{"title":"Photo Essay: Observations of an Eastern Cicada Killer Wasp (Sphecius speciosus) at High Park, Derby, Kansas.","authors":"M. Everhart","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0311","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0311","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"233 - 235"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42635247","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book review the Rise and Reign of Mammals: A New History, from the Shadows of the Dinosaurs to Us","authors":"J. Dannaldson","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0303","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"135 - 136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42861717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New and Noteworthy Records of Vascular Plants for Kansas","authors":"C. Freeman","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0109","url":null,"abstract":"Recent fieldwork in eastern Kansas resulted in the discovery to two species of vascular plants previously unreported in the state (Aphanes australis, Mazus miquelii) and new collections of six species previously documented by historical collections or few recent collections (Cerastium dubium, Crepis capillaris, Geranium dissectum, Ranunculus parviflorus, Torilis nodosa, Trifolium resupinatum). All species reported here are considered non-native in Kansas.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"68 - 70"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47882487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Vascular Flora of the Dingus Natural Area, Linn County, Kansas","authors":"C. Freeman, Caleb A. Morse","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0102","url":null,"abstract":"The Dingus Natural Area is a 69.4 ha, forest-dominated tract located in extreme east-central Kansas. It is passively managed for scientific research. A floristic inventory of the site revealed 351 species of vascular plants, 91% of which were native. The five largest families (Asteraceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae, and Rosaceae) contained 45% of the species. Hemicryptophytes made up 41% of the species, and 12% of the species were conservative or highly conservative based on coefficients of conservatism. Populations of 13 state-rare species were documented at the site, including one species known in Kansas only from Dingus Natural Area. Six primary vegetation types occurred on the site: oak-hickory forest, mesic forest, glades, sparse vegetation communities, seep communities, and ruderal. Forests accounted for 57% of species occurrences at the site. Glades, while limited in area compared to forests, accounted for 26% of species occurrences.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"11 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45748463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Everyday Science","authors":"","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0110","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"71 - 73"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42454204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The 154th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science Sterling College, Sterling, KS, April 1-2, 2022","authors":"","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0111","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"74 - 76"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43550760","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photo Essay: Mid-Winter Observations of a Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) Egg Sac","authors":"M. Everhart","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0108","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0108","url":null,"abstract":"Yellow Garden spiders (Argiope aurantia) are large and colorful, orb-weaving arachnids commonly seen here in Kansas. Their range actually includes most of North and Central America. The female body length is 2-3 cm (0.75-1.1 in), while the male is much smaller, less than 1/3 the size of the female (Fig. 1) Their early life cycle begins as hundreds of tiny spiderlings emerge in the spring after overwintering in a large egg sac. Most perish quickly through cannibalism, or predation, and the survivors remain inconspicuous for most of the summer as they feed and go through multiple molts. Around August, the large, showy females become more visible as they spin their webs in brushy areas, usually at the edge of a woodland. The attrition rates of these adult spiders is high, often evidenced as gapping holes in otherwise complete, but vacant webs.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"63 - 67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43343639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts from the 154th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy Science, Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas, April 1-2, 2022","authors":"A. Jumpponen","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0113","url":null,"abstract":"The following abstracts of papers and posters were accepted for presentation at the 154th Annual Meeting of the Kansas Academy of Science","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"90 - 108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47626770","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The First Fossil Bee from Africa: The Stingless Bee Genus Liotrigona in Ethiopian Miocene Amber (Hymenoptera: Apidae)","authors":"M. Engel, S. E. Aber","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0107","url":null,"abstract":"A new fossil bee species, Liotrigona (Tapheiotrigona) aethiopica Engel, new subgenus and species, was described and figured from a worker preserved in Miocene amber from Ethiopia. The species represents the first fossil bee from Africa, predating the many subfossil occurrences otherwise known from Holocene copal and Defaunation resins. The new species is distinguished from its congeners and placed in a new subgenus based on differences in malar space length, wing venation, keirotrichia of the metatibia, and structure of the mesoscutellum and propodeum.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"55 - 62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47998258","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jake J. Wood, Daniel Garza, B. Schumacher, Patrick B. Gonzales, K. Shimada
{"title":"Fossil Marine Vertebrates from the Juana Lopez Member of the Upper Cretaceous Carlile Shale in Southeastern Colorado, USA","authors":"Jake J. Wood, Daniel Garza, B. Schumacher, Patrick B. Gonzales, K. Shimada","doi":"10.1660/062.125.0112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1660/062.125.0112","url":null,"abstract":"The Juana Lopez Member of the Carlile Shale is a calcarenite rock that became deposited within the Western Interior Seaway of North America during the Late Cretaceous approximately 90 million years ago (early late Turonian). In this study, rock samples collected from a Juana Lopez Member locality in southeastern Colorado, USA, were dissolved with a weak acid to examine the taxonomic composition of vertebrate fossils. Although almost all of the specimens are represented by isolated bones and teeth that are microscopic, the paleofauna was found to be taxonomically diverse. The vertebrate assemblage includes at least 14 chondrichthyans, 20 osteichthyans, and five tetrapods. Some noteworthy occurrences include teeth of Protolamna sp., a pliosaurid plesiosaur, and possible avians. Although teeth of Enchodus spp. are the most abundant vertebrate remains collected, our study clearly indicates the existence of a diverse vertebrate assemblage in a shallow marine environment in southeastern Colorado when the Juana Lopez Member was deposited.","PeriodicalId":76755,"journal":{"name":"Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science. Kansas Academy of Science","volume":"125 1","pages":"77 - 89"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44846098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}