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Chromosomal And Genetic Characterization Of Four Caribbean Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) Species With Notes On Biogeography, Themistoclis Giannoulis, Anne-Marie Dutrillaux, Julien Touroult, Contantina Sarri, Zissis Mamuris, Bernard Dutrillaux

Insecta Mundi

Chromosomes of four rare and localized Caribbean Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) species were analysed. All have 26, XY karyotypes. Those of Solenoptera canaliculata (Solenopterini) from Guadeloupe nearby islands Les Saintes and Marie-Galante and S. quadrilineata from Martinique look similar. They have a single pair of sub-metacentric autosomes. The karyotype of S. touroulti from St. Lucia has three sub-metacentric pairs. It appears closer to that of Hovorodon maxillosum (Mallodontini) from Marie-Galante which has ten sub-metacentric pairs. The CO1 gene sequence, taking two European species Aegosoma scabricorne (Prioninae: Aegosomatini) and Ergates faber (Prioninae: Ergatini) as external groups was analysed in S. canaliculata and …

The Centipede Scolopendra Morsitans L., 1758, New To The Hawaiian Fauna, And Potential Representatives Of The “S. Subspinipes Leach, 1815, Complex” (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopendridae: Scolopendrinae), Rowland Shelley, William D. Perreira, Dana Anne Yee

Insecta Mundi

Scolopendra morsitans L., 1758, is documented from Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands, the fi rst record of this anthropochoric chilopod from both the archipelago and state. Hawaii thus becomes the second American state to harbor the species, the other being Florida, where an individual has been taken in Jacksonville, Duval County. Meristic and morphological data are presented for three Hawaiian specimens. At least two other species of Scolopendra, both introduced, occur on these islands: S. polymorpha Wood, 1861, known only from one specimen from Oahu, and one or more representatives of the “S. subspinipes Leach, 1815, complex,” which is …

Oxyomus Mariateresae New Species Of Mexican Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Marco Dellacasa, Giovanni Dellacasa, Robert D. Gordon

Insecta Mundi

The new species Oxyomus mariateresae from Mexico (Oaxaca) is described and fi gured.

Checklist Of Medically Important Hymenoptera Of Afghanistan, James C. Dunford, Joseph C. Turbyville, John M. Leavengood Jr.

Insecta Mundi

A recent investigation was conducted to assess the threat of insect venom hypersensitivity to deployed U.S. service members operating in the region. In parallel with this study, a checklist of medically important Hymenoptera was assembled from limited field collections as well as a comprehensive review of the literature and information provided by electronic databases. We compiled names of 14 families comprising 396 species of Hymenoptera capable of stinging humans. This is the first such checklist for Afghanistan, and should aid future taxonomic work and provide reference information for public health-related entomology in this region.

Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The standard methods described in Soil Survey Investigations Report (SSIR) No. 42, “Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual,” are those used by the Kellogg Soil Survey Laboratory (KSSL), National Soil Survey Center (NSSC). Included in SSIR No. 42 are descriptions of both current and obsolete methods, all of which are documented by method codes and linked with analytical results that are stored in the National Cooperative Soil Survey (NCSS) Soil Characterization Database. This linkage between laboratory method codes and the respective analytical results is reported on the KSSL data sheets.

Two New Species And One New Genus Of South American Cerambycidae (Coleoptera), With Redescriptions And Distributional Records For Other Taxa, Maria Helena M. Galileo, Ubirajara R. Martins, Antonio Santos-Silva

Insecta Mundi

Two new species and a new genus of Cerambycidae are described from South America: Cotyclytus arriagadai sp. nov., from Bolivia; and Lembu dieguezi, gen. nov., sp. nov., from Paraguay. Orthomegas irroratus (Lameere, 1915) is redescribed, based on the second and third known specimens, and its distribution is expanded to include Ecuador. The male of Jamesia fuscofasciata Dillon and Dillon, 1952 is described and illustrated for the fi rst time, and the distribution of the species is expanded to Peru. Thirty-two new country records (twelve for Paraguay, fi fteen for Peru, two for Ecuador, three for Bolivia) and one new …

