scholarly journals Terfezia terfezioides - a new hypogeous fungus for Balkan Peninsula

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Ławrynowicz ◽  
Mirosłav Markowić ◽  
Miroljub Milenković ◽  
Boris Ivanćević
Keyword(s):  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Mycorrhizal Association ◽  
First Time ◽  
Distribution In Europe ◽  
Hypogeous Fungus

<i>Terfezia terfezioides</i> (Matt.) Trappe was found for the first time in FR Yugoslavia in 1991. Description of the specimens, its mycorrhizal association with <i>Robinta pseudoacacia</i> and distribution in Europe are discussed in the paper. This is the first locality of <i>T. terfezioides</i> on Balkan Peninsula.

scholarly journals New records of Microbotryum (Microbotryaceae) from the Balkan Peninsula

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-291
Author(s):  
Teodor Denchev ◽  
Boris Assyov ◽  
Cvetomir Denchev
Keyword(s):  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
New Records ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Smut Fungus ◽  
Smut Fungi ◽  
Italian Alps ◽  
New Host ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
First Time ◽  
Distribution In Europe

Seven smut fungi belonging to the genus Microbotryum are reported for the first time from the following Balkan countries: M. heliospermatis, M. piperi, M. scabiosae, M. silenes-dioicae, and M. silenes-saxifragae from Bulgaria, M. reticulatum, M. silenes-saxifragae, and M. stygium from Greece, and M. silenes-saxifragae from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia. The finding of M. piperi represents the first Balkan record of this smut fungus which, elsewhere in Europe, is only known from the French Pyrenees and the Italian Alps. The finding of M. stygium in Crete considerably extends its distribution in Europe. Rumex tuberosus subsp. creticus is reported as a new host for M. stygium.

scholarly journals Antimicrobial and Immunomodulating Activities of Two Endemic Nepeta Species and Their Major Iridoids Isolated from Natural Sources

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 414
Author(s):  
Neda Aničić ◽  
Uroš Gašić ◽  
Feng Lu ◽  
Ana Ćirić ◽  
Marija Ivanov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Biofilm Formation ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Antimicrobial Activities ◽  
Natural Sources ◽  
E Coli ◽  
Food Borne ◽  
Metabolite Profiles ◽  
Aspergillus Sp ◽  
First Time

Two Balkan Peninsula endemics, Nepeta rtanjensis and N. argolica subsp. argolica, both characterized by specialized metabolite profiles predominated by iridoids and phenolics, are differentiated according to the stereochemistry of major iridoid aglycone nepetalactone (NL). For the first time, the present study provides a comparative analysis of antimicrobial and immunomodulating activities of the two Nepeta species and their major iridoids isolated from natural sources—cis,trans-NL, trans,cis-NL, and 1,5,9-epideoxyloganic acid (1,5,9-eDLA), as well as of phenolic acid rosmarinic acid (RA). Methanol extracts and pure iridoids displayed excellent antimicrobial activity against eight strains of bacteria and seven strains of fungi. They were especially potent against food-borne pathogens such as L. monocytogenes, E. coli, S. aureus, Penicillium sp., and Aspergillus sp. Targeted iridoids were efficient agents in preventing biofilm formation of resistant P. aeruginosa strain, and they displayed additive antimicrobial interaction. Iridoids are, to a great extent, responsible for the prominent antimicrobial activities of the two Nepeta species, although are probably minor contributors to the moderate immunomodulatory effects. The analyzed iridoids and RA, individually or in mixtures, have the potential to be used in the pharmaceutical industry as potent antimicrobials, and in the food industry to increase the shelf life and safety of food products.

Phimodera flori Fieber, found in Greece on Mount Olympus, new to the Balkan Peninsula (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4958 (1) ◽  
pp. 649-653
Author(s):  
PARIDE DIOLI
Keyword(s):  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Southern Europe ◽  
High Altitudes ◽  
First Report ◽  
Asian Species ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
The Alps ◽  
First Time

The first report of Phimodera flori Fieber, 1863 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae) in the Balkan Peninsula (Mt. Olympus, Greece) is presented. This continental European and Central Asian species is rare in southern Europe where it has been found only at high altitudes of the Alps and the Pyrenees so far. It has been regarded as extinct from the 1970’s in many countries. The species is recorded for the first time for Greece, being Mt. Olympus the southernmost known locality. 

The larvae of three Greek species of Hydropsyche (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) and key for larvae of known Aegean Hydropsyche species

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4382 (2) ◽  
pp. 381
Author(s):  
IOANNIS KARAOUZAS
Keyword(s):  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Aegean Islands ◽  
First Time ◽  
Of Greece

The larvae of Hydropsyche cetibeli Malicky & Sipahiler 1993 from the Aegean, Hydropsyche mostarensis Klapálek 1898, endemic of the Balkan Peninsula, and Hydropsyche pygmalion Malicky 2001 endemic of Serifos Island (Cyclades, Greece) are described for the first time. The diagnostic features of the species are described and illustrated, and some information regarding their ecology is included. In addition, a tabular key for larvae of the known Hydropsyche species of Greece and the Aegean Islands is included. 

scholarly journals Poa jubata (Poaceae), a rare Balkan species, first record for the Italian flora

