Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2073687
J. Mortelmans, Diederik Volckaert, F. Kazerani, Ali Asghar Talebi
Andrenosoma lottae Mortelmans sp. nov. is described based on males and females from Fars province, Iran. Pictures of the habitus are provided, together with details of the male terminalia to facilitate species identification. The status of Andrenosoma violacea is discussed and hereby put forward as a species inquirenda. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2E6AB0F2-7227-4BDA-BA1C-3BA032B7A84D
{"title":"New species of robber fly of the genus Andrenosoma Rondani, 1856 (Diptera: Asilidae) from Iran","authors":"J. Mortelmans, Diederik Volckaert, F. Kazerani, Ali Asghar Talebi","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2073687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2073687","url":null,"abstract":"Andrenosoma lottae Mortelmans sp. nov. is described based on males and females from Fars province, Iran. Pictures of the habitus are provided, together with details of the male terminalia to facilitate species identification. The status of Andrenosoma violacea is discussed and hereby put forward as a species inquirenda. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2E6AB0F2-7227-4BDA-BA1C-3BA032B7A84D","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44361533","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}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2077560
M. Nassirkhani
A new species of pseudoscorpion, Withius leggi sp. n. is described on the basis of two adults found in the Daniel cave, northern Iran. Illustrations of its diagnostic characters are provided. The genital structure of the new species is compared with that of the most similar species, Withius piger (Simon, 1878), a cosmopolitan species. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EE9DACC7-FC30-4290-B339-57119E421516
{"title":"Description of a new pseudoscorpion, Withius leggi sp. n. (Pseudoscorpiones: Withiidae) from northern Iran","authors":"M. Nassirkhani","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2077560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2077560","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of pseudoscorpion, Withius leggi sp. n. is described on the basis of two adults found in the Daniel cave, northern Iran. Illustrations of its diagnostic characters are provided. The genital structure of the new species is compared with that of the most similar species, Withius piger (Simon, 1878), a cosmopolitan species. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EE9DACC7-FC30-4290-B339-57119E421516","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49335588","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}
Pub Date : 2022-06-07DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2077564
A. Özcan, Derya Gülçin, N. Y. Arpa, K. Çiçek
The Arabian Sand Gazelle (Gazella marica Thomas, 1897) is endemic to the Middle East and its populations in South-eastern Anatolia in Turkey are in danger of extinction. Here, we focus on its protected habitats in the Mesopotamian steppes and examine how to create connectivity between habitats under changing climate conditions. We use ecological niche modelling for four time periods, as simulated in five General Circulation Models (GCMs), to assess the distributional shifts of G. marica over the decades and predict its future ecological connection effectivity based on a least-cost model. We suggest establishing three potential corridors between core protected areas. The findings indicate that there will be a southward and westward shift in the distribution of the species due to future climate change. Overall, the results of the GCMs suggest that climate change will trigger habitat loss for G. marica. Unless conservation measures take the forecasted changes in habitat into consideration, the extinction of this species will be unavoidable.
{"title":"Connecting protected areas in the North Mesopotamian steppes: can this ensure the survival of the Arabian Sand Gazelle (Gazella marica)?","authors":"A. Özcan, Derya Gülçin, N. Y. Arpa, K. Çiçek","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2077564","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2077564","url":null,"abstract":"The Arabian Sand Gazelle (Gazella marica Thomas, 1897) is endemic to the Middle East and its populations in South-eastern Anatolia in Turkey are in danger of extinction. Here, we focus on its protected habitats in the Mesopotamian steppes and examine how to create connectivity between habitats under changing climate conditions. We use ecological niche modelling for four time periods, as simulated in five General Circulation Models (GCMs), to assess the distributional shifts of G. marica over the decades and predict its future ecological connection effectivity based on a least-cost model. We suggest establishing three potential corridors between core protected areas. The findings indicate that there will be a southward and westward shift in the distribution of the species due to future climate change. Overall, the results of the GCMs suggest that climate change will trigger habitat loss for G. marica. Unless conservation measures take the forecasted changes in habitat into consideration, the extinction of this species will be unavoidable.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44285348","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}
Pub Date : 2022-05-06DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2073693
A. Aloufi, Z. Amr, Mohammad A Abu Baker
{"title":"New records of rare snakes from Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia (Reptilia: Serpentes)","authors":"A. Aloufi, Z. Amr, Mohammad A Abu Baker","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2073693","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2073693","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43334759","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}
Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2058192
I. B. Daban
The Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) and the White Seabream (Diplodus sargus) of the Sparidae family occur in the same habitat and the aim of this study was to examine the feeding ecology and reveal dietary overlap between these two species. For this purpose, individuals were obtained from commercial longline fishermen from Gökçeada Island, North Aegean Sea. Algae, hydrozoans and Cnidaria (Anemonia sp.) were the most preferred food items for the Black Seabream, whereas Gastropoda (Prosobranchiata), Brachyura (Goneplax rhomboides) and Echinodermata (Paracentrotus lividus) were most frequent food items for the White Seabream. Feeding activity and diet diversity were higher in summer. A clear dietary shift from smaller and semi-mobile prey (such as Gastopoda) to large and mobile prey (such as Brachuya) was found for both species with the increase in length. No dietary overlap was found between the two co-occuring species.
