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Supplementary Appendix 3.1. List of 759 naturalised plant taxa In South Africa
<p>Excel spreadsheet with 759 naturalized plant species in South Africa</p>
PLATE I. Lepadellidae, microphotographs. 1 in Eight new Lepadellidae (Rotifera, Monogononta) from the Congo bring to level endemism in Africa's rotifers
PLATE I. Lepadellidae, microphotographs. 1: Colurella asymmetrica n. sp., ventral view; 2: Squatinella longipila n. sp.; 3: Squatinella curviseta n. sp.; 4: Lepadella hanneloreae n. sp., habitus; 5: L. jingruae n. sp., habitus; 6: L. wilungulai n. sp., habitus; 7: L. weijiai n. sp., habitus; 8: L. yangambi n. sp., habitus;
FIGURE 3 in Description of a new brachypterous scarab species, Orphnus brevialatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from East Africa, with notes on flightlessness in the orphnines
FIGURE 3. Distribution of Orphninae taxa with fully developed wings (black dots) and reduced wings (white dots).
FIGURE 2 in Redescription of Basiria gracilis (Thorne, 1949) Siddiqi, 1963 (Rhabditida, Tylenchidae) from South Africa
FIGURE 2. Basiria gracilis (Thorne, 1949) Siddiqi, 1963 (light microscope). A: Neck; B: Female reproductive system (arrow pointing to spermatheca); C, D: Anterior end (arrow pointing to amphid); E, F: Anal region at spicules and bursa (arrow) level, respectively. G: Entire female; H: Female posterior end; I: Male posterior end; J: Lateral field; K: Vagina region; L: Entire male.
FIGURE 1 in Redescription of Basiria gracilis (Thorne, 1949) Siddiqi, 1963 (Rhabditida, Tylenchidae) from South Africa
FIGURE 1. Basiria gracilis (Thorne, 1949) Siddiqi, 1963. A: Neck of female; B: Anterior end; C: Female reproductive system; D: Entire female; E: Entire male; F: Spicule and gubernaculum; G: Postvulval uterine sac; H: Male posterior end. I: Female posterior end.
Satellite observations reveal inequalities in the progress and effectiveness of recent electrification in sub-Saharan Africa
<p>Replication code and data for the paper "Satellite observations reveal inequalities in the progress and effectiveness of recent electrification in sub-Saharan Africa" published in One Earth (DOI: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.03.007)</p> <p>________________________________</p> <p>This repository hosts:</p> <ul> <li> <p>A JavaScript file to process remotely-sensed data into Google Earth Engine (step 1)</p> </li> <li> <p>A R script, to be run after the successful completion of the Google Earth Engine processing (step 2)</p> </li> <li> <p>Supporting files to run the analysis (e.g. a shapefile of provinces, validation data, etc.)</p> </li> <li> <p>Create a Google account, if you do not have one, and require access to Earth Engine <a href="https://signup.earthengine.google.com/">https://signup.earthengine.google.com</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>Make sure your Google Drive has enough cloud storage space available.</p> </li> <li> <p>Clone the repository.</p> </li> <li> <p>Run the JavaScript file in Google Earth Engine and wait that the data processing is complete <strong>(can take >24 hours)</strong></p> </li> <li> <p>Run the R script, which will reproduce the analysis and the figures contained in the paper.</p> </li> <li> <p>Open the QGIS project files to replicate maps with the appropriate layout.</p> </li> </ul> <p>Source code-related issues should be opened directly on GitHub. Broader questions of the methods should be addressed to <a href="mailto:giacomo.falchetta@feem.it">giacomo.falchetta@feem.it</a></p>
FIGURES 4–11 in Adamastoraltica humicola, new genus and new species: the first example of possible moss-inhabiting flea beetle genus from sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)
FIGURES 4–11. Adamastoraltica humicola sp. nov. from Wynberg Cave Ravine: 4, pronotum and basal part of elytra in dorsal view; 5, head and pronotum in dorsolateral view; 6, head in dorsal view; 7, mouthparts; 8, male, front tibia and tarsus (a), hind tibia (b), hind tarsus (c); 9, metafemoral extensor tendon, from top to bottom in inner and outer view; 10, aedeagus from left to right in ventral, dorsal, and lateral view; 11, spermatheca (a), tignum (b), vaginal palpi (c). 1st = first tarsomere, 3rd = third tarsomere, aa = anterior angle, as = apical spur; bav = basal angle of the ventral lobe; be = tendon basal edge; cf = tendon central furrow; dba = dorsal-basal angle; dev = dorsal edge of ventral lobe; dl = dorsal lobe; ea = extended arm; lb = labrum; lp = labial palpus; mp = maxillary palpus; pa = posterior angle, rf = recurved flange; sg = supraorbital groove, tc = tarsal claws, vl = ventral lobe.
