PARASITES OF SOUTH PACIFIC FISHES: III. TREMATODES FROM THE SOLOMONS AND NEW HEBRIDES, WITH A DESCRIPTION OF DAITREOSOMA PARVA N. SP. (MONOGENEA) FROM GUADALCANAL

1958 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 441-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marshall Laird
Keyword(s):  
Fresh Water ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
Tidal Stream

Daitreosoma parva n.sp. (Monogenea: Dactylogyridae) was discovered in gill smears from four of five glassies, Ambassis miops Günther (Centropomidae), from fresh-water pools on Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands Protectorate. Only two species of Daitreosoma were known previously, both of them parasitizing Therapon spp. (Theraponidae) from the Thomson River, Queensland. D. parva n. sp., measuring from 133 to 145 μ by from 38 to 41 μ (av., 139 by 39 μ), is only about one-quarter the length and width of its congeners. It also differs from these in details of the haptorial structures and genitalia, notably in that the testis is ventral to the ovary. An encysted metacercaria of Stephanostomum sp. (Digenea: Acanthocolpidae) is also recorded from the gills of A. miops. One of 12 mullets, Mugil oligolepis Bleeker (Mugilidae), from a tidal stream on the island of Aneityum, New Hebrides, had an example of an undetermined species of Microcotyle (Monogenea: Microcotylidae) on its gills.

South Pacific Commission

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 532-533
Keyword(s):  
Mosquito Control ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Samoa ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
Export Crops

First South Pacific ConferenceSir Brian Freeston, Governor of Fiji, was chairman of the first South Pacific Conference which met at Nasinu, Fiji, April 25 to May 5, 1950. The proposed agenda items had been assigned to the member governments for the preparation of introductory papers to serve as discussion guides; Australia reported on mosquito control and die improvement and diversification of food and export crops; the United States on village health; New Zealand on the village school; Netherlands on vocational training; the United Kingdom on cooperative societies; and France on fisheries methods. The conference adopted recommendations in each of these fields as well as exchanging ideas and information on administrative matters. Delegates attended the Conference from Papua, New Guinea, Nauru, New Caledonia and dependencies, French Oceania, the Netherlands, New Guinea, Western Samoa, Cook Islands including Niue, Fiji, British Solomon Islands, Gilbert Islands, Ellice Islands, American Samoa, New Hebrides, and Tonga.

Transcending the colonial gaze: Empathy, agency and community in the South Pacific photography of John Watt Beattie1

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Terry M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
British Colonialism ◽  
The South ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Norfolk Island ◽  
The Church

For three months in 1906, John Watt Beattie, the noted Australian photographer – at the invitation of the Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, Cecil Wilson – travelling on the church vessel the Southern Cross, photographed people and sites associated with the Melanesian Mission on Norfolk Island and present-day Vanuatu and Solomon Islands. Beattie reproduced many of the 1500-plus photographs from that trip, which he sold in various formats from his photographic studio in Hobart, Tasmania. The photographs constitute a priceless collection of Pacific images that began to be used very quickly in a variety of publications, with or without attribution. I shall examine some of these photographs in the context of the ethos of the Melanesian Mission, British colonialism in the Solomon Islands, and Beattie’s previous photographic experience. I shall argue that Beattie first exhibited a colonial gaze of objectifying his dehumanized exotic subjects (e.g. as ‘savages’ and ‘cannibals’) but with increased familiarity with them, became empathetic and admiring. In this change of attitude, I argue that he effectively transcended his colonial gaze to produce photographs of great empathy, beauty and longevity. At the same time, he became more critical of the colonial enterprise in the Pacific, whether government, commercial or church.

Elsinoe batatas. [Distribution map].

1982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Ipomoea Batatas ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Caroline Islands ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
New Britain ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Elsinoe batatas (Saw.) Viegas & Jenkins. Hosts: Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Guadalcanal, Guam, New Britain, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, SOUTH AMERICA, Brazil (Sao Paulo, Bahia, Campinas, Algoinhas, Rio Grande).

Cochliobolus heterostrophus. [Distribution map].

