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Biodiversity Journal 2013, 4 (3): 385-440

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 385-386
    Errol Véla & Daniel Pavon
    Allium commutatum Guss. and the « small islands specialist » plants species of the Western Mediterranean
  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 387-394

    Luchman Hakim & Hideki Miyakawa
    Plant trees species for restoration program in Ranupani, Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park Indonesia

    ABSTRACT
    Restoration programs in conservation areas need a basis data regarding plant species diversity which is indigenous for the restoration area target. The availability of such data is useful for selecting appropriate plant species for reintroduction programs as a crucial part in restoration programs. The aim of this paper is to identify potential plant trees species for a restoration program in tropical highland ecosystem. There are potential plant trees species for Ranupani area, including Acer laurinum, Acmena acuminatissima, Casuarina junghuhniana, Dacrycarpus imbricatus, Engelhardtia spicata, Myrsine korthalsii, Lithocarpus sundaicus, Lithocarpus korthalsii, Macropanax dispermum, Trema orientalis, Turpinia sphaerocarpa, Omalanthus giganteus, and Astronia spectabilis. Some of them, i.e. Engelhardtia spicata, Omalanthus giganteus, Astronia spectabilis, Trema orientalis and Casuarina junghuhniana play an important role as pioneer species. In the first step of restoration program implementation, these species can be planted with some pioneer native shrubs and herbs to initiate and accelerate the succession process in the restoration areas.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 395-398

    Selvamony Sukumaran, Subbiah Karuppusamy, Thankappan Sarasabai Shynin Brintha & Solomon Jeeva
    New distribution record of Boucerosia diffusa Wight (Gentianales Apocynaceae) in the Southern Western Ghats, India

    ABSTRACT
    The presence of Boucerosia diffusa Wight (Gentianales Apocynaceae) in the foothills of Southern Western Ghats at Pechiparai, Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary (India) is reported. This succulent asclepiad is frequently treated as Caralluma diffusa (Wight) N.E.Br. by many researchers. Present paper is the first record of the occurrence of this species in Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary and the second in the southern Western Ghats.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 399-406

    Pongpan Leelahakriengkrai
    Diversity of freshwater benthos in the ecotourism area at Chiang Dao District in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand

    ABSTRACT
    The diversity of benthic diatoms and aquatic insects in the ecotourism areas of Mea Lu and Tong Ta Streams at Chiang Dao District in Chiang Mai Province in the north of Thailand were investigated during the months of July and September 2012 and January 2013, from the upper, middle and lower parts of each stream. A total of 53 taxa of benthic diatoms and 46 families of aquatic insects were found. Forty-seven and thirty-one taxa of benthic diatoms were found from the Mea Lu and Tong Ta Streams, respectively. Thirty-eight and twenty-eight families of aquatic insects were found from the Mea Lu and Tong Ta Streams, respectively. The diversity index of benthic diatoms ranged from 1.17 to 2.66, while the aquatic insects ranged from 0 to 2.14. In the upstream sites of this study, a high abundance of benthic diatoms, such as Navicula cryptotenella, Planothidium rostratum and Planothidium lanceolatum, and aquatic insects, such as Caenidae and Elmidae, were found. At the downstream sites, a high abundance of benthic diatoms, such as Nitzschia palea and Mayamaea atomus and aquatic insects, such as Corixidae, Baetidae, Chironomidae, Simuliidae and Hydropsychidae, were found.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 407-410

    Gianfranco Curletti
    New species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 belonging to the subgenus Nigritius Curletti, 1998 from Ethiopic Region (Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilini)

    ABSTRACT
    Four new W African species are described: Agrilus (Nigritius) massaronei n. sp. from Gabon, Agrilus (Nigritius) yangambii n. sp. from Congo Democratic Republic, Agrilus (Nigritius) ivorianus n. sp. and Agrilus (Nigritius) bancoi n. sp. both from Ivory Coast.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 411-414

    Nidsaraporn Petsut, Sitthi Kulabtong & Jirawaeth Petsut
    Two new records of cyprinid fish (Cypriniformes Cyprinidae) from Thailand