Expanded Concept Of The Milliped Family Spirobolidae (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Spirobolidea): Proposals Of Aztecolini N. Tribe And Floridobolinae/Ini And Tylobolini N. Stats.; Re)Descriptions Of Floridobolus And F. Penneri, Both Causey, 1957, And F. Orini N. Sp.; Hypotheses On Origins And Affinities, Rowland M. Shelley, Samuel D. Floyd

Insecta Mundi

The endemic Floridian milliped genus, Floridobolus Causey, 1957, more closely related to tylobolinines in the western United States (US), Mexico, and Guatemala than syntopic spirobolines, is incorporated into Spirobolidae (Spirobolida: Spirobolidea). With taxonomic priority by one year, its monotypic family is reduced to Floridobolinae, n. stat., comprising Floridobolini and Tylobolini, n. stats., the counterpart to Spirobolinae, comprising Spirobolini and Aztecolini, n. tribe; relationships are Floridobolini + (Tylobolini + (Aztecolini + Spirobolini)). Like F. penneri Causey, 1957, 208 km (130 mi) to the south in the Lake Wales Ridge, Polk and Highlands counties (cos.), F. orini n. sp., inhabits …

Correction Of The Misidentifi Cations And Confusion Surrounding Ochodaeus Grandiceps Fairmaire, 1897 (Coleoptera: Ochodaeidae), And The Description Of A New Species Of Ochodaeid From Cuba, M. J. Paulsen

Insecta Mundi

Multiple sources of confusion surround the identity of Ochodaeus grandiceps Fairmaire, 1897, from Sichuan, China (Coleoptera: Ochodaeidae). Herein the type specimen is illustrated to solve these taxonomic issues. Examination of the holotype indicates that the species must be transferred to the genus Nothochodaeus Nikolajev, 2005, resulting in a new combination. The genus Mimochodaeus Nikolajev, 2009, based on a misidentifi cation of O. grandiceps as its purported type species, is discussed. Finally, Cuban specimens had been treated erroneously as belonging to O. grandiceps, and so the species had remained undescribed. A new species, Parochodaeus perdidus, is described to …

New Records Of Aleurolobus Quaintance And Baker And Bemisia Quaintance And Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) In Korea With An Identification Key, Soo-Jung Suh

Insecta Mundi

Aleurolobus confusus David and Subramaniam and Bemisia lespedezae (Danzig) occurring on Stephanandra incisa (Thunb.) and Lespedeza bicolor Turcz. are newly documented in the Korean fauna of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Characteristics of these species are briefly redescribed and illustrative photographs and information on their distribution and hosts are provided. A dichotomous key to whiteflies of Korea is given for correct species identification. In addition, the current status of Bemisia takahashii (Danzig) in Korea is discussed based on the results of a survey of the whiteflies of Korea and related papers.

Two New Species Of Batrisodes Reitter (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) From Eastern North America, Michael L. Ferro, Christopher E. Carlton

Insecta Mundi

Two new species of pselaphine staphylinids in the genus Batrisodes are described: B. (Declivodes) dorothae Ferro and Carlton from Feliciana Preserve, Louisiana; and B. (Babnormodes) spretoides Ferro and Carlton from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee. They differ from all other described Batrisodes species in secondary male characters, especially details of the frontal region of the head. These two species bring the total diversity of the genus in North America to 88 species. Specimens were imaged using light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray microtomography (micro-CT) techniques. Utility of multiple imaging techniques, especially micro-CT, is discussed.

A Consolidated Account Of The Polymorphic Caribbean Milliped, Anadenobolus Monilicornis (Porat, 1876) (Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae), With Illustrations Of The Holotype, Rowland Shelley

Insecta Mundi

Past concepts and synonymies of Anadenobolus monilicornis (Porat, 1876) (Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae), including the implied synonymy of Rhinocricus ectus Chamberlin, 1920, are consolidated into a formal account with the fi rst illustrations of the holotype. Prior to 1492, A. monilicornis was probably indigenous to an unknown number of southern Antillean islands, but through modern commerce, man has introduced it to Florida, Bermuda, Barbados, the Cayman Islands, and Jamaica, and probably repeatedly (re)introduced conspecifi c material to all the Lesser Antilles, resulting in subcontinuous gene pool mixing and reticulate evolution. A broad species concept is necessary to encompass the multitudinous variants, some …

