Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Review of the chewing louse genus Tinamotaecola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae), with the description of three new species
(Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 2002-02)A systematic study of the chewing louse genus Tinamotaecola (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) was undertaken, enabling us to recognize four species in the genus. The single previously recognized species, T. andinae Carriker, ... -
A new species of Eutrichophilus (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae) from the Brazilian black dwarf porcupine (Rodentia: Erethizontidae)
(Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 2000-01)A new species of chewing louse, Eutrichophilus koopmani (Phthiraptera: Trichodectidae), is described and illustrated based on an adult male specimen taken off the Brazilian black dwarf porcupine, Coendou nycthemera (Olfers) ... -
Systematic notes on the Philippine slow loris, Nycticebus coucang menagensis (Lydekker, 1893) (Primates: Lorisidae)
(International Journal of Primatology, 1992-12)The slow loris described as menagensis (genus Nycticebus), which was collected as part of the Menage Scientific Expedition to the Philippines in the early 1890s by Frank S. Bourns and Dean C. Worcester, has had a wide ... -
Responding to the Human Costs of US Immigration Policy: No More Deaths and the New Sanctuary Movement.
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At the Intersection of Trauma and Testimonio: Edwidge Danticat's The Farming of Bones
(Antipodas: Journal of Hispanic and Galician Studies, 2009)The terms “trauma” and testimonio (or “testimony”) have been linked so often in literary studies as to seem inextricably connected, suggesting that literature of “trauma” and testimonio narratives are one and the same. ... -
Is host castration an evolutionary strategy of bot flies?
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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 ...