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Updated distributional checklist of the genus Pytho Latreille, 1796 of the Palearctic realm with the first records of P. abieticola J. R. Sahlberg, 1875 from Lithuania and the family Pythidae (Coleoptera) from Moldova and Serbia Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Radomir Jaskuła, Denis Ćoso, Vytautas Tamutis, Romas Ferenca
Background Pytho Latreille, 1796 is a small genus of the dead log bark beetles (Coleoptera, Pythidae). All species are distributed in the Holarctic, being recognised as typically boreal taxa, but knowledge about the geographical ranges of particular taxa is far from complete. New information The updated distributional checklist of the genus Pytho of the Palearctic is given, based on literature and
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The invasive blue crab Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 (Decapoda, Portunidae) is rapidly expanding its distributional range in the north-western Mediterranean coast of Morocco Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Fatima Zahra Hamiche, Mustapha Aksissou
In this study, we report the first occurrence of Callinectes sapidus in the rivers of ‘Oued Tani’ (Martil) and ‘Oued Negro’ (Fnideq), based on 127 individuals of the blue crab caught from November 2022 to August 2023. Additionally, we were able to determine the potential consequences of C. sapidus on the indigenous species as well as the socioeconomic implications on artisanal fisheries activities
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Modicella guangxiensis (Mortierellomycota, Mortierellaceae), a new species from south-western karst areas of China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Guang-Fu Mou, Tolgor Bau
Background Modicella Kanouse (1936) is the only genus of Mortierellaceae known to produce macroscopic fruiting bodies in the form of small, whitish, round sporocarps. Specimens which belong to Modicella were collected during our field investigations in tropical karst areas of China. Based on morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis, a new species is introduced. New information Modicella
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Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Visimskiy Biosphere Reserve (Middle Urals): 37 years of arachnological research Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Nadezhda Ukhova, Sergei Esyunin, Artëm Sozontov
Background More than 30 articles concerning spiders’ diversity and assemblages’ structure within the Visimskiy Reserve have been published since its establishment 52 years ago. The literature provides data on 260 recorded species, one of which has been described as a new species. The majority of these records were not annotated. The peak of publication activity was in the 2nd part of the 1990s and
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A new species of the genus Xizangiana Sherwood, Li & Zhang, 2022 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) from Xizang, China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Bo Liu, Feng Zhang
Background The spider genus Xizangiana Sherwood, Li & Zhang, 2022, comprises nine species that inhabit northern India and south-western China. Six of these species have been documented in the Xizang Autonomous Region of China. New information A new species, Xizangiana plankton sp. nov. is described and illustrated from Xizang Autonomous Region, China.
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Microbial diversity in four Mediterranean irciniid sponges Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-19 Katerina Skaraki, Christina Pavloudi, Thanos Dailianis, Jacques Lagnel, Adriani Pantazidou, Antonios Magoulas, Georgios Kotoulas
This paper describes a dataset of microbial communities from four different sponge species: Ircinia oros (Schmidt, 1864), Ircinia variabilis (Schmidt, 1862), Sarcotragus spinosulus Schmidt, 1862 and Sarcotragus fasciculatus (Pallas, 1766). The examined sponges all belong to Demospongiae (Class); Keratosa (Subclass); Dictyoceratida (Order); Irciniidae (Family). Samples were collected by scuba diving
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Inocellia (Amurinocellia) calida (Raphidioptera, Inocelliidae) was first observed as a predator of Monochamus saltuarius (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) in China, the vector of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Aphelenchida, Aphelenchoididae) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Miao Yu, Jue Wang, Wenfeng Yan, Shiyu Kuang, Yanan Zheng
Monochamus saltuarius Gebler (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) serves as the primary carrier of Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (Steiner & Buhrer) (Aphelenchida, Aphelenchoididae) in the middle-temperate zone of China. Pine wilt disease caused by B. xylophilus leads to serious losses to pine forestry around the world. It is necessary to study the biological control of M. saltuarius to effectively prevent the further
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Helminths found in common species of the herpetofauna in Ukraine Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-16 Oleksii Marushchak, Yaroslav Syrota, Ivanna Dmytrieva, Yuri Kuzmin, Andrii Nechai, Olga Lisitsyna, Roman Svitin
