The Mayflies (Ephemeroptera) of Tennessee, With a Review of the Possibly Threatened Species Occurring Within the State

One hundred and forty-three species of mayflies are reported from the state of Tennessee. Sixteen species (Ameletus cryptostimulus, Choroterpes basalis, Baetis virile, Ephemera blanda, E. simulans, Ephemerella berneri, Heterocloeon curiosum, H. petersi, Labiobaetis ephippiatus, Leptophlebia bradleyi, Macdunnoa brunnea, Paraleptophlebia assimilis, P. debilis, P. mollis, Rhithrogenia pellucida and Siphlonurus mirus) are reported for the first time. Rare and vulnerable species occurring in the state are also discussed. This represents the first comprehensive statewide list of mayflies for Tennessee

Insects of Western North America 7. Survey of selected arthropod taxa of Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma. 4. Hexapoda: selected Coleoptera and Diptera with cumulative list of arthropoda and additional taxa

August 22, 2011

Insects of Western North America. 2. The cicadas of Colorado (Homoptera: Cicadidae, Tibicinidae)

May 15, 2002

Survey of selected insect taxa of Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma

March 15, 2004

Survey of selected insect taxa of Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma. Pt. 1, Selected Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera

Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-77)

Revolutions from above: worker training as trasformismo in South Korea

While making very substantial changes to the population's working conditions, government strategies to foster economic development in South Korea have historically attempted to keep worker involvement, in terms of influence on the process, to a bare minimum. Applying the Gramscian concept of passive revolution, this article analyses governance mechanisms and production relations over a history of authoritarianism and up to the contemporary period of democratic reform. Trasformismo, which is a strategy of limited concessions, has been provided via vocational training for workers. Despite this attempt at inclusion, it is concluded that workers have not enjoyed full participation in negotiation for their welfare at any time in Korean history

The Trichoptera barcode initiative: a strategy for generating a species-level Tree of Life

DNA barcoding was intended as a means to provide species-level identifications through associating DNA sequences from unknown specimens to those from curated reference specimens. Although barcodes were not designed for phylogenetics, they can be beneficial to the completion of the Tree of Life. The barcode database for Trichoptera is relatively comprehensive, with data from every family, approximately two-thirds of the genera, and one-third of the described species. Most Trichoptera, as with most of life’s species, have never been subjected to any formal phylogenetic analysis. Here, we present a phylogeny with over 16 000 unique haplotypes as a working hypothesis that can be updated as our estimates improve. We suggest a strategy of implementing constrained tree searches, which allow larger datasets to dictate the backbone phylogeny, while the barcode data fill out the tips of the tree. We also discuss how this phylogeny could be used to focus taxonomic attention on ambiguous species boundaries and hidden biodiversity. We suggest that systematists continue to differentiate between ‘Barcode Index Numbers’ (BINs) and ‘species’ that have been formally described. Each has utility, but they are not synonyms. We highlight examples of integrative taxonomy, using both barcodes and morphology for species description. This article is part of the themed issue ‘From DNA barcodes to biomes’

Hessemydas seyrigi

Hessemydas seyrigi (Séguy) Leptomydas seyrigi Séguy 1960: 154. Type locality: Madagascar, Tuléar Prov., Behara. Afroleptomydas seyrigi, (Séguy) – Bowden 1980: 330. Hessemydas seyrigi (Séguy) – Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin 2005: 3. Hessemydas tulear Kondratieff, Carr and Irwin 2005: 3. Type locality: Madagascar: Tuléar Prov., Ifaty. new synonymy. Comments. Séguy (1960) described H. seyrigi from a single male specimen and his original description did not include any specific details of the genitalia, characters necessary for species identification. Kondratieff et al. (2005) provided a complete description of the male of this species under H. tulear, including providing illustrations of the genitalia. Comparison of recently collected specimens (Kondratieff et al. 2005) with the holotype of H. seyrigi indicated only one difference that the pilosity of the face of the holotype is predominantly black, whereas all other material examined exhibited white to yellow pilosity. The holotype specimen appears to be slightly greased.Published as part of Kondratieff, B. C., 2009, A new synonymy and a new species of Mydidae (Diptera) from Madagascar, pp. 65-67 in Zootaxa 2325 (1) on page 65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2325.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/530979

Hessemydas daugeroni Kondratieff 2009, sp. nov.

