Phylogeny of Meloini blister beetles (Coleoptera, Meloidae) and patterns of island colonization in the Western Palaearctic

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Sánchez‐Vialas ◽  
Ernesto Recuero ◽  
Yolanda Jiménez‐Ruiz ◽  
José L. Ruiz ◽  
Neus Marí‐Mena ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Island Colonization ◽  
Western Palaearctic

The extensive Palaearctic distribution of Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), exemplified by recent records

2018 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-267
Author(s):  
Peter Russell
Keyword(s):  
Palaearctic Region ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Western Palaearctic

Recent reports of Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893 from countries within the Western Palaearctic region, for example from Spain, Bosnia Herzegovina and Asia, have considerably widened the previously accepted distribution of this species. Details of localities in more than twenty-five countries, with references, are given. Those countries in which the presence of M. ornata has been reported but without any substantial evidence are noted.

Platyspathius picardi sp. nov., a new European species of the genus Platyspathius Viereck, 1911 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae)

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
S.A. Belokobylskij ◽  
C. Villemant
Keyword(s):  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
European Species ◽  
Western Palaearctic

A new Western Palaearctic species of the genus Platyspathius Viereck, 1911, P. picardi sp. nov. is described and illustrated. This species is the most similar to the Afrotropical P. clymene Nixon, 1941 and the Eastern Palaearctic P. hospitus Belokobylskij et Ku, 2001 with which it is compared. A key for determination of the Palaearctic species of Platyspathius is provided.

Unraveling unique island colonization events in Elachistocleis frogs: phylogeography, cryptic divergence, and taxonomical implications

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 189-206
Author(s):  
Michael J. Jowers ◽  
Siti N. Othman ◽  
Amaël Borzée ◽  
Gilson A. Rivas ◽  
Santiago Sánchez-Ramírez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Island Colonization ◽  
Cryptic Divergence

Baetis majus sp. nov., new species of mayfly (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Far East of Russia

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4965 (3) ◽  
pp. 541-557
Author(s):  
TATIANA M. TIUNOVA ◽  
ALEXANDER A. SEMENCHENKO ◽  
XIAOLI TONG
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Far East ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Nearest Neighbours ◽  
Differential Identification ◽  
Coi Sequences ◽  
Western Palaearctic

A new species, Baetis majus Tiunova sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on larvae and reared adults discovered in the Russian Far East. The differential identification of this species was determined by the characteristics of other representatives of the genus Baetis Leach, including subgenera Baetis Leach and Tenuibaetis Kang & Yang from Eastern and Western Palaearctic, Nearctic and Oriental regions. In addition to morphological studies, DNA barcoding of the described species with average intraspecific K2P distances to nearest neighbours is documented. We reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships of all available cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences of the subgenera of Baetis and Tenuibaetis from four regions. Bayesian analysis using 47 morphological characters additional to partial COI sequences did not allow to determine the species-group of the Baetis genus to which the described species belongs. 

The tick Ixodes ricinus: distribution and climate preferences in the western Palaearctic

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 189-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. ESTRADA-PENA ◽  
J. M. VENZAL ◽  
C. SANCHEZ ACEDO
Keyword(s):  
Ixodes Ricinus ◽  
Western Palaearctic

Contribution to the knowledge of pupae of the Western Palaearctic erebids (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Herminiinae) and noctuids (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Acronictinae and Bryophilinae)

Biologia ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Patočka ◽  
Marek Turčáni
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Features ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Palaearctic Species ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
Systematic Status ◽  
Western Palaearctic ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae ◽  
Current Systems

AbstractThe descriptions of pupae of three Western Palaearctic species of Erebidae (subfamily Herminiinae), namely Idia calvaria (Denis et Schiffermüller, 1775), Pechipogo flavicrinalis (Andreas, 1910), and Nodaria nodosalis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851), and three species of Noctuidae (subfamilies Acronictinae and Bryophilinae), namely Oxicesta geographica (F., 1787), Simyra dentinosa (Freyer, 1839), and Cryphia ochsi Boursin, 1940 are given. The main morphological features are described, compared with those of the related taxa and also illustrated in 57 line drawings. The systematic status and position of the described species present in the current systems are also discussed from the point of view of morphology of their pupae.

scholarly journals Tracking island colonization history and phenotypic shifts in Indian Ocean bulbuls (Hypsipetes: Pycnonotidae)

2005 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-287 ◽  
Author(s):  
BEN H. WARREN ◽  
ELDREDGE BERMINGHAM ◽  
ROBERT P. PRYS-JONES ◽  
CHRISTOPHE THEBAUD
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
Colonization History ◽  
Island Colonization

scholarly journals Spatially different annual cycles but similar haemosporidian infections in distant populations of collared sand martins

BMC Zoology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffen Hahn ◽  
Martins Briedis ◽  
Christos Barboutis ◽  
Raffaella Schmid ◽  
Martin Schulze ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Chronic Infection ◽  
Blood Parasite ◽  
Spring Migration ◽  
Lake Chad ◽  
Annual Cycles ◽  
Nonbreeding Season ◽  
Breeding Populations ◽  
High Parasitaemia ◽  
Western Palaearctic

Abstract Background Populations of long-distance migratory birds experience different environments and are consequently exposed to different parasites throughout their annual cycles. Though, specific whereabouts and accompanied host-parasite interactions remain unknown for most migratory passerines. Collared sand martins (Riparia riparia) breeding in the western Palaearctic spend the nonbreeding period in Africa, but it is not yet clear whether specific populations differ in overwintering locations and whether these also result in varying infections with vector-transmitted endoparasites. Results Geolocator tracking revealed that collared sand martins from northern-central and central-eastern Europe migrate to distant nonbreeding sites in West Africa and the Lake Chad basin in central Africa, respectively. While the ranges of these populations were clearly separated throughout the year, they consistently spent up to 60% of the annual cycle in Africa. Ambient light recorded by geolocators further indicated unsheltered roosting during the nonbreeding season in Africa compared to the breeding season in Europe. We found 5–26% prevalence of haemosporidian parasites in three breeding populations and one migratory passage population that was only sampled but not tracked. In total, we identified seven Plasmodium and nine Haemoproteus lineages (incl. two and seven new lineages, respectively), the latter presumably typical for swallows (Hirundinae) hosts. 99.5% of infections had a low intensity, typical for chronic infection stages, whereas three individuals (0.5%) showed high parasitaemia typical for acute infections during spring migration and breeding. Conclusions Our study shows that blood parasite infections are common in several western Palaearctic breeding populations of collared sand martins who spent the nonbreeding season in West Africa and the lake Chad region. Due to long residency at the nonbreeding grounds blood parasite transmissions may mainly occur at host population-specific residences sites in Europe and Africa; the latter being likely facilitated by unsheltered roosting and thus high vulnerability to hematophagous insects. The rare cases of high parasitaemia during spring migration and breeding further indicates either relapses of chronic infection or primary infections which occurred shortly before migration and during breeding.

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