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A list of taxa currently and historically regulated under South Africa's National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, Alien & Invasive Species Regulations

This information is lists of alien species regulated in South Africa under the National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act in an accessible form. The first worksheet is essentially metadata. The second worksheet is intended to be a link between any taxa listed or proposed for listing and various taxonomic backbones. The third worksheet is intended to provide a list of taxonomically verified names linked to the current lists. The other worksheets link to particular versions of the regulations (including version sent for public comment that were never published), the intention is for this to be an exact copy (including formatting), please report any inconsistencies between this and the published version to john.wilson2@gmail.com, but before doing so please double-check that what is presented here, is not how it is presented in the lists themselves. The data were extracted by John Wilson at various dates from pdfs in the government gazette, contact john.wilson2@gmail.com For further details please see: Wilson JRU, Kumschick S (2024). The regulation of alien species in South Africa. South African Journal of Science. vol. 120, issue 5/6, Art. #17002. https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024/17002  If only the database is to be cited, cite as Wilson, J. R. (2025) A list of taxa currently and historically regulated under South Africa's National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act, Alien & Invasive Species Regulations. v1.1(20250325) doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15082537 (NOTE CHECK FOR LATEST VERSION ) For a full description of metadata see: the latest species list available at iasreport.sanbi.org.za/ or http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8217211

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Bow shock crossing list at Mercury (from MESSENGER magnetic field data)

<div> <div> <div> <div> Version 2 (latest):   This file contains a list of bow shock crossings at Mercury, identified from magnetic field data of the MESSENGER mission with 1 second resolution (not aberrated), (https://pds-ppi.igpp.ucla.edu/).  For a pre-selection of intervals containing bow shock crossings, we use the list of Philpott (2020): "MESSENGER bowshock and magnetopause crossings", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/1U6FEO. There, the first and last crossings of the inbound/outbound orbit segments are listed (boundary numbers 1 and 2 for inbound, 7 and 8 for outbound segments). For the bow shock identification, an automatic detection algorithm is applied to these intervals, extended by 45 seconds in either direction. The algorithm calculates running averages and variances of the magnetic field magnitude within adjacent 15 second intervals, separated by two seconds (gap interval). Whenever the ratio between the average magnetic fields exceed a threshold (default: 1.4), a bow shock crossing is selected. Should there be more than one ratio maximum within 10 seconds, then only the maximum is selected that corresponds to the minimal sum of the variances within the adjacent intervals. Crossings are classified with respect to detection quality depending on the ratios of the average magnetic fields and the corresponding variances. Details can be found in the algorithm script that is published alongside this file. Columns of the list file:  ['time', 'orbit_number', 'x_mso_km', 'y_mso_km', 'z_mso_km', 'jump_ratio', 'indicator'] 'time': date and time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS 'orbit_number': orbit number (MESSENGER Mission) 'x_mso_km': position (x-coordinate) in MSO coordinate system in km, not aberrated 'y_mso_km': position (y-coordinate) in MSO coordinate system in km, not aberrated 'z_mso_km': position (z-coordinate) in MSO coordinate system in km, not aberrated 'in/out': inbound or outbound segment of the orbit (apoherm towards periherm or periherm towards apoherm) 'jump_ratio': ratio of the average magnetic fields before and after selected crossings 'indicator': 1, 2 or 3 (1: very clear crossings, high quality, 2: clear crossings, good quality, 3: unclear crossings, poor quality) For further analysis it is recommended to only use the crossings with the indicators 1 and 2. The uncertainty in the determination of the times is +/- 2 seconds.  Number of analyzed orbits: 3982 Number of total crossings found: 13502 Number of crossings with indicator 1 (very clear crossings, best quality): 1765 Number of crossings with indicator 2 (clear crossings, good quality): 5027 Number of crossings with indicator 3 (unclear crossings, poor quality): 6710   Version 1:  This file contains a list of bow shock crossings at Mercury, identified from magnetic field data of the MESSENGER mission with 1 second resolution (not aberrated), (https://pds-ppi.igpp.ucla.edu/).  For a pre-selection of intervals containing bow shock crossings, we use the list of Philpott (2020): "MESSENGER bowshock and magnetopause crossings", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/1U6FEO. There, the first and last crossings of the inbound/outbound orbit segments are listed (boundary numbers 1 and 2 for inbound, 7 and 8 for outbound segments). For the bow shock identification, an automatic detection algorithm is applied to these intervals, extended by 15 seconds in either direction. The algorithm calculates running averages and variances of the magnetic field magnitude within adjacent 15 second intervals, separated by two seconds (gap interval). Whenever the ratio between the average magnetic fields exceed a threshold (default: 1.4), a bow shock crossing is selected. Should there be more than one ratio maximum within 10 seconds, then only the maximum is selected that corresponds to the minimal sum of the variances within the adjacent intervals. Crossings are classified with respect to detection quality depending on the ratios of the average magnetic fields and the corresponding variances. Details can be found in the algorithm script that is published alongside this file. Columns of the list file:  ['time', 'orbit_number', 'x_mso_km', 'y_mso_km', 'z_mso_km', 'in/out', 'jump_ratio', 'indicator'] 'time': date and time in YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:SS 'orbit_number': orbit number (MESSENGER Mission) 'x_mso_km': position (x-coordinate) in MSO coordinate system in km, not aberrated 'y_mso_km': position (y-coordinate) in MSO coordinate system in km, not aberrated 'z_mso_km': position (z-coordinate) in MSO coordinate system in km, not aberrated 'in/out': inbound or outbound segment of the orbit (apoherm towards periherm or periherm towards apoherm) 'jump_ratio': ratio of the average magnetic fields before and after selected crossings 'indicator': 1, 2 or 3 (1: very clear crossings, high quality, 2: clear crossings, good quality, 3: unclear crossings, poor quality) For further analysis it is recommended to only use the crossings with the indicators 1 and 2. The uncertainty in the determination of the times is +/- 2 seconds.  Number of analyzed orbits: 3982 Number of total crossings found: 65666 Number of crossings with indicator 1 (very clear crossings, best quality): 4291 Number of crossings with indicator 2 (clear crossings, good quality): 16652 Number of crossings with indicator 3 (unclear crossings, poor quality): 44723 </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div> </div> </div>