Background Only a few comprehensive studies have been carried out on parasites in amphibians and reptiles in Ukraine. This has resulted in identifying over 100 helminth species across these vertebrate groups. However, most of the studies were performed in the 20th century and the taxonomy of many parasites and their hosts has changed ever since, in addition to the discovery of new species and registrations
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Soil macrofauna communities in Brazilian land-use systems Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 George Brown, Wilian Demetrio, Quentin Gabriac, Amarildo Pasini, Vanesca Korasaki, Lenita Oliveira, Julio dos Santos, Eleno Torres, Paulo Galerani, Dionisio Gazziero, Norton Benito, Daiane Nunes, Alessandra Santos, Talita Ferreira, Herlon Nadolny, Marie Bartz, Wagner Maschio, Rafaela Dudas, Mauricio Zagatto, Cintia Niva, Lina Clasen, Klaus Sautter, Luis Froufe, Carlos Eduardo Seoane, Aníbal de Moraes
Background Soil animal communities include more than 40 higher-order taxa, representing over 23% of all described species. These animals have a wide range of feeding sources and contribute to several important soil functions and ecosystem services. Although many studies have assessed macroinvertebrate communities in Brazil, few of them have been published in journals and even fewer have made the data
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First records of non-native species Callitriche deflexa (Plantaginaceae), which was previously misidentified as C. terrestris in Japan Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-15 Hiroyuki Koga, Yuki Doll, Wataru Ohnishi, Hirokazu Tsukaya
Background The cosmopolitan genus Callitriche (Plantaginaceae) is a clade of small herbaceous plants that encompasses terrestrial and aquatic species. In Japan, six Callitriche species have been identified: four native and two naturalised species. Callitriche terrestris, a naturalised terrestrial species, was first reported in 1984 in Kanagawa Prefecture and it is thriving today. New information We
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Data mobilisation in the LWS Herbarium: success and prospects Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Andriy Novikov, Anastasiia Savytska, Oleksandr Kuzyarin, Viktor Nachychko, Solomia Susulovska, Volodymyr Rizun, Andrii Susulovsky, Habriel Hushtan, Kateryna Hushtan, Dmytro Leleka
Background Digitisation of hosted specimens is a crucial task for all herbaria worldwide and is one of the main streams for today. By digitising their collections and publishing the datasets, the herbaria grant access to essential data to a wide research audience and, as a result, involve their collections in scientific work more actively. Digitisation also allows virtual preservation of the collections
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Molecular diversity of Pseudoscorpiones in southern High Appalachian leaf litter Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-11 Ernesto Recuero, Michael Caterino
The Pseudoscorpiones fauna of North America is diverse, but in regions like the southern Appalachian Mountains, they are still poorly documented with respect to their species diversity, distributions and ecology. Several families have been reported from these mountains and neighbouring areas. Here we analyse barcoding data of 136 specimens collected in leaf litter, most of them from high-elevation
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Towards a Canary Islands barcode database for soil biodiversity: revealing cryptic and unrecorded mite species diversity within insular soils Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-10 Irene Santos-Perdomo, Daniel Suárez, María L. Moraza, Paula Arribas, Carmelo Andújar
Soil arthropod diversity contributes to a high proportion of the total biodiversity on Earth. However, most soil arthropods are still undescribed, hindering our understanding of soil functioning and global biodiversity estimations. Inventorying soil arthropods using conventional taxonomical approaches is particularly difficult and costly due to the great species richness, abundance and local-scale
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Checklist of vascular plant species on inselbergs in the Monumento Natural dos Pontões Capixabas, Espírito Santo State, Brazil Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Fabiula Arantes, Luiza de Paula, Rafaela Forzza
Background Inselbergs are granitic and/or gneissic rocky outcrops and, in Brazil, the dome-shaped ones in the Atlantic Forest Domain are called sugarloaves (pães de açúcar). They have an extremely specialised vegetation with high levels of endemism. Even though, they are poorly studied and highly degraded. In north-eastern Espírito Santo State, south-eastern Brazil, the Monumento Natural dos Pontões
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Description of a new Asian Leaf Litter Toad of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) from southern Guizhou Province, China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Shize Li, Wei Li, Yanlin Cheng, Jing Liu, Gang Wei, Bin Wang
Background The Asian leaf litter toads of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925 (Anura, Megophryidae) inhabit the forest floor and rocky streams in hilly evergreen forests and are widely distributed from southern China, west to north-eastern India and Myanmar, through mainland Indochina to Peninsular Malaysia and the Island of Borneo. The Asian leaf litter toads of the genus Leptobrachella Smith, 1925
