scholarly journals EDAPHIC ONISCIDEA, DIPLOPODA AND CHILOPODA FROM PĂDUREA CĂLUGĂREASCĂ (SOUTH-EASTERN ROMANIA)

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 417-424
Author(s):  
Andrei Giurginca ◽  
Ştefan Cătălin Baba
Keyword(s):  
Arid Regions ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Collecting Methods ◽  
New Distribution

Our study is a brief biodiversity evaluation of a less investigated community of Oniscidea, Diplopoda and Chilopoda from a plains location situated in South-Eastern Romania (Bărăganului Plain). The study targeted three types of habitat (two natural habitats and one semi-natural habitat) from Pădurea Călugărească: we can record the presence of 7 families of Oniscidea, 4 families of Diplopoda and 6 families of Chilopoda. Our study confirms the presence in Romania of Propolyxenus trivittatus and Lophoproctus lucidus, also, we can record new distribution data for Schendyla mediterranea (second location from Romania), Lithobius burzenlandicus euxinicus and Lithobius aeruginosus luciae (first record in the Romanian Plain). Although using only qualitative collecting methods, our data underline the significance of forest plains in one of the most arid regions in Romania in supporting the biodiversity of soil-dwelling arthropods and, also, show the potential of this region of Romania for subsequent, more complex studies.

scholarly journals Nematodos del suelo en el sistema maíz–soya y en hábitats naturales adyacentes de la Altillanura colombiana (Meta)

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
María Claudia Leguízamo ◽  
Julio C. Parada
Keyword(s):  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Cropping System ◽  
First Record ◽  
Maturity Index ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Soil Nematode ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Rotation System ◽  
Soil Nematode Community ◽  
El Sistema

<p>Se describe la estructura de la comunidad de nematodos en muestras de suelos de la Altillanura colombiana procedentes de hábitats cultivados con arroz y el sistema maíz-soya, y hábitats naturales de bosque nativo adyacentes a los agroecosistemas mencionados. A tal fin, se colectaron 240 muestras de suelo, 86% de áreas cultivadas y 14% en áreas naturales; para la extracción de los nematodos se utilizó el elutridador Oostenbrink y para su identificación, claves morfológicas que incluyeron caracteres morfométricos y diagnósticos. Los taxa identificados se asignaron a grupos tróficos a nivel de Familia. A partir de las poblaciones obtenidas, se calcularon los índices de diversidad de Shanon, de riqueza de Simpson, de madurez total (mMI), de madurez (IM), de parásitos de plantas, la relación fungívoros/bacterióvoros, y los porcentajes de dorylaimidos y criconematidos, los cuales muestran diferencias entre hábitats naturales y cultivados. Los resultados permiten determinar posibles condiciones de pérdida de estructura en la cadena trófica del cultivo de arroz, ligera inestabilidad en suelos de parches de hábitat naturales, y una posible recuperación de la cadena trófica en el sistema maíz–soya. Este trabajo constituye el primer registro de nematodos de vida libre en suelos de la Orinoquía colombiana y propone la caracterización de poblaciones de nematodos en los estudios de calidad de hábitat como fundamento de procesos de recuperación de suelos. </p><p> </p><p><strong>Soil nematodes of the corn-soy rotation system and adjacent natural habitats of the Colombian well drained savannahs (Meta department) </strong></p><p>The structure of the soil nematode community in the Colombian well drained upland savannas cropped with rice, a corn soy bean rotation system, and natural adjacent habitats of native forest is described. In all, 240 soil samples were collected, 86% from cultivated areas and 14% from natural areas. Extractions were performed using an Oostenbrink elutriator and identifications with the help of key morphological, taking into account morphometry and diagnostic characters. Taxa identified, were assigned to trophic groups at the family level. Shannon diversity, richness Simpson, maturity index (MI), total maturity index (mIM), plant parasitic index, fungi/bacteria eaters relationship and % of dorylaimid and criconematid were calculated, which show the differences between cultivated and natural habitat. The results, allow for inferences of possible conditions of structure loss in the rice cropping system; some instability in soil patches of natural habitat, and possible recovery within the system corn – soybeans rotation system trophic chains. This work is the first record of free-living nematodes in the soils of the Colombian well drained savannas as a tool for the recovery of degraded soils. </p><p> </p>

scholarly journals Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae, Rhinella manu Chaparro, Pramuk and Gluesenkamp, 2007; Rhinella tacana Padial, Reichle, Mcdiarmid and de la Riva, 2006: distribution extension and country record from southern Peru

