Cortinarius uxorum, a new telamonioid species in Cortinarius sect. Firmiores from the Iberian Peninsula

Phytotaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 403 (3) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
ISAAC GARRIDO-BENAVENT ◽  
JOSEP BALLARÀ ◽  
RAFAEL MAHIQUES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Ectomycorrhizal Fungi ◽  
Northern Europe ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Restricted Distribution ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Taxonomical Status

Cortinarius is one of the most species-rich, conspicuous and widespread genera of basidiomycete ectomycorrhizal fungi. While knowledge of the morphogenetic diversity of Cortinarius in central and northern Europe is rather extensive, less is known about the genus in other regions, such as the Iberian Peninsula. The present study assesses the taxonomical status of an unknown Cortinarius species from the Cadí-Moixeró Natural Park (north-eastern Iberian Peninsula), using morphological, phylogenetic and ecological data. As a result, C. uxorum is presented as new species in C. subg. Telamonia sect. Firmiores. It is phenotypically recognized by its medium to large-sized, stout basidiomata with persistent and copious whitish to silvery-white veil remnants on the pileus margin, and the ring-like stripe on the upper stipe. The restricted distribution of this species to a Natural Park highlights the need to consider fungi as a pivotal component of biodiversity in conservation policies.

Centaurea akroteriensis (Asteraceae), a new species discovered in Salento (Southern Apulia, Italy)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 436 (3) ◽  
pp. 251-269
Author(s):  
ROBERTO GENNAIO ◽  
QUINTINO GIOVANNI MANNI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North African ◽  
Morphological Variant ◽  
Large Group ◽  
The North ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Morphological Investigations

In the first months of 2013, a large group of plants of Centaurea belonging to the section Seridia, initially identified as a morphological variant of C. seridis subsp. sonchifolia, has been found during a naturalistic excursion in the Regional Natural Park of Punta Pizzo—Sant’Andrea Island. Morphological investigations, direct comparisons with species belonging to the same section, both through herbarium’s specimens and in vivo, and punctual bibliographical research indicate that this population belongs to a new species with some similarities with the Euro-Mediterranean C. seridis, C. polyacantha (a species with a distribution comprising the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco), or the North-African C. bimorpha and C. ferox, but is quite different by many characters illustrated in the present work. The new species here described is named C. akroteriensis Gennaio & Q.G. Manni.

Primula subpyrenaica (Primulaceae) a new species from the Pyrenean range (south-western Europe)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 163 (2) ◽  
pp. 77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pere Aymerich ◽  
JAVIER LÓPEZ-ALVARADO ◽  
LLORENÇ SÁEZ
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Narrow Endemic ◽  
The North ◽  
Morphological Basis ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
A New Species

A new species in the genus Primula, P. subpyrenaica, is described from the Pyrenean range in the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. The species belongs to P. sect. Auricula, and is related to P. auricula and P. lutea mainly on a morphological basis. However, P. subpyrenaica differs from those two species and from other related taxa by various morphological characters (non-scariose and longer bracts, fragrant leaves, yellowish or brownish when pressed). Data on its ecology, taxonomic relationships and conservation status of this narrow endemic is also provided.

The effect of conservation policies on wildlife hunting and consumption in north-eastern Madagascar

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Hervet J Randriamady ◽  
Seollee Park ◽  
Danamona Andrianarimanana ◽  
Abdy Berobia ◽  
Christopher D Golden
Keyword(s):  
Protected Area ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Traditional Management ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
External Assistance ◽  
External Management ◽  
Alternative Sources

Summary The Makira Natural Park (Makira) is the largest terrestrial protected area in Madagascar, supporting nearly 200,000 people living around the park, who derive a significant proportion of their animal-source foods from hunting. Makira is currently managed with three different policies: (1) traditional management with no external assistance; (2) community-based forest management (Gestion Contractualisée des Forêts; GCF) with non-governmental support and externally developed policies; and (3) strict external management policies (Zone d’Occupation Controlée; ZOC), meaning a zone of controlled residence for communities inside the core protected area. Here, we longitudinally assess the impacts of these policies on wildlife hunting and consumption by using a difference-in-differences method to evaluate policy efficacy. We found that externally developed conservation policies led to drastically reduced wildlife hunting and consumption in Makira. We also found that public education in the form of environmental awareness-raising, conducted 1 year before adoption, led to a greater concealment of hunting behaviours. Overall, wildlife hunting and consumption have decreased in the Makira region since the adoption of GCF and ZOC policies and could be effective at reducing the unsustainable wildlife hunting across the Makira, particularly when supported by economic development and the creation of alternative sources of livelihood and food.

