J. Cifuentes

We use a morphological approach to describe a new species of isopod in the genus Baeticoniscus, found so far only in an underground gallery system created during the Roman period, approximately two thousand years ago, located beneath the modern town of Carmona (Seville, Spain). Specimens have been observed inhabiting rotten wood in the aphotic zone...

Some terrestrial isopods, as many other organisms, were able to colonize several continents across the world due to human activities. Nonetheless, many tropical or subtropical species, that are found in Europe, seem to be restricted to man-made infrastructures, such as greenhouses. This is the case with members of the family Styloniscidae, Stylonis...

A new woodlice species of the genus Armadillidium Brandt, 1831 is described and illustrated from Asturias (northern Iberian Peninsula). Armadillidium boalense sp. nov. is ascribed to the 'pictum group' and is characterized by its eusphaeric conglobation, duplocarinate-type cephalon and strong sexual differentiation of the seventh pair of male pereo...

466 specimens belonging to 11 species of terrestrial isopods captured in areas that suffered the great fires of Andilla and Cortes de Pallás in the province of Valencia (Spain) in June 2012 have been studied. The species studied are all epigean with low mobility, however, they have been found numerous populations, both in areas outside the burnt ar...

Twenty two cavities from northern Spain have been sampled, obtaining 234 specimens belonging to eleven species, one of them being new to science, Trichoniscoides hirulagun n. sp., which belongs to the Pyrenean group of Vandel. This species is located in two cavities located at the western end of the Sierra de Aralar, Troskaeta and Sastarri caves. T...

Until now, the genus Porcelliniodes Miers, 1877 is represented in the Ibero-Balearic region by seven species. The study of 721 specimens from Portugal and Spain has led to the identification of 11 species, including poorly known species, and the description of a new species, Porcellionides ibericus sp. nov. This new species is characterized by the...

In this work, a new troglobitic species of terrestrial isopod present in the High Atlas of Morocco belonging to the family Olibrinidae and the Castellanethes genus is described. The new species is differentiated from the rest of the genus by its strong dorsal tubercles on the cephalon and pereion, the antennula with three petaliform aesthetascs, th...

The genus Armadillo is represented by eight species in the ibero-balear region, of which A. officinalis is a common find, while A. almerius, A. hirsutus and A. moncayotus are really scarce. The new species that are described in this work, Armadillo aguilensis n. sp., Armadillo nanii n. sp., Armadillo rinconensis n. sp. and Armadillo vinuelensis n....

In the summer of 2012, two fires affected Mediterranean ecosystems in the eastern Iberian Peninsula. The size of these fires was at the extreme of the historical variability (megafires). Animals are traditionally assumed to recolonize from source populations outside of the burned area (exogenous regeneration) while plants recover from endogenous re...

The island of São Tomé is located in the Gulf of Guinea on the western coast of Africa and is one of the world’s biodiversity hotspots. It is known by its large number of endemic vertebrate and plant species; however, many arthropod groups are little known including terrestrial isopods (Isopoda, Oniscidea). We studied 121 specimens from 14 species...

Abstract The genus Trichoniscoides Sars, 1899 is composed mostly of cave-dwelling species. In the Iberian Peninsula, 32 species, and three additional species of uncertain status (partially described but not named), are currently known to occur. We were able to study one of these unnamed species, clarify its status, and name it. Most of the Iberian...

A new species of terrestrial isopod is described, Soteriscus jandiensis n. sp., found in Pico de La Zarza from the Jandía peninsula (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain). Like the other three species from these islands of Soteriscus Taiti & Rossano, 2015 genus, it belongs to the “atlantic” group as it has: a rounded internal tip of exopodite I of...

Se describe una nueva especie de isópodo terrestre de la familia Trichoniscidae Sars, 1899, Trichoniscoides basozaina sp. nov., encontrada en la cueva de Otxola (Navarra) y se discuten sus caracteres diagnósticos que permiten separarla de otras especies del género. La estructura del endopodito del segundo pleópodo del macho, la sitúa en el grupo de...

The genus Eluma Budde-Lund, 1885, was composed until now by three species, with a Betic-Rif distribution type. In this work a new species of the genus is described, Eluma matae sp. nov., from the West region of Portugal. The distribution of the two other known species present in the Iberian Peninsula is updated, and figures of the three Iberian spe...

