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The article represents mobilised biodata of the first part of the entomological collections of the SIZK (Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, Kyiv) collection funds. It includes 11 occurrence datasets covering three orders and 11 families of insects: Lepidoptera (Tortricidae), Diptera (Sciaridae, Syrphidae) and Hymenoptera (Braconidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae, Chrysididae, Ichneumonidae, Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae). The total number of records is 12,713, based on transcription of information from the labels of pinned or slide-mounted specimens. The records cover specimens collected during 1881-2022, mostly on the territory of Ukraine, but some collections also cover the territory of other countries. The primary purpose of publishing these data is to secure the future of the SIZK collections, which are still at risk of war damage and to make the mobilised data freely and remotely accessible through GBIF. In total, three orders and 11 families of insects are represented with 12,713 records: Lepidoptera (Tortricidae), Diptera (Sciaridae, Syrphidae) and Hymenoptera (Braconidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae, Chrysididae, Ichneumonidae, Eurytomidae, Torymidae, Ormyridae).

The photosynthetic characteristics of eight Malaysian Hymenophyllaceae filmy ferns from shady habitats were investigated in this study. Chlorophyll content was highest in Trichomanes meifolium, followed by Cephalomanes obscurum, Hymenophyllum serrulatum, H. denticulatum, H. javanicum, H. acanthoides, H. exsertum and H. blandum, with values ranging from 3.3 to 8.6 mg/g fresh weight. Soluble protein content was remarkably high in H. serrulatum, with values of 53 ± 3.50 mg/g, followed by H. denticulatum, H. acanthoides, T. meifolium and the other species. Protein to chlorophyll ratios in the filmy ferns were low as expected, except for in H. serrulatum, H. acanthoides and H. denticulatum. Chloroplast number and size ranged between 34 to 138 per cell profile, and between 4.8 to 6.5 µm in diameter, in the Hymenophyllaceae. Quantum efficiency measurements in four Hymenophyllaceae spp. exhibited Fv/Fm values ranging between 0.73 to 0.81. The Hymenophyllaceae spp. also showed low in vivo CO2 assimilatory rates and light saturation points, ranging between 5 to 15 µmol CO2/m2/s and below 150 µmol/m2/s, respectively. The findings add further to our understanding on how the filmy ferns adapt and thrive in their humid and shady habitats.

La preocupación cultural por la inmigración y sus consecuencias para la identidad española en las últimas décadas han proliferado en textos literarios que convierten la superficie del cuerpo inmigrante, y en particular el cuerpo inmigrante femenino, en un pergamino para la re-inscripción del discurso español y patriarcal. La colección Fátima de los naufragios (1998) de Lourdes Ortiz cuenta con dos relatos que se enfocan en el cuerpo femenino marginado por intersecciones de raza, nacionalidad, clase y género. A la mujer inmigrante se la ve como virgen/puta, objetivo de los deseos y las ansiedades de los personajes españoles. Al explorar la perspectiva dominante de los españoles, Ortiz critica el sometimiento sexual y cultural inscrito problemáticamente en la membrana de la piel en general y del himen en particular. En lugar de eclipsar el cuerpo inmigrante, Lourdes Ortiz rastrea la superficie de la piel para destapar la política de la identidad española. Su ficción plantea una poética de la piel como un acercamiento táctil y ético a la representación cultural de la inmigración y la identidad en España.