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FIGURE 8 in Revision of the type species of some cheilostome bryozoan genera in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FIGURE 8. Cheilopora sincera (Smitt, 1868), Lectotype (designated here) SMNH-Type-1733, northern Norway. A. Group of zooids, most ovicellate. B. Close-up of an ovicell, orifice with operculum, and paired latero-oral avicularia with semielliptical mandibles. C. Close-up of an autozooidal orifice lacking avicularia. D. Close-up of two zooids with single avicularium and a closure plate. Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B, C = 200 µm; D = 300 µm.
FIGURE 5 in Revision of the type species of some cheilostome bryozoan genera in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FIGURE 5. Lepraliella contigua (Smitt, 1868), Hammerfest, Norway. A, B. Paralectotype SMNH-Type-1695b. C–E. Lectotype (designated here) SMNH-Type-1695a. F. Paralectotype SMNH-Type-1695c. A, C, F. General view of the three colony fragments. B. Group of zooids, showing a variable number of oral spine bases, either due to spreading of calcification during ontogeny or to the development of ovicells. D. Close-up of zooids with suboral avicularium and developing ooecia. E. Close-up of a zooid showing the eye-shaped secondary orifice and the wrinkled to nodular surface of the frontal shield. Scale bars: A, C = 1 mm; B, D, E = 300 µm; F = 2 mm.
FIGURE 2 in Revision of the type species of some cheilostome bryozoan genera in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FIGURE 2. Floridina antiqua (Smitt, 1873), Lectotype (designated here) SMNH-Type-1835a, Florida, United States. A. Portion of the colony including about 80 zooids and three vicarious avicularia. B. Group of autozooids, ovicellate zooids (note the ooecium formed by both the vicarious avicularium and the distal zooid, see asterisk), and vicarious avicularia with raised rostrum showing the smooth gymnocyst. C. Group of autozooids, ovicellate zooids (with ooecium formed by the distal zooid, see asterisk), and vicarious avicularia. D. Group of autozooids and vicarious avicularium with an unusual rectangular rostrum. E. Close-up of zooids, those ovicellate with ooecium formed by one (black asterisk) or two (white asterisk) distal zooids, avicularium with undulate, raised, triangular rostrum, and zooid showing signs of intramural budding (arrowed). F. Putative kenozooids. G. Group of zooids, vicarious avicularia and putative kenozooid with reduced opesia (asterisk). H. Group of zooids and vicarious avicularia, one zooid irregularly shaped and with reversed polarity (asterisk). Scale bars: A = 1 mm; B–D, F–H = 500 µm; E = 400 µm.
FIGURE 6 in Revision of the type species of some cheilostome bryozoan genera in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FIGURE 6. Fedorella minima Silén, 1947, Anguilla. A, B. Paralectotype SMNH-Type-8734a. A. General view of the colony. B. Close-up of a zooid with paired avicularia, one small and triangular, the other one giant and spathulate. C. Paralectotype SMNH-Type-8734b, general view of the colony with zooids having single avicularium. D. Paralectotype SMNH-Type-8734c, group of zooids, some with paired distolateral, oral spine bases (arrowed) and a kenozooid (asterisk). Scale bars: A, C = 500 µm; B = 200 µm; D = 300 µm.
FIGURE 4 in Revision of the type species of some cheilostome bryozoan genera in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FIGURE 4. Smittipora americana (Canu & Bassler, 1928), catalogued as SMNH-Type-1786 of S. abyssicola, Florida, United States. A. Close-up of two zooids with opercula and vicarious avicularium with leaf-shaped, pointed mandible. B. Group of zooids, showing the opesia with indentations, vicarious avicularia and ovicells. Scale bars: A = 400 µm; B = 500 µm.
FIGURE 1 in Revision of the type species of some cheilostome bryozoan genera in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FIGURE 1. Doryporella spathulifera (Smitt, 1868), Lectotype (designated here) SMNH-Type-1729a, Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard, Norway. A. General view of the fan-shaped colony with subsequent generations of zooids budded only distally from the ancestrula. B. Close-up of the tatiform ancestrula and periancestrular zooids. C. View of colony growing edge showing paired distal pore chamber windows. Asterisks indicate kenozooidal ovicells. D. Group of ovicellate zooids showing ovicells produced either by a kenozooid (asterisks) or the distal autozooid, the suboral spatula-like spine and triangular avicularia mandibles. Scale bars: A = 2 mm; B–D = 500 µm.