Five New Species Of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) From Peru And Bolivia, And Two New Records For Peru, Maria Helena M. Galileo, Ubirajara R. Martins, Stéphane Le Tirant, Antonio Santos-Silva

Insecta Mundi

The following four new species of Cerambycidae are described from Bolivia: Chrysoprasis imitatrix (Heteropsini); Carneades vigneaulti (Colobotheini); Colobothea larriveei (Colobotheini); Colobothea boliviana (Colobotheini). Esthlogena (Pseudotaxia) bella (Pteropliini) is described from Peru. A key to species of Carneades Bates, 1869 is provided. The other new species are included in previously published keys. Additionally, two new country records are reported for the fauna of Peru.

Notes On The Tiger Beetles (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) Of Argentina. 117. Contribution Towards The Knowledge Of Cicindelidae, Jürgen Wiesner, Aligi Bandinelli

Insecta Mundi

Distributional records of the 71 tiger beetle species and subspecies known for Argentina are given together with a key and habitus photos (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Brasiella (Brasiella) cuyabaensis Mandl, 1970 and Brasiella (Gaymara) rotundatodilatata (Horn, 1925) are reported as new for the fauna of Argentina. Brasiella (Brasiella) stamatovi (Sumlin, 1979) is transferred to Cylindera (Plectographa), becoming C. (P.) stamatovi (Sumlin), new combination. Cylindera (Plectographa) siccalacicola (Sumlin, 1979) is placed into synonymy under Cylindera (Plectographa) hassenteufeli (Mandl, 1960), new synonymy. A lectotype is designated for Cylindera (Plectographa) patagonica bergiana (Horn, 1895).

A New Species Of Nephus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) In Florida, Vince Golia, Austin Golia

Insecta Mundi

A new species of Nephus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from southern Florida is described: Nephus (Nephus) alyssae. This represents the first member of the subgenus Nephus reported in the southeastern United States. Florida species previously placed in the genus Nephus, now placed in Scymnobius Casey, are compared with the new species.

Geographical Distribution And Phenotypic Variation Of Anovia Punica Gordon (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), A Predatory Ladybeetle Of Fl Uted Scales (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae), Guillermo González, Takumasa Kondo

Insecta Mundi

The ladybeetle Anovia sp. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), known as an important natural enemy of the Colombian fluted scale, Crypticeria muticicatrices Kondo and Gullan (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) is here identified as A. punica Gordon, 1972, and reported for the first time from Peru. Here we provide information and illustrations of the great variation in color and dorsal patterns of A. punica found in Colombia and Peru.

Teaching Honors Online At A Public College, Barbra Nightingale

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

I have a confession: I teach honors online. However, before you gasp, let me add that I do it for a public, formerly two-year, now four-year state college. We do not charge exorbitant fees and are not in any way a degree mill. We are a fully accredited college with successfully articulated transfers to all the major universities in the state of Florida, and our students also transfer to major universities in other states.

A Review Of The Small Carrion Beetles And The Round Fungus Beetles Of The West Indies (Coleoptera: Leiodidae), With Descriptions Of Two New Genera And 61 New Species., Stewart B. Peck, Joyce Cook

Insecta Mundi

The fauna of the small carrion beetles and round fungus beetles (Leiodidae) of the oceanic islands of the West Indies is reviewed with 11 genera and 81 species recorded. Keys to adults of all genera and species, descriptions, and figures are provided to aid in identification. All species are endemic to the islands of the West Indies. Most species are endemic to a single island, but some species in the Lesser Antilles occur on more than one island. It is certain that more species remain to be discovered, especially on larger and less explored islands.

