Notes on the distribution and habitat of Ochthebius lobicollis Rey, 1885, a poorly known north-western Mediterranean coastal species (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

Ochthebius (Ochthebius) lobiccoastal habitatsollis Rey, 1885 is recorded for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula (Girona) and the island of Corsica; new records are also given for the islands of Menorca and Sardinia. The species is known only from coastal habitats through the Gulf of Lion and the Ligurian and Balearic seas, typically living in rockpools of different salinity or small trickles or freshwater runoffs. Genetic data of the cytochrome oxidase 1 gene from Iberian, Menorcan and Sardinian specimens shows less than 1% divergence, suggesting lack of isolation between populations.

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New records of lichens and allied fungi from the Leningrad Region, Russia. VII

Folia Cryptogamica Estonica ◽

10.12697/fce.2016.53.04 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 53 ◽

pp. 25 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Dmitry E. Himelbrant ◽

Irina S. Stepanchikova ◽

Jurga Motiejūnaitė ◽

Ludmila V. Gagarina ◽

Alexandra V. Dyomina

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

European Russia ◽

Leningrad Region ◽

Lichenicolous Fungi ◽

The North ◽

Western European ◽

First Time ◽

North Western

Fourteen species of lichens, fifteen lichenicolous fungi and one saprobic fungus are reported for the first time for St. Petersburg, Western or Eastern Leningrad Region. The lichen Lecidella meiococca and the lichenicolous fungus Tremella phaeophysciae are reported as new to Russia, the lichen Lecania sambucina and the lichenicolous fungus Endococcus tricolorans are new for the European Russia, the lichens Buellia arborea, Chaenotheca cinerea, Bellemerea sanguinea, resinicolous calicioid fungus Chaenothecopsis mediarossica and lichenicolous fungi Arthonia molendoi, Lichenochora obscuroides, Pronectria leptaleae, Sphaerellothecium cladoniae are new for the North-Western European Russia. The most interesting records are briefly discussed.

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

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2030.1.2 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 2030 (1) ◽

pp. 21-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

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.

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Five new records and one new species of Polycladida (Platyhelminthes) for the Cantabrian coast (North Atlantic) of the Iberian Peninsula

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315414001106 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 95 (2) ◽

pp. 311-322 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Marquina ◽

Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez ◽

Carolina Noreña

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Iberian Peninsula ◽

North Atlantic ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

Invertebrate Biodiversity ◽

Cantabrian Coast ◽

First Time ◽

One New Species ◽

A New Species

The Iberian Peninsula is part of the South European Atlantic Shelf within the Lusitanian ecoregion. Given the characteristics of this region, a great invertebrate biodiversity is expected. Nevertheless, no literature records of Polycladida are known for the Cantabrian Sea. Here, we report the presence of six polyclad species, including one new species.Notoplana vitrea, considered endemic to the Mediterranean Sea, was found in the Cantabrian Sea, demonstrating its presence in Atlantic waters. This species was previously reported for these waters on two natural history photographic websites: the importance of searching, indexing and disseminating this type of record for the scientific community is discussed.Discocelis tigrinais reported for the first time for the Cantabrian Sea, and is the northernmost record to date. In this paper,Pleioplana atomatais reported for the second time for the Iberian Peninsula, yet is the first record for the Cantabrian Sea. Although a literature record ofLeptoplana tremellarisfor the Iberian Peninsula exists, it is considered a misidentification ofL. mediterranea; therefore, this work provides the first record ofL. tremellarisfor the Iberian Peninsula. The cosmopolitan speciesCycloporus papillosusis also reported for the Cantabrian Sea. A new species,Imogine fafaisp. nov., is described and taxonomically compared with other species of the genus.

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The genus Catapyrenium s. lat. (Verrucariaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands

The Lichenologist ◽

10.1017/s0024282910000319 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 42 (6) ◽

pp. 637-684 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

María PRIETO ◽

Gregorio ARAGÓN ◽

Isabel MARTÍNEZ

Keyword(s):

