scholarly journals Genus Chersotis Boisduval, 1840 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Croatia with some notes on the other Balkan countries: DNA barcoding, distribution and new records

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 86-108
Author(s):  
Toni Koren ◽  
Martina Podnar ◽  
Ana Mrnjavčić Vojvoda ◽  
Stoyan Beshkov ◽  
Iva Mihoci ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
New Records ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
The Other ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
First Time ◽  
Lepidoptera Noctuidae

An updated distribution of the genus Chersotis Boisduval, 1840 in Croatia, Albania and Bulgaria is presented. A total of seven species have been recorded in Croatia so far, with Chersotis laeta leonhardi (Rebel, 1904) being recorded for the first time during this survey. Chersotis laeta achaiana Thurner, 1967 is reported as new for Albania. The record of Chersotis fimbriola (Esper, [1803]) is marked as questionable for Croatia and Bulgaria as no exact locality is given nor is the specimen available for inspection for Croatia and the origin of the Bulgarian specimen is a case of doubt. For all other six species from Croatia an update in their distribution in the country is given. Additionally, all the species of the genus Chersotis occurring in Croatia have been barcoded and the results concur to the species identification based on the external and internal characteristics. Three taxa, Chersotis elegans (Eversmann, 1837) and Ch. laeta leonhardi from Croatia and Ch. laeta achaiana Thurner, 1967 from Albania have been DNA barcoded for the first time while for Chersotis laeta macini Rákosy, Stangelmaier & Wieser, 1996 a partial DNA barcode sequence was obtained.

scholarly journals Hidden in our pockets: building of a DNA barcode library unveils the first record of Myotis alcathoe for Portugal

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Rebelo ◽  
Sónia Ferreira ◽  
Francisco Amorim ◽  
Pedro Horta ◽  
Helena Raposeira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
Index Numbers ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
First Time ◽  
Nyctalus Noctula

The advent and boom of DNA barcoding technologies have provided a powerful tool for the fields of ecology and systematics. Here, we present the InBIO Barcoding Initiative Database: Portuguese Bats (Chiroptera) dataset containing DNA sequences of 63 specimens representing the 25 bat species currently known for continental Portugal. For that, we sequenced tissues samples obtained in a vast array of projects spanning the last two decades. We added four new Barcoding Index Numbers (BINs) to existing Chiroptera barcodes on BOLD, two belonging to Myotis escalerai, one to Plecotus auritus and the other to Rhinolophus hipposideros. Surprisingly, one of the samples initially identified in the field as Myotis mystacinus turned out to be Myotis alcathoe, which represents the first record of this species for Portugal. The presence of Nyctalus noctula in Portugal was also genetically confirmed for the first time. This case study shows the power and value of DNA barcoding initiatives to unravel new data that may be hidden on biological collections.

The lichen Leptogium subaridum, a new Mediterranean-NW American disjunction

2004 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Aragón ◽  
I. Martínez ◽  
M. A. G. Otálora
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
The Other ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Anatomical Terminology ◽  
New Localities ◽  
First Time

Several epiphytic specimens of the genus Leptogium (Ach.) Gray with a foliose thallus and numerous marginal and laminal isidia collected in central and southern Spain, and previously identified as Leptogium magnussonii Degel. & P. M. Jørg., varied considerably. Two morphological forms have been differentiated: one with clusters of granulose or coralloid, aggregated isidia, identified as typical L. magnussonii and the other with clavate to dactyliform isidia as in L. subaridum P. M. Jørg. & Goward. Meanwhile, when studying the lichen L. lichenoides from some European herbaria, three epiphytic specimens belonging to L. subaridum, one from Morocco, one from Italy and the other from Greece, were identified. These new records of the latter species extend its distribution from NW America to S Europe and N Africa. In addition, mature apothecia are reported for the first time. We briefly characterize the species based on material from the new localities using the morphological and anatomical terminology proposed in Jørgensen (1994).

scholarly journals Terrestrial Molluscs in the Dry Grasslands of the DNIPRO Upland (Central Ukraine): New Records, Rare Species and Conservation Potential

2018 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Balashov ◽  
O. Vasyliuk ◽  
D. Shyriaieva ◽  
Z. Shvydka ◽  
O. Oskyrko ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rare Species ◽  
New Records ◽  
National Level ◽  
Red List ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rock Outcrops ◽  
Dry Grassland ◽  
Dry Grasslands ◽  
First Time ◽  
High Diversity

Abstract Thirty-six species of terrestrial molluscs were found in the dry grasslands and rock outcrops of the study area, including three that were not previously known for Central Ukraine: Granaria frumentum, Pupilla bigranata and Mediterranea inopinata. These species are relics related to dry open habitats and require conservation in Ukraine on the national level, G. frumentum is already listed in the Red Book of Ukraine, and the other two should be listed in its next edition. It is proposed to create the new protected areas in the most important newly revealed locations of these species. These rocky areas also retain the high diversity of land molluscs in the region. The invasive snail Xeropicta derbentina was found for the first time on the DNIPRO Upland, on the edge of natural dry grassland. The rare native snail Morlina glabra was recorded for the first time in Kyiv Region, it is proposed to be included into the regional red list.

