Pub Date : 2023-10-23DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2272410
Bashar Jarayseh, Omar Attum, Simon Awad
AbstractThe Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus, is an opportunistic breeding species that is a resident in the Middle East. This study investigates its distribution patterns and breeding behaviour in Palestine based on observations spanning from 2014 to 2022. The species was first recdorded in Palestine in September 2014. Up until 2018, its presence was recorded at only a few specific locations, primarily in the northern Jordan Valley along the Jordanian border, Al Mukata’ valley in Jenin, and the western regions of the central and northern West Bank. However, a noticeable population increase and a remarkable expansion in its geographical range have been observed since then. The first documented breeding observation took place in 2019, and we identified 25 breeding sites. Clutch size varied between two to three eggs per nest, with an average of 2.71±0.49 (n=7). Additionally, instances of double-brooding were noted. Given the opportunistic breeding tendencies, the availability of suitable habitats, and potential food resources, we anticipate a continued expansion of the Black-winged Kite’s distribution in Palestine.Keywords: Distributionmultiple broodingLevantMiddle East AcknowledgementsWe appreciate the contribution of the regional experts Dr. Fares Khoury and Dr Michel Sawan who have provided information and data on the status of the species in their country. We would like to express our appreciation to Cornell Lab of Ornithology for providing us with data from their citizen science database (eBird). We also would like to thank Mr. Khaled Abuasbah, Dr. Emad Dawwas, Mr. Rashed Marie, Mr. Basem Mosa, Ms. Mandy Sirdah, Ms. Lara Sirdah, and Mr. Saed Shomaly for their contribution to this study by providing their personal observation and notes. Finally, we appreciate the efforts of the anonymous reviewers and their valuable comments and suggestions, that helped improve the manuscript.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingWe are grateful for the Environmental Education Center (EEC/ELCJHL) for supporting the field work and providing the necessary resources and equipment.
{"title":"Range expansion of the Black-winged Kite, <i>Elanus caeruleus</i> , in Palestine","authors":"Bashar Jarayseh, Omar Attum, Simon Awad","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2272410","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2272410","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractThe Black-winged Kite, Elanus caeruleus, is an opportunistic breeding species that is a resident in the Middle East. This study investigates its distribution patterns and breeding behaviour in Palestine based on observations spanning from 2014 to 2022. The species was first recdorded in Palestine in September 2014. Up until 2018, its presence was recorded at only a few specific locations, primarily in the northern Jordan Valley along the Jordanian border, Al Mukata’ valley in Jenin, and the western regions of the central and northern West Bank. However, a noticeable population increase and a remarkable expansion in its geographical range have been observed since then. The first documented breeding observation took place in 2019, and we identified 25 breeding sites. Clutch size varied between two to three eggs per nest, with an average of 2.71±0.49 (n=7). Additionally, instances of double-brooding were noted. Given the opportunistic breeding tendencies, the availability of suitable habitats, and potential food resources, we anticipate a continued expansion of the Black-winged Kite’s distribution in Palestine.Keywords: Distributionmultiple broodingLevantMiddle East AcknowledgementsWe appreciate the contribution of the regional experts Dr. Fares Khoury and Dr Michel Sawan who have provided information and data on the status of the species in their country. We would like to express our appreciation to Cornell Lab of Ornithology for providing us with data from their citizen science database (eBird). We also would like to thank Mr. Khaled Abuasbah, Dr. Emad Dawwas, Mr. Rashed Marie, Mr. Basem Mosa, Ms. Mandy Sirdah, Ms. Lara Sirdah, and Mr. Saed Shomaly for their contribution to this study by providing their personal observation and notes. Finally, we appreciate the efforts of the anonymous reviewers and their valuable comments and suggestions, that helped improve the manuscript.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingWe are grateful for the Environmental Education Center (EEC/ELCJHL) for supporting the field work and providing the necessary resources and equipment.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135411842","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 : 2023-10-23DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2272412
Enis Akay, Deniz Anıl Odabaşı, Nurhayat Dalkıran
AbstractIn Türkiye, the family Bithyniidae is represented by two genera: Bithynia (Leach, 1818) and Pseudobithynia (Glöer & Pešić, 2006). Recent studies have shown that Bithyniidae species have a broad distribution across southeastern Europe, including Greece, Montenegro, and Bulgaria. In Türkiye, a total of 14 species have been documented so far, with nine belonging to the genus Bithynia and five to Pseudobithynia. We found a new Bithynia species in Kocaçay Stream, situated in the southern Marmara Region. This newly identified species has been compared with all known congeners from nearby ecosystems in Türkiye and neighbouring countries.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C9665C20-F606-4763-8C82-E0DCFB23C7D8Keywords: Bithynia alii sp. nprotected wetlandfreshwater molluscs AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the anonymous referees for making constructive comments.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe Research Foundation of Uludağ University financed this study under the project No: DDP(F)-2018/13.