1981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
New South ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
American Samoa ◽  
Cochliobolus Heterostrophus ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
New Hebrides

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Cochliobolus heterostrophus (Drechsl.) Drechsl. Hosts: Maize (Zea mays) and other Gramineae. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AFRICA, Dahomey, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, ASIA, Bangladesh, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China (Honan, Manchuria, Nanking, Yunnan), Hong Kong, India (Delhi, Himalayas & S. India, West Bengal), (Bihar, Punjab), (Laccadive Ils), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), (Java), Israel, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, (W) (Sabah), (Sarawak), Nepal, Pakistan (SW), Philippines, Western Samoa, Thailand, Vietnam, AUSTRALASIA & OCEANIA, Australia (New South Wales, NT, Qd), Fiji, Hawaii, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Western Samoa, American Samoa, Solomon Islands, EUROPE, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, USSR (Caucasus), Yugoslavia, NORTH AMERICA, Canada (Ontario), (Quebec), Mexico, USA (Pa to Fla and Tex.), CENTRAL AMERICA & WEST INDIES, Bahamas, Belize, Cuba, Guatemala, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Salvador, Trinidad, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina (Tucuman), Bolivia, Brazil (Bahia), Colombia, Eucador, French, Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Surinam, Venezuela.

Dysdercus sidae. [Distribution map].

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
New Hebrides ◽  
New Distribution

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Dysdercus sidae Montr. (D. insular is Stål) (Hemipt., Pyrrhocoridae). Host Plants: Cotton, kapok, Hibiscus spp. Information is given on the geographical distribution in AUSTRALASIA AND PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Fiji, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Niue, Papua & New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Wallis Islands, Irian Jaya.

Leptoglossus australis. [Distribution map].

1968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Mariana Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
Western Samoa ◽  
Caroline Islands ◽  
New Hebrides

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Leptoglossus australis (F.) (=L. membranaceus (F.), L. bidentatus Montr.) (Hemipt, Coreidae) (Leaf-footed Plant Bug). Host Plants: Cucurbits, Citrus and legumes. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Andaman Islands, Burma, Cambodia, Ceylon, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, Philippine Islands, Taiwan, Thailand, AFRICA, Angola, Annobon Islands, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Canary Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dahomey, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Rodriguez Islands, Rwanda, Saõ Tomé, Senegal, Seychelle, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Upper Volta, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua & New Guinea, Western Samoa, Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Wallis Islands, Irian Jaya, China.

Maruca testulalis. [Distribution map].

1975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Maruca Testulalis ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Ryukyu Islands ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Irian Jaya ◽  
Society Islands ◽  
New Hebrides

Abstract A new distribution map is provided for Maruca testulalis[Maruca vitrata] (Geyer) (including M. t. amboinalis Felder) (Lep., Pyralidae) (Bean Pod Borer, Mung Moth). Host Plants: Cajanus, Canavalia, Dolichos, Phaseolus, Vigna and other legumes. Information is given on the geographical distribution in ASIA, Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia, China, Hongkong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Maldive Islands, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Sikkim, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, North AFRICA, Angola, Burundi, Dahomey, Fernando Po, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion, Rhodesia, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, AUSTRALASIA and PACIFIC ISLANDS, Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Hawaii, Marianas Islands, Marquesas Islands, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, American, & Western Society Islands, Solomon Islands, Tubuai, Tonga, Irian Jaya, NORTH AMERICA, Mexico, CENTRAL AMERICA and WEST INDIES, SOUTH AMERICA, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela.

scholarly journals EDITORIAL: Pacific media advocacy

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 6-10
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
Journalism Education ◽  
The South ◽  
Educational Training ◽  
Media Advocacy ◽  
Regional University ◽  
National University ◽  
The Media ◽  
The University

