New data on the Iberian endemic bee genus Flavipanurgus Warncke Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae): Ecological and genomic data reveal a hidden species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4521 (4) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
IAN CROSS ◽  
THOMAS J. WOOD
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Genomic Data ◽  
Species Status ◽  
The North ◽  
Full Species ◽  
Southern Iberia ◽  
Ecological Difference ◽  
First Time ◽  
Small Genus

Flavipanurgus is a small genus of panurgine bees known only from the Iberian Peninsula. Despite its status as one of the few bee genera endemic to Europe, Flavipanurgus are poorly represented in collections and until recently, their ecology had been almost unknown. Flavipanurgus ibericus (Warncke, 1972) was described from southern Iberia, with a northern subspecies F. i. kastiliensis (Warncke, 1987) later described from the north. Recent collections in Portugal have revealed clear differences in the pollen collecting patterns of the two taxa, with southern females collecting exclusively from Jasione montana and northern females from Sedum species. In combination with this ecological difference, COI and 28S barcode data indicate that Flavipanurgus kastiliensis stat. nov. should be raised to full species status. The male of Flavipanurgus ibericus s. str. is described for the first time, and updated keys to Flavipanurgus species are provided. Flavipanurgus fuzetus Patiny, 1999 is recorded for the first time from Spain. Further significant records and new floral associations for Flavipanurgus are also presented. 

Two new species and a new record of Spininola from China (Lepidoptera: Nolidae: Nolinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3547 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
YAN-QING HU ◽  
MIN WANG ◽  
HUI-LIN HAN
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Sri Lanka ◽  
New Record ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
The West ◽  
The North ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Small Genus

The small genus Spininola was recently erected by László, Ronkay & Witt (2010) with the type species Nola loxoscia Hampson, 1900. They tabulated six species in the genus, S. loxoscia (Hampson, 1900), S. vesiculalis (Eecke, 1926), S. trilinea (Marumo, 1923), S. denticulata (Moore, 1888), S. fuscibasalis (Hampson, 1896) and S. armata László, Ronkay & Witt, 2010 from Thailand. The genus is distributed in eastern Asia, from Nepal and Sri Lanka in the west, to Japan in the north and Sumatra in the south. In our surveys, two new species were found and are described herein, and S. loxoscia (Hampson, 1900) is recorded for the first time from China (Fig. 1).

Updates to the bee fauna of Portugal with the description of three new Iberian Andrena species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila)

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4790 (2) ◽  
pp. 201-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
THOMAS JAMES WOOD ◽  
IAN CROSS ◽  
DAVID W. BALDOCK
Keyword(s):  
Museum Collections ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Additional Species ◽  
Mainland Portugal ◽  
Species Complexes ◽  
Ongoing Work ◽  
The Status ◽  
Southern Iberia ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western

Portugal is home to a rich but understudied bee fauna that was recently comprehensively documented for the first time. As part of ongoing work to improve the knowledge of Portuguese bees, efforts have been made to survey poorly recorded parts of the country and to continue to review existing material in museum collections. These efforts have resulted in 28 species newly discovered in Portugal, as well as eight species added from the literature and two taxa recently raised to full species status. Three additional species, Andrena (Lepidandrena) baetica spec. nov., Andrena (Micrandrena) omnilaevis spec. nov., and Andrena (Notandrena) foeniculae spec. nov. are described from material collected in southern Iberia, north-western Iberia, and southern Iberia, respectively. Andrena omnilaevis spec. nov. is the new name for north-western Iberian material previously identified as Andrena (Micrandrena) semilaevis Pérez. The male of Stelis hispanica Dusmet, previously only known from the holotype female, was also found and is described here. The taxon Andrena (Melandrena) limata mixtura Warncke has been various treated as a subspecies of A. limata Smith or A. nitida Müller. Examination of the holotype from Portugal shows that it actually belongs in its original combination Andrena limata comb. nov., and that true A. nitida is not present in Portugal. Seven additional species have been removed from the total due to misidentification or uncertainty. We also present discussion on the status of species complexes present in Portugal, and review species doubtfully recorded from the country. Altogether, this work increases the number of bee species recorded from mainland Portugal from 680 to 712, and to 722 for the country as a whole when including the faunas of the Madeira and Azores archipelagos. 

scholarly journals Heinrich Event 4 characterized by terrestrial proxies in southwestern Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 647-681 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. López-García ◽  
H.-A. Blain ◽  
M. Bennàsar ◽  
M. Sanz ◽  
J. Daura
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The North ◽  
Heinrich Event ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Small Vertebrate ◽  
Vertebrate Assemblage ◽  
First Time

