scholarly journals Persistence of a dark form of Madagascar Magpie Robin Copsychus albospecularis in central-east Madagascar

2012 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-38
Author(s):  
Friederike Woog
Keyword(s):  
Dark Form

High Jack

2020 ◽  
pp. 178-197
Author(s):  
Roy McCree
Keyword(s):  
Trinidad And Tobago ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The State ◽  
World Cup ◽  
Senior Member ◽  
Senior Vice President ◽  
State Actors ◽  
The Government ◽  
Rules Of The Game ◽  
Dark Form

This chapter examines the operations of FIFA in the CONCACAF zone. In this regard, it examines three main areas: (i) the use of public or celebrity type diplomacy, courtesy of David Beckham, as part of the English bid to host the 2018 World Cup; (ii) the blurred nature of the distinction between state and non-state actors in the context of Caribbean soccer, given the fact that a former senior vice president of FIFA was also a senior member of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago; and (iii) the implications of this overlap for the workings of the state and the governance of the game. In addition, it is argued that FIFA has practiced a dark form of soccer diplomacy in this area, be it in relation to state or non-state actors, which has been marked by adherence to its “own rules of the game” to the general detriment of the sport.

A New European Species of Pachynematus Konow (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) feeding on Spruce (Picea)

1958 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-303
Author(s):  
Robert B. Benson
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Picea Abies ◽  
Harz Mountains ◽  
European Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Dark Form

Dr. W. Thalenhorst, of the Niedersächsische Forstliche Versuchsanstalt, Göttingen, Germany, sent me some time ago specimens of what he took to be an abnormally dark form of Pachynematus montanus (Zaddach). These had been reared in 1952 from larvae, not at the time distinguished from the larvae of that species and found feeding with them on spruce (Picea abies) in the Harz Mountains in the previous year. Unfortunately the female was smashed in the post and I did not like to describe a new species that would have to be based on only a few males, though I was not able to identify them with any known species. In 1955, however, he reared another female of the same species and from this he tried to obtain eggs but without any success. This female I now have before me. No further specimens have been found.

Variations in the Wing Ornamentation of Anopheles funestus, Giles

1930 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 421-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. S. Leeson
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Anopheles Funestus ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
The Other ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Wing Scales ◽  
Dark Form

1. The ornamentation of the wings in Anopheles funestus, Giles, is variable.2. Nine distinct arrangements of the wing scales were observed in a random sample of 1,084 individuals.3. Nearly nine-tenths of the specimens occurred in one group, in which there were dark and pale forms.4. Variations in wing markings are not solely related to sex or to habitat.5. The pale form was more prevalent in the wet season and the dark form in the dry season.6. It is suggested that further study may reveal whether the dark form is the hibernating variety and whether one form is more important as a carrier of malaria than the other, and that these details of wing ornamentation should be recorded in future.

scholarly journals Eggs

1879 ◽  
Vol 168 ◽  
pp. 163-165
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
General Character ◽  
Falkland Islands ◽  
Alca Torda ◽  
Superficial Resemblance ◽  
American Naturalist ◽  
Pale Green ◽  
Dark Form

Chionis minor, Hartl. (Lesser Sheathbill.) The general character of 19 eggs is a dirty white ground, splashed and blotched with brown. At the first glance there is a startling superficial resemblance in coloration, and sometimes in shape, to a very common dark form of the egg of the Razorbill ( Alca torda ) ; other specimens are in shape and markings like boldly blotched examples of eggs of the ( Edicnemus group of Plovers. On shining them to the light, the eggs show a green membranous lining. Unfortunately the egg of the other species Chionis alba ( Gm .), of the Falkland Islands, is not known, for Capt. Abbott, who wrote an account of the birds of the Falklands (Ibis 18), did not obtain it, and the statements made to him by the sealers as to its egg being white, must be received with doubt. The first eggs were obtained on 23rd Dec., and in stating that none were found by Mr. Eaton until 10th January, the American Naturalist, Dr. Kidder, must have been labouring under an error. The complement of eggs seems to be one or two, and rarely three. The average dimensions of the egg are 2·2 in. X 1·5 in. Querquedula eatoni, Sharpe. Thirty eggs of this species present remarkable variation, the general hue being of a pale green or greenish buff. Laying appears to commence early in December. The average dimensions are 2 in. x l·4 in.

scholarly journals SYNTOPIC ELYMNIAS AGONDAS ARUANA FEMALE FORMS MIMIC DIFFERENT TAENARIS MODEL SPECIES (PAPILIONOIDEA: NYMPHALIDAE: SATYRINAE) ON ARU, INDONESIA

TREUBIA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
David J. Lohman ◽  
Sarino Sarino ◽  
Djunijanti Peggie
Keyword(s):  
New Guinea ◽  
Museum Specimens ◽  
Model Species ◽  
Precise Locality ◽  
Wing Patterns ◽  
Light Form ◽  
Locality Information ◽  
Dark Form

Wing patterns of female Elymnias agondas (Boisduval, 1832) butterflies are highly variable, presumably to mimic different Taenaris species throughout New Guinea and surrounding islands. Labels on most E. agondas museum specimens lack precise locality information, complicating efforts to match E. agondas female wing patterns with presumed Taenaris model species. This paucity of data also makes it impossible to determine where different forms occur and whether they are strictly allopatric. During fieldwork on the Aru Archipelago, we found two distinct forms of E. agondas females occurring syntopically. The “light form” resembles T. catops, while the “dark form” seems to mimic T. myops and T. artemis. We discuss the significance of this finding and illustrate species in the Taenaris mimicry ring encountered on Aru.  

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