Francisco José Cabrero-Sañudo

• Profesor Contratado Doctor
• Professor (Associate) at Complutense University of Madrid

Urban environments often present environmental conditions that facilitate the introduction and establishment of nonnative and invasive species. These can expand their range into areas with unfavorable climates by taking advantage of the ecological and climatic homogenization of cities, bypassing the ecological barriers presented by the surrounding...

Photinus signaticollis Blanchard, 1846 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) is a firefly native to South America and recently established in Europe. Since 2016, this firefly has colonized the northeastern part of the Iberian Peninsula and crossed the Pyrenees to reach southern France in 2019. The larvae of this firefly feed on earthworms, so a high density of...

The dragonfly Trithemis kirbyi Sélys, 1891 recently colonized Western Europe from North Africa. Since its first record in the Iberian Peninsula in 2007, the species has been spreading northward and has become naturally established in the central and eastern Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands and southern France. Despite its worldwide distribut...

Urbanization is often associated with homogenization, including the homogenization of biodiversity and overpopulation by generalist species that can change community and disease dynamics. In Madrid, nestlings of Eurasian Scops Owl (Otus scops) frequently suffer Necrotic Oropharyngeal Disease as a result of infection by Gongylonema sp., a parasitic...

Highlights •Torymus sinensis can attack native species under laboratory and field conditions. •Molecular and mating data show that there is no hybridization with the native species. •We detected the presence of the alien species Torymus beneficus in Spain. •Decisions on biological control of D. kuriphilus by T. sinensis are discussed. BACKGROU...

The dragonfly Trithemis kirbyi Sélys, 1891 recently colonized Western Europe from North Africa. Since its first record in the Iberian Peninsula in 2007, the species has been spreading northward and has become naturally established in the central and eastern Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands and southern France. Despite its worldwide distribut...

Identifying which species are being negatively impacted by climate change and the mechanisms driving their decline is essential to effectively protect biodiversity. Coenonympha pamphilus is a common and generalist butterfly, widely distributed throughout the Western Palearctic, being multivoltine in southern Europe. Previous studies indicate that i...

The distribution of butterflies was analysed in a mosaic of different types of habitats in a typical Ibero-Supramediterranean plant landscape. This mosaic landscape is composed of oak forests (Quercus pyrenaica) and their corresponding shrub and grassland successional communities. The observed patterns were based on butterfly-flower interactions in...

Bioindicators have proven to be very useful tools for evaluating the state of disturbance or maturity of ecosystems, as well as for monitoring and detecting changes in the environment. Considering a series of criteria that justify the quality of the bioindicator groups, various arthropod taxa could be considered optimal. There are several studies t...

Context: Urbanisation is an environmental filter for many species that leads to community homogenisa-tion, with a few species inhabiting isolated patches (e.g. public and private gardens and parks) embedded within the urban landscape. Promoting biodiversity in urban areas requires understanding which species traits allow species to survive the urba...

En el presente trabajo se realizó un estudio bianual de la diversidad de escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) asociados a diferentes excrementos de mamífero en la Sierra de Guadarrama, además de tener en cuenta el tiempo de exposición en el medio. Las condiciones climáticas que se dan a lo largo del año ejercen un efecto sobre las comu...

New geolocated records of the invasive ant Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) are added to the previous references for the city of Madrid and its surroundings, and the possible causes of the occurrence and permanence of this species in urban areas are discussed. The data collection corresponds to a series of samplings carried out for the last three ye...

Since 1997, fledgling Scops owls (Chordata: Strigidae) have been brought to the Brinzal Owl Rescue Centre (Madrid, Spain) with severe lesions in their oral cavities. Lesions consist of the presence of proliferative necrotic material in the oral cavity resulting in white plaques, which can lead to death by starvation. This disease has been detected...

Objective. To establish the variation of the diversity, density and biomass of white grubs of the Melolonthidae family in soils affected by mining and in the soil of an oak forest in the upper basin of the Surata river (Santander, Colombia). Scope. To analyse the diversity, density and biomass of the immature stages of beetles (Coleoptera: Melolon...

Context Urbanisation is an environmental filter for many species that leads to community homogenisation, with a few species inhabiting isolated patches (gardens) embedded in the urban landscape. Promoting biodiversity in urban areas requires understanding which and how species traits allow species to survive the urban landscape. Objectives The obj...

The first catalogue of the Melolonthinae of Huelva province is presented. This group of beetles has been poorly studied in this province, other than in Doñana and its surrounding area. Distributional maps of all the listed species are also included, contributing to a better knowledge of the Andalusian and Iberian beetle fauna. A total of 34 species...

Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) is a global invasive gall wasp and a pest of chestnuts (Castanea spp.). A study of the Chalcidoidea parasitoid community of D. kuriphilus was undertaken over two years, from March 2017 to March 2019, at 15 sites in south and northwest Spain (Málaga and Galicia regions). More than 18,000 galls were coll...

The Mediterranean Red List assessment is a review of the regional conservation status of approximately 6,000 species (amphibians, mammals, reptiles, birds, fishes, butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, corals and plants) according to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. It identifies those species that are threatened with extinction at the regio...

The alien cynipid wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 is a serious pest of chestnuts ( Castanea spp.) in Japan, North America and Europe, causing fruit losses while inducing galls in buds. While D. kuriphilus galls have a recognizable and roughly invariable globular shape, their size varies, reaching up to 4 cm in diameter. Among other facto...

Calliphoridae is a family of Diptera of great forensic interest because some of its species belong to the sarcosaprophagous diptera community, as their larvae are necrophagous or necrophilous. In the Iberian Peninsula there are six species that stand out, as they are the first insects to arrive at carrion: Calliphora vicina, Calliphora vomitoria, L...

La hormiga argentina, Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868), es una especie bien conocida y estudiada por su carácter exótico e invasor. Sus estrategias biológicas, como la alta agresividad, la poliginia y polidomia de sus colonias o la elevada densidad de individuos, le confieren una enorme capacidad para invadir nuevos enclaves que, además, se ve poten...

The effects of urbanization on the local fauna lead to consider conservation under the need to integrate the urban environment within the rural areas. Among the groups that have been used to evaluate the degree of conservation and maturity of both natural areas and anthropized sites, ants stand out as being considered excellent bioindicators. In th...

En el presente trabajo, se procedió al estudio de la diversidad de histéridos (Coleoptera: Histeridae) asociados a diferentes excrementos de mamíferos y carroña, además de tener en cuenta el tiempo de exposición de ambas trampas. Aunque este grupo de insectos se puede encontrar en dichos medios, no los utilizan como recursos alimenticios, sino como...

En los últimos años la preocupación por la conservación de la biodiversidad en las ciudades ha visto un aumento debido a la concienciación de las repercusiones que puede tener la urbanización sobre la fauna local, como el desplazamiento de especies o la introducción de otras de carácter exótico e invasor. Es por ello por lo que gobiernos e instituc...

Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), also known as the Asian chestnut gall wasp, is a non-native invasive species that has recently appeared in many regions of Europe, including the Iberian Peninsula. This species is an important pest of chestnut trees in several regions and is of concern for foresters in these areas. The results of this...

Dicrocoelium dendriticum (Rudolphi, 1819) es un parásito común en España que afecta principalmente a la ganadería extensiva, aunque se han reportado algunos casos de infecciones humanas. Este parásito causa pérdidas económicas por la reducción en la producción de carne y leche debido a la infección del hígado y, en raras ocasiones, puede causar la...

In the area of organisms and systems biology, it is largely known the benefit of a complementary good practical teaching, for the real experimentation with the elements of the biodiversity. In addition to laboratory practicum, teachers dealing with biodiversity are aware that a true contact with the biological environment is an essential instrument...

To perform analyses on the seasonality of the Melolonthidae family in an oak grove adjacent to the Paramo de Santurbán Regional Natural Park, municipality of California, Santander, Colombia, as well as to explore the behavior of the food guilds found in the samplings. Scope: To contrast the fact that the Melolonthidae (and the different guilds) pre...

Este documento forma parte de la tesis doctoral del primer autor, denominada: Escarabajos (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) aso-ciados a un robledal del Parque Natural Regional Páramo de Santurbán, Santander (Colombia). Resumen: Teniendo en cuenta lo destacado y al mismo tiempo lo poco explorado del rol ecológico de los escarabajos fitófagos (Coleoptera:...

Los lepidópteros son uno de los grupos más diversos de insectos, el cual engloba a la superfamilia de las mariposas diurnas Papilionoidea, objeto de este estudio, y concretamente las familias Lycaenidae, Papilionoidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae y Hesperiidae, que se pueden encontrar en la ciudad de Madrid. En fase larvaria, las mariposas son fitófagas...

