José Manuel Grosso-Silva

University of Porto | UP · Museu de História Natural e da Ciência

Background The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Dataset - DS-IBILP08 contains records of 2350 specimens of moths (Lepidoptera species that do not belong to the superfamily Papilionoidea). All specimens have been morphologically identified to species or subspecies level and represent 1158 species in total. The species of this dataset correspond to a...

Invertebrates comprise over 70% of biological species and over 96% of all known animals, most of them being arthropods. We present in this paper more than a year’s worth of data collection on the invertebrate fauna of Lousada, which constitutes the first inventory of the species present in this municipality in the north of Portugal. Through three c...

Pantilius (Pantilius) tunicatus (Fabricius, 1781) (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirinae) is recorded for the first time from Portugal. An overview of the global distribution of the species is presented and its known Iberian distribution is summarised and mapped.

Metophthalmus (Metophthalmus) hispanicus Reitter, 1908 (Coleoptera: Latridiidae: Latridiinae) is reported for the first time from Portugal. An updated global distribution of the species is presented and its known Iberian distribution is summarised and mapped.

Puer maculatus (Olivier, 1789) (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) is recorded for the first time from Portugal. An overview of the global distribution of the species is presented and its known Iberian distribution is summarised and mapped.

Leptopus hispanus Rambur, 1840 (Hemiptera: Leptopodidae: Leptopodinae) is reported for the first time from Portugal. An updated global distribution of the species is presented and its known Iberian distribution is summarised and mapped.

The Darwin wasp Colpotrochia cincta (Scopoli, 1763) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) is reported for the first time from Portugal from the district of Porto. Live pictures of the male specimen and an Iberian distribution map are also presented.

The saicine assassin bug Polytoxus siculus (A. Costa, 1842) (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae) is reported from Portugal for the second time, confirming its presence in the country and expanding its known distribution range in the Iberian Peninsula.

Telmatophilus typhae (Fallén, 1802) (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae) is reported for the first time from Portugal, extending its known distribution range in the Iberian Peninsula, that is also summarised and mapped.

Clerus mutillarius africanus Kocher, 1955 (Coleoptera: Cleridae), which previously was only recorded once from Portugal, is reported from the country almost 140 years after the first record.

Luperomorpha xanthodera (Fairmaire, 1888) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini), an Asian flea beetle, is reported from Portugal for the first time, greatly extending its known distribution range in the Iberian Peninsula. An updated global distribution of the species is presented and its Iberian known distribution is summarised and map...

The two European species of the saicine assassin bug genus Polytoxus Spinola, 1850 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Saicinae), Polytoxus sanguineus (A. Costa, 1842) and Polytoxus siculus (A. Costa, 1842), are reported from Portugal for the first time, greatly extending the known distribution range of both in the Iberian Peninsula. The global and the Iberian...

Gastrodes grossipes grossipes (De Geer, 1773) (Hemiptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae: Drymini) is recorded from a new Portuguese district (Porto) after more than 80 years without records in the country. An overview of its Iberian distribution is presented, including a distribution map featuring Andorra, the Portuguese districts and the Span...

The knowledge about the leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of mainland Portugal is improved with the first record of Lachnaia gallaeca Baselga & Ruiz-García, 2007 and the confirmation of the presence of Phratora (Chaetoceroides) vulgatissima (Linnaeus, 1758), a species that had only been recorded once from the country in the late 19th century...

Leptispa filiformis (Germar, 1842) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), previously reported only on three occasions from Portugal, the most recent one dating back to 1961, has been observed for the fourth time in the country in 2016, with the first Iberian photographic record of a live specimen in its habitat. All the Portuguese records are from the Lisbon...

The swallow bug, Cimex hirundinis Lamarck, 1816 (Hemiptera, Cimicidae), is recorded from a specific locality in mainland Portugal for the first time, following a 1966 record from the country without further details. The new record significantly increases the known Iberian distribution of the species.

Background The Trichoptera are an important component of freshwater ecosystems. In the Iberian Peninsula, 380 taxa of caddisflies are known, with nearly 1/3 of the total species being endemic in the region. A reference collection of morphologically identified Trichoptera specimens, representing 142 Iberian taxa, was constructed. The InBIO Barcoding...