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 (2) ◽  
pp. 147-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvatore Brullo ◽  
Cristian Brullo ◽  
Salvatore Cambria ◽  
Gianpietro Giusso del Galdo ◽  
Pietro Minissale ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Temporary Ponds ◽  
Winter Period ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
European Species ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Italian Flora ◽  
First Time

Abstract Poa jubata A. Kern., an annual South-eastern European species, is reported for the first time from Italy. It is a therophyte linked to temporary ponds with soils flooded during the winter period. It is a very rare and enigmatic species, currently known only from a few localities of the Balkan Peninsula. Recently, it was surveyed in an Apulian wetland, near Brindisi, where it grows with several other annual hygrophytes. For its taxonomical isolation, it is included in a monospecific section, as P. sect. Jubatae. In addition to a detailed description, the chromo-some complement (2n = 14) of this species is examined for the first time and a new iconography is provided.

Revision of the cluster-flies of the Pollenia vagabunda species-group (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

1992 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Rognes
Keyword(s):  
Mediterranean Region ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Species Group ◽  
Western Mediterranean ◽  
Nomen Nudum ◽  
Atlas Mountains ◽  
New Synonym ◽  
Group A ◽  
First Time ◽  
Distribution In Europe

AbstractWithin Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, a vagabunda species-group is defined and described. It consists of three species new to science: P. bezziana sp. n., P. stigi sp. n. and P. verneri sp. n. and two redescribed species: P. contempta Robineau-Desvoidy and P. vagabunda (Meigen). It is monophyletic on the basis of synapomorphies in the male cerci and the number of the inner posthumeral setae. Its sister-group is believed to be the viatica species-group. A key is provided and terminalia of both sexes illustrated for all species as far as these are known. A neotype is designated for Pollenia contempta Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830. A lectotype is designated for Pollenia hasei Séguy, 1928b. P. contempta is widely distributed in the western Mediterranean region and is the sister species of P. vagabunda with a much wider distribution in Europe. P. vagabunda is also reported from the U.S.A. for the first time. P. bezziana is described from Italy, P. verneri from Spain and Portugal, and P. stigi from high altitude in the Moyen Atlas mountains of Morocco. Musca varians Meigen in Morge (1975), nomen nudum, is established as a new synonym of Musca vagabunda Meigen, 1826.

scholarly journals On two remarkable species of Azeliinae (Diptera: Muscidae), previously unknown from the Balkans, but collected from Bulgaria already in the 20th century

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Eberhard Zielke
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
First Time

Achanthiptera rohrelliformis (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830) and Hydrotaea aenescens (Wiedemann, 1830), two species of the subfamily Azeliinae (Muscidae), are recorded for the first time from Bulgaria, although they have been already collected around 1908 and 1973, respectively. Due to the fact that the specimen of A. rohrelliformis has not been determined earlier and that males and females of H. aenescens have been erroneously assigned to Ophyra leucostoma (Wiedemann, 1817), the findings of the two species, new to the muscid fauna from Bulgaria and the Balkan Peninsula, are only reported now.

scholarly journals New faunistic and taxonomic notes on the Haplogyne and Cribellate spiders (Araneae: Dictynidae, Dysderidae, Eresidae, Filistatidae, Sicariidae) from three Balkan countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-76
Author(s):  
Maria Naumova ◽  
Christo Deltshev
Keyword(s):  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
First Record ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
First Report ◽  
Balkan Countries ◽  
First Time

In this paper, we report for the first time two spider species for Albania, four for Bulgaria and two for Greece: Altella lucida (Simon, 1874) (Bulgaria), Eresus moravicus Rezác, 2008 (Bulgaria and Greece), Filistata insidiatrix (Forsskål, 1775) (Albania), Harpactea samuili Lazarov, 2006 (Greece), Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour, 1820) (Albania), Pritha parva Legittimo, Simeon, Di Pompeo et Kulczycki, 2017 (Bulgaria) and Pritha vestita (Simon, 1873) (Bulgaria). The recently described species P. parva is the first report for the Balkan Peninsula, while P. vestita is the first record for mainland Europe. Their congener Pritha nana (Simon, 1868) is removed from the Bulgarian checklist of spiders (misidentification). As a result of our report, the number of spider species increases to 571, 1049 and 1183 in Albania, Bulgaria and Greece, respectively.

scholarly journals Parental care in Cryptops hortensis (Donovan) (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha) from Serbia, the Balkan peninsula

2012 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 1117-1121 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.M. Mitic ◽  
D.Z. Antic ◽  
B.S. Ilic ◽  
S.E. Makarov ◽  
L.R. Lucic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Parental Care ◽  
Adult Female ◽  
General Feature ◽  
Balkan Peninsula ◽  
Ventral Side ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
First Time ◽  
Plesiomorphic State

Parental care in the geographically widespread cryptopid scolopendromorph Cryptops hortensis (Donovan) is described for the first time. It was observed that the adult female rolls her body around the mass of hatchlings with the ventral side against the brood. This finding supports the hypothesis that within the brooding centipedes, the female position with the terga outwards is a plesiomorphic state and probably a general feature of all Scolopendromorpha. In addition, the major external morphological characters of the fetus instar and adolescens I are described.

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