Areas of endemism in the Afrotropical region based on the geographical distribution of Tipulomorpha (Insecta: Diptera)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daubian Santos ◽  
Guilherme Cunha Ribeiro
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Areas Of Endemism

scholarly journals The mutualism of Melissotarsus ants and armoured scale insects in Africa and Magadascar: distribution, host plants and biology

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Ben-Dov ◽  
B.L. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Scale Insects ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Armoured Scale Insects

Species of the ant genus Melissotarsus Emery are widespread in the Afrotropical region (three species, namely M. beccarii Emery, M. emeryi Forel and M. weissi Santschi) and in the Madagascar region (one species, namely M. insularis Santschi). The ants of all these species tunnel their galleries in live wood of various dicotyledonous trees, close to the bark surface. The ants maintain within these galleries populations of different species of armoured scale insects. A review is presented on the geographical distribution of mutualism, of the Melissotarsus species, the associated 10 species of armoured scale insects, and the host plants on which the mutualism takes place. The ecology of the mutualism is discussed also, together with suggestions on the benefits that the partners gain from the associations.

scholarly journals DBSCAN and GIE, Two Density-Based “Grid-Free” Methods for Finding Areas of Endemism: A Case Study of Flea Beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in the Afrotropical Region

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1115
Author(s):  
Maurizio Biondi ◽  
Paola D’Alessandro ◽  
Walter De Simone ◽  
Mattia Iannella
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Central Area ◽  
Kernel Density ◽  
The Core ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Areas Of Endemism ◽  
Gis Environment ◽  
First Time ◽  
Geographical Locations

Areas of endemism (AoEs) are a central area of research in biogeography. Different methods have been proposed for their identification in the literature. In this paper, a “grid-free” method based on the “Density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise” (DBSCAN) is here used for the first time to locate areas of endemism for species belonging to the beetle tribe Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini in the Afrotropical Region. The DBSCAN is compared with the “Geographic Interpolation of Endemism” (GIE), another “grid-free” method based on a kernel density approach. DBSCAN and GIE both return largely overlapping results, detecting the same geographical locations for the AoEs, but with different delimitations, surfaces, and number of detected sinendemisms. The consensus maps obtained by GIE are in general less clearly delimited than the maps obtained by DBSCAN, but nevertheless allow us to evaluate the core of the AoEs more precisely, representing of the percentage levels of the overlap of the centroids. DBSCAN, on the other hand, appears to be faster and more sensitive in identifying the AoEs. To facilitate implementing the delimitation of the AoEs through the procedure proposed by us, a new tool named “CLUENDA” (specifically developed is in GIS environment) is also made available.

scholarly journals New records of Cladomelea from South Africa, including the first records of C. longipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Araneae, Araneidae) outside its type locality

Check List ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 1071-1075
Author(s):  
Anna Sophia Dippenaar-Schoeman ◽  
Stefan Hendrik Foord
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
New Records ◽  
Geographic Range ◽  
Type Locality ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Bolas Spider

We present the first records of the bolas spider, Cladomelea longipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877), beyond its type locality, resulting in a considerable extension of its geographic range in Africa. We compare C. longipes with the two other species of Cladomelea known from South Africa, C. akermani Hewitt, 1923 and C. debeeri Roff & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2004. Images of live specimens and a distribution map are provided. Cladomelea longipes is very rare locally but has a relatively large geographical distribution in the Afrotropical Region.

A new species of Adelius Haliday (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical Region

Zootaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4933 (2) ◽  
pp. 289-294
Author(s):  
FERREIRA MANUEL TIMÓTEO ◽  
EDUARDO MITIO SHIMBORI ◽  
JOÃO PASCOAL DA SILVA FERREIRA ◽  
ALMEIDA FRANCISCO JOSÉ ◽  
LUIS FELIPE VENTURA DE ALMEIDA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
First Record ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Significant Extension ◽  
A New Species

In this paper we describe a new species of Adelius (Braconidae, Cheloninae) from the Afrotropical region, the first record of the genus for Angola, and a significant extension of its geographical distribution. 

scholarly journals Megaselia dilatimana Disney, 2006 and Megaselia falloconsueta Disney, 2006, two Afrotropical species of scuttle flies (Diptera, Phoridae) newly recorded from Peninsular Malaysia

Check List ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 985-992
Author(s):  
Raja M. Zuha ◽  
Nhavin Gnanaprakasam ◽  
Naim Naqib ◽  
Jia-Le Yap ◽  
R. Henry L. Disney
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Distribution ◽  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Oriental Region ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
First Time

Megaselia dilatimana Disney, 2006 and M. falloconsueta Disney, 2006 (Diptera, Phoridae), two species of scuttle flies previously only known from Afrotropical region, are reported for the first time from Peninsular Malaysia. These species were collected from July to September 2020 during surveys of saprophagous scuttle flies at selected locations in the states of Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, and Johor. The geographical distribution of these species is extended to the Oriental region and increases the number of species of Megaselia known from Peninsular Malaysia to 36.

scholarly journals Habitat Specificity, Host Plants and Areas of Endemism for the Genera-Group Blepharida s.l. in the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

Insects ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 299
Author(s):  
Mattia Iannella ◽  
Paola D’Alessandro ◽  
Walter De Simone ◽  
Maurizio Biondi
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Temperate Zone ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Habitat Specificity ◽  
Ecological Preferences ◽  
Afrotropical Region ◽  
Areas Of Endemism ◽  
Sub Saharan

The genus Calotheca Heyden (Chrysomelidae) is mainly distributed in the eastern and southern parts of sub-Saharan Africa, with some extensions northward, while Blepharidina Bechyné occurs in the intertropical zone of Africa, with two subgenera, Blepharidina s. str. and Blepharidina(Afroblepharida) Biondi and D’Alessandro. These genera show different ecological preferences. Through an up-to-date presence–absence dataset, in the light of the terrestrial ecoregions of sub-Saharan Africa and the distribution of their possible host plants, we interpreted the pattern of occurrence of these three supraspecific taxa, by geostatistical analyses in GIS and R environments. The separation of Blepharidina from Calotheca was probably driven by changes in climate as adaptation to more xeric and warm environments with a major occupancy of semidesert and savannah habitats, especially in the Afroblepharida species. Based on our data and analyses, Calotheca is mainly associated with Searsia (Anacardiaceae), and Blepharidina is likely associated with Commiphora (Burseraceae). This hypothesis is also corroborated by the widespread and even dominance of the Commiphora plants in the ecoregions where both Blepharidina s.str. and, above all, Afroblepharida, are more common. The main areas of endemism of the two genera are also differently located: Calotheca in the temperate zone; Blepharidina within the intertropical belt.

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