Contribution on Aceria spp. (Acari: Trombidiformes: Eriophyoidea) from southwest of East Azerbaijan province in Iran: new records and description of two new species

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. 1167
Author(s):  
Parisa Lotfollahi ◽  
Enrico De Lillo ◽  
Karim Addad Irani-Nejad
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
New Record ◽  
New Records ◽  
The Other ◽  
Eriophyoid Mites ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
East Azerbaijan ◽  
First Time

During a survey on Eriophyoid Mites in southwest of East Azerbaijan province (Iran), Aceria zygofabae n. sp. and Aceria alkannae n. sp. were found on Zygophyllum fabago L. (Zygophyllaceae) and Alkanna bracteosa Boiss. (Boraginaceae), respectively. They are described and illustrated here. Four further Aceria species were collected and identified as A. eucricotes (Nalepa, 1892), A. cynodonis Wilson, 1959, A. chenopodia Xue, Sadeghi & Hong, 2009 and A. tristriata (Nalepa, 1890) (protogyne and deutogyne). Aceria cynodonis is a new record for Iran Eriophyoid fauna whereas the other species were found for the first time in East Azerbaijan.

Tardigrades from Portugal: four new records and description of two new species

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 2030 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
PAULO FONTOURA ◽  
GIOVANNI PILATO ◽  
OSCAR LISI ◽  
PAULO MORAIS
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
New Records ◽  
First Record ◽  
The Other ◽  
New Name ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
First Time

Six species of Eutardigrada are recorded from Portugal; four of them, Macrobiotus crenulatus Richters, 1904, Hypsibius seychellensis Pilato, Binda & Lisi, 2006, Diphascon (Diphascon) pingue (Marcus, 1936) and D. (Diphascon) patanei Binda & Pilato, 1971 are recorded for the first time in Portugal. Two species, Minibiotus orthofasciatus sp. nov. and Bertolanius (new name of Amphibolus) portucalensis sp. nov. are new to science. Minibiotus orthofasciatus sp. nov. is one of the species of the genus with three macroplacoids, microplacoid and cuticular pores forming transverse bands. The new species differs from all existing species by one or more of the following characters: distribution of the pores, shape of the pores, absence of dots on the legs, level of insertion of the stylet supports on the buccal tube. To the new species is attributed an unembryonated egg similar to those of Minibiotus intermedius (Plate, 1888), M. poricinctus Claxton, 1998, M. floriparus Claxton, 1998, and M. weglarskae Michalczyk, Kaczmarek & Claxton, 2005 but different from them in some details. Bertolanius portucalensis sp. nov. is very similar to the other species of the genus, but it differs from them in having very small cuticular tubercles. From some of them it differs by characters of the buccopharyngeal apparatus and/or of the eggs. This is the first record of the genus and of the Eohypsibiidae family in the Iberian Peninsula.

scholarly journals Multi-locus DNA barcoding identifies matK as a suitable marker for species identification in Hibiscus L.

Genome ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 59 (12) ◽  
pp. 1150-1156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sundar Poovitha ◽  
Nithaniyal Stalin ◽  
Raju Balaji ◽  
Madasamy Parani
Keyword(s):  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Species Identification ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Species Differentiation ◽  
Molecular Method ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Plant Materials ◽  
Medicinal Value ◽  
Formed Part ◽  
Suitable Marker

The genus Hibiscus L. includes several taxa of medicinal value and species used for the extraction of natural dyes. These applications require the use of authentic plant materials. DNA barcoding is a molecular method for species identification, which helps in reliable authentication by using one or more DNA barcode marker. In this study, we have collected 44 accessions, representing 16 species of Hibiscus, distributed in the southern peninsular India, to evaluate the discriminatory power of the two core barcodes rbcLa and matK together with the suggested additional regions trnH-psbA and ITS2. No intraspecies divergence was observed among the accessions studied. Interspecies divergence was 0%–9.6% with individual markers, which increased to 0%–12.5% and 0.8%–20.3% when using two- and three-marker combinations, respectively. Differentiation of all the species of Hibiscus was possible with the matK DNA barcode marker. Also, in two-marker combinations, only those combinations with matK differentiated all the species. Though all the three-marker combinations showed 100% species differentiation, species resolution was consistently better when the matK marker formed part of the combination. These results clearly showed that matK is more suitable when compared to rbcLa, trnH-psbA, and ITS2 for species identification in Hibiscus.

