{"title":"First record of the genus Desertoniscus Verhoeff, 1930 (Isopoda: Agnaridae) from Iran, with the description of a new species","authors":"Y. Bakhshi, S. Sadeghi","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2243726","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2243726","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of terrestrial isopod, Desertoniscus iranensis n. sp., is described from Qeshm Island, southern Iran, representing the first record of the genus Desertoniscus for Iran. A description of the new species is provided and its diagnostic characters are illustrated. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2DDFE22F-6BFF-4221-A520-58CD5AF19A79","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"248 - 253"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46289972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Pourhaji, H. Lotfalizadeh, Jeroen de Rond, J. Rasplus
{"title":"A new species of the genus Israelius Richards, 1952 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Iran","authors":"A. Pourhaji, H. Lotfalizadeh, Jeroen de Rond, J. Rasplus","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2233772","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2233772","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Israelius Richards, 1952 comprises two species. We describe here after a new species, Israelius persicus Lotfalizadeh sp. nov., for which we provide illustrations of the external features. The morphology of this species is compared to previously known species and a key to species of Israelius is provided. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D05761BE-A9A3-48FA-BCD3-056C93737CE5","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"282 - 287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48171380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Arakelyan, T. Tadevosyan, R. Petrosyan, T. Ghrejyan, Angin Grigoryan
{"title":"Status of the Dwarf Lizard (Parvilacerta parva) at the edge of its range in Armenia","authors":"M. Arakelyan, T. Tadevosyan, R. Petrosyan, T. Ghrejyan, Angin Grigoryan","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2233760","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2233760","url":null,"abstract":"Studying the geographic distribution of the Dwarf Lizard (Parvilacerta parva) at the north-eastern edge of its geographic range in Armenia, we compiled a list of 31 locations in six regions (marzes) of northern and central Armenia. Three occurrences remain unconfirmed, and we interpret those as outliers in the context of the fundamental climate-driven niche we estimated using maximum entropy modelling. The species’ niche is determined by the minimum temperature of the coldest quarter, the seasonality of precipitation, and the mean monthly diurnal range of temperature. While nearly 50% of this climate driven niche is currently occupied by developed lands, 10 out of 26 reasonably confirmed Armenian populations of P. parva (38.5%) have been lost over the past 110 years. Despite the documented decline of P. parva in Armenia, habitat protection measures for this species are lacking and there is a need for enhanced conservation strategy.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"232 - 242"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59974168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Taxonomic and diagnostic notes on the Catopta kendevanensis Daniel, 1937 species group (Lepidoptera: Cossidae) in the Middle East","authors":"R. Yakovlev, A. Saldaitis","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2233777","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2233777","url":null,"abstract":"We describe for the first time the male genitalia of four little studied taxa of carpenter moths of the genus Catopta in the Middle East, namely C. kendevanensis Daniel, 1937, C. anjumanica Daniel, 1964, C. rocharva Sheljuzhko, 1943 and C. eberti Daniel, 1964, as well as the female genitalia of C. kendevanensis. Catopta anjumanica stat. n. is upgraded from subspecies of C. kendevanensis to the species level. The wing pattern of holotypes C. kendevanensis, C. anjumanica and C. eberti are illustrated. A distribution map is provided for all species. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FAB42D8C-646E-46AF-8AD4-3BCE178B4BF3","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"293 - 298"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49167476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new hypogean species and description of the unknown male of Domene miranda Assing from Anatolia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)","authors":"S. Anlaş","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2212520","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2212520","url":null,"abstract":"A new hypogean species, Domene lohaji sp. n., is described from Amasya province, northern Anatolia, and the male of Domene miranda Assing, 2010 is presented from Kastamonu province, northwestern Anatolia, for the first time. These species were collected in the mesovoid shallow substratum. A total of three hypogean species are now known to occur in Turkey. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6FBB54AD-37D4-456A-880E-70A2AB835ED9","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"254 - 261"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44601517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new species of Alloxysta Förster (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Türkiye","authors":"Musa Tataroğlu, Y. Katılmış","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2200093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2200093","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of the genus Alloxysta Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Charipinae) is described from Türkiye: Alloxysta turcica sp. n. SEM images and data on the diagnosis, distribution, and host of the new species are provided.