Supplementary material 1 from: Bragança PHN, van Zeeventer RM, Bills R, Tweddle D, Chakona A (2020) Diversity of the southern Africa Lacustricola Myers, 1924 and redescription of Lacustricola johnstoni (Günther, 1894) and Lacustricola myaposae (Boulenger, 1908) (Cyprinodontiformes, Procatopodidae). ZooKeys 923: 91-113. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.923.48420
Species localities and Genbank Acession numbers: acession numbers in bold refers to sequences developed in the present study
Subspecies and Distribution. . p. perforatus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 — Nile Valley in Egypt and N Sudan. . p. haedinusThomas, 1915 - Middle East (Israel, Arabian Peninsula, and S Iran) E to India, and E Africa from Djibouti to Kenya (including Lamu I) and Tanzania; it may also occur in Eritrea. . p. senegalensis Desmarest, 1820 - scattered localities in W Africa, from S Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau E to NW Nigeria and W Cameroon; it may occur in Guinea and Ivory Coast. . p. sudani Thomas, 1915 — C & S Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and S through the Congo Basin to N & E Botswana, S Zimbabwe, and NE South Africa in Emballonuridae
Subspecies and Distribution. . p. perforatus E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818 — Nile Valley in Egypt and N Sudan. . p. haedinusThomas, 1915 - Middle East (Israel, Arabian Peninsula, and S Iran) E to India, and E Africa from Djibouti to Kenya (including Lamu I) and Tanzania; it may also occur in Eritrea. . p. senegalensis Desmarest, 1820 - scattered localities in W Africa, from S Mauritania, Senegal, and Guinea-Bissau E to NW Nigeria and W Cameroon; it may occur in Guinea and Ivory Coast. . p. sudani Thomas, 1915 — C & S Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda, and S through the Congo Basin to N & E Botswana, S Zimbabwe, and NE South Africa
Distribution. Widely in S Africa, but N & W boundaries are not yet known; known to occur in S DR Congo, W Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Swaziland. A species morphologically identical to Ä caffer occurs widely in East Africa but whether this refers to H. caffer or H. tephrus has not yet been established. in Hipposideridae
Distribution. Widely in S Africa, but N & W boundaries are not yet known; known to occur in S DR Congo, W Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, N Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Swaziland. A species morphologically identical to Ä caffer occurs widely in East Africa but whether this refers to H. caffer or H. tephrus has not yet been established.
Distribution. Patchily in Africa N of the equator from Guinea Bissau and Guinea E to South Sudan and extreme NW Uganda. in Hipposideridae
Distribution. Patchily in Africa N of the equator from Guinea Bissau and Guinea E to South Sudan and extreme NW Uganda.
Distribution. Patchily in W Africa with records from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria. in Hipposideridae
Distribution. Patchily in W Africa with records from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Nigeria.
Distribution. Very patchily in W Africa with records in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast in Hipposideridae
Distribution. Very patchily in W Africa with records in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast
Distribution. Widely distributed through out tropical Africa from Senegal E to ex treme W Uganda and E DR Congo, with isolated populations in W Angola, SE Ken ya, and N, NE & SE Tanzania; also on Bioko I. in Family Hipposideridae (Old World Leaf-nosed Bats)
Distribution. Widely distributed through out tropical Africa from Senegal E to ex treme W Uganda and E DR Congo, with isolated populations in W Angola, SE Ken ya, and N, NE & SE Tanzania; also on Bioko I.
