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OCCASIONAL PAPERS OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES No. 147, 94 pages. December 2, 1991 GENUS-GROUP NAMES OF THE NEUROPTERA, MEGALOPTERA AND RAPHIDIOPTERA OF THE WORLD By John D. Oswald Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-0999 and Norman D. Penny Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California 94118-4599 Abstract: Alphabetical listings of the genus-group names of extant Megaluptcra, Raphidioptera, and = Neuroptera (s. str. Planipennia) are presented. Taxonomic and nomenclatural data for each name are given. Summaries of new genus-group synonyms, unreplaced junior homonyms, names without valid type species fixations, and names based on misidentified type species are given. Complete bibliographic references are given for all names and nomenclatural acts. Contents Introduction Inlroduciion (1) The last worldwide species-level catalog of Scope (2) the order str. = Nomenclature (2) Neuroptera (s. Planipennia), and Format Arrangement of Entries (2) Hermann Hagen's 1866 Hemerobidarum Syn- General Arrangement (2) opsis Synonymica, has long been obsolete, as Subgenera (2) are the most recent revisions Synonymy (2) comprehensive Character Formals (3) of the orders Megaloptera (i.e.. Van dcr Publication Dates (3) Weele 1910) and Raphidioptera (i.e., Navas Type Species (3) [1919e] 1918). In the 120+ years since 1866, Unavailable Names (3) the number of available Homonymy (4) nomenclaturally Family-Group Taxa (4) genus-group names in the order Neuroptera Selected Taxonomic References -
Owlflies Are Derived Antlions (Fig
Systematic Entomology (2018), DOI: 10.1111/syen.12334 Owlflies are derived antlions: anchored phylogenomics supports a new phylogeny and classification of Myrmeleontidae (Neuroptera) RENATO J. P. MACHADO1,2, JESSICA P. GILLUNG3, SHAUN L. WINTERTON4 , IVONNE J. GARZÓN-ORDUÑA5, ALAN R. LEMMON6, EMILY MORIARTY LEMMON7 and JOHN D. OSWALD2 1Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, U.S.A., 3Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, U.S.A., 4California State Collection of Arthropods, Sacramento, CA, U.S.A., 5Colección Nacional de Insectos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico, 6Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A. and 7Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, U.S.A. Abstract. The first phylogenomic analysis of the antlions is presented, based on325 genes captured using anchored hybrid enrichment. A concatenated matrix including 207 species of Myrmeleontoidea (170 Myrmeleontidae) was analysed under maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference. Both Myrmeleontidae (antlions) and Ascalaphidae (owlflies) were recovered as paraphyletic with respect to each other. The majority of the subfamilies traditionally assigned to both Myrmeleontidae and Ascalaphidae were also recovered as paraphyletic. By contrast, all traditional antlion tribes were recovered as monophyletic (except Brachynemurini), but most subtribes were found to be paraphyletic. When compared with the traditional classification of Myrmeleontidae, our results do not support the current taxonomy. Therefore, based on our phylogenomic results, we propose a new classification for the antlions, which synonymizes Ascalaphi- dae with Myrmeleontidae and divides the family into four subfamilies (Ascalaphinae, Myrmeleontinae, Dendroleontinae and Nemoleontinae) and 17 tribes. -
Report of the Committee on Bluetongue and Related Orbiviruses
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BLUETONGUE AND RELATED ORBIVIRUSES Chair: N. James MacLachlan, CA Vice Chair: William C. Wilson, WY T. Lynwood Barber, CO; Shane A. Brookshire, GA; Charles E. Brown, II, WI; Joseph L. Corn, GA; Edward J. Dubovi, NY; James F. Evermann, WA; Robert W. Fulton, OK; Robert F. Gerlach, AK; Chester A. Gipson, MD; William L. Hartmann, MN; Larry L. Hawkins, MO; Robert B. Hillman, NY; Thomas J. Holt, FL; Oscar Kennedy, VA; Francine Lord, CAN; David T. Marshall, NC; Daniel G. Mead, GA; James O. Mecham, WY; Bennie I. Osburn, CA; Eileen N. Ostlund, IA; Charles Palmer, CA; James E. Pearson, IA; Shawn P. Schafer, ND; Charly Seale, TX; David E. Stallknecht, GA; Susan W. Tellez, TX; George O. Winegar, MI. The Committee met on October 12, 2009 at the Town and Country