scholarly journals First record of Macaca (Cercopithecidae, Primates) in the Middle Pleistocene of Greece

2022 ◽  
Vol 162 ◽  
pp. 103104
Author(s):  
George E. Konidaris ◽  
Athanassios Athanassiou ◽  
Eleni Panagopoulou ◽  
Katerina Harvati
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Of Greece

scholarly journals Record of Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willing and Phenacoccus madeirensis (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) on new host ornamental plants in Greece

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.J. Stathas ◽  
E.D. Kartsonas ◽  
A.I. Darras
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Host Plant ◽  
Ornamental Plants ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Host ◽  
Phenacoccus Madeirensis ◽  
Of Greece

Summary Two invasive mealybug species, Phenacoccus peruvianus Granara de Willink and Phenacoccus madeirensis Green (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), have been recorded on new species of ornamental plants in diff erent regions of Greece. Phenacoccus peruvianus was recorded in Athens on Cestrum nocturnum L. (Solanaceae) in September 2013. Phenacoccus madeirensis was found in Kalamata (Peloponnese) on Aloysia citriodora Palau (Verbenaceae) in May 2014 and on Osteospermum jucundum (Phillips) (Asteraceae) in July 2014. This is the first record of O. jucundum as host plant of P. madeirensis

Additional data on Iranian trichodorids (Triplonchida: Trichodoridae) and first record of a rare species, Trichodorus variabilis Roca, 1998

Nematology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Pedram ◽  
Ali Roshan-Bakhsh ◽  
Ebrahim Pourjam ◽  
Mohammad Reza Atighi ◽  
Wilfrida Decraemer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
First Record ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Slight Variation ◽  
Natural Forests ◽  
Northern Iran ◽  
Phylogenetic Studies ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
First Time ◽  
Of Greece

Trichodorus variabilis, recovered from three separate locations in natural forests of northern Iran, was studied using morphological, morphometric and molecular data. Variation in position of the ventromedian cervical papillae (CP1 and CP2) with respect to the onchiostyle base in the resting position, and spicule characters (having or lacking striation in distal blade region and bristles in proximal blade region) were observed. Variation was also observed in the nature of the pharyngo-intestinal junction (offset to slight overlapping). The secretory-excretory pore of females also showed slight variation in placement. Molecular phylogenetic studies, using partial 28S rDNA D2-D3 sequences of three studied populations and one sequenced isolate of the species from Greece, revealed T. variabilis has variation in the sequences of this genomic fragment. The similarity percent of four sequences ranged from 96.7 to 99.7%. The species was found for the first time outside of Greece, the country from which it was originally described. A newly recovered population of T. persicus, originally described from Iran, was also included in the molecular phylogenetic analyses.

scholarly journals Rival at the gate: first record of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774 (Bivalvia: Corbiculidae) in Greece

2020 ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
Ioannis Karaouzas ◽  
Stamatis Zogaris ◽  
Elsa Froufe ◽  
Manuel Lopes-Lima
Keyword(s):  
Corbicula Fluminea ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
River Basins ◽  
Asian Clam ◽  
Clam Corbicula ◽  
Evros River ◽  
Of Greece

This contribution presents the first record of the Asian clam Corbicula fluminea Müller, 1774 in Greece. The species was collected in Erythropotamos River (Reka Luda Луда река), one of the main tributaries of Evros River (classical name of the Maritsa river), thus being the southernmost record of this invasive bivalve in the Balkan Peninsula. The most likely entry source of C. fluminea in Greece is through active or passive downstream drift through the Bulgarian part of Erythropotamos River, which is shared between Bulgaria and Greece. Special attention is now required to assess the invasion extent of the Asian clam in the entire Evros basin and adjacent river basins of Bulgaria and the Aegean basins of Greece and Turkey.

scholarly journals First record of the “small cave bear” in Bulgaria and the taxonomic status of bears of the Ursus savini Andrews – Ursus rossicus Borissiak group

