scholarly journals I Crisomelidi (Coleoptera; Chrysomelidae) del Parco di Montevecchia e della Valle del Curone (Italia, Lombardia, provincia di Lecco) [Leaf beetles (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae) from Montevecchia and Curone Valley Natural Park (Italy, Lombardy, Lecco)]

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Laura Farina
Keyword(s):  
Leptinotarsa Decemlineata ◽  
Sono State ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Diabrotica Virgifera ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Leaf Beetles ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Ophraella Communa ◽  
The Alps

<p>Vengono presentati i risultati di un’indagine faunistica condotta nel Parco Regionale di Montevecchia e della Valle del Curone, localizzato all’estremità meridionale del sistema Sudalpino, in provincia di Lecco. Viene fornito un elenco delle 92 specie di Crisomelidi censite (tre delle quali risultano nuove per la fauna lombarda: <em>Aphthona</em> <em>sicelidis</em>, <em>Dibolia</em> <em>femoralis</em>, <em>Crepidodera</em> <em>fulvicornis</em>) con indicazioni corologiche, fenologiche e la lista delle piante nutrici, ricavate in parte dalla letteratura e in parte da osservazioni sul campo. Vengono inoltre fornite alcune considerazioni sistematiche e biogeografiche relative alla specie <em>Aphthona</em> <em>sicelidis</em>. Le raccolte sono state effettuate prevalentemente in 9 stazioni situate all’interno del parco regionale e selezionate in base a criteri fitosociologico-vegetazionali. L’analisi zoogeografica mostra che il gruppo corologico maggiormente rappresentato è quello delle specie ad ampia distribuzione nella regione Olartica (57 specie = 62%), seguito dagli elementi ad ampia distribuzione in Europa (26 specie = 28%), e nel bacino mediterraneo (5 specie = 6%); i gruppi delle specie afrotropicali e orientali presenti anche nell’area mediterranea sono rappresentati da una sola specie (<em>Chaetocnema</em> <em>hortensis</em>), i gruppi di origine Neartica invece sono rappresentati da tre specie (<em>Diabrotica virgifera, Ophraella communa, Leptinotarsa decemlineata</em>).</p><p> </p><p>This paper is the result of a faunistic research on the Chrysomelidae fauna of Montevecchia and Curone Valley Natural Park. The Park is located south of the Alps, in Lombardy, in the province of Lecco. The author provides a list of 92 species collected. Three of these are new for the Lombardy fauna: <em>Aphthona sicelidis,</em> <em>Dibolia</em> <em>femoralis</em> and <em>Crepidodera fulvicornis</em>. The paper contains chorological and phenological notes for many species and taxonomical remarks on <em>Aphthona</em> <em>sicelidis</em>. Most specimens have been collected in 9 sampling-sites placed inside the Park and selected according to physiognomic-vegetational criteria. The zoogeographical analysis shows that the list of species is dominated by Olarctic species (57 species = 62%), followed by European elements (26 species = 28%) and Mediterranean species (5 species = 6%). Afrotropical and Oriental species also present in the Mediterranean area are represented by a single species (<em>Chaetocnema hortensis</em>), the groups of Nearctic origin instead are represented by three species (<em>Diabrotica virgifera, Ophraella communa, Leptinotarsa decemlineata</em>).</p>

Soil fertility evolution and landscape dynamics in a Mediterranean area: a case study in the Sant Llorenç Natural Park (Barcelona, NE Spain)

Area ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordi Nadal ◽  
Albert Pèlachs ◽  
David Molina ◽  
Joan-Manuel Soriano
Keyword(s):  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Landscape Dynamics ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Ne Spain

Review of the Merodon albifasciatus Macquart species complex (Diptera: Syrphidae): the nomenclatural type located and its provenance discussed

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4374 (1) ◽  
pp. 25 ◽  
Author(s):  
ANTE VUJIĆ ◽  
GUNILLA STÅHLS ◽  
JELENA AČANSKI ◽  
SANTOS ROJO ◽  
CELESTE PÉREZ-BAÑÓN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Complex ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
Type Specimen ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Female Holotype ◽  
Eastern Mediterranean Area

The Palaearctic Merodon geniculatus species group (Diptera, Syrphidae: Merodontini) currently comprises six Western Mediterranean species and four species with Eastern Mediterranean distribution. One of this group species, Merodon albifasciatus Macquart, 1842, is the only Merodon species listed from the Oriental Region. We discovered the lost holotype, which fit morphologically with European Merodon females of the M. albifasciatus species complex confirmed here and that occurs in the Palaearctic region. An integrative approach to the taxonomy of M. albifasciatus based on morphological and molecular evidences revealed the existence of two additional closely-related species in the Eastern Mediterranean area, M. luteofasciatus Vujić, Radenković & Ståhls sp. nov. and M. neofasciatus Ståhls & Vujić sp. nov.. The females of these three species can only be separated by molecular and distributional data. With the aim of stabilising species concepts within the complex, the taxon distributed in mainland Greece, including the Peloponnese was associated to the old female holotype of M. albifasciatus. The identity of Merodon fractipes Paramonov, described from Rhodes Island (Greece) as subspecies of M. geniculatus Strobl in Czerny & Strobl, could not be resolved as the type specimen is lost. Thus the name M. fractipes is suppressed as nomen dubium. We discuss the distribution of the species of M. albifasciatus complex, identify host plants of M. neofasciatus, and provide an identification key to males of Eastern Mediterranean species of Merodon geniculatus group. 