Fig. 2 in Taxonomy of nisotes Nees (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) in the Comoros Archipelago and a preliminary list of canthaceae in the Islands

Fig. 2. – Pollen of Anisotes Nees in the Comoros Archipelago. A-B. Anisotes mayottensis T. F. Daniel; C-D. A. comorensis (Lindau) T. F. Daniel; A. Apertural view; B. Interapertural view; C. pertural view; D. Interapertural view. [A-B: Pascal 936, CS; C-D: Humblot 1584, P]

Fig. 1 in Taxonomy of nisotes Nees (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) in the Comoros Archipelago and a preliminary list of canthaceae in the Islands

Fig. 1. – Comoros Archipelago (Union of the Comoros and Mayotte) showing distributions of Anisotes comorensis (Lindau) T. F. Daniel and A. mayottensis T. F. Daniel. The exact location of the sole collection of A. comorensis (Lindau) T. F. Daniel from Grande Comore is unknown.

Fig. 4. – Anisotes mayottensis T. F in Taxonomy of nisotes Nees (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) in the Comoros Archipelago and a preliminary list of canthaceae in the Islands

Fig. 4. – Anisotes mayottensis T. F. Daniel. Distal portion of stem with inflorescences. [Photo: F. Barthelat (used with permission)]

Fig. 3. – Anisotes mayottensis T. F. Daniel. A in Taxonomy of nisotes Nees (Acanthaceae: Justicieae) in the Comoros Archipelago and a preliminary list of canthaceae in the Islands

Fig. 3. – Anisotes mayottensis T. F. Daniel. A. Habit; B. Leaf; C. Bract; D. Bracteole; E. Calyx; F. Distal portion of stamen with anther. [A, C-E: Barthelat & al. 386, MO; B, F: Pascal 936, CAS] [Drawing: Noel Pugh]

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Figs 1–6 in A new species and new combinations of Danielithosia from eastern China and Indochina, with check-list of the genus (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)

Figs 1–6. Danielithosia hoenei sp. nov. 1 – male, holotype; 2 – female, paratype; 3 – holotype labels; 4 – male genitalia, holotype, Shaowu, Fujian, China; 5 – male genitalia, paratype, Vietnam, Dong Nai, Vin Cuu Nat. Res., Phu Ly; 6 – female genitalia, paratype, Shaowu, Fujian, China.

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Topic Model for English Wikipedia's Biographies with list of all 1.8M articles linked to Wikidata

