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The First Hypogean Dipluran From Portugal: Description Of A New Species Of The Genus Litocampa (Diplura: Campodeidae), Ana Reboleira, Alberto Sendra, Fernando Gonçalves, Pedro Oromí
The First Hypogean Dipluran From Portugal: Description Of A New Species Of The Genus Litocampa (Diplura: Campodeidae), Ana Reboleira, Alberto Sendra, Fernando Gonçalves, Pedro Oromí
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
A new species of subterranean Campodeid Dipluran of the genus Litocampa mendesi n. sp. is described. Despite the presence of this genus in Spain, this is the first record in Portugal, and it is also the first Portuguese species of hypogean Diplura. The new species combines unique characters absent in the European and American species of the genus. Litocampa mendesi n. sp. was collected only in one part of a cave of the Jurassic karstic massif of Algarve, the southwesternmost part of the Iberian Peninsula. The morphological features of this species show some adaptations to hypogean life but not a …
A Hypogean New Species Of Trechus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) From Portugal And Considerations About The T. Fulvus Species Group, Ana Reboleira, Vicente Ortuño, Fernando Gonçalves, Pedro Oromí
A Hypogean New Species Of Trechus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) From Portugal And Considerations About The T. Fulvus Species Group, Ana Reboleira, Vicente Ortuño, Fernando Gonçalves, Pedro Oromí
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
A new hypogean ground beetle species, Trechus tatai n. sp. from the Montejunto karstic massif in Portugal is described. Morphological diagnostic characters of the imago are provided and the new species is included in the Trechus fulvus-group. Comments on the biogeography of hypogean carabid beetles in karstic areas of Portugal and an illustrated key to the males of the T. fulvus-group in the Iberian Peninsula are also included.
Description Of The Third Instar Larva Of A Hypogean Ground Beetle, Trechus Alicantinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae), Vicente Ortuño, Ana Reboleira
Description Of The Third Instar Larva Of A Hypogean Ground Beetle, Trechus Alicantinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae), Vicente Ortuño, Ana Reboleira
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
Description and illustrations are provided for the third instar larva of Trechus alicantinus Español, 1971 obtained from a laboratory breeding. This paper aims to contribute to increase the general knowledge about microendemic hypogean species of the east of the Iberian Peninsula. Besides, it expands the existing knowledge about the preimaginal stages of the genus Trechus and the whole tribe Trechini (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Larvae can give additional information about the life style of the species. Larvae can also express, even more than the imagos, some apomorphic characters, traditionally considered a result of adaptation to the hypogean habitat, such as the regression …
Biologia Subterrânea Em Zonas Cársicas Portuguesas, Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira, Pedro Oromí, Fernando Gonçalves
Biologia Subterrânea Em Zonas Cársicas Portuguesas, Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira, Pedro Oromí, Fernando Gonçalves
Ana Sofia P.S. Reboleira
O domínio subterrâneo, composto por uma vasta rede de cavidades e fissuras, alberga um ecossistema peculiar, rico em microendemismos e espécies que exibem adaptações morfofisiológicas à vida em profundidade. Os ecossistemas subterrâneos estão sujeitos a variadas pressões ambientais decorrentes da utilização do solo à superfície. A sensibilidade ecológica que caracteriza as regiões cársicas, acrescida de um conhecimento científico incipiente, traduz-se na irreversível degradação destes ecossistemas. A extensão dos habitats subterrâneos é bastante alargada, contudo a sua Biologia é, em boa medida, desconhecida. O conhecimento actual da Biologia subterrânea das regiões cársicas baseia-se, sobretudo, em trabalhos de taxonomia clássica realizados no …