First Record of the Cycad Blue,Chilades pandava, in Egypt — A New Invasive Butterfly Species in the Mediterranean Region and on the African Continent (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 315-319 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Fric ◽  
R. Dickinson ◽  
G. Fetouh ◽  
T.B. Larsen ◽  
W. Schön ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
African Continent ◽  
The Mediterranean

First record of Stenoheriades Cockerell in tropical Asia: Stenoheriades bifida, new species (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4370 (3) ◽  
pp. 279
Author(s):  
TERRY GRISWOLD
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Disjunct Distribution ◽  
Tropical Asia ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
The Mediterranean

The little known osmiine genus Stenoheriades Cockerell, previously thought to be restricted to the Afrotropics, the Mediterranean region, and the Arabian Peninsula, is here recorded from tropical Asia in the form of S. bifida, new species. This disjunct distribution adds to a growing list of endemic megachilids in southern India. The new species exhibits novel morphologies in the Megachilidae that also distinguish it from previously known species groups in Stenoheriades. 

First record of fig bark beetle Hypoborus ficus Erichson (Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from Poland

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (1) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
RADOSŁAW WITKOWSKI ◽  
ANDRZEJ MAZUR
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Bark Beetle ◽  
Canary Islands ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Southern Russia ◽  
The Mediterranean

Hypoborus ficus Erichson, 1836, is a widespread bark beetle in the Mediterranean region (Talhouk 1969). The species was recorded in Europe: Austria, Azerbaijan, Azores, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, France (including Corsica), Greece, Hungary, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Macedonia, Malta, Portugal, Southern Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine (Crimea); Africa: Algeria, Canary Islands, Egypt, Madeira Islands, Morocco, Tunisia; and Asia: Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Tajikistan, and Turkey (Fontana 1925; Knížek 2011). 

First record of the Western Greece goby - Economidichthys pygmaeus (Holly, 1929), in Greater Prespa Lake (Albania)

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 78-81
Author(s):  
Spase Shumka ◽  
Laura Shumka ◽  
Kosta Trajce ◽  
Shega Ceci
Keyword(s):  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Aquatic Ecosystems ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Present Contribution ◽  
Total Length ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Western Greece ◽  
Prespa Lake

Economidichthys pygmaeus (Holly, 1929) is recorded based on specimens originating from Greater Prespa Lake, southeast Albania, at the intersection between Albania, Greece and North Macedonia. It represents the first record of the species in the Albanian part of this Lake. In the Mediterranean region, the ‘sand gobies’ are widespread playing an important role in different aquatic ecosystems, including the smallest European freshwater fish. The aim of the present contribution was to provide the first information on the presence E. pygmaeus in Greater Prespa Lake confirmed through 16 specimens caught in two localities. Most of the captured specimen were adults with a total length (TL) of 29-37 mm, while 5 specimens were Y-O-Y of (17-20 mm TL).

New distribution and taxonomic information on Callitriche (Plantaginaceae) in the Mediterranean region

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 313 (1) ◽  
pp. 91 ◽  
Author(s):  
RICHARD V. LANSDOWN ◽  
IOANNIS BAZOS ◽  
MARIA CARMELA CARIA ◽  
ANGELO TROIA ◽  
JAN J. WIERINGA
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Basin ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
New Records ◽  
Field Work ◽  
First Record ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Herbarium Specimens ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
The Mediterranean Basin

This article presents new records of water-starworts (Callitriche sp. pl.) from the Mediterranean basin, resulting from review of herbarium specimens and field work. Callitriche brutia var. naftolskyi is stated as a new combination and confirmed from Greece (Lesvos and Milos), Israel, Italy (Sardinia and Sicily), Libya, Morocco and Syria; C. lusitanica from Greece (Lesvos), Israel and Italy (Sardinia and Sicily); C. brutia var. brutia has been known from Greece for some time but is confirmed from Lesvos and Milos; C. obtusangula and C. truncata subsp. truncata are both confirmed from Sardinia and Sicily, while the latter is also confirmed from Syria. Callitriche lenisulca and C. stagnalis are confirmed from Sardinia but records of the latter from Lesvos appear to be erroneous; C. truncata subsp. occidentalis is known from Lesvos but records from Sardinia and Sicily appear to be erroneous. Records of C. regis-jubae from Sardinia are probably misidentifications for C. brutia var. naftolskyi. Records of C. brutia var. hamulata from the region are likely to be erroneous. A recent find of the alien C. terrestris in Spain is the first record for that country and the second record for Europe.

scholarly journals ADDRESSING DISTRIBUTIONAL SHORTCOMINGS THROUGH CITΙZEN SCIENCE RECORDS: THE PRESENCE OF HERMETIA ILLUCENS (LINNAEUS, 1758) (DIPTERA STRATIOMYIDAE) IN ALGERIA

Redia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 104 ◽  
pp. 69-73
Author(s):  
EVANGELOS KOUTSOUKOS ◽  
CHRISTOS KAZILAS
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Current Distribution ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Black Soldier Fly ◽  
Hermetia Illucens ◽  
Photographic Material ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mediterranean

The black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) is a polysaprophagous species originating from the Nearctic, that has been introduced to various countries throughout the world over the past decades. Even though, the fly has been recorded in several parts of the Mediterranean region and southern Africa, to this day its presence from northern Africa is only known from Morocco. The current study provides the first record of the black soldier fly from Algeria, based on photographic material and supplementing data which were extracted from citizen science observations. The provided material depicts the range expansion of the species throughout the coastal area of the country and provides new insight on the current distribution of the insect in the Mediterranean region, as well as in the continent of Africa. In addition, hypotheses on the possible introduction routes of the black soldier fly in the southwestern Mediterranean region are briefly discussed

scholarly journals First record of Synedropsis roundii (Bacillariophyta, Fragilariaceae) in the Mediterranean region

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 502
Author(s):  
SAÚL BLANCO ◽  
SUSANA ROMO ◽  
ANA GARCÍA-MURCIA
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Scanning Electron Microscopy ◽  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
First Record ◽  
Mediterranean Coast ◽  
Ecological Features ◽  
Se Brazil ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Eutrophic Lagoon ◽  
Scanning Electron

Populations of the fragilarioid diatom Synedropsis roundii are described from the phytoplankton of the Albufera of Valencia, a large and shallow eutrophic lagoon in the Spanish Mediterranean coast. The specimens collected are described and illustrated with light and scanning electron microscopy. This is the first documented record of this species since its description, and the first illustrated record of the genus in the Mediterranean region. The Albufera lagoon and the type locality of the species (Imboassica Lagoon, SE Brazil) are similar in some ecological features. The ecological and biogeographical implications of this finding are briefly discussed.

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