First record of Lardoglyphus zacheri (Acari, Lardoglyphidae) in the Iberian Peninsula and new observations on its insect carriers

Hypopi of Lardoglyphus zacheri Oudemans, 1927 were found attached to larder beetles (Coleoptera: Dermestidae) colonising experimental pig carcasses in the Parque Natural Aiako Harria, Errenteria, Gipuzkoa, northern Spain. Five pig carcasses were used for a study of arthropod colonisation during the decomposition process, and the experiment lasted 88 days (from July to October 2010). Hypopi were found when the carcasses commenced reduction to dried remains, on day 29 (August 24), and were attached to Dermestes frischiKugelann, 1792 and to D. undulatus Brahm, 1790, all collected on the same carcass (carcass 3, C3). No more lardoglyphid mites were detected from August 29 to the last day of sampling, October 22 2010. This is the first record of Lardoglyphus hypopi on D. undulatus and of L. zacheri from the Iberian Peninsula.

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All That Glitters Is Not Gold: The Other Insects That Fall into the Asian Yellow-Legged Hornet Vespa velutina ‘Specific’ Traps

Biology ◽

10.3390/biology10050448 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 448

Author(s):

Omar Sánchez ◽

Andrés Arias

Keyword(s):

Invasive Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Local Governments ◽

Western Europe ◽

First Record ◽

Symbiotic Association ◽

Drosophila Suzukii ◽

Northern Spain ◽

Economic Implications ◽

Vespa Velutina

The introduction of invasive species is considered one of the major threats to the biodiversity conservation worldwide. In recent years, an Asian invasive species of wasp has set off alarms in Europe and elsewhere in the world, Vespa velutina. The Asian wasp was accidentally introduced in France around 2004 and shortly thereafter it was able to colonise practically all of Europe, including the Iberian Peninsula. The ecological and economic implications of V. velutina invasion and its high colonisation ability have triggered widespread trapping campaigns, usually supported by beekeepers and local governments, with the aim of diminishing its population and its negative impacts. Among the most used control methods are the capture traps, which use a sugary attractant to catch the invasive wasps. However, the species-specific selectivity and efficiency of these traps has been little studied. In this paper, we have analysed the specific identity of the unintentionally trapped insect species from northern Spain (covering one-year period), as well as we have assessed the provided ecosystem services by them. A total of 74 non-target taxa of insects were caught by the V. velutina studied traps, most of them correspond to the orders Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera, the dipterans being the most abundant group. Surprisingly, the most abundant trapped species was the invasive fly, Drosophila suzukii that represented the 36.07% of the total catches. Furthermore, we reported the first record of ectoparasitic mites of the genus Varroa on V. velutina, constituting a newly recorded symbiotic association. Hopefully, the provided information helps to develop new protocols and management tools to control this invasive species in the Iberian Peninsula and other temperate areas of western Europe and the Mediterranean basin.

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First record of Poecilochirus mrciaki Mašán, 1999 (Acari, Parasitidae) and its phoretic carriers in the Iberian peninsula

Acarologia ◽

10.24349/acarologia/20194328 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (2) ◽

pp. 242-252

Author(s):

Marta I. Saloña Bordas ◽

M. Alejandra Perotti

Keyword(s):

Iberian Peninsula ◽

First Record ◽

The Body ◽

The South ◽

Natural Park ◽

Pig Carcasses ◽

First Time ◽

South Of Europe

We report for the first time the presence of Poecilochirus mrciaki Mašán, 1999 in the South of Europe, in the Iberian peninsula and on new carrier insects. Mites were collected from carrion insects, during a decomposition experiment carried out in the natural park “Aiako Harria” (Errenteria, Gipuzkoa). Most deutonymphs were found on the body of the necrophagous beetle Necrodes littoralis (Coleoptera, Silphidae). Other species of insects in families Geotrupidae, Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) and Calliphoridae (Diptera) were also transporting mites. All carriers were colonising or visiting the pig carcasses. Sampling lasted 3 months in the summers 2009 and 2010. Most mites were sampled from bloat to advanced decay. This is also the first record of P. mrciaki phoretic on flies (Diptera).

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Two new long-rostrum cranefly species from the Cretaceous Iberian amber (Diptera, Limoniidae, Helius)

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-021-91803-1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Iwona Kania-Kłosok ◽

Wiesław Krzemiński ◽

Antonio Arillo

Keyword(s):

Environmental Conditions ◽

Lower Cretaceous ◽

Fossil Record ◽

First Record ◽

Northern Spain ◽

Fossil Species ◽

Body Morphology ◽

Cretaceous Period ◽

Basque Cantabrian Basin

AbstractFirst record of the genus Helius—long-rostrum cranefly from Maestrazgo Basin (eastern Spain, Iberian Penisula) is documented. Two new fossil species of the genus Helius are described from Cretaceous Spanish amber and compared with other species of the genus known from fossil record with particular references to these known from Cretaceous period. Helius turolensis sp. nov. is described from San Just amber (Lower Cretaceous, upper Albian) Maestrazgo Basin, eastern Spain, and Helius hispanicus sp. nov. is described from Álava amber (Lower Cretaceous, upper Albian), Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain. The specific body morphology of representatives of the genus Helius preserved in Spanish amber was discussed in relation to the environmental conditions of the Maestrazgo Basin and Basque-Cantabrian Basin in Cretaceous.