A Genism LDA Topic Model of English Wikipedia biographical articles with list of all 1.8M articles, and some associated Wikidata information The model has 150 Topics. This model was developed in the process of isolating a set of visual arts biographical articles, as described in "Clowns in the Visual Artists: Topic Modeling Wikipedia and Wikidata" in the Spring 2022 issue of Art Documentation - <a href="https://doi.org/10.1086/719999">https://doi.org/10.1086/719999</a> Because names, nationalities, and birthdays are so prominent in biographies, the stopwords list removed 170,000 names, surnames, city names, place names, countries, days, months and other time related words (https://github.com/mandiberg/Names-Surnames-and-Countries-for-Stopwords).  We also directly removed each article subject’s given and surname, which were almost always the most frequently occurring words in any given article. Otherwise, the model just produced topics based on nationality, and common names and surnames. Files: all_enwiki_bios_from_wikidata.csv The list of all Wikidata items for humans with an enwiki page (e.g biographical article) was extracted from Wikidata JSON dump; list includes gender, occupation, and nationality. This was joined with the converted plaintext from an English Wikipedia dump. This data was downloaded in March 2021. Wikipedia Biographies LDA Topic Model human readable summary.csv A human readable file with the 150 topics ranked by count of articles per topic from the 1.8M corpus. The most popular topics have categorical descriptions of the occupations of each cluster. Some are marked as not an occupation cluster.  BoW_corpus.mm* model_lda_full_Sep2_150Tv2* These six files comprise the topic model. The code to load them is present in the python files.  dict_full_Aug-28-2021 processed_docs_full_Aug-28-2021.txt processed_docs_1000_Aug-18-2021.txt These are the dictionary and processed corpuses required to build and implement the model using this code. The corpus with the first 1000 items is meant to be used for testing, as the full one is quite large and takes a long time to complete.  topic-model-wikipedia-sept2021.zip The code and settings used for creating and implementing this model are included in this zip and are also available here: https://github.com/mandiberg/topic-model-wikipedia All-Wikipedia-Biographies-with-topic1.csv All-Wikipedia-Biographies-with-topic1and2.csv These are the list of 1.8M biographies matched to topics. The "topic1" file just includes the first topic, this is a slightly larger list. The "topic1and2" file is slightly smaller because about 2% articles do not match to a second topic. Analysis-for-Clowns-Visual-Arts.zip These are the raw data and final data produced for the "Clowns in the Visual Artists." Please see the article for context.

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List of all proteins and chemicals mentioned in COVID-19 clinical trials

A record of all COVID-19 related clinical trials is provided in the database hosted at https://ClinicalTrials.gov. This is an important resource that tracks worldwide research efforts directed towards improvements in treating the pandemic. To help unlock the insights buried in this database, in this work we have created an automated text mining pipeline that dynamically tags chemical, protein, and gene names in all COVID-19 related database entries, as the database is updated. We plan to publish further details in a subsequent publication.

FIG. 8 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 8. — Cerodirphia siriae Brechlin & Meister, 2011: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB. Photographie: F. Robin (Env. 64 mm); B, ♀, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 85 mm). Photographie: F. Robin.

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F in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

F IG. 7. — Pseudautomeris toulgoeti Lemaire, 2002: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 86 mm); B, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 86 mm).

FIG. 11 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 11. — Dirphia seraphini Bouvier, 1929: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB; B, ♀, Guyane, Saint-Georges, Piton Rocheux Remarquable 3°43'N/ 52°19'0, Coll. FB (Env. 128 mm).

FIG. 4 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 4. — Hylesia (Hylesia) inducayalex Brechlin & Meister, 2016: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 43 mm); B, ♀ Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 60 mm); C, Hylesia (Hylesia) ernestonis Strand, 1920 ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 37 mm). Photographies: B, C, F. Robin.

FIG. 1 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 1. — Lonomia parobliqua Brechlin, Meister & Mielke, 2011: A, ♂, Guyane, Sinnamary, CIRAD, Piste de la Pointe Combi pk1.8, Coll. FB. (Env. 72 mm); B, ♀, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), MNHN, spécimen barcodé CO1-AE6 (Env. 71 mm).

FIG. 3. — A, B in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 3. — A, B, Lonomia cayennensis Brechlin & Meister, 2019: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 73 mm); B, ♀, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), MNHN, spécimen barcodé CO1-AE5 (Env. 95 mm); C, Lonomia achelous (Cramer, 1777), ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), MNHN, spécimen barcodé CO1-AD7 (Env. 74 mm). Photographies: A, C, F. Robin.

FIG. 10 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 10. — Dirphia fraterna (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874): A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll FB (Env. 81 mm); B, ♀, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 105 mm). Photographie: A, F. Robin.

FIG. 9 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 9. — Dirphia aculea Vuillot, 1892: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), MNHN, spécimen barcodé CO1-AF8 (Env. 69 mm); B, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 76 mm). Photographies: A, F. Robin.

FIG. 2 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 2. — Lonomia rubroguyana Brechlin & Meister, 2019: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), MNHN, spécimen barcodé CO1-AE7 (Env. 69 mm); B, ♂, Guyane, Régina, Mont Chauve, Coll. FB, spécimen barcodé CO1-AI9 (Env. 70 mm); C, ♀, Guyane, Régina, Mont Chauve, MNHN, spécimen barcodé CO1-AJ1 (Env. 84 mm).

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F in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

F IG. 5. — Hylesia (Hylesia) moronensis moronensis Lemaire, 1976: A, ♂, Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 54 mm); B, ♀, Guyane, Régina, Réserve Biologique des Nouragues, Camp Pararé, Coll. FB (Env. 66 mm). Photographies: F. Robin.

FIG. 12 in Liste commentée des Saturniidae (Lepidoptera, Bombycoidea) de Guyane, avec la liste des taxons récoltés au Mitaraka (extrême sud-ouest guyanais)

FIG. 12. — Dirphia thliptophana thliptophana (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1874) ♂. Guyane, Maripasoula, Mitaraka, Crique Alama (DZ), Coll. FB (Env. 89 mm).