A new groundwater species of Pseudoniphargus (Amphipoda: Pseudoniphargidae) fromAlgeria

Intensive sampling performed in the area of Oum El Bouaghi (Northeastern Algeria) yielded a new species of the stygobiont amphipod Pseudoniphargus, P. djemoi, in wells located in the plain of Tamlouka. The new species belongs to a group that shares the display of a uropod 3 exopod extremely elongate and upcurved in the male, whereas its peduncle is only moderately elongate. This cluster of species appears scattered across the southern Iberian Peninsula, Northern Morocco and the Canary Islands. This discovery increases the number of described species of the stygobiont amphipod genus Pseudoniphargus in north Africa to eight. A key to the species of Pseudoniphargus living in Continental Africa and Mediterranean Islands is provided.

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A new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae) from Iberian Peninsula and Canary Islands (Spain)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.889.1.1 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 889 (1) ◽

pp. 1 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

NOEMÍ GUIL ◽

ROBERTO GUIDETTI

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Canary Islands ◽

Distal Part ◽

New Records ◽

The Body ◽

Mountain Range ◽

La Palma ◽

Large Round ◽

A New Species

Minibiotus gumersindoi n. sp. is described. This species was collected on a granite mountain range in Sierra de Guadarrama (Bustarviejo valley, Embalse de la Jarosa and Cercedilla, Madrid, Spain) and on a volcanic island in Parque Natural Caldera de Taburiente (La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain). This new species is characterized by a unique set of characters in the genus: the presence of large round pores in the body and a larger round pore at the distal part of each leg. New records of several known species, for Madrid, Canary Islands and/or the Iberian Peninsula are given.

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Tinodes atlasensis Ibrahimi, Mabrouki & Taybi, sp. nov. (Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae), a new species from Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Natura Croatica ◽

10.20302/nc.2021.30.23 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 30 (2) ◽

pp. 367-375

Author(s):

Halil Ibrahimi ◽

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

North Africa ◽

African Country ◽

Basal Plate ◽

North African ◽

North African Country ◽

Atlas Mountains ◽

A New Species

The caddisfly fauna of North Africa and Morocco is still poorly known, with only a few historical and recent investigations, carried out sporadically. In this paper we describe a new species, Tinodes atlasensis Ibrahimi, Mabrouki & Taybi, sp. nov. from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The new species is closest to Tinodes baenai Gonzales & Otero, 1984, known from the Iberian Peninsula and mainly differs by the shape of segment IX, coxopodites, harpago and the process of basal plate. Tinodes atlasensis Ibrahimi, Mabrouki & Taybi, sp. nov. is the seventh known species of the genus Tinodes Curtis, 1834 from Morocco. Future caddisfly investigations in this North African country will most certainly increase the number of the known species and reveal other new ones.

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The first hypogean dipluran from Portugal: description of a new species of the genus Litocampa (Diplura: Campodeidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2728.1.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2728 (1) ◽

pp. 50 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

ANA SOFIA P. S. REBOLEIRA ◽

ALBERTO SENDRA ◽

FERNANDO GONÇALVES ◽

PEDRO OROMÍ

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Atlantic Ocean ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Mainland Portugal ◽

Cave Environment ◽

Intensive Sampling ◽

A New Species

Knowledge of Portuguese Campodeidae is scant, with only 7 previous papers (Wygodzinsky 1944a; Condé 1951; Sendra 1990; Sendra & Moreno 2004, 2006; Gama et al. 2000a,b), with a total of 13 epigean species: Eutrichocampa Silvestri (1 sp.), Campodea Westwood (6 spp.) and Podocampa Silvestri (6 spp.). Three of these species are endemic to mainland Portugal: C. machadoi Condé, 1951, P. jorgei Wygodzinsky, 1944 and P. seabrai Wygodzinsky, 1944. Only one species, Podocampa cardini Silvestri, 1932, has been recorded from a Portuguese cave environment (Condé 1955); this species previously had been known as an epigean species from Sierra de Aralar in Navarra, Spain (Silvestri 1932). Intensive sampling efforts over the last four years in Portuguese karstic caves revealed the presence of a morphospecies originally assigned to Podocampa fragiloides Silvestri, 1932, which is often found in moist epigean environments of the Iberian Peninsula influenced by the Atlantic Ocean (A. Sendra, pers. obs.).