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First documentation on herpetofauna diversity in Gunung Belumut Amenity Forest, Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for conservation in an Environmentally Sensitive Area (ESA) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Farah Farhana Ramli, Kaviarasu Munian, Nur Aina Amira Mahyudin, Nursyuhada Othman, Hidayah Haris, Nurfatiha Akmal Fawwazah Abdullah-Fauzi, Nur Hartini Sariyati, Mohd Lokman Ilham-Norhakim, Muhammad Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff
Malaysia is blessed with lush tropical rainforests that harbour an exceptional diversity of amphibians and reptiles. However, compared to other animal groups, amphibians and reptiles have received limited attention in research, despite their ecological significance. With amphibians and reptile species having been declining rapidly due to anthropogenic activities, there is a pressing need to conserve
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Checklist of digeneans (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea) of Georgia Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Lela Arabuli, Lali Murvanidze, Anna Faltynkova, Levan Mumladze
Background In the present study, we aim to provide an inventory of digenetic trematodes (Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea) from Georgia including records from the freshwater, marine and terrestrial realms. The checklist is based on a critical review of data from 109 papers, 11 monographs and four Ph.D. theses published between 1935 and 2019 and our new records. The checklist includes information
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Review of German Spilomicrus Westwood (Hymenoptera, Diapriidae, Spilomicrini) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Jeremy Hübner, Vasilisa Chemyreva
Background This study provides an integrative taxonomy-based review for the genus Spilomicrus Westwood in Germany using DNA barcoding and classic morphology. New information Spilomicrus simplex Tomsik, 1947 is placed in synonymy with S. antennatus Jurine, 1807; Spilomicrus thomsoni Kieffer, 1911 is removed from synonymy with S. hemipterus Marshall, 1868. A lectotype is designated for Spilomicrus nigripes
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DNA barcoding of the supergiant isopods from Bathynomus kensleyi Lowry & Dempsey, 2006 (Cirolanidae) and a molecular biology comparison of B. jamesi Kou, Chen & Li, 2017 Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Ming-Chih Huang, Niel L Bruce
DNA was extracted from tissue samples from specimens of newly-collected Bathynomus kensleyi from Queensland and subsequently the COI and 16S rRNA sequences were successfully cloned. The holotype of B. kensleyi was also sampled for COI only. Comparison of the sequences showed that, for the COI sequences, B. jamesi and B. kensleyi have more than 59 different DNA positions amongst 596 known reading sequences
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Taxonomic diversity and abundance of enchytraeids (Annelida, Clitellata, Enchytraeida) in the Northern Palaearctic. 1. Asian part Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2024-01-03 Maxim Degtyarev, Ruslan Saifutdinov, Daniil Korobushkin, Alexander Bastrakov, Margarita Danilova, Ivan Davydov, Anastasia Gorbunova, Polina Guseva, Evgeniy Karlik, Roza Koshchanova, Ksenia Kuznetsova, Iurii Lebedev, Dmitriy Medvedev, Roman Obolenskiy, Anna Popova, Nina Pronina, Leonid Rybalov, Alexei Surov, Akmal Tadzhimov, Alexander Tarasov, Vladislav Vasiliev, Andrey Zaitsev, Elena Zvychaynaya, Konstantin
Background Enchytraeids, or potworms, are tiny oligochaetes that are distributed worldwide in many terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems. Despite their key role in the functioning of ecosystems, the diversity and abundance of Enchytraeidae are rarely studied due to the laborious process of species identification. The present study addresses this gap and sheds some light on the distribution
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Taxonomic review of the genus Nycteola Hübner (Lepidoptera, Nolidae) from Korea including potential invasive pests Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Yeong-Bin Cha, Un-Hong Heo, Ulziijargal Bayarsaikhan, Sora Kim, Yang-Seop Bae
Background The genus Nycteola Hübner has been mainly distributed in the Old World and usually feeds on Fagaceae and Salicaceae, but Myrtaceae and Juglandaceae have also been reported. In Korea, the number of this genus has been changed from four to three after 2007, but three or four species are listed confusingly up to now. New information The Japanese endemic species Nycteola dufayi Sugi, 1982 are
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Protecting isolated reptile populations outside their main area of distribution: a predictive model of the Dice snake, Natrix tessellata, distribution in the Czech Republic Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Jan Chmelař, Petr Civiš, David Fischer, Daniel Frynta, Lenka Jeřábková, Veronika Rudolfová, Ivan Rehák