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 275-291 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolai Spassov ◽  
Latinka Hristova ◽  
Stefanka Ivanova ◽  
Ivan Georgiev
Keyword(s):  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
First Record ◽  
Common Origin ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Mosaic Landscape ◽  
Hilly Terrain ◽  
Cave Bear ◽  
Motor Abilities ◽  
Late Form

Abstract The discovery of rich, well preserved skull material in the latest Middle Pleistocene deposits of Mishin Kamik cave (N-W Bulgaria) presents an opportunity for a new analysis of the taxonomy and the phylogeny of the so called “small cave bears”. Not all the small cave bears known would have necessarily had a common origin, the size decrease could be related in a number of cases to a parallelism. The bear from Mishin Kamik is identical with “Ursus rossicus” Borissiak from Krasnodar (S. Russia). Both these samples must be referred to U. savini Andrews from Bacton near Cromer (England). The specimens from Krasnodar and Mishin Kamik could be classified as U. sa. rossicus, a late form of the species. This species may have affinities with some Middle Pleistocene Siberian forms. U. savini is a small but very robust spelaeoid bear which is more advanced in a number of features than U. deningeri. In several aspects it attained the evolutional adaptations of the cave bears of the U. spelaeus-U. ingressus group and represents an independent lineage of spelaeoid bears. The Mishin Kamik population was adapted to a mosaic landscape of forests and open areas in hilly terrain. This bear had well developed grazing adaptations but had weak motor abilities.

scholarly journals The First Record of Eotrigonobalanus Furcinervis (Fagaceae) from the Oligocene of the Thrace Basin, Western Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 906 (1) ◽  
pp. 012135
Author(s):  
Meral Kaya Sari ◽  
Bilal Gülen
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
First Record ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Thrace Basin ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Early Paleocene ◽  
First Time ◽  
Of Greece

Abstract Eotrigonobalanus furcinervis was recorded for the first time from the Oligocene sediments of the Thrace Basin. The species was discovered in the upper part of the Danişmen Formation from the Marmaraereglisi Area, southeastern the Basin. Eotrigonobalanus furcinervis appeared in large numbers early during the early Paleocene–late Oligocene localities in Europe; especially in Thrace of Greece, Bulgaria, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. Therefore, this data is valuable as the first recording for Thrace Basin.

scholarly journals East–West European Middle Pleistocene correlation – the contribution of the first British record of Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk.

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Field ◽  
Sebastian M. Gibson ◽  
Philip L. Gibbard
Keyword(s):  
First Record ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Kettle Hole ◽  
Cold Stage ◽  
Palynological Assemblages ◽  
The Family ◽  
Organic Sediments ◽  
Fossil Floras ◽  
East West ◽  
West European

Abstract Reported here is the first record of the extinct Aracites interglacialis Wieliczk. (possibly in the family Araceae) from the British Pleistocene at Gilson, Warwickshire in the English Midlands. The palynological assemblages from the Aracites interglacialis seed-bearing sediments at Gilson support a correlation with those from the Hoxnian stratotype at Hoxne, Suffolk, England (Middle Pleistocene). The data indicate correlation with the middle and latter part of the Hoxnian Stage (correlated with the Holsteinian Stage). Like at Hoxne, the organic sediments at Gilson occur in a small depression (probably a kettle hole) on Anglian cold Stage (correlated with the Elsterian Stage) outwash sands and gravels, showing that they were deposited after this glaciation ended. Velichkevich et al. (2004) stated that Aracites interglacialis “is characteristic only of the Mazovian interglacial and is abundant in fossil floras in Poland, Belarus and Russia”. Using the presence of Aracites interglacialis as a biostratigraphic marker therefore allows the correlation of the British Hoxnian Stage with the Belarussian Alexandrian Stage, Polish Mazovian Stage and the Russian Likhvinian Stage.

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