Pablo BarrancoUniversidad de Almería | UAL · Department of Biology and Geology
Pablo Barranco
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La contaminación por plásticos es omnipresente afectando a ecosistemas acuáticos y terrestres. Esta proliferación ha sido impulsada por el incremento en la producción y uso de los plásticos con modelos económicos lineales, así como, por la insuficiente capacidad de los sistemas de gestión para desechar o reciclar los residuos plásticos de manera se...
At present just about 30% of the waste plastic collected is efficiently recycled, while the rest is incinerated, disposed in landfills, or can end up in compost and be released in the environment, inducing a very negative effect on safety and health of flora and fauna. Sustainable management of hardly recyclable plastic waste generated by light wei...
To improve biological control and habitat management, how pest predators spread from natural habitats to crops must be understood. We studied whether intrinsic differences in stable‐isotopic ratios of C and N from an artificial C4 (sugar‐cane) or C3 (muti‐flower honey) diet could help mark and track predators that feed on them. Two aphid predators...
Dalyat mirabilis is an extraordinary troglobite carabid described in 2002 from the cave Simarrón II in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain). A new subfamily Dalyatinae was erected to accommodate this species with remarkable morphological characters and adaptations to live underground. In addition to the former original descriptions, there...
List of troglobia and stygobia species of the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands
Abstract: The Iberian-Balearic hypogean or cave fauna has been highlighted for many years by numerous zoologists in different disciplines. Specialists of the different faunal groups capable of colonizing both the caves and the groundwater that runs through them. T...
Resumen: La fauna hipogea o cavernícola ibero-balear ha sido a lo largo de muchos años puesta en evidencia por numerosos zoólogos en las distintas disciplinas. Especialistas de los distintos grupos faunísticos capaces de colonizar tantos las cuevas como las aguas subterráneas que las recorren. Hoy sabemos que esta diversidad de troglobios y estigob...
In this work, we propose innovative resource recovery from municipal
solid waste that contribute to diverting waste from landfills and reducing
reliance on energy from waste. Current biotechnological processes use
biomass as the main feedstock for resource recovery, thus the use of
synthetic plastics is a significant change of paradigm. We develop...
Se presentan los primeros resultados faunísticos del estudio colaborativo sobre los
invertebrados terrestres presentes en tres pequeñas islas (isla de San Andrés, isla de Terreros
e isla Negra) cercanas a la costa de la provincia de Almería (España). De un total de 385
individuos capturados (373 artrópodos y 12 moluscos), se han identificado entre...
Tabla 1. Relación de taxones estudiados en la pequeñas islas de la provincia de A Se incluyen los niveles taxonómicos intermedios que facilitan información sustancial. En las observaciones de cada taxón PHYLUM CLASSIS ORDO SUBORDO
This work synthesizes the results derived from the research project “Study of the diversity and distribution of animal species in the Mesovoid Shallow Substratum of high mountain areas (Sierra de Guadarrama National Park)” (ref. 1143/2014), funded by the Autonomous Organism of National Parks of Spain. The Mesovoid Shallow Substratum is the hypogean...
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...
Agriculture is one of the most widespread human activities and has the greatest impact on terrestrial ecosystems, as it transforms natural ecosystems into artificial landscapes using, in many cases, large amounts of pesticides as well as overexploiting natural resources. Therefore, for effective biodiversity conservation, it is necessary to include...
Several Mogoplistidae specimens collected in the provinces of Alicante and Valencia are studied by pitfall trapping, in the ground surface, and with underground sampling stations (EMS) located in the Mesovoid Shallow Substratum (MSS). These samples are assigned to two different species, Mogoplistes brunneus Serville, 1838, with four females collect...
Los muestreos realizados sobre el Medio Subterráneo Superficial (MSS) en la provincia de
Almería, están arrojando luz sobre una nutrida y desconocida diversidad entomológica. Este hábitat está constituido por intersticios entre guijarros y bloques. En el caso que nos ocupa, derrubios en laderas de montaña (“canchales”). El área estudiada, comprende...
Orthoptera is a very diverse group that has colonized practically all terrestrial ecosystems
on the planet. They have adapted to live in the endogenous environment as well as in caves so that some species exhibit troglomorphic characteristics. This group has been extensively studied due to its economic and social importance; however, many basic mor...
