Anglicisms as an Integral Part of Modern German Media Discourse

The article analyzes the scope of the use of anglicisms in the German media, its language is the latest product of the communicative activities of German language community, ways of word-formation on morphological ground, the substantiation of the reasons for intensive anglicization of the German language, as well as the positive and negative consequences of their usage. The author considers the process of borrowing foreign words in the German language in the historical aspect, conducts a comparative analysis and identifies the features of this phenomenon in the historical past and at the present time.

A comparison of external and internal maxilla and mandible morphology of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha)

This paper describes the file of the mandible, the apices of the maxillae, the rupturing device on the maxillae, and the internal structures of the mouthparts in sixty representatives of the nepomorphan families (Heteroptera), using scanning electron microscopy. Eight morphologically distinct types of files are identified on the mandibular tip, as well as six distinct types of the maxillary endings, and three distinct types of rupturing devices of the maxillae. The features of the internal maxillary and mandibular structures share a common connection model, differing only by virtue of specific appendages in different subfamilies. The water bugs morphological ground plan is represented by a mandibular file identically serrated, asymmetrical apices of maxillae (left maxilla tapers with lobe + right maxilla tapers and straight), rupturing device evidently exposed ventrally and inner structures: the maxillae are extended dorso-laterally, forming a wide lobe; symmetrical processes connect with the mandibles. The main patterns (belostomatid and nepid) together with two more specialized patterns (gelastocorids, corixids, micronectids, and diaprepocorids) and (ochterid, aphelocheirid, naucorid, notonectid, pleid and helotrephid) are reported. Diversity of the elements (maxillae and mandibles) are analyzed from a phylogenetic signals and nutrition perspective. Finally, further lines of study are suggested for future work on the phylogeny of the group based on the studied characters.

Comparative Analysis and Systematic Mapping of the Labial Sensilla in the Nepomorpha (Heteroptera: Insecta)

The present study provides new data concerning the morphology and distribution of the labial sensilla of 55 species of 12 nepomorphan families (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) using the scanning electron microscope. On the labial tip, three morphologically distinct types of chemosensilla have been identified: two types of papillae sensilla and one type of peg-in-pit sensilla. Twenty-one morphologically distinct types of the mechanosensilla as well as two types of the trichoid sensilla (contact-chemoreceptive sensillum) have been identified on all labial segments in representatives of subfamilies. In Nepomorpha, morphological ground plan of the labial sensory structures is represented by an apical sensory field with 10–13 pairs of papillae sensilla and the peg-in-pit ones placed more laterally; numerous trichoid sensilla are placed on the IV segment; the chaetica sensilla are present and placed in groups or rows distributed along the labium near the labial groove on the dorsal side, and also several chaetica sensilla are unevenly scattered on the surface of that segment; the cupola and peg sensilla are numerous and evenly scattered on the fourth labial segment; the prioprerecptive sensilla, one pair is positioned on the dorsal side and on the fourth segment of the labium. The new apomorphical characters have been established for the labial sensilla in the Nepomorpha.