Marginal populations of animals are highly susceptible to environmental pressures associated with climatic changes. Understanding their distribution and ecological requirements is, thus, essential for the development of efficient conservation strategies. The dice snake, Natrix tessellata, is listed as critically endangered in the Czech Republic. In certain regions (Bohemia and Silesia), its populations
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Nest predation of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis (Aves, Procellariiformes) by introduced mammals on Terceira Island, Azores Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Lucas Lamelas-Lopez, Marco Ferrante, Paulo Borges, Isabel Amorim do Rosário, Veronica Neves
The Azores holds the largest population of Cory's shearwater Calonectris borealis (Cory, 1881) (Aves, Procellariiformes) in the world. Apart from a few mammal-free islets, the bulk of the population breeds in coastal areas on the main human-inhabited islands, where several non-native predators have been introduced. Throughout the entire year of the 2019 breeding season, we used motion-triggered cameras
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Xicotli Data: a project to retrieve plant-bee interactions from citizen science Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-21 Juan Barrios, Brenda Bedolla-García, Paola González-Vanegas, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Juan López-Enriquez, Jorge Mérida-Rivas, Daniel Madrigal-González, Pilar Rodríguez, Matthias Rös, Remy Vandame, Raúl Sierra-Alcocer, Carlos Cultid-Medina
Background Xicotli data is the short name given to the dataset generated within the project framework "Integration of Biodiversity Data for the Management and Conservation of Wild Bee-Plant Interactions in Mexico (2021-2023)", as xicotli is the generic word for a bee in Nahuatl. The team comprised eco-informaticians, ecologists and taxonomists of both native bees and flora. The generated dataset contains
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A new species of Wuliphantes from Sichuan, China, with re-description on the type specimens of W. tongluensis (Araneae, Linyphiidae) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Lan Yang, Zhiyuan Yao, Shuqiang Li
Background The genus Wuliphantes Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023 is a small genus in the family Linyphiidae Blackwall, 1859, with only three species: W. guanshan (Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2022), W. tongluensis (Chen & Song, 1988) and W. trigyrus Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2023, all distributed in China. New information A new species: Wuliphantes yaan sp. nov. from Sichuan Province, China is reported. In addition,
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Assessment of the DNA barcode libraries for the study of the poorly-known rove beetle (Staphylinidae) fauna of West Siberia Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-20 Valeria Krivosheeva, Alexey Solodovnikov, Aleksandr Shulepov, Darya Semerikova, Anastasiya Ivanova, Maria Salnitska
Staphylinidae, or rove beetles, are one of the mega-diverse and abundant families of the ground-living terrestrial arthropods that is taxonomically poorly known even in the regions adjacent to Europe where the fauna has been investigated for the longest time. Since DNA barcoding is a tool to accelerate biodiversity research, here we explored if the currently-available COI barcode libraries are representative
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A new distribution record, first host plant record and DNA barcoding of the Neotropical micromoth Astrotischeria karsholti Puplesis & Diškus (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-19 Héctor Vargas
Background Astrotischeria Puplesis & Diškus, 2003 (Lepidoptera, Tischeriidae) is a New World genus of micromoths whose larvae are leaf miners associated mainly with plants of the family Asteraceae. The original description of the type species Astrotischeria karsholti Puplesis & Diškus, 2003 was based on adults from central Peru. No additional distribution records, host plants or DNA barcodes have been
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Size spectra of the edaphic fauna of typical Argiudol soils of the Rolling Pampa Region, Argentina Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Víctor Velazco, Rosana Sandler, Maria Cynthia Valeria Sanabria, Liliana Falco, Carlos Coviella, Leonardo Saravia
Background Soil-dwelling organisms populate the spaces—referred to as interstices—between the litter on the soil surface and the pores in the soil's organo-mineral matrix. These organisms have pivotal roles in soil ecosystem functions, such as the breakdown and decomposition of organic matter, the dispersal of bacterial and fungal spores and biological habitat transformation. These functions, in turn
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Floristic inventory and distribution characteristics of algific talus slopes in a specific area of forest biodiversity in South Korea Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Jong-Won Lee, Ho-Geun Yun, Tae Young Hwang, Kyungmin Kim, Se-Hoon Jung, Jong Bin An
Background This study conducted a survey for establishing in-situ and ex-situ conservation measures for northern lineage plants that are vulnerable to climate change and for designating Forest Genetic Resource Reserve for 25 algific talus slope sites, which are specific areas of forest biodiversity. The survey was conducted in South Korea within a distance of 50 m to the east, west, north and south
