Hydroporus emergens sp. n. from south-western Turkey (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 157 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
Oscar Vorst ◽  
Hans Fery
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Turkey

Hydroporus emergens sp. n. is described from Tekirova (south of Antalya) in the south-western part of Turkey. The species is provisionally attributed to the H. normandi-complex which is part of the H. memnonius-group of Hydroporus Clairville, 1806. With the new species the known distribution of that complex – which so far was considered strictly western Mediterranean – is considerably expanded to the eastern Mediterranean. The species is compared with its western relatives as well as described and illustrated in detail.

scholarly journals Foeniculum sanguineum Triano & A. Pujadas (Apiaceae) new species from the South-Western Mediterranean Region

2017 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Antonio J. Pujadas Salvà ◽  
Enrique Triano Muñoz ◽  
Josefa Anaya ◽  
Manuel Grande ◽  
César Raposo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Diploid Species ◽  
Sequence Divergence ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Rbcl Gene ◽  
The South ◽  
Foeniculum Vulgare

English. Foeniculum sanguineum Triano & A. Pujadas, sp. nov., from the south western Mediterranean Region (Spain & Morocco) is described. Its characterization and a comparative study with the related species Foeniculum vulgare Mill., has been carried out through morphological, cytological, chemical and molecular analysis. F. sanguineum is distinguished primarily for its red petals, pink pollen in fresh, and red stylopod. It is a diploid species (2n= 22). A high proportion of limonene and piperitenone oxide (absent in F. vulgare) has been found in the essential oil composition of the dry fruits of F. sanguineum and a high amount (about 50 %) of α-phellandrene in its roots and stems. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using the internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS) and the chloroplast rbcL gene sequences. ITS analysis supports the existence of the new species, while revealing sequence divergence both at the intraspecific and at the interspecific levels. A Single-nucleotide-polymorphism (SNP) sequence divergence found in the slow evolving chloroplast gene provided additional support for the novel species characterization, for which the name Foeniculum sanguineum is proposed.Español.  Se describe Foeniculum sanguineum Triano & A. Pujadas, sp. nov., del suroeste de la Región Mediterránea (España y Marruecos). Para su caracterización se ha realizado el análisis morfológico, citológico, fitoquímico y molecular. Se ha llevado a cabo el studio comparativo con Foeniculum vulgare Mill. La nueva especie F. sanguineum se distingue principalmente por sus pétalos rojos, polen rosado en fresco y por su estilopodio rojo. Es una especie diploide (2n= 22). Se ha encontrado una alta proporción de óxido de limoneno y piperitenona (ausente en F. vulgare) en la composición de aceite esencial de los frutos secos de F. sanguineum y una elevada cantidad (aproximadamente 50%) de α-felandreno en sus raíces y tallos. El análisis filogenético se realizó utilizando las secuencias del espaciador transcrito interno de ADN ribosomal nuclear (ITS) y las secuencias del gen cloroplástico rbcL. El análisis ITS apoya la existencia de la nueva especie, al tiempo que revela la divergencia de secuencias tanto a nivel intraespecífico como a nivel interespecífico. La divergencia de secuencia encontrada en el gen cloroplástico, aunque reducida a un nucleótido, proporcionó apoyo adicional para la caracterización de la nueva especie, para la que se propone el nombre de Foeniculum sanguineum.

scholarly journals Diversity and Distribution of the Dinoflagellates Brachidinium, Asterodinium and Microceratium (Brachidiniales, Dinophyceae) in the open Mediterranean Sea

2011 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernando Gómez
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
The South ◽  
Levantine Basin ◽  
First Occurrence ◽  
Local Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Diversity and Distribution of the DinoflagellatesBrachidinium, AsterodiniumandMicroceratium(Brachidiniales, Dinophyceae) in the open Mediterranean SeaBrachidiniacean dinoflagellates have been investigated in the open waters of the Mediterranean Sea, along a transect from the south of France to the south of Cyprus (20 June-18 July 2008).BrachidiniumandKarenia papilionaceaoften co-occurred,B. capitatumpredominating in the surface waters. The highest abundance ofBrachidiniumwere found in the upper 25min the western Mediterranean with amaximum (24 cells L-1) at a depth of 5 m in the Balearic Sea.Asterodinium(up to 4 cells L-1) was recorded below of deep chlorophyll maxima. The genusMicroceratium, only known from the tropical Indo-Pacific region, is reported for the first time in the Mediterranean Sea.Microceratiumwas found below 100min the eastern Mediterranean Sea, with the highest abundance of 8 cells L-1at 125 m depth, in the Levantine Basin. This study also illustrates for the first time specimens under the division ofBrachidiniumandMicroceratium. This first occurrence ofMicroceratiumin the Mediterranean Sea should be considered an indicator of climate warming. However, it should not be considered a non-indigenous taxon.Microceratiumis the ‘tropical morphotype’, the adaptation of a local species (a life stage ofKarenia - Brachidinium - Asterodinium) to the tropical environmental conditions that prevail in summer in the open Mediterranean Sea.

scholarly journals A review of Dichorrhinus Desbrochers, 1875 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) with two new species from Greece and Turkey, and from Cyprus

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christoph Germann
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Two New Species