Abstract. Heinrich Event 4 (H4) is well documented in the North Atlantic Ocean as a cooling event that occurred between 39 000 and 40 000 yr BP. Deep-sea cores around the Iberian Peninsula coastline have been analysed to characterize the H4 event, but there are no data on the terrestrial response to this event. Here we present for the first time an analysis of terrestrial proxies for characterizing the H4 event, using the small-vertebrate assemblage (comprising small mammals, squamates and amphibians) from Terrassa Riera dels Canyars, an archaeo-palaeontological deposit located on the seaboard of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. This assemblage shows that the H4 event is characterized in northeastern Iberia by harsher and drier terrestrial conditions than today. Our results were compared with other proxies such as pollen, charcoal, phytolith, avifauna and large-mammal data available for this site, as well as with the general H4 event fluctuations and with other sites where H4 and the previous and subsequent Heinrich events (H5 and H3) have been detected in the Mediterranean and Atlantic regions of the Iberian Peninsula. We conclude that the terrestrial proxies follow the same patterns as the climatic and environmental conditions detected by the deep-sea cores at the Iberian margins.

Review of the leafhopper genus Makilingia Baker (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4559 (3) ◽  
pp. 473
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER H. DIETRICH ◽  
JAMES N. ZAHNISER
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Study ◽  
First Record ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Full Species ◽  
First Time

The taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Makilingia Baker is reviewed based on comparative morphological study of types and other specimens. Twenty-six species are recognized as valid including ten new species described and illustrated herein: M. davaoensis n. sp. M. lobata n. sp., M. maculamima n. sp., M. nigramima n. sp., M. paranigra n. sp., M. siamensis n. sp., M. tenebrifrons n. sp., M. uncinata n. sp., M. viraktamathi n. sp., and M. xanthopicta n. sp. Makilingia siamensis n. sp. represents the first known occurrence of the genus outside the Philippine Archipelago and the first record for Thailand. Makilingia simillima Baker, n. stat., formerly treated as a variety of M. variabilis Baker, is elevated to full species status based on distinctive differences in the male genitalia. Lectotypes are designated for several species described by Baker. The male genitalia of these species are described and illustrated for the first time and a key to all known species is provided. 

scholarly journals Heinrich event 4 characterized by terrestrial proxies in southwestern Europe

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 1053-1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. López-García ◽  
H.-A. Blain ◽  
M. Bennàsar ◽  
M. Sanz ◽  
J. Daura
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Deep Sea ◽  
North Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The North ◽  
Heinrich Event ◽  
The North Atlantic ◽  
Small Vertebrate ◽  
Vertebrate Assemblage ◽  
First Time

Abstract. Heinrich event 4 (H4) is well documented in the North Atlantic Ocean as a cooling event that occurred between 39 and 40 Ka. Deep-sea cores around the Iberian Peninsula coastline have been analysed to characterize the H4 event, but there are no data on the terrestrial response to this event. Here we present for the first time an analysis of terrestrial proxies for characterizing the H4 event, using the small-vertebrate assemblage (comprising small mammals, squamates and amphibians) from Terrassa Riera dels Canyars, an archaeo-palaeontological deposit located on the seaboard of the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. This assemblage shows that the H4 event is characterized in northeastern Iberia by harsher and drier terrestrial conditions than today. Our results were compared with other proxies such as pollen, charcoal, phytolith, avifauna and large-mammal data available for this site, as well as with the general H4 event fluctuations and with other sites where H4 and the previous and subsequent Heinrich events (H5 and H3) have been detected in the Mediterranean and Atlantic regions of the Iberian Peninsula. We conclude that the terrestrial proxies follow the same patterns as the climatic and environmental conditions detected by the deep-sea cores at the Iberian margins.

scholarly journals The spreading of the non-native caprellid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 into southern Europe and northern Africa: a complicated taxonomic history.

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 145 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. ROS CLEMENTE
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Atlantic ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Strait Of Gibraltar ◽  
Fouling Communities ◽  
Morphological Form ◽  
The North ◽  
Survey Report ◽  
First Time

Caprella scaura, originally described by Templeton (1836) from Mauritius and later reported as several subspecies from numerous areas of the world, was found for the first time in the Mediterranean in 1994. Since this report, the species was found in several Mediterranean locations. To explore the current distribution of C. scaura in the Iberian Peninsula and adjacent areas, we surveyed marine fouling communities from 88 marinas along the whole Iberian Peninsula and North Africa, 3 from Italy, 1 from France, 1 from Malta and 1 from Greece between June 2011 and June 2012. The results of this survey report the first confirmed record of C. scaura in Corsica (France), Creta (Greece) and Morocco, and confirm an extensive distribution of C. scaura along the Spanish Mediterranean coast and the Strait of Gibraltar. The species was absent in the north Atlantic coast of Spain and the upper distribution limit in the eastern Atlantic coast is the locality of Cascais, in the south coast of Portugal. All populations studied belong to the same morphological form, with match with the subspecies C. scaura typica from Brazil and C. scaura scaura from Mauritius, suggesting that these two subspecies could correspond to the same “variety”.