Distribution. Known from five localities in Mozambique (Chinizuia Forest, Gerhard's Cave, Gorongosa Caves, Namapa, and Niassa Reserve) and one locality in NW Zimbabwe (Lutope-Ngolangola Confluence); predicted to occur in much of S Africa, possibly incorporating much of Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe. in Rhinolophidae
Distribution. Known from five localities in Mozambique (Chinizuia Forest, Gerhard's Cave, Gorongosa Caves, Namapa, and Niassa Reserve) and one locality in NW Zimbabwe (Lutope-Ngolangola Confluence); predicted to occur in much of S Africa, possibly incorporating much of Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.
Distribution. SE Africa from SE Zambia, S Malawi, W Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and N Botswana to Swaziland and C & E South Africa, and isolated records from Uganda and Tanzania; there are also apparently records from Togo, Benin, C Nigeria, NE Egypt, and Lesotho, but they need validation and are not mapped here. in Rhinolophidae
Distribution. SE Africa from SE Zambia, S Malawi, W Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and N Botswana to Swaziland and C & E South Africa, and isolated records from Uganda and Tanzania; there are also apparently records from Togo, Benin, C Nigeria, NE Egypt, and Lesotho, but they need validation and are not mapped here.
Subspecies and Distribution. R m. mehelyi Matschie, 1901 - S Europe (S Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, E Sicily, SE Italy, S Albania, E Serbia, S Romania, E North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece), SW Asia (Caucasus, Anatolia, N Iraq, and Zagros Mts in W Iran), and N Africa (N Morocco, N Algeria, and N Tunisia); possibly a record from SE France, and there are apparently records from Afghanistan, although exact localities are uncertain. R m. judaicus K. Andersen & Matschie, 1904 - Levant in Cyprus, N Syria, W Jordan, Israel, NE Egypt (including NW Sinai based on echolocation), and NE Libya. in Rhinolophidae
Subspecies and Distribution. R m. mehelyi Matschie, 1901 - S Europe (S Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, E Sicily, SE Italy, S Albania, E Serbia, S Romania, E North Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Greece), SW Asia (Caucasus, Anatolia, N Iraq, and Zagros Mts in W Iran), and N Africa (N Morocco, N Algeria, and N Tunisia); possibly a record from SE France, and there are apparently records from Afghanistan, although exact localities are uncertain. R m. judaicus K. Andersen & Matschie, 1904 - Levant in Cyprus, N Syria, W Jordan, Israel, NE Egypt (including NW Sinai based on echolocation), and NE Libya.
Distribution. South Africa in coastal Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape provinces. Possibly enters coastal SW Namibia, although this has yet to be confirmed; all other non-South African records are erroneous. in Rhinolophidae
Distribution. South Africa in coastal Northern, Western, and Eastern Cape provinces. Possibly enters coastal SW Namibia, although this has yet to be confirmed; all other non-South African records are erroneous.
Distribution. Only known with certainty from Mozambique (based on recent morphometric studies), but populations from S South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo Basin to N Angola and S to Mozambique and NE South Africa, including Unguja I (Zanzibar Archipelago) are tentatively included here. in Rhinolophidae
Distribution. Only known with certainty from Mozambique (based on recent morphometric studies), but populations from S South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Congo Basin to N Angola and S to Mozambique and NE South Africa, including Unguja I (Zanzibar Archipelago) are tentatively included here.
FIG. 4 in A new genus and species of vesper bat from West Africa, with notes on Hypsugo, Neoromicia, and Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)
FIG. 4. Crania in dorsal view of four genera of vespertilionid bats. From left to right: genus nov., sp. nov. (ZFMK-MAM-2009.0029), H. savii (ZFMK-MAM-1934.0116), N. zuluensis (ZFMK-MAM-1977.0451), P. pipistrellus (ZFMK-MAM-1977.0204). Not to scale;
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