    ABSTRACT
    In the present paper, two cyprinid fishes, Boraras urophthalmoides (Kottelat, 1991) and Rasbosoma spilocerca (Rainboth et Kottelat, 1987) are newly recorded from Bangpakong Basin, Southeast Thailand. Description and distribution data of the two cyprinid fish are provided here.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 415-418

    Pasquale Micali, Walter Renda & Salvatore Ventimiglia
    New report of Aperiovula juanjosensii Pérez et Gómez, 1987 (Gastropoda Ovulidae) for the Sicilian coast

    ABSTRACT
    One living specimen of Aperiovula juanjosensii Pérez et Gómez, 1987 (Gastropoda Ovulidae) was found in the Strait of Messina (North-East Sicily), at Punta Faro at a depth of about 90 m. The specimen was found in the fishing rest, in a sample rich of Myriapora truncata (Pallas, 1776), but with presence of Paramuricea clavata (Risso, 1826) and Eunicella cavolinii (Esper, 1791). The gorgonian Villogorgia bebrycoides (Koch, 1887), indicated as host in literature, even if should be present in the area, has not been found. A. juanjosensii was described for the area of Canary Islands and Atlantic Marocco and, up to now, only shown for a location of the Italian coast, without additional data.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 419-426

    Francisco Javier Peris-Felipo & Ricardo Jiménez-Peydró
    Contribution to the phenological knowledge of Aspilota-group (Hymenoptera Braconidae Alysiinae) in Mediterranean landscapes

    ABSTRACT
    This work analyses the phenology of Aspilota-group in three Mediterranean Natural parks: Natural Park of La Font Roja, Natural Park of Las Lagunas de la Mata-Torrevieja and Natural Park of La Tinença de Benifassà. Samples were carried out from April 2004 to December 2007. In total, 820 specimens of 53 different species were collected and analysed. The results showed that there was a direct relationship between phenology and climatic conditions, as the highest abundances of Aspilota Förster, 1862 were observed when temperatures were between 18-22ºC and a few weeks after the rainy season. Phenological information at species level is also provided.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 427-434

    David O. Oke & Gailyson Y. Jamala
    Traditional agroforestry practices and woody species conservation in the derived savanna ecosystem of Adamawa state, Nigeria

    ABSTRACT
    Agroforestry practices are known to contribute to food security, environmental protection and biodiversity conservation. To determine the extent of contribution of some traditional agroforestry practices to woody species conservation, data were collected from the natural fallow land, grazing land and natural forest in and around the Gumti sector of Gashaka-Gumti National Park, covering Toungo and Jada local government areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The area was sampled in a group of twelve 0.04 ha (20 m × 20 m) plots per land use type. All woody plants with diameter at breast height greater than or equal to 5 cm were identified. A total of 0.48 ha of natural fallow, grazing land and natural forest were surveyed. 361 individuals belonging to 27 taxa and 16 families were identified in the 0.48 ha of natural forest surveyed. In the natural fallow, 314 individuals belonging to 32 taxa in 16 families were encountered while the grazing land had 211 individuals belonging to 23 taxa in 16 families. The natural forest had the highest density of woody species (752.08 plants/ha) while the lowest (439.58 plants/ha) was observed on the grazing land. The values of Shannon diversity index differ significantly among the land use types with the natural forest having the highest (0.85), while the grazing land the least (0.56). The rarefaction curves, however, indicated that the grazing land had the highest species richness relative to the total number of individuals encountered.

  • Biodiversity Journal, 4 (3): 435-438

    Domenico Meloni & Pierluigi Piras
    New record of the Blue-spotted Cornetfish, Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Syngnathiformes Fistularidae), in the South-Western Mediterranean Sea

    ABSTRACT
    The recent caught of a male specimen of Blue-spotted Cornetfish, Fistularia commersonii Rüppell, 1838 (Syngnathiformes Fistularidae), near the coast of Portoscuso, Sardinia, Italy (South-Western Mediterranean Sea, 39°12.17' N / 8°22.44' E) is described. Morphometric and meristic data are reported.