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Documenting Mantodea species in South African museum collections and an updated species list Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Bianca Greyvenstein, Johnnie van den Berg, Hannalene du Plessis
Background The previous species list of South African Mantodea, published in 1998, was largely compiled from the literature and did not incorporate data from the many insect museum collections available in the country. It is estimated that approximately 120 species of Mantodea occur in South Africa; however, since no historical museum records were previously incorporated, the current information is
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Australia’s east coast humpback whales: Satellite tag-derived movements on breeding grounds, feeding grounds and along the northern and southern migration Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Virginia Andrews-Goff, Nick Gales, Simon Childerhouse, Sarah Laverick, Andrea Polanowski, Michael Double
Background Satellite tags were deployed on 50 east Australian humpback whales (breeding stock E1) between 2008 and 2010 on their southward migration, northward migration and feeding grounds in order to identify and describe migratory pathways, feeding grounds and possible calving areas. At the time, these movements were not well understood and calving grounds were not clearly identified. To the best
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Review of the genus Liocrobyla (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Ornixolinae) from Korea, with description of one newly-recorded species Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Da-Som Kim, Ji-Young Lee, Bong-Kyu Byun
Background Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 is a relatively small genus within the family Gracillariidae, consisting of nine species worldwide, including five species in Korea. New information In this study, we recognise five species belonging to the genus Liocrobyla Meyrick, 1916 from Korea. Amongst them, one species, L. indigofera Liu, Wang & Wang, 2018, is reported for the first time in Korea. Figures of
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Arachnid Fauna (Araneae and Opiliones) from the Castro Verde Special Protection Area, southern Portugal Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 José Barrientos, Carlos Prieto, Sílvia Pina, Sérgio Henriques, Pedro Sousa, Stefan Schindler, Luís Reino, Pedro Beja, Joana Santana
Background With the increasing recognition of the significance of arachnid conservation, it is crucial to allocate greater efforts towards implementing targeted monitoring programmes. Despite recent studies, our understanding of arachnid populations in Portugal remains limited. This study serves as the initial inventory of arachnids (Araneae and Opiliones) within the Castro Verde Special Protection
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Creating a multi-linked dynamic dataset: a case study of plant genera named for women Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-06 Sabine von Mering, Lauren Gardiner, Sandra Knapp, Heather Lindon, Siobhan Leachman, Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Sarah Vincent, Maria Vorontsova
Background A discussion on social media led to the formation of a multidisciplinary group working on this project to highlight women’s contributions to science. The role of marginalised groups in science has been a topic of much discussion, but data on these contributions are largely lacking. Our motivation for the development of this dataset was not only to highlight names of plant genera that honour
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Diversity of parasitoid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera) in oilseed rape fields in Serbia Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Milan Plećaš, Vladimir Žikić, Korana Kocić, Jelisaveta Čkrkić, Anđeljko Petrović, Željko Tomanović
Background Oilseed rape is an important crop grown worldwide and used for various purposes, including oil extraction and animal feed. In Europe, there are six major pest species and several other minor pests that can significantly affect oilseed rape production, requiring growers to effectively control them in order to ensure crop yield. The host-parasitoid complexes of these pests have been studied
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Simultaneous detections of Olenecamptus bilobus (Fabricius, 1801) (Cerambycidae, Dorcaschematini) in Europe Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Enrico Ruzzier, Carlos R. de Queros, Hugo Mas, Andrea Di Giulio
Background Europe has a long history of non-native species introductions given its central role in global trade in recent centuries. Currently, approximately two hundred cerambycid species have been found in Europe, as the result of introductions between and within biogeographical regions; still, despite better monitoring and stronger restrictions, the arrivals and spread of non-native Cerambycidae
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Occurrence dataset of birds in Sihong Hongze Lake Wetlands National Nature Reserve in China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-12-01 Huali Hu, Wei Hu, Zheping Xu, Changhu Lu
