Florent Prunier

AEA El Bosque Animado · Genal Field Station

This paper presents the occurrence of the large branchiopods detected during a survey carried out in the province of Córdoba (Andalusia, southern Spain). 7 species were recorded at 135 sampled ponds.

Pevious studies on the Orthoptera of Malaga province are reviewed, highlighting the mportance of the figure of Pierre Jules Rambur. The presence of three mountain species located around La Maroma (Sierra Tejeda) and newly recorded from the province is reported: Chorthippus nevadensis Pascual, 1976, Ctenodecticus granatensis Pascual, 1978 and Omoces...

The second Andalusian atlas of dragonflies is presented, updating the publication of the first in 1984. This work is based on the subsequent literature review and data of ROLA's recording scheme. For each species, a map represents the last period in which its presence has been detected (prior to 1984, 1984-2000, after 2000).

Spain is the fourth largest European country with little more than 500.000 square kilometres. It belongs, together with Portugal, to the Iberian Peninsula, that is the Westernmost continental area in Eurasia and one of the only three Mediterranean peninsulas in Europe. Spanish geography is indeed more complex with the country accounting with the Ba...

Different accounts on the history of odonatology (Kiauta, 1978; Corbet, 1991) show that its development was delayed in Spain in comparison with other European countries. Full text at https://g3-guides.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Prunier-2024-Odonatolgy-in-Spain-a-brief-history.pdf

Los nombres vernáculos tradicionales españoles que identifican algún tipo de insecto reconocen generalmente unidades taxonómicas supra-específicas, contando en el caso de los odonatos con una larga lista de nombres vulgares para designar principalmente al orden o a sus dos subórdenes. Proponemos una estandarización de los términos caballitos de agu...

Onychogomphus cazuma is an endemic gomphid of eastern Spain and one of the rarest dragonflies in Europe. We report the discovery of a population of this species at Surgencia del Tajo del Buitre, Ardales, in Málaga province, Spain. Numerous exuviae and three emerging individuals were found in early June 2023. The site consists of a seepage with perm...

Este documento expone los resultados de un muestreo intensivo durante el fin de semana del 1-2 de julio de 2017 en el PN Sierra de Baza (Granada), dentro de las actividades organizadas por la Asociación de Educación Ambiental El bosque Animado dentro del marco de actividades de Voluntariado Ambiental en áreas de la Red Natura 2000 financiadas por l...

Aim Poleward range shifts of species are among the most obvious effects of climate change on biodiversity. As a consequence of these range shifts, species communities are predicted to become increasingly composed of warm‐dwelling species, but this has only been studied for a limited number of taxa, mainly birds, butterflies and plants. As species g...

Onychogomphus costae is an Ibero-Maghrebian endemic, which is rare in the Ibe-rian Peninsula. This study updates its distribution in Andalusia, southern Spain, based on a targeted survey carried out in 2015-2017 and the compilation of all available records. The species appears to be more widespread than previously documented, with a core distributi...

The deficiency in the distributional data of invertebrate taxa is one of the major impediments acting on the bias towards the low awareness of its conservation status. The present study sets a basic framework to understand the large branchiopod distribution in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. Since the extensive surveys performed in the...

After four decades without news of Zygonyx torridus (Kirby, 1889) in the province of Cordoba (Andalusia), a recent sighting has led to repeated visits to the Guadiato River. However, the species has not been reconfirmed and the establishment of a population seems doubtful. A strong degradation of the dragonfly community is described in this section...

A faunistic atudy of the water beetles (Coleoptera) was carried out in the hydrographic basins of river Genal and river Grande (Málaga). The study allowed for the detection of 68 species and highlighted the dominance of the families Elmidae and Hydraenidae. Five species are new records to the province of Málaga. It is noteworthy that Hydraena gadit...

This document reports the species inventory found during the “Bioblitz” carried out at P.N. Sierra de Baza during July 2017. A total of 42 naturalists, belonging to 7 Spanish organizations and academic research groups, have contributed to the project. To be noted the participation of the informal group "Flying Dutch Orthoptera", formed by researche...

The study describes the history of the European Otter (Lutra lutra) in the province of Cordoba, Andalusia. It is based on the scarce historical data and recent Spanish Otter surveys,organized every decade by SECEM. Results of the fourth national survey,covering the period 2014-2015, are presented and demonstrate the best ever status recorded for th...

The paper presents the results of the first faunistic study of dragonflies undertaken in the Sierra de Baza Natural Park, one of the most arid area in Andalusia. The water bodies present in the park are described, the most relevant ones for Odonata being four permanent streams and various water tanks associated with natural springs. The sampling wa...