The presence of the invasive species Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), was first confirmed in Portugal in late 2018. In this note, an update to the known distribution in the Portuguese territories, including the first record in the Madeiran Archipelago, is presented. In Portugal, the BM...

The soft-winged flower beetle Protapalochrus flavolimbatus (Mulsant & Rey, 1853) (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Malachiinae) is reported from Portugal for the first time, extending the known distribution range of the species to the southwestern corner of Iberia.

Metacanthus maghrebinus Péricart, 1977 (Hemiptera: Berytidae) is recorded from mainland Portugal for the first time, significantly expanding the species' known Iberian distribution.

The seed bug Artheneis foveolata Spinola, 1837 (Hemiptera: Artheneidae) is recorded from mainland Portugal for the second time, following a single record from 1959. An overview of the Iberian distribution of the species is presented and mapped.

The Japanese or Mosaic leafhopper, Orientus ishidae (Matsumura, 1902) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) is recorded from mainland Portugal for the first time.

The sawfly Macrophya (Macrophya) militaris (Klug, 1817) (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Tenthredinidae) is reported from Portugal for the first time, with a record from the northern region (Guimarães).

A new southern Portuguese record of Nemausus sordidatus (Stål, 1858) (Hemiptera: Alydidae) from the early 1990s improves the knowledge about the occurrence of the species in Portugal, confirming its presence in the country 30 years ago. Details on another record recently published from a nearby locality are also provided. Resumen: Nemausus sordidat...

The assassin bug genus Sastrapada Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) is reported from Portugal for the first time, with records of Sastrapada baerensprungi (Stål, 1859) from two sites in the districts of Porto and Leiria.

The planthopper Dictyophara (Chanithus) pannonica (Germar, 1830) (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae) is reported from Portugal for the first time, with a record from a coastal area in the district of Setúbal.

Troilus luridus (Fabricius, 1775) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), previously reported from a single Portuguese district (Leiria) over 90 years ago, is recorded from two additional ones (Aveiro and Viseu) significantly improving the known distribution of the species in the country.

The Nearctic lacebug Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Hemiptera, Tingidae) is reported for the first time from the Iberian Peninsula, with records from two localities in the district of Porto (Portugal).

This paper reviews the knowledge on the snakefly Fibla (Fibla) hesperica Navás, 1915 (Raphidioptera, Inocelliidae) in Portugal. The dataset obtained comprises two previous records from literature, four unpublished records from the period 1996-1999 and four additional records from the period 2008-2021 retrieved from the online platform BioDiversity4...

The dataset contains 135 records of Hemiptera species collected from 2015 to 2019 in continental Portugal (Sousa et al., 2021). The species represented in the dataset, 90 in total, correspond to about 7.5% of the known true bugs diversity of continental Portugal, and contribute to the knowledge on the DNA barcodes and distribution of Portuguese Hem...

The InBIO Barcoding Initiative (IBI) Hemiptera 01 dataset contains records of 131 specimens of Hemiptera. Most specimens have been morphologically identified to species or subspecies level and represent 88 species in total. The species of this dataset correspond to about 7.3% of continental Portuguese hemipteran species diversity. All specimens wer...

The first catalogue of the insect fauna of the Parque das Serras do Porto (northern Portugal) is presented, including a compilation of literature records and new data mainly obtained in Couce (Valongo). The catalogue contains 210 species (101, or 48.1%, recorded for the first time from the area) spanning nine orders of the class Insecta, and is the...

Carnus hemapterus Nitzsch, 1818 (Diptera, Carnidae) is recorded from mainland Portugal for the first time, species collected on barn owl chicks, Tyto alba (Scopoli, 1769).

The previous information about the presence of Nemausus sordidatus (Stål, 1858) (Hemiptera: Alydidae) in Portugal is commented and the species is recorded from the country for the first time from a precise locality. The world and the Iberian distribution of the species are summarized and a map synthesizing the knowledge about the Iberian distributi...

