scholarly journals Xanthochroina Ganglbauer, 1881, a new genus of Oedemeridae for the Italian fauna (Coleoptera)

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-42
Author(s):  
Marco A. Bologna ◽  
Davide Badano ◽  
Riccardo Poloni
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Discontinuous Distribution ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

In this paper is reported for the first time with certainty the presence in Italy of the genus Xanthochroina, exhibiting a Holarctic discontinuous distribution. The Mediterranean species X. auberti is recorded from western Liguria and information on the range of the species is updated.

scholarly journals Sitarobrachys thoracica (Kraatz, 1862): new genus and species for the blister beetle fauna of Turkey (Coleoptera: Meloidae)

2016 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 125 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marco A. Bologna
Keyword(s):  
Canary Islands ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
New Genus ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Southern Turkey ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Blister Beetle

<em>Sitarobrachys</em> <em>thoracica</em>, belonging to a monotypic Mediterranean-Macaronesian genus of Meloidae Nemognathinae, is recorded for the first time from southern Turkey. The genus results widely distributed around the Mediterranean Basin and in the eastern Canary Islands.

scholarly journals Dicrotrichura tricincta gen. et spec. nov.: A new tantulocaridan (Crustacea: Maxillopoda) from the Mediterranean deep waters off Corsica

1989 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rony Huys
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
New Genus And Species ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Ligurian Sea ◽  
Deep Waters ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Difference ◽  
First Time ◽  
Crustacean Host

The new genus and species, Dicrotrichura tricincta, is described from deep mud (1220 m) in the Ligurian Sea (western Mediterranean). It is the first tantulocaridan not found to be attached to a crustacean host but free living in the sediment. It is assigned to the Deoterthridae on the basis of the absence of a rostrum, the abdominal segmentation and the characteristic cephalic pore pattern. It can be distinguished from all known tantulocaridans in the presence of peculiar, bi-articulated caudal setae and the difference in thoracopodal setation between leg 2 and legs 3–5. Some new structures located on the attachment disc are described for the first time. D. tricincta is the second tantulocaridan to be recorded from the Mediterranean.

Gymnolaemate bryozoans from the Algarve (southern Portugal): new species and biogeographical considerations

2010 ◽  
Vol 90 (7) ◽  
pp. 1417-1439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Javier Souto ◽  
Oscar Reverter-Gil ◽  
Eugenio Fernández-Pulpeiro
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Reference Material ◽  
Scuba Diving ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Geographical Variability ◽  
Southern Portugal ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Three sampling surveys were carried out, by SCUBA diving, in the Algarve (southern Portugal) in December 2007. A total of 57 species of gymnolaemate Bryozoa were identified. Of these, eight species were new to science (Mollia cristinae sp. nov., Hippoporina teresae sp. nov., Schizoporella spinosa sp. nov., Fenestrulina inesae sp. nov., Celleporina derungsi sp. nov., Dentiporella saldanhai sp. nov., Rhynchozoon celestinoi sp. nov. and Rhynchozoon rosae sp. nov.). Another 16 species are cited for the first time in Portuguese waters; of these, Stephanollona contracta is cited for the first time in European continental waters. Reference material deposited in several collections was also revised, and lectotypes and paralectotypes were selected for Mollia multijuncta and Dentiporella sardonica, species subjected to diverse interpretations. In addition Rhynchozoon revelatus was found to be a junior synonym of D. sardonica. The species collected in the study area reflect the existence of Lusitanian, Mauretanian and Mediterranean influences; the latter influence is of interest as the Mediterranean species found were previously considered endemic to the Mediterranean Sea and are usually found in shallow waters. Finally, a large degree of intracolonial variability was observed in some of the species studied, especially in Stephanollona armata, which may be taken into account in studies of the geographical variability and differentiation of cryptic species.

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

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.

scholarly journals <i>Loculicytheretta morkhoveni</i> sp. nov. (Ostracoda) from West Africa and its relevance to the history of the Mediterranean Seaway

1986 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leendert J. Witte
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Distribution Pattern ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Discontinuous Distribution ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

Abstract. Loculicytheretta morkhoveni sp. nov., of which the females have six loculi per valve, was found in Recent beachsand samples from Senegal and The Gambia (West Africa). A displaced specimen of the same species was present in a sample from deeper water off Guinea, where it occurred with L. aff. L. pavonia (having four loculi per valve). The presence of the Mediterranean species L. pavonia (with three loculi) in deep samples West of Gibralter is interpreted as a result of transportation by outflowing currents.The discontinuous distribution pattern of the genus Loculicytheretta is tentatively related to a reversal of the flow regime in the Mediterranean basin during the Pliocene.