scholarly journals Geomorphosite assessment in Montesinho Natural Park (Portugal)

2007 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 159-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Pereira ◽  
D. Pereira ◽  
M. I. Caetano Alves
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Method ◽  
Qualitative Assessment ◽  
Conservation Policies ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Geomorphological Heritage ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
Numerical Assessment ◽  
North Eastern ◽  
Staged Approach ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract. The Montesinho Natural Park (MNP), with an area of about 750 km2, is one of the largest protected areas in Portugal. Since its inauguration as a natural park in 1979, geological and geomorphological aspects have not been taken into consideration in its nature conservation policies. Over the last few years, this deficit has been compensated with an assessment of its geomorphological heritage. The assessment was made possible due to a research project on the geological heritage of the natural parks of north-eastern Portugal.The assessment method propagated herein proposes a clear definition of three types of geomorphosites: Single places, geomorphological areas or panoramic viewpoints. Further, it proposes as two-staged approach to assessment with inventory compilation followed by quantification of value. Inventory compilation, for example, involves the identification and qualitative assessment of potential geomorphosites and, therefore, the selection and characterization of geomorphosites. The quantification stage includes the numerical assessment of sites and their final ranking. The values are numerically assessed using selected criteria. The implementation of this approach in the MNP led to the identification of 154 potential geomorphosites, of which only 26 were selected after the qualitative assessment or characterisation process. The numerical assessment of the sites and their ranking allowed a final selection of 13 sites for public use.

scholarly journals A new Dicranophragma (Diptera: Limoniidae) from a hypogeous environment in Catalonia (Iberian Peninsula)

2020 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge Mederos ◽  
Sergi Gago ◽  
Neus Brañas ◽  
Floren Fadrique ◽  
Berta Caballero-López ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
First Record ◽  
Ecological Conditions ◽  
The Third ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Limnophilinae (Diptera: Limoniidae), Dicranophragma (Brachylimnophila) relictum Mederos sp. nov., is described. This is the third species of this genus recorded from the Iberian Peninsula. This new species was discovered in a cave in the Sant Llorenç del Munt i Serra de l’Obac Natural Park, Barcelona Province (Catalonia) and it is the first record of a species of this genus from a hypogeous environment. The absence of suitable ecological conditions for the survival of this new species, particularly in the vicinity of the cave, suggests that this population of D. relictum Mederos sp. nov. is isolated. Dicranophragma relictum Mederos sp. nov. is characterized by the following features: a general grey-to-greenish-grey coloration on its thorax and a dark-grey abdomen; wings more than four times longer than wide; pale-brown-to-yellowish tinted wings, with brown veins and a well-marked stigma; in the male genitalia the upper part of the aedeagus is acute when viewed laterally and is longer than the lower part. A key is provided for separating the three species of Dicranophragma known to be present in the Iberian Peninsula.

Linaria subbaetica (Plantaginaceae), a new species from the south of the Iberian Peninsula

Phytotaxa ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 530 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-176
Author(s):  
GABRIEL BLANCA ◽  
MIGUEL CUETO ◽  
JULIÁN FUENTES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
The South ◽  
Pale Yellow ◽  
Disc Surface ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Yellow Corolla ◽  
Black Seeds ◽  
A New Species

Linaria subbaetica, a new species from the south of the Iberian Peninsula, is here described, illustrated, and compared with its morphologically closest relatives from L. sect. Supinae: L. badalii, L. caesia, and L. supina. The species is characterised by being annual, and having usually revolute leaves, a short and corymbiform inflorescence at anthesis with a pilose-glandulose axis, a white to pale-yellow corolla (yellow to orangish palate), bearing a spur equalling to slightly longer that the rest of the corolla, and black seeds with a tuberculate and papillose disc surface and a thickened wing. L. subbaetica is an endemic species, growing on calcareous mountains, in the Sierras Subbéticas Natural Park, Córdoba province (Andalusia, Spain).

scholarly journals A new species of Laemostenus Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Els Ports Natural Park (Catalonia, northeastern Iberian peninsula)

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
M. Prieto ◽  
◽  
J. Mederos ◽  
J. Comas ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
New Taxon ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
A New Species