Resumen. El grillo Nemobius sylvestris sylvestris (Bosc, 1792) ha sido recolectado entre hojarasca de alcornoque en el valle del Genal. Se trata de la primera cita de la especie en la provincia de Málaga. Palabras Claves. Orthoptera; Nemobius sylvestris; Genal; Málaga; España Nemobius sylvestris sylvestris (Bosc, 1792), species new to Malaga provin...

The deficiency in the distributional data of invertebrate taxa is one of the major impediments acting on the bias towards the low awareness of its conservation status. The present study sets a basic framework to understand the large branchiopods distribution in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands. Since the extensive surveys performed in the...

The Iberian Peninsula harbours 24 taxa of native large branchiopods (LBs). Most of them inhabit Mediterranean temporary ponds, which are priority habitats under the EU Habitats Directive. In this work, Iberian LBs were evaluated using IUCN Red List criteria based on geographic range (extent of occurrence, area of occupancy, number of locations, hab...

This study aims to analyse the woodland bird populations at the river Guadalquivir through Cordoba. In the last three decades, a positive evolution of the species richness of woodland birds was detected as the result of the settlement of a riparian forest in banks previously mostly devoid of vegetation. However, both richness and biomass have not s...

Whilst working on the collections of P-A. Robert, one of the authors (CB) discovered a larval specimen that proved to be Orthetrum trinacria (Selys, 1841). This specimen was originally collected in 1966 and pre-dates the rediscovery of this species in Europe from Sardinia by six years. The paper also discusses the early records from Iberia and spec...

The presence of the large branchiopod fauna in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands was recorded obtained from bibliographical and recent captures. The fauna includes 16 anostracans, 7 notostracans and 4 spinicaudatans, although we considered the different species of genus Triops as one taxa, due to the difficulties to allocate the bibliograp...

We present a compilation of dragonflies records from the province of Granada (South-East Spain) gained during the period 1988-2015. The majority of this data and from the literature was observed after year 2010, the knowledge of the dragonflies of Granada being at the moment in steady increase. The provincial check-list contains currently 46 speci...

Artificial wetlands are a good potential habitat for waterfowl. We present here the results of an intensive waterbird survey carried out in 2011–2015 at Lagunas de Las Quemadillas (Córdoba), a recently abandoned gravel pit. A total of 133 species were detected in a wetland composed of a permanent 2-ha lagoon and an irregularly flooded temporary lag...

The province of Cadiz (South of Spain) hosts the only known locality in the world of Linderiella baetica Alonso & García-de-Lomas 2009 (Anostraca). In this paper, the geographical distribution of the species based on published sampling data focused on large branchiopods and temporary pools in Andalusia and the entire Iberian Peninsula is assessed....

Several field trips were carried out between 2008 and 2013 in order to survey the orthopterofauna of the Natural Park Sierras de Cazorla, Segura & Las Villas (Andalusia, Spain). With a total surface area of 209,920ha, this is Spain's largest protected area and one its most extensive forested zones. The inventory of the park is updated with 93 speci...

Updating spanish province's checklists of Odonata. Checklists of dragonflies for each Spanish province (mainland and Balearics Islands) are updated through the revision of literature, the query of online biodiversity databases and inquiries to local specialists. The maps are based on the distribution information in an estimated 140.000 records gath...

Se aportan nuevos datos sobre la presencia de odonatos en Guadalajara (España), una provincia apenás prospectada hasta la fecha. Se elabora un catálogo preliminar de los odonatos de la provincia, con la inclusión de 15 especies nuevas. SUMMARY New data on the presence of dragonflies in Guadalajara (Spain), a province hardly studied until now, is re...

Las masas de agua recogidas en el Inventario de Humedales de Andalucía (IHA) albergan una gran variedad de grupos faunísticos, entre los que se encuentran los Odonatos, compuesto por las libélulas y caballitos de agua y cuyo ciclo de vida incluye una fase larvaria acuática. La presencia de este taxón en los medios acuáticos tiene interés por su car...

Granada es una provincia española situada en el sureste peninsular, a orillas del mar Mediterráneo y en plena cordillera Penibética, dentro de la comunidad autónoma de Andalucía. Tiene un clima mediterráneo continentalizado en la mayoría del territorio, pero también se da un clima de montaña en la parte más alta, y subtropical en la costa. La provi...

The discovery of a new population of Orthetrum nitidinerve, a scarce species in the iberian peninsula, localized in Cordoba made possible the study of some aspects of its ecology.