{"title":"A new species within the genus <i>Bithynia</i> (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) from northwestern Türkiye","authors":"Enis Akay, Deniz Anıl Odabaşı, Nurhayat Dalkıran","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2272412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2272412","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractIn Türkiye, the family Bithyniidae is represented by two genera: Bithynia (Leach, 1818) and Pseudobithynia (Glöer & Pešić, 2006). Recent studies have shown that Bithyniidae species have a broad distribution across southeastern Europe, including Greece, Montenegro, and Bulgaria. In Türkiye, a total of 14 species have been documented so far, with nine belonging to the genus Bithynia and five to Pseudobithynia. We found a new Bithynia species in Kocaçay Stream, situated in the southern Marmara Region. This newly identified species has been compared with all known congeners from nearby ecosystems in Türkiye and neighbouring countries.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C9665C20-F606-4763-8C82-E0DCFB23C7D8Keywords: Bithynia alii sp. nprotected wetlandfreshwater molluscs AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the anonymous referees for making constructive comments.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThe Research Foundation of Uludağ University financed this study under the project No: DDP(F)-2018/13.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"34 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135412926","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 : 2023-10-09DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2266911
Petr Benda, Antonín Reiter, Marcel Uhrin
AbstractNew records of the Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) from 14 sites situated in the north-western part of Saudi Arabia interconnect the previously known parts of the distributon range of this bat in Arabia and suggest its continuous occurrence in a belt of coastal regions and the Hijaz Mountains along the Red Sea. These data indicate that the fruit bats can occur in very small spots of fertile environment surrounded by arid rocks and deserts and use them as foraging and roosting habitats. The occurrence of R. aegyptiacus was also confirmed in most of the sites where it was suggested previously. The occurrence in Hail represents the most remote spot of the fruit bat presence in the Arabian Desert, situated more than 500 km from the closest seashore, and around 315 km from the closest locality of R. aegyptiacus reported previously. We consider this occurrence an overlooked but traditional part of R. aegyptiacus distribution, connected with the broad use of the Date Palms grown in the area continuously since antiquity.Keywords: Arabian PeninsulaMiddle Eastoccurrence pattern Supplementary MaterialSupplementary Material is given as a Supplementary Annex, which is available via the “Supplementary” tab on the article’s online page.AcknowledgementsWe thank Mohamed Zakaria Hatim (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) for the help with identification of the Damas Tree, the food source of the Egyptian Fruit Bat in Saudi Arabia.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis study was supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (# DKRVO 2019– 2023/6.IX.e, 00023252).
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Pub Date : 2023-10-05DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2266916
Emin Kaplan
AbstractFifty-nine ichneumonid samples were collected from Bingöl and Diyarbakır provinces in eastern Türkiye between 2017 and 2021. From the 17 species in 15 genera listed here, Enclisis dichroma Bordera & Hernandez-Rodriguez, Ophion confusus Johansson, Temelucha corsicator Aubert, and Xylophrurus dentatus (Taschenberg) are newly recorded from Türkiye. Trathala siniensis Kaplan sp. n. is described from Diyarbakır province.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2B063733-89BB-44B0-BC91-EA1671EB3811Keywords: IchneumonoideataxonomyfaunaBingölDiyarbakır AcknowledgementsI would like to thank Dr. Neveen Gadallah (Egypt), Dr. Dmitri R. Kasparyan (Russia), Dr. Martin Schwarz (Austria), Dr. Matthias Riedel (Germany), Dr. Niklas Johansson (Sweden), and Dr. Zoltán Vas (Hungary) for helping in the identification of some material. I also thank Dr. Erol Yıldırım and Dr. Murat Yurtcan (Türkiye) for their advice.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
