scholarly journals Description of Harpagorhynchus golvaneuzeti n. gen. n. sp. (Acanthocephala, Harpagorhynchinae n. sub-fam.) with a review of acanthocephalan parasites of soleid fishes in the Mediterranean Basin

Parasite ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 15
Author(s):  
Yuriy Kvach ◽  
Isaure de Buron
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Cerebral Ganglion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Valid Species ◽  
Single Type ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

A species of acanthocephalan new to science from soleid fishes in the Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Marmara is described. The new species is characterised by individuals having a club-shaped proboscis armed with 12–13 rows of 6–7 rooted hooks of a single type, a basal cerebral ganglion, and tegumental spines on the anterior two thirds of the body. Males have six cement glands and females show spines around the genital opening. To accommodate this species, a new genus, Harpagorhynchus n. gen., and a new subfamily in Echinorhynchidae, Harpagorhynchinae n. sub-fam., are erected. A critical review of the literature on echinorhynchid species infecting soleid fishes in the Mediterranean basin showed that Solearhynchus soleae (Porta, 1906) should be considered a junior synonym of S. rhytidotes (Monticelli, 1905) and that S. kostylewi (Meyer, 1932) is a valid species. An identification key of acanthocephalans of Mediterranean soleids is provided.

scholarly journals Sitarobrachys thoracica (Kraatz, 1862): new genus and species for the blister beetle fauna of Turkey (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco A. Bologna
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Southern Turkey ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Blister Beetle

<em>Sitarobrachys</em> <em>thoracica</em>, belonging to a monotypic Mediterranean-Macaronesian genus of Meloidae Nemognathinae, is recorded for the first time from southern Turkey. The genus results widely distributed around the Mediterranean Basin and in the eastern Canary Islands.

Planococcine mealybugs of economic importance from the Mediterranean Basin and their distinction from a new African genus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

1986 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-489 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Cox ◽  
Y. Ben-Dov
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Economic Importance ◽  
Junior Synonym ◽  
Host Preferences ◽  
Planococcus Ficus ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
African Genus ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

AbstractA key is provided to distinguish the three species of Planococcus occurring in the Mediterranean Basin, P. citri (Risso), P. ficus (Signoret) and P. vovae (Nasonov), and their nomenclatural histories are reviewed. Notes on economic importance, host preferences, distribution and taxonomy are given for each species. Pseudococcus citrioides Ferris is synonymized with Planococcus ficus (Signoret), Pseudococcus lindingeri Bodenheimer is transferred to Planococcoides, Pseudococcus inamabilis Hambleton is synonymized with Planococcus vovae, and Allococcus Ezzat & McConnell is regarded as a subjective junior synonym of Planococcus Ferris. A new genus, Delottococcus, is erected to contain a group of species previously placed in Allococcus.

Historical occurrence of Carcharhinus spp. in the Sea of Marmara during the 1950s

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hakan Kabasakal
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Sea Of Marmara ◽  
Distributional Range ◽  
Photographic Evidence ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Our current knowledge on the carcharhinid sharks occurring in Turkey's seas comprises rudimentary data. Recently discovered photographic evidence suggests thatCarcharhinusspp. have been present in the Sea of Marmara since the 1950s. This evidence also extends the known historical distributional range ofCarcharhinusspp. into Marmaric waters, a northern extension of the Mediterranean basin. The results of previous and recent ichthyological inventories of the Sea of Marmara suggest that, currently, no species of the Carcharhinidae family occur in Marmaric waters. Further studies could provide an answer to the question: do any species of the Carcharhinidae family inhabit the Sea of Marmara?

The Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) of the Canary Islands. New genus, species and records

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4312 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL CUADRADO ◽  
LEOPOLDO MORO ◽  
CAROLINA NOREÑA
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Records ◽  
Hot Spot ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

The main focus of this study is the biodiversity of the order Polycladida in the Canary Islands, archipelago belonging to Macaronesia and to the Mediterranean basin hot spot region. Polycladida is a cosmopolitan order with some species distributed worldwide; but it also is comprised of endemic species. Here, 19 polyclad species are revised and determined, ten of which were previously recorded for the Canary Islands (De Vera et al. 2009). A new genus and species Multisepta fengari n. gen., n. sp., of the suborder Acotylea and five new species belonging to the suborder Cotylea including Anonymus ruber n. sp., Enchiridium magec n. sp., Eurylepta guayota n. sp., Acanthozoon aranfaibo n. sp. and Pseudoceros mororum n. sp., are presented and described. In addition, two well-known species, Pseudobiceros wirtzi (Madeira and Cape Verde) and Pericelis cata (Caribbean coasts), are new records for the Canary Islands and for the hot spot region of the Mediterranean basin. Using all available information, including from the morphological study presented here, a key for the species for the Canary Islands has been generated. 

scholarly journals Geographic distribution and ecology of two species of Orsillus (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) associated with cones of native and introduced Cupressaceae in Europe and the Mediterranean Basin

2005 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 450-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gaelle Rouault ◽  
Raffaella Cantini ◽  
Andrea Battisti ◽  
Alain Roques
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Pathogenic Fungus ◽  
Morphological Variability ◽  
Relative Length ◽  
The Body ◽  
Cupressus Sempervirens ◽  
Accurate Identification ◽  
Mediterranean Countries ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

AbstractIn the Mediterranean Basin, two species of true seed bugs in the genus Orsillus Dallas, O. maculatus Fieber and O. depressus Mulsant et Rey, share the exploitation of seed cones of Cupressaceae for feeding and reproduction and may carry spores of the pathogenic fungus Seiridium cardinale Sutton & Gibson, responsible for the cypress bark canker disease. We compared the life history of the two species. A total of 89 cone collections carried out in 10 Mediterranean countries confirmed that O. maculatus is most closely associated with Cupressus sempervirens L., although it may also infest some other Cupressus L. species and, more rarely, species of Chamaecyparis Spach. Orsillus depressus appears to be less host-specific, being capable of feeding and ovipositing on most of the native and exotic species of Juniperus L., Cupressus, and Chamaecyparis. On C. sempervirens, the abundance of each Orsillus species follows an inverted longitudinal gradient along the Mediterranean Basin, probably corresponding to the pathway of introduction of this tree species from its native eastern range towards western Europe. The dominance of O. maculatus progressively decreases from east to west, whereas O. depressus becomes dominant in the Iberian Peninsula. By contrast, O. depressus is the dominant seed bug on other Cupressaceae all over Europe and the Mediterranean Basin. In the area in which C. sempervirens has been introducted, both Orsillus species may live on the same tree, but morphological variability of both adults and nymphs often hinders accurate identification of the species. Based on frequency distribution, the relative length of the rostrum compared with that of the body seems to be a diagnostic character for specific identification of nymphs of the last two instars.

Piracy and Law in the Ottoman Mediterranean

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joshua M. White
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Comprehensive Examination ◽  
Legal Space ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Eastern Half ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the shape and impact of piracy in the eastern half of the Mediterranean and the Ottoman Empire’s administrative, legal, and diplomatic response. In the late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, piracy had a tremendous effect on the formation of international law, the conduct of diplomacy, the articulation of Ottoman imperial and Islamic law, and their application in Ottoman courts. Piracy and Law draws on research in archives and libraries in Istanbul, Venice, Crete, London, and Paris to bring the Ottoman state and Ottoman victims into the story for the first time. It explains why piracy exploded after the 1570s and why the Ottoman state was largely unable to marshal an effective military solution even as it responded dynamically in the spheres of law and diplomacy. By focusing on the Ottoman victims, jurists, and officials who had to contend most with the consequences of piracy, Piracy and Law reveals a broader range of piratical practitioners than the Muslim and Catholic corsairs who have typically been the focus of study and considers their consequences for the Ottoman state and those who traveled through Ottoman waters. This book argues that what made the eastern half of the Mediterranean basin the Ottoman Mediterranean, more than sovereignty or naval supremacy—which was ephemeral—was that it was a legal space. The challenge of piracy helped to define its contours.

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