FIGURE 3 in Revision of the type species of some cheilostome bryozoan genera in the collection of the Swedish Museum of Natural History
FIGURE 3. Smittipora abyssicola (Smitt, 1873). A. Paralectotype SMNH-Type-9104, off Cojima, Cuba. General view of the small colony encrusting a phidoloporid bryozoan. B–F. Lectotype (designated here) SMNH-Type-1815, Florida, United States. B. General view of the colony with encrusting base and two starting erect branches, encrusting a solitary coral. C. Group of zooids and vicarious avicularia (with triangular mandibles, see asterisk) at the encrusting base and at the start of an erect branch. D. Close-up of the ancestrula (asterisk) and periancestrular zooids and avicularia. E. Group of zooids and vicarious avicularia rising from the encrusting base to form an erect branch. F. Close-up of an autozooid and two vicarious avicularia. Scale bars: A–C = 2 mm; D, E = 1 mm; F = 400 µm.
GBIF data for Marcer A., Chapman A., Wieczorek J.R., Picó F.X., Uribe F., Waller J. and Ariño A. (2022) "Uncertainty matters: ascertaining where specimens in natural history collections come from and its implications for predicting species distributions." Ecography.
<p>This is the dataset used in the following publication:</p> <p>Marcer A., Chapman A., Wieczorek J.R., Picó F.X., Uribe F., Waller J. and Ariño A. (2022) "Uncertainty matters: ascertaining where specimens in natural history collections come from and its implications for predicting species distributions." Ecography.</p> <p>Code can be found at: https://github.com/arnaldmarcer/NHC-GeoUncertainty</p>
FIGURES 1–2 in The Giordani Soika collection of Eumeninae at the Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabue: catalogue of species and type specimens (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
FIGURES 1–2. The collection AGS before reorganization and restoration. Details of drawers with genitalia mounts detached from the glass and mixed at the bottom. FIGURES 3–4. A step in the process of genitalia restoration: associating detached fragments of mounting medium to their original coverslip by matching margins of the damaged mount. FIGURE 5. Genitalia remounted in DMHF after restoration.
FIGURES 10–11. Two drawers from the collection AGS after the reorganization. 10 in The Giordani Soika collection of Eumeninae at the Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabue: catalogue of species and type specimens (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
FIGURES 10–11. Two drawers from the collection AGS after the reorganization. 10: Palaearctic fauna, drawer 59; 11: Afrotropical fauna, drawer 49.
FIGURES 6–9. The collection AGS before reorganization. 6 in The Giordani Soika collection of Eumeninae at the Natural History Museum of Venice Giancarlo Ligabue: catalogue of species and type specimens (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
FIGURES 6–9. The collection AGS before reorganization. 6: a well-ordered drawer; 7–8: well-ordered drawers, with large empty areas and labels as placeholders for missing specimens; 9: drawer with miscellaneous unsorted identified specimens.
Distribution. Five disjunct regions: Guinean and Sahelian savannas in W Africa (Guinea and Liberia E to Niger and Nigeria); White Nile valley (Sudan, South Sudan, and NE DR Congo); around Lake Victoria (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania); a narrow strip along the E African coast between Mombasa and Dar es Salaam; and SW shore of Lake Tanganyika in NE Zambia, based on a reidentification in 2010 of two specimens in the London Natural History Museum collected in 1920. in Molossidae
Distribution. Five disjunct regions: Guinean and Sahelian savannas in W Africa (Guinea and Liberia E to Niger and Nigeria); White Nile valley (Sudan, South Sudan, and NE DR Congo); around Lake Victoria (Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania); a narrow strip along the E African coast between Mombasa and Dar es Salaam; and SW shore of Lake Tanganyika in NE Zambia, based on a reidentification in 2010 of two specimens in the London Natural History Museum collected in 1920.
