Luis Vivas

Asociacion Fotografia y Biodiversidad · Heteroptera Expert

Gardena insignis Horvárth, 1887, is an entity belonging to the subfamily Emesinae has been quoted in Croatia, Slovenia, Italy and the Iberian Peninsula in Catalonia. In this paper is reported a new appointment for southern Spain in Motril (Granada) and southern Italy in Centola and Marina di Camerota (Salerno, Campania).

BVnPC, 4 (54): 64-82 (2015) 64 Las especies españolas de Alydidae y nuevos datos sobre Heegeria tangirica (Saunders, 1877) en la Península Ibérica (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreoidea: Alydidae) RESUMEN: Se hace un completo análisis sobre la familia Alydidae en la Península Ibérica, representada por cinco especies, a partir de los datos que se tienen...

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The second record of the species Bothynotus pilosus (Boheman, 1852) on Spanish territory, proved by photographs of a female found in Morella (Castellón), is presented.

New data on Irochrotus maculiventris (Germar, 1839) from the analysis of photographs published on the website BiodiversidadVirtual.org are presented. Historical records of this species for the Iberian Peninsula are reviewed.

The first photographs of a living specimen of Leprosoma inconspicuum Baerensprung, 1859 are presented. Data on its distribution, host plants and habitat are summarized. These photographs also represent the first record for the province of Almería. Autors: Luis Vivas & Francisco Rodríguez

Citation: Asociación Fotografía y Biodiversidad – BiodiversidadVirtual.org (Eds.) (2013). Especial Nº 2 - Septiembre de 2013. Heteroptera. BV news. Revista de la Asociación Fotografía y Biodiversidad. Barcelona. Asociación Fotografía y Biodiversidad – BiodiversidadVirtual.org. 47 pp.

Internet photosharing websites is a very recent and powerful tool for the study of biodiversity, and a meeting point of general public fond of nature and professional naturalists. The article discusses when an uploaded picture is scientifically valuable, and the benefits of structured hosting websites for the most fruitful information retrieval. Ex...

New record of Zonitis fernancastroi Pardo Alcaide, 1950 in the Natural Park of Sant Llorenç del Munt, in the municipality of Mura (Bages). This is the first record for this park and the third one from Catalonia. We include a dichotomous key of the Iberian species of the genus Zonitis Fabricius, 1775.

Photographs of Deraeocoris (Deraeocoris) flavilinea (A. Costa, 1862) hosted on BiodiversidadVirtual.org are commented. These photographs represent new data confirming the presence of this species in the Iberian Peninsula and reporting new locations.

Strongylocoris erythroleptus was reported till now only from Italy, France and Slovenia. Recent photos, published on BiodiversitadVirtual.org and Naturamediterraneo.com, demonstrate that this species is present also in Spain (Girona/Gerona). Notes on morphology, similar species, distribution, host plants and habitat are presented.

I present data on the distribution and biology of the species Spilostethus furcula (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850) and of the rest of the Iberian Spilostethus species (S. pandurus, S. saxatilis), derived from the photos uploaded to the Invertebrates' Gallery BiodiversidadVirtual.org web. A significant widening of the so far known distribution in the Iber...

The reduvid Zelus renardii from North America is recorded through photographs for the first time in Spain and the second time in Europe. The presence of nymphs in different stages, several adult specimens and predation of various types of insects is proved as well as its presence at two different locations.

In Europe Trichaphanus fuentei (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) is present only in the Iberian Peninsula. This note presents the first photographs of this species in the Internet and provides a collection of the data held on distribution, habitat and biology of this species, although it should be noted that very little information is available.