scholarly journals Endemics Versus Newcomers: The Ladybird Beetle (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) Fauna of Gran Canaria

Insects ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 641
Author(s):  
Jerzy Romanowski ◽  
Piotr Ceryngier ◽  
Jaroslav Vĕtrovec ◽  
Marta Piotrowska ◽  
Karol Szawaryn
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Composition ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Field Survey ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
Ladybird Beetle ◽  
Ladybird Beetles ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Canarian Archipelago

Research on the fauna of beetles (Coleoptera) of the Canary Islands has a long tradition, which enables tracking changes in their species composition and arrival of new species. In this paper, we provide new faunistic data on the ladybird beetles (Coccinellidae) recorded on Gran Canaria, one of the central islands of the archipelago, and then analyze available information on the Gran Canarian ladybird fauna from geographical and historical points of view. The field survey resulted in recording 1402 ladybird individuals belonging to 30 species. Ten of these species were new to Gran Canaria and three of them, Chilocorus bipustulatus (Linnaeus), Nephus bisignatus (Boheman), and Nephus ulbrichi Fürsch, had not previously been reported to be on any of the islands of the Canarian archipelago. Tetrabrachys tinerfensis (Hodgson) is synonymized with T. deserticola (Wollaston). Our survey and literature reports allowed us to recognize 42 species of Coccinellidae so far recorded on Gran Canaria. Seventeen of them (40%) belonged to the Canarian endemic and subendemic species, and 21 (50%) were newcomers and presumed newcomers. Colonization of Gran Canaria and other islands of the archipelago by ladybird species of various origins seems to be a frequent phenomenon that may pose a threat to the unique communities of the native Canarian species.

A New Species of Lavandula L. (Lamiaceae) from Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

Kew Bulletin ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 903
Author(s):  
Tim M. Upson ◽  
Susyn Andrews
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals New records of the land and freshwater molluscs of Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain)

ZooKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 985 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Ward Langeraert ◽  
Dimitri Brosens
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
New Records ◽  
Life Stage ◽  
Public Domain ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
The Public ◽  
Freshwater Molluscs ◽  
Darwin Core ◽  
Canarian Archipelago ◽  
Scientific Name

“Land and freshwater molluscs of Gran Canaria (Spain)” is an occurrence dataset containing 389 observations of 59 different taxa of land and freshwater molluscs encountered on Gran Canaria, an island central in the Canarian archipelago (Spain). Of these 59 different (sub)species, 27 are with certainty currently endemic to the island of Gran Canaria. Various sites were inspected in a period between 1988 and 2020. The dataset is published as a standardized Darwin Core Archive and includes for each observation a stable occurrence ID, scientific name, date, and location of the observation, as well as information on life stage and organism quantity. It also contains supplementary remarks on the determination and the observation itself and links to associated media. We have released this dataset to the public domain under a CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication. The aim is to contribute to the knowledge on the ecology and distribution of these species on the island, such that it may aid conservation and research of these organisms in the future. Issues with the dataset can be reported at https://github.com/BelgianBiodiversityPlatform/landsnails-occurrences

scholarly journals A revision of the genus Atomopria Kieffer, 1910 (Hymenoptera Diaprioidea Diapriidae)

2016 ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Achille Casale
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Male Genitalia ◽  
Morphological Features ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
First Time ◽  
North Western

The genus Atomopria Kieffer, 1911 currently includes two only described species: A. fulvicornis Kieffer, 1911, from north-western Italy (Liguria) and A. rufithorax Kieffer, 1911, from Tunisia (Tunis). The following ten new species are described from North Africa and Canary Islands: A. helenae n. sp. (Algeria, Kabylia), A. giachinoi n. sp. (Algeria, Kabylia), A. lisae n. sp. (Algeria, Kabylia), A. olmii n. sp. (Canary Islands, Gran Canaria), A. ortegae n. sp. (Canary Islands, Tenerife), A. boffai n. sp. (Canary Islands, Tenerife), A. cavazzutii n. sp. (Canary Islands, Tenerife), A. longicornis n. sp. (Canary Islands, Tenerife), A. paglianoi n. sp. (Canary Islands, Tenerife), A. scaramozzinoi n. sp. (Canary Islands, Tenerife). Diagnostic morphological features of representatives of this genus are described; male genitalia of some species are illustrated for the first time. The synonymy of the genus Atomopria with Basalys Westwood, 1832 is also hypothesized, but not proposed in this contribution. A key for identification of all species is provided, both for females and males. Finally, some taxonomic and biogeographic questions are briefly debated.

scholarly journals The Macrocoma Chapuis from the Canary Islands, with description of a new species (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae)

2017 ◽  
pp. 75-92
Author(s):  
Stefano Zoia
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Key To Species ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
A New Species

The known species of Macrocoma from the Canary Islands are reviewed and the aedeagi illustrated. Macrocoma pelikani n. sp. is described from Gran Canaria, Barranco de Guayadeque. M. franzi Palm, 1976 is downgraded to subspecies of M. splendidula (Wollaston, 1862) and the following nomenclatural changes are proposed: M. splendidula ssp. franzi Palm, 1976 n. stat., M. splendidula ssp. palmaensis Palm, 1977 n. stat. a key to species identification and a catalogue with new locality data are also provided.