Background Hongze Lake is China’s fourth largest freshwater lake and is also an important habitat for hundreds of thousands of migratory birds on the East Asian-Australian Flyway (EAAF). Sihong Hongze Lake Wetlands National Nature Reserve is located on the northwest of Hongze Lake, Sihong County, Jiangsu Province. The Reserve is a protected large area of natural lake wetlands, marsh wetlands and riverine
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Envisaging a global infrastructure to exploit the potential of digitised collections Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Quentin Groom, Mathias Dillen, Wouter Addink, Arturo H. Ariño, Christian Bölling, Pierre Bonnet, Lorenzo Cecchi, Elizabeth R. Ellwood, Rui Figueira, Pierre-Yves Gagnier, Olwen Grace, Anton Güntsch, Helen Hardy, Pieter Huybrechts, Roger Hyam, Alexis Joly, Vamsi Krishna Kommineni, Isabel Larridon, Laurence Livermore, Ricardo Jorge Lopes, Sofie Meeus, Jeremy Miller, Kenzo Milleville, Renato Panda, Marc
Tens of millions of images from biological collections have become available online over the last two decades. In parallel, there has been a dramatic increase in the capabilities of image analysis technologies, especially those involving machine learning and computer vision. While image analysis has become mainstream in consumer applications, it is still used only on an artisanal basis in the biological
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A new cave-dwelling species of Hahnia C. L. Koch, 1841 from Guizhou Province, China (Araneae, Hahniidae) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-30 Jiahui Gan, Cheng Wang, Xiaoqi Mi
Background Hahnia, the most species-diversity genus of the comb-tailed spider family Hahniidae Bertkau, 1878, compromises 102 species distributed worldwide. To date, 24 species have been recorded from China. New information A new species of the genus Hahnia C. L. Koch, 1841 is described, based on both sexes from Shanyang Cave of Guizhou Province, China and is named H. jiangkou sp. nov. Diagnostic photos
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Description of the unknown male of Vappolotes tianjiayu Li, Zhao & Li, 2023 (Araneae, Agelenidae, Coelotinae) from China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-29 Bing Li, Zhe Zhao, Shuqiang Li, Chunyan Xie
Background Vappolotes Zhao & Li, 2019 is one of the troglophilous genera, with five known species. The previous description of V. tianjiayu from China was based solely on female specimens collected from caves in the Wuling Mountains in southern China without any males. New information The present study, deals with the first record of the male of V. tianjiayu from its type locality: Guluo Cave. The
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Clarification of the taxonomic status of Acanthochitona discrepans (Brown, 1827) with new data for the North-East Atlantic Acanthochitona (Polyplacophora, Acanthochitonidae) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Katarzyna Vončina, Nina Mikkelsen, Christine Morrow, Rory Ang, Julia Sigwart
Background The genus Acanthochitona can be easily distinguished from other chitons by having eighteen tufts of bristles on the dorsal side of the densely spiculose girdle. In the North-East Atlantic, five species of this genus have been recognised so far: A. crinita (Pennant, 1777), A. discrepans (Brown, 1827), A. fascicularis (Linnaeus, 1767), A. oblonga Leloup, 1968 and A. pilosa Schmidt-Petersen
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Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) climate zones and its associated agrobiodiversity in Arauca, Colombia Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Carlos Gonzalez-Orozco, Mario Porcel, Sebastian Escobar, Daniel Bravo, Yeisson Gutierrez Lopez, Roxana Yockteng, Fabrice Vaillant, Margareth Santander, Sandra Llano, Karla Parra, Esperanza Briceño, Jhony Carmona, Shirley Torres, Ramiro Contreras, Andres Otero, Allende Pesca, Gustavo Carrillo
Background Cacao (Theobroma cacao L) is one of the most relevant crops in terms of economy and social rural development in Colombia. Cacao is also an important crop due to its potential to replace illicit crops and it is related to less deforestation and preserves the biodiversity. There are several cacao districts in Colombia, one of these being Arauca. The Department of Arauca is the second largest
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Inventory of the urban flora of Budapest (Hungary) highlighting new and noteworthy floristic records Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Attila Rigó, Ákos Malatinszky, Zoltán Barina
Background The systematic urban floristic research of Budapest was started in 2018 by the authors with detailed methodology. One scope of the research was to gain knowledge on the plant taxa appearing in Budapest and to compile the inventory of the urban flora of Budapest. New information We have provided the inventory of the urban flora of Budapest, which includes distribution data for all 973 taxa
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Paying it forward: Crowdsourcing the harmonisation and linking of taxon names and biodiversity identifiers Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Brandon Seah
