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Lacoeuilhe A, Percevault L, Ichter J, Gourdain P, Herard K, Michaud H, Poncet L, Ramage T, Roquinarc'h O, Withers P. All taxa biodiversity inventory of the Bois de Bouis estate (Var, France): a 10-year public-private partnership. Biodivers Data J 2023; 11:e103280. [PMID: 37600598 PMCID: PMC10436063 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.11.e103280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023] Open
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Background This data paper describes the results of a 10-year scientific investigation of a biodiversity-rich private golf estate in south-eastern France in partnership with PatriNat (Office français de la biodiversité/Centre national de la recherche scientifique/Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement). In total, 3,160 species and subspecies, including 1,796 arthropods and 1,049 flora, were inventoried and 65 habitat types were surveyed and mapped. This project is the first All taxa biodiversity inventory (ATBI) in a private property in France with all information available in open data. New information The 20 datasets of fauna, flora, lichens and habitat types from the Bois de Bouis estate are now publicly available. Between 2012 and 2022, more than 22,000 occurrences were recorded, checked and published in the INPN information system. All this information is available in open access in the French portal OpenObs, operated by PatriNat and in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). This data paper provides an overview of the project, its main results and its contribution to the French National Inventory of Natural Heritage (INPN).This data paper presents a list eight species never previously recorded to France; three Hymenoptera: Charitopesleucobasis Townes, 1983 (Ichneumonidae), Dryinustussaci Olmi, 1989 (Dryinidae) and Sparasionmunitus Kozlov & Kononova, 1990 (Sparasionidae) and five Diptera: Clusiodesapicalis (Zetterstedt, 1848) (Clusiidae), Dicraeusvagans (Meigen, 1838) (Chloropidae), Stilponintermedius Raffone, 1994, Stilponsubnubilus Chvala, 1988 and Tachydromiaundulata (Strobl, 1906) (Hybotidae).It also includes a table comparing the project to 18 All-taxa biodiversity inventories in France and Belgium and published for the first time.
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- Aurélie Lacoeuilhe
- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD)ParisFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD)ParisFrance
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- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, FranceMuséum national d'Histoire naturelleParisFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD)ParisFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD)ParisFrance
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- Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles, Hyères, FranceConservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de PorquerollesHyèresFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD)ParisFrance
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- Unaffiliated, Concarneau, FranceUnaffiliatedConcarneauFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS/IRD)ParisFrance
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- Unaffiliated, Sainte Euphémie, FranceUnaffiliatedSainte EuphémieFrance
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DNA Barcode Library of Megadiverse Lepidoptera in an Alpine Nature Park (Italy) Reveals Unexpected Species Diversity. DIVERSITY 2023. [DOI: 10.3390/d15020214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Species inventories are a prerequisite for biodiversity monitoring and conservation, particularly in protected areas. However, the possibilities of a standardized survey of species diversity using DNA barcoding have so far hardly been implemented, especially in species-rich groups. A first-time molecular-based and nearly complete inventory of the megadiverse insect order Lepidoptera in a protected area in the Alps (Cottian Alps, Italy) was intended to test the possibilities and reliability of DNA-based identifications. From voucher material collected between 2019 and 2022, we successfully sequenced 1213 morphospecies that grouped into 1204 BINs (barcode index numbers), whereas DNA barcoding failed for another 18 species. A total of 35 species shared a BIN with one or more taxa, but a majority of 19 species could still be discriminated by divergent sequences. A total of 12 morphospecies split into two BINs. These species and a further 22 taxa with unique BINs and barcode divergences >2% to the nearest neighbor require taxonomic re-assessment. Two additional cryptic species from the study area were described recently. Finally, 16 species are newly recorded for Italy. Our study, therefore, demonstrates the importance of DNA barcoding for both faunistics and the discovery of cryptic diversity, even in apparently well-studied protected areas.
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Ichter J, Gargominy O, Leccia MF, Robert S, Poncet L. The first large-scale All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Europe: description of the Mercantour National Park ATBI datasets. Biodivers Data J 2022; 10:e85901. [PMID: 36761580 PMCID: PMC9836634 DOI: 10.3897/bdj.10.e85901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background An All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) is a comprehensive inventory of all species in a given territory. In 2007, the French Parc national du Mercantour and the Italian Parco Naturale Alpi Marittime started the first and most ambitious ATBI in Europe with more than 350 specialists and dozens of technicians and data managers involved. New information The ATBI datasets from the Parc national du Mercantour in France are now publicly available. Between 2007 and 2020, 247,674 occurrences were recorded, checked and published in the INPN information system. All this information is available in open access in the GBIF web site. With 12,640 species registered, the ATBI is the most important inventory in France. This data paper provides an overview of main results and its contribution to the French National Inventory of Natural Heritage. It includes a list of 52 taxa new to science and 53 species new to France, discovered thanks to the ATBI.