Hessemydas daugeroni, sp. nov. (Figs. 1 –4) Material examined. Holotype ♂, MADAGASCAR: Tulear Prov., Mikea Forest, NW of Manombo, Malaise trap in deciduous dry forest, elev. 37 m, 22º54.22'S 43º28.53'E, 28 March–8 April 2002, M. E. Irwin & R. Harin’Hala. Paratypes. Same as holotype but 27 November–6 December 2001, 1 ♂; 17–28 January 2002, 1 ♂, 22º54.80'S 43º28.93'E, Malaise trap in spiny forest, elev. 37 m, 22 June–2 July 2002, 1 ♂, 29 May–8 June 2002, 1 ♂. Diagnosis. The male of H. daugeroni is most similar to the male of H. seyrigi but can be distinguished by the shape of the gonocoxite bearing an elongate, subparallel process (Figs. 1–3). Illustrations of the male genitalia of H. seyrigi (H. tulear) as for comparison are provided by Kondratieff et al. (2005); the process of the gonocoxite is broad proximally and distally tapers to a curved, blunt apex. Females are presently not associated. All the material listed below was collected by malaise traps and these specimens are imperfect, missing in part mouthparts, legs or antennae. Description. Male: Length 14–15mm mm, length of wing 8.0– 8.5 mm. Head: Black, frons silver-gray pollinose, pilosity of face long, white to yellow; oral cavity narrow, triangular or narrowed dorsally; occiput with long white to yellow pilosity; postocciput with white pilosity. Labium black, extending anteriorly equidistant to pedicel, apical portion covered with stiff, erect, short pale yellow setae, basal portion with long, pale yellow setae ventrally; palpi brown, subequal to length to width of labium, covered with long, white setae. Antennae brown tinted with black, gray pollinose, apicoflagellomere expanded apically, clavate, with apical knob containing pit with small spine. Thorax: Mesonotum dull black, gray pollinose, pair of submedian and lateral gray pollinose stripes, marked by white short pilosity, short medial stripe; lateral edges of scutum and notopleuron gray-white, with long white pilosity; antepronotal lobe enlarged, brown; anepisternum, anepimeron, and katepisternum polished black; scutellum and mesopostnotum gray pollinose, scutellum with large sculptured indentures on anterolateral corners; postpronotal lobe enlarged with long white pilosity; post alar callus brown, silver pollinose posteriorly. Wings hyaline, venation brown, typical for genus. Halter white. Legs brown, darker basally, covered with short, brown setae, tibiae and tarsal segments with a row of stiff brown macrosetae ventrally, with apex, pulvilli, with yellow pollinose and a row of short setae ventrally; claws with apical ¼ black; hind legs with two ventrolateral rows of thick, brown spines; thicker, erect, and arising from tubercles on femora; coxae with short, thin, stiff brown setae. Abdomen: Black, tergite 2 with long white pilosity, bullae brown, with black line along anterior margin; tergum 3 with long white pilosity, dorsally and laterally; tergites 2–7 with posterior margins white, pilosity brown to black; sternite light brown, pilosity black. Male genitalia: Cercus light brown, with apical light brown setae; epandrium black, lateral edges yellow, lobes extend medially, broadly acute, margins thin (Figs. 1–3). Hypandrium dark brown, covered with pale yellow pilosity. Gonocoxite process elongate, subparallel, obtusely pointed, extending caudally, apical ¼ curved medially (Figs. 1–3). Parameral sheath thick basally (Fig. 4), with a single opening apically; ejaculatory apodeme long, narrow, ovate apically; aedeagus thick, sculptured; caudal process long, truncate apically, extended parallel to ejaculatory apodeme enclosing nearly all of ejaculatory apodeme (Fig. 4). Comments. The holotype is deposited in the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, paratypes in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, and C. P. Gillette Museum of Arthropod Diversity, Colorado State University. Etymology. The patronym honors Christophe Daugeron, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.Published as part of Kondratieff, B. C., 2009, A new synonymy and a new species of Mydidae (Diptera) from Madagascar, pp. 65-67 in Zootaxa 2325 (1) on pages 65-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2325.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/530979