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{"title":"Ecological insights on the feeding behaviour of waterbirds in an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area of South West Johor Coast, Malaysia.","authors":"Nur Athirah Fauzi, Kaviarasu Munian, Nur Aina Amira Mahyudin, Nor Atiqah Norazlimi","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e141250","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e141250","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mangroves and mudflats are essential intertidal habitats that support benthic communities, providing critical feeding grounds for waterbirds. However, the degradation of these habitats due to coastal reclamation poses significant threats to prey availability and waterbird populations along the South est Johor Coast. While most avian research in Johor focuses on forest birds, studies on coastal waterbirds, particularly their feeding ecology, remain scarce. Understanding the feeding ecology of waterbirds is crucial for strengthening conservation efforts in vulnerable intertidal habitats. This study investigated the feeding behaviour and diet composition of waterbirds along the South West Johor Coast, Malaysia. Fieldwork was conducted in three coastal mudflats from November 2020 to May 2021, employing the direct observation technique. A total of 576 hours of observation were recorded, averaging 2 hours and 19 minutes per focal observation. Of 17 waterbird species recorded, only 11 species were included in the analysis based on sufficient data. The results revealed that waterbirds primarily consumed fish, molluscs, worms, crabs and unidentified prey, with fish comprising 25% of their overall diet. Feeding behaviour varied significantly by morphology traits, with larger waterbirds demonstrating higher feeding efficiency. Despite lower feeding rates and shorter feeding durations, larger species had a greater percentage of successful feeding attempts, indicating their superior ability to meet energy requirements. These findings provide crucial baseline data for understanding waterbird feeding ecology and highlight the importance of conserving the intertidal habitats. This research contributes to the development of targeted conservation strategies for waterbirds in the Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) of the South West Johor Coast, Malaysia, an area increasingly at risk from habitat degradation.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e141250"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11755091/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143030304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"David couldn't bring down Goliath: museum specimen reveals a failed predation attempt by fire ants (<i>Solenopsis</i> Westwood, 1840) upon a large hawk moth <i>Eumorphaphorbas</i> (Cramer, 1775).","authors":"Adrián Sánchez Albert, Alain Dejean, Mercedes París","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e142671","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e142671","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Insights into insect predatory behaviour can be inferred indirectly from specimens housed in Natural History Collections. In this work, we document a unique interaction, never recorded before, involving the remains of a <i>Solenopsis</i> Westwood, 1840 ant worker -probably <i>S.saevissima</i> (Smith, 1855)- whose head is firmly attached by its mandibles to an antenna of a female hawk moth <i>Eumorphaphorbas</i> (Cramer, 1775) (Sphingidae). This specimen is part of the Entomology Collection at the MNCN-CSIC in Madrid, Spain. As fire ants have very large colonies showing collective hunting behaviour, this worker was likely trapped while taking part in a group attack with nestmates attempting to subdue this comparatively large moth. This observation highlights the value of museum specimens in revealing aspects of predator-prey interactions that might otherwise remain undocumented.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e142671"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11736303/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pytaxon: A Python software for resolving and correcting taxonomic names in biodiversity data.","authors":"Marco A Proença Neto, Marcos P A De Sousa","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e138257","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e138257","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The standardisation and correction of taxonomic names in large biodiversity databases remain persistent challenges for researchers, as errors in species names can compromise ecological analyses, land-use planning and conservation efforts, particularly when inaccurate data are shared on global biodiversity portals.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>We present pytaxon, a Python software designed to resolve and correct taxonomic names in biodiversity data by leveraging the Global Names Verifier (GNV) API and employing fuzzy matching techniques to suggest corrections for discrepancies and nomenclatural inconsistencies. The pytaxon offers both a Command Line Interface (CLI) and a Graphical User Interface (GUI), ensuring accessibility to users with different levels of computing expertise. Tests on spreadsheets derived from datasets published in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) demonstrated its effectiveness in identifying and resolving taxonomic errors. By mitigating the propagation of inaccuracies from researchers' datasets to global biodiversity databases, pytaxon supports more reliable conservation decisions and robust scientific investigations. Its contributions enhance data integrity and promote informed biodiversity management in a rapidly evolving global environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e138257"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11736304/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016970","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Building a reliable 16S mini-barcode library of wild bees from Occitania, south-west of France.","authors":"Anaïs Marquisseau, Kamila Canale-Tabet, Emmanuelle Labarthe, Géraldine Pascal, Christophe Klopp, André Pornon, Nathalie Escaravage, Rémi Rudelle, Alain Vignal, Annie Ouin, Mélodie Ollivier, Magalie Pichon","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e137540","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e137540","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>DNA barcoding and metabarcoding are now powerful tools for studying biodiversity and especially the accurate identification of large sample collections belonging to diverse taxonomic groups. Their success depends largely on the taxonomic resolution of the DNA sequences used as barcodes and on the reliability of the reference databases. For wild bees, the barcode sequences coverage is consistently growing in volume, but some incorrect species annotations need to be cared for. The COI (Cytochrome Oxydase subunit 1) gene, the most used in barcoding/metabarcoding of arthropods, suffers from primer bias and difficulties for covering all wild bee species using the classical Folmer primers.