Biogeographia

Francesco Paolo Faraone

Matteo Riccardo Di Nicola

Luigi Barraco

Francesco Lillo

Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography

New evidence on blind snake presence in Sicily stress the need for targeted monitoring

西西里岛盲蛇新证据凸显针对性监测的必要性

Fabio Cianferoni

Attilio Carapezza

Franco Faraci

The new Checklist of the Italian Fauna: Heteroptera

意大利动物志新名录：异翅目

Felipe Vieira-Guimarães

André Luis Malheiro de Oliveira

André Luiz Gadelha de Almeida

Araiene Peres Pereira

Brenda Foerste

Bruna Malavazi Dell’ Antonio

Bruno Pinheiro Gomes

Carla Frechiani de Oliveira

Carlos David Pérez-Castillo

Erica Elias Franco

Gabriela Ortolane Medeiros

Gustavo Brandão Garcia

Isabela Jabour e Silva

João Vitor Pasinato Silva

Lucas Damásio

Leydiane Nunes Rodrigues

Marcos Vinícius Freitas Silva

Maryana Tavares de Souza

Paulo Quadros de Menezes

Ricieire Dos Santos Melotti

Thassiane Targino da Silva

Welton Pereira Quirino

Luisa Maria Sarmento-Soares

A multimethodological approach for vertebrate endemicity and potential priority regions for conservation in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

巴西东南部圣埃斯皮里图州脊椎动物特有性及潜在优先保护区的多方法学研究

Riccardo Castiglia

Flavia Annesi

Mauro Grano

Is there only one species of flowerpot snake around the world? Phylogenetic position of a specimen from Italy (Ischia) (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

世界上只有一种花盆蛇吗？来自意大利（伊斯基亚）标本的系统发育位置（蛇目：盲蛇科）

The crested porcupine Hystrix cristata is one of the most well-known members of the Family Hystricidae, yet very little is known regarding its geographic variability in Africa. Two alternative hypotheses exist; pre-1940s classical taxonomy supported the existence of a distinct Eastern African species, Hystrix galeata, whereas recent molecular data seem to support only a North-South separation inside one single species, with the geographic-ecological barrier represented by the Sahara desert. Our morphometric data support the recognition of Hystrix cristata senegalica Cuvier, 1822 as the sub-Saharan representative of the species with a clear morphological difference between the North African and sub-Saharan crested porcupines, which seem re-conductible mostly to size difference. Within H. c. senegalica, our analysis seems to support a weak separation between the West African and the East African samples. Owing to considerable qualitative skull differences and overlooked molecular data, the taxonomic status of H. galeata remains uncertain as well as the status of porcupines of North-East Africa (Nubia). Our results also highlight the role of North Africa (mainly the Maghreb) as a refuge for the nominal taxon. This suggests that intraspecific variability is presently overlooked and that further integrative studies and more samples are needed to adequately assess the geographic variability of sub-Saharan crested porcupines.&nbsp

Francesco Maria Angelici

Paolo Colangelo

Spartaco Gippoliti

Out of Europe: Investigating Hystrix cristata (Rodentia: Hystricidae) skull morphometric geographic variability in Africa

走出欧洲：探究非洲豪猪（啮齿目：豪猪科）颅骨形态地理变异

Data on the distribution of 238 European black fly taxa recorded in 97 operational geographical units (OGUs), of which 54 are European, were taken from published primary and secondary sources, summarised, numerically analysed and evaluated for chorotype identification. In continental Europe, 225 species have been recorded, of which 91 were registered only on the mainland. On the European islands, 70 species have been recorded, 13 of which are exclusively there; among them, 10 are European endemics (5 on the Mediterranean islands and 5 in Macaronesia). The individual species were recorded in 1–64 OGUs, the observed frequency distribution of species, according to the occupied OGUs, is strongly asymmetric and skewed to the right. This distribution does not fit the Fisher's log-series distribution, the zero-truncated negative binomial, or the zero truncated Poisson distributions. The prevailing number of European black flies has a clear tendency to occupy small ranges. More than half of all species (128) are known from six or fewer OGUs (median = 6) and more than one-third of the species (35.5%) are from only 1–3 OGUs. One-quarter of all species, including 11 species complexes, are known from 14 or more OGUs (Q3 = 14). Only 12 species (~ 5%) are known from 39 or more OGUs; half of them being recognised species complexes. A wide range can be considered a property of a species complex, and by abduction, a taxon with such a range can be considered a species complex. Splitting a species complex into separate species can result in a range-splitting effect, i.e. the disintegration of the original large range into a number of overlapping or non-overlapping smaller species ranges can result in existing chorotypes disappearing or new ones arising. Cluster analysis C1 (CLC = complete linkage clustering, Baroni-Urbani & Buser index of similarity) provided 30 significant clusters, 26 of them isolated, with 1 to 24 species each (median = 5.5). Cluster analysis C2 (CLC, Jaccard's index of similarity) provided 53 significant clusters, 26 of them isolated, with 1 to 20 species each (median = 3). The cophenetic correlation coefficient rcoph between C1 and C2 was 0.8015, indicating a high agreement between the two classifications. In an expert assessment based on cluster analysis, 29 global chorotypes were distinguished. According to the overall range extent and its location on the continents, the chorotypes were arranged into seven groups as follows: Holarctic (26 spp., American–European, Pan-Holarctic, Holarctic boreal, Palaearctic–East Beringian chorotypes), Palaearctic (40 spp., Pan-Palaearctic, Euro–Asian, Sibero–European), West–Central Palaearctic group (10 spp., Central Asian–Euro–Mediterranean, Central Asian–Turano–Euxinian, Turano–Caucasian), Western Palaearctic (18 spp., Euro–Mediterranean, Mediterranean–Macaronesian, Macaronesian–West Mediterranean), European (86 spp., Pan-European, Western European, Northern European, Central European, Apenninian, Balkan, Eastern European), Mediterranean group (53 spp., Pan-Mediterranean, West Mediterranean, East Mediterranean, Euxinian, Crimean, Caucasian), and the Macaronesian group (5 spp., Azorean, Madeiran, Canarian). The main result of the analysis of ranges of European black flies is the description of 29 global chorotypes. The analysis shows that the chorological structure of the European black fly fauna is complex and it varies significantly in different parts of the continent and adjacent islands. This can be the start for further zoogeographical, phylogeographical and other analyses in this area of research.&nbsp

ISSN	2475-5257
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New evidence on blind snake presence in Sicily stress the need for targeted monitoring

The new Checklist of the Italian Fauna: Heteroptera

A multimethodological approach for vertebrate endemicity and potential priority regions for conservation in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

Is there only one species of flowerpot snake around the world? Phylogenetic position of a specimen from Italy (Ischia) (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Out of Europe: Investigating Hystrix cristata (Rodentia: Hystricidae) skull morphometric geographic variability in Africa

New evidence on blind snake presence in Sicily stress the need for targeted monitoring

The new Checklist of the Italian Fauna: Heteroptera

A multimethodological approach for vertebrate endemicity and potential priority regions for conservation in the state of Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil

Is there only one species of flowerpot snake around the world? Phylogenetic position of a specimen from Italy (Ischia) (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)

Global chorotypes of European black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)