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The unprecedented record of the species Centris (Paracentris) hyptidis Ducke, 1908 in the State of Maranhão, Brazil, is documented. A single female was collected during a visit on a Chamaecrista ramosa (Vogel) (Fabaceae) flower on an island in the America’s Delta, Maranhão (-2.715922, -42.200054), which is deposited in the Bee Collection of the Federal University of Maranhão. Such appointment contributes to the knowledge of the faunal composition of bees in the State of Maranhão, as well as the distribution of the species C. hyptidis in Brazilian territory.

Mimops orientalis Kraepelin, 1903 is a monotypic species of Mimopidae endemic to China. The species is known only from a single specimen, the holotype. Little is known about its biology, habitat associations, or phylogenetic relationships. It was rediscovered on Qinling Mountain in Shaanxi and Henan provinces, China, 117 years after its last record. Detailed descriptions and colour photographs of living specimens are provided along with its ecology, updated conservation notes, and data on sexual dimorphism. A genetic analysis (COI, 16S rRNA, and 28S rRNA) was conducted to assess the phylogenetic relationships among Mimopidae, Cryptopidae, Scolopendridae, Scolopocryptopidae, and Plutoniumidae. The results support classifying Mimopidae as a valid family.

Hydnopolyporus fimbriatus es un hongo lignícola reportado en Colombia por primera y última vez en 1930 para el departamento del Valle del Cauca. Durante un rastreo realizado en el campus de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, sede Bogotá, se registró la presencia de la especie, con lo cual se expande su distribución para el departamento de Cundinamarca. Se recolectaron y examinaron 3 basidiomas siguiendo los protocolos establecidos en la literatura especializada. Se aporta información micológica sobre características macroscópicas y microscópicas, distribución actual, época de colecta y sustrato de crecimiento de los basidiomas. Hydnopolyporus fimbriatus is a lignicolous fungus reported in Colombia for the first and last time in 1930 for the department of Valle del Cauca. During the collection at the campus of Universidad Nacional de Colombia, in Bogotá, the presence of the species was recorded with which its distribution for the department of Cundinamarca expands. Three basidiome were collected and examined following the protocols established by the specialized literature. Mycological information is provided on macroscopic and microscopic characteristics, current distribution, time of collection and substrate for growth of the basidiome.

Thalictrum acutifolium (Hand.-Mazz.) B. Boivin is hitherto known as an endemic species of China. However, recently we found another population in Jeju-do, Korea. This species is closely related to Thalictrum tuberiferum Maxim., having characters such as 2- or 3-ternate leaves, whitish stamens with clavate filaments, and stipitate achenes, but distinguished from the latter by the following features: rootlets lacking tubers, stoloniferous, alternate cauline leaves, apex acuted leaflets, and ovate-shaped sepals with whitish color. Here, we provide its description, illustrations, and photographs as a new record species in Korea. Also, a lectotype is designated for T. acutifolium based on the material conserved at the University of Vienna (WU).

Les auteurs signalent une observation de Pteris vittata L. dans la Numidie algérienne. Cette découverte permet de faire le point sur sa répartition en Algérie.

The red-haired pine bark beetle, Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius), is one of the most rapidly spreading invasive forest insects. Originally from Eurasia, it has subsequently been introduced to Oceania, North, and South America. Yet, the status of H. ligniperda in East Asia is ambiguous. Here, investigation and analysis were conducted on the beetle in China, South Korea, and Japan. New occurrences in China and South Korea were recorded by field surveys and the expansion of H. ligniperda spreading in East Asia was analyzed. The results show that H. ligniperda is likely an invasive species in East Asia, initially invading Japan, then South Korea. Now it has invaded and successfully colonized Shandong province, China. Furthermore, the species has spread rapidly and it is now widely distributed in South Korea and Japan.

