Distribution of cicadas of the genus Lyristes (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) in the eastern Mediterranean area

Biologia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Simões ◽  
José Quartau
Keyword(s):  
Deep Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Aegean Island ◽  
Present Distribution ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Area ◽  
Geographically Isolated

AbstractThe present study gives an updated overview on the distribution of species of the genus Lyristes Horváth, 1926 in the eastern Mediterranean area. Besides occurring in southern continental Europe, specimens of L. plebejus were also found along the southern Greek mainland and in the western Aegean island of Kithira. Moreover, the new data presented give L. gemellus as a new record for Greece (appearing only along most of the Anatolian coast) as well as for Cyprus. The genus seems to be absent from the Cyclades as well as from the islands of Crete and Karpathos. Therefore, the results revealed a faunal discontinuity between the Greek western and eastern islands in the Aegean Sea. Hence, the persistence of a deep sea barrier between these two groups of islands seems to explain the present distribution of Lyristes species, which is also in accordance with the paleogeography of the area and with the fact that dispersal to more geographically isolated islands might have been virtually impossible for species of this genus.

scholarly journals Ceramic finds from the Byzantine fort of Gradina on the island of Žirje

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Karađole ◽  
Igor Borzić
Keyword(s):  
Iron Age ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
The Other ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
North African ◽  
The North ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Main Production ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Area

Repeated excavations of the area of the early Byzantine fort on Žirje, an island in the Šibenik archipelago, resulted in recovery of a substantial amount of movable finds, predominantly pottery. Most finds date to the period of Justinian's reconquista in the mid-6th century when the fort was used, but there are also some artifacts of earlier or later dating (Iron Age, Hellenistic and early Imperial periods; medieval and postmedieval periods) whose presence is explained by continuous strategic importance of the fort position. Late antique material has been analyzed comprehensively in terms of typology. Dating and provenance contexts of the finds have also been determined. Presence of pottery from the main production centers that supplied the eastern Adriatic at the time has been attested. This refers in particular to the north African and Aegean-eastern Mediterranean area providing fine tableware and kitchen pottery, lamps and various forms of amphorae. On the other hand, participation of local workshops in supply of the Byzantine soldiers stationed in Gradina probably relates to prevailing forms of kitchenware.

Allium kyrenium (Amaryllidaceae), a new species from Northern Cyprus

Phytotaxa ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 213 (3) ◽  
pp. 282 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIANPIETRO GIUSSO DEL GALDO ◽  
CRISTIAN BRULLO ◽  
Salvatore Brullo ◽  
CRISTINA SALMERI
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Somatic Chromosome ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Diploid Species ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Somatic Chromosome Number ◽  
Northern Cyprus ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Area ◽  
A New Species

Allium kyrenium, a new species of Allium sect. Codonoprasum, is described and illustrated from northern Cyprus. It is a very circumscribed geophyte growing on the calcareous cliffs of the Kyrenia range. This diploid species, with a somatic chromosome number 2n = 16, shows close morphological relationships with A. stamineum, a species complex distributed in the eastern Mediterranean area. Its morphology, karyology, leaf anatomy, ecology, conservation status and taxonomical relationships with the allied species belonging to the A. stamineum group are examined.

First records of six species of crustaceans for the eastern Mediterranean Sea

Crustaceana ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 92 (11-12) ◽  
pp. 1403-1414
Author(s):  
Ozge Ozgen ◽  
Sermin Acik ◽  
Kerem Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Sea ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Aegean Sea ◽  
Posidonia Oceanica ◽  
The Other ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Sea ◽  
Crustacean Species ◽  
Ecological Characteristics

Abstract This paper deals with six crustacean species associated with Posidonia oceanica (Linnaeus) Delile, 1813 meadows along the Aegean coasts of Turkey: Caprella tavolarensis, Eriopisella ruffoi, Iphimedia vicina, Astacilla mediterranea, Apseudopsis minimus and Macropodia deflexa. Apseudopsis minimus is a new record for the Turkish coast of the Aegean Sea, the other five species are new records for the eastern Mediterranean. Brief descriptions of the species and their morphological and ecological characteristics are given.

