A review of the crane fly genusEpiphragma(Diptera: Tipulidaes.l.) in North America (including Mexico)

2012 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-375
Author(s):  
Jon K. Gelhaus ◽  
Anthony Ruggeri

AbstractThis study examines the seven described species ofEpiphragmaOsten Sacken (Diptera: Tipulidaes.l.) known to occur in North America including Mexico. A key to species, descriptions, distributional ranges, habitat information, and literature references are given and the wing patterning and male genitalia are illustrated. The male ofEpiphragma celatorAlexander is described for the first time and the species range is extended north from Michoacan, Mexico to southern Arizona, United States of America. The range ofEpiphragma arizonenseAlexander is extended from southern Arizona south to Sinaloa, Mexico. The male hypopygium ofEpiphragma nebulosum(Bellardi) and wing and hypopygium ofEpiphragmaoreonymphaAlexander are illustrated for the first time.

Zootaxa ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 1766 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEFFREY K. BARNES

The species of Ceraturgus occurring in the eastern United States and Canada are reviewed. A key to species, descriptions, illustrations of wings and some genitalic features, and distribution maps are presented. Ceraturgus fasciatus is resurrected from synonymy with Ceraturgus cruciatus, and Ceraturgus mabelae is reduced to synonymy with Ceraturgus nigripes (new synonymy). Ceraturgopsis is resurrected, assigned subgeneric rank, and Ceraturgus cornutus is fixed as type species. This work is dedicated to the memory of one of America’s foremost asilidologists, Joseph Wilcox.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 2956-2975 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Keith McE. Kevan

This paper complements a similar one in this issue for the Centipedes (Chilopoda) and Symphyla. The diplopod fauna of Canada, as currently known, is briefly discussed and the relevant literature is summarized. The main body of the paper comprises a classified checklist of species, with their recorded distribution, known to occur in Canada and the adjacent United States of America, together with a few others from a little farther south that might conceivably be anticipated. Over 60 species are listed for Canada and Alaska, together with about the same number of additional species hitherto known only as far north as those states immediately south of the international boundary. The European Archiboreoiulus pallidus (Brade-Birks) is recorded for the first time from North America.


2014 ◽  
Vol 147 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trevor O. Burt ◽  
Jeffrey H. Skevington ◽  
Leonardo Rocha

AbstractNearctic Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera: Conopidae) species concepts are revised. We provide redescriptions of S. biannulata (Say) and S. neglecta Williston, description of S. beresfordinew species, an illustrated key to species, range maps, and ecological data. Stylogaster beresfordi ranges from southern Mexico to southern New Mexico, United States of America. DNA barcode data are provided with neighbour-joining and Bayesian analyses and relationships of the three species are discussed. We hypothesise that S. neglecta and S. beresfordi are sister taxa, while S. biannulata is in a different clade.


1983 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 704-720 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alasdair J. Ritchie ◽  
Lubomir Masner

The genus Baryconus Foerster (= Hoploteleia Ashmead) (Scelionidae, Scelioninae) in North America is revised. A generic diagnosis and a key to species are given; the nomenclature and biology of Baryconus are discussed. Eight species are recognized in North America, six of them new to science: Baryconus albohirtus (United States), B. americanus (Canada, United States), B. bidentatus (United States), B. clypeatus (United States, Mexico), B. minutus (United States), and B. unidentatus (United States). The two previously known species, viz. B. floridanus Ashmead and B. noveboracensis (Brues) are redescribed, females being described for the first time. Biological and distributional notes on each species are included.


2016 ◽  
Vol 148 (4) ◽  
pp. 375-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine L. Barrie ◽  
Terry A. Wheeler

AbstractThe Nearctic species of Dicraeus Loew (Diptera: Chloropidae) are revised. Eight species are recognised in North America: Dicraeus curtisinew species is described from the western United States of America; the Palaearctic species D. vagans (Meigen) is newly recorded in North America; D. elongatus Sabrosky; D. fennicus Duda; D. incongruus Aldrich; D. ingratus (Loew); D. tibialis (Macquart); and D. wilburi Sabrosky are redescribed. All species are described and illustrated and a key to species is provided. Dicraeus aberrans Sabrosky, described from New Mexico, United States of America, is transferred to the genus Notaulacella Enderlein as Notaulacella aberransnew combination. This represents the first Nearctic record of the previously Neotropical genus Notaulacella.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-92
Author(s):  
Rotimi Williams Omotoye

Pentecostalism as a new wave of Christianity became more pronounced in 1970's and beyond in Nigeria. Since then scholars of Religion, History, Sociology and Political Science have shown keen interest in the study of the Churches known as Pentecostals because of the impact they have made on the society. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) was established by Pastor Josiah Akindayomi in Lagos,Nigeria in 1952. After his demise, he was succeeded by Pastor Adeboye Adejare Enock. The problem of study of this research was an examination of the expansion of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to North America, Caribbean and Canada. The missionary activities of the church could be regarded as a reversed mission in the propagation of Christianity by Africans in the Diaspora. The methodology adopted was historical. The primary and secondary sources of information were also germane in the research. The findings of the research indicated that the Redeemed Christian Church of God was founded in North America by Immigrants from Nigeria. Pastor Adeboye Enock Adejare had much influence on the Church within and outside the country because of his charisma. The Church has become a place of refuge for many immigrants. They are also contributing to the economy of the United States of America. However, the members of the Church were faced with some challenges, such as security scrutiny by the security agencies. In conclusion, the RCCGNA was a denomination that had been accepted and embraced by Nigerians and African immigrants in the United States of America.


2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rayapati A. Naidu ◽  
Gandhi Karthikeyan

The ornamental Chinese wisteria (Wisteria sinensis) is a woody perennial grown for its flowering habit in home gardens and landscape settings. In this brief, the occurrence of Wisteria vein mosaic virus (WVMV) was reported for the first time in Chinese wisteria in the United States of America. Accepted for publication 18 June 2008. Published 18 August 2008.


Diacrítica ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Fabio Scetti

This contribution presents the analysis of the position of the Portuguese language within two Portuguese communities located in North America: in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America. Enrollments are decreasing within the communitarian schools of the two communities, and some actors within these institutions are mobilizing discourses about the power of Portuguese as a global language of the future, a language of business. Thanks to our ethnographic approach, we observed discourses promoted by these institutions not anymore as a Heritage Language (HL), but ‘selling’ Portuguese as a new language for the future. Moreover, we realized how the nationalist paradigm in which one language is equal to one nation or community, and this refers to one norm, is maintained to support this new position. Due to a qualitative methodology, mixing interactional observation and semi-structured interviews, we aimed to articulate discursive analysis and analysis of language practices, mainly focusing on the perception and the identification of what is perceived as the ‘good’ Portuguese. Speakers continue to interrogate mixed or hybrid practices according to their repertoires and considering each context or situation. This may help questioning the complex ideology of ‘purity’ of a language.


1946 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 47-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Brown

In the following notes, two European species, one a pest of Lilium, are recorded for the first time from North America; an European pest that was introduced into the United States is recorded from Canadian localities; and a Mexican species not noted previously from the United States is recorded from Texas. The five forms described as new belong to difficult groups in which the species show strong monophagous tendencies.


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