{"title":"Comparative study on the feeding ecology of the White Seabream, Diplodus sargus, and the Black Seabream, Spondyliosoma cantharus (Osteichthyes: Sparidae) in the North Aegean Sea","authors":"I. B. Daban","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2058192","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2058192","url":null,"abstract":"The Black Seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus) and the White Seabream (Diplodus sargus) of the Sparidae family occur in the same habitat and the aim of this study was to examine the feeding ecology and reveal dietary overlap between these two species. For this purpose, individuals were obtained from commercial longline fishermen from Gökçeada Island, North Aegean Sea. Algae, hydrozoans and Cnidaria (Anemonia sp.) were the most preferred food items for the Black Seabream, whereas Gastropoda (Prosobranchiata), Brachyura (Goneplax rhomboides) and Echinodermata (Paracentrotus lividus) were most frequent food items for the White Seabream. Feeding activity and diet diversity were higher in summer. A clear dietary shift from smaller and semi-mobile prey (such as Gastopoda) to large and mobile prey (such as Brachuya) was found for both species with the increase in length. No dietary overlap was found between the two co-occuring species.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45049854","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}
Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2073690
Deniz Anıl Odabaşı, Serpil Odabaşı, Ozan Deni̇z
The Hydrobiidae family is the most common and diverse taxa of freshwater gastropods in the aquatic ecosystem. Among Hydrobiidae, Grossuana Radoman, 1983 is a tiny spring-inhabitant genus which is mainly distributed in Balkan countries. We surveyed various freshwater ecosystems in the Çanakkale Province, northwestern Turkey, including Mount Kazdağı, and found eight of Grossuana which are new to science: G. azizsancari, G. kazdagiana, G. onderi, G. bayramicensis, G. kirkgozlerensis, G. canakkalensis, G. arslanarum, and G. tunceri. The species are described here. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2092E33B-A83E-4B20-826B-A70B0E11AB1D
{"title":"New Grossuana (Littorinimorpha: Hydrobiidae) species from Mount Kazdağı, northwestern Turkey","authors":"Deniz Anıl Odabaşı, Serpil Odabaşı, Ozan Deni̇z","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2073690","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2073690","url":null,"abstract":"The Hydrobiidae family is the most common and diverse taxa of freshwater gastropods in the aquatic ecosystem. Among Hydrobiidae, Grossuana Radoman, 1983 is a tiny spring-inhabitant genus which is mainly distributed in Balkan countries. We surveyed various freshwater ecosystems in the Çanakkale Province, northwestern Turkey, including Mount Kazdağı, and found eight of Grossuana which are new to science: G. azizsancari, G. kazdagiana, G. onderi, G. bayramicensis, G. kirkgozlerensis, G. canakkalensis, G. arslanarum, and G. tunceri. The species are described here. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2092E33B-A83E-4B20-826B-A70B0E11AB1D","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44428187","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}
Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2077565
M. Sharaf, A. Aldawood
We describe a new species, Tapinoma yacoubi sp. n., from the Al Sarawat Mountains in southwestern Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste. Tapinoma yacoubi looks similar to T. luridum Emery, 1908 from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but can be easily distinguished by its lack of setae on the frontal carinae, the convex posterior margin of the clypeus, the single pair of black based setae on the anterior clypeal margin, and the unsculptured body surface. We present an identification key to the Arabian Tapinoma based on the worker caste. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:677ADF36-E8F1-4B2C-BFF2-306FFC94CB39
{"title":"Tapinoma yacoubi, sp. nov., a new ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia","authors":"M. Sharaf, A. Aldawood","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2077565","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2077565","url":null,"abstract":"We describe a new species, Tapinoma yacoubi sp. n., from the Al Sarawat Mountains in southwestern Saudi Arabia based on the worker caste. Tapinoma yacoubi looks similar to T. luridum Emery, 1908 from the Democratic Republic of Congo, but can be easily distinguished by its lack of setae on the frontal carinae, the convex posterior margin of the clypeus, the single pair of black based setae on the anterior clypeal margin, and the unsculptured body surface. We present an identification key to the Arabian Tapinoma based on the worker caste. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:677ADF36-E8F1-4B2C-BFF2-306FFC94CB39","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45786926","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}
Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2058196
D. Jablonski, Abdul Basit, J. Farooqi, Rafaqat Masroor
ISSN: (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tzme20 First record of the colubrid snake Platyceps ventromaculatus (Reptilia: Colubridae) for Afghanistan Daniel Jablonski, Abdul Basit, Javeed Farooqi & Rafaqat Masroor To cite this article: Daniel Jablonski, Abdul Basit, Javeed Farooqi & Rafaqat Masroor (2022) First record of the colubrid snake Platycepsventromaculatus (Reptilia: Colubridae) for Afghanistan, Zoology in the Middle East, 68:2, 186-188, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2058196 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2058196
(印刷)(在线)期刊首页:https://www.tandfonline.com/loi/tzme20阿富汗斑点蛇Platycepsventromaculatus(爬行动物目:Colubridae)的首次记录Daniel Jablonski, Abdul Basit, Javeed Farooqi & Rafaqat Masroor(2022)阿富汗斑点蛇Platycepsventromaculatus(爬行动物目:Colubridae)的首次记录，中东动物学，68:2,186-188,DOI:10.1080/09397140.2022.2058196链接到本文:https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2058196
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Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2058193
Sadık Demirtaş
The phylogenetic, phylogeographic and evolution history of Sciurus anomalus was studied in the Anatolian Peninsula using a 1726 bp region of the mitochondrial genome. The phylogenetic and network analyses of 32 specimens suggested that S. anomalus consists of two main mitochondrial lineages, an eastern and a western lineage. Both lineages are nested within the Greek and Lebanese populations, but not within the Syrian or Iranian populations. Coalescence analyses indicated that both lineages originated during the Chibanian geological stage under the climatic fluctuations, one of them within western Anatolia or the Aegean islands and the other one in eastern Anatolia or the Caucasus region. The neutrality and mismatch analyses offered a possible scenario suggesting the existence of different lineages in the Anatolian Peninsula. Isolation by distance typically represented a significant positive correlation between geographic distance and genetic divergence in both lineages. The analyses also suggest that the eastern and western lineages of S. anomalus may represent a metapopulation in Anatolia.
{"title":"Phylogeographic structure of the Persian Squirrel, Sciurus anomalus Güldenstädt, 1785 (Mammalia: Rodentia) in the Anatolian Peninsula, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences: implications for metapopulation","authors":"Sadık Demirtaş","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2022.2058193","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2022.2058193","url":null,"abstract":"The phylogenetic, phylogeographic and evolution history of Sciurus anomalus was studied in the Anatolian Peninsula using a 1726 bp region of the mitochondrial genome. The phylogenetic and network analyses of 32 specimens suggested that S. anomalus consists of two main mitochondrial lineages, an eastern and a western lineage. Both lineages are nested within the Greek and Lebanese populations, but not within the Syrian or Iranian populations. Coalescence analyses indicated that both lineages originated during the Chibanian geological stage under the climatic fluctuations, one of them within western Anatolia or the Aegean islands and the other one in eastern Anatolia or the Caucasus region. The neutrality and mismatch analyses offered a possible scenario suggesting the existence of different lineages in the Anatolian Peninsula. Isolation by distance typically represented a significant positive correlation between geographic distance and genetic divergence in both lineages. The analyses also suggest that the eastern and western lineages of S. anomalus may represent a metapopulation in Anatolia.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46482180","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}
Pub Date : 2022-04-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2022.2073685
A. Fouad, Lina Hossam, Omar Attum
Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) are globally endangered and very little is known about their population in Egypt’s Red Sea. Abu Dabbab Bay was believed to contain one of the most dense and important green turtle feeding grounds in the Egyptian Red Sea. The results of our surveys suggest that Abu Dabbab Bay is a high density feeding ground with 612±61.9 turtles/km2 and a mean population size of 104±10 turtles. The density and abundance of green turtles in Abu Dabbab bay has at least doubled, depending upon survey month, in a ten year span This increase could be the result of reduced shark populations in the Red Sea, a temporary reduction of tourist numbers from the Covid 19 pandemic, and/or local initiatives by private stakeholders to reduce disturbance. Regular monitoring the is needed to better understand the reasons for future population trends.
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