Book of Abstracts from Conference for the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections (SPNHC), International Partner – BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library) and National Partner – NatSCA (Natural Sciences Collections Association) 2022
<p>The complete book of abstracts (Posters & Oral Presentations). </p>
FIGURES 66–69 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 66–69. Philonthus rutilipennis (Figs 66a–d), Aleochara solida (Figs 67a–b), Philonthus subopacus (Figs 68a–d), Myrmedonia subtumida (Figs 69a–f): 66a, 67a, 68a, 69a—habitus, 66b, 68c, 69e—aedeagus, 68b—left antennomere, 66c, 68d—apical abdominal segments, 66d, 67b, 68d, 69b, 69f–labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs 66a, 68a, 69a, 68c), 0.2 mm (Figs 66b–c, 68b–c, 68d–e).
FIGURES 70–73 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 70–73. Brachyusa concolor (Figs 70a–e), Philonthus tanaicus (Figs 71a–b), Trogophloeus tarsalis (Figs 72a–c), Philonthus transbaicalia (Figs 73a–f): 70a, 70d, 71a, 72a, 73a, 73e—habitus, 70b, 73c—aedeagus, 72b—hind leg and apical abdominal segments, 73b—apical abdominal segment, 70c, 70e, 71b, 72c, 73d, 73f—labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs. 70a, 70d, 71a, 72a, 73a, 73e), 0.2 mm (Figs. 70b, 72b, 73b–c).
FIGURES 52–55 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 52–55. Stenus minutus (Figs 52a–b), Aleochara notatipennis (Figs 53a–c), Lathrobium pallidipenne (Figs 54a–d), Ocypus philonthoides (Figs 55a–c): 52a–b, 53a, 54a, 55a—habitus, 53b, 54b—aedeagus, lateral view, 54c—apical abdominal segment, 55b–antennomeres, apical part of abdomen and aedeagus, 53c, 54d, 55c—labels. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (55a), 1.0 mm (Figs 52a–b, 53a, 54a), 0.5 mm (Figs 53b, 54b–c).
FIGURES 8–11 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 8–11. Staphylinus callistus (Figs 8a–b), Trogophloeus caucasicus (Figs 9a–f), Homaeotarsus chaudoirii (Figs 10a– d), Staphylinus chalcopygus (Figs 11a–d): 8a, 9a, 9d, 10a, 11a—habitus, 11b—forebody, 9e—abdominal tergite VIII, 9b–antenna, 10b–c–aedeagus (10b—lateral view, 10c—parameral view), 8b, 9c, 9f, 10d, 11c—labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs 8a, 9a, 9d, 10a, 11a), 0.5 mm (Figs 9b, 9e, 11b).
FIGURES 1–4 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 1–4. Dolicaon angusticollis (Figs 1a–b), Oxypoda angusticollis (Figs 2a–b), Stenus arctulus (Figs 3a–e.), Philonthus armeniacus (Figs 4a–e): 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a—habitus (dorsal view), 3b, 4c–aedeagus (parameral view), 3d, 4b—apical segments of abdomen, 3c—antenna, 1b, 2b, 3e, 4d–labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a), 0.2 mm (Figs 3b, 3c, 3d, 4b, 4c).
FIGURES 47–51 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 47–51. Proteinus laevigatus (Figs 47a–b), Bledius limbatus (Figs 48a–b), Philonthus linearis (Figs 49a–c), Philonthus melanocephalus (Figs 50a–b), Stenus minutus (Figs 51a–i): 47a, 48a, 49a, 50a, 51a, 51e—habitus, 51b, 51f—aedeagus, parameral view, 49b, 51c, 51g–h—apical abdominal segments, 47b, 48b, 49c, 50b, 51d, 51i—labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs. 47a, 48a, 49a, 50a, 51a, 51e), 0.2 mm (Figs. 49b, 51b–c, 51f–h).
FIGURES 37–40 in A catalogue of the types of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) deposited in the collection of Johan Heinrich Hochhuth in the National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
FIGURES 37–40. Othius grandis (Figs 37a–f), Quedius minor (Figs 38a–b), Quedius incompletus (Figs 39a–b), Bolitobius insignis (Figs 40a–b): 37a, 37c, 37e, 38a, 39a, 40a—habitus, 37b, 37d, 37f, 38b, 39b, 40b—labels. Scale bars: 1.0 mm (Figs 37°, 37c, 37e, 38°, 39°, 40°).
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