First insular record and DNA barcoding of Euscorpius vailatii Tropea & Fet, 2015 from Trizonia Island (Fokida, Greece)

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  First insular record and DNA barcoding of Euscorpius vailatii Tropea & Fet, 2015 from Trizonia Island (Fokida, Greece) Abstract Euscorpius vailatii Tropea & Fet, 2015 (Scorpiones: Euscorpiidae), originally described from Aitoloakarnania and Fokida (Greece), is herein reported from Trizonia Island in the Gulf of Corinth, representing the first insular record for the species. The examined specimens are consistent with the diagnostic morphology of E. vailatii . The first molecular data for the species are provided, based on both mainland and insular populations. Comparative analyses further highlight the distinctiveness of E. vailatii from geographically close congeners, while phylogenetic results indicate a sister-taxon relationship with E. erymanthius , supporting a Quaternary biogeographic history shaped by the evolution of the Gulf of Corinth system. Kalaentzis, K., Frigioni, F., Panagiotopoulos, A., Tzoras, E., Minoudi, S., & Triantafyllidis, A. 2026 . First insul...

A new trapdoor spider, Nemesia hesperides sp. nov. (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae), from a home garden

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A new trapdoor spider, Nemesia hesperides sp. nov. (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae), from a home garden

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Home gardens can serve as refuges for arthropod biodiversity. Here we describe a new species of trapdoor spider known only from a home garden. Nemesia hesperides sp. nov. builds a simple burrow with a wafer-type trapdoor formed by a fine sheet of web, characteristic shared with N. dorthesi Thorell, 1875, N. entinae Calvo & Pagán, 2022, N. santeugenia Decae, 2005, N. santeulalia Decae, 2005 and N. shenlongi Pertegal et al., 2022, species that share a similar morphology. The presence of Nemesia hesperides sp. nov. in a garden managed by ecological methods and its absence in the surrounding gardens managed only for a recreative use, shows the importance that management plays in the conservation role of home gardens.


Pertegal C, Pinilla Rosa M. A new trapdoor spider, Nemesia hesperides sp. nov. (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae), from a home garden. Graellsia [Internet]. 2023Nov.22 [cited 2023Nov.28];79(2):e202. Available from: https://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/article/view/735