The mesovoid shallow substratum (MSS) can act as a climatic refuge for invertebrates, as a biogeographic corridor to deeper substrates or as a permanent habitat for some species. This study characterizes the seasonal invertebrate diversity and abundance of MSS ecosystems in central Portugal focusing on Diplopoda, Diplura, Orthoptera and Coleoptera...
Bark beetles (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Scolytinae) associated to Pinaceae of the Sant Lloreng del Munt i P'Obac Natural Park (Catalonia, Spain) Abstract: A list of the species of the Scolytinae captured in the Sant Lloreng del Munt ¡ 'Obac Natural Park is presented, with special emphasis on the forest species that live on pines. Previous bibliogr...
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...
Abstract del póster: La provincia de Almería en los últimos años y en lo referente a biodiversidad hipogea, está aportando numerosos descubrimientos de nuevas especies para la ciencia, o especies aún inéditas, que actualmente están en proceso de descripción. La mayoría de estos hallazgos/descubrimientos se han logrado mediante la exploración de cav...
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...
Numerosos muestreos realizados por el territorio peninsular, a lo largo de estas tres últimas décadas, han deparado el hallazgo de Leistus (Pogonophorus) puncticeps Fairmaire & Laboulbène, 1854 en áreas geográficas en las que se desconocía su presencia hasta la fecha. Las nuevas citas amplían la distribución ibérica de la especie hacia enclaves me...
Diplura is a group of entognathous hexapods, often considered a sister group to insects. They play an important role in recycling organic matter in soil and subterranean terrestrial ecosystems. The Campodeidae is the most diverse family, divided into four subfamilies. The subfamily Plusiocampinae has a subterranean life-style with many species dist...
Ante la problemática ambiental que supone el decaimiento de unas 2.000 ha de Pinus pinaster, principalmente, en la Sierra de Baza (Granada), presumiblemente provocado por agentes abióticos (pertinaz sequía, elevadas temperaturas extemporáneas, etc.), se instalaron una serie de trampas para intentar conocer la entomofauna asociada a este decaimiento...
Un Bioblitz es un “Maratón de Biodiversidad” dirigido a registrar la riqueza de especies de un lugar determinado. Este tipo de eventos consigue que los ciudadanos se aproximen a la naturaleza, aprendan sobre ella, la respeten y se diviertan encontrando formas de vida sobre las que nunca había prestado atención. A su vez, se generan datos útiles par...
The subfamily Pteridopodinae (Chyzeriidae) is reviewed and an updated diagnosis is provided for the family and the subfamily. A new genus, Iberochyzeria gen. nov., is described from mites parasitizing Orthoptera (Acrididae) in southern Spain. In addition, a list of species and a diagnosis for the larvae and postlarval instars are provided for each...
A new species Eukoenenia amatei sp. nov. is described on the basis of a female captured in a cave in south-eastern Spain. It is characterized by the presence of a single blade on the lateral organ and the absence of a glandular complex on sternites IV and VI. Some of these characters are shared with five other species distributed in Europe, Asia, A...
El gorgojo Ocladius grandii habita en el sur de la Península Ibérica, en las provincias de
Almería, Murcia y Granada, siendo el único representante del género en Europa. El resto
de especies se distribuyen por las zonas subtropicales y tropicales de África y
Madagascar, con algunas especies en la región mediterránea y en el centro y oeste de
Asia,...
Las Albuferas de Adra forman parte de los humedales mejor conocidos a escala nacional en diversas disciplinas, como hidrogeología, limnología, ornitología, botánica, etnografía, historia y entomología acuática. No obstante, existe un gran vacío de información en lo que se refiere a entomofauna terrestre, a pesar de tratarse de uno de los principale...
Los escolítidos son coleópteros que pueden comportarse como plagas en las masas
forestales, desencadenando importantes daños al horadar las especies vegetales sobre las
que se desarrollan. Es por ello que las administraciones ambientales suelen implantar
planes de seguimiento y control de sus poblaciones, especialmente para aquellos que se
desarrol...
Los escolítidos (Curculionidae, Scolytinae) son un grupo de coleópteros que viven a
expensas de sus fitohuéspedes, introduciéndose normalmente en su interior y
provocándoles frecuentemente importantes daños sistémicos. Son por tanto insectos de
gran trascendencia para el ser humano debido a su capacidad para ocasionar la muerte
del arbolado (por sí...
