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The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology
Abstract. The tiger beetles of the southern Levant (Egypt: Sinai, Israel, Jordan) and adjacent regions of the neighboring countries Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are reviewed in terms of species taxonomy, ecological and distributional traits and conservation biology. An illustrated di...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989 |
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author | Assmann, Thorsten Boutaud, Estève Buse, Jörn Gebert, Jörg Drees, Claudia Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Khoury, Fares Marcus, Tamar Orbach, Eylon Ittai Renan, Schmidt, Constantin Zumstein, Pascale |
author_facet | Assmann, Thorsten Boutaud, Estève Buse, Jörn Gebert, Jörg Drees, Claudia Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Khoury, Fares Marcus, Tamar Orbach, Eylon Ittai Renan, Schmidt, Constantin Zumstein, Pascale |
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description | Abstract. The tiger beetles of the southern Levant (Egypt: Sinai, Israel, Jordan) and adjacent regions of the neighboring countries Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are reviewed in terms of species taxonomy, ecological and distributional traits and conservation biology. An illustrated dichotomous identification key from the species of this region is provided. Based on the classical identification key, we developed a digital identification application for smartphones and tablets. The species status of Calomera aulicoides (J.R. Sahlberg, 1913) is (re-) established (stat. rest.) as this taxon can be found sympatrically and parapatrically together with Calomera littoralis winkleri (Mandl, 1934). Morphological character states are discussed to identify Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861 and C. herbacea Klug, 1832. Calomera aphrodisia (Baudi di Selve, 1864) is recorded for the first time from Israel. The presence of Calomera aulica (Dejean, 1831) and Grammognatha euphratica (Dejean, 1822) is confirmed by new records. At least five taxa are threatened or extinct in Israel. For one of these species, Israel has a national responsibility for the conservation as the main part of the distribution range is within this country. Availability: The application TIGER BEETLE ID for Android devices can be freely downloaded at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989.suppl1. See also disclaimer of warranties. |
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spelling | pubmed-59043272018-04-19 The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology Assmann, Thorsten Boutaud, Estève Buse, Jörn Gebert, Jörg Drees, Claudia Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Khoury, Fares Marcus, Tamar Orbach, Eylon Ittai Renan, Schmidt, Constantin Zumstein, Pascale Zookeys Monograph Abstract. The tiger beetles of the southern Levant (Egypt: Sinai, Israel, Jordan) and adjacent regions of the neighboring countries Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are reviewed in terms of species taxonomy, ecological and distributional traits and conservation biology. An illustrated dichotomous identification key from the species of this region is provided. Based on the classical identification key, we developed a digital identification application for smartphones and tablets. The species status of Calomera aulicoides (J.R. Sahlberg, 1913) is (re-) established (stat. rest.) as this taxon can be found sympatrically and parapatrically together with Calomera littoralis winkleri (Mandl, 1934). Morphological character states are discussed to identify Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861 and C. herbacea Klug, 1832. Calomera aphrodisia (Baudi di Selve, 1864) is recorded for the first time from Israel. The presence of Calomera aulica (Dejean, 1831) and Grammognatha euphratica (Dejean, 1822) is confirmed by new records. At least five taxa are threatened or extinct in Israel. For one of these species, Israel has a national responsibility for the conservation as the main part of the distribution range is within this country. Availability: The application TIGER BEETLE ID for Android devices can be freely downloaded at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989.suppl1. See also disclaimer of warranties. Pensoft Publishers 2018-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5904327/ /pubmed/29674855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989 Text en Thorsten Assmann, Estève Boutaud, Jörn Buse, Jörg Gebert, Claudia Drees, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Friedman, Fares Khoury, Tamar Marcus, Eylon Orbach, Ittai Renan, Constantin Schmidt, Pascale Zumstein http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Monograph Assmann, Thorsten Boutaud, Estève Buse, Jörn Gebert, Jörg Drees, Claudia Friedman, Ariel-Leib-Leonid Khoury, Fares Marcus, Tamar Orbach, Eylon Ittai Renan, Schmidt, Constantin Zumstein, Pascale The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology |
title | The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology |
title_full | The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology |
title_fullStr | The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology |
title_full_unstemmed | The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology |
title_short | The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology |
title_sort | tiger beetles (coleoptera, cicindelidae) of the southern levant and adjacent territories: from cybertaxonomy to conservation biology |
topic | Monograph |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5904327/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29674855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989 |
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