En el presente trabajo se procedió a estudiar la posible existencia de preferencias tróficas hacia ciertos tipos de excrementos en diferentes grupos de escarabajos, además, teniendo en cuenta el tiempo de exposición del excremento. Se consideraron tanto escarabajos coprófagos obligados (superfamilia Scarabaeoidea), que utilizan el excremento como r...

Aunque existen metodologías para el muestreo de necrofauna, actualmente no hay un consenso con respecto al uso de ciertos cebos o su tiempo de exposición. Por tanto, el presente estudio pretende ofrecer unas pautas para lograr una metodología estandarizada en un ambiente mediterráneo del centro de la península ibérica, para el muestreo de coleópter...

El género Goniomma Emery, 1895 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) engloba especies de hormigas granívoras que presentan una distribución mediterránea occidental considerándose como endémicas de la Península Ibérica, sur de Francia y norte occidental de África. Aunque actualmente el número total de especies reconocidas pueda variar según el criterio taxonómic...

Este documento forma parte de la tesis doctoral del primer autor, denominada: Escarabajos (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) aso-ciados a un robledal del Parque Natural Regional Páramo de Santurbán, Santander (Colombia). Resumen: Teniendo en cuenta lo destacado y al mismo tiempo lo poco explorado del rol ecológico de los escarabajos fitófagos (Coleoptera:...

Ticks are important ectoparasites and vectors of the pathogens that cause diseasein humans and animals. At a natural reserve in Ciudad Real (Spain), an uncontrollableinfestation of wild animals with Hyalomma lusitanicum (Koch) has been reported by somegame reserve owners. Many questions about distribution, abundance, and phenology of thistick in th...

Se presenta la primera cita de Boyeria irene (Fonscolombe, 1838) de la provincia de Toledo. Con ella se contribuye al conocimiento sobre los odonatos de Toledo, la provincia del territorio peninsular que cuenta con menos citas y especies de odonatos registradas.

Las hormigas del género Goniomma Emery, 1895 (Formicidae: Myrmicinae) presentan una distribución mediterránea occidental, consideradas como endémicas de la Península Ibérica y sur de Francia, así como en el Norte occidental de África. La mayoría de las especies reconocidas (7 de un total de 8) han sido citadas para la Península Ibérica, reconociénd...

Resumen: Se presenta el primer catálogo de los Geotrupidae de la provincia de Huelva. Esta provincia, a pesar de incluir áreas de importante valor naturalístico, ha sido poco estudiada para este grupo, salvo el Parque Nacional de Doñana y su entorno. El trabajo se completa con los mapas de distribución de todas las especies citadas, contribuyendo a...

Resumen: Se presenta un inventario preliminar de los escarabajos de la familia Melolonthidae de un bosque secundario de roble del municipio de California, Santander, Colombia. Los muestreos se realizaron durante 12 meses, utilizando trampas de luz negra, carpotrampas y colecta manual; se hicieron análisis de la eficiencia del muestreo, de diversida...

This is a rare and little known species with in a small area of occupancy (AOO) of 24-32 km2. It is distributed in two subpopulations: one in Spain, which is isolated and not confirmed, and the second in a reduced area of northern Morocco. There is a continuing decline in habitat quality and area due to urbanisation, agriculture intensification and...

This species is listed as Least Concern based on a suspected stable population, wide distribution and the absence of severe threats.

The species is listed as Near Threatened under criterion B2 due to its narrow distribution (AOO: 400-600 km2) in sandy soils. There is a continuing decline of habitat quality and area in coastal and subcoastal habitats due to changes in agricultural practices (livestock abandonment and livestock and agricultural intensification), as well as urban a...

This species is distributed in a narrow range restricted to sandy soils along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. The area of occupancy (AOO) is estimated to be between 70-120 km2. A continuing decline in habitat quality and area is inferred from the current rates of urbanisation, tree plantation and agriculture intensification along its range. As conse...

This species is distributed in a restricted range with an area of occupancy (AOO) and extent of occurrence (EOO) both of 12 km2. There is an ongoing decline in suitable habitat due to limestone mining and related infrastructures. Based on this threat it is estimated that this species is distributed in four to five locations. Thus, this species is l...

Although rare and with a restricted distribution, this species is listed as Least Concern in view of its occurrence in protected areas and the lack of major threats.

This species is listed as Least Concern based on a suspected stable population, abundance in Morocco and the lack of ongoing major threats.

Resumen: Se informa de la observación de dos individuos de Trithemis kirbyi Sélys, 1891 en la ciudad de Madrid. Estas libélulas, con afinidades biogeográficas etiópicas, han aumentado su área de distribución, llegando recientemente desde el norte de África hasta el sur y este de la Península Ibérica. Estas observaciones representan las citas más co...

