{"title":"Erratum. First documented observation of differential dorsoventral coat colouration in wild boar Sus scrofa (Artyodactyla: Suidae) in Italy","authors":"Francesco Gallozzi","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2024.787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2024.787","url":null,"abstract":"This erratum corrects the article published in Natural History Sciences, 11 (1): 71-72, 2024 (DOI: 10.4081/nhs.2024.721).","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"67 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141003125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redescription of Longitarsus ferruginipennis Fuente 1910 and resurrection of L. seticollis Mohr 1962 (Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)","authors":"G. Bastazo, Frank Fritzlar","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.695","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.695","url":null,"abstract":"Longitarsus ferruginipennis Fuente 1910 was described from Ciudad Real, Spain. Later, it was regarded a senior synonym of L. seticollis Mohr 1962. No other information about this species is available. In the current study, we compare the two species, concluding that they are different. A redescription of L. ferruginipennis and a new distributional record are given, as well as host plant and habitat data. Photographic images of the habitus and genitalia of the two species are shown.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"47 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003808","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Considerations on the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 and the taxa ascribed to it (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)","authors":"S. Zoia","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.691","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.691","url":null,"abstract":"Up to the 1960s the genus Syagrus Chapuis 1874 was treated differently by different authors, ultimately resulting in a mix of poorly related taxa. In this study, several new combinations are proposed for taxa hitherto erroneously classified in Syagrus, and an updated catalogue of known Syagrus is provided. Based on an examination of the type material, or otherwise of the original description and available specimens, the following taxonomic changes are proposed: Afroeurydemus conradsi (Pic 1939) n. comb. for Syagrus conradsi Pic 1939, A. corrosicollis (Lefèvre 1891) n. comb. for S. corrosicollis Lefèvre 1891, A. femoratus (Lefèvre 1891) n. comb. for S. femoratus Lefèvre 1891, A. luteoapicalis (Pic 1939) n. comb. for S. luteoapicalis Pic 1939, A. sansibaricus (Lefèvre 1891) n. comb. for Pheloticus sansibaricus Lefèvre 1891, A. sexnotatus (Lefèvre 1891) n. comb. for S. sexnotatus Lefèvre 1891, Eryxia cinerascens (Fairmaire 1894) n. comb. for S. cinerascens Fairmaire 1894, Microeurydemus adrarensis (Pic 1942) n. comb. for S. adrarensis Pic 1942, Microsyagrus angolensis (Pic 1939) n. comb. for Syagrus angolensis Pic 1939, M. atriventris (Pic 1939) n. comb. for S. atriventris Pic 1939, M. laurenti (Pic 1949) n. comb. for S. laurenti Pic 1949, M. maculosus (Lefèvre 1891) n. comb. for S. maculosus Lefèvre 1891, Microsyagrus (?) discomaculatus (Pic 1939) n. comb. for S. discomaculatus Pic 1939, Paraivongius (P.) monardi (Pic 1939) n. comb. for S. monardi Pic 1939, Paraivongius (Micromenius) auratus (Weise 1883) n. comb. for S. auratus Weise 1883, Proliniscus minutus (Jacoby 1895) n. comb. for S. minutus Jacoby 1895. Pheloticus femoralis Weise 1910 is a resurrected combination for a species previously ranged in Syagrus.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"11 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139004750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Insights into the subgenera Chrysolina s. str. and Rhyssoloma Woll. of Chrysolina Mots. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)","authors":"E. Petitpierre","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.687","url":null,"abstract":"The taxonomic position of Chrysolina costalis and C. wollastoni in the subgenera Chrysolina s. str. or Rhyssoloma is ambiguous. Recently, they have moved from the former to the latter subgenus, by taking four morphological characters. However, C. (Rhyssoloma) fragariae, the type species of this subgenus, is clearly distinguished with regard to the two previous species, from other morphological features, also the male karyotype of 2n=24(Xyp) instead of 2n=23(X0) chromosomes, and mainly in the DNA molecular phylogenetic trees where C. costalis and C. wollastoni appear in the same highly supported clade with C. bankii, another species of the Chrysolina s. str. subgenus. Therefore, the subgenus Rhyssoloma should be maintained as monotypic with C. fragariae as its unique species like it was before.\u0000[Cover by Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA - Leaf Beetle eating Common Plantain, no change made, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=49953690]","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"215 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139005838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The endophallus of Timarcha kiesenwetteri ssp. sagrensis Kuntzen 1911 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)","authors":"J. M. Vela, M. Daccordi","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.696","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.696","url":null,"abstract":"The endophallus of Timarcha kiesenwetteri ssp. sagrensis is herein described for the first time. Its morphology is simple. It has a long basal lobe and a large medial lobe which narrows progressively to a small apical diverticulum. Timarcha kiesenwetteri is an extremely rare species from Southern Spain. It is so rare it has been found very infrequently in the last century.