Diversity of Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Carabidae and Cicindelidae) in Colombia: an approach from existing literature

The beetle families Carabidae and Cicindelidae, with about 40 000 species worldwide, play an increasing role in biodiversity conservation and ecological studies in Colombia, which makes a faunistic update all the more necessary. We present and analyze a checklist of the species so far described or registered from Colombia until 2020, based on published studies, and their distribution data at the department level. Carabidae are represented by 625 species and Cicindelidae by 100. Magdalena, Cundinamarca and Valle del Cauca are the departments with the highest record numbers of Carabidae, while Cicindelidae are most frequently cited from Valle del Cauca, Antioquia and Meta. The greater sampling effort in these regions is likely due to the accessibility of their natural areas from the main towns. The geographical distribution of Cicindelidae is better documented, with only 17 % of the species without mention of specific localities within the country, against 40 % in Carabidae. Hyper-diverse regions, such as the Chocó and the Amazon, are underrepresented. The number of species currently recorded is therefore estimated to be much lower than true diversity for both families.

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Trematode parasites (Platyhelminthes) of wildlife vertebrates in Mexico

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.1534.1.1 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1534 (1) ◽

pp. 1-247 ◽

Cited By ~ 44

Author(s):

GERARDO PÉREZ-PONCE DE LEÓN ◽

LUIS GARCÍA-PRIETO ◽

BERENIT MENDOZA-GARFIAS

Keyword(s):

Geographical Distribution ◽

Morphological Diversity ◽

Systematic Position ◽

Northern Region ◽

Future Research ◽

Trematode Species ◽

Sampling Effort ◽

Helminth Parasites ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Number Of Species

Trematodes are one of the world’s most diverse groups of parasitic platyhelminths found in vertebrates. In this book, a parasite-host list, including all species of trematodes recorded in Mexican wildlife, is presented. These parasites have been studied since the 1930s. The first description of a trematode species was published in 1932. After 75 years of taxonomic research on this group, a total number of 624 species belonging to 311 genera and 78 families have been recorded, with a very high percentage of endemicity, since almost 30% represented new species. The inventory presented here results from several years of data compilation obtained from original sources, from various published accounts (Bachelor´s and graduate student’s thesis, book chapters, peer-reviewed publications, etc.), to database information from parasite collections. In this contribution, we present the most updated inventory of this parasitic group, including not only taxonomic information related to each trematode species, but also information about their host(s) and geographical distribution. Most of the records of trematodes we present in the book include remarks or taxonomical comments. These comments are related with their systematic position within current classification schemes, and in some occasions they correspond to synonymies. In all cases the original reference is presented so reader may want to check on the original source. Drawings of representative species of each trematode family presented in the book are shown, as well as pictures of some type-specimens that show some part of the morphological diversity of this group of parasites. A general overview of the information we have gathered thus far indicates that sampling effort has been unequal regarding vertebrate group studied and geographical distribution. Clearly fish, including marine, brackish and freshwater, have been more extensively studied than any other group of vertebrates, and the northern region of the country has been poorly sampled for helminth parasites within all vertebrate groups. The inventory of vertebrate trematodes in Mexico is far from complete. As a result, it is currently not possible to estimate the size of the fauna (i.e. the number of species present), but available information allows for assessments of general biodiversity patterns and the potential for estimates, as a result of inventory compilation and appropriate methodologies, of the number of species arising in the near future. The main intention of this book is to present the information we have compiled thus far. This information is found in 568 published accounts, and no previous effort has been made to organize and analyze this enormous amount of data. We are confident that this work will contribute to our knowledge of this parasitic group and settles the stage for future research regarding host-parasite interactions between trematodes and their vertebrate hosts in one of the most important, from a biogeographical perspective, regions of the world. Mexico occupies a transitional position between Nearctic and Neotropical biogeographical regions, so future trematode research may be focused on understanding species distribution, once a more complete inventory is generated.

