Pub Date : 2024-02-05DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2024.2314338
Mehmet Kürşat Şahin
The Clarks’ Lizard, Darevskia clarkorum is endemic to the Caucasian biodiversity hotspot, remarkable in terms of biogeography and evolutionary history in the Palearctic Realm. The purpose of this s...
{"title":"The potential range and future distribution of the endangered lizard Darevskia clarkorum in the Caucasus Biodiversity Hotspot under climate change scenarios","authors":"Mehmet Kürşat Şahin","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2024.2314338","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2024.2314338","url":null,"abstract":"The Clarks’ Lizard, Darevskia clarkorum is endemic to the Caucasian biodiversity hotspot, remarkable in terms of biogeography and evolutionary history in the Palearctic Realm. The purpose of this s...","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139770001","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 : 2024-02-05DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2024.2314337
Antonín Kačírek, Jan Šumpich
This paper presents an annotated checklist of the antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of Armenia. In total, 39 myrmeleontid species are known to occur in Armenia, with 18 of them recorded in 2017...
{"title":"An annotated checklist of the Myrmeleontidae of Armenia (Neuroptera)","authors":"Antonín Kačírek, Jan Šumpich","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2024.2314337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2024.2314337","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an annotated checklist of the antlions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) of Armenia. In total, 39 myrmeleontid species are known to occur in Armenia, with 18 of them recorded in 2017...","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139769964","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 : 2024-01-17DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2024.2305024
Shahid Bin Zeya, Syed Kamran Ahmad, Prince Tarique Anwar, Farmanur Rahman Khan
A new species of mymrid wasp, Lymaenon brara Zeya, Anwar & Ahmad, sp. nov. is described from Saudi Arabia. Two known species, L. taizensis Zeya & Amer, 2019, and Gonatocerus longicornis Nees, 1834,...
{"title":"A new species and new records of the family Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Saudi Arabia","authors":"Shahid Bin Zeya, Syed Kamran Ahmad, Prince Tarique Anwar, Farmanur Rahman Khan","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2024.2305024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2024.2305024","url":null,"abstract":"A new species of mymrid wasp, Lymaenon brara Zeya, Anwar & Ahmad, sp. nov. is described from Saudi Arabia. Two known species, L. taizensis Zeya & Amer, 2019, and Gonatocerus longicornis Nees, 1834,...","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139508349","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 : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2279359
Rukiye Tanyeri, Selçuk Yurtsever, Serdar Tezcan
Parallel colour/pattern polymorphism has been reported in the three sympatric spittlebug species Philaenus spumarius, P. signatus and Mesoptyelus impictifrons in the Mediterranean region of Türkiye...
{"title":"Parallel colour/pattern polymorphism in three sympatric spittlebug species (Philaenus spumarius, P. signatus and Mesoptyelus impictifrons) (Hemiptera: Aphrophoridae) in Mediterranean Türkiye","authors":"Rukiye Tanyeri, Selçuk Yurtsever, Serdar Tezcan","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2279359","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2279359","url":null,"abstract":"Parallel colour/pattern polymorphism has been reported in the three sympatric spittlebug species Philaenus spumarius, P. signatus and Mesoptyelus impictifrons in the Mediterranean region of Türkiye...","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"6 S2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138503850","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 : 2023-11-23DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2279360
Tomáš Pavlíček, Timea Szederjesi, Oren Pearlson, Csaba Csuzdi
We are reporting an increase from 30 to 52 identified earthworm taxonomic species, including one subspecies, in the Levant bioregion during the last 20 years. The number of earthworm taxonomic spec...
{"title":"Biodiversity and distribution of earthworms in the biogeographic province of the Levant","authors":"Tomáš Pavlíček, Timea Szederjesi, Oren Pearlson, Csaba Csuzdi","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2279360","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2279360","url":null,"abstract":"We are reporting an increase from 30 to 52 identified earthworm taxonomic species, including one subspecies, in the Levant bioregion during the last 20 years. The number of earthworm taxonomic spec...","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"6 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138503849","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 : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2284018
Ahmet Karataş, Fahri Tunç, Ayşegül Karataş
Published in Zoology in the Middle East (Ahead of Print, 2023)
发表于《中东动物学》(2023年印刷前)
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Pub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2284016
Azhar Mohammed Al-Khazali, Ersen Aydın Yağmur
A new species Androctonus sumericus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the Dhi Qar Province of Iraq, based on the material previously misidentified as A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807). Theref...