Heegeria tangirica (Saunders, 1877) (Hemiptera: Alydidae) is recorded from mainland Portugal for the first time. The world and the Iberian distribution of the species is summarized and a map synthesizing the knowledge about the distribution of the species in the Iberian Peninsula is included.

Oedemera (Oncomera) femoralis Olivier, 1803 (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) is reported for the second time from Portugal nineteen years after the first record, considerably extending its known distribution in the country and in the Iberian Peninsula.

The first record of the Nearctic species Zelus renardii Kolenati, 1856 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from Portugal is reported. The European distribution of the species is summarized.

The first records of Stephanitis takeyai Drake & Maa, 1955 (Hemiptera: Tingidae) from Portugal are reported. The European distribution of the species is summarized.

The presence of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål, 1855) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), in mainland Portugal is confirmed. The European and Iberian distribution of the species is summarized. A possible approach to deal with this problematic pest in the country is briefly discussed.

Stenolemus novaki Horváth, 1888 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) is recorded from mainland Portugal for the second time, following a recent photographic record. A map synthesizing the knowledge about the species distribution in the Iberian Peninsula is included.

The dataset contains five records of the alderfly genus Sialis Latreille, 1803 (Megaloptera, Sialidae) collected in 2011 and 2015 in northern continental Portugal. Specimens were detected by direct search on vegetation and rocks around river streams and captured with a hand-net. Captured specimens were identified to species level and preserved in 9...

The use of DNA barcoding allows unprecedented advances in biodiversity assessments and monitoring schemes of freshwater ecosystems; nevertheless, it requires the construction of comprehensive reference collections of DNA sequences that represent the existing biodiversity. Plecoptera are considered particularly good ecological indicators and one of...

The dataset contains 71 records of Plecoptera species collected from 2004 to 2018 in the Iberian Peninsula. All specimens have been morphologically identified to species level, and belong to 29 species in total. Specimens were captured during fieldwork directed specifically for the sampling of Plecoptera using different methodologies and stored in...

This paper reviews the knowledge on the genus Acrosternum Fieber, 1861 (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in Portugal, through a compilation of literature records complemented with new data obtained since the mid-1990s. The presence of Acrosternum millierei (Mulsant & Rey, 1866) in Portugal is confirmed. Iberian distribution maps are included for both speci...

• The invasive yellow‐legged hornet (Vespa velutina) was first detected in mainland Portugal in September 2011. The lack of information regarding the processes of species spread has hampered the development of adequate measures to mitigate the potential impact of this invasive predator. • Crowdsourced data, i.e., information opportunistically repor...

Lachnaia (Lachnaia) variolosa (Linnaeus, 1767) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cryptocephalinae) is reported from mainland Portugal for the first time with a coastal record obtained in 2018 in the southernmost district of Faro.

This study presents interesting Portuguese records of ten species of Coleoptera, including four novelties for the country's fauna: Chrysobyrrhulus asturiensis Allemand, 1997 (Byrrhidae), Eledonoprius serrifrons (Reitter, 1890) (Tenebrionidae), Reesa vespulae (Milliron, 1939) (Dermestidae), and Xylotrechus stebbingi Gahan, 1906 (Cerambycidae), the l...

Palomena formosa Vidal, 1940 (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) is reported from mainland Portugal for the first time with an early 2019 record from the southernmost district of Faro.

The MHNC-UP collections were built over two and a half centuries – since 1762 – of acquisitions for pedagogical and research purposes. Several objects were also donated to the University of Porto’s museum by collectors, retiring specialists, or their families. Notably, the collections’ domains cross different scientific fields, such as geology, pal...

DNA barcoding is increasingly used to identify species in a rapid and automated way, and may be particularly useful for morphologically similar larvae of aquatic insects. Identification of aquatic larvae of the alderfly genus Sialis Latreille, 1803 is troublesome due to limited morphological characters, though terrestrial adults are readily identif...

An historical overview of the study of the Gerridae of mainland Portugal is presented, including a revised list of the first record of each species in the country. The mid-20 th century listing of the pond skater Aquarius paludum (Fabricius, 1794) (Hemiptera, Gerridae) in the catalogue of the Heteroptera of mainland Portugal is analysed; despite th...

O Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (MHNC-UP) foi estabelecido formalmente no final de 2015 como resultado da fusão de núcleos museológicos existentes. Actualmente, encontra-se organizado segundo uma estrutura bipolar que integra um polo central, localizado nas instalações do Edifício Histórico da Reitoria da Universid...

The Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP), formally established at the end of 2015, is now undergoing an extensive refurbishment process, and so it is closed to the public. Simultaneously, an inventory of all existing collections, evaluation of its conservation status and improvement of the preservation conditions...

Understanding the drivers of long-term biodiversity change at local, regional and global scales requires detailed information on the diversity, composition and structure of biological communities, and on species interactions. For most species groups, this information is often scarce due to high biological diversity and limited taxonomic expertise....

Background: Currently, the range of applications for DNA barcoding in biodiversity research is very wide and has surpassed purely academic goals. The development of services for public and private institutions is now paramount to tackle several societal challenges in diverse themes such as conservation biology, food security, and forensics. Yet, th...

"Esta publicação permite admirar o Parque de Serralves para além do que naturalmente se consegue observar a olho nu, um mundo escondido, misterioso e fascinante, à espera de ser descoberto e que a macrofotografia - uma vertente da fotografia destinada a captar detalhes de pequenos objetos ou de pequenos seres vivos, muitas vezes invisíveis à vista...

"Esta publicação permite admirar o Parque de Serralves para além do que naturalmente se consegue observar a olho nu, um mundo escondido, misterioso e fascinante à espera de ser descoberto e que a macrofotografia - uma vertente da fotografia destinada a captar detalhes de pequenos objetos ou de pequenos seres vivos, muitas vezes invisíveis à vista d...

We summarize data from published entomological literature, collected specimens, field observations, and biodiversity web resources to review the state of knowledge regarding Pyrrhocoridae from the Iberian Peninsula, including their taxonomical diagnosis, contemporary systematics, general biology and geographic distribution. An identification key to...

The Principle of Typification, defined by Chapter 13 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (I.C.Z.N., 1999), from here on referred as “Code”, determines in Article 61.1. that each nominal taxon in the family, genus or species groups has actually or potentially a name-bearing type whose fixation provides the objective standard of refe...

Se actualiza la distribución ibérica de Mycterus curculioides (Fabricius, 1781) (Coleoptera, Mycteridae), mediante la aportación de nuevas citas ibéricas y la revisión de la bibliografía disponible. Se constata la presencia de esta especie por vez primera para las provincias de Granada, Murcia, Ourense y Pontevedra (España) y Bragança y Santarém (P...

1. The European stag beetle, Lucanus cervus, is thought to be widely distributed across its range, but a detailed description of its occurrence is lacking. 2. Researchers in 41 countries were contacted and information sought on various life history characteristics of the insect. Data on adult body size were collected from seven countries. 3. Habita...

Twenty-three species belonging to the insect orders Coleoptera (10 species), Hemiptera (9), Hymenoptera (3) and Mecoptera (1) are recorded for the first time from the Gaia Biological Park (northern Portugal), raising the combined diversity of these groups to 162 species (106 Coleoptera, 52 Hemiptera, 3 Hymenoptera, and 1 Mecoptera). Additionally, n...

The heather leaf beetle Lochmaea suturalis (Thomson, 1866) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) is reported for the first time from Portugal, raising to three the number of species of the genus Lochmaea Weise, 1883 listed from the country. The known range of Lochmaea scutellata (Chevrolat, 1840) in continental Portugal is extended northwards.

Twenty-six species of Diptera are recorded for the first time from the Gaia Biological Park (northern Portugal), raising the known local diversity of this group to 46 species. A list including the novelties and the previously recorded 20 species is presented and the particular interest of the records of two of the novelties is highlighted.

The state of knowledge of the odonatofauna of Serra da Estrela Natural Park (Portugal) is presented with comments. Eleven species are recorded for the first time from the Park, including the legally protected Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840) and new records of Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834) are presented. Furthermore, past and present rec...

A study of the beetles (Coleoptera) associated with animal carcasses in Portugal is presented, including data collected since 1995 and a survey of earlier publications on the subject. Thirty-five beetle species, belonging to eight families, are listed, twenty-eight of which were collected since 1995. The composition of individual carcass communitie...