A new species of Pachydema Laporte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pachydemini) from the Canary Islands

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2284 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
ESTEFANÍA MICÓ ◽  
EDUARDO GALANTE
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
A New Species

Pachydema megalops sp. nov., a new species from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands, Spain) is described and illustrated. A key to all Canarian Pachydema Laporte species and illustrations of diagnostic structures are provided.

scholarly journals Groundwater annelids from Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), with the description of two new species of Namanereis (Namanereidinae, Nereididae, Polychaeta)

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 35-49
Author(s):  
Jorge Núñez ◽  
Christopher J. Glasby ◽  
Manuel Naranjo
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Hawaiian Islands ◽  
Lava Tube ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
Aquatic Fauna ◽  
Volcanic Region ◽  
The World ◽  
Two New Species

The Canary Islands are the richest volcanic region in the world in subterranean adapted fauna, followed by the Hawaiian Islands and the Undara Cave in Australia. Most of the subterranean adapted aquatic fauna from the Canary Islands is restricted to the anchialine environments in La Corona lava tube in Lanzarote, while the oligohaline stygobiont fauna, usually found in groundwater or interstitial freshwaters, is scarcer and represented by a few species of amphipods, copepods, and a single polychaete annelid recorded from Fuerteventura and doubtfully identified as Namanereis hummelincki (non Augener, 1933) (Hartmann-Schröder, 1988). Two new species of polychaete annelids belonging to the subfamily Namanereidinae are described from Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura. Both species live in groundwater, are depigmented and eyeless, and have bifid jaws. Although they are seemingly more related to each other than to other members of the bifid-jaw group, Namanereis canariarumsp. nov. can be diagnosed by its relatively longer tentacular cirri and parapodial dorsal cirri, as well as the presence of pseudospiniger chaetae. In contrast, Namanereis llanetensissp. nov. has shorter cirri and usually lacks pseudospiniger chaetae. Namanereis canariarumsp. nov. and Namanereis llanetensissp. nov. increase to 20 the total number of currently described species within this enigmatic genus. More than half of those species are adapted to live in groundwaters.

Hemicycla (Adiverticula) diegoi (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Helicidae), a new species from Tenerife, Canary Islands, with a phylogenetic analysis of conchologically similar species in the genus Hemicycla Swainson, 1840

Zootaxa ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 2757 (1) ◽  
pp. 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCO T. NEIBER ◽  
RICARDO VEGA-LUZ ◽  
RODOLFO VEGA-LUZ ◽  
STEFAN KOENEMANN
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Gran Canaria ◽  
Eobania Vermiculata ◽  
First Time ◽  
La Gomera

Hemicycla (Adiverticula) diegoi n. sp. from the westernmost part of the Teno massif above the Lighthouse at Punta de Teno, Tenerife, Canary Islands is described and compared to conchologically and anatomically similar species in the genus Hemicycla Swainson, 1840. The validity of the new species is corroborated by a phylogenetic analysis including several congeneric species, interand intraspecific genetic distances and a morphometric comparison by means of a discriminant function analysis. Hemicycla cf. paivanopsis (Mabille, 1882) and Hemicycla quadricincta quadricincta (Morelet, 1864) from La Gomera and Hemicycla berkeleii (R. T. Lowe, 1861) from Gran Canaria are tentatively placed in Hemicycla s. str. on the basis of a phylogenetic analysis. Furthermore, Eobania vermiculata (O. F. Müller, 1774) is reported as an introduced species in Gran Canaria for the first time.

A paradise for parasites? Seven new haemogregarine species infecting lizards from the Canary Islands

Parasitology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 146 (6) ◽  
pp. 728-739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatriz Tomé ◽  
Ana Pereira ◽  
D. James Harris ◽  
Miguel A. Carretero ◽  
Ana Perera
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
18S Rrna ◽  
Molecular Study ◽  
Oceanic Islands ◽  
Frequency Of Occurrence ◽  
Biological Entities ◽  
Canarian Archipelago ◽  
Lines Of Evidence ◽  
Host Associations

AbstractOceanic islands are hotspots of biodiversity due to their high levels of endemism, with the Canary Islands being a notable example. A previous molecular study on the biogeography and host associations of haemogregarines (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina) infecting lizards from this archipelago detected seven parasite haplogroups. These haplogroups exhibited high host-specificity and geographical structure, suggesting that they might correspond to distinct biological identities. In this study, along with sequencing a longer fragment of the 18S rRNA, we further explore the distinctiveness of these parasites by analysing their morphology, effects on host erythrocytes and parasitaemia levels. These lines of evidence together with their genetics, host associations, frequency of occurrence and geographical distribution support them as different biological entities. As such, we describe seven new species: Karyolysus canariensis sp. nov., Karyolysus galloti sp. nov., Karyolysus stehlini sp. nov., Karyolysus gomerensis sp. nov., Karyolysus atlanticus sp. nov., Karyolysus tinerfensis sp. nov. and Karyolysus makariogeckonis sp. nov. These new taxa are further examples of endemic diversity in the Canarian archipelago. They also contribute to clarify the taxonomy within the Apicomplexa, a phylum estimated to have one of the lowest percentages of described species.

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