{"title":"Androctonus sumericus sp. nov., a new scorpion from Dhi Qar Province, Iraq (Scorpiones: Buthidae)","authors":"Azhar Mohammed Al-Khazali, Ersen Aydın Yağmur","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2284016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2284016","url":null,"abstract":"A new species Androctonus sumericus sp. nov. is described and illustrated from the Dhi Qar Province of Iraq, based on the material previously misidentified as A. crassicauda (Olivier, 1807). Theref...","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138503847","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 : 2023-11-08DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2279361
Gideon Pisanty, Karmit Levy, Teresa Martin, Yael Mandelik, Sophie Cardinal
AbstractA new species of mining bee, Andrena (incertae sedis) woodi Pisanty sp.n., is described, based on molecular and morphological differences from the related species Andrena aegyptiaca Friese, 1899. The new species is endemic to sandy habitats along Israel’s Coastal Plain.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:F9CD6B6E-6A8D-48E2-934C-14D7358A1E0CKeywords: Coastal habitatDNA barcodingEastern MediterraneanEgyptNorth Africasand dunessolitary bees AcknowledgementsWe wish to thank Esther Ockermüller (OLML) for the loan of North African specimens of A. aegyptiaca. Thomas J. Wood examined many additional North African specimens, as well as the type material of A. aegyptiaca, A. comberiana and A. c. beharica. Shai Meiri assisted with preparing the species distribution map. Comments by two anonymous reviewers improved the manuscript.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported, in part, by the Institute of Environmental sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Ministry of Science and Technology, Israeli-Italian Scientific & Technological Cooperation research grant #18 to Y.M., and operating grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to S.C.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-23DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2272411
Sadık Demirtaş
AbstractThe Golden Jackal, Canis aureus (L., 1758) is one of the most widespread species of canids, ranging from Central Europe and the Balkans to the Middle East and East Asia; however, relatively little is known about genetic diversity, population structure, and evolutionary history of the Turkish population, which occurs at a key crossroads in the species’ range. The present study assesses the phylogenetic status and demographic history of the Turkish populations relative to those elsewhere in Europe and Asia by analysing two mitochondrial DNA markers (cytochrome b, 1140 bp and control region, 310 bp). It was found that the genetic diversity in Turkey is higher than in European and Caucasian populations, but slightly lower than in Indian populations. The Turkish population has a close historical association with European and adjacent Asian populations. Demographic tests suggest a rapid population growth during the late Pleistocene, consistent with other Asian populations. These findings indicate that the Turkish population may have acted as a significant source from which the species expanded into Europe and the Caucasus region.Keywords: cytochrome bD-loopgenetic diversityPleistoceneTurkish Golden Jackal Supplementary MaterialSupplementary Material is given as a Supplementary Annex, which is available via the “Supplementary” tab on the article’s online page.AcknowledgementsI would like to express my very great gratitude to Dr Islam Gündüz for the valuable and constructive comments and recommendations on this study.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-23DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2272414
Nilgün Kaya, Oya Özuluğ, Murat Tosunoğlu, Vahap Eldem
AbstractThe diverse climate types and geographical structures across Anatolia result in a high level of species diversity. Among these, the lizard species Lacerta diplochondrodes exhibits several distinct populations, with some of them recognized as subspecies. The primary objective of our study was to investigate whether populations from Thrace and the Western Black Sea region of Türkiye differ from other documented populations. For this purpose, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of genetic and morphometric parameters. For the genetic analysis, we utilized the COI and cyt-b gene regions as molecular markers. Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Canonical Discriminant Analysis (CDA) were used for the morphometric analyses to differentiate populations. Our findings indicate that a population found in the Bolu region in Western Black Sea region of Turkey differs from the other populations both in morphometric and genetic traits. The L. d. diplochondrodes and L. d. cariensis populations represent sister lineages, and they are both genetically and morphologically only weakly differentiated. These two lineages are therefore referred to as L. d. diplochondrodes. Overall, four different lineages can be distinguished in Türkiye, out of which the lineage of the Western Black Sea region (Bolu lineage) is described for the first time.Keywords: AnatoliazoogeographyCOIcyt-blineagesmorphometryphylogeny Supplementary MaterialSupplementary Material is given as a Supplementary Annex, which is available via the “Supplementary” tab on the article’s online page.AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Gül of Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Department of Biology for support in the fieldwork. The authors would like to thank Prof. Dr. Yusuf Kumlutaş of Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology for providing samples from their zoological collection for this study.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Research Fund of Istanbul University under Grant (number: 22978).
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