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Costalimaita ferruginea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) attacks Eucalyptus plants causing severe damage through netting of the leaves. Recently, this Coleoptera has been reported attacking Myrtaceae in Mato Grosso State and, studies about the occurrence of this beetle in commercial plantations of eucalypts has been the subject of researchers through monitoring programmes in the forest protection area. With the beginning of the rainy season, adults were observed causing damage in eucalypt plantations in four cities that are part of the transition region of Amazon and Cerrado Biomes. The spots where these insects were observed are located in Feliz Natal, Lucas do Rio Verde, Sorriso and Vera. The purpose of this study was to report the new occurrences and to characterize the attack period of the beetle C. ferruginea in Eucalyptus plantations in Middle-North region of Mato Grosso State, region of Biomes Transition. Resumo Costalimaita ferruginea (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) ataca plantas de Eucalyptus provocando intensos danos através do rendilhamento das folhas. Recentemente, esse Coleoptera tem sido relado atacando Myrtaceae no Estado de Mato Grosso e, estudos sobre a ocorrência desse besouro em plantios comerciais de eucaliptos tem sido alvo de pesquisadores através de programas de monitoramento na área de proteção florestal. Com o início do período chuvoso, adultos foram observados causando danos em plantios de eucalipto em quatro municípios que fazem parte da região de transição dos Biomas Amazônia e Cerrado. Os pontos onde foram observados esses insetos estão localizados em Feliz Natal, Lucas do Rio Verde, Sorriso e Vera. O objetivo deste trabalho foi relatar as novas ocorrências e caracterizar o período de ataque do besouro C. ferruginea em plantios de Eucalyptus na região Médio-Norte do Estado de Mato Grosso, região de transição de Biomas.

Hygrophila madurensis (N.P. Balakr. & Subr.) Karthik & Moorthy is a critically endangered herb, has restricted distribution in Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. For the first time it is being reported near the Coromandel Coast, adjacent to type locality. Detailed description and images are providing for better identification.

