New findings of terrestrial arthropods from the Azorean Islands DOI Creative Commons
Mário Boieiro, Zsófia Varga‐Szilay, Ricardo Costa

et al.

Biodiversity Data Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Nov. 7, 2024

The knowledge on taxonomic diversity of arthropods is key to better understanding the biodiversity patterns and processes guiding sustainable conservation strategies practices. In Azores, terrestrial are relatively well-inventoried following publication comprehensive checklists that have been regularly updated. Nevertheless, every year, new species found as a result arrivals Archipelago from addressing specific lacunae. Here, we update arthropod Azores by reporting for first time 13 Archipelago, namely Oligonychus perseae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1976, Textrix pinicola Simon, 1875, Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851), Schistocerca gregaria (Forsskål, 1775), Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840, Diachus auratus Fabricius, 1801 Phyllotreta procera (Redtenbacher, 1849), striolata (Fabricius, 1803), Dibolia occultans (Koch, Pseudolynchia canariensis (Macquart, 1839), Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier, 1792), several records islands. These benefitted increase in transportation goods commodities, both outside between islands, arrive spread across with some them posing challenges local agriculture, forestry management.

Language: Английский

Pollinator species richness and abundance across diverse habitat-types on Terceira Island (Azores, Portugal) DOI Creative Commons
Mário Boieiro, Rosário Oliveira, Ricardo Costa

et al.

Biodiversity Data Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13

Published: Jan. 22, 2025

Azorean biodiversity is relatively well-known following important scientific contributions during the last three decades. These have set a comprehensive species checklist for Archipelago, improved significantly knowledge on abundance, ecology and distribution contributed to define priorities conservation management research. Nevertheless, despite these efforts, key functional group - pollinators remains poorly known in Azores, including their occurrence different habitat-types islands. Insect play ecological role valuable ecosystem service being crucial having basic information good status of populations, if we aim ensure long-term sustainability terrestrial ecosystems. Furthermore, island ecosystems are facing significant pressures from land-use climatic changes and, increasing arrival alien remote areas, presenting pressing need assess effects factors pollination. Here, present an inventory pollinator found Terceira along gradient disturbance encompassing 30 sites distributed throughout island. We identified 2547 40 taxa, mostly dipterans hymenopterans recorded novel associations. A high number taxa native species, endemics, but 14 Archipelago. The use combination standardised sampling techniques allowed us collect diverse groups, but, most importantly, data collected will contribute impacts human activities abundance richness support decision-making habitat Azores.

Language: Английский

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New findings of terrestrial arthropods from the Azorean Islands DOI Creative Commons
Mário Boieiro, Zsófia Varga‐Szilay, Ricardo Costa

et al.

Biodiversity Data Journal, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: Nov. 7, 2024

The knowledge on taxonomic diversity of arthropods is key to better understanding the biodiversity patterns and processes guiding sustainable conservation strategies practices. In Azores, terrestrial are relatively well-inventoried following publication comprehensive checklists that have been regularly updated. Nevertheless, every year, new species found as a result arrivals Archipelago from addressing specific lacunae. Here, we update arthropod Azores by reporting for first time 13 Archipelago, namely Oligonychus perseae Tuttle, Baker & Abbatiello, 1976, Textrix pinicola Simon, 1875, Pholcomma gibbum (Westring, 1851), Schistocerca gregaria (Forsskål, 1775), Phoracantha recurva Newman, 1840, Diachus auratus Fabricius, 1801 Phyllotreta procera (Redtenbacher, 1849), striolata (Fabricius, 1803), Dibolia occultans (Koch, Pseudolynchia canariensis (Macquart, 1839), Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758), Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 Ectemnius cephalotes (Olivier, 1792), several records islands. These benefitted increase in transportation goods commodities, both outside between islands, arrive spread across with some them posing challenges local agriculture, forestry management.

Language: Английский

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