On African Eupsilobiinae (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) with Descriptions of a New Genus and Species

Species of the South African genus Microxenus Wollaston are revised. Microxenus laticollis Wollaston is redescribed, and M. muelleri sp. nov. and M. krugeri sp. nov. are described. Natalinus gen. nov. and its single included species, N. klimaszewskii sp. nov. are described. All of these taxa are diagnosed and illustrated, and a key to the species of Microxenus is presented. Female genitalia of newly described species are discussed in terms of monophyly of Eupsilobiinae. Zoogeographical and biological data of African Eupsilobiinae are summarized

The role of the triangle singularity in Λ(1405)\Lambda(1405) production in the π−p→K0πΣ\pi^-p\rightarrow K^0\pi\Sigma and pp→pK+πΣpp\rightarrow pK^+\pi\Sigma processes

We have investigated the cross section for the $\pi^-p\rightarrow K^0\pi\Sigma$ and $pp\rightarrow pK^+\pi\Sigma$ reactions paying attention to a mechanism that develops a triangle singularity. The triangle diagram is realized by the decay of a $N^*$ to $K^*\Sigma$ and the $K^*$ decay into $\pi K$, and the $\pi\Sigma$ finally merges into $\Lambda(1405)$. The mechanism is expected to produce a peak around $2140$ MeV in the $K\Lambda(1405)$ invariant mass. We found that a clear peak appears around $2100$ MeV in the $K\Lambda(1405)$ invariant mass which is about $40$ MeV lower than the expectation, and that is due to the resonance peak of a $N^*$ resonance which plays a crucial role in the $K^*\Sigma$ production. The mechanism studied produces the peak of the $\Lambda(1405)$ around or below 1400 MeV, as is seen in the $pp\rightarrow pK^+\pi\Sigma$ HADES experiment.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure

Family - Health - Disease

Praca recenzowana / Peer-reviewed paperThis publication includes opinion and research papers written by authors with academic backgrounds from the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland. The monograph consists of 14 chapters and the order of them refers to the relationship between the family and the health of its members. The first seven texts concern children’s health problems. The next two concern widely defined issues of nutrition and adult nursing. The next four discuss health issues of the elderly, while the last describes the dilemma of bereaved family members who have to decide about organ donation. The individual chapters show different aspects of family participation in the treatment and care of children, the elderly, the chronically ill, and the disabled. The discussed topics are a part of the wider issue of social medicine. A very important issue is the interdisciplinary problem of interaction between health and illness and their influence on the family, which is on one hand embedded in medical science, while on the other hand it refers to the social sciences, especially family sociology, psychology, pedagogy, and also social policy to some extent. The authors of the monograph also discuss the issue of life quality of the elderly living in domestic environments and the health and social problems they face. The authors also analyse the role of nurses in promoting health, such as immunisation, rational nutrition, and ethical aspects such as the screening of newborns. This monograph is addressed to all who work or want to work with families and support them in the difficult challenges posed by disease. The authors hope the monograph will increase understanding and familiarity with the health problems of relatives

Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: Setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian megadiverse fauna is no exception, and the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil (CTFB) (http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/), made public in 2015, represents a database on biodiversity anchored on a list of valid and expertly recognized scientific names of animals in Brazil. The CTFB is updated in near real time by a team of more than 800 specialists. By January 1, 2024, the CTFB compiled 133,691 nominal species, with 125,138 that were considered valid. Most of the valid species were arthropods (82.3%, with more than 102,000 species) and chordates (7.69%, with over 11,000 species). These taxa were followed by a cluster composed of Mollusca (3,567 species), Platyhelminthes (2,292 species), Annelida (1,833 species), and Nematoda (1,447 species). All remaining groups had less than 1,000 species reported in Brazil, with Cnidaria (831 species), Porifera (628 species), Rotifera (606 species), and Bryozoa (520 species) representing those with more than 500 species. Analysis of the CTFB database can facilitate and direct efforts towards the discovery of new species in Brazil, but it is also fundamental in providing the best available list of valid nominal species to users, including those in science, health, conservation efforts, and any initiative involving animals. The importance of the CTFB is evidenced by the elevated number of citations in the scientific literature in diverse areas of biology, law, anthropology, education, forensic science, and veterinary science, among others.Fil: Pereira Boeger, Walter Antonio. Universidade Federal do Paraná; BrasilFil: Valim, Michel P.. Universidade Salgado de Oliveira (universo); BrasilFil: Zaher, Hussam. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Rafael, José A.. Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia; BrasilFil: Forzza, Rafaela C.. Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade; BrasilFil: Reis Percequillo, Alexandre. Universidade de Sao Paulo; BrasilFil: Serejo, Cristiana S.. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; BrasilFil: Garraffoni, André R.S.. Universidade Estadual de Campinas; BrasilFil: Santos, Adalberto J.. Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; BrasilFil: Slipinski, Adam. Commonwealth Scientific And Industrial Research Organisation (csiro);Fil: Londoño Burbano, Alejandro. Fundación Miguel Lillo; ArgentinaFil: Santos, Allan P.M.. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; BrasilFil: Margaría, Cecilia B.. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Digiani, Maria Celina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Aquino, Daniel Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Contreras, Eugenia Fernanda. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de Jujuy. Instituto de Biología de la Altura; ArgentinaFil: Gallardo, Fabiana Soledad. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Agrain, Federico Alejandro. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Falcao Salles, Frederico. Universidade Federal de Viçosa.; BrasilFil: Flores, Gustavo Ernesto. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Dellapé, Pablo Matías. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo; ArgentinaFil: Johnsson, Rodrigo. Universidade Federal da Bahia; BrasilFil: Duarte Simoes, Tacio Vitor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Patagonia Norte. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagóica. Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia "San Juan Bosco". Facultad de Ciencias Naturales - Sede Esquel. Centro de Investigación Esquel de Montaña y Estepa Patagónica; ArgentinaFil: Porto, Tiago J.. Universidade Federal da Bahia; BrasilFil: Pardiñas, Ulises Francisco J.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Nacional Patagónico; ArgentinaFil: Colombo,Wesley D.. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; BrasilFil: Tomaszewska, Wioletta. No especifíca;Fil: Ovando, Ximena Maria Constanza. Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora; BrasilFil: Wosiacki, Wolmar B.. No especifíca;Fil: Leite,Yuri L.R.. Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo; Brasi

Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil: setting the baseline knowledge on the animal diversity in Brazil

The limited temporal completeness and taxonomic accuracy of species lists, made available in a traditional manner in scientific publications, has always represented a problem. These lists are invariably limited to a few taxonomic groups and do not represent up-to-date knowledge of all species and classifications. In this context, the Brazilian megadiverse fauna is no exception, and the Catálogo Taxonômico da Fauna do Brasil (CTFB) (http://fauna.jbrj.gov.br/), made public in 2015, represents a database on biodiversity anchored on a list of valid and expertly recognized scientific names of animals in Brazil. The CTFB is updated in near real time by a team of more than 800 specialists. By January 1, 2024, the CTFB compiled 133,691 nominal species, with 125,138 that were considered valid. Most of the valid species were arthropods (82.3%, with more than 102,000 species) and chordates (7.69%, with over 11,000 species). These taxa were followed by a cluster composed of Mollusca (3,567 species), Platyhelminthes (2,292 species), Annelida (1,833 species), and Nematoda (1,447 species). All remaining groups had less than 1,000 species reported in Brazil, with Cnidaria (831 species), Porifera (628 species), Rotifera (606 species), and Bryozoa (520 species) representing those with more than 500 species. Analysis of the CTFB database can facilitate and direct efforts towards the discovery of new species in Brazil, but it is also fundamental in providing the best available list of valid nominal species to users, including those in science, health, conservation efforts, and any initiative involving animals. The importance of the CTFB is evidenced by the elevated number of citations in the scientific literature in diverse areas of biology, law, anthropology, education, forensic science, and veterinary science, among others

Gerstaeckerus rufiplagiatus Tomaszewska 2014, sp. nov.

