A MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY OF Leptoconops spinosifrons (DIPTERA: CERATOPOGONIDAE) AT BAGAN LALANG BEACH, SELANGOR
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Leptoconops are tiny blood-feeding insects commonly found in sandy beaches of tropical and sub-tropical regions and is known for its irritating bites. Their bites can cause allergic reactions and scarring. Leptoconops spinosifrons were collected from Bagan Lalang beach in Selangor with human landing catch (HLC) and modified emergence traps techniques. The specimens collected were mounted on microscope slides in Canada Balsam for morphological identification. The basic morphological features of L. spinosifrons were based on taxonomy key. In addition, the morphological features of male and female L. spinosifrons were differentiated in this study. This study aimed to describe the morphological characteristics of L. spinosifrons. The morphological characteristics of the poorly-known L. spinosifrons in this study are the first reported in Malaysia. It provides crucial surveillance data for this medically important, yet neglected insect that is associated with outdoor and tourism activities.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.001 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".