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Fattal, Alexander L

UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2019)

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Taxonomic Revision of the Ant Genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Wild, Alexander L.

UC Publications in Entomology (2014)

The primarily Neotropical dolichoderine ant genus Linepithema is revised at the species level for the first time. Morphological and biogeographic data support the recognition of 19 species. The following taxonomic scheme is proposed: L. angulatum (Emery) stat. nov. [= pordescens (Wheeler) syn. nov.], L. dispertitum (Forel), L. flavescens (Wheeler & Mann) stat. nov., L. fuscum Mayr, L. gallardoi (Brèthes) [=breviscapa (Santschi) syn. nov. = impotens (Santschi) syn. nov.], L. humile (Mayr) [=arrogans (Chopard) = riograndense (Borgmeier)], L. iniquum (Mayr) [= bicolor (Forel) syn. nov. = dominicense (Wheeler) syn. nov. = fuscescens (Wheeler) syn. nov. = melleum (Wheeler) syn. nov. = nigellum (Emery) syn. nov. = succineum (Forel) syn. nov.], L. keiteli (Forel) [= subfaciatum (Wheeler & Mann) syn. nov.], L. leucomelas (Emery) [= aspidocoptum (Kempf) syn. nov.], L. micans (Forel) stat. nov. [= platense (Forel) syn. nov. = scotti (Santschi) syn. nov.], L. oblongum (Santschi), L. piliferum (Mayr). Seven species are described as new: L. anathema sp. nov., L. aztecoides sp. nov., L. cerradense sp. nov., L. cryptobioticum sp. nov., L. neotropicum sp. nov., L. pulex sp. nov., and L. tsachila sp. nov.. Seventeen species are sorted into one of four groups associated with the species L. fuscum, L. humile, L. iniquum, or L. neotropicum, and two species are left unassigned. New generic diagnoses are provided for worker, male, and queen castes, and Shattuck’s (1992a) generic descriptions of the worker, male, and queen castes are modified slightly to take into account expanded knowledge of character state variation. Worker and, where known, male and queen castes are described. Diagnoses, illustrations, and keys are supplied for worker and male castes. Discussions of variation, comparisons to similar species, and nomenclatural issues are given for each species, as well as synopses of life history traits such as queen number, colony structure, geographic distribution, nest site and habitat records, and associations with parasitoid Pseudacteon flies (Diptera: Phoridae).

Cover page: Taxonomic Revision of the Ant Genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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Encyclopedia Entry — Counterpublic

Fattal, Alexander L

UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2018)

Cover page: Encyclopedia Entry — Counterpublic

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Review: Verde , by Federico Rios Escobar

Fattal, Alexander L

UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2021)

Cover page: Review: Verde , by Federico Rios Escobar

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Diluting Demobilization: The Confluence of Counterinsurgency and Post-Conflict Intervention

Fattal, Alexander L

UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2009)

Cover page: Diluting Demobilization: The Confluence of Counterinsurgency and Post-Conflict Intervention

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Guests of the Guerrilla: Integrated Spectacle and Disintegrating Peace, an Ethnographic Analysis of the FARC's Tenth (and Final?) Guerrilla Conference

Fattal, Alexander L

UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2022)

Abstract: During a week in September of 2016, the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC) held its tenth guerrilla conference, the Décima, in the plains of Yarí in southern Colombia. The guerrilla group blew the event open to the media, orchestrating a festival cum eco-conflict-tourism extravaganza to mark its transition to legal politics. This photo/ethnographic analysis of the Décima illuminates the FARC's symbolic and discursive formation at a pivotal transitional moment and how the group imagined its political possibilities at the cusp of its demobilisation. By engaging with Guy Debord's concept of ‘integrated spectacle’, I argue that the FARC's vanguardist structure led it to brand itself as the leader of a broad political mobilisation, even as it struggled to retain the allegiance of its former combatants. The article considers the ongoing relevance of the integrated spectacle for scholars and activists and opens a path for further research into politics of spectacle in Latin America.

Cover page: Guests of the Guerrilla: Integrated Spectacle and Disintegrating Peace, an Ethnographic Analysis of the FARC's Tenth (and Final?) Guerrilla Conference

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Subir las noticias al bajar del monte: El experimento de las FARC en Cuba con la televisión en línea, 2012–2016"

Fattal, Alexander L

UC San Diego Previously Published Works (2019)

Entre 2012 y 2016, las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) negociaron un acuerdo de paz con el gobierno colombiano en La Habana, Cuba. Durante esos cuatro años, el grupo experimentó con distintas técnicas de producción mediática para redefinirse y acceder a nuevos públicos. En este orden de ideas, un noticiero en Internet fue clave para que las FARC pudieran difundir su punto de vista. Este ensayo analiza la estética de dicho noticiero en línea y lo hace en el contexto del incierto desenvolvimiento del histórico acuerdo de paz. Arguyo que las FARC han venido anticipándose a una “guerra de posiciones” en términos gramscianos, preparándose para una forma mediatizada de disputa política que absorberá y remodelará tanto la intensidad como los patrones tácticos del conflicto guerrillero, en el período del post-acuerdo de paz.