Linking records for the same taxa between different databases is an essential step when working with biodiversity data. However, name-matching alone is error-prone, because of issues such as homonyms (unrelated taxa with the same name) and synonyms (same taxon under different names). Therefore, most projects will require some curation to ensure that taxon identifiers are correctly linked. Unfortunately
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Molecular diversity of Protura in southern High Appalachian leaf litter Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Michael Caterino, Ernesto Recuero
The higher elevations of the southern Appalachian Mountains, U.S.A., host a rich, but little-studied fauna of Proturan hexapods. Here, we publish 117 Proturan barcode sequences from this region, estimated by automated species delimitation methods to represent 72 distinct species, whereas only nine species have previously been reported from the region. Two families, Eosentomidae and Acerentomidae, co-occur
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Citizen science expanding knowledge: a new record of the lizard Heterodactylus imbricatus (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in south-eastern Brazil Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Cássio Zocca, André Barreto-Lima, Dulce Daleprane, Natalia Ghilardi-Lopes
Background Through citizen science projects, like Projeto Bromélias, community members contribute valuable data on species diversity, notably those with low detectability like the Heterodactylus imbricatus lizard. A recent observation in the State of Espírito Santo (south-eastern Brazil), amidst coffee and eucalyptus crops, highlights the utility of widespread technology use in tracking and documenting
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SPARSE 1.0: a template for databases of species inventories, with an open example of Czech birds Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Kateřina Tschernosterová, Eva Trávníčková, Florencia Grattarola, Clara Rosse, Petr Keil
Here, we introduce SPARSE (acronym for "SPecies AcRoss ScalEs"), a simple and portable template for databases that can store data on species composition derived from ecological inventories, surveys and checklists, with emphasis on metadata describing sampling effort and methods. SPARSE can accommodate resurveys and time series and data from different spatial scales, as well as complex sampling designs
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Records of the non‐native alga Acanthophora spicifera (Rhodophyta) and their colonial epibionts in La Paz Bay, Gulf of California Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-20 María Mendoza-Becerril, Francisco F. Pedroche, Mariae Estrada-González, Elisa Serviere-Zaragoza
Acanthophora spicifera, a red alga considered an alien species, was discovered for the first time on the Pacific coast of Mexico in 2006 from a locality inside La Paz Bay, Gulf of California. Since then, more records have shown its presence, 17 localities having been added up to 2015. A two-year field study (2020-2022) visiting 31 sites along the coast of La Paz Bay, complemented with data from literature
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First report of Diomus guilavoguii Duverger, 1994 (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Diomini) predating on papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus from China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Jiamin Zhuang, Lizhi Huo, Mingjie Tang, Xiufeng Xie, Xiaosheng Chen
Background Diomus guilavoguii Duverger, 1994, an adventive species, is recorded from Guangzhou (Guangdong Province), China for the first time. Larvae of D. guilavoguii were collected in association with an invasive mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams & Granara de Willink, 1992, infesting papayas, cassava and several ornamental plants. However, little has been known about the biology of D. guilavoguii
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First genetic insights of Gonatodes caudiscutatus (Reptilia, Gekkota) in the Galapagos Islands and mainland Ecuador Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Lía Altamirano-Ponce, Mateo Dávila-Játiva, Gabriela Pozo, María José Pozo, Martín Terán-Velástegui, Carlos Daniel Cadena, Diego Cisneros-Heredia, Maria de Lourdes Torres
Studies on genetic variability amongst native and introduced species contribute to a better understanding of the genetic diversity of species along their autochthonous distribution and identify possible routes of introduction. Gonatodes caudiscutatus is a gecko native to western Ecuador and introduced to the Galapagos Islands. Despite being a successful species in human-modified habitats along its
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Three new species of Illiesonemoura Baumann, 1975 (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) from China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Zhi-Jie Wang, Yu-Zhou Du, Xiao-Yu Ji
Background The genus Illiesonemoura Baumann, 1975 (Plecoptera, Nemouridae) is a small-sized stonefly with slender and curved embranous cerci. Currently, 18 species of the genus are known worldwide, mainly distributed in the Palaearctic and Oriental Regions, with a total of two species known to China. New information Three new species of Illiesonemoura Baumann, 1975, I. bituberculata Wang & Du, sp.
