Biodiversity project in Azores delivers detailed abundance data for 286 arthropod species

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Tagged Arthropoda, arthropods, Azores, Azores Islands, biodiversity, biogeography, biota, fauna, taxonomyLeave a comment

January 3, 2017

In 1999, a long-term biodiversity project started at the Azores Islands (Portugal, Atlantic Ocean), the Biodiversity of Arthropods from the Laurisilva of the Azores (BALA) project (1999-2004). Its aim was to obtain detailed distributional and abundance data for a large fraction of arthropod fauna, living in all remaining native forests at seven of the Azores […]

Flying jewels spell death for tarantulas: Study of a North American spider fly genus

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Tagged America, arthropods, biodiversity, Diptera, entomology, insect diversity, insects, jewel flies, larvae, new species, North America, parasites, Sierra Nevada, spider flies, tarantula fliesLeave a comment

October 5, 2016

Spider flies are usually a rarely encountered group of insects, except in Western North America, where the North American jewelled spider flies (the Eulonchus genus) can be locally abundant in mountainous areas such as the Sierra Nevada of California. The brilliantly coloured adults (also known as ‘sapphires’ and ’emeralds’) are important pollinators of flowers. The […]