En el género Armadillidium Brandt, 1833, A. bifidus Cifuentes & Escarabajal Bernabé, 2022 fue descrita a partir de ocho ejemplares capturados en el Cabo Tiñoso (Murcia) (CIFUENTES & ESCARABAJAL BERNABÉ, 2022). La denominación específica hacía referencia a las características sedas-escamas que adornan su cutícula, ya que presentan el extremo dividid...

Woodlice (Isopoda: Oniscidea) represents a group of arthropods that has been neglected in Switzerland. The last comprehensive review on Swiss woodlice was published more than a cent ury ago. In the present work, we update the checklist of woodlice in Switzerland and provide information on the distribution of each species as well as further remarks....

A new species of terrestrial isopod belonging to Porcellionidae family, Porcellio mazarronensis n. sp. is described from the Spanish Levante. Its diagnostic characteristics are discussed, and also its similarity with the rest of Spanish species of the Atlantic group.

The localities of Trichoniscoides cavernicola (Budde-Lund, 1885) from the Sistema Ibérico mountains, the only ones outside the Cantabrian region, have been sampled to verify Vandel’s (1952) determinations, based on material collected by H. Breuil in 1910 and 1912. The caves of Somaén (or Reina Mora, Arcos de Jalón, Soria), La Galiana Alta (Ucero, S...

Within the bigger study of the terrestrial isopods of the iberian peninsula, a new species is described for the region of Murcia, Armadillidium bifidus n. sp., this species is ascribed to serratum group, and called after the characteristic scale-setae that ornate its cuticle. Furthermore, its diagnostic characteristics are discussed , as well as it...

Further increasing our knowledge in terrestrial isopods often leads to reassign some species to other genera than the ones originally ascribed to them. This is the case for Armadillidium mateui Vandel, 1953, which needs to be transferred to the genus Alloschizidium Verhoeff, 1919, as Alloschizidium mateui (Vandel, 1953) comb. n., due to its cephalo...

Contribution to the knowledge of the terrestrial isopods of Equatorial Guinea (Isopoda: Oniscidea) Abstract: A total of 133 specimens belonging to 14 species and seven families in the isopod collection of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid (Spain) have been studied. These specimens were collected on various expeditions to Span-ish Gui...

El Medio Subterráneo Superficial (MSS) es un hábitat constituido por una red de grietas, fisuras e intersticios colonizados por la fauna subterránea, tanto por especies adaptadas a la vida hipogea como por aquellas venidas de ambientes periféricos. El estudio de este hábitat en España es aún incipiente. En la provincia de Almería únicamente se han...

The examination of the collection of terrestrial isopods of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid has allowed us to recognize a new genus and a new species, Estenarmadillidium granulatum n. gen. and sp. from Castilla La Mancha (Spain), belonging to the family Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833, and it's located in the Elumiinae subfamily Van...

En este trabajo se han estudiado 1.047 ejemplares pertenecientes a 31 especies de isópodos terrestres de la Comunidad Valenciana y de la Región de Murcia y se ha realizado una revisión bibliográfica de todas las citas anteriores de ambas regiones. Como resultado del estudio, la fauna conocida de isópodos de la Comunidad Valenciana está formada por...

Resumen: Se han estudiado 1.797 ejemplares de isópodos terrestres pertenecientes a 24 especies (12 de ellas troglobias) procedentes de 268 cavidades de la cornisa cantábrica desde Gipuzkoa hasta Asturias y las áreas adyacentes de las provincias de Navarra, Araba, Burgos, Cantabria, Palencia, León y La Rioja. La revisión bibliográfica ha recopilado...

Los isópodos terrestres de Andalucía han sido objeto de numerosos estudios, por lo que el inventario de especies citadas ascendía a 90. En este trabajo se han estudiado 2.046 ejemplares pertenecientes a 41 especies y se ha realizado una revisión bibliográfica de todas las citas anteriores. Como consecuencia, 13 especies se eliminan del inventario o...