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"91 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Longitarsus leonardicarloi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), new species from Turkmenistan","authors":"A. Konstantinov, Madison F. Dorr","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.694","url":null,"abstract":"Longitarsus leonardicarloi (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), new species belonging to Longitarsus anchusae species group is described from Turkmenistan. The new species is illustrated with images of male and female genitalia; dorsal, lateral, and frontal habiti; and protarsomeres of both sexes. It is compared with L. anchusae (Paykull), L. anatolicus Weise and L. hittita Biondi, which are illustrated with images of the median lobe of the aedeagi, dorsal and frontal habiti. A key to all species currently included in L. anchusae group is provided.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"37 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139004597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"New data on Longitarsus rubellus species group with description of a new species from Western Balkans (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini)","authors":"Laura Farina","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.684","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.684","url":null,"abstract":"A new Longitarsus species is described from Western Balkans: Longitarsus carolileonardii (Bosnia and Herzegovina: Mojmilo) following the study of five specimens housed at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. The new species belongs to the Longitarsus rubellus species group including also L. rubellus (Foudras 1860), L. gruevi Leonardi & Mohr 1974, L. refugiensis Leonardi & Mohr 1974 and L. ibericus Leonardi & Mohr 1974. Altogether, these species have similar habitus, but can be distinguished from each other mainly by the male sexual characters. A comparative table summarizes the diagnostic characters for all the species in the group. New distributional, biological and morphological data are also given.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"109 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139003697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maurizio Biondi, Mauro Daccordi, Laura Farina, Davide Sassi, S. Zoia
{"title":"To Carlo Leonardi entomologist, friend, and mentor, on his 80th birthday","authors":"Maurizio Biondi, Mauro Daccordi, Laura Farina, Davide Sassi, S. Zoia","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.709","url":null,"abstract":"On March 25, 2022, friends and fellow scholars of Chrysomelidae from northern Italy met convivially in Milan to celebrate the 80th birthday of their friend and mentor Carlo Leonardi.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"32 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139005251","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Primula</i> ×<i>chignolensis</i> (Ericales: Primulaceae), a new primrose hybrid discovered in Val Seriana (northern Italy)","authors":"Enrico Banfi, Renato Ferlinghetti","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.705","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.705","url":null,"abstract":"A new hybrid of primrose discovered fifteen years ago in the locality Bivacco La Plana, Pre-Alps of Bergamo, above Chignolo, a hamlet of the municipality of Oneta, later also confirmed for the crest of Mount Alben, always in the same municipality, is here described. The parental species turn out to be Primula albenensis Banfi & Ferl. and P. auricula L., the former endemic to the mountains of Bergamo (Mount Alben, Mount Aralalta group and the Ancogno Valley), the latter a European orophyte, here coexisting often together on limestone faces. The new finding shows constant morphology in its stands, and there is no evidence of either \"hybrid swarming\" or introgression to exclude the total sterility of the population and this occurrence should be considered result of a process of inter parentes hybrid speciation (nothospecies) deserving of taxonomic recognition.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"43 8","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136381432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrea Spinelli, Pau Sendín Baquero, Francesco Tiralongo
{"title":"Westward expansion of the brown shrimp <i>Penaeus aztecus</i> Ives 1891 (Decapoda: Penaeidae) in the Mediterranean Sea: a review on the Mediterranean distribution and first record from Spain","authors":"Andrea Spinelli, Pau Sendín Baquero, Francesco Tiralongo","doi":"10.4081/nhs.2023.711","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2023.711","url":null,"abstract":"Penaeus aztecus Ives 1891, commonly known as the brown shrimp, is a well-established invasive alien species of Atlantic origin in the Mediterranean Sea. Here we report on the presence of the species in the Balearic Sea, eastern Mediterranean coast of Spain, where seven specimens were caught in 2023 (February, May and July). Our records represent the first from Mediterranean Spanish waters, as well as the westernmost for this species in the whole basin. Furthermore, on the basis of the data collected, we suggest the presence of a well-established population in this part of the basin. We provide a review on the Mediterranean distribution of the species with discussion on possible pathways of introduction and implications for the ecosystem and fisheries.","PeriodicalId":52358,"journal":{"name":"Natural History Sciences","volume":"38 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135111922","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}