IN SAMOA during July 2015, a new Pacific journalism education and training advocacy era was born with the establishment of the Media Educators Pacific (MEP) after a talkfest had gone on for years about the need for such a body. A draft constitution had even been floated at a journalism education conference hosted at the University of the South Pacific in 2012. The initiative created unity of sorts between the Technical, Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) media institutes from Fiji, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, and the regional University of the South Pacific journalism programme. Founding president Misa Vicky Lepou of the National University of Samoa pledged at the time to produce a vision with a difference:

scholarly journals Six Oceania microstates: The genesis of media accountability

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 42-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shailendra Singh
Keyword(s):  
Papua New Guinea ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
New Guinea ◽  
Pacific Island ◽  
South Pacific Island ◽  
The Media ◽  
Pacific Island Countries ◽  
Similar Body

Media accountability systems (M*A*S) have been slow to take root in Oceania. Apart from Papua New Guinea, Fiji is the trend-setter in the region. Following the establishment of the Fiji Media Council in the mid-1990s, several other South Pacific island countries were keen to the follow the lead. Tonga now has a similar body with a code of ethics and which includes public members empowered to receive and adjudicate on complaints against the media. In Samoa, a study has been carried out in order to establish a media council-type body. The Solomons Islands Media Council (SIMC) is an industry organisation that does not yet have a complaints procedure. It is considering including this mechanism in line with the Papua New Guinea Media Council with which it shares a website and has a cooperative agreement. This article examines the debate in six South Pacific island countries that have adopted, or are in the process of adopting, self-regulatory M*A*S mechanisms following government pressure. They are the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu. The article also argues that there are other M*A*S that regional media can adopt besides media councils and this action would make it harder for governments to intervene and introduce regulation.

scholarly journals Genetic structure of the Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) population and the incidence of its biocontrol agent (Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus) in the South Pacific Islands

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kayvan Etebari ◽  
James Hereward ◽  
Apenisa Sailo ◽  
Emeline M Ahoafi ◽  
Robert Tautua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biocontrol Agent ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
South Pacific ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Mitochondrial Lineage ◽  
The South ◽  
Oryctes Rhinoceros ◽  
Rhinoceros Beetle ◽  
The Pacific

Incursions of the Coconut rhinoceros beetle (CRB), Oryctes rhinoceros, have been detected in several countries of the south-west Pacific in recent years, resulting in an expansion of the pest's geographic range. It has been suggested that this resurgence is related to an O. rhinoceros mitochondrial lineage (previously referred to as the CRB-G biotype) that is reported to show reduced susceptibility to the well-established classical biocontrol agent, Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV). We investigated O. rhinoceros population genetics and the OrNV status of adult specimens collected in the Philippines and seven different South Pacific island countries (Fiji, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, and Vanuatu). Based on the presence of single nucleotide polymorphisms (snps) in the mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit I (CoxI) gene, we found three major mitochondrial lineages (CRB-G, a PNG lineage (CRB-PNG) and the South Pacific lineage (CRB-S)) across the region. Haplotype diversity varied considerably between and within countries. The O. rhinoceros population in most countries was monotypic and all individuals tested belonged to a single mitochondrial lineage (Fiji, CRB-S; Tonga, CRB-S; Vanuatu, CRB-PNG; PNG (Kimbe), CRB-PNG; New Caledonia CRB-G; Philippines, CRB-G). However, in Samoa we detected CRB-S and CRB-PNG and in Solomon Islands we detected all three haplotype groups. Genotyping-by-Sequencing (GBS) methods were used to genotype 10,000 snps from 230 insects across the Pacific and showed genetic differentiation in the O. rhinoceros nuclear genome among different geographical populations. The GBS data also provided evidence for gene flow and admixture between different haplotypes in Solomon Islands. Therefore, contrary to earlier reports, CRB-G is not solely responsible for damage to the coconut palms reported since the pest was first recorded in Solomon Islands in 2015. We also PCR-screened a fragment of OrNV from 260 insects and detected an extremely high prevalence of viral infection in all three haplotypes in the region. We conclude that the haplotype groups CRB-G, CRB-S, and PNG, do not represent biotypes, subspecies, or cryptic species, but simply represent different invasions of O. rhinoceros across the Pacific. This has important implications for management, especially biological control, of Coconut rhinoceros beetle in the region.

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