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Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Sarah Bourlat, Martin Koch, Ameli Kirse, Kathrin Langen, Marianne Espeland, Hendrik Giebner, Jan Decher, Axel Ssymank, Vera Fonseca
In this study, we aim to uncover diet preferences for the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri (Leisler's bat, the lesser noctule) and to provide recommendations for conservation of the species, based on the analysis of prey source habitats. Using a novel guano trap, we sampled bat faeces at selected roosts in a forest in Germany and tested two mitochondrial markers (COI and 16S) and three primer pairs
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A new species of Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 (Araneae, Liphistiidae) from Yunnan, China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Yejie Lin, Shuqiang Li
Background The spider genus Liphistius Schiødte, 1849 contains 69 species, endemic to Indochina and Southeast Asia. Only one species is currently known from the Chinese province of Yunnan: Liphistius nabang Yu, Zhang & Zhang, 2021. New information A new species, Liphistius liz Lin & Li, sp. nov., is described from Yunnan, China, on the basis of both sexes. Photos and a morphological description of
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Cave-adapted millipedes from Portugal: species conservation profiles Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-10 Ana Sofia P. S. Reboleira, Rita Eusébio
Background Amongst the cave-dwelling millipedes (Diplopoda), there are several endemic species in Portugal with a very small geographical distribution. These species play an important role in the decomposition of organic matter in subterranean ecosystems and are vulnerable to disturbance from human activities, such as habitat destruction, pollution infiltrating from the surface and cave tourism. New
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Telenomus cristatus Johnson (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae): new diagnostic data, distribution records and host associations Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Madeline Potter, Jonathan Bremer, Matthew Moore, Elijah Talamas, Paula Shrewsbury
Specimens of an egg parasitoid wasp, Telenomus cristatus Johnson (Platygastroidea, Scelionidae), were reared from stink bug egg masses collected in the wild, in Maryland, United States. The egg masses were identified morphologically as Halyomorpha halys (Stål), Banasa Stål and Euschistus Dallas (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae). Molecular tools were used to further identify the Euschistus egg masses as E.
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Odonate diversity of a highly urbanised region: An annotated checklist of the damselflies and dragonflies (Insecta, Odonata) of Lario and Brianza (Lombardy, N Italy) Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Gaia Bazzi, Andrea Galimberti, Claudio Foglini, Luciano Bani, Lionello Bazzi, Piero Bonvicini, Roberto Brembilla, Massimo Brigo, Alberto Cavenaghi, Giuseppe Colombo, Cesare Della Pietà, Carlo Galliani, Ettore Guarnaroli, Nicola Larroux, Alessandro Monti, Valerio Orioli, Francesco Ornaghi, Nicola Pilon, Giuliana Pirotta, Giovanni Radaelli, Giulia Tessa, Giacomo Assandri
Background Given their sensitivity to environmental alterations, odonates act as reliable bioindicators to assess the effects of changes in freshwater ecosystems and associated terrestrial habitats. The region comprised between Lario and Brianza (Provinces of Como, Lecco and Monza and Brianza - Lombardy, N Italy) is one of the most urbanised of the Italian peninsula and large parts of its territory
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Developing the Protocol Infrastructure for DNA Sequencing Natural History Collections Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Giada Ferrari, Lore Esselens, Michelle Hart, Steven Janssens, Catherine Kidner, Maurizio Mascarello, Joshua Peñalba, Flávia Pezzini, Thomas von Rintelen, Gontran Sonet, Carl Vangestel, Massimiliano Virgilio, Peter Hollingsworth
Intentionally preserved biological material in natural history collections represents a vast repository of biodiversity. Advances in laboratory and sequencing technologies have made these specimens increasingly accessible for genomic analyses, offering a window into the genetic past of species and often permitting access to information that can no longer be sampled in the wild. Due to their age, preparation
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A comprehensive database of squirrel distribution and occurrence in South Asia Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-27 Udayraj Swati, Senan D'Souza, Palassery Aravind, Rakesh Muni, Nandini Rajamani
Background The Squirrels of South Asia (SOSA) database compiles comprehensive distribution and occurrence information on all squirrel species that occur in this region (34 species). These 34 squirrel species, including tree, flying and ground squirrels, represent 14% of global sciurid diversity. The database collates curated data from various sources such as museums, literature, primary fieldwork,
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First description of the male of Oecobius przewalskyi Hu & Li, 1987 (Araneae, Oecobiidae) from Shigatse City, Tibet, China Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Changhao Hu, Jie Liu, Kai Wang
Background With 90 described species, the genus Oecobius Lucas, 1846 is the largest genus of the family Oecobiidae Blackwall, 1862, five of which are known from China. Since Oceobius przewalskyi was described by Hu & Li in 1987, no males of this species have ever been reported. New information The male of Oceobius przewalskyi is described for the first time, based on the specimens collected in Tibet
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A georeferenced database of the edaphic biota currently available for Argentina Biodivers. Data J. (IF 1.3) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 María Sanabria, Víctor Velazco, Gabriel Tolosa, Liliana Falco, Carlos Coviella
Background Soils have been studied and classified in terms of their physical and chemical characteristics, while the knowledge about biodiversity and the ecosystem processes that they support is lagging behind. Furthermore, the advance in scientific knowledge contributed by different researchers is dispersed and it is necessary to collect it to bring the big picture into focus. Today, it is possible