Check List ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Germán Chávez ◽  
Diego Vásquez ◽  
Lourdes Y. Echevarría
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
First Record ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Montane Forests ◽  
Southern Peru ◽  
Manu National Park ◽  
New Distribution

As a result of several surveys on the montane forests of southern Peru, we provide new distribution data for two arboreal toads (Anura: Bufonidae). An important distribution extension for Rhinella manu, outside of Manu National Park (Cusco department, Peru), location of the type locality, and the first record for Rhinella tacana in Peru, extending the distribution of both species by about 235 and 582 km (airline), respectively, are given herein.

scholarly journals First record of Fulvous Whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) (Anseriformes, Anatidae), in the Rondônia state, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 1261-1264
Author(s):  
Raul Afonso Pommer Barbosa ◽  
Daniel Camilo Teixeira ◽  
Alisson Martins Albino ◽  
Welington da Silva Paula do Nascimento ◽  
Ricardo Segundo da Silva Dutra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Field Surveys ◽  
New Distribution

Based on field surveys, we report new distribution data of Fulvous Whistling-duck, Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816), from the state of Rond&ocirc;nia, southwestern Amazon, Brazil. This is the first record of D. bicolor from Rond&ocirc;nia and extend the geographic distribution of this species by 946 km from S&atilde;o Fabiano, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, and 688 km from Trinidad, Bolivia.&nbsp;

scholarly journals Citizen science reveals the current distribution of the new plant pest Aphis nerii in Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (No. 2) ◽  
pp. 101-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrián Purkart ◽  
Łukasz Depa ◽  
Jozef Kollár ◽  
Martin Suvák ◽  
Milada Holecová ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Central Europe ◽  
First Record ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Asclepias Syriaca ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Aphis Nerii ◽  
Plant Pest ◽  
New Distribution

This paper presents the first record of the oleander aphid (Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe, 1841; Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Slovakia, and also one of the most northern record of this natural pest on the invasive common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca Linnaeus.;  Apocynaceae) in Central Europe. Modern social media crowdsourcing has achieved comprehensive distribution data in the horticultural community, and a total of 35 new distribution sites were discovered in 28 Slovak settlements, one new site in Austria, and one in the Czech Republic. It was further established that the oleander aphid could survive in anthropogenic refuges during the winter months.

scholarly journals Data on the bumblebee assemblages (Apidae: Bombus spp.) lives in lands under agri-environment commitment

2019 ◽  
pp. 31-35
Author(s):  
Dóra Arnóczkyné Jakab ◽  
Antal Nagy
Keyword(s):  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Red Clover ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Agricultural Lands ◽  
Crop Fields ◽  
Oilseed Radish ◽  
Natural Grasslands ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
New Distribution

The goal of agri-environmental schemes (AES) and greening programs are protecting and increasing biodiversity in agricultural lands. The evaluation of effectiveness of AES needs further investigations. For the purpose of investigations, species and species groups should be selected which can indicate the effects of changes in landscape use on biodiversity. Bumblebees are good indicators for this purpose. The role of bumblebees in pollination is well studied but in the case of different crops, much less detailed data are available. In 2018, bumblebee assemblages of 44 sites belonged to 8 different agricultural and semi-natural habitat types were studied in the surroundings of Sajószöged, Tiszaújváros and Derecske. This study provides new distribution data of 8 bumblebee species in three 10×10 km UTM cells covering the sampling area. According to our results, the alfalfa and red clover fields and semi-natural grasslands has more species rich and abundant bumblebee assemblages than different crop fields (sunflower, oilseed radish and vegetable morrow) and can help protect bumblebee assemblages of agricultural lands. Based on the collected distribution and abundance data, the role of the bumblebees in pollination of the studied crops should be re-evaluated.  

New distribution data for some charismatic tramp species of Platygastroidea (Hymenoptera)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
OVIDIU ALIN POPOVICI ◽  
LUBOMÍR MASNER ◽  
MĂDĂLINA VICIRIUC ◽  
ALEXANDRU PINTILIOAIE ◽  
DAVID G. NOTTON ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
New Record ◽  
French Guiana ◽  
First Record ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Scanning Electron Micrographs ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Nearctic Region ◽  
Scanning Electron

This paper documents what we consider to be expanding distributions in three genera of Platygastroidea: Platyscelio Kieffer (Scelionidae), Aphanomerus Perkins (Platygastridae) and Tetrabaeus Kieffer (Platygastridae). Platyscelio africanus Risbec is the first record of Platyscelio in the Western Hemisphere (French Guiana). Aphanomerus is a new record for the continental Nearctic region (USA, Los Angeles) and Tetrabaeus is a new record for the Palaearctic (Ukraine, Georgia, and South Korea) and Sino-Japanese (Japan) regions. Tetrabaeus also expands its known distribution in the Nearctic (Canada and Mexico).        Scanning electron micrographs and brightfield images are provided to enhance knowledge of the morphology of these genera, and to make them more easily recognized in the future. Tetrabaeus americanus (Brues, 1909) and Aphanomerus rufescens Perkins, 1905 are redescribed. 

