A Revision of the Bees of the Genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part I. Callandrena. (\u3ci\u3eHymenoptera: Andrenidae\u3c/i\u3e)

This paper is the first part of a monograph of the bee genus Andrena in the western hemisphere and treats the subgenus Callandrena. Available data regarding phylogeny, distribution, biology, and flower preferences are presented together with keys to separate the species, diagnoses and descriptions of the species and discussions of geographic variation when applicable. Seventy-nine species and one subspecies are recognized. Sixteen names are relegated to synonymy, one to homonymy and eight are removed from the subgenus Callandrena. The thirty-nine species new to science are: aerifera, aeripes, afimbriata, ardis, auripes, balsamorhizae, beameri, bilimeki, bullata, calvata, dreisbachorum, fulminea, fulminoides, fumosa, humeralis, ignota, inculta, irrasus, levigata, levipes, limatula, mexicana, monticola, neomexicana, ofelia, optanda, parilis, perpunctata, rava, repanda, rubens, sculleni, senticulosa, solivaga, sonorensis, tegularis, trimaculata, utahensis, vulpoides

New Species and Records of Little-known Species of Melissodes from North America (\u3ci\u3eHymenoptera: Anthophoridae\u3c/i\u3e)

Two new species from Mexico, Melissodes (Tachymelissodes) sonorensis and M. (Melissodes) tescorum, are described in this paper. The previously undescribed males of M. cerussata LaBerge and M. baileyi Cockerell are described. Notes concerning the key to species of the subgenus Callimelissodes are given. New records of the following poorly known species of Melissodes are included: M. opuntiella, M. sphaeralcea, M. fimbriata, M. baileyi, M. apicata, M. mitchelli, M. intorta, M. flexa, M. maesta, M. cerussata, M. expolita, M. fasciatella, M. floris, M. hymenoxidis, M. perpolita, M. relucens, M. saponellus, and M. submenuacha

The Unionid Mollusk (Mussel) Fauna of the Vermilion River System in Illinois

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Comprehensive association analysis of candidate genes for generalized vitiligo supports XBP1, FOXP3, and TSLP

We previously carried out a genome-wide association study of generalized vitiligo (GV) in non-Hispanic whites, identifying 13 confirmed susceptibility loci. In this study, we re-analyzed the genome-wide data set (comprising 1,392 cases and 2,629 controls) to specifically test association of all 33 GV candidate genes that have previously been suggested for GV, followed by meta-analysis incorporating both current and previously published data. We detected association of three of the candidate genes tested: TSLP (rs764916, P3.0E-04, odds ratio (OR)1.60; meta-P for rs38069333.1E-03), XBP1 (rs6005863, P3.6E-04, OR1.17; meta-P for rs22695779.5E-09), and FOXP3 (rs11798415, P5.8E-04, OR1.19). Association of GV with CTLA4 (rs12992492, P5.9E-05, OR1.20; meta-P for rs2317751.0E-04) seems to be secondary to epidemiological association with other concomitant autoimmune diseases. Within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), at 6p21.33, association with TAP1-PSMB8 (rs3819721, P5.2E-06) seems to derive from linkage disequilibrium with major primary signals in the MHC class I and class II regions

Genome-wide association studies of autoimmune vitiligo identify 23 new risk loci and highlight key pathways and regulatory variants

Vitiligo is an autoimmune disease in which depigmented skin results from the destruction of melanocytes1, with epidemiological association with other autoimmune diseases2. In previous linkage and genome-wide association studies (GWAS1 and GWAS2), we identified 27 vitiligo susceptibility loci in patients of European ancestry. We carried out a third GWAS (GWAS3) in European-ancestry subjects, with augmented GWAS1 and GWAS2 controls, genome-wide imputation, and meta-analysis of all three GWAS, followed by an independent replication. The combined analyses, with 4,680 cases and 39,586 controls, identified 23 new significantly associated loci and 7 suggestive loci. Most encode immune and apoptotic regulators, with some also associated with other autoimmune diseases, as well as several melanocyte regulators. Bioinformatic analyses indicate a predominance of causal regulatory variation, some of which corresponds to expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) at these loci. Together, the identified genes provide a framework for the genetic architecture and pathobiology of vitiligo, highlight relationships with other autoimmune diseases and melanoma, and offer potential targets for treatment

Revision of the bees of the genus Tetraloniella in the New World (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

