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Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies: Recent submissions
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Do bot flies, Cuterebra (Diptera: Cuterebridae), emasculate their hosts?
(Journal of Medical Entomology, 1981-07-31)Asa Fitch, in his description of a new species of Cuterebra that he named, "emasculator," was the first to suggest that bot flies castrated their mammalian hosts. In recent years, several major review papers and parasitology ... -
Review of the chewing louse genus Abrocomophaga (Phthiraptera: Amblycera), with description of two new species
(Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 2000-04)The South American chewing louse Abrocomophaga chilensis Emerson & Price has, since its description, remained the sole known member of the amblyceran family Abrocomophagidae. We herein provide a redescription of the species ... -
Dermestids
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Calligraphy, Poetry, and Paradoxical Power in Wenda Gu’s Neon Calligraphy Series
(Taylor & Francis, 2010-01)Many contemporary Chinese artists demonstrate a strong interest in calligraphy, which they creatively reinterpret in the context of China’s swift economic development, physical modernization, and social and cultural ... -
Revision of the chewing louse genus Eutrichophilus (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the New World porcupines (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)
(Field Museum of Natural History, 1994-03)A systematic revision of the chewing louse genus Eutrichophilus Mjoberg was undertaken to delineate the species present and clarify their hosts and distributions. This genus has been particularly problematic in that, in ... -
Prehistoric cultures and inhabitants [of the Monteverde region]
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Description of the male of Geomydoecus scleritus (Mallophaga: Trichodectidae) from the southeastern pocket gopher
(Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society, 1979-04)This represents the first record for the male of Geomydoecus scleritus McGregor, the chewing louse found on pocket gophers in the southeastern United States. The male is described and illustrated from two adult specimens ... -
The natural history of Costa Rican mammals, with a preface by Oscar Arias
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Caupolicana in Central America (Hymenoptera, Colletidae, Diphaglossinae)
(Pensoft Publishers, 2009-02-16)Caupolicana (Zikanapis) wileyi sp. n. from Guatemala is described. New locality records are noted for other species, and the hitherto unknown female of C. (Z.) rozenorum Michener, Engel, and Ayala from Guatemala is described. ... -
Probable mutualistic association between staphylinid beetles (Amblyopinus) and their rodent hosts
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Do geological or climatic processes drive speciation in dynamic archipelagos? The tempo and mode of diversification in Southeast Asian shrews
(Evolution, 2009-10)Geological and climatic processes potentially alter speciation rates by generating and modifying barriers to dispersal. In Southeast Asia, two processes have substantially altered the distribution of land. Volcanic uplift ... -
Relationships of pocket gophers of the genus Geomys from the Central and Northern Great Plains
(Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, 1983-06)Three species of pocket gophers of the genus Geomys exist in the Great Plains north of Texas. The northernmost of these, G. bursarius, consists of the widespread, variable nominate subspecies and two more restricted, less ... -
Extranjero en mi tierra (Stranger in My Homeland): Migrant Realities in Mexico's Riviera Maya
(University of Kansas, 2009-06-15)The explosive growth of Mexico's tourism industry in the Yucatán over the past thirty years has exacerbated the poor living and working conditions of thousands of immigrants in Mexico's Caribbean coast. My main research ... -
Through the Lens of Pater-Americanism: A Comparative Analysis of the Eisenhower Administration's Perception of Guatemala and Bolivia, 1953 and 1954
(University of Kansas, 2009-06-06)This thesis examines the diverging responses of the Eisenhower Administration in the US to the Arbenz government in Guatemala and the Paz government in Bolivia in 1953 and 1954. This divergence occurred in spite of strong ... -
Family, Work, and Migration: Transborder Networking among Tlapanecs from La Montaña
(University of Kansas, 2009-01-20)Within the last decade, members of indigenous Tlapanec households in Guerrero, Mexico have increasingly participated in network migration between La Montaña and the United States for job opportunities. Social networking ... -
Neanderthal extinction by competitive exclusion
(Public Library of Science, 2008-12-24)Background Despite a long history of investigation, considerable debate revolves around whether Neanderthals became extinct because of climate change or competition with anatomically modern humans (AMH). Methodology/Principal ... -
Constructing check-lists and avifauna-wide reviews: Mexican bird taxonomy revisited
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Shifting Global Invasive Potential of European Plants with Climate Change
(Public Library of Science, 2008-06-18)Global climate change and invasions by nonnative species rank among the top concerns for agents of biological loss in coming decades. Although each of these themes has seen considerable attention in the modeling and ...