Review of the Merodon albifasciatus Macquart species complex (Diptera: Syrphidae): the nomenclatural type located and its provenance discussed

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4374 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTE VUJIĆ ◽  
GUNILLA STÅHLS ◽  
JELENA AČANSKI ◽  
SANTOS ROJO ◽  
CELESTE PÉREZ-BAÑÓN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Complex ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Area

The Palaearctic Merodon geniculatus species group (Diptera, Syrphidae: Merodontini) currently comprises six Western Mediterranean species and four species with Eastern Mediterranean distribution. One of this group species, Merodon albifasciatus Macquart, 1842, is the only Merodon species listed from the Oriental Region. We discovered the lost holotype, which fit morphologically with European Merodon females of the M. albifasciatus species complex confirmed here and that occurs in the Palaearctic region. An integrative approach to the taxonomy of M. albifasciatus based on morphological and molecular evidences revealed the existence of two additional closely-related species in the Eastern Mediterranean area, M. luteofasciatus Vujić, Radenković & Ståhls sp. nov. and M. neofasciatus Ståhls & Vujić sp. nov.. The females of these three species can only be separated by molecular and distributional data. With the aim of stabilising species concepts within the complex, the taxon distributed in mainland Greece, including the Peloponnese was associated to the old female holotype of M. albifasciatus. The identity of Merodon fractipes Paramonov, described from Rhodes Island (Greece) as subspecies of M. geniculatus Strobl in Czerny & Strobl, could not be resolved as the type specimen is lost. Thus the name M. fractipes is suppressed as nomen dubium. We discuss the distribution of the species of M. albifasciatus complex, identify host plants of M. neofasciatus, and provide an identification key to males of Eastern Mediterranean species of Merodon geniculatus group. 

A Glass Fishbeaker from Fezzan

1982 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 81-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Tagart
Keyword(s):  
External Surface ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Fourth Century ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Shell Fragment ◽  
Colourless Glass ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Area ◽  
Popular Image ◽  
Conch Shell

AbstractA conch shell fragment from a colourless glass fishbeaker was found during excavations at the Garamantian site of Saniat Gebril in the Wadi el-Agial, Fezzan. Fishbeakers are blown vessels with separately made sea creatures added in rows to the external surface. Complete examples of such vessels come from Rome, Cologne and Trier, with fragments from the Lebanon, Egypt, Italy and ? Spain. A diatretum beaker from southern Hungary is decorated with similar marine creatures. When dated the beakers are ascribed to the fourth century AD. It seems likely that the fishbeaker originated in the eastern Mediterranean area and may be associated with some pagan cults, and Christianity for whom the fish was a popular image. Early Christianity flourished in Antioch and Alexandria, both cities in areas associated with glass making. Egypt is the most likely source for the Fezzan beaker. Not the only Roman luxury glass found in the area, it is however notable that such a sumptious and no doubt expensive vessel should be found in a relatively isolated, and desert part of the Roman world.

Hyperaccumulation of nickel by Alyssum Linnaeus (Cruciferae)

1979 ◽  
Vol 203 (1153) ◽  
pp. 387-403 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Nickel Content ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Dry Mass ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
Nickel Hyperaccumulation ◽  
High Nickel ◽  
Pot Trials ◽  
The One ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Area

Herbarium specimens of all except one of the 168 recognized species of Alyssum Linnaeus have been analysed for their nickel content in order to identify hyperaccumulators ( > 1000 μg per g dry mass) of nickel. A further 31 hyperaccumulators (all in section Odontarrhena) were dis­covered in addition to the 14 European species reported earlier. Pot trials on the non-accumulator A. serpyllifolium Desfontaines and the hyperaccumulator A. pintodasilvae Dudley in ed. involving addition of nickel to the medium in which the plants were growing, showed that not all species of section Odontarrhena were able to act as hyperaccumulators of nickel. Hyperaccumulation occurred almost exclusively in the eastern Mediterranean area and Turkey. There appeared to be a definite cor­relation between species diversity, proliferation and endemism on the one hand, and extremely high nickel concentrations ( > 1 %) on the other. The data have been used to assess the evidence for promoting section Odontarrhena to generic rank.

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