Two new genera are described: …

An Updated And Annotated Checklist Of The Hedylidae And Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) Of Trinidad, West Indies, Matthew J.W. Cock

Insecta Mundi

A revised checklist for the butterfly families Hedylidae and Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago) is presented, bringing nomenclature in line with modern usage, and indicating synonyms from earlier lists and papers. The following are new records for Trinidad: Thessia athesis (Hewitson), Bungalotis clusia Evans, Sarmientoia eriopis (Hewitson), Pellicia tyana toza Evans, Quadrus contubernalis contubernalis (Mabille) and Decinea decinea derisor (Mabille). The checklist includes two species of Hedylidae and 314 species of 157 genera of Hesperiidae, comprising 87 species of 37 genera of Eudaminae, 73 species of 41 genera of Pyrginae, and 154 species of 80 genera of Hesperiinae.

Trixagus Steineri (Coleoptera: Throscidae), A New Species And Fi Rst Genus Record From The Bahamas, Paul J. Johnson

Insecta Mundi

Trixagus steineri Johnson new species (Coleoptera: Throscidae) is described from New Providence Island, The Bahamas. This is the fi rst report of Trixagus Kugelann from The Bahamas and the first of Throscidae since the transfer of Lissominae to Elateridae.

Descripción De Dos Especies Nuevas De Acanthococcus (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae) Registradas En La Argentina, Patricia González, María De Los Ángeles Nicosia

Insecta Mundi

Two new species, Acanthococcus burruyaquensis sp. nov. and Acanthococcus siambonensis sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Eriococcidae). from Argentina are described and illustrated. A key to the Acanthococcus species known in this country is presented.

Diaspididae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) En Olivo, Olea Europaea Linnaeus (Oleaceae), En Brasil, Vera Regina Dos Santos Wolff

Insecta Mundi

This paper updates the knowledge about the occurrence of armored scale insects on the olive tree, Olea europaea Linnaeus (Oleaceae), in Brazil. Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell), Hemiberlesia cyanophylli (Signoret), Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) and Pinnaspis strachani (Cooley) are newly recorded on olive trees in Brazil. Melanaspis obscura (Comstock) is reported for the first time on O. europaea in the world and a new synonym is proposed: Melanaspis jaboticabae (Hempel) = Melanaspis obscura (Comstock).

A Revision Of The Genus Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Nemoleontini), Robert B. Miller, Lionel A. Stange

Insecta Mundi

Twenty six species of the genus Purenleon Stange (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae: Nemoleontini) are recognized from the New World, of which ten are described as new species: P. oaxacae, P. fernandezi, P. tibialis, P. adamsi, P. andinus, P. apache, P. aztecus, P. cavei, P. farri and P. toltecus. Neotypes are designated for Psammoleon banksi Esben-Petersen 1933 and for Formicaleo inaequalis Navás 1913. The larvae of sixteen species have been reared and are described with data on their biologies. The genus is subdivided into three species groups based mostly on leg structure. The inscriptus group consists of five species, the tibialis …

Tracking Pod's Engagement With Diversity: A Content Analysis Of To Improve The Academy And Pod Network Conference Programs From 1977 To 2011, Stacy E. Grooters

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This study examines the degree to which sessions from the annual Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network Conference and articles from To Improve the Academy engage questions of diversity. The titles and abstracts of 3,946 conference sessions and 560 journal articles were coded for presence and type of diversity. A significant variation in inclusion of diversity over time was found for the conference sessions (p < 0.001) but not the journal articles. Overall, the findings suggest that the organization has been inconsistent in its scholarly engagement with diversity and should work to encourage more regular engagement with diversity by its members.

Preparing New Faculty For Leadership: Understanding And Addressing Needs, Anne Kelsch, Joan Hawthorne

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

A perceived decline in effective faculty participation in campus leadership and governance is well documented, both in the literature and via anecdote. Characteristics common within the culture of higher education make nurturing campus “citizenship” among junior faculty challenging. This essay describes findings from an interview based study of junior faculty in which understanding of professional responsibilities beyond teaching and research was explored. The study documented the deep sense of unpreparedness with which new faculty approach key issues in higher education, including those associated with governance and leadership. Two possible strategies for redressing that unpreparedness, both showing preliminary but positive results, …

Developing Scholarly Teachers Through An Sotl Faculty Fellowship, Beth A. Fisher, Michelle D. Repice, Carolyn L. Dufault, Denise A. Leonard, Regina F. Frey