Catocala Schrank species (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in Iran with new distribution data

2019 ◽  
Vol 155 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-186
Author(s):  
Sousan Alavi ◽  
Mehdi Esfandiari ◽  
Mohammad Mahdi Rabieh
Keyword(s):  
Distribution Data ◽  
Light Traps ◽  
New Distribution

The holarctic moth genus Catocala Schrank (1802) (Erebidae: Erebinae, Catocalini) includes about 300 species that are often monophagous on oak (Quercus), willow (Salix) and poplar (Populus). In this research, we studied the moths of the genus Catocala in Iran that were collected by light traps in different Iranian provinces, mostly during 2010–2018. Our results revealed eight species and two subspecies of Catocala from the provinces of Kermanshah, Lorestan, Chaharmahal-va Bakhtiari, Ilam, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh-va Boyerahmad, Fars, Kerman, Khorasan-e Jonubi, Yazd and Khorasan-e Razavi. Among the records there are 14 new provincial records. Overall, we list 20 species and four subspecies of Catocala as occurring in Iran. This list is compiled from our own research and a review of existing literature.

scholarly journals First record of Pachycrocuta brevirostris (Gervais, 1850) from Ukraine on the background of the European occurrence of the species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Marciszak ◽  
Yuriy Semenov ◽  
Piotr Portnicki ◽  
Tamara Derkach
Keyword(s):  
Body Size ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Body ◽  
Crocuta Crocuta ◽  
Early Pleistocene ◽  
Eastern Asia ◽  
South Eastern

AbstractCranial material ofPachycrocuta brevirostrisfrom the late Early Pleistocene site of Nogaisk is the first record of this species in Ukraine. This large hyena was a representative of the Tamanian faunal complex and a single specialised scavenger in these faunas. The revisited European records list ofP.brevirostrisdocumented the presence of this species in 101 sites, dated in the range of 3.5–0.4 Ma. This species first disappeared in Africa, survived in Europe until ca. 0.8–0.7 Ma, and its last, relict occurrence was known from south-eastern Asia. The main reason of extinction ofP.brevirostrisprobably was the competition withCrocuta crocuta. The cave hyena was smaller, but its teeth were proportionally larger to the body size, better adapted to crushing bones and slicing meat, and could also hunt united in larger groups.

scholarly journals Family graveyards form underappreciated local plant diversity hotspots in China's agricultural landscapes

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng Gong ◽  
Liangtao Li ◽  
Jan C. Axmarcher ◽  
Zhenrong Yu ◽  
Yunhui Liu
Keyword(s):  
Species Richness ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Plant Species Richness ◽  
Agricultural Landscapes ◽  
Natural Habitats ◽  
Landscape Features ◽  
Habitat Islands ◽  
Local Plant ◽  
Ecological Functioning

AbstractIn the intensively farmed, homogenous agricultural landscape of the North China Plain, family graveyards form distinct cultural landscape features. In addition to their cultural value, these graveyards represent semi-natural habitat islands whose potential roles in biodiversity conservation and ecological functioning has remained poorly understood. In this study, we investigated plant species richness on 199 family graveyards of different ages and sizes. In accordance with biogeography theory, both overall and insect-pollinated plant species richness increased with area and age of graveyards. Even small graveyards show a strong potential for conserving local plant richness, and a mosaic of both large and small family graveyards could play an important role in the conservation of farmland biodiversity and related ecosystem functions. The launch of agri-environmental measures that conserve and create semi-natural habitats, in turn benefitting agricultural biodiversity and ecological functioning, has proven difficult in China due to the shortage of dispensable arable land. Given the great value of family graveyards as semi-natural habitats reflected in our study, we propose to focus preliminary efforts on conserving these landscape features as existing, widespread and culturally important semi-natural habitat islands. This would represent an effective, complementary policy to a subsequent re-establishment of other semi-natural habitats for the conservation of biodiversity and ecological functioning in agricultural landscapes.

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