The genus Tetraloniella was proposed by Ashmead in 1899 (p. 61) to include a small Palearctic eucerine bee, Macrocera graia Eversmann, known to Ashmead only in the female sex. This specimen and several others of this species have been examined by the present author but no male specimen has come available, thus the critical characters of the terminalia have not been studied. Nonetheless, the author is convinced from the female characters that Tetraloniella of Europe and Asia is the same genus as Xenoglossodes, also named by Ashmead (p. 63) later in the same paper. Michener, McGinley, and Danforth (1994:158) refer to the genus under the name Tetraloniella but suggest that, ???. . . the synonymy of Xenoglossodes and Tetraloniella is uncertain.??? This author agrees that our current knowledge of this interesting genus is incomplete. The synonymy of Xenoglossodes and Tetraloniella, however, appears to be correct and this author will continue to use the latter name for the genus. A total of 6,504 specimens were studied representing 35 species, of which 19 are new to science. A total of 14 names are listed as synonyms and 1 name is recognized as a junior homonym and renamed. Complete descriptions for all species and keys for the diagnoses of both sexes are included when possible.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

A revision of the bees of the genus Andrena of the Western Hemisphere. Part XV???Subgenus Hesperandrena.

This work reports on a study of 1,200 specimens segregated into 9 species, 4 of which are new to science. One name is relegated to synonymy. The relationships within the subgenus and with other subgenera of Andrena are briefly discussed. The subgenus Hesperandrena was recognized and described by Timberlake in Lanham 1949 (p. 208) to include two previously described species, Andrena escondida Cockerell and Andrena baeriae Timberlake. These two species have in common a propodeum which, Timberlake described as having the dorsal surface, ???... broad, gently curved and inclined from base to apex, without definite truncation, the lateral margins distinctly carinate and convexly arcuate.??? This is the main character separating this subgenus (Fig. 4) from other subgenera of Andrena except that in the males of Hesperandrena the lateral margins of the propodeum are not carinate. Other characters are given in the description of the subgenus below. The species of this subgenus are very similar to one another and difficult to tell apart. The species are known only from California and Baja California. The reader is referred to earlier sections of this revision (LaBerge 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989; LaBerge and Bouseman 1970, 1987; LaBerge and Ribble 1972, 1975; Bouseman and LaBerge 1979; Thorp 1969; Donovan 1977) for details of morphology and a more complete bibliography on the genus Andrena. No new terms have been introduced and the bibliography presented here includes only references cited. Published locality and floral records are included in the sections at the end of each species account.published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe

New Species and Records of Little-known Species of Melissodes from North America (\u3ci\u3eHymenoptera: Anthophoridae\u3c/i\u3e)

Two new species from Mexico, Melissodes (Tachymelissodes) sonorensis and M. (Melissodes) tescorum, are described in this paper. The previously undescribed males of M. cerussata LaBerge and M. baileyi Cockerell are described. Notes concerning the key to species of the subgenus Callimelissodes are given. New records of the following poorly known species of Melissodes are included: M. opuntiella, M. sphaeralcea, M. fimbriata, M. baileyi, M. apicata, M. mitchelli, M. intorta, M. flexa, M. maesta, M. cerussata, M. expolita, M. fasciatella, M. floris, M. hymenoxidis, M. perpolita, M. relucens, M. saponellus, and M. submenuacha

Prodromus of American Bees of the Genus \u3ci\u3eAndrena\u3c/i\u3e (\u3ci\u3eHymenoptera, Apoidea\u3c/i\u3e)

Keys to the females and males and diagnoses of the American subgenera of the genus Andrena are presented in this paper. Previously described subgenera recognized in this work are as follows: Callandrena Cockerell, Scaphandrena Lanham, Plastandrena Hedicke, Parandrena Robertson, Dactylandrena Viereck, Andrena Fabricius, Iomelissa Robertson, Oligandrena Lanham, Hesperandrena Timberlake, Micrandrena Ashmead, Gonandrena Viereck, Opandrena Robertson, Cnemidandrena Hedicke, Simandrena Perez, Thysandrena Lanham, Taeniandrena Hedicke, Ptilandrena Robertson, Trachandrena Robertson, Xanthandrena Lanham, Diandrena Cockerell, Leucandrena Hedicke, Melandrena Perez, Gymnandrena Hedicke, Scoliandrena Lanham, Onagrandrena Linsley and MacSwain. The following five new subgenera are described: Eremandrena, Larandrena, Tylandrena, Geandrena, Chaulandrena