Interesting Portuguese records are presented for nine beetle species, including two novelties for the country's fauna: Grynobius planus (Fabricius, 1787) and Ptilinus pectinicornis (Linnaeus, 1758). Registros interesantes de coleópteros (Coleoptera, Anobiidae) de Portugal (6ª nota) Resumen: Se presentan registros de nueve especies de coleópteros de...

Twenty-four species of Coleoptera and six species of Hemiptera are recorded for the first time from the Gaia Biological Park (northern Portugal), raising the combined diversity to 138 species (96 Coleoptera and 42 Hemiptera). Furthermore, new 1 km UTM squares within the Park are presented for eleven species of Coleoptera and six species of Hemipter...

A preliminary list of the Coleoptera and Hemiptera of the Gaia Biological Park (northern Portugal), is presented, including 108 species (72 Coleoptera and 36 Hemiptera). Of these, 100 constitute first records for the Park (64 Coleoptera and all the Hemiptera). Comments about eight of the species recorded, which are of particular interest, are prese...

The presence of the cricket Paramogoplistes dentatus Gorochov & Llorente, 2001 (Orthoptera, Mogoplistidae) in Por-tugal is recorded for the first time based on specimens previously identified as Mogoplistes brunneus Serville, 1839. As a result, the latter species is excluded from the Portuguese fauna.

Portuguese records are presented of 11 beetle species, two of which are new for the country [Cerambycidae: Phora-cantha recurva Newman, 1840 and Zopheridae: Aulonium trisulcum (Geoffroy in Fourcroy, 1785)]. The other species are included on account of the poor knowledge of their distribution and because the existing records are very old.

Data on 18 species of Orthoptera is presented, increasing the knowledge on the diversity and distribution of the Or-thoptera of Peneda-Gerês National Park. Nine species are recorded for the first time from the Park. Metrioptera ambigua Pfau, 1986 is new to Portugal and Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc, 1792) is recorded for the second time from the c...

The Odonata checklist of continental Portugal, Madeira and the Azores includes 65 species. Besides Sympetrum nigrifemur, an endemic of Madeira and the Canary Islands, and the unique population of the Nearctic Ischnura hastata in the Azores, the species composition reflects a higher proportion of western Mediterranean and Ethiopian elements than any...

A compilation of the Portuguese records of Tetrigidae is presented, together with new distributional data of the six species present in the country. The distribution of the species is mapped and commented upon. Additions are presented for the fauna of three Natural Parks. Uvarovitettix depressus (Brisout de Barneville, 1849), previously known from...

The known distribution of 34 dragonfly species is extended in continental Portugal. Six species are recorded for the first time from Alvão Natural Park, Diplacodes lefebvrii (Rambur, 1842) is recorded for the first time from Sudoeste Alentejano and Costa Vicentina Natural Park, and Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier, 1840) from Douro Internacional...

Se presentan registros de 42 especies de odonatos recolectados en distintas regiones de Portugal en la década de 1980. Los registros se comentan en relación con el conocimiento actual sobre los odonata de Portugal.

The state of knowledge of Montesinho Natural Park (Northeast Portugal) odonatofauna is presented and commented. Seven species are recorded for the first time. Resumen: En este trabajo se presentan y comentan los conocimientos sobre los odonatos del Parque Natural de Monte-sinho. Siete especies se citan por primera vez.

This paper presents records of 30 species of Hemiptera and 111 species of Coleoptera new for the Serra da Estrela Natural Park (Portugal). Four of the species are recorded from Portugal for the first time: Aelia cognata Fieber, 1868 (Hemip-tera), Antherophagus pallens (Fabricius, 1781), Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier, 1807) and Trichapion simile...

This paper presents records of nine beetle species from Portugal, two of them new for the country [Cerambycidae: Pachytodes cerambyciformis (Schrank, 1781) and Chrysomelidae: Plateumaris sericea (Linnaeus, 1761)]. The remaining species , included in the families Silphidae, Lampyridae, Cleridae, Melyridae, Coccinellidae and Erotylidae are considered...