Resumen: Presentamos aquí el primer catálogo de los Hysoboridae, Ochodaeidae y Trogidae de la provincia de Huelva (España). Esta provincia, a pesar de albergar áreas con un importante valor naturalístico, ha sido poco estudiada para esos grupos, exceptuando el Parque Nacional de Doñana y su entorno. El trabajo se completa con los mapas de distribuc...

Descripción del aparato estridulador de los Bolbelasmus Boucomont, 1910 ibéricos y análisis de sus características bioacústicas género: B. bocchus (Erichson, 1841), con una distribución íbero-magrebí, y B. gallicus (Mulsant, 1842), con una distribución íbero-europea. Se tiene constancia de que, como el resto de especies con las que está estrechamen...

observación a los individuos marcados. Esto hace que pueda existir un sesgo metodológico, puesto que el tiempo de estancia en la caja de observación podría afectar directamente a la recapturabilidad del individuo, e indirecta y negativamente a la supervivencia de éste. En el presente trabajo, se estudian distintas especies de libélulas (Odonata: An...

Stridulation sounds produced by adults of the dung beetle Geotrupes mutator (Marsham, 1802) from different localities in the Iberian Peninsula are analyzed to check for intraspecific variation and to determine to what extent bioacoustic parameters depend on the morphology of the stridulatory apparatus, body size, sex, environmental conditions of so...

The study of Biodiversity present in an urban area requires continuous monitoring of the species populations in this environment, in order to analyze trends and to activate management, conservation and strengthening measures for these species and their habitats. The International Excellence Campus of Moncloa (CEI-Campus Moncloa) is located in the n...

Long term monitoring programs are a key element for urban Biodiversity conservation. Unfortunately they are many times hard to maintain over time due to the lack of human or economic resources. Nevertheless the information they provide, especially if they are undertaken under a multidisciplinary approach, makes them worth maintaining. A long term m...

In the present article, variables that explain the Aphodiinae (Aphodiidae, Coleoptera) species richness at the Iberian Peninsula were explored, only considering previous faunistic studies and using the Generalized Linear Models statistic procedures. Data from 30 faunistic studies taken from the literature were analysed to examine the factors which...

We offer a species list containing the 120 dung beetle species from Morocco and Western Sahara (families Aphodiidae, Geotrupidae and Scarabaeidae), deposited in the Entomological collection of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas).We also include several maps showing the collection sites and a br...

A partir de 1985, se comenzó a publicar material relacionado con los juegos de rol en España. Desde entonces, han aparecido casi un millar y medio de libros o suplementos de rol, tanto de procedencia autóctona como traducidos de otros idiomas. El objetivo del presente trabajo es describir la historia de los juegos de rol en España, atendiendo a los...

2010. Distribu-ción de las especies de Aphodiinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiidae) en México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.), 26(2): 323-399. RESUMEN. Se elaboró una base de datos (AphoMex) a partir de los registros disponibles sobre los Aphodiidae presentes en la República Mexicana, procedentes de la literatura, colecciones y colectas. A partir de...

The description process for North and Central American species of Geotrupinae was analyzed and compared with that of Western Palaearctic species. This process was fitted to an asymptotic function to explore when the curve stabilized. By means of GLMs, the influence of some variables from 3 different groups (body size, geographic range and location)...

The description process for North and Central American species of Geotrupinae was analyzed and compared with that of Western Palaearctic species. This process was fitted to an asymptotic function to explore when the curve stabilized. By means of GLMs, the influence of some variables from 3 different groups (body size, geographic range and location)...

A database (AphoMex) with the available records of Aphodiidae from the Mexican Republic was compiled, including data from literature, collections and surveys. Observed and simulated maps representing the realized distribution of Mexican Aphodiinae species were produced based on the observed records as well as on a species distribution modeling tech...

Aim To examine current biogeographical patterns of Aphodiinae dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) in order to reveal relationships among regions and their potential impact on the diversification of this group. Location Worldwide. Methods Information about all Aphodiinae genera was obtained from the literature. An occurrence matri...

Se recopiló la información disponible acerca de los geotrúpidos presentes en la República Mexicana, teniendo en cuenta las citas presentes en la literatura y en diversas colecciones entomológicas. A partir de estos datos se elaboró una base de datos (GEOMEX), la cual se utilizó, en primer lugar, para presentar un listado actualizado de todas las es...