Gerstaeckerus rufiplagiatus sp. nov. (Figs 6–8, 14) Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♀, ‘ PHILIPPINES / Mindanao / Bukidnon / Calahinan / X. 2013 / leg. I. Lumawig // Holotype Gerstaeckerus rufiplagiatus sp. nov., Tomaszewska 2014’ (MZPW). Description. Length 9.00 mm. Body 1.88 times as long as wide; pronotum 0.55 times as long as wide; elytra 1.27 times as long as wide; 3.40 times longer than pronotum, 1.48 times wider than pronotum. Body black, with only each elytron covered with elongate, reddish fascia (Fig. 6); shiny; moderately convex; glabrous. Antenna (Fig. 7) about 0.5 times as long as body; club flattened and comparatively narrow. Pronotum (Fig. 8) widest near anterior third; lateral margins rounded along anterior half then constricted in basal third; posterior angles about right-angled, anterior angles subacute; punctures fine, 2.0–3.0 diameters apart. Prosternal process about 0.5 times as wide as procoxal diameter, excised at apex. Elytra with lateral margins weakly rounded toward apex; widest in front of mid length; with punctures as large as the pronotal ones, 1.5–2.5 diameters apart. Female genitalia as in Fig. 14. Male unknown. Differential diagnosis. This species is easily distinguished from all its congeners by having elongate, red-orange fascia on each elytron. Etymology. The specific epithet refers to the elongate red-orange fasciae on the elytra. Distribution. Philippines (Mindanao).Published as part of Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2014, New species of the Amphisternus-group of Lycoperdininae from Philippines (Coleoptera: Endomychidae), pp. 635-644 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2) on page 643, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.529967

Amphisternus Germar 1843

Amphisternus Germar, 1843 Amphisternus Germar, 1843: 85. Type species: Amphisternus tuberculatus Germar, 1843, subsequently designated by ARROW (1925): 282. Amphisternus: TOMASZEWSKA (2005): 14 (redescription). Diagnosis. Amphisternus is similar to Cacodaemon, Amphistethus, Spathomeles and Stictomela in having the elytra provided with high tubercles and/or spines. Among these genera, Amphisternus appears to be closely related to Cacodaemon having the ovipositor with base of spermatheca provided with large, at least weakly sclerotized, nodulus-like structure, and the mandible with apices strongly asymmetrical. Both features shared with Cacodaemon separate Amphisternus from Amphistethus, Spathomeles and Stictomela. From Cacodaemon, Amphisternus can be distinguished by the maxillary lacinia long and stout throughout, provided with tuft of S-like setae at apex and a row of dorsal spines, the intercoxal process of mesoventrite widening apically and covering part of coxae and the intercoxal process of metaventrite widely bordered and raised. Remarks. STROHECKER (1964) included 12 species of Amphisternus in his Synopsis of the Amphisternini. STROHECKER (1968) described another new species, A. lugubris from Sabah (Borneo). This species was however omitted in the key by WANG & REN (2007) who described A. rufituberus Wang & Ren, 2007 from China. CHANG & REN (2013) added another new species from China, A. pubescens Chang & Ren, 2013. This genus now contains 16 species, including the new species described here. This is the first record of Amphisternus from the Philippines.Published as part of Tomaszewska, Wioletta, 2014, New species of the Amphisternus-group of Lycoperdininae from Philippines (Coleoptera: Endomychidae), pp. 635-644 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 (2) on page 637, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.529967

Oroides Tomaszewska & Ślipiński, 2012, gen. nov.