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Nuevas citas y aportaciones corológicas para la flora bentónica marina del Atlántico de la Península Ibérica. New records and geographical distribution additions of the benthic marine flora of the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula

Acta Botanica Malacitana ◽

10.24310/abm.v37i0.2657 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 37 ◽

pp. 5-32 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ignacio Bárbara ◽

Pilar Díaz Tapia ◽

César Peteiro ◽

Estibaliz Berecibar ◽

Viviana Peña ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Geographical Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Distribution Data ◽

New Findings ◽

Floristic Studies ◽

Marine Flora ◽

Derbesia Marina ◽

Halicystis Ovalis ◽

Península Ibérica

Español. Se dan a conocer nuevas localizaciones y datos corológicos para 98 especies (61 Rhodophyta, 22 Ochrophyta, 15 Chlorophyta) de algas bentónicas marinas recolectadas en el intermareal y submareal de más de 80 localidades de las costas atlánticas y cantábricas de la Península Ibérica. Polysiphonia devoniensis, P. fibrata y Zonaria tournefortii son novedad para Portugal y 5 especies (Bonnemaisonia hamifera, Calosiphonia vermicularis, P. devoniensis, Hincksia intermedia y Derbesia marina stadium Halicystis ovalis) son nuevas citas para Galicia. Paralelamente, se aportan 101 primeras citas provinciales (2 Guipúzcoa, 1 Vizcaya, 8 Cantabria, 5 Asturias, 7 Lugo, 1 A Coruña, 8 Pontevedra, 1 Beira litoral, 15 Estremadura, 20 Alentejo, 25 Algarve y 8 Cádiz) y, además, se dan a conocer 108 segundas citas provinciales. Aunque la flora bentónica marina del Atlántico Peninsular ha sido objeto de numerosos estudios, estos nuevos hallazgos corológicos ponen en evidencia que todavía son necesarios más estudios florísticos en estas costas.English. In this work, we provide new records and geographical distribution data for 98 seaweeds (61 Rhodophyta, 22 Ochrophyta, 15 Chlorophyta) inhabiting more than 80 sites (intertidal and subtidal) of the Atlantic Iberian Peninsula. Polysiphonia devoniensis, P. fibrata y Zonaria tournefortii are new records for Portugal and 5 species (Bonnemaisonia hamifera, Calosiphonia vermicularis, P. devoniensis, Hincksia intermedia and Derbesia marina stadium Halicystis ovalis) are new records for Galicia. Moreover, 101 new records are reported for the first time in the studied provinces (2 Guipúzcoa, 1 Vizcaya, 8 Cantabria, 5 Asturias, 7 Lugo, 1 A Coruña, 8 Pontevedra, 1 Beira litoral, 15 Estremadura, 20 Alentejo, 25 Algarve y 8 Cádiz) and 108 for the second time. Although the Atlantic marine algae of the Iberian Peninsula are well studied, these new findings show that further floristic studies are necessary to complete our knowledge of the natural heritage of this region.

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Number of Species and Geographical Distribution of Diospyros L. (Ebenaceae) in China

Horticultural Plant Journal ◽

10.1016/j.hpj.2018.10.003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 59-69 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Donglan Tang ◽

Qinglin Zhang ◽

Liqing Xu ◽

Dayong Guo ◽

Zhengrong Luo

Keyword(s):

Geographical Distribution ◽

Number Of Species

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Pleurocarpous and cladocarpous mosses (Bryophyta) of Parque Nacional da Chapada das Mesas, with newly recorded species from Maranhão and the northeast region of Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/16.6.1733 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 16 (6) ◽

pp. 1733-1745

Author(s):

Regigláucia Rodrigues de Oliveira ◽

Ronison Ferreira de Oliveira ◽

Hermeson Cassiano de Oliveira ◽

Denilson Fernandes Peralta ◽

Gonçalo Mendes da Coceição

Keyword(s):