Dos nuevas especies cavernícolas de la Península Ibérica pertenecientes a la subfamilia Trichoniscinae Verhoeff, 1908, han sido descubiertas gracias al estudio de los isópodos terrestres de la Colección de Fauna Cavernícola de la Universidad del País Vasco. Trichoniscoides cantabricus n. sp. se describe de las cavidades del Miera-Asón, estando pres...

A new species of the family Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833 is described, pertaining to the genus Cristarmadillidium Arcangeli, 1935, C. alticola n. sp. The specimens were captured in a pitfall trap located in a mesovoid shallow substratum (MSS) at Peñones de San Francisco (Sierra Nevada, Granada at 2.505 m.a.s.l.), which is located at an altitude tha...

El Medio Subterráneo Superficial (MSS) es un hábitat constituido por una red de grietas, fisuras e intersticios, ocasionadas por el acumulo de guijarros al disgregarse la roca madre. Estos huecos son colonizados por la fauna, tanto por especies adaptadas a la vida hipogea como por aquellas venidas de ambientes periféricos . Este hábitat fue descubi...

RESUMEN: En este trabajo se describe una nueva especie de isópodo terrestre de la familia Porcellionidae de Cáceres (España). Se discuten los caracteres diagnósticos que permiten diferenciar a la nueva especie Porcellio veraensis de las otras especies del género. ABSTRACT: In this work, a new species of terrestrial isopod belonging to the family P...

En este trabajo se describe una nueva especie de isópodo terrestre de la familia Armadillidiidae del levante español, C. Zaragozai n. sp. Se discuten sus caracteres diagnósticos que permiten separarla de las otras dos especies del género. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3BB0B30E-BEA9-4024-981D-641D0438576D

A new species of terrestrial isopod of the Porcellionidae family found in the mesovoid shallow substratum (MSS) of the Sierra de María (Almeria, Spain), Porcellio selomai sp. n. is described. Due to the structure of exopod I of the male, with the lateral tracheal field, this species belongs to the “atlantic” group, and has some similarities with ot...

A new species of terrestrial isopod belonging to Trichoniscidae Sars, 1899 family from Navarra, Trichoniscoides govillari n. sp., is described, and its diagnostic characteristics are discussed, and also its similarity with the other species of the genus are discussed.

Descripción de una nueva especie de la península ibérica: Trichoniscoides viejoi n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda, Trichoniscidae) Description of a new species of the Iberian Peninsula: Trichoniscoides viejoi n. sp. (Crustacea: Isopoda, Trichoniscidae)

A new species of terrestrial isopod belonging to Porcellionidae family, Porcellio tinauti n. sp., picked up in La Cimbra’s Cave, Tocón de Quéntar (Quéntar, province of Granada, Spain), is described. Its diagnostic characteristics are discussed, and also its similarity with the rest of spanish species of the atlantic group.

The objective of this work is to make a review of the main morphological characters used in the identification of this species, in order to determine the degree of its variability and whether these characters can be used to separate subspecific entities. 759 specimens from 28 sampling points of Porcellio dilatatus Brandt, 1833, were studied: 644 of...

La revisión de la colección de Isopoda del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (MNCN) y la del autor, ha permitido estudiar 431 ejemplares de 19 especies de isópodos terrestres de Galicia, España. Una especie se cita por la primera vez para Pontevedra y Galicia, Tylos europaeus Arcangeli, 1938, y Porcellio herminiensis (Vandel, 1946) se...

RESUMEN: En este artículo se presentan los isópodos terrestres recolectados durante los muestreos efectuados en diversas campañas realizadas en las cuevas del Parque Natural de la Sierra Norte de Sevilla, durante los años 2002-2004. Se han identificado 673 ejemplares pertene-cientes a cinco especies de isópodos terrestres: Haplophthalmus danicus, L...

RÉSUMÉ: L’examen de la collection d’isopodes du Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (MNCNM) a permis d’étudier 422 spécimens appartenant à onze espèces du genre Trichoniscoides Sars, 1899, de la péninsule ibérique. Deux nouvelles espèces sont décrites Tr. marinae n. sp. et Tr. enoli n. sp. Le espèce Tr. serrai Cruz, 1993 est citée pour l...

The study sheds light on the capture of 68 species of Microlepidoptera, belonging to 12 families, which were obtained in the region of Aranjuez. The number of species in this area amounts to 121, 100 of which have been located in the “El Regajal - Mar de Ontigola” Natural Reserve. This underlines the importance of the vast variety of microlepidopte...