Iberian Peninsula ◽

New Records ◽

Balearic Islands ◽

Mediterranean Species ◽

Taxonomic Treatment ◽

Fresh Material ◽

Alpine Species ◽

First Time

AbstractA taxonomic treatment of the genera included in Catapyrenium s. lat. in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands is provided, based on study of c. 2000 specimens from both herbaria and fresh material collected by the authors from 2005 to 2009 in numerous localities.A total of 33 species belonging to six of the eight genera included in Catapyrenium s. lat. are present in the region, which correspond to c. 80% of species from Europe. The genera are Anthracocarpon Breuss, Catapyrenium Flot. (Catapyrenium s. str.), Heteroplacidium Breuss, Involucropyrenium Breuss, Neocatapyrenium H. Harada and Placidium A. Massal. The genus Neocatapyrenium is reported for the first time from this region. Clavascidium liratum, the only representative of the genus Clavascidium in the region, has been reduced to synonymy with Anthracocarpon virescens.Heteroplacidium acervatum, H. congestum and Neocatapyrenium cladonioideum are new to Europe. Involucropyrenium pusillum, only previously known from Austria, I. waltheri, an arctic-alpine species, and Neocatapyrenium latzelii, known from Croatia and Greece, are cited for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula. Placidium subrufescens and P. tenellum, two mainly Mediterranean species, are also new records from the Iberian Peninsula. Placidium boccanum is here for the first time cited in Spain, and Anthracocarpon virescens, Heteroplacidium contumescens, Placidium imbecillum and P. michelii are new to Portugal. Most of the remaining species showed a considerable expansion of their known ranges. Placidium pyrenaicum is reduced to synonymy with P. velebiticum.Keys to genera and species occurring in the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands are presented.

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To the distribution of noctuid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea) in the North-Western Pryazovia and adjacent regions of the steppe zone of Ukraine

The Kharkov Entomological Society Gazette ◽

10.36016/khesg-2019-27-2-3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 23-33

Author(s):

S. I. Suchkov ◽

Yu. M. Geryak

Keyword(s):

Rare Species ◽

New Records ◽

Steppe Zone ◽

The North ◽

Clostera Anastomosis ◽

New Localities ◽

First Time ◽

North Western

The new records of 94 species of noctuid moths (Noctuoidea) in the North-Western Pryazovia and adjacent regions of the steppe zone of Ukraine are presented. One species Dysgonia rogenhoferi is recorded in Ukraine for the first time. Founds of species Eublemma amasina and Caradrina expansa are the second in our country. One species (Eublemma amasina) in Dnipro Region, 2 (Ptilophora plumigera and Schargacucullia gozmanyi) — in Donetsk Region, 2 (Cerura erminea and Apamea unanimus) — in Odesa Region, 5 (Acantholipes regularis, Dysgonia rogenhoferi, Caradrina expansa, Luperina rubella, and Aporophyla canescens) — in Zaporizhzhya Region, 7 (Clostera anastomosis, Zanclognatha lunalis, Polyphaenis sericata, Protarchanara brevilinea, Aporophyla canescens, Lacanobia praedita, and Dichagyris forcipula) — in Kherson Region, and 10 (Clostera anastomosis, Cucullia argentina, Meganephria bimaculosa, Hoplodrina blanda, Sedina buettneri, Tiliacea aurago, Cosmia diffinis, Cosmia affinis, Aporophyla lutulenta and Xestia trifida) — in Mykolaiv Region are registered for the first time. In addition, new localities of a number of little-known, local and rare species in Ukraine or in its separate regions were discovered.

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Fibrocapsa japonica (Raphidophyceae) occurrence and ecological features within the phytoplankton assemblage of a cyclonic eddy, offshore the Eastern Alboran Sea.

Mediterranean Marine Science ◽

10.12681/mms.398 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 15 (2) ◽

pp. 250 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

F. FANI ◽

C. NUCCIO ◽

L. LAZZARA ◽

L. MASSI ◽

C. BATTOCCHI ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Cyst Formation ◽

Western Mediterranean ◽

Cyclonic Eddy ◽

Alboran Sea ◽

Phytoplankton Assemblages ◽

Ecological Features ◽

Coastal Species ◽

Fibrocapsa Japonica ◽

First Time ◽

Alborán Sea

The Raphidophycean Fibrocapsa japonica Toriumi & Takano was detected for the first time offshore in the Eastern Alboran Sea (Western Mediterranean) in October 2006. Its distribution appeared very localised and atypical, as it was abundant only in the open waters of a cyclonic eddy. Microscope counts of the natural phytoplankton assemblages revealed that F. japonica was dominant in the microplankton, together with Dinophyceae, within and below the cyclonic nutrient-rich dome (25 - 30 m). Bacillariophyceae were the primary microplanktonic fraction in only a few samples. Moderately high abundances of F. japonica (maximum of 60 cells ml-1), with preliminary cysts and many cells aggregated in mucous nets, indicated a senescent phase. We also suggest a Mediterranean origin for this species. This was confirmed by molecular identification and by a water temperature of 15 °C, which could have favoured pre-cyst formation. Finally, we hypothesise that F. japonica, which is generally a coastal species, could have a coastal origin. Since F. japonica was confined to the cyclonic waters, which typically derive from coastal waters, it was collected at a depth of 40-60 m at the coastal sites and it is generally a coastal species, we hypothesise that it could have a coastal origin and it was entrapped by the cyclonic eddy, which could have carried offshore this harmful species.

