An overlooked family-group name among bees: Availability of Coelioxoidini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Recent phylogenetic analysis of the family Apidae has applied the tribal name Coelioxoidini to the distinctive genus Coelioxoides Cresson, which has been thought to be related to Tetrapedia Klug.  However, the nomenclatural status of such a family-group name has not yet been assessed.  Herein, we determine that this family-group name is available and discuss its authorship and proposal date

Family Group Decision Making Utilization

In 2002, Greater Minnesota Family Services (GMFS) began providing Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) services funded by a grant and Three Counties for Kids and is still provided today in five counties. These counties are Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley, and Watonwan all located in Southern Minnesota. A survey was conducted to determine why the FGDM program is or is not utilized by county employees in the service area. Of county employee’s surveyed (N=25), 92% have used FGDM and 82% of those who identified their level of satisfaction (N=22) were satisfied to very satisfied with the services

Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)

We synthesize data on all known extant and fossil Coleoptera family-group names for the first time. A catalogue of 4887 family-group names (124 fossil, 4763 extant) based on 4707 distinct genera in Coleoptera is given. A total of 4492 names are available, 183 of which are permanently invalid because they are based on a preoccupied or a suppressed type genus. Names are listed in a classification framework. We recognize as valid 24 superfamilies, 211 families, 541 subfamilies, 1663 tribes and 740 subtribes. For each name, the original spelling, author, year of publication, page number, correct stem and type genus are included. The original spelling and availability of each name were checked from primary literature. A list of necessary changes due to Priority and Homonymy problems, and actions taken, is given. Current usage of names was conserved, whenever possible, to promote stability of the classification.We would like to sincerely thank the following people for their assistance with nomenclatural and/or bibliographical issues during this project: R. Aalbu (Tenebrionidae), A. Bennett (Hymenoptera), C. Chaboo (Chrysomelidae), C. Bellamy (Buprestidae), L. Bocák (various), M. Bologna (Meloidae), P. Bouchet (Gastropoda), M. Brancucci (publication dates), M. Buck (Hymenoptera), P. Cate (Elateridae), D. Chandler (Anthicidae), C. Costa (Elateridae), J. Cracraft (Aves), J. Cumming (Diptera), H. Douglas (Elateridae), M. Engel (Hymenoptera), W. Eschmeyer (Pisces), N. Evenhuis (Diptera), C. Ferraris (Pisces), G. Flores (literature), R. Foottit (Hemiptera), G. Gibson (Hymenoptera), B. Gill (Scarabaeoidea), M. Gimmel (Cyclaxyridae), V. Grebennikov (various), V. Gusarov (Staphylinidae), A. Hamilton (Hemiptera), L. Herman (Staphylinidae), M. Ivie (Tenebrionoidea), D. Iwan (Coleoptera), E. Jendek (Buprestoidea), P. Johnson (Elateridae), P. Jolivet (Chrysomelidae), S. Kazantsev (literature), I. Kitching (Lepidoptera), J. Kolibáč (Cleridae), H. Labrique (literature), D. Lafontaine (Lepidoptera), S. Laplante (various), M. LeCroy (Aves), S. Laplante (Coleoptera), A. Legalov (Curculionoidea), L. LeSage (Chrysomelidae), R. Leschen (various), I. Löbl (various), O. Lonsdale (Diptera), E. Matthews (Tenebrionidae), O. Merkl (Tenebrionidae), E. Michel (ICZN Cases), J. Muona (Eucnemidae, Elateridae), J. Nieto Nafría (Hemiptera), R. Oberprieler (Curculionoidea), J. O’Hara (Diptera), W. Opitz (Cleridae), D. Pavićević (Staphylinidae), K. Philips (Ptinidae), J. Pinto (Meloidae), G. Poinar (Curculionoidea), D. Pollock (Tenebrionoidea), R. Pyle (Pisces), D. Reeder (Mammalia), F. Riedel (Mollusca), C. Roper (Cephalopoda), C. Schmidt (Lepidoptera), N. Simmons (Mammalia), J. Skevington (Diptera), A. Smetana (various), W. Steiner (Tenebrionidae), M. Thayer (stems, Staphyliniformia), C. Thompson (Diptera), F. Vaz-de-Mello (Scarabaeidae), T. Virro (Rotifera), R. Wharton (Hymenoptera) and Q. Yu (Nematoda). M. Thayer provided data on the correct stem of Coleoptera genera. S. Gamman and P. Madaire, the library staff at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Ottawa), are thanked for their assistance with acquisition of important literature. A. Newton partial grant support for catalog database construction: United States National Science Foundation grants 8814449 (Field Museum Coleoptera collection inventory), 0118749 (south temperate Staphylinidae catalog) and 0715705 (world Staphylinini catalog).Peer Reviewe

Cooperation and conflict in family decision making

This study addresses the family dynamics of the decision making process, in particular the issues of cooperation and conflict, in both two parent and lone parent families. Thirty individual and family-group interviews were held (five two-parent families and twenty-five lone parent families). The families all had low incomes, heightening the importance placed on the consumer decision making process. Findings are considered in relation to the interaction between couples as well as parent-child interaction. Overall, cooperation was a more prominent theme than conflict amongst the families and collectivist values tended to dominate

A study of coordinator positionings in family group conferences

Although the coordinator is essential in mobilizing and remobilizing the social network of individual participants during the family group conference (FGC) process, we lack knowledge on the coordinators’ meaning and their interaction with various FGC actors. The data in this study come from nine interviews with FGC coordinators conducted as part of a randomized controlled study in which FGCs were implemented in two Norwegian municipalities: Oslo and Bergen. Positioning theory is used as an analytical tool for interpreting the findings. The results indicate that it is a challenge for coordinators to maintain the ideal of the ‘neutral’ coordinator while building trusting relationships with participants. Coordinators’ strategies for managing these challenges are interpreted as discursive positionings that enable communication, trust and participation, potentially securing FGC as an empowering process for the participant. The results indicate that coordinators are crucial actors in carrying out the FGC proces