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Further observations on North African and South Iberian Bathyporeia (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with the description of a new species

Contributions to Zoology ◽

10.1163/18759866-0740304006 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 74 (3-4) ◽

pp. 279-300

Author(s):

Cédric d’Udekem d’Acoz ◽

Hind Myrieme Chams Echchaoui ◽

Mohamed Menioui

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North Africa ◽

New Records ◽

Southern Spain ◽

North African ◽

Characteristic Species ◽

South Portugal ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species

A new species of amphipod, Bathyporeia watkini sp. nov. from the Atlantic coasts of North Africa is described. This very characteristic species is abundant in some lagoons and estuaries near 28°N. New morphological information on B. elkaimi d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is given after specimens that were recently collected on the Atlantic coasts of southern Spain and South Portugal. The male of B. ledoyeri d’Udekem d’Acoz and Menioui, 2004 is described for the first time and new records of North African B. guilliamsoniana (Bate, 1857) and B. chevreuxi d'Udekem d'Acoz and Vader, 2005a are discussed.

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A new species of the genusLotus (Fabaceae) in North Africa

Plant Systematics and Evolution ◽

10.1007/bf00936306 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 155 (1-4) ◽

pp. 307-309

Author(s):

Anna Chrtkov�

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

North Africa ◽

A New Species

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Chirocephalus sanhadjaensis sp. nov., a new chirocephalid species (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Numidia (Algeria)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4526.3.7 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4526 (3) ◽

pp. 381

Author(s):

LYLIA BOUMENDJEL ◽

NICOLAS RABET ◽

MOUNIA AMAROUAYACHE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Biological Diversity ◽

Resting Eggs ◽

Species Group ◽

Similar Species ◽

New Taxon ◽

Freshwater Ponds ◽

Restricted Distribution ◽

A New Species ◽

Northeastern Algeria

A new species of Chirocephalus collected in temporary freshwater ponds in Northeastern Algeria is described. Chirocephalus sanhadjaensis sp. nov. seems to be restricted to Ain-Magroun and Belkroun pools (Skikda Province). The most similar species is C. marchesonii Ruffo & Vesentini, 1957, which is endemic to Italy. The new taxon, belonging to the “diaphanus” species group of the genus Chirocephalus, is identifiable from all congeners primarily by the shape of the antennal appendages and that of the apex of the distal antennomere of the antennae. The resting eggs of C. sanhadjaensis sp. nov. are similar to those of C. diaphanus or C. salinus but are larger (448.24 ± 30.93 µm). The restricted distribution of this species confirms the high biological diversity of the area of the Guerbes-Sanhadja eco-complex.

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Hydropsyche fontinalis, a New Species of the instabilis-Group from the Iberian Peninsula (Trichoptera, Hydropsychidae)

Aquatic Insects ◽

10.1076/aqin.24.3.189.8117 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 24 (3) ◽

pp. 189-197 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

C. Zamora-Muñoz ◽

M.A. González ◽

J. Picazo-Muñoz ◽

J. Alba-Tercedor

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

A New Species

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A new species of Synelmis (Annelida: Polychaeta: Pilargidae) from the continental slope off Galicia (north-western Iberian peninsula)

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315407056457 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 87 (5) ◽

pp. 1117-1120

Author(s):

Juan Moreira ◽

Julio Parapar

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Continental Slope ◽

Western Spain ◽

North Western ◽

A New Species

A new species of Synelmis (Annelida: Polychaeta: Pilargidae), Synelmis urgorrii sp. nov., is described from the continental slope off north-western Spain. The new species is characterized by having antennae, peristomial cirri and parapodial cirri cirriform, lateral antennae located in the proximal third of the prostomium, notospines starting on chaetigers 7–11, well-developed neuropodial lobe and asymmetrical furcate chaetae, those of anterior chaetigers distinctly spinulated.

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