Metamelanea and Stromatella, new Genera of Lichinaceae

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Henssen
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Single Species ◽  
New Combination ◽  
New Genera ◽  
Developmental Morphology ◽  
The Alps

AbstractThe new generic names Metamelanea Henssen and Strotnatella Henssen are described inthe Lichinaceae. They are denned by the developmental morphology of the ascocarp and thallus structure. In both genera the thallus is subfruticose, and the cyanobiont a single-celled member of the Chroococcales. The genus Metamelanea is based on the type species M.umbonata Henssen, newly described from the Alps, and M. melambola (Tuck.) Henssen comb, nov., found in North America. The genus Strotnatella is based on the single species, S. bermudana (Riddle) Henssen, formerly Psorotichia bermudana Riddle. The new genera are compared with species of other genera of the Lichinaceae: Gyrocollema, Lecidopyrenopsis and Porocyphus; some micrographs of Lecidopyrenopsis corticola Vainio. are also included. The new combination Porocyphus ocellatus(Th. Fr.) Henssen is made; Pyrenopsis triptococcus Nyl. is selected as lectotype of Pyrenopsis subgen. Cladopsis Nyl. (syn. Cladopsis (Nyl) Hue).

Centers of Power, Weapons of Iron

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Douglas Price
Keyword(s):  
Bronze Age ◽  
Iron Age ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
First Millennium ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Iron Artifacts ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
City States

The introduction of iron after 1000 BC brought new tools and weapons to Europe. Smelting technology and higher furnace temperatures were likely the key to iron production, which is generally thought to have originated in Anatolia around 1400 BC among the Hittites, but there are a few earlier examples of iron artifacts as old as 2300 BC in Turkey. Iron produced sharper, more readily available implements and was in great demand. In contrast to copper and tin, whose sources were limited, iron was found in a variety of forms in many places across the continent. Veins of iron ore were exploited in Iberia, Britain, the Alps, the Carpathian Mountains, and elsewhere. Bog iron was exploited in northern Europe. Carbonate sources of iron in other areas enabled local groups to obtain the raw materials necessary for producing this important material. At the same time, the collapse of the dominant Bronze Age civilizations of the Aegean changed the flow of raw materials and finished products across Europe. Greece fell into a Dark Age following the demise of the Mycenaean city-states. The Etruscans were on the rise in Italy. Rome was a small town at the border of the Etruscan region. Soon, however, new centers of power in classic Greece and Rome emerged, bringing writing and, with it, history to Europe. Again, we can observe important and dramatic differences between the “classic” areas of the Mediterranean and the northern parts of “barbarian” Europe. The chronology for the Iron Age in much of Europe is portrayed in Figure 6.2. The Iron Age begins earlier in the Mediterranean area, ca. 900 BC, where the Classical civilizations of Greece, the Etruscans, and eventually Rome emerge in the first millennium BC. Rome and its empire expanded rapidly, conquering much of western Europe in a few decades before the beginning of the Common Era and Britain around ad 43, effectively ending the prehistoric Iron Age in these parts of the continent. The Iron Age begins somewhat later in Scandinavia, around 500 BC.

Catalogue of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from South Tyrol  (Prov. Bolzano, Italy)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4435 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
HEINRICH SCHATZ
Keyword(s):  
Oribatid Mite ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Oribatid Mites ◽  
General Distribution ◽  
Undescribed Species ◽  
Mediterranean Species ◽  
Italian Alps ◽  
South Tyrol ◽  
Mountainous Regions ◽  
The Alps

A checklist of the oribatid mites reported in South Tyrol (Italy) is presented, covering all published records until 2017. Numerous unpublished records are added. Several species were revised, doubtful and erroneous records from previous publications are discussed and corrected if necessary. A total of 397 described species in 71 families are listed, complemented by two subspecies and 15 undetermined or undescribed species. The list includes all records of each species in South Tyrol, their known distribution in the Italian Alps sorted to provinces, the distribution in Italy, occurrence in the neighbouring countries Austria and Switzerland, and their general distribution. Occasional additional remarks give taxonomic information. A historical overview of the exploration of the oribatid mites in South Tyrol is outlined. The general distribution of the oribatid mite fauna of South Tyrol is analysed. Beside species with a wide distribution the region includes many “Mediterranean” species, species with their main distribution in Central Europe, and species restricted to the Alps, the latter mainly in higher mountainous regions.  

scholarly journals The Perceived Value and Future Behavioral Intentions in Ecotourism: A Study in the Mediterranean Natural Parks from Spain

