DNA Barcode Reference Library for European Ants: A Roadmap for Phylogeography and Species Discovery. [PDF]
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 +27 more
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New faunistic records of cockroaches (Insecta: Blattodea) from Oman
The knowledge of Blattodea from Oman is still incipient. One species of cockroaches are reported from Oman so far and this indicates the large blank in our knowledge in this order when compared to recorded species from other neighboring countries in the Arabian Peninsula.
Ali Al-Jahdhami, Sheikha Al-Shukaili
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New faunistic records of Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Cucujiformia) from Oman
This communication reports on records of fourteen species and three morphospecies from Oman. Squamapion sp., Nanophyes sp., Schoenherr, 1838, Hoplopodapion tibesticola (Alonso-Zarazaga, 1983), Aegyptobaris arctithorax (Pic, 1899), Eumycterus albosquamulatus Boheman, 1838, Proeces filum (Marshall, 1933), Rhamphus micros Colonnelli, 2009, Sharpia ...
Ali Al-Jahdhami +3 more
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The Lycocerus varipubens species-group is defined to accommodate three previously described species and a new species from the Himalayan area, including L. varipubens, L. semiextensus, L. purpurascens comb. nov. & stat. reinst. and L. zayuensis sp.
H. C. Xi +4 more
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Four new species of Agraphydrus Régimbart, 1903 with additional faunistic record from China (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Acidocerinae) [PDF]
Four new species of Agraphydrus Régimbart are described from China: A. pseudoniger sp. nov. from Shangyou County, Jiangxi Province, A. komareki sp. nov. from Shangchuan island, Taishan County, Guangdong Province, A. sabulosus sp. nov.
Zhen-ming Yang +3 more
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New data on dragonflies (Odonata) of Mozambique, with a new country record of Phyllogomphus selysi Schouteden, 1933 [PDF]
Thirty dragonfly species were collected at 11 localities, mostly situated in central provinces of Mozambique, in the Gorongosa National Park, adjacent areas and the Chimanimani National Reserve buffer zone.
Rafał Bernard, Marek Bąkowski
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Historical collections continue to support faunistic research: the first record of Saptha divitiosa (Lepidoptera, Choreutidae) from the Nicobar Islands, India [PDF]
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
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Mammalia, Chiroptera, Emballonuridae, Peropteryx leucoptera Peters, 1867 and Peropteryx pallidoptera Lim, Engstrom, Reid, Simmons, Voss and Fleck, 2010: distributional range extensions in Ecuador [PDF]
We reevaluate vouchered records of Peropteryx leucoptera in Ecuador with regard to the morphologically similar and newly described species, P. pallidoptera. The western-most distributional occurrence of P. pallidoptera is documented.
Molly McDonough +5 more
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Perilampus neglectus and other neglected species: new records of Palaearctic Perilampidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with a key to European species of Perilampus [PDF]
New faunistic records of Palaearctic Perilampidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are given, based on newly collected material in South-East Europe, South Korea and specimens from the Natural History Museum in London.
Mircea-Dan Mitroiu, Evangelos Koutsoukos
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Faunistic spider collections in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin: The collection of Erich Hesse [PDF]
The ‘Hesse collection’ of spiders (Araneae) and harvestmen (Opiliones) in the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is documented. Biographical notes on Erich Hesse – a former arachnid curator at the museum (1921–1940) – are provided.
Dunlop, Jason A. +2 more
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