Oroides gen. nov. (Figs. 1–4) Type species. Oroides pakaluki sp. nov. Etymology. The generic name is derived from the Oro (Northern) Province of Papua New Guinea where the beetle was found. Gender masculine. Diagnosis. Oroides differs from all known Coccinellidae in the corylophid-like body, short and strongly heteromeroid trochanters, broad and flattened femora receiving narrow tibiae in dorsal grooves, procoxal cavities circular with very long and narrow slits and antennal scape bearing large sensory areas. Description. Body (Figs. 1, 2A) broadly oval, weakly convex with anterior margin of pronotum arcuate and entirely covering head from above; body resembling an oversized Corylophus Stephens (Corylophidae); fully winged. Head (Fig. 2 E) 0.75 times as long as wide; subantennal grooves absent. Eyes large, moderately coarsely facetted, dorsally about 0.5 times length of head capsule, not emarginate, with inner orbits arcuate or weakly converging towards vertex; interfacetal setae absent. Antennal insertions somewhat frontal, not visible from above. Antenna (Fig. 3 A) 11 -segmented; scape 2.4 times as long as pedicel, asymmetrically produced externally with a few large pits along outer edge (Fig. 3 B); pedicel asymmetrical, distinctly narrower than scape, 0.7 times as long as wide; antennomere 3 distinctly broadening towards apex, 1.6 times longer than wide, and about 1.5 times as long as 4; antennomere 4 about 0.75 times as long as 5; antennomeres 3 and 4 glabrous, without punctation or microsculpture; antennomeres 6 and 7 strongly transverse. Antennal club asymmetrical, 4 -segmented, compact with large sensory areas. Anterior clypeal margin arcuate; labrum large, shallowly emarginate. Mandible (Figs. 3 D, 3 E) with single apical tooth; prostheca large, shortly setose; mola reduced and weakly sclerotized, without molar tooth. Maxillary cardo weakly transverse; galea small (Fig. 3 F), rounded with tuft of stiff apical setae; lacinia vestigial; terminal palpomere as long as wide, weakly expanded toward apex, obliquely truncate apically (Fig. 3 F). Mentum transverse, about 1.6 times broader than long; anterior margin emarginate FIGURE 1. Oroides pakaluki sp. nov., habitus. medially; ventral surface smooth, moderately coarsely punctate and sparsely setose latero-apically; prementum nearly as long as broad; ligula parallel-sided; labial palps separated by distance about equal to width of palpiger; apical palpomere longer and as broad as penultimate one; submentum distinct. Pronotum (Fig. 2 F) arcuate anteriorly, covering head from above; anterior and lateral edges not margined; hind edge sinuate with distinct marginal line; hind angles weakly prominent posteriorly and acute. Prothoracic hypomeron (Fig. 2 D) deeply concave posteriorly, receiving fore femora; notosternal suture distinct. Prosternal process moderately broad, rounded apically, reaching far behind coxae and widening from mid length of coxa towards apex; surface smooth. Prosternum arcuate; anterior margin simple with complete bordering line; procoxal cavity oval, with very long and narrow slit between prosternum and hypomeron. Mesovenrite (Fig. 3 C) deeply concave anteriorly, receiving apex of prosternal process; meso-metaventral process about as broad as corresponding coxal diameter; articulation arcuate anteriorly with suture well visible; without internal knob. Scutellum triangular, weakly transverse; surface punctate and setose. Elytra (Fig. 2 A) with lateral margins very narrow, visible from above for half of their length; surfaces (Fig. 2 C) finely, irregularly and moderately densely punctate and setose; elytral epipleuron oblique; broad anteriorly, obsolete in apical third; without foveae for receptions of legs, (Fig. 2 B). Metaventrite large; metaventral postcoxal lines shallow, joined medially, complete, arcuate but posteriorly angled apically; postero-lateral parts of metaventrite, metaepimera and hind coxa deeply concave receiving hind femora in repose (Fig. 3 H); metendosternite stalk nearly as long as broad; tendons separated by about half width of stalk and placed on laminae. Legs short and stout, flattened; trochanters long oval; trochantero-femoral attachment strongly oblique (Figs. 2 B, 3 C); femora large, oval with deep grooves nearly throughout for receiving tibiae; tibiae subcylindrical, narrowing gradually towards their apices; hind tibia with short double spurs weakly visible among stout spines surrounding tibial apex; tarsi short and slender, 4 -segmented; pretarsal claws appendiculate. Abdomen (Fig. 3 H) with 6 ventrites; ventrites 1 and 2 solidly fused with trace of suture laterally, and combined 1.3 times longer than 3–6; abdominal postcoxal lines separate medially, Diomus - type, incomplete, extending down from base and running parallel to and near hind margin of ventrite 1; ventrite 5 smooth and simply setose, with hind margin rounded; hind margin of male ventrite 6 weakly emarginate (Fig. 3 G), tergite VIII rounded. Sternite IX with central part membranous; apodeme of male sternum IX rod like (Fig. 4 D). Male genitalia (Figs. 4 A–C). Parameres articulated with phallobase, well developed, simple and separated, slightly shorter than penis guide, densely setose along at least half of their length; penis guide simple with lateral sides symmetrical; tegminal strut simple. Penis arcuate with base with both arms equally developed and apex spirally pointed. Female unknown.Published as part of Tomaszewska, Wioletta & Ślipiński, Adam, 2012, Oroides pakaluki new genus and new species of Coccidulini from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), pp. 44-50 in Zootaxa 3174 on pages 45-48, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27990