Esta tesis doctoral, de alcance exploratorio y descriptivo, se propuso como objetivo realizar un análisis de los medios de comunicación, con énfasis en los iberoamericanos, indexados en las ediciones de Google News Brasil, Colombia, España, México y Portugal, en aspectos como su identificación –cuántos y quiénes eran, y cuáles eran iberoamericanos–; su ubicación geográfica –país de origen–; sus cuotas de agregación de noticias –su visibilidad y rol de proveedores–; su empresa de medios propietaria –a quiénes pertenecían–; y las percepciones y experiencias sobre el agregador de noticias que tenían los editores en jefe, directores o propietarios de los medios iberoamericanos indexados es este. Se construyó un referente teórico en torno a los medios de comunicación y las noticias que abordó a los medios de comunicación como innovaciones tecnológicas; la economía de la comunicación de masas; los medios de comunicación como el cuarto poder, las compañías tecnológicas, internet y los medios de comunicación; la distribución de las noticias en la Web y los modelos de negocios, los agregadores de noticias y la infomediación. Posteriormente se hizo una aproximación a Google y a su agregador de noticias Google News en aspectos como su origen, evolución, estructura, funcionamiento, su significado para Google y su relación con los medios de comunicación. Se implementó una metodología mixta, tanto cualitativa como cuantitativa, y asimismo hizo uso de métodos digitales y de la etnografía virtual. Como técnicas de investigación se emplearon, en diferentes etapas, el web scraping, consultas documentales en línea y entrevistas, tanto presenciales como virtuales. La combinación de todas estas herramientas permitió triangular los datos recogidos, 5.048.150 millones de noticias de las cuales se construyeron diversos corpus, para intentar dar una respuesta integral a las preguntas de investigación planteadas. La limitación más importante fue el inesperado cierre de Google News España en diciembre de 2014 que significó también la eliminación de los medios españoles del agregador. La interpretación de los resultados se presenta tanto por idiomas, español y portugués, como por cada una de las ediciones del agregador seleccionadas y su detalle por canales. Se identificó que los medios de comunicación grandes, tradicionales y populares, naturales de estos países y cada uno con sus propias características, tenían las mayores cuotas de agregación de noticias capturadas –visibilidad– y noticias únicas –proveedor–, destacándose G1{bajo Globo.com} y Terra Brasil, en Google News Brasil; ElTiempo.com y Caracol Radio, en Google News Colombia; El Universal en Google News México; y Público.pt y A Bola, en Google News Portugal. El Grupo PRISA fue la multinacional de medios con más medios iberoamericanos presentes en las cuatro ediciones y con un marcado peso en las de español destacándose de paso su relación de coopetición con Google. Por otro lado, en general, se observó una percepción positiva hacia la labor del agregador, a pesar del muy bajo tráfico referido y de los bajos ingresos mensuales en Google AdSense, así como la solicitud de compensaciones adicionales que no necesariamente fueran dinero, como control sobre sus noticias una vez agregadas y sobre los medios plagiadores. Finalmente, dado el cierre de la edición España, su análisis se abordó de manera separada, se destacó que, antes del cierre, diarios y agencias de noticias como ABC, La Vanguardia, Europa Press, 20 Minutos, El País y El Mundo eran los que contaban con las más altas cuotas de agregación de noticias en la edición. Posterior al cierre, se encontraron 34 medios españoles en las ediciones de México y Colombia, y, por otro lado, los actores del conflicto –Google News España, la AEDE y la AEEPP– mantuvieron sus posiciones., This doctoral research, of exploratory and descriptive scope, it was proposed as an objective to carry out an analysis of the news outlets, with an emphasis on Ibero-Americans, indexed in the editions of Google News Brazil, Colombia, Spain, Mexico and Portugal, in aspects such as their identification –how many and who they were, and which were Ibero- Americans; Their geographical location –country of origin–; Their news aggregation quotas –their visibility and role of suppliers–; Their proprietary media company –who they belonged to–; And the perceptions and experiences about the news aggregator that had the editors in chief, directors or owners of the Ibero-Americans news outlets indexed is this. A theoretical reference was built around the media outlets and the news that addressed the media outlets as technological innovations; The economy of mass communication; The media outlets as the fourth power, technology companies, the internet and the news outlets; The distribution of news on the Web and business models, news aggregators and infomediation. An approach was then taken to Google and its Google News news aggregator in aspects such as its origin, evolution, structure, functioning, its meaning for Google and its relationship with the media outlets. This doctoral research implemented a mixed methodology, both qualitative and quantitative, and also made use of digital methods and virtual ethnography. As research techniques were used, in different stages, web scraping, online documentary consultations and interviews, both face-to-face and virtual. The combination of all these tools allowed to triangulate the collected data, 5.048.150 million news stories from which several corpus were constructed, in an attempt to give a comprehensive answer to the research questions raised. The most important limitation was the unexpected closure of Google News Spain in December 2014 which also meant the elimination of the Spanish news outlets from the aggregator. The interpretation of the results is presented divided in the two languages, Spanish and Portuguese, as well as for each of the editions of the aggregator selected and its detail by channels. It was identified that the large, traditional and popular news outlets, natural of these countries and each with its own characteristics, had the highest quotas of aggregation of captured news –visibility– and unique news –supplier–, standing out G1{under Globo.com} and Terra Brasil, in Google News Brazil; ElTiempo.com and Caracol Radio, in Google News Colombia; El Universal in Google News Mexico; And Público.pt and A Bola, in Google News Portugal. The PRISA Group was the multinational media with more Ibero-American news outlets present in the four editions and with a marked weight in the Spanish language editions, standing out their coopetition relationship with Google. On the other hand, in general, there was a positive perception of the aggregator's work, despite the very low referrals and low monthly Google AdSense earnings, as well as the request for additional compensation that was not necessarily money, as a control over its news once aggregated and on the plagiarizing news outlets. Finally, given the closure of the Spain edition, its analysis was addressed separately. It was highlighted that before the closure, newspapers and news agencies such as ABC, La Vanguardia, Europa Press, 20 Minutos, El País and El Mundo were the ones with the highest aggregation quotas of news in the edition. After the closure, 34 Spanish news outlets were found in the editions of Mexico and Colombia, and on the other hand, the actors of the conflict –Google News Spain, AEDE and AEEPP– maintained their positions.

Acacia mearnsii De Wilde is on the top 100 of the world's most invasive alien species and has successfully invaded many areas around the world. However, its distribution and expansion is seldom reported in China. This study for the first time conducted a survey on the new distribution of A. mearnsii at the Kunming Changshui Airport (Yunnan Province, China), through monitoring on population characteristics (number, density, height and ground diameter) and spatial distribution (spread distance). Our survey results show that A. mearnsii has spread rapidly across the airport. This study discusses three factors of environmental factors, human disturbance and weed characteristics behind this successful invasion. The species invasion has a strong potential to change the local vegetation structure, enhances the probability of bird strikes at the airport, and is vulnerable to invade new biogeographic regions if it is not controlled. Currently, eradication combined with mechanical control is considered to be the best option for control. Our study helps improve awareness about the potential risk of A. mearnsii invasion in other airports around China and the world.

