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Lipari
No full textE' Sta l'industria dell'ossidiana con la sua esportazione verso la Sicilia e verso l'Italia peninsulare la fortuna delle prime genti di Lipari. continua ...
A new subspecies of Cicindela (Cicindela) campestris Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera Cicindelidae) from the Aeolian Islands (Italy)
Full text linkCicindela (Cicindela) campestris didyme n. ssp. from the islands of Salina and Lipari (Aeolian Archipelago, Sicily, Italy) is here described. The new subspecies differs from other Italian populations of C. campestris, in particular from the closest ones of Sicily (C. campestris
siculorum Schilder, 1953) and Calabria (C. campestris calabrica Mandl, 1944) for some
morphological characters such as the shape of the clypeus, the granules of the elytra less
elevated and more sparse and the different aedeagus. It is immediately recognizable by more
or less extensively green-brown color of the dorsal surface often entirely red-brown
Preliminary results of EOLIFE99, a project concerning the conservation of four endangered plant species of Aeolian Archipelago (South Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)
Full text linkThe LIFE-Nature project “EOLIFE99” (LIFE99 NAT/IT/006217) aims to encourage the preservation of four endangered plant species (“of priority interest” following E.U. Directive 92/43) which grow in the Aeolian Archipelago: these are Bassia saxicola (Guss.) A. J. Scott (Chenopodiaceae), Silene hicesiae Brullo & Signorello (Caryophyllaceae), Cytisus aeolicus Guss. (Leguminosae), Ophrys lunulata Parl. (Orchidaceae). The preliminary results concerning the botanical and entomological field surveys, and the in vitro propagation of Silene hicesiae, the isolation and the characterisation of Cytisus aeolicus rhizobia are here illustrated
Worldwide checklist of the island mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera Mutillidae)
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Mainland and insular lacertid lizards
No full textLacertid lizards have long been a fruitful field of scientific enquiry with many people working on them over the past couple of hundred years. The scope of the field has steadily increased, beginning with taxonomy and anatomy and gradually spreading so that it includes such topics as phylogenetics, behaviour, ecology, and conservation. Since 1992, a series of symposia on lacertid lizards of the Mediterranean basin have taken place every three years. The present volume stems from the 2004 meeting in the Aeolian Islands. In the volume a wide range of island topics are considered, including the systematics of the species concerned, from both morphological and molecular viewpoints, interaction with other taxa, and conservation. The last topic is especially important, as island lizards across the world have often been vulnerable to extinction, after they came into contact with people and the animals they introduced. The volume also has papers on the more positive aspects of human influence, specifically the benign effects of traditional agriculture on at least some reptile species. Olive trees, cork oaks and the banks and walls of loose rocks that crisscross the Mediterranean scene all often contribute to elevated lizard populations. Nor is more basic biology neglected and there are articles on morphology, reproduction, development and thermoregulation. Finally, it is good to see one paper on non-Mediterranean species is included. For, to fully understand the lacertids of this region, it is necessary to appreciate their close relatives in Africa, Asia and the archipelagos of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. (From Preface by E. Nicholas Arnold & Wolfgang Böhme
Mainland and insular lacertid lizards
No full textLacertid lizards have long been a fruitful field of scientific enquiry with many people working on them over the past couple of hundred years. The scope of the field has steadily increased, beginning with taxonomy and anatomy and gradually spreading so that it includes such topics as phylogenetics, behaviour, ecology, and conservation. Since 1992, a series of symposia on lacertid lizards of the Mediterranean basin have taken place every three years. The present volume stems from the 2004 meeting in the Aeolian Islands. In the volume a wide range of island topics are considered, including the systematics of the species concerned, from both morphological and molecular viewpoints, interaction with other taxa, and conservation. The last topic is especially important, as island lizards across the world have often been vulnerable to extinction, after they came into contact with people and the animals they introduced. The volume also has papers on the more positive aspects of human influence, specifically the benign effects of traditional agriculture on at least some reptile species. Olive trees, cork oaks and the banks and walls of loose rocks that crisscross the Mediterranean scene all often contribute to elevated lizard populations. Nor is more basic biology neglected and there are articles on morphology, reproduction, development and thermoregulation. Finally, it is good to see one paper on non-Mediterranean species is included. For, to fully understand the lacertids of this region, it is necessary to appreciate their close relatives in Africa, Asia and the archipelagos of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. (From Preface by E. Nicholas Arnold & Wolfgang Böhme
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