Programmes involving mosquito research and surveillance are normally focused on the study of aquatic larval stages, but sampling methods are varied and not systematized, which hinders the comparative analysis of ecological data. A standardized method for assessing the richness and abundance of mosquito larval populations of value for the analysis o...

This 13-month study focused on a dung beetle community in the high mountain pastures of the Oriental Neovolcanic Axis, near Tonalaco, a site located on the southeastern slope of the Cofre de Perote volcano (Veracruz, Mexico), at an altitude of 2620 meters. A total of 1997 individuals from seven dung beetle species were collected in monthly samples...

This study was designed to examine the entire species description process of limnoterrestrial tardigrades up until the present, and to establish the effects of several variables on this process. Information from monographs, revisions and published papers related to limnoterrestrial tardigrades was assessed using generalized linear models (GLM) and...

We compiled 46 broadscale data sets of species richness for a wide range of terrestrial plant, invertebrate, and ectothermic vertebrate groups in all parts of the world to test the ability of metabolic theory to account for observed diversity gradients. The theory makes two related predictions: (1) In-transformed richness is linearly associated wit...

This study was designed to examine the entire species description process of limnoterrestrial tardigrades up until the present, and to establish the effects of several variables on this process. Information from monographs, revisions and published papers related to limnoterrestrial tardigrades was assessed using generalized linear models (GLM) and...

Abstract The phylogeny of Iberian Aphodiini species was reconstructed based on morphology. Wing venation, mouthparts, male and female genitalia, and external morphology provided ninety-four characters scored for ninety-three Aphodiini species. Phylogenetic analyses were based on maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference criteria. Maximum parsimony c...

Aim The aims of this paper are to examine diversity–variability patterns for species of Aphodiinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Aphodiidae) on the Iberian Peninsula, and to determine the factors that influence their geographic distribution. Location Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal). Methods Data from 30 studies and their bibliographies on spec...

This study analyses the effect of resource availability (i.e. sheep dung) on dung beetle communities in an arid region of Central Spain, both at regional and at local scales. A total of 18 sites within 600 km² were sampled for the regional analysis and 16 sites within the 30 km² of an Iberian municipality were sampled for the local analysis. Spatia...

  Thirty-eight characters derived from the larvae of Geotrupidae (Scarabaeoidea, Coleoptera) were analysed using parsimony and Bayesian inference. Trees were rooted with two Trogidae species and one species of Pleocomidae as outgroups. The monophyly of Geotrupidae (including Bolboceratinae) is supported by four autapomorphies: abdominal segments 3–...

A phylogeny of Iberian Aphodiini dung beetles was reconstructed based on morphological and molecular data. The data set included a total of 84 variable characters from wing venation, mouthparts, genitalia, and external morphology, as well as mitochondrial partial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI), complete tRNA-Leu (UUR), and partial cytochrome c oxidas...

New records on two Hybalus species (ameliae and baguenae) are provided for the Iberian Peninsula. The H. bague-nae record extends the known geographic distribution of this species. La familia Orphnidae es un grupo de escarabeidos compuesto por un centenar de especies, incluidas en 15 diferentes géneros (Mar-tín-Piera & López-Colón 2000). La familia...

Madrid, España – fcabrero@arrakis.es 2 c/ Mayor 83, 1ºB, 28971. Griñón, Madrid, España – jjdelarosam@yahoo.es Resumen: Se aportan dos nuevas citas de Phalacronothus putoni para la Península Ibérica después de casi dos décadas sin ob-servarse dicha especie. La escasez de datos para esta especie puede estar condicionada por sus tendencias saprófagas....

To determine the degree of completion of Western Palaearctic dung beetlespecies inventory, as well as to ascertain some of the main geographical andmorphological characteristics associated with the probability of new speciesdescription, the available taxonomic and biogeographic information of the threeScarabaeoidea families that are associated with...

Some brief comments are made on the Iberian members of the subgenus Aphodius (Liothorax) Motschulsky, 1859. The known distribution of A. (L.) cylindricus Reiche & Saulcy, 1856 is listed and discussed, with a new record of this species from Fontanarejo, Ciudad Real province. There is also a discussion on the position of the species in the taxonomic...

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A population from a Central Spanish region (Tormes-Alberche Valley) has been investigated for the presence of red-green colour vision defects. A sample of 998 subjects (469 male and 529 female) was analyzed. To identify colour vision defects, Ishihara test plates were used. The red-green colour blindness percentage obtained was 4.69 +/- 0.976% for...