Omocestus bolivari Chopard, 1939 (Orthoptera: Acrididae), new species for the province of Jaén

Resumen. Se registran 55 especies de mariposas diurnas identificadas durante el periodo 2004-2014 en el arroyo Pedroches y su entorno (Sierra Morena), un área natural periférica a la ciudad de Córdoba (Andalucía). Se aportan datos ecológicos sobre las especies localizadas en la Sierra de Córdoba y se realiza un listado de las plantas nutricias loca...

The Espacio Natural Doñana, referred to here simply as Doñana, is internationally considered as an area of particular interest for the conservation of Odonata. We have compiled data on the species recorded in this area between 1959 and 2013, including the results of intensive surveys and observations of adults which took place between 2009 and 2013...

We present the taxonomic and geographic composition of the Iberian Odonata preserved in the MNCN Entomology collection. The collection includes 62 species (almost 80% of the total species known in the Iberian Peninsula). Sympecma fusca, Sympetrum fonscolombii, Ischnura graellsii and I. elegans are the species represented by the largest number of sp...

Large branchiopods (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca, Notostraca) from Málaga province, Spain (2012/2013 hydrological year) This paper presents the occurrence of the large branchiopods detected during a survey carried out in the province of Málaga (Andalusia, southern Spain). Five species (Branchipus cortesi, Chirocephalus diaphanus, Streptocepha...

In 2007, 2008 and 2009, a thorough sampling of aquatic macroinvertebrates was carried out in the water catchment of the Guadalimar River, an important affluent of the Guadalquivir River. Forty-two dragonfly species were recorded in an area previously poorly studied. The conservation of the dragonfly community is assessed using nymphs and evaluated...

Bibliographical data on Andalusian dragonflies are abstracted and ordered by province and 10x10 kilometers squares. Doubtful records as well as species to be confirmed in the region are discussed. The Andalusian catalogue of dragonflies is updated.

Se da a conocer la presencia de Uromenus brevicollis insularis Chopard, 1923 (Orthoptera: Bradyporidae) en Mallorca, especie conocida hasta ahora solo de Menorca en el ámbito íbero-balear. Se actualiza la distribución de los dos Ephippigerini baleares.

Recopilación de las especies presentes en el entorno del arroyo Pedroches

The results of the “ROLA en río” protocol corresponding to the year 2011 and other additional data from Andalusia are summarized. This annual report is the core of the journal and its main justification. We urge dragonflies’ enthusiasts to share their observations and have them published. Currently every data is of interest, independently of the ra...

Se presentan nuevas citas de odonatos del Parque Natural Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas, incluyendo novedades como Aeshna affinis Vander Linden, 1820 y Libellula quadrimaculata Linnaeus, 1758.

Inventory of Mantodea species (Insecta) in the surroundings of the Pedroche stream (Cordoba, Spain)

Marsilea strigosa Willd. es un helecho semi-acuático raro y muy localizado en la Península Ibérica (Paivia 1986), cuyo hábitat principal lo constituyen los estanques temporales mediterráneos. El descubrimiento de dos poblaciones cordobesas nos ha parecido digno de difundir. Se identifi caron varios especímenes con obras de referencia (Paivia 1986,...

Mediterranean temporary pools have been declared as a prioritary ecosystem by the Habitats Directive. Their study and survey are therefore essential for effective conservation. This paper presents the results of a Large Branchiopod survey carried out in the province of Córdoba (Andalusia, southern Spain). Taking advantage of the exceptionally wet w...

Presence of Macromia splendens (Pictet, 1843) (Odonata: Corduliidae) in the Tranco de Beas reservoir (Jaén)

New record of Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834) (Odonata: Corduliidae) in the province of Seville

Canariola emarginata Newman, 1964 (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae), a species thought to be endemic to the Cazorla Sierra was recently found in close localities in the provinces of Jaén, Albacete and Granada.

Raising awareness of local communities about their close environment was carried out in an original way through creative and manual activities. Thus the participation in tasks like the valorisation of local natural and built heritage, the knowledge of bird populations and the conservation of threatened species has been made possible through differ...

Two parameters (Total lenght and sex) were measured in three populations of dragonflies: Anax imperator, Boyeria irene, Cordulegaster boltoni immaculifrons Se miden dos parámetros, longitud total y sexo, en tres poblaciones de libélulas: Anax imperator, Boyeria irene, Cordulegaster boltoni immaculifrons.

Resumen: Se revisan los estudios realizados sobre ortópteros en la provincia de Málaga, poniendo de relieve la importancia de la figura de Pierre Jules Rambur. Se da a conocer la presencia de tres especies orófilas localizadas en los alrededores de La Maroma (Sierra Tejeda) y nuevas para la provincia: Chorthippus nevadensis Pascual, 1976, Ctenodect...