Giardi, Léo Homrani Bakali, Abdelmonaim
The presence of the xenophyte plant Maireana brevifolia is reported for the first time in Morocco. The species is native to Australia and is currently colonizing a disturbed saline oasis in Skoura, province of Ouarzazate, though it might likely occur elsewhere in similar habitats. A brief illustrated description and precise geographical Moroccan lo...
Homrani Bakali, Abdelmonaim Chatelain, Cyrille
Phlomis lychnitis is here recorded for the first time within the African continent. So far, known only from Morocco in the Oriental High Atlas. Description of the species as well as first data about its ecology in Morocco together with geographical distribution and diagnostic features with the morphologically closest taxon sharing yellow-colored fl...
Przybylowicz, Lukasz
The genus Metamicroptera Hulstaert, 1923 and Metamicroptera christophi Przybylowicz, 2005 (Erebidae:Arctiinae) is recorded for the first time from Malawi. This new record provides a link between Tanzanian and Zimbabwean localities of the taxon suggesting that the species may be continuously distributed along the subequatorial grass savannah biome o...
Goula, Marta Mateos Frías, Eduardo
Campylomma miyamotoi Yasunaga, 2001, an alien plant bug species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) associated to the Persian silk tree Albizia julibrissin Durazz, 1772 (Fabaceae), is recorded for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula. Described from Japan, it is also found in Korea. The species was recently reported for the first time from Turkey....
Baena, Manuel Santos, Samuel
Revilla, Txema Morente, F. Olvera, Miguel
Xenopathia novaki (Rebel, 1891) (Lepidoptera: Blastobasidae) is reported for the first time for Spain, by means of the capture of some individuals in the province of Almería. The current distribution of this species is reviewed and updated. / Se cita por primera vez para España Xenopathia novaki (Rebel, 1891) (Lepidoptera: Blastobasidae), gracias a...
Roca Cusachs, Marcos Goula, Marta
The first records from Catalonia and Aragon of Fulvius oxycarenoides (Reuter, 1878) (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae) are presented, enlarging its known Iberian distribution to the northeasternmost peninsular regions. / Se presentan las primeras citas de Cataluña y Aragón de Fulvius oxycarenoides (Reuter, 1878) (Heteroptera: Miridae: Cylapinae), am...
Dioli, Paride Kruys, Ivan Salvetti, Martino
Nariscus spinosus is first reported from Gran Canaria Island (Spain). A male specimen, easily recognizable by the presence of a long spine in the posterior femurs and the very elongate head, was photographed in the southern sector of the island. Its host plant (Acacia farnesiana), an alien and invasive species of South American origin, is also repo...
González López, José Rafael López Colón, José Ignacio Bahillo de la Puebla, Pablo
By means of a photographic record from the province of Burgos (North Spain), the second Iberian citation of the clerid Tarsostenus (Paratillus) carus (Newman, 1840) (Coleoptera, Cleroidea, Cleridae) is provided. / A partir de un registro fotográfico procedente de la provincia de Burgos (norte de España), se aporta la segunda cita ibérica del clérid...
Graziani, Francesca Cianferoni, Fabio
Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 is recorded for the first time in Florence (Italy). This finding is the northernmost record for peninsular Italy and it seems to confirm the northward expansion of the distribution range of this species. / Vespa orientalis Linnaeus, 1771 se cita por primera vez en Florencia (Italia). Este hallazgo es el registro más ...