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"288 - 292"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41807378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Morphology, molecular systematics and phylogeography of the Spine-cheek Gudgeon, Eleotris acanthopomus (Teleostei: Eleotridae) from the north-western Indian Ocean","authors":"H. Esmaeili, F. Zarei, A. Masoumi","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2203980","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2203980","url":null,"abstract":"General morphology, cephalic sensory papillae pattern, postcranial osteology, phylogenetic placement, phylogeographic pattern, and distribution of Eleotris acanthopomus Bleeker, 1853 (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Eleotridae) from the north-western Indian Ocean (Arabian Sea) are described. The cephalic papillae pattern follows the ‘open’ opercular pattern, and the cheek pattern ‘2.4’. The vertebral column includes 10 abdominal and 14–15 caudal vertebrae, for a total vertebral count of 24–25. Corroborating the morphological results, DNA barcoding based on mitochondrial COI confirmed that the specimens collected from the Arabian Sea coastal area are conspecific with E. acanthopomus from other Indo-Pacific localities. Eleotris acanthopomus from the Arabian Sea shows the closest phylogenetic relationship to E. pellegrini (11.9% K2P genetic distance). The presence of E. acanthopomus in the coastal area of the Arabian Sea represents the first record of this genus and species for the northern Indian Ocean and markedly expands its known geographical distribution range. A preliminary phylogeographic analysis of the newly collected E. acanthopomus haplotype from the Arabian Sea and archived haplotypes from other Indo-Pacific localities suggests that extensive dispersal occurs among regional populations, most probably during the pelagic larval stage.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"164 - 174"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48844780","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Omar Attum, Mohammad Al Tawaha, Loren Sieg, Ehab Eid
{"title":"Minimum soak times of Baited Remote Underwater Video needed to assess the status of a coral reef fish community in the northern Gulf of Aqaba","authors":"Omar Attum, Mohammad Al Tawaha, Loren Sieg, Ehab Eid","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2203977","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2203977","url":null,"abstract":"Fishing pressure and other human impacts are increasing throughout much of the Red Sea. We assessed the minimum soak time and status of the coral reef fish community in the Aqaba Marine Park, Jordan prior to its official redesignation as a Marine Reserve in 2020 using baited remote underwater video (BRUV). A total of 86 species from 27 families were recorded in 15 deployments, comprising 60 hours of video. A minimum soak time of 150 minutes was found necessary to sufficiently estimate overall species richness. For richness of commercially valuable families, shorter soak times of 60 minutes were adequate, likely resulting from increased attraction of this largely piscivorous group to the bait plumes. A 30-minute soak time was adequate to assess the maxN of commercially valuable families. Our results indicate that the Aqaba Marine Reserve was overfished prior to its establishment as a reserve, as we recorded no large predators and not a single individual from Carcharhinidae, Haemulidae, Lutjanidae, or Scombridae. Other predator families like Epinephelinae, Lethrinidae, and Carangidae were relatively rare with low maxN. Our results provide a useful point of comparison to assess whether the coral reef fish community will recover as a result of enhanced management action and reduced fishing pressure.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"112 - 122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47065900","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genetic diversity of the cosmopolitan long-legged fly Syntormon pallipes in Turkey","authors":"A. Tonguç, Ömer Yüzer, Ersin Doğaç","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2203983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2203983","url":null,"abstract":"Syntormon pallipes is one of the cosmopolitan species in the family Dolichopodidae. It has an important role in agriculture and forest ecosystems. We studied the genetic diversity of 10 populations of this species using seven ISSR primers and found 269 polymorphic loci. The polymorphism rate ranged between 34.6% and 72.1%. A molecular variance analysis showed that the main source of genetic variation originates from within the populations. In addition, the genetic differentiation value (GST) was found to be low, with a value of 0.13. The gene flow level (Nm) is high with a value of 3.11 per generation.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"193 - 200"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46846943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Description of a new species of solifuge of the genus Gylippus from Turkey (Solifugae: Gylippidae)","authors":"M. Erdek","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2212518","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2212518","url":null,"abstract":"A new solifuge species of Gylippinae Roewer 1933, Gylippus (Gylippus) merganus sp. n., is described and illustrated based on both sexes from Hakkari Province, southeastern Turkey. The details of the characteristics of both sexes are discussed and compared with related species. The number of species in the genus Gylippus found in Turkey is hereby increased to nine. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:89246671-9380-43DB-B47F-0B0DDE474DEA","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"69 1","pages":"183 - 192"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41897494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}