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 1133
Author(s):  
Mauricio Carvache-Franco ◽  
Conrado Carrascosa-López ◽  
Wilmer Carvache-Franco
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
Perceived Value ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Natural Parks ◽  
Regression Techniques ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
Emotional Value

Ecotourism is becoming increasingly important in natural parks because it raises the value of the environment for the visitor. The present study aimed to (i) establish the factors of the perceived value in ecotourism and (ii) analyze the predictive relationships of the dimensions of the perceived value with the satisfaction and loyalty of ecotourists. The study was carried out in the Albufera Natural Park and the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park, two protected areas in the Mediterranean area of Spain. The sample collected in situ consisted of 349 valid questionnaires. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA), a confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and multiple regression techniques were performed for data analysis. The results established three dimensions in the perceived value: functional and emotional, economic, and social, being the “functional and emotional” value the most significant predictor of satisfaction and loyalty of ecotourists. The findings will allow institutions to have a management guide for protected areas.

scholarly journals Diversity, distribution, and conservation status of Rubiaceae species in Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape, Luzon, Philippines

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Biag ◽  
GRECEBIO JONATHAN D. ALEJANDRO
Keyword(s):  
Species Diversity ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Mountain Range ◽  
Natural Park ◽  
Sierra Madre ◽  
Data Deficient ◽  
Near Threatened

Abstract. Biag RA, Alejandro GJD. Diversity, distribution, and conservation status of Rubiaceae species in Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape, Luzon, Philippines. Biodiversitas 22: 3627-3636. Peñablanca Protected Landscape and Seascape (PPLS) is the largest protected area (PA) in the province of Cagayan, Luzon, Philippines. As part of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range and being contiguous with the Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park, there is no doubt that this PA would display species endemism and richness. Hence, botanical surveys through purposive sampling in seven barangays/districts were conducted in the PPLS to determine the species diversity and distribution of Rubiaceae. This study also aims to identify the endemic species and determine their conservation status. Forty-two species of Rubiaceae belonging to 19 genera and 13 tribes were documented in the current study. The most species-rich tribes are Spermacoceae (9 sp.), followed by Psychotrieae (7 sp.), Pavetteae (6 sp.), Naucleae (5 sp.), Ixoreae (4 sp.), Aleisantheae (2 sp.), Mussaendeae (2 sp.), and Vanguerieae (2 sp.). The rest of the tribes, i.e., Augusteae, Coffeeae, Gardenieae, Knoxieae, and Morindeae, are represented by a single species. Minanga, Nabbabalayan and Sisim harbor the most species. Results show that 19 Philippine endemic species are thriving in the PPLS. Of these, four are threatened species; one is near threatened, three being least concern, two as data deficient, and the rest were not evaluated.  

On the syn-orogenic basins of the Alps-Apennines tectonic system in NW Italy

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Piana ◽  
Anna d'Atri ◽  
Andrea Irace
Keyword(s):  
Tectonic Evolution ◽  
Middle Eocene ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Foreland Basin ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
Western Alps ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Late Oligocene ◽  
The Alps ◽  
Nw Italy

&lt;p&gt;The Alps and the westernmost part of Apennines physically join in NW Italy (Piemonte), where the Apennine thrusts interfered, since Late Oligocene, with both the inner boundary faults of the uplifting Alps axial belt and the outer fronts of the Alpine antithetic retrobelt (the Southern Alps). As the two orogenic belts had been intergrowing since the late Oligocene, coeval syn-orogenic basins developed on both, either as separate depocenters or, more frequently, to form a continuous sedimentary domain, strongly controlled by the tectonic evolution of the Alps-Apennines orogenic system.&amp;#160; These syn-orogenic basins both recorded the main stages of the Alps (neoAlpine events) and Apennines tectonic evolution, whose evidence (mostly represented by regional-scale unconformities) can be correlated within each basin and across them. Correlations (in terms of sharing common geologic events) can be found also with the middle Eocene to lower Oligocene basal part of the Alpine foreland basin succession, which extended continuously on the external side of the Western Alps. This contribution will briefly discuss this complex matter in an integrated Alpine-Apennines perspective and in the frame of the post-Eocene evolution of the Western Mediterranean area.&lt;/p&gt;

First record of Camarops petersii from eastern Europe

Mycotaxon ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 135 (4) ◽  
pp. 811-816
Author(s):  
Eugene S. Popova ◽  
Sergey V. Volobuev
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Mediterranean Area ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Description ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Modern Distribution ◽  
Western Border ◽  
The Alps ◽  
First Time ◽  
European Populations

The stromatic ascomycete Camarops petersii was recorded for the first time in Eastern Europe. It was found growing on Quercus robur wood, on a fallen trunk of a lightning stuck tree in Bryansk Oblast, next to the western border of Russia. The morphological description, data on the distribution and habitat are provided. The modern distribution of C. petersii is confined mostly to the refugia of tertiary relict floras. All known European populations of Camarops petersii (including our own) are from north of the Alps, possibly established relatively recently due to post-glacial colonization of the broadleaf forests. Future C. petersii populations may be found in the Mediterranean area and the Caucasus.

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