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- Jean Ichter
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (correspondent), Paris, FranceMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle (correspondent)ParisFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS)ParisFrance
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- Parc national du Mercantour, Nice, FranceParc national du MercantourNiceFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS)ParisFrance
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- PatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS), Paris, FrancePatriNat (OFB/MNHN/CNRS)ParisFrance
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Norbiato M, Dioli P, Cianferoni F. Annotated checklist of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Site of Community Importance and Special Area of Conservation “Alpi Marittime” (NW Italy). ZOOSYSTEMA 2019. [DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2019v41a15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Margherita Norbiato
- Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, Zoological Section “La Specola”, Via Romana 17, I-50125 Florence (Italy)
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- Natural History Museum, Corso Venezia 55, I-20121 Milan (Italy)
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- Natural History Museum of the University of Florence, Zoological Section “La Specola”, Via Romana 17, I-50125 Florence (Italy)
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Galassi DMP, Fiers F, Ole-Olivier MJ, Fiasca B. Discovery of a new species of the genus Stygepactophanes from a groundwater-fed spring in southern France (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Canthocamptidae). Zookeys 2019:69-91. [PMID: 30636911 PMCID: PMC6328526 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.812.29764] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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A new species of the genus Stygepactophanes Moeschler & Rouch, 1984 (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Canthocamptidae) is established to accommodate a small canthocamptid population collected from a spring system in the “Parc du Mercantour”, Var catchment, southern France. The population analysed in the present study is defined by a set of morphological characters of the female, namely a very large maxilliped, a rudimentary mandibular palp, P1 with 3-segmented exopod and 2-segmented endopod, a falcate terminal claw of the P1 endopod, dorsal seta of caudal rami inserted on the inner margin, and anal operculum not overreaching the insertion of the caudal rami, thus supporting its assignment into the genus Stygepactophanes. The new species Stygepactophanesoccitanus shows marked differences with the nominotypical species of the genus that was originally described by monotypy with the species Stygepactophanesjurassicus Moeschler & Rouch, 1984. The main diagnostic traits of S.jurassicus are the absence of the P5 and a falcate outer terminal claw of P1 endopod. Stygepactophanesjurassicus also shows a reduced armature of the antennal exopod, bearing one seta, 1-segmented P2–P4 endopods, a reduced armature of P2–P4 exopodal segments 3 (3,4,4 armature elements, respectively), P6 bearing only one long seta, a rounded short and smooth anal operculum. Conversely the female of S.occitanus Galassi & Fiers, sp. n. has a well-developed P5, with rudimentary intercoxal sclerite, together with a falcate outer terminal claw of P1 endopod, antennal exopod bearing two elements, P4 endopod 1-segmented versus 2-segmented in P2–P3, P2–P4 exopodal segment 3 with five armature elements, P6 with three setae of different lengths, rounded anal operculum, bearing 3–4 strong spinules. According to our present knowledge, S.occitanus Galassi & Fiers, sp. n. is assigned to the genus Stygepactophanes as the most conservative solution, waiting for the male to be discovered. The genus Stygepactophanes represents a distinct lineage within the harpacticoid family Canthocamptidae that colonised southern European groundwater, the genus being known only from the saturated karst in Switzerland and a fissured saturated aquifer in southern France. Both species of the genus are stygobites and narrow endemics, the nominotypical species being known from the type locality Source de la Doux in Délemont (Switzerland), and S.occitanus Galassi & Fiers, sp. n. described herein from a spring system of the Var catchment (France).