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>We present here a curated database for a 250 bp mini-barcode region of the 16S rRNA gene, suitable for low-cost metabarcoding wild bees in applications, such as eDNA analysis or for sequencing ancient or degraded DNA. Sequenced specimens were captured in Occitania (south-west of France) and morphologically identified by entomologists, with a total of 530 individuals belonging to 171 species and 19 genera. A customised workflow including distance-tree inferences and a second round of entomologist observations, when necessary, was used for the validation of 348 mini-barcodes covering 148 species. Amongst them, 93 species did not have any 16S reference barcode available before our contribution. This high-quality reference library data are freely available to the scientific community, with the aim of facilitating future large-scale characterisation of wild bee communities in a context of pollinators' decline.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e137540"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11733625/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143016742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Morphological and molecular identification of Particolored bat (<i>Vespertiliomurinus</i>) in South Korea: A first record.","authors":"Bong Kyun Kim, Jeong Hun Shim, Sun Sook Kim, Soo Hyung Eo","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e135293","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e135293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Background <i>Vespertiliomurinus</i> belong to the genus <i>Vespertilio</i> and are widely distributed in Europe, the Middle East and Northeast Asia, Recently, the presence of the <i>V.murinus</i> has been confirmed in Japan, suggesting the possibility of its habitation on the Korean Peninsula. However, ecological information regarding its presence in the Korean Peninsula is extremely limited. New information In an urban area of Sejong City, South Korea, a bat within the genus <i>Vespertilio</i> was rescued by personnel of the Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center. The bat, which was believed to have been hibernating on an exterior wall of a building, was initially identified as <i>Vespertiliosinensis</i>. However, the confirmed presence of two pairs of nipples raised the possibility that the bat was a specimen of <i>V.murinus</i>. The measurement of the forearm length (FAL) of this bat was 45.67 mm, which is within the 95% confidence interval of the previously reported FALs of <i>V.murinus</i>. Additionally, the results of mtDNA sequence analysis indicated that the rescued bat could be differentiated from the closely-related species <i>V.sinensis</i> with respect to the sequences of 13PCGs, COI, Cyt<i>b</i> and ND1. Finally, phylogenetic analysis revealed that this bat clustered in a clade with previously described <i>V.murinus</i>. Collectively, these findings provided convincing evidence to indicate that the rescued individual was a <i>V.murinus</i>, marking the first recorded observation of this species in South Korea.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e135293"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11729596/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142985589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new species of <i>Sinarella</i> Bryk, 1949 (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Herminiinae) from Jiangxi, China.","authors":"Jun Wu, Wen-Yu Liu, Hui-Lin Han","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e139845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e139845","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong><i>Sinarella</i> Bryk, 1949 (Erebidae, Herminiinae) is a medium-sized, frail-bodied genus of moths that externally resembles other genera in the <i>Zanclognatha</i> generic complex. All known larvae of this genus feed on fresh leaves of moss. This genus is widely distributed from the Himalayas to Southeast Asia, Japan, Borneo, Sulawesi and New Guinea.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>A new species of the genus <i>Sinarella</i> Bryk, 1949, <i>S.jinggangshana</i> <b>sp. nov.</b>, is described from Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi Province, China. This species is morphologically similar to <i>S.takasago</i> Wu, Fu & Owada, 2013, <i>S.cristulalis</i> (Staudinger, 1892), <i>S.formosensis</i> Wu, Fu & Owada, 2013 and <i>S.japonica</i> (Butler, 1881), but differs in both external and male genitalia characters. Images of the male adults and their genitalia are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e139845"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11729599/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142985585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new species of the genus <i>Falcileptoneta</i> Komatsu, 1970 (Araneae, Leptonetidae) from Jilin, China.","authors":"Hao Yu, Yuanqian Xing, Yejie Lin","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e143433","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e143433","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong><i>Falcileptoneta</i> Komatsu, 1970 comprises 68 species, distributed in Japan (28), Korea (31) and southeast of China (9). This genus has not been recorded in the north-eastern part of China.