The species of the Eastern Mediterranean genus Dichorrhinus Desbrochers, 1875 are reviewed. D. geiseri sp. nov. is described from Samos Island (Greece) and Western Turkey, and D. alziari sp. nov. is described from Cyprus. Dichorrhinus korbi Schilsky, 1911 is redescribed. An illustrated key to the species of Dichorrhinus is provided, and new records are presented.

scholarly journals Lampyris pseudozenkeri (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) new species to Greece and Europe

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Fanti ◽  
Francesco Vitali
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
First Record ◽  
The South ◽  
Western Turkey

Lampyris (s. str.) pseudozenkeri Geisthardt, 1999, a species closely related to Lampyris (s. str.) zenkeri Germar, 1817 and previously known from the south-western Turkey (Kuşadası, Aydın Province), is newly recorded from Kos Island (Dodecanese, Greece). This is the first record for Greece and Europe.

The genus Graminaseius Chant & McMurtry (Acari: Phytoseiidae) in Turkey with descriptions of two new species and re-description of Graminaseius graminis (Chant)

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ismail Doker ◽  
Cengiz Kazak ◽  
Kamil Karut
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
European Part ◽  
Western Turkey ◽  
Aegean Region ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Western European ◽  
North Western

Graminaseius graminis (Chant) (Acari: Phytoseiidae) is the only known species of Graminaseius Chant & McMurtry from Turkey, so far. However, recent surveys indicated that there are two new species present in the country. Graminaseius recebi sp. nov. and Graminaseius neograminis sp. nov. are described and illustrated based on the material collected from eastern Mediterranean and north-western (European part) regions of Turkey, respectively. The new species described here might get misidentified as G. graminis in some previous studies. Therefore, the latter is also re-described and illustrated to show differences between all these three species, based on the material collected from western Turkey (Aegean region).

scholarly journals A new genus of Pelecotominae from Mexico, with notes on the genera Clinops and Scotoscopus and the description of new species (Coleoptera, Ripiphoridae)

ZooKeys ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 857 ◽  
pp. 59-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael S. Engel ◽  
Zachary H. Falin ◽  
Jan Batelka
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
South African ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
The South ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Southern Mexico ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
African Genus

Taxonomic notes are provided on species of the uncommonly encountered ripiphorid subfamily Pelecotominae. Zapotecotomasumichrastigen. et sp. nov., is described from southern Mexico based on a unique male likely collected in the later part of the mid-19th Century. The discovery of additional species of the South African genus Clinops Gerstaecker permit a revised diagnosis and distinction of the group from the eastern Mediterranean genus Scotoscopus Brenske and Reitter, resurrected status. Two new species of Clinops are established: Clinopsinexpectatussp. nov. (northeast of Durban near Swaziland) and C.perpessussp. nov. (region of Durban), and Scotoscopusspectabilis (Schaufuss) is newly recorded for the Peloponnese in Greece.

Three new Eastern-Mediterranean endemic species of the Merodon aureus group (Diptera: Syrphidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4254 (4) ◽  
pp. 401 ◽  
Author(s):  
SANJA VESELIĆ ◽  
ANTE VUJIĆ ◽  
SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
A New Species ◽  
High Diversity

The Merodon aureus group (Diptera: Syrphidae: Eristalinae) comprises a number of different subgroups and species complexes, including the M. bessarabicus subgroup, which is revised here. In this study, we present an identification key to species complexes and species within the M. bessarabicus subgroup and focus on clarifying the taxonomic status of previously described species within this subgroup, based on a study of the type material. Merodon flavicornis Macquart, a species with an unknown type locality, is re-evaluated and recognized as a valid Western Mediterranean species from France. We describe a new species, M. adriaticus sp. n., from M. bessarabicus subgroup, as well as another two species with a clearly separate position within the M. aureus group due to their distinct morphological features: M. nisi sp. n. and M. robustus sp. n.. Results of the present study indicate the high diversity and endemism levels of the genus Merodon in Europe. 

Leptochelia Vatulelensis (Crustacea: Tanaidacea), A New Species From Anchialine Caves of the South-Western Pacific

2011 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 351-363
Author(s):  
Modest Guţu ◽  
Thomas Iliffe
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Western Pacific ◽  
Small Islands ◽  
The South ◽  
Anchialine Caves ◽  
A New Species

Leptochelia Vatulelensis(Crustacea: Tanaidacea), A New Species From Anchialine Caves of the South-Western PacificLeptochelia vatulelensisn. sp., discovered on the small islands of Vatulele (Fijian group) and Ouvéa (Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia), is described and illustrated. The new species is distinguished from the others of the"Leptochelia-dubiagroup" (to which it is generally similar) by the following combination of morphological characteristics: (1) the presence of three to four distal setae on the maxilliped basis; (2) merus of pereopods III and IV with only a distosternal seta; (3) endopod of the uropods formed of four (rarely three) articles; (4) males with two (sometimes three) relatively short aesthetascs on the first five articles of the antennular flagellum; (5) male cheliped with a diminished dimorphism; (6) males with a vertical comb-row of setae on the cheliped propodus. Although it inhabits inland, anchialine caves, the new species lacks morphological features that are characteristic of some cave species.

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