El género Trybomia Karny 1911 cuenta con pocas especies, todas en el Neotrópico. La última especie se describió hace 82 años según los datos expuestos en la literatura. El material de estudio se obtuvo de muestreos llevados a cabo en la Estación Biológica “Las Alturas” de Cotón, San Vito de Coto Brus, provincia de Puntarenas, Costa Rica. En los diferentes muestreos se logró recolectar especímenes de tres especies de Trybomia. Ninguna especie de este género había sido informada para América Central con anterioridad por lo que son nuevos registros para el área y se incluye la descripción de una nueva especie. Se han encontrado en Costa Rica especímenes de las especies Trybomia intermedia Bagnall 1910, Trybomia mendesi Moulton 1933 y se describe Trybomia cesari n. sp. Las tres especies difieren en varios aspectos de su morfología como la coloración, el tamaño del cuerpo, la cantidad de pelos accesorios de las alas I y algunas medidas de la setotaxia y los antenómeros. La nueva especie T. cesari n. sp. se caracteriza por presentar los antenómeros III-VIII de color castaño oscuro con anaranjado, antenómeros I-II castaño oscuros, como el resto del cuerpo. Los ojos no se proyectan ventralmente. Con 11 pelos accesorios en el margen posterior de las alas I. The genus Trybomia Karny 1911, has few species all in the Neotropics. The latter species was described 82 years ago as the data presented in the literature. The study material was obtained from surveys carried out at the Biological Station "Las Alturas" from Cotón, San Vito de Coto Brus Province of Puntarenas, Costa Rica. In the different samples was achieved to collect specimens of three species Trybomia. No species of this genus had been informed previously for Central America for what they are new records for the area and a new species is described. In Costa Rica has been found specimens of the species Trybomia intermedia Bagnall 1910, Trybomia mendesi Moulton 1933 and the new species Trybomia cesari n. sp. The three species differ in several aspects of their morphology and coloration, body size, amount of accessory cilia in forewings and some measures of chaetotaxy and antennomeres. The new species T. cesari n. sp. It is characterized by the antennomeres III-VIII dark brown with orange, antennomeres I-II dark brown, like the rest of the body. Eyes are not prolonged ventrally. With 11 accessory cilia in the forewing posterior margin. UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigación en Estructuras Microscópicas (CIEMIC) UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Salud::Facultad de Medicina::Escuela de Nutrición

Sarcopyramis napalensis Wall. is reported for the first time from the Garhwal Himalaya, Uttarakhand. A detailed description, phenology, distribution and figures are provided here.

Bruchines damage agricultural crops and trees, reducing the quantity and quality of the seeds. The aim of this study is to record, for the first time, Paracrias pluteus as a parasitoid on the immature stages of Sennius spodiogaster and S. cupreatus on seeds of Melanoxylon brauna in Teixeiras, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Paracrias pluteus is a parasitoid without previous host records and known only from Costa Rica. Specimens obtained in this study add to knowledge of the biology of Paracrias species with a new host group (Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae), and the first host record and a new distribution for P. pluteus.

The endemic and threatened troglobites (organisms restricted to caves) Charinus eleonorae (Amblypygi) and Iandumoema uai (Opiliones), both from Olhos d'Água cave, located at Peruaçu Caves National Park (southeast Brazil), have their distribution expanded for a new locality inside of the National Park (Lapa do Cipó cave), extending their distribution at least in 9.5km2. This new data suggest that these arachnids can be in a differentiation process and/or there are several possibilities of dispersion in the karst of Peruaçu. Indeed, a revision of their categorical status at IUCN Red List is necessary. We herein report a new distribution range (Lapa do Cipó cave) of the troglobitic species I. uai and C. eleonorae, which are, to date, known to occur in the Olhos d'Água cave, located at the Peruaçu Caves National Park (PCNP).

Isotominella geophila Delamare Deboutteville, 1948, from Massif Edough in Northeast Algeria, has been found for the second time and is redescribed. It is separated from all other genera of Isotomidae by the following combination of characters: absence of eyes and pigment, PAO oval, not subdivided, shorter than width of antennal base, dens partially crenulated, dental chaetotaxy with more than six setae (13+4), posterior central S-setae on thoracic tergite II to abdominal tergite IV in p-row, S-seta on abdominal tergite V not thickened and mucro bidentate. This species exhibits sexual dimorphism.