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>A new species: <i>Falcileptonetataoqii</i> sp. nov. (♂♀) are reported from Jilin Province, China. This is also the first record of Leptonetidae Simon, 1890 in north-eastern China. Photos and morphological descriptions of the new species are presented; the type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IZCAS), Beijing.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e143433"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11724263/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A new species of <i>Raveniola</i> Zonstein, 1987 (Araneae, Nemesiidae) from Fujian, China.","authors":"Guchun Zhou, Jian Lu, Muqiushi Cui, Jiasheng Xu","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e142264","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.13.e142264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The genus <i>Raveniola</i> Zonstein, 1987 comprises 66 species, distributed across regions from East Asia to the Caucasus, with about 20 species recorded from China. According to Zonstein et al. (2018) and Zonstein (2024), members of <i>Raveniola</i> can be identified by the presence of two to three retroventral megaspines arranged sequentially on tibia I in males and paired spermathecae in females, each bearing two-branched heads or a lateral diverticulum.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>A new mygalomorph species, <i>Raveniolafuzhouensis</i> Zhou, sp. nov., is described from Fujian Province, China. Detailed description, diagnosis, illustrations and a distribution map of the new species are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e142264"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11724264/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Description of five new species from southern China, with note on the type species of <i>Latouchia</i> Pocock, 1901 (Araneae, Halonoproctidae).","authors":"Long Hao, Kun Yu, Feng Zhang","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e137852","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e137852","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The genus <i>Latouchia</i> Pocock, 1901 previously included 25 known species and one subspecies from Asia, 12 species and one subspecies were reported in China.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>Five new species of <i>Latouchia</i> Pocock, 1901 from southern China are described: <i>L.calcicola</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (♂♀) from Hainan, <i>L.jinyun</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (♂♀) from Chongqing, <i>L.linmufu</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (♂♀) from Hunan, <i>L.wenchuan</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (♂) from Sichuan and <i>L.yaoi</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (♂♀) from south part of Shaanxi. DNA barcodes of the new species described herein are provided. The potential error in the previous illustrations of the alleged male of <i>L.fossoria</i> Pocock, 1901 (type species of the genus) is pointed out.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"13 ","pages":"e137852"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11718368/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142973492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long-term monitoring data on <i>Popilliajaponica</i> (Newman, 1838) (Coleoptera, Rutelidae) across the Azorean Islands.","authors":"Mário Brum Teixeira, António Onofre Soares, David H Lopes, Lucas Lamelas-Lopez, Paulo A V Borges, José Adriano Mota, Nelson Simões","doi":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e138989","DOIUrl":"10.3897/BDJ.12.e138989","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The Japanese Beetle, <i>Popilliajaponica</i> Newman, 1838 (Coleoptera, Rutelidae), is a univoltine agricultural pest that poses a serious threat to various agricultural crops. For more than 16 years, the Azorean official authorities have implemented a Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) programme that is crucial for understanding the dynamics of insect pests, such as the Japanese Beetle, and their impacts on agricultural ecosystems. The significance of this long-term monitoring extends beyond understanding the pest's life cycle. By sharing this long-term monitoring data with the scientific community, we hope it allows for a more comprehensive assessment of <i>P.japonica</i> success and spread, enabling a deeper understanding of how this pest interacts and correlates with biotic and abiotic factors to uncover patterns and trends crucial for effective pest management.In the Azores Archipelago, <i>P.japonica</i> adults emerge from pupae at the end of May and peak in density by early July, persisting until October. Larvae develop through three instars, with the third instar grub pupating by early May. This lifecycle highlights the pest population's seasonal activity, including the timing of emergence, adult stages and larval stages. It reveals when and for how long the pest is active in each of its life stages and provides critical information for pest management strategies. Worldwide, this pest can cause damage to 414 plant species across 94 families, underscoring the potential for elevated crop damage. This information is invaluable for developing targeted intervention strategies and mitigating economic losses caused by <i>P.japonica</i> infestations. Therefore, establishing and maintaining long-term programmes for monitoring <i>P.japonica</i> populations are essential for scientific understanding and practical pest management efforts in the Azores Archipelago.</p><p><strong>New information: </strong>The data presented here report the officials' records of a 16-year (from 2008 to 2023) long-term monitoring programme on <i>P.japonica</i> in the Azores Archipelago, undertaken by the Secretaria Regional da Agricultura e Alimentação operational services. Based on the last checklist of Azorean arthropods, the species is recorded for the first time for the Corvo, Graciosa and São Jorge Islands.</p>","PeriodicalId":55994,"journal":{"name":"Biodiversity Data Journal","volume":"12 ","pages":"e138989"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11730299/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142985583","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}