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New records of Palaeocorystoidea from the Iberian Peninsula and remarks on the taxonomic significance of the posterior margin of Cenomanocarcinus Van Straelen, 1936 and Hasaracancer Jux, 1971 (Decapoda; Brachyura; Cenomanocarcinidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4303 (2) ◽

pp. 273 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

ÀLEX OSSÓ

Keyword(s):

Iberian Peninsula ◽

Posterior Margin ◽

New Records ◽

Taxonomic Significance ◽

First Time

Two species of Cenomanocarcinus (Cenomanocarcinidae) from the late Albian and Turonian of Spain are reported herein, increasing the number of Iberian Cenomanocarcinus species. Likewise, Necrocarcinus woodwardii (Necrocarcinidae) is reported for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula and constitutes the southernmost record for the species. As well, the features of the posterior margin of the cenomanocarcinids Cenomanocarcinus and Hasaracancer, are reviewed and clarified.

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Poorly known sponges in the Mediterranean with the detection of some taxonomic inconsistencies

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315420001071 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

Julio A. Díaz ◽

Sergio Ramírez-Amaro ◽

Francesc Ordines ◽

Paco Cárdenas ◽

Pere Ferriol ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Genus ◽

Western Mediterranean ◽

Current Position ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit ◽

Gulf Of Lion ◽

Mixed Features ◽

The Family ◽

The Mediterranean ◽

The Moment ◽

First Time

Abstract The poorly known sponge species Axinella vellerea (Topsent, 1904), Acarnus levii (Vacelet, 1960) and Haliclona poecillastroides (Vacelet, 1969) are reported from bottom-trawl samples off the Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean. A re-description is provided for all three species and the Folmer fragment of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) obtained for A. levii and H. poecillastroides. This is the second report of A. vellerea in the Mediterranean, the first time that A. levii is reported outside Corsica and the first time that H. poecillastroides is documented outside the Gulf of Lion, France. The systematic allocation of A. levii and H. poecillastroides is discussed based on a COI phylogenetic analysis and morphology. The poorly understood phylogeny of the Haplosclerida does not permit us to find a proper allocation for H. poecillastroides, although its current position in the genus Haliclona or the family Chalinidae is not defensible. On the other hand, A. levii currently fits best in the family Microcionidae, and seems related to some Clathria species with mixed features between Clathria and Acarnus. Considering that the species of the genus Acarnus shares a strong synapomorphy (the possession of Cladotylotes), it is plausible for all Acarnus species to be Microcionids. We conclude that H. poecillastroides needs to be reallocated to a new genus: Xestospongia poecillastroides comb. nov. (Petrosiidae). However, a reallocation of A. levii is not advisable for the moment, as this would imply major systematic changes such as the reallocation of the whole genus Acarnus to Microcionidae, and the redescription of Microcionidae and Acarnidae.

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New records of Philopterus (Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from Acrocephalidae and Locustellidae, with description of one new species from Regulidae

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2020.632 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Tomas Najer ◽

Ivo Papousek ◽

Costica Adam ◽

Alfred Trnka ◽

Van Thi Quach ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase ◽

Dna Sequences ◽

New Records ◽

Genetic Data ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome ◽

The Family ◽

One New Species ◽

Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase

One species of the louse genus Philopterus Nitzsch, 1818 is redescribed and illustrated: Philopterus acrocephalus Carriker, 1949 ex Acrocephalus luscinius (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830), A. melanopogon (Temminck, 1823), A. scirpaceus (Hermann, 1804), A. schoenobaenus (Linnaeus, 1758), Iduna aedon rufescens Stegmann, 1929, I. rama (Sykes, 1832), Locustella sp. and L. ochotensis (von Middendorff, 1853). Philopterus acrocephalus represents the first species of the Philopterus-complex recorded in the family Locustellidae Bonaparte, 1854. Philopterus gustafssoni sp. nov. is described ex Regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758), R. regulus regulus (Linnaeus, 1758), R. regulus azoricus Seebohm, 1883, R. regulus buturlini von Loudon, 1911, R. regulus sanctaemariae Vaurie, 1954, R. regulus tristis Pleske, 1892 and R. ignicapillus (Temminck, 1820). Descriptions of both species are amended with genetic data, DNA sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I, nuclear hyp and TMEDE6; concatenated sequences are compared to the morphologically nearest species with genetic data available, Philopterus citrinellae (Schrank, 1776) and Philopterus fringillae (Scopoli, 1772). Holotype of Philopterus reguli (Denny, 1842) is pronounced to be a straggler, determination of other known material from Regulidae is changed for Philopterus gustafssoni sp. nov.

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