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The Last Pterosaurs: First Record from the Uppermost Maastrichtian of the Tremp Syncline (Northern Spain)

Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition ◽

10.1111/1755-6724.12146 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 87 (5) ◽

pp. 1198-1227 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Fabio M. DALLA VECCHIA ◽

Violeta RIERA ◽

Josep Oriol OMS ◽

Jaume DINARÈS-TURELL ◽

Rodrigo GAETE ◽

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Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

Northern Spain

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The first record of the genus Eurasenia (Ammonitina) from the Upper Jurassic of Asturias (Northern Spain)

Geobios ◽

10.1016/s0016-6995(88)80091-3 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 21 (6) ◽

pp. 741-748 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Federico Oloriz ◽

Marta Valenzuela ◽

José Carlos Garcia-Ramos ◽

César Suarez de Centi

Keyword(s):

First Record ◽

Upper Jurassic ◽

Northern Spain

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First Record of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) Associated With Decaying Carcasses in the Neotropical Region

EntomoBrasilis ◽

10.12741/ebrasilis.v6i2.311 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 171-172

Author(s):

Rodrigo Cesar Azevedo Pereira Farias ◽

Daniel Dal-Bó ◽

Wellington Emanuel dos Santos ◽

Antonio José Creão-Duarte ◽

Patricia Jacqueline Thyssen

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Neotropical Region ◽

Insect Fauna ◽

Mata Atlântica ◽

Forest Remnant ◽

The Family ◽

Mata Atlantica ◽

Pig Carcasses

During a two-year study on the insect fauna associated with pig carcasses in an Atlantic forest remnant in João Pessoa, state of Paraíba, Brazil, 127 adult Scirtes sp. were collected. This is the first record of specimens of the family Scirtidae associated with carcasses in the Neotropical region. Primeiro Registro de Scirtidae (Coleoptera) Associado a Carcaças em Decomposição na Região Neotropical Resumo. Durante um estudo de dois anos da entomofauna associada a carcaças de suínos em um remanescente de Mata Atlântica em João Pessoa, PB, Brasil, foram coletados 127 indivíduos de Scirtes sp. Este é o primeiro registro de exemplares da família Scirtidae associados a carcaças na região Neotropical.

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Morphology and sexual dimorphism of living mature adults of Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875) (Annelida, Hesionidae, Amphidurine), first reported for the Iberian Peninsula

Biodiversity Data Journal ◽

10.3897/bdj.9.e66020 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

Author(s):

Daniel Martin ◽

Chiara Romano

Keyword(s):

Sexual Dimorphism ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Taxonomic Status ◽

Single Species ◽

First Record ◽

The Body ◽

Valid Species ◽

Mature Adults ◽

Nw Mediterranean ◽

Cryptic Species Complex

To date, the genus Amphiduros (Annelida: Hesionidae: Amphidurine) is considered as monotypic. Its single species, Amphiduros fuscescens (Marenzeller, 1875), is well characterised by lacking proboscideal papillae and emerging acicular chaetae, as well as by having three antennae, eight pairs of tentacular cirri and inflated dorsal cirri with characteristic alternating length and colour (transparent, with median orange band and white tips) in live animals. Three specimens, one male and two females, were found below boulders at 5–7 m depth in Punta Santa Anna, Blanes and Cala Maset, Sant Feliu de Guixols (Catalan Sea, NW Mediterranean, Iberian Peninsula). Our finding allowed us to describe different, unreported morphological traits and lead us to support the existence of sexual dimorphism (in terms of colouring, cirri morphology and distribution of sexual products along the body). Despite A. fuscescens having been previously reported from the Atlantic and the Mediterranean (particularly in SE French coasts), the specimens from Blanes represent the first record of the species from the Iberian Peninsula. In addition, our molecular results strongly support that Amphiduros pacificus Hartman, 1961 from California (currently synonymised with A. fuscescens) requires to be re-described and reinstalled as a valid species. In turn, our morphological observations support suggesting all other non-Mediterranean reports of A. fuscescens, including the species still under synonymy (i.e. Amphidrornus izukai Hessle, 1925 and Amphidromus setosus Hessle, 1925) as likely being a cryptic species complex whose the taxonomic status requires further assessment.

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First record of the Levantine species Scoloplos haasi (Orbiniidae: Scolecida: Annelida) from the Mediterranean coast of Spain

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315409991305 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 90 (5) ◽

pp. 1051-1054 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eduardo López

Keyword(s):

Natural History ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

British Museum ◽

First Record ◽

Western Mediterranean ◽

Mediterranean Coast ◽

Geographical Range ◽

Polychaete Species ◽

The Mediterranean

During an investigation devoted to characterize all the Orbiniidae polychaete species present in the Iberian Peninsula, several individuals previously identified as Scoloplos armiger showed to actually belong to Scoloplos haasi, a species to date considered endemic from Israel. The comparison with the holotype deposited in the British Museum of Natural History confirmed the identification. This record of S. haasi is not only a new one for the western Mediterranean but also the first one out of its original locality, extending largely westwards the geographical range of the species.

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