The lichen genus Phylloblastia (Verrucariaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with a new species from Western Europe

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 565-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Esteve LLOP ◽  
Antonio GÓMEZ-BOLEA
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Record ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
European Species ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
First Time ◽  
A New Species

AbstractThe foliicolous genus Phylloblastia is recorded for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula where it is represented by three species: P. fortuita sp. nov. from several localities in the north-east of Spain, P. dispersa, a new record for Europe and reported for the first time outside the tropics, and P. inexpectata. A key to the European species is provided.

Revision of the genus Coletinia (Zygentoma: Nicoletiidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with descriptions of nine new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3615 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAEL MOLERO ◽  
CARMEN BACH ◽  
ALBERTO SENDRA ◽  
SERGIO MONTAGUD ◽  
PABLO BARRANCO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Scanning Microscope ◽  
Gypsum Karst ◽  
The North ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

  The discovery of several members of the genus Coletinia Wygodzinsky, 1980, from subterranean habitats (endogean and troglobiont), prompted the review of this genus in the Iberian Peninsula. Most of the samples came from caves of the Mediterranean basin of Spain, from Cádiz to the Tarragona province. As a result of this revision, nine new species have been established: C. herculea n. sp., an endogean from Cádiz; C. vergitana n. sp. from the Gádor calcareous mountains in Almería; C. calaforrai n. sp. from the gypsum karst in Almería; C. intermedia n. sp. from caves in Murcia and Alicante; C. diania n. sp., found in the north of the province of Alicante; C. longitibia n. sp. and C. tessella n. sp., both troglobites from Valencia; C. redetecta n. sp. from Castellón caves and finally C. hernandoi n. sp., an endogean from Tarragona. Moreover, Coletinia maggii (Grassi, 1887) is reported for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula, and new data are presented regarding C. mendesi, C. tinautiand C. capolongoi that widen their geographic distribution and enhance the information about their anatomic characteristics and biology. These results increase the number of known species of this genus to 14 in the region and to 21 in the world. The new species are described and compared with the most closely related previously known species of the genus. Characters with the most taxonomic relevance are discussed using optical and scanning microscope studies. A key for the identification of the Iberian Coletinia species and a distribution map including all of them are also provided. 

A review of Ancorina, Stryphnus, and Ecionemia (Demospongiae, Astrophorida, Ancorinidae), with descriptions of new species from New Zealand waters

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3480 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
MICHELLE KELLY ◽  
CARINA SIM-SMITH
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Species Status ◽  
Full Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time ◽  
Varietal Name

New collections of New Zealand ancorinid sponges with sanidasters, regular and sanidaster-like microrhabds, andamphiaster-like microscleres, has prompted us to review the integrity of ancorinid genera Ancorina Schmidt, EcionemiaBowerbank, and Stryphnus Sollas (Demospongiae, Astrophorida, Ancorinidae). The varietal name in Ancorina progressa(von Lendenfeld 1907) var. diplococcus Dendy, 1924 has been elevated to full species status, and A. stalagmoides (Dendy,1924) has been redescribed. Two new species, A. bellae sp. nov., from the Three Kings Islands, and A. globosa sp. nov.,from Campbell Rise, have been described. Two New Zealand species previously assigned to Ancorina by Dendy (1924)have been transferred to Ecionemia: E. alata (Dendy 1924) and E. novaezelandiae (Dendy 1924). The genus Stryphnus isrecorded for the first time in New Zealand waters, and 6 new species are described here; S. poculum sp. nov., S. levis sp.nov., S. novaezealandiae sp. nov., S. spelunca sp. nov., and S. atypicus sp. nov. Specimens identified as Asteropus simplex(Carter 1879) by Dendy (1924) and Bergquist (1968), a genus without triaenes, have been transferred to Stryphnus and renamed as S. ariena sp. nov., as all specimens contained rare triaenes.

scholarly journals Reflections on the Other Side. A Southern Iberia Origin for the First Pottery Production of Northern Morocco?

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1054-1065
Author(s):  
Rafael M. Martínez Sánchez ◽  
Juan Carlos Vera Rodríguez ◽  
Jesús Gámiz Caro ◽  
Salvador Pardo-Gordó ◽  
Guillem Pérez-Jordà ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
The Other ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Pottery Production ◽  
The South ◽  
The North ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Southern Iberia

Abstract This work is a starting point for rethinking the role of the Iberian Peninsula in the neolithisation of northern Morocco. It focuses on the similarities and divergences between the first pottery productions and their decorations in both territories. This relationship is supported by the existence of an accurate chronological gradation between the first evidence of Neolithisation in Iberian Peninsula and that of northern Morocco which suggests a north–south direction. We also present arguments on the possible links between the early ceramics from the north of Morocco and those from the south of Iberia, providing a first approach to an issue that will need to be carefully analysed in future research.

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