Results 1 to 10 of about 804 (99)

Faunistic inventory of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Mauritius Island, Indian Ocean: Diversity and spatial distribution of species of veterinary interest. [PDF]

Med Vet Entomol
Four Afrotropical Culicoides species are recorded in Mauritius with suspected or historically involvement in BTV and EHDV transmission. All species were distributed all over the island. While intra‐specific morphological variations were detected, genetic analyses did not reveal any cryptic diversity. Abstract Viruses transmitted by biting midge species
Iyaloo DP, Elahee KB, Mosawa VR, Munglee NR, Mahadeo I, Genevieve C, Bhoobun H, Ribon-Chaudat L, Lardeux R, Hammami P, Huber K, Bru D, Grimaud Y, Rasamoelina-Andriamanivo H, Baldet T, Garros C.   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

DNA Barcode Reference Library for European Ants: A Roadmap for Phylogeography and Species Discovery. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT DNA barcode reference libraries provide useful tools for specimen identification, highlighting potential new species and detecting introduced ones. Here, we present a comprehensive DNA barcode library for European ants and, in order to tackle the Linnean, Wallacean and Darwinian shortfalls of this group, we provide an updated checklist ...
Menchetti M, Schifani E, García F, Schär S, Sbrega E, Balević N, Blaimer BB, Borowiec L, Cioppa D, Corbella C, Dincă V, Gentile V, Giotis I, Gómez K, Gómez Durán JM, Kalaentzis K, Lapeva-Gjonova A, Mori E, Talavera G, Tinaut A, Ruano F, Salata S, Sequeira E, Serracanta M, Suchan T, Hebert PDN, Dapporto L, Vila R.   +27 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

New data on the distribution of the threatened Marsh Fritillary – Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) – in Romania [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2022
Euphydryas aurinia, a highly endangered species listed on the Annex II of the Habitats Directive as well as on the Annex II of the Bern Convention, has a wide distribution in the Palearctic realm.
Mihai Stănescu, Florin Prunar, Adorian Ardelean, Tibor-Csaba Vizauer, Alexandru Iftime   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

New data on the distribution of the threatened Scarce fritillary, Euphydryas maturna (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), in southern Romania [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2021
Euphydryas maturna is a highly endangered species listed on the Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive as well as on the Annex II of the Bern Convention.
Mihai Stănescu, Tibor-Csaba Vizauer, Elena Iulia Iorgu, Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

The first record of Trichocera (Saltrichocera) annulata (Diptera: Trichoceridae) in Romania, with additional data on Trichocera (Saltrichocera) maculipennis [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2020
The Romanian Trichoceridae fauna is poorly known. Trichocera (Saltrichocera) annulata Meigen, 1818 and Trichocera (Saltrichocera) maculipennis Meigen, 1818 are amongst the most widespread species in Europe, but the former species was not recorded from ...
Alexandru-Mihai Pintilioaie, Levente-Péter Kolcsár   +1 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Eriogaster catax (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) – first record in Muntenia (southern Romania) [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”, 2019
Eriogaster catax is a highly threatened species listed on the Annexes II and IV of the Habitats Directive and on the Annex II of the Bern Convention.
Maximilian Teodorescu, Mihai Stănescu
doaj   +3 more sources

New distribution and elevation records for the snake Pseudelaphe flavirufa Cope, 1867 (Squamata: Colubridae) in Oaxaca, Mexico — RETRACTED [PDF]

Check List, 2013
It was brought to our attention that, unfortunately, the species of our note was misidentified. It is in fact Senticolis triaspis (Cope, 1866). Therefore, the first record of Pseudelaphe flavirufa for the Municipality of San Bartolo Coyotepec and for the
Vicente Mata-Silva, Larry Wilson, Jerry Johnson, Stephanye Mata-González, Aurelio Ramírez-Bautista, Jesús García-Grajáles   +5 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Historical collections continue to support faunistic research: the first record of Saptha divitiosa (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) from the Nicobar Islands, India [PDF]

Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”
Based on a specimen collected in the mid-19th century, the first documented record of Saptha divitiosa from the Nicobar Islands is given. This record extends and reshapes the known western limit of this species’ distribution range. Image of the
Mihai Stănescu
doaj   +3 more sources

Updated hoverfly (Diptera, Syrphidae) checklist of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park (Italy) [PDF]

Biodiversity Data Journal
The present faunistic note is an updating of Syrphidae (Diptera) fauna of “Foreste Casentinesi National Park” (Emilia-Romagna and Toscana, Italy), a site of conservation interest included as a focus site within the “National Biodiversity Future Center ...
Giovanni Burgio, Martina Di Saverio, Guido Crudele, Daniele Sommaggio   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Taxonomic note on the genus Taiwanocantharis Wittmer: synonym, new species and additional faunistic records from China (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)

ZooKeys, 2014
Taiwanocantharis thibetanomima (Wittmer, 1997) is redefined and its type series is clarified. Three new species are described and illustrated, T. wittmeri sp. n. (CHINA: Yunnan), T. adentata sp. n. (CHINA: Gansu, Sichuan) and T. parasatoi sp. n.
Yuxia Yang, Xing-Ke Yang
doaj   +1 more source