We present a taxonomical study of the species of terrestrial isopods found during several sampling periods conducted in the Nerja Cave (Maro, Malaga), from the years 2000 to 2002. Until now, six species of terrestrial isopods have been identified: Anaphiloscia simoni Racovitza, 1907, Lucasius pallidus (Budde-Lund, 1885), Porcellio incanus Budde-Lun...

Twenty-two species of Porcellio Latreille, 1804 present in the Iberian Peninsula have been studied and for all of them the corresponding illustrations of scale-setae are provided. The exopodite of the first pleopod male of the nineteen species has also been represented, and a table is provided that shows the main characteristics of the Atlantic gro...

A new species of terrestrial isopod belonging to Porcellionidae family, Porcellio narixae sp. n., picked up in Nerja’s Cave (Malaga, Spain), is described. Its diagnostic characteristics are discussed, and also its similarity with the rest of spanish species of the atlantic group.

In this work we summarize the distribution data of 57 species of the subfamily Noctuinae in the Madrid province. Most of the collected species are scarce or very scarce. Eleven species are new records for Madrid province.

En este trabajo se facilitan datos de 100 especies de geométridos pertenecientes a la subfamilia Ennominae. Se han estudiado 2.448 ejemplares procedentes de capturas y 119 de colecciones. La Montaña navarra es la región más rica en número de especies, aunque casi todas son escasas en la provincia. La mayor parte de las especies están ligadas a medi...

By means of diverse methods of capture a harvesting of Lepidoptera in 6 parcels located in «Monte Quintos de Mora» in The Yebenes is carried out (Toledo, Spain), administered by the «Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales». The taxonomic analysis of the capture units offers like result the identification of 312 species, fitted in 31 families and...

Contribution to the elaboration of the Systematic Catalogue of the Lepidoptera present in Monte Quintos de Mora in the Yebenes (Toledo, Spain) By means of diverse methods of capture a harvesting of Lepidoptera in 6 parcels located in «Monte Quintos de Mora» in The Yebenes is carried out (Toledo, Spain), administered by the «Organismo Autónomo de Pa...

En este trabajo se aportan los datos de distribución en Madrid de 86 especies de la familia Noctuidae pertenecientes a las subfamilias Acronictinae, Raphiinae, Bryophilinae, Heliothinae, Stiriinae, Dilobinae y Cuculliinae. Se han muestreado cuatro tipos de bosques meso-supramediterráneos de la Sierra de Guadarrama en su vertiente madrileña (encinar...

En este trabajo se aportan datos de distribución en la provincia de Madrid de 57 especies de la subfamilia Noctuinae. La mayor parte de las especies capturadas son escasas o muy escasas. Once especies se citan por primera vez para la provincia.

Distribution data on 177 species of subfamily Hadeninae, Noctuidae in Madrid supplied in this paper, four Me- so-Supramediterranean forests in the Southern slope of Sierra de Guadarrama have been sampled: Ash, holm oak, kermes oak and marcescent oak formations. Most species collected are scarce or very scarce. 28 species are recor- ded for the firs...

We present here data of 16 Geometridae species from the subfamilies Alsophilinae and Geometrinae which are present in Navarre (Spain). Most of these species are extended in all the province, but with scarce populations. Gene- rally, they appeared in the margin of the forest, in open zones, meadows and not very cultivated countries, where are presen...

Distribution data on 85 species of Noctuid Lepidoptera in Madrid district are supplied in this paper. These spe- cies belong to the following subfamilies: Pantheinae, Eariinae, Cloephorinae, Sarrothripinae, Nolinae, Herminiinae, Hypeninae, Gonopterinae, Calpinae, Catocalinae, Eustrotiinae, Acontiinae and Plusiinae. Four Meso-Supramedite- rranean fo...

The aim of this work is to give information about the spread of twenty-one species of Zygaenidae found until this moment in Navarra (Spain). These data come from a bibliographic study and the analysis of specimens from public and private collections.

New data on the distribution, number of captured specimens, the sexual proportion and the period of flight of species of Thaumetopoeidae and Limantriidae known in Navarra (Spain) are given in this work.