Although Iberian subsurface terrestrial habitats have been sampled for a half century, they remain poorly known. During the last five years much more sampling of these subsurface habitats has been made, mainly in scree slopes (also called colluvial Mesovoid Shallow Substratum habitats, MSS) but also in alluvial debris of temporal watercourses (allu...
Eukoenenia indalica sp. nov. is described from a female captured in a cave in the mountains of Almeria, in Andalusia,
southeastern Spain. It belongs to the E. mirabilis group, which includes species found in the Mediterranean region, Macaronesia,
the Caribbean and, in one case, worldwide. The new species is unique within this group in showing cave-...
In this work, the authors gather all the records of Trechus fulvus Dejean, 1831 in the Iberian Peninsula from 1865 to 2015, corresponding to 134 bibliographical references and to 86 UTM coordinate squares of 10 x 10 km. Also, the authors include 103 new records, resulting from numerous samplings in the last year, corresponding to 84 new UTM squares...
Six species have been described in the genus Sphaerotarsus, five from Australia and one from Iran. Only three of them have been described from larvae. The knowledge of this small group is very limited, and here we describe and illustrate the larvae of Sphaerotarsus baenai sp. nov. collected from soil in two provinces of Andalusia, Spain. This is th...
Two new species of cavernicolous Collembola belonging to genera Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009
and Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 from “Cueva del Saliente” (Almería, Spain) are described: Pygmarrhopalites
crepidinis Jordana & Baquero, n. sp. is characterized by trichobothria A, B and C forming
a straight line towards posterior end; Ant. IV with fi...
Two new species of cavernicolous Collembola belonging to genera Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009
and Pseudosinella Schäffer, 1897 from “Cueva del Saliente” (Almería, Spain) are described: Pygmarrhopalites
crepidinis Jordana & Baquero, n. sp. is characterized by trichobothria A, B and C forming
a straight line towards posterior end; Ant. IV with fi...
Sampling of arthropod fauna by pitfall traps in the cavern 'Sima de San Rafael' in Íllora (Granada, Spain) has revealed a new carabid beetle species, Trechus parapandus n. sp., with remarkable troglobiomorphic characteristics: eyes visible only as scars, depigmentation, and elongation of antennae and legs. In consonance with these characteristics,...
A new hypogean Trechus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini) from Sierra de Parapanda (Andalucía, España): taxonomy, systematics and biology
Sampling of arthropod fauna by pitfall traps in the cavern ‘Sima de San Rafael’ in Íllora (Granada, Spain) has revealed a new carabid beetle species, Trechus parapandus n. sp., with remarkable troglobiomorphic cha...
Se han capturado 52 ejemplares del esquizómido Stenochrus portoricensis Chamberlin, 1922 en una galería de un acueducto romano en la provincia de Sevilla. Otro lote de especímenes capturados en la reserva natural de Florida International University (Miami, USA) nos ha permitido determinar la identidad de esta especie. Estas capturas en Sevilla cons...
A new species of Pterolepis Rambur, 1838, from Ibiza (Balearic Islands). (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae).
A specimen of Pterolepis Rambur, 1838 accidentally captured by pine pest cerambycids beetles monitoring in Ibiza (Islas Baleares) is studied. This capture is the first recod of the genera for the Balearic Islands. The female subgenital plate has a...
The genus Antaxius Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 is distributed mainly in mountain systems from southern Europe and Morocco. It is integrated by 12 species arranged into three subgenera. Antaxius (Antaxius) spinibrachius (Fischer, 1853) is an endemic species to the Iberian Peninsula, distributed along the Northern Atlantic coast of Portugal, Cantabri...
Eighteen specimens of palpigrades captured in seven caves in the provinces of Castellon and Valencia in eastern Spain are studied. We describe and illustrate three new species and a new subspecies: Eukoenenia valencianus sp. nov., Eukoenenia montagudi sp. nov., Eukoenenia sendrai sp. nov. and Eukoenenia patrizii iberica ssp. nov. The Iberian fauna...
Description of a new species of Coracinotus Barat, 2010 from the Iberian Peninsula. (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Bradyporinae).
A new species of the katydid from the province of Granada (Spain) is described. It belongs to the recently described genus Coracinotus Barat, 2012 distributed along the Eastern Betic mountains ranges. The new species is cha...