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

The increasing interest in incorporating evidenced based teaching in higher education has created a pronounced need for faculty to learn the theory and practice of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). This article describes a program designed to prepare faculty to (a) draw on existing SoTL studies when designing and implementing evidenced based teaching methods, (b) design SoTL studies to test the effectiveness of those methods, and (c) integrate their new knowledge of SoTL into the practice of “scholarly teaching.” This program has proven to be a successful model for incorporating evidenced based teaching into undergraduate science, technology, engineering, …

Influence Of Corn Residue Harvest Management On Grain, Stover, And Energy Yields, Keri B. Cantrell, Jeffrey M. Novak, James R. Frederick, Douglas Karlen, Donald W. Watts

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Economic, environmental, and energy independence issues are contributing to rising fossil fuel prices, petroleum supply concerns, and a growing interest in biomass feedstocks as renewable energy sources. Potential feedstocks include perennial grasses, timber, and annual grain crops with our focus being on corn (Zea mays L.) stover. A plot-scale study evaluating stover removal was initiated in 2008 on a South Carolina Coastal Plain Coxville/Rains–Goldsboro– Lynchburg soil association site. In addition to grain and stover yields, carbon balance, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and soil quality impact reported elsewhere in this issue, variation in gross energy distribution within various plant fractions …

Bio-Inspired Flow Sensing For Underwater Guidance And Navigation, Levi Devries

Link Foundation Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship Reports

Stream-dwelling fish and aquatic mammals have an innate ability to navigate often-tumultuous environments with impressive precision, a highly desirable trait for underwater vehicle applications. For example, trout use their lateral line to sense vortices shed by an upstream obstacle and slalom between the vortices to reduce energy expenditure compared to free-stream swimming [3]. Moreover, harbor seals can use their whiskers to follow the trail of flow disturbances created in the wake of an object that has passed minutes before [4]. Recent developments in materials science have produced sensors that can measure local flow velocity similar to seal whiskers, and integration …

A High-Need Azeri School: A Georgian Perspective, Nino Sharvashidze, Miles T. Bryant

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

This article contributes to the International Study of Leadership Development Network initiative to identify high-need schools around the globe by focusing on a small minority ethnic school in the country of Georgia. It will be clear in this article that the challenges the Karajala School administrator faces in this former Soviet bloc school stand as an example of the educational disadvantages common to rural minority ethnic schools in Georgia and to many small rural schools in former Soviet bloc nations. The Karajala School is populated with Azeri students and is located in an isolated agrarian village. In the Republic of …

Convection Enhanced Delivery And In Vivo Imaging Of Polymeric Nanoparticles For The Treatment Of Malignant Glioma, Giovanna M. Bernal, Michael J. Lariviere, Nassir Mansour, Peter Pytel, Kirk E. Cahill, David J. Voce, Shijun Kang, Rubin Spretz, Ulrich Welp, Sandra E. Noriega, Luis Nunez, Gustavo F. Larsen, Ralph R. Weichselbaum, Bakhtiar Yamini

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Faculty Publications

A major obstacle to the management of malignant glioma is the inability to effectively deliver therapeutic agent to the tumor. In this study, we describe a polymeric nanoparticle vector that not only delivers viable therapeutic, but can also be tracked in vivo using MRI. Nanoparticles, produced by a non-emulsion technique, were fabricated to carry iron oxide within the shell and the chemotherapeutic agent, temozolomide (TMZ), as the payload. Nanoparticle properties were characterized and subsequently their endocytosis-mediated uptake by glioma cells demonstrated. Convection enhanced delivery (CED) can disperse nanoparticles through the rodent brain and their distribution is accurately visualized by MRI. …

Hlm Behind The Curtain: Unveiling Decisions Behind The Use And Interpretation Of Hlm In Higher Education Research, Elizabeth Niehaus, Corbin M. Campbell, Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) has become increasingly popular in the higher education literature, but there is significant variability in the current approaches to the conducting and reporting of HLM. The field currently lacks a general consensus around important issues such as the number of levels of analysis that are important to include and how much variance should be accounted for at each level in order for the HLM analysis to have practical significance (Dedrick et al., Rev Educ Res 79:69–102, 2009). The purpose of this research is to explore the use of a 3-level HLM model, appropriate contextualizing of results …