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- Diana M P Galassi
- University of L'Aquila, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, Via Vetoio, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy University of L'Aquila L'Aquila Italy
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- University of L'Aquila, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, Via Vetoio, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy University of L'Aquila L'Aquila Italy.,Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Brussels Belgium
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- Université de Lyon, CNRS, UMR 5023 - LEHNA, Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés, 6 rue Raphael Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne, France Université de Lyon Lyon France
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- University of L'Aquila, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, Via Vetoio, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy University of L'Aquila L'Aquila Italy
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Touroult J, Pollet M, Pascal O. Overview of Mitaraka survey: research frame, study site and field protocols. ZOOSYSTEMA 2018. [DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Julien Touroult
- UMS 2006 Patrimoine naturel (« PatriNat »), AFB, CNRS, MNHN, case postale 41, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
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- Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO), Herman Teirlinckgebouw, Havenlaan 88 bus 73, B-1000 Brussels (Belgium); Research Group Terrestrial Ecology (TEREC), Ghent University, K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Ghent (Belgium); and Entomology Unit
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- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Direction des Collections, Pôle Expédition, case postale 30, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
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Hamer ML, Slotow R. A conservation assessment of the terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Mkambati Nature Reserve in the Pondoland Centre of Endemism. KOEDOE: AFRICAN PROTECTED AREA CONSERVATION AND SCIENCE 2017. [DOI: 10.4102/koedoe.v59i1.1428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Mkambati Nature Reserve (NR) falls within the Pondoland Centre of Endemism, which is part of the Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany global biodiversity hotspot. The biodiversity status of this area is based largely on its flora, and the invertebrates are poorly known. The area is under threat from various proposed developments. We surveyed 14 orders in three invertebrate phyla at 26 sites with two main objectives: (1) to assess the fauna in terms of conservation value, and, (2) to identify habitats and sites of conservation concern. From the survey, 3231 samples were sent for identification and 425 species were identified. A minimum of 18 new species were confirmed. Mkambati NR shows exceptional diversity for molluscs (Gastropoda, 51 species), bees (Apoidea, 48 species) and true bugs (Heteroptera, 65 species). At least 43 species collected from the Reserve are South African endemics, 31 have a restricted distribution within South Africa and 18 are only known from the Reserve itself.Conservation implications: The authors provide the first assessment of the invertebrate fauna of the Mkambati NR, which indicates that it is a rich and important fauna. The results highlight the need to consider invertebrates in other biodiversity assessments in the Pondoland region. In terms of habitats, for both forest and grassland there was a large difference in the invertebrate communities at different sites, even over relatively short distances in grassland; shared habitat attributes clustered sites with more similar communities, for example, rocky ledges or the sea shore. All forest patches are a priority for protection.
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Ashfaq M, Akhtar S, Rafi MA, Mansoor S, Hebert PDN. Mapping global biodiversity connections with DNA barcodes: Lepidoptera of Pakistan. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0174749. [PMID: 28339501 PMCID: PMC5365146 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sequences from the DNA barcode region of the mitochondrial COI gene are an effective tool for specimen identification and for the discovery of new species. The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (www.boldsystems.org) currently hosts 4.5 million records from animals which have been assigned to more than 490,000 different Barcode Index Numbers (BINs), which serve as a proxy for species. Because a fourth of these BINs derive from Lepidoptera, BOLD has a strong capability to both identify specimens in this order and to support studies of faunal overlap. DNA barcode sequences were obtained from 4503 moths from 329 sites across Pakistan, specimens that represented 981 BINs from 52 families. Among 379 species with a Linnaean name assignment, all were represented by a single BIN excepting five species that showed a BIN split. Less than half (44%) of the 981 BINs had counterparts in other countries; the remaining BINs were unique to Pakistan. Another 218 BINs of Lepidoptera from Pakistan were coupled with the 981 from this study before being compared with all 116,768 BINs for this order. As expected, faunal overlap was highest with India (21%), Sri Lanka (21%), United Arab Emirates (20%) and with other Asian nations (2.1%), but it was very low with other continents including Africa (0.6%), Europe (1.3%), Australia (0.6%), Oceania (1.0%), North America (0.1%), and South America (0.1%). This study indicates the way in which DNA barcoding facilitates measures of faunal overlap even when taxa have not been assigned to a Linnean species.
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- Muhammad Ashfaq
- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Taxonomics—next-generation taxonomists. ORG DIVERS EVOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-016-0287-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Latella L. The Cholevinae Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) of the Maritime Alps. ZOOSYSTEMA 2015. [DOI: 10.5252/z2015n4a5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Vala JC, Williams CD. Sciomyzidae Fallén, 1820 (Diptera) collected in the Mercantour National Park, France. ZOOSYSTEMA 2015. [DOI: 10.5252/z2015n4a7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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