{"title":"A new species of the genus <i>Trathala</i> (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with new and additional records of the family Ichneumonidae from Türkiye","authors":"Emin Kaplan","doi":"10.1080/09397140.2023.2266916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2023.2266916","url":null,"abstract":"AbstractFifty-nine ichneumonid samples were collected from Bingöl and Diyarbakır provinces in eastern Türkiye between 2017 and 2021. From the 17 species in 15 genera listed here, Enclisis dichroma Bordera & Hernandez-Rodriguez, Ophion confusus Johansson, Temelucha corsicator Aubert, and Xylophrurus dentatus (Taschenberg) are newly recorded from Türkiye. Trathala siniensis Kaplan sp. n. is described from Diyarbakır province.http://www.zoobank.org/urn:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2B063733-89BB-44B0-BC91-EA1671EB3811Keywords: IchneumonoideataxonomyfaunaBingölDiyarbakır AcknowledgementsI would like to thank Dr. Neveen Gadallah (Egypt), Dr. Dmitri R. Kasparyan (Russia), Dr. Martin Schwarz (Austria), Dr. Matthias Riedel (Germany), Dr. Niklas Johansson (Sweden), and Dr. Zoltán Vas (Hungary) for helping in the identification of some material. I also thank Dr. Erol Yıldırım and Dr. Murat Yurtcan (Türkiye) for their advice.Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.","PeriodicalId":24024,"journal":{"name":"Zoology in the Middle East","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135481355","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 : 2023-10-05DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2266919
Nikolaos Kargopoulos, Haris Nicolaou, George Mitsainas, Petros Lymberakis, Nikolaos Kiamos, Panagiotis Georgiakakis, Boris Kryštufek
AbstractThe present article consists of an identification key that pertains to the skulls of the mammals of Cyprus, including Cetacea, Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla, Carnivora, Lagomorpha, Rodentia, Eulipotyphla, and Chiroptera. This key is developed based on material from Cyprus and nearby regions, aiming to encompass the unique characteristics of the island's mammal species. All genera included in the key are illustrated to support taxonomic identifications.Keywords: Identification guidecranial differentiationtaxonomy AcknowledgementsThe authors want to thank Dr M. Dimaki (GMNH), Dr D. Michailidis (WL), Dr N. Spassov (NMNHS), Dr Geraldine Verón (MNHN), Dr S. Merker (SMNS) and Dr Frank Zachos (NHMW) for providing access in their institutes’ collections, as well as the SYNTHESYS programme AT-TAF 1340 for funding the first author (N.K.) for the research visit to NHMW. We would like to thank C. Mlinar for the photos of the skull of B. physalus.Additional informationFundingN.K. would like to thank the Giraffe Conservation Foundation for funding part of the research. B.K. acknowledges support from Slovenian Research Agency (P1-0255).
摘要本文包括塞浦路斯鲸目、偶蹄目、跑腿目、食肉目、狐形目、啮齿目、真齿目和翼翅目哺乳动物头骨的鉴定密钥。这个钥匙是根据塞浦路斯和附近地区的材料开发的，旨在涵盖岛上哺乳动物物种的独特特征。所有属包括在关键说明，以支持分类鉴定。作者要感谢M. Dimaki博士(GMNH)， D. Michailidis博士(WL)， N. Spassov博士(NMNHS)， Geraldine博士Verón (MNHN)， S. Merker博士(SMNS)和Frank Zachos博士(NHMW)提供他们研究所的收藏，以及synthesis计划AT-TAF 1340资助第一作者(N.K.)对NHMW的研究访问。我们要感谢C. Mlinar提供的B. physalus头骨照片。额外的informationFundingN.K。我要感谢长颈鹿保护基金会为我们的部分研究提供资金。B.K.感谢斯洛文尼亚研究机构(P1-0255)的支持。
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2243731
Mohammad Mahdi Beiki, Atefeh Chamani, B. Lorestani
The Indo-Pacific Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides) is a little-known cetacean under human pressure in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. In Iran, most sightings have been reported from the northern coasts of the Strait of Hormuz. We invested the spatial overlap between finless porpoise habitats and human activities in the Harra Protected Area and Biosphere Reserve in the north of the Strait of Hormuz. Suitable porpoise habitats were modeled using the Maxent model, employing 112 presence points and an array of physical seascape variables. A detailed (30 m) Landsat 8-derived depth layer was found as the most important factor determining porpoise distribution. The multi-criteria evaluation procedure was calibrated using a set of pairwise weighted and fuzzified layers including ship routes, and distance from main boat routes, coastal and port cities, and fishing zones to determine the intensity of human sea use. Results showed a significant spatial overlap of over 3,500 ha (8.7% of the region) between highly suitable porpoise habitats and human sea use areas, covering the whole entrance of the estuary where high-speed boats sail between northern and southern cities. Since the porpoise population is found in the study area only within the borders of the Harra Protected Area, limited fishing activities and low-speed boat movement inside the zone of overlap are suggested to lower the human-porpoise interaction in the region.