Laemostenus (Antisphodrus) portsensis n. sp. is described from five caves at Els Ports Natural Park. The new taxon can be distinguished from its geographical neighbours, L. (A.) levantinus (Bolívar, 1919) and L. (A.) lassallei Mateu, 1989, by the shape of its head and pronotum, and particularly by the morphology of the male genitalia. The study includes some remarks about the habitat and ecology of the new species.

scholarly journals Los Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) sarcosaprófilos del Parque Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac, Barcelona, España

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-18
Author(s):  
Raimundo Outerelo ◽  
Purificación Gamarra ◽  
Sergi Trócoli
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Autonomous Community ◽  
Ecological Data ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
June July August ◽  
June July ◽  
Aleochara Curtula ◽  
Península Ibérica

Resumen Se presentan datos relativos a la comunidad de Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) sarcosaprófilos asociada a carroña de cerdo en el Parque Natural de Sant Llorenç del Munt i l’Obac, Barcelona, nordeste de la península ibérica. Para el estudio se emplearon cuatro trampas cebadas con restos de cerdo (costilla de cerdo) colocados en agua, situadas en cuatro hábitats diferentes, y colgadas a 1,5 m del suelo. Se tomaron 68 muestras desde febrero hasta diciembre de 2018. Se capturaron 843 individuos pertenecientes a 17 especies y, 5 subfamilias (10 especies de Aleocharinae, 3 de Staphylininae, 2 de Omaliinae, 1 de Proteininae y 1 de Tachyporinae), presentando su mayor abundancia en los meses de verano (junio, julio, agosto). Tres especies resultaron ser las más abundantes y más frecuentes, Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777), Aleochara (Aleochara) lata Gravenhorst, 1802 y Aleochara (Xenochara) haematoptera. De cada especie se presenta el material estudiado, datos ecológicos, abundancia, frecuencia y su corología mundial e ibérica. De las 17 especies encontradas, 6 son nuevas citas para la Comunidad Autónoma de Cataluña: Aleochara (Heterochara) clavicornis L Redtenbacher, 1849, A.(Xenochara) sparsa Heer, 1839, Haploglossa villosula (Stephens, 1832), Proteinus atomarius Erichson, 1840, Philonthus (Philonthus) virgo (Gravenhorst, 1802) y Mycetoporus longulus Mannerheim, 1830. Philonthus (Philonthus) succicola Thomson, 1860, ya citada de la Comunidad, es nueva cita para Barcelona. A bstract Data regarding the community of sarcosaprophilous Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) associated with pig carcass in Sant Llorenç del Munt i L’Obac Natural Park Barcelona, northwest of the Iberian Peninsula are presented. For the study, 4 traps were used, baited with pig remains placed in water, located in 4 different habitats, hanging 1.5 m from the ground. 68 samples were taken from february to december 2018. 843 individuals belonging to 17 species, belonging to 5 subfamilies (10 Aleocharinae, 3 Staphylininae, 2 Omaliinae, 1 Proteininae, and 1 Tachyporinae) were captured, presenting their greatest abundance in the months of summer (june, july, august). Three species were found to be the most abundant and most frequent, Aleochara (Aleochara) curtula (Goeze, 1777), Aleochara (Aleochara) lata Gravenhorst, 1802 and Aleochara (Xenochara) haematoptera Kraatz, 1858. For each species, the material studied, ecological data, abundance, frequency and its world and Iberian chorology are presented. Among the 17 species found, 6 are new records for the autonomous community of Catalonia: (Aleochara (Heterochara) clavicornis L. Redtenbacher, 1849, A. (Xenochara) sparsa Heer, 1839, Haploglossavillosula (Stephens, 1832), Proteinusatomarius Erichson, 1840, Philonthus (Philonthus) virgo (Gravenhorst, 1802) and Mycetoporuslongulus Mannerheim, 1830. Philonthus Philonthus) succicola Thomson, 1860, already from the community, represent a new record for Barcelona.

Two New Species of Aira (Poaceae) from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-84
Author(s):  
Llorenç Sáez ◽  
Javier López-Alvarado ◽  
Pere Fraga ◽  
Regina Berjano ◽  
M. Ángeles Ortiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Diploid Species ◽  
Balearic Islands ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Chromosome Counts ◽  
Two New Species

Abstract—Two new diploid species, Aira minoricensis and Aira hercynica, are described and illustrated, along with chromosome counts, risk assessment, distribution and habitat, phenology, and comparisons with morphologically similar species. A comparative table and a key for the species of Aira for the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands are provided to assist in the identification of these overlooked species, and their relationships to other taxa are discussed.

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