Taxonomy of Castroviejoa, a new genus of Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae), endemic to the Mediterranean Islands Corsica and Sardinia

2004 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 581 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Galbany-Casals ◽  
L. Sáez ◽  
Carles Benedí
Keyword(s):  
New Genus ◽  
Corolla Tube ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Glandular Hairs ◽  
Taxonomic Treatment ◽  
The Mediterranean

Castroviejoa Galbany, L. S�ez & Bened� has been recently described as a new genus of Gnaphalieae, and comprises the two Mediterranean species Castroviejoa frigida (Labill.) Galbany, L. S�ez & Bened� and C. montelinasana (Schmid) Galbany, L. S�ez & Bened�, formerly known as Helichrysum frigidum (Labill.) Willd. and H. montelinasanum Schmid. In the present paper their morphology is accurately described and compared with that of Helichrysum and related genera. These two species present three morphological characters that are not found together in other Helichrysum species, and which characterise the genus Castroviejoa: the multicellular, biseriate, glandular hairs present on the corolla tube; the undivided stereome; and the apical sweeping hairs that also extend dorsally along the style branches. The full taxonomic treatment of the new genus is provided.

scholarly journals Taxonomical and chorological remarks on the Mediterranean Poa maroccana (Poaceae) and first record in Italy from Sicilian flora

2020 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Brullo ◽  
Cristian Brullo ◽  
Salvatore Cambria ◽  
Gianmarco Tavilla ◽  
Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Annual Species ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time ◽  
Italian Territory

Poa maroccana is an annual Mediterranean species, which is recorded for the first time from Sicily and for the whole Italian territory. It usually occurs in synanthopic habitats, represented mainly by urban and suburban roadsides, where it is quite sporadic. Based on current knowledge, it has been hitherto reported only in a few localities of the Mediterranean area, particularly in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey, Syria and Crimea. Field observations and herbarium investigations have shown that this species is often mistaken for P. annua, mainly due to its morphological similarities, as well as for the same ecological needs, therefore its real geographical distribution has yet to be verified. Although the two species are both tetraploids (2n = 28), they clearly differ for numerous relevant features concerning the shape and size of ligules, inflorescence, spikelet, glumes, palea, lemma, anthers, lodicules and seed. In order to better clarify the relationships of P. maroccana with P. annua and the other annual species of this genus occurring in the Mediterranean, its carefull a morphological description and iconography is provided, as well as a comparative morphological table of all allied species and also their analytical key for easy identification.

scholarly journals Two new species of cheilostomate Bryozoa from Iberian waters

2021 ◽  
Vol 760 ◽  
pp. 16-31
Author(s):  
Oscar Reverter-Gil ◽  
Javier Souto
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Coast ◽  
Shallow Waters ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
First Time

Two new species of cheilostomate bryozoans are described from material preserved in museums: Cradoscrupocellaria severoi sp. nov., from Iberian Mediterranean waters, and Setosella margaritae sp. nov., from shallow waters along the Atlantic coast of Europe. Moreover, the Mediterranean species Setosella cyclopensis Rosso, Di Martino & Gerovasileiou, 2020 is reported in Iberian waters for the first time.

The Mediterranean species of Pegoplata (section cuticornis) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)

1988 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 489-501
Author(s):  
Verner Michelsen
Keyword(s):  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Monophyletic Group ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Palearctic Species ◽  
The Mediterranean

AbstractThe monophyly of the following anthomyiid aggregates is substantiated: The Myopininae/ Myopinini = (Enneastigma Stein + Calythea Schnabl & Dziedzicki) + (Pegoplata Schnabl & Dziedzicki + Myopina Robineau-Desvoidy). The Afrotropical species tarsata (Adams), ornata (Bezzi) and two Oriental species, fulva (Malloch), henanensis (Ge & Fan), all currently recognized in Nupedia Karl, are either referable to Enneastigma or to a new genus in the Enneastigma + Calythea lineage. The recent inclusion of Nupedia in Pegoplata is accepted, but it is pointed out that Pegoplata s. lat. is probably paraphyletic in terms of Myopina. The monophyly of Pegoplata (section cuticornis) is confirmed, and it is argued that its sister group is section acutipennis. Section cuticornis is found to include 1 Holarctic, 2 Nearctic, and 6-7 Palearctic species of which 4 new ones are described from the Mediterranean: P. granadensis sp. n. from Sierra Nevada in Spain, and P. freidbergi sp. n., P. grandis sp. n. and P. hermonensis sp. n. from Mt. Hermon at the Lebanese/Syrian border. The Mediterranean species, which are shown to constitute a monophyletic group, are keyed and subjected to cladistic and biogeographic analyses.

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