印度太平洋江豚(Neophocaena phocaenoides)是一种鲜为人知的鲸类动物，在人类的压力下生活在波斯湾和阿曼湾。在伊朗，据报道，大多数目击事件发生在霍尔木兹海峡北部海岸。我们在霍尔木兹海峡北部的哈拉保护区和生物圈保护区对江豚栖息地与人类活动的空间重叠进行了研究。采用Maxent模型，采用112个存在点和一系列物理海景变量，对鼠海豚的适宜栖息地进行了建模。详细的(30 m) Landsat 8深度层是决定江豚分布的最重要因素。利用一组两两加权模糊层对多准则评价程序进行了校准，包括船舶航线、与主要航线、沿海和港口城市以及渔区的距离，以确定人类海洋利用的强度。结果表明:江鼠海豚高度适宜生境与人类海洋利用区域的空间重叠面积超过3500公顷(8.7%)，覆盖了南北城市间高速船只航行的整个河口口。由于鼠海豚种群仅在哈拉保护区的边界内发现，建议在重叠区内限制捕鱼活动和低速船只运动，以降低该地区的人-鼠海豚相互作用。
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2247277
A. Khalili-Moghadam, S. Salata, L. Borowiec
This paper enhances our understanding of the diversity of Iranian desert ants. It introduces two new species: Cataglyphis shahrekordensis sp. nov., a member of the C. altisquamis species-group, and Cataglyphis lirabiensis sp. nov., which belongs to the C. cursor species-group. These species were discovered in south-western Iran, specifically in Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari and Khoozestan Provinces. With these additions, the total number of Cataglyphis Foerster species known in Iran has now reached 37. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:725AF7DF-BB0E-4833-BAE7-A5983F952E1E
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2233762
G. Ghisbain, S. Flaminio, V. Radchenko, D. Michez
With its diverserange of climates and landscapes, the Middle East offers a remarkable area for the study of bee taxonomy and biogeography. In this work, a new species of pantaloon bee (Dasypoda delectabilis Ghisbain & Michez sp. nov.) is described from a single male collected in south-eastern Iran. Although the new species shows affinities with the subgenus Heterodasypoda Michez, its morphology is highly intriguing due to the presence of characters shared by representatives of the subgenus Dasypoda sensu stricto Latreille. A diagnostic comparison with phenotypically close Dasypoda species is provided, along with comparative remarks on the morphology and biogeography of the subgenus Heterodasypoda. Finally, a checklist of the genus Dasypoda is given for the Middle East, highlighting the need for increased attention to this highly interesting yet largely overlooked fauna. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:EBB22897-6F94-4544-AA03-CC97AACE344B
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2233774
M. Tohidifar, Morteza Arianejad, A. Khaleghizadeh, T. Ghadirian
We summarize recent records of two rare owls in Iran: The Omani Owl Strix butleri and the Western Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis semenowi. In the past decade, a significant number of records were submitted to the Iran Bird Record Committee (IBRC) by amateur ornithologists and birdwatchers. In total, there were 35 records of Omani Owl during 2008–2022 and 45 records for Brown Fish Owl during 1997–2022 in Iran. Our results demonstrate that a large portion of the global range of Omani Owl (90%) is situated within Iran. Additionally, the range of the subspecies semenowi of Brown Fish Owl is predominately located in the country. We propose a new English name, “Golden Owl”, instead of Omani Owl and maintain the English name of the subspecies semenowi, as Western Brown Fish Owl. We suggest that the scarcity of these two taxa in Iran can be attributed to a lack of systematic surveys rather than a small population size.
我们总结了伊朗两种罕见猫头鹰的最新记录:阿曼猫头鹰Strix butleri和西部褐鱼猫头鹰Ketupa zeylonensis semenowi。在过去的十年里，业余鸟类学家和观鸟者向伊朗鸟类记录委员会(IBRC)提交了大量的记录。在伊朗，阿曼猫头鹰在2008-2022年间总共记录了35只，棕鱼猫头鹰在1997-2022年间记录了45只。我们的研究结果表明，阿曼猫头鹰的全球范围的很大一部分(90%)位于伊朗境内。此外，褐鱼鸮亚种semenowi的分布范围主要位于乡村。我们提出了一个新的英文名称“Golden Owl”，而不是阿曼猫头鹰，并保留了semenowi亚种的英文名称“Western Brown Fish Owl”。我们认为，这两个分类群在伊朗的稀缺性可归因于缺乏系统的调查，而不是种群规模小。
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Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2023.2243733
D. Jablonski, Soran H. Ahmed
We conducted genetic and morphological investigations on a snake specimen initially identified as the venomous species Walterinnesia morgani (Mocquard, 1905) from the family Elapidae, primarily based on its dark colouration. However, subsequent genetic analysis revealed a clear affiliation with the family Colubridae, specifically Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834), which shares a partially sympatric distribution with the previously mentioned species in Iraq. This discovery represents the first documented record of such a coloured specimen of H. nummifer in Iraq, raising additional questions regarding possible mimicry and the possibility of confusion in species identifications.
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