scholarly journals On the distribution of Campsicnemus armatus (Zetterstedt, 1849) species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-150
Author(s):  
I.Ya. Grichanov
Keyword(s):  
Southern Africa ◽  
New Records ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The Other ◽  
Male Antenna ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
First Time

The Campsicnemus armatus species group differs from the other groups in simple male legs, but with the mid tibia bearing a comb-like posteroventral row of blunt-ended bristles. It includes the Palaearctic Campsicnemus armatus (Zetterstedt, 1849), C. pumilio (Zetterstedt, 1843), C. vtorovi Negrobov et Zlobin, 1978, and C. caffer Curran, 1926, known from northern and southern Africa. C. armatus var. deserti Vaillant, 1953 (unavailable name) from Algeria is associated with C. caffer, which is now spread in the two zoogeographical Regions. New records are given for C. armatus, C. vtorovi and C. caffer. Modified couplets in a key to Palearctic species of Campsicnemus and a new key to Afrotropical species of the genus are provided. Photographs of male antenna and mid tibia of species of the Campsicnemus armatus group are published for the first time.

scholarly journals New records of planktonic foraminifera in the Shuaiba Formation (Aptian Age), Mesopotamian plain, South of Iraq

2019 ◽  
pp. 1322-1335
Author(s):  
Zain Alabdeen A. Al-Shawi ◽  
Maher M. Mahdi ◽  
Abbas H. Mohammed
Keyword(s):  
New Records ◽  
Planktonic Foraminifera ◽  
Oil Fields ◽  
The Other ◽  
Arabian Plate ◽  
History Of ◽  
South Of Iraq ◽  
The Many ◽  
First Time ◽  
Southern Iraq

Shuaiba Formation is an important formation in Iraq, because of their deposition in the important period during the geological history of Arabian plate. The study is focused on a number of selected wells from several fields in southern Iraq, despite the many of oil studies to Shuaiba Formation but it lacks to paleontological studies. Four selected wells are chosen for the current study, Zb-290, Ru-358, R-624, WQ1-353, the selected wells are located within different fields, these are Zubair, Rumaila and West Qurna Oil Fields. In this study fourteen species followed to genus Hedbergella were discovered for first time as well as three genera followed to genus Heterohelix in the Shuaiba Formation at the different oil fields, Hedbergella tunisiensis Range Zone is suggested biozone to the current study, the age of this biozone is Aptian, most of the other genera located within this zone.

scholarly journals New records of Leptopilina, Ganaspis, and Asobara species associated with Drosophila suzukii in North America, including detections of L. japonica and G. brasiliensis

2020 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Paul K. Abram ◽  
Audrey E. McPherson ◽  
Robert Kula ◽  
Tracy Hueppelsheuser ◽  
Jason Thiessen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
North America ◽  
New Records ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Classical Biological Control ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Drosophila Suzukii ◽  
Northwestern North America ◽  
First Time ◽  
Coastal British Columbia

We report the presence of two Asian species of larval parasitoids of spotted wing Drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae), in northwestern North America. Leptopilina japonica Novkovic & Kimura and Ganaspis brasiliensis (Ihering) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae) were found foraging near and emerging from fruits infested by D. suzukii at several locations across coastal British Columbia, Canada in the summer and fall of 2019. While G. brasiliensis was found in British Columbia for the first time in 2019, re-inspection of previously collected specimens suggests that L. japonica has been present since at least 2016. Additionally, we found a species of Asobara associated with D. suzukii in British Columbia that is possibly Asobara rufescens (Förster) (known only from the Palearctic Region) based on COI DNA barcode data. These findings add to the list of cases documenting adventive establishment of candidate classical biological control agents outside of their native ranges. The findings also illustrate the need for revisiting species concepts within Asobara, as well as host and geographic distribution data due to cryptic and/or misidentified species.

scholarly journals First report of Coenosia attenuata (Stein, 1903) (Diptera, Muscidae) in Uruguay, confirmed by DNA barcode sequences

Check List ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 749-752
Author(s):  
Mario Giambiasi ◽  
Abel Rodríguez ◽  
Ana Arruabarrena ◽  
José Buenahora
Keyword(s):  
Dna Barcoding ◽  
Dna Barcode ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
First Report ◽  
Coenosia Attenuata ◽  
First Time

Coenosia attenuata (Stein, 1903) is a predatory fly which feeds on other insects and can be used as a possible biological control agent. We report this insect in Uruguay for the first time. The flies were found in greenhouses on tomatoes and sweet peppers and identified using both DNA barcoding and morphological characteristics.

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