Hotel, San Diego, Calif., from 1:00 to 4:45 p.m. There were 16 members and 28 guests present. James Maclachlan and William Wilson, Chairperson and Vice-chairperson, respectively, introduced the meeting. There was no discussion of previous committee business or resolutions. The molecular epidemiology of bluetongue virus infection in Europe: impact of vaccination Professor Peter P. Mertens, Institute of Animal Health, United Kingdom The paper in its entirety is included at the end of this report. Southeastern Wildlife Cooperative Surveillance Activities Dr. Joseph L. Corn and Ms. Stacey L. Vigil Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study (SCWDS), University of Georgia An update on surveys for Culicoides sp. in the Southeastern United States was provided. These surveys are being conducted as part of a Cooperative Agreement for Exotic Arthropod Surveillance with USDA-APHIS-VS. -
In Review18 Contents
CABI in review18 Contents Foreword from the Chair 3 Foreword from the CEO 4 Adding value 6 2018 in review 8 CABI’s mission and the Sustainable Development Goals 9 Our areas of focus 10 Our stories 18 Thank you 34 Governance 36 CABI’s Regional Consultations 37 CABI’s global role 38 Financials 39 CABI staff 42 Staff publications 43 Roger Horton, MBE, Chair ©Mike Amphlett, CABI Front cover image: Chinyunyu Plant Clinic in Rufunsa district, Zambia. ©David Ng’ambi for CABI Foreword from the Chair I was honoured to take over the role of Chair of the CABI Board in 2018, having concentrating on our publishing programmes with our new Managing Director joined as a Non-Executive Director in 2017. Prior to that, I was Chief Executive of for Publishing, Dr Andy Robinson, bringing a new focus to our work and looking Taylor & Francis, one of the world’s largest academic publishers. I am delighted at how we can publish research in different ways. to have become part of the CABI family. The CABI-led food security programme, Plantwise, has become increasingly well I would like to say thank you to Philip Walters, who preceded me as Chair. known globally. We will see it move to a bigger scale of operation, where we will He introduced me to CABI and, for that, I am very grateful. We welcome back be able to involve private sector funding and more local partners. And we are Prof Dame Anne Glover, Prof Ruth Oniang’o and Dr Prem Warrior, all of whom have developing technologies and partnering with organizations to enable us to bring agreed to serve another term on the CABI Board. -
Ephemeroptera: Insecta) of the World
Systematics, Morphology, Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of the Mayfly family Prosopistomatidae (Ephemeroptera: Insecta) of the World by Helen M. Barber-James A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Department of Entomology Rhodes University Grahamstown South Africa December 2010 Abstract Abstract The diversity, classification and historical biogeography of the mayfly family Prosopistomatidae are explored. First, the higher classification of the Ephemeroptera is reviewed, focussing on the phylogenetic placement of the Prosopistomatidae relative to other mayfly families. All relevant literature from 1762 to 2010 is synthesized. Baetiscidae are established as the probable sister lineage of Prosopistomatidae, the two constituting the superfamily Baetiscoidea. Next, qualitative morphological variation within the Prosopistomatidae is reviewed and revised, emphasizing nymphs because imaginal specimens are few. The labium and associated structures and the hypopharynx of nymphs, and the highly-derived wing venation of the imaginal stages, are re-interpreted. The structure of the male tarsal claws changes considerably between subimago and imago, which, together with deeply scalloped ridges on male imaginal forelegs and unusual pits on the female thorax, are interpreted as providing an unusual mating mechanism. These structures provide morphological characters for species definition and phylogenetic analyses. Two approaches to species delimitation are explored. First, morphometric variation is analysed using Principal Component Analysis, revealing groupings that can be interpreted as species, although there is some overlap between them. Discriminant Function Analysis shows that head width and carapace shape have the most value in identifying nymphs of different species. The carapace of Prosopistoma nymphs is shown to grow allometrically and gradually, in contrast with that of Baetisca, indicating a difference in early ontogeny. -
Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) Supports a New Higher‐Level Classification
Received: 9 May 2019 | Revised: 7 July 2019 | Accepted: 27 July 2019 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12382 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Total‐evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Ascalaphidae) supports a new higher‐level classification Joshua R. Jones Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, Orem, UT, USA Abstract The first large‐scale, total‐evidence phylogeny of the owlflies (Neuroptera, Correspondence Ascalaphidae) is presented. A combined morphological and molecular dataset was Joshua R. Jones, Department of Biology, Utah Valley University, 800 W University analysed under several analytical regimes for 76 exemplars of Myrmeleontiformia Parkway, Orem, UT 84058, USA. (Psychopsidae, Nymphidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae), includ- Email: [email protected] ing 57 of Ascalaphidae. At the subordinal level, the families were recovered in all Funding information analyses in the form Psychopsidae + (Nymphidae + (Nemopteridae + (Myrmeleont National Science Foundation; Texas idae + Ascalaphidae). In the DNA‐only maximum‐likelihood analysis, Ascalaphidae A&M University; Texas EcoLab (Braun & were recovered as paraphyletic with respect to the Myrmeleontidae and the tribe Gresham PLLC) Ululodini. In both the parsimony and Bayesian total‐evidence analyses, however, the latter with strong support, traditional Ascalaphidae were recovered as monophyletic, and in the latter, Stilbopteryginae were placed as the immediate sister group. The long‐standing subfamilies Haplogleniinae and Ascalaphinae were not recovered as monophyletic in any analysis, nor were several of the included tribes of non‐ululo- dine Ascalaphinae. The Ululodini were monophyletic and well supported in all anal- yses, as were the New World Haplogleniinae and, separately, the African/Malagasy Haplogleniinae. The remaining Ascalaphidae, collectively, were also consistently cohesive, but included a genus that until now has been placed in the Haplogleniinae, Protidricerus. -
Inventory of Freshwater Arthropods in Pakistan
Arthropods, 2019, 8(4): 143-175 Article Inventory of freshwater arthropods in Pakistan Quddusi B. Kazmi, Farhana S. Ghory Marine Reference Collection & Resource Centre, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan Email: [email protected] Received 24 October 2019; Accepted 4 November 2019; Published 1 December 2019 Abstract Inventory of free-living freswater arthropods, with synonymical bibliography, occurring in the Pakistani fresh waters is drawn up, almost entirely from taxonomical literature checked until now. Six hundred and thirty two taxa have been recorded since 1892, of these 239 species and sub-species are of Crustacea, 368 species and sub-species are of Insecta, 25 species and sub-species are of Arachnida as well as few unidentified species. The present inventory is composed of the collated records from the publications of the library and internet. Totally 266 selected publications are arranged as resource references. Keywords inventory; freshwater arthropods; Pakistan. Arthropods ISSN 22244255 URL: http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/onlineversion.asp RSS: http://www.iaees.org/publications/journals/arthropods/rss.xml Email: [email protected] EditorinChief: WenJun Zhang Publisher: International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 1 Introduction Our scientific knowledge about freshwater invertebrates, although substantial and useful for many groups, is far less than for the vertebrates. The invertebrates are often used as indicators of the state of streams, rivers, lakes and ponds. Inspite of the facts that the diversity of invertebrate species far outnumbers that of the vertebrate animals particularly the Arthropoda, which contains almost 80% of all animal species, and our fresh water bodies are vast and diverse, our concerns stem from the realization that our knowledge of the diversity and variability of arthropod organisms and the ecosystems in which they occur is woefully incomplete.