Distribution Data ◽

Northeast Region ◽

Number Of Species ◽

The Family ◽

Pleurocarpous Mosses ◽

Annotated Checklist ◽

First Time ◽

Eleven Species

Located in southwestern Maranhão, the Parque Nacional da Chapada das Mesas (PNCM), with an extent of about 160,046 ha, is completely inserted in the Cerrado phytogeographic domain. The topography is characterized by a plateau formation consisting of steep hills and medium-altitude mountains with flat tops, which give the PNCM its name. We present an annotated checklist of the mosses that occur in the PNCM. Our checklist includes 26 species of pleurocarpous mosses distributed in 10 families and 22 genera and two species of cladocarpous mosses of the family Orthotrichaceae. The most species-rich families of pleurocarpous mosses were Sematophyllaceae (7 spp.), Pylaisiadelphaceae (6 spp.), and Stereophyllaceae (4 spp.). Eleven species are recorded for the first time from Maranhão and three species are recorded for the first time in the northeast region of Brazil. Taxithelium pluripunctatum (Renauld & Cardot) W.R. Buck and Trichosteleum glaziovii (Hampe) W.R. Buck, are recorded for the first time from Maranhão and the Cerrado phytogeographic domain. Our results expand the knowledge of the Brazilian bryoflora and add distribution data for a number of species in Maranhão and the northeast region.

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The use of hair traps as a complementary method in mammal ecology studies

Mammalia ◽

10.1515/mammalia-2017-0156 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 83 (2) ◽

pp. 144-149

Author(s):

Marcelo Magioli ◽

Alex Augusto Abreu Bovo ◽

Vinicius Alberici ◽

Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi de Barros Ferraz

Keyword(s):

Species Richness ◽

Stable Isotope ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Sampling Effort ◽

Ecological Studies ◽

Complementary Method ◽

Powder Samples ◽

High Species Richness

Abstract This study describes the use of hair traps as a complementary method to obtain samples for stable isotope analysis from medium- and large-sized mammals. We sampled three protected areas within the Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Traps formed an enclosure of ~16 m2 composed of two barbed-wire strands at different heights, baited with corn, salt, fruits and cinnamon powder. Samples were identified using hair microstructure. We identified 11 species – four globally and six nationally threatened – of which 63.6% were frugivorous. We found high species richness with a small sampling effort, indicating that hair traps can prove useful for isotopic ecology and other applied ecological studies.

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Australia?s Biodiversity and Climate Change

Pacific Conservation Biology ◽

10.1071/pc100221 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 221

Author(s):

David Goodall

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Ecosystem Services ◽

Natural Resources ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Climate Changes ◽

Natural Resources Management ◽

Ecological Processes ◽

Resources Management ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Ministerial Council

This volume is the result of an initiative by the Natural Resources Management Ministerial Council, to assess the vulnerability of Australia?s biodiversity to climate change. It may be said at once that this remit is interpreted, not as referring to changes in ?biodiversity? as usually understood ? the number of species present ? but rather as covering all responses of organisms and the ecosystems in which they participate to the climate changes now in progress and in prospect. This extension of ?biodiversity? is clarified by the statement that ?modern biodiversity conservation . . . should ensure . . . the maintenance of ecological processes and the delivery of ecosystem services?.

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Revison of the Tasmanian genus of freshwater crayfish Astacopsis Huxley (Decapoda : Parastacidae)

Marine and Freshwater Research ◽

10.1071/mf9820699 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 699 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

R Swain ◽

AMM Richardson ◽

M Hortle

Keyword(s):

Geographical Distribution ◽

Morphological Characters ◽

Species Boundaries ◽

Freshwater Crayfish ◽

Separate Species ◽

Drainage Systems ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Wide Range ◽

Animal Size

Astacopsis Huxley is revised by examination of a wide range of morphological characters. The number of species is reduced from four to two by synonymy. Variation in spination is examined in A. franklinii in relation to geographical distribution (based upon the major drainage systems in Tasmania), animal size and habitat; spininess is found to relate predominantly to animal size. The distribution of Astacopsis within Tasmania is greatly extended and previous reports of geographically separate species' boundaries, indicating limited distributions. can no longer be accepted. Synonymies and diagnoses are provided for A. franklinii and A. gouldi, and a key to their identification is presented.

