p>The calyx-shaped pala with faint medial crest and rounded front margin. Caudally, two rigid slightly sinuous long horns, probably prosthemes, rise from a U-shaped base. Behind their bases insert the presumed parameroids which project as slender pale processes (Fig. 71).</p> <p> <b>Female.</b> Unknown.</p> <p> <b>Note.</b> Localities of known specimens (Kimberley on the one hand, west shore of Gulf of Carpentaria on the other hand) suggests the species may be widespread in the Northern Territory. For distinction from the similar <i>P. laurae</i> from the Cape York Peninsula see below.</p> <p> <b>Etymology</b>. The name is the generic name of cockatoos, an allusion to the sharp hook at the paramere tip which reminded me of a parrot beak.</p>Published as part of <i>Zwick, Peter, 2016, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 9. The relations of Australasian Ypsiloncyphon species to their Asian congeners, additions, mainly to Petrocyphon and Prionocyphon, and a key to Australian genera of Scirtinae, pp. 151-198 in Zootaxa 4085 (2)</i> on pages 179-181, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1052535">http://zenodo.org/record/1052535</a>
Phanoperla imitatrix Zwick
No full textPhanoperla imitatrix Zwick Phanoperla imitatrix Zwick, 1986:154. Holotype ♂ (B.P. Bishop Museum). Fyan, Vietnam Material examined. Vietnam: Gia Lai, An Khe Dist., Tram Lap, Azun River, 3 km NE forestry building, 21 June 1996, D. Currie, J. Swann, ROM 961076, 2♂ (ROM). Gia Lai, An Khe Dist., Tram Lap, Azun River, NE Tram Lap, 20 June 1996, B. Hubley, D. Currie, ROM 961073, 1♂ (IEBR). Remarks. Previous records are from the type locality and from the Ban Me Thuot area of Dac Lac Province south of the newly reported sites in Gia Lai Province.Published as part of Sivec, Ignac & Stark, Bill P., 2010, Seven New Species Of Phanoperla Banks From Vietnam And Thailand (Plecoptera: Perlidae), pp. 98-112 in Illiesia 6 (10) on page 102, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.475973
Ypsiloncyphon Klausnitzer 2009
No full textGenus <i>Ypsiloncyphon</i> Klausnitzer, 2009a <p>(Table 1)</p> <p> <b>Type species:</b> <i>Cyphon chlorizans</i> Klausnitzer, 1973.</p> <p> The Australasian species of the genus <i>Ypsiloncyphon</i> were recently revised (Zwick 2014) but their affinities within the large genus were not clarified. Presently, <i>Ypsiloncyphon</i> includes over 50 Asian and about a dozen Australasian species (Table 1, which contains all author names). The genus was established for species with, among other characteristics, a Y-shaped tegmen and a male T9 with apodemes longer than those of T8. Other elements of the male terminalia can take very different forms which made me question the monophyly of the genus (Zwick 2014). Today, various species are known in other Australian marsh beetle genera that are only distantly related but also present the name-giving Y-shaped tegmen (e.g., several <i>Austrocyphon</i> spp., <i>Calvarium (Calvariellum)</i> spp.: Zwick 2013d, 2014).</p> <p> Presently, four informal species groups within <i>Ypsiloncyphon</i> are separated by diagnostic characters. The definitions of groups 2 and 3 (the latter contains the Australasian species) partly rely on apomorphic characters (Ruta 2007; Klausnitzer 2009) while the definition of group 1 admits a variety of character expressions and is less helpful. The two species in the recently proposed group 4 have asymmetrical penes with setae or spines (Yoshitomi 2015). Unfortunately, many Asian species, also the type species, are incompletely known, with only the habitus and selected details of the male genitalia described.</p> <p>The description of the type species is supplemented and partly corrected. A new understanding of the groundplan of male terminalia of Scirtinae (Zwick 2015c) is helpful in definitions of monophyla within the genus, in order to determine the relations of the Australasian fauna to the other species. A comprehensive analysis of the Asian fauna is not intended in the present study.</p>Published as part of <i>Zwick, Peter, 2016, Australian Marsh Beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 9. The relations of Australasian Ypsiloncyphon species to their Asian congeners, additions, mainly to Petrocyphon and Prionocyphon, and a key to Australian genera of Scirtinae, pp. 151-198 in Zootaxa 4085 (2)</i> on page 153, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4085.2.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/1052535">http://zenodo.org/record/1052535</a>
The Story of "Me" Contemporary American Autofiction
No full textCover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Masculinity, Whiteness, and Postmodern Self-Consciousness -- 2. Rage against the Dying of the Author -- 3. The New Journalism as the New Fiction -- 4. Trauma Autofiction, Dissociation, and the Authenticity of "Real" Experience -- 5. Memoir vs. Autofiction as the Story of Me vs. the Story of "Me" -- Coda -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- IndexDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
The clinical impact of chromosomal microarray on paediatric care in Hong Kong
No full textOBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical impact of chromosomal microarray (CMA) on the management of paediatric patients in Hong Kong. METHODS: We performed NimbleGen 135k oligonucleotide array on 327 children with intellectual disability (ID)/developmental delay (DD), autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and/or multiple congenital anomalies (MCAs) in a university-affiliated paediatric unit from January 2011 to May 2013. The medical records of patients were reviewed in September 2013, focusing on the pathogenic/likely pathogenic CMA findings and their "clinical actionability" based on established criteria. RESULTS: Thirty-seven patients were reported to have pathogenic/likely pathogenic results, while 40 had findings of unknown significance. This gives a detection rate of 11% for clinically significant (pathogenic/likely pathogenic) findings. The significant findings have prompted clinical actions in 28 out of 37 patients (75.7%), while the findings with unknown significance have led to further management recommendation in only 1 patient (p < 0.001). Nineteen out of the 28 management recommendations are "evidence-based" on either practice guidelines endorsed by a professional society (n = 9, Level 1) or peer-reviewed publications making medical management recommendation (n = 10, Level 2). CMA results impact medical management by precipitating referral to a specialist (n = 24); diagnostic testing (n = 25), surveillance of complications (n = 19), interventional procedure (n = 7), medication (n = 15) or lifestyle modification (n = 12). CONCLUSION: The application of CMA in children with ID/DD, ASD, and/or MCAs in Hong Kong results in a diagnostic yield of ∼ 11% for pathogenic/likely pathogenic results. Importantly the yield for clinically actionable results is 8.6%. We advocate using diagnostic yield of clinically actionable results to evaluate CMA as it provides information of both clinical validity and clinical utility. Furthermore, it incorporates evidence-based medicine into the practice of genomic medicine. The same framework can be applied to other genomic testing strategies enabled by next-generation sequencing
Remember Me A Novella about Finding Our Way to the Cross
No full textShades of Light.Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- 1 The Word Became Flesh -- 2 The Gift of Myrrh -- 3 Taking the Cup -- 4 With a Kiss -- 5 Awakened -- 6 Accused -- 7 Bearing the Cross -- 8 Lament -- 9 Stripped -- 10 Pierced -- 11 It Is Finished -- 12 Into Your Hands -- 13 Buried -- 14 Risen -- Epilogue -- Journey to the Cross -- Acknowledgments -- Also Available -- Praise for Remember Me -- About the Author -- More Titles from InterVarsity PressShades of Light.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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