Duvalius (Duvalius) lencinai Mateu & Ortuño, 2006 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini) a hypogean species from
the south of the Iberian peninsula. Morphology, new taxonomic placement, systematics and biology.— Duvalius
(Duvalius) lencinai Mateu & Ortuño, 2006 was discovered in two new localities in the municipal district of Siles
(Jaen, Spain): Sima C...
Description of three new species of katydids from Costa Rica (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae)
Three new species of katydids from the Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes (Alajuela) in Costa Rica (Central America) are described. The specimens were collected in the course of the Project INVARTRAB developed by the Central University of Costa Rica and th...
A solid state formulation of Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin has been developed for biological control of the Red Palm Weevil (RPW), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier, 1790). Two kinds of bioassays (dry conidia and dipping) using 10 isolates from several coleopterans in Mediterranean environments, identified 2 RPW derived isolates (193 and...
Three new species of katydids from the Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes (Alajuela) in Costa Rica (Central America) are described. The specimens were collected in the course of the Project INVARTRAB developed by the Central University of Costa Rica and the INIA de Madrid (España). The specimens were sampled by direct prospection on plants and...
Sampling of a Mesovoid Shallow Substratum (MSS) of a scree in the Guadarrama mountains (Madrid, Spain) revealed a population of crickets of the genus Nemobius Serville. A detailed morphological study revealed that the cricket was a new species, Nemobius interstitialis sp. nov., which is principally characterized by the absence of a tympanum in the...
Several females, a male, and an immature of the species Eukoenenia draco (Peyerimhoff, 1906) have been captured recently in Majorca, more than a century after its description. The male of this enigmatic species is described for the first time and the female is redescribed, with new data and figures. The level of adaptation of this species to a cave...
Although crickets, katydids and grasshoppers (order Orthoptera) are generally considered archetypical examples of herbivory, cumulative evidence shows that they are actually omnivorous, feeding on a wide range of organic matter, including carrion. The present study compiles the collections of 30 Orthoptera species, from both suborders, Ensifera and...
The discovery of several members of the genus Coletinia Wygodzinsky, 1980, from subterranean habitats (endogean and troglobiont), prompted the review of this genus in the Iberian Peninsula. Most of the samples came from caves of the Mediterranean basin of Spain, from Cádiz to the Tarragona province. As a result of this revision, nine new species ha...
The genus Sciobia comprises in the Iberian Peninsula four species: Sciobia (S.) lusitanica (Rambur, 1838), Sciobia (S.) boscai Bolívar, 1925, Sciobia (T.) caliendrum (Fischer, 1853) and Sciobia (T.) natalia Gorochov, 1985. The external characters of
these species are enough for their identification, so genitalia is not generally used for this purpo...
Duvalius (Duvalius) lencinai Mateu & Ortuño, 2006 was discovered in two new localities in the municipal district of Siles (Jaen, Spain): Sima Curva del Espino and Sima de los 30 Años, approximately 10 and 17 km, respectively, away from the type locality. The study of several individuals through dissection and use of optic and electronic microscopic...
Nevada capileirarum n. g., n. sp. (Acari: Microtrombidiidae: Microtrombidiinae) is described from ectoparasitic larvae parasitising two endemic species of Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae), Baetica ustulata (Rambur) and Pycnogaster inermis (Rambur) from the Sierra Nevada mountain range, Granada, Spain. A key to the larvae of microtrombidiine genera with t...
En este artículo se describe el efecto de un formulado sólido a base de Beauveria bassiana contra Rhynchophorus ferrugineus infestando de forma natural palmeras canarias en campo (SE España). El formulado incluye un aislado obtenido de R. ferrugineus altamente patogénico contra la plaga. El formulado se aplicó tres veces en dos localidades (Catral...
El primer Encuentro Ibérico de Biología Subterránea, celebrado en Valencia el pasado julio de 2009, logró reunir un nutrido elenco de investigadores y profesionales en diversos aspectos de la Biología Subterránea que trabajan en España y Portugal. Entre los objetivos del citado encuentro se pretendía publicar los resúmenes de las ponencias que abor...
A total of 30 larval mites (Erythraeidae) parasitizing 8 species of Orthoptera were captured during a sampling trip in French Guiana. These collections represent the first reports for the genera Leptus and Charletonia from this country. It is the first time that Leptus nikanori Haitlinger, 2000 has been captured outside of Costa Rica and the third...