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Ecotourism and biodiversity conservation - two way track

Pacific Conservation Biology ◽

10.1071/pc000089 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 89 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Penny Van Oosterzee

Keyword(s):

Nature Conservation ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Environmental Impacts ◽

National Parks ◽

World Wide ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Natural Areas ◽

Nature Appreciation ◽

Economic Studies

While not denying that tourism has environmental impacts, tourism's potential to aid biodiversity conservation world-wide is great and needs to be harnessed. However, unless precisely explained, the notion of ecotourism clouds the role of tourism in nature conservation. Therefore I define ecotourism as all visits that focus on nature appreciation and the associated infrastructure (park facilities, tours, accommodation, airlines that bring tourists to the area etc.) that supports these visits. This definition, which is used throughout this paper, helps eliminate the false distinction being made between tourism and ecotourism. Tourism, at the international and national political level, has an influential role as a force for biodiversity conservation by being a rationale for plaCing extra land in conservation reserves, or otherwise by sustainably managing natural areas for their natural values. Using World Heritage Areas (WHA) as an example - perhaps even as an indicator of tourism and its impacts on natural areas ? the little information available suggests that tourism is not often a threat, but that warfare, clearing for agriculture, and poaching are. Regions with an intact tourism industry are also those more likely to have an intact ecosystem. National parks do act as a catalyst for tourism growth. The question is whether tourism can deliver the financial means to undertake management to neutralize the impacts of tourism on biodiversity, or, perhaps more importantly, to fund more extensive works for biodiversity conservation? Few rigorous economic studies have been carried out to provide answers to this question; to define the link between biodiversity conservation and tourism, and to explore ways of making tourism maintain and expand the resource on which its profits are based, thus making the industry world-wide a major force for conservation.

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New species of Colombian Triplocania Roesler (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Ptiloneuridae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4336.1.1 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4336 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

RANULFO GONZÁLEZ-OBANDO ◽

NANCY CARREJO-GIRONZA ◽

ALFONSO N. GARCÍA ALDRETE

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Identification Key ◽

Natural Areas ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Natural Parks

Based on a survey of the genus Triplocania (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’) in forests of natural areas and Natural Parks in Colombia, 46 species were found, 42 of which are new to science and are here described and illustrated. Added to T. colombiana García Aldrete, the number of species of Triplocania now known in Colombia is raised to 47. To date, 40 species described in this paper are recorded only in Colombia, and seven species are shared with neighboring countries, three with Brazil, one with Venezuela, two with Ecuador, and one with Ecuador and Brazil. Females of three previously known species are also described. An identification key to the species of Triplocania present in Colombia is included.

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Morphology and phenology of sexuals and new distribution data on the blind Mediterranean ant Hypoponera abeillei (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Sociobiology ◽

10.13102/sociobiology.v68i4.7261 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 68 (4) ◽

pp. e7261

Author(s):

Enrico Schifani ◽

Antonio Scupola ◽

Mattia Menchetti ◽

Erika Bazzato ◽

Xavier Espadaler

Keyword(s):

Mediterranean Region ◽

The Other ◽

Distribution Data ◽

The West ◽

Number Of Species ◽

Other Hand ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

New Distribution

Hypoponera abeillei is the sole member of the otherwise exclusively Afrotropical abeillei group to occur in the West-Palearctic and since its first description on the basis of two Corsican workers in 1881, it remained little-known. Workers of this species are thought to entirely lack eyes, a rare trait among ants of the region, yet their lifestyle remains undocumented. On the other hand, the male caste has been described from 4 Tunisian specimens in 1921, and queens remained so far undescribed. We present an updated description of the male caste based on 45 specimens and a first description of the queen caste based on 14 specimens. The H. abeillei material we examined comes from Italy, Spain and Malta (mostly originating from coastal localities), and comprises 11 inedit distribution records, including the first findings in the islands of Mallorca, Malta and Sardinia. Moreover, we provide a first phenological overview of the species’ nuptial flights. Our data show that H. abeillei sexuals flight during the summer, mostly in August, and demonstrate that they can easily be distinguished from all the other Hypoponera species inhabiting the Mediterranean region based on their morphology. The remarkable diversity of Mediterranean Hypoponera males and queens suggest that sexuals may have a role in future attempts to understand relationships within this genus, yet the number of species in which sexual castes are documented is still extremely reduced.

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