@article {47854, title = {New field data for old museum specimens: A peculiar cricket (Grylloidea, Orthoptera) from SW Spain}, journal = {Graellsia}, volume = {72}, year = {2016}, month = {Jan-27-2016}, pages = {e045}, abstract = {

We obtained the first records of Sciobia (Thilptoblemus) natalia in Europe after a single record from Algeciras (Spain), about one century ago. We found the species in Tarifa, Benelup-Casas Viejas and Alcal\á de los Gazules (C\ádiz province) in plots with open land and herbaceous vegetation of wasteland, cattle states, edges of agricultural land, and hedgerows of pathways and local roads. The species may be common locally, in late spring. It may coexist with Sciobia (Thliptoblemus) caliendrum although the later presents a wider ecological spectrum whereas S. (T.) natalia prefers dense vegetation in more humid soils. Acoustic analyses indicate that the song of both species are very different, making field identification feasible. S. (T.) natalia may however easily go unnoticed among populations of the more conspicuous S. (T.) caliendrum. We discuss possible reasons why this species has gone unnoticed so far and factors that may pose at risk the maintenance of its populations.

}, keywords = {coexistence, European distribution, oscillogram, Sciobia caliendrum, Sciobia natalia, sonogram}, issn = {0367-5041}, doi = {10.3989/graellsia.2016.v72.i110.3989/graellsia.2016.v72.160}, url = {http://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/issue/view/45}, author = {Cordero, Pedro J. and Cordero, Pau and Ortego, Joaqu{\'\i}n} } @article {47838, title = {A new cricket (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) for Castilla-La Mancha and the Iberian Peninsula}, journal = {Graellsia}, volume = {63}, year = {2007}, pages = {305 - 313}, abstract = {

We report Tartarogryllus tartarus (Saussure, 1874), a species with disjunct distribution in the Mediterranean-Turanean area, for the first time in the Iberian Peninsula. We summarize morphological charateristics for the species identification adding some new relevant traits to distinguish it from Acheta domesticus and Eumodicogryllus bordigalensis, particularly the interior tympanic opening that is shaped like a narrow slot whereas it is almost rounded in Acheta and Eumodicogryllus. We have found the species in cereal crops and vegetation around hiper-saline lagoons of arid lands (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain). Adult emergence occurs in May with maximum sexual activity at the end of this month and in June. We suspect that this species may be more widely distributed in other regions of the Iberian Peninsula with appropriate habitat.

}, keywords = {arid land, disjunct distribution, hipersaline lagoons, Tartarogryllus tartarus, taxonomic studies, tympanic opening}, issn = {0367-5041}, doi = {10.3989/graellsia.2007.v63.i210.3989/graellsia.2007.v63.i2.97}, url = {http://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/issue/view/8}, author = {Cordero, P. J. and Llorente, V. and Aparicio, J. M.} } @article {47812, title = {New data on the "silver-bell cricket" (Orthoptera, Gryllidae), a forgotten and overlooked cricket subject to a high risk of extinction in western Europe}, journal = {Graellsia}, volume = {64}, year = {2008}, month = {Sep-25-20082263}, pages = {171 - 180}, abstract = {

Gryllodinus kerkennensis (Finot, 1893) presents a disjunct distribution in the Southern part of the Western Palearctic from North Africa up to Central Asia inhabiting arid, semidesert or desert land mostly associated with saline soils near water sources of lagoons or river beds depressions. The species was not recorded in Western Europe (Iberian Peninsula) since 1936 and up to now it is currently excluded from all red list books for Orthopteran conservation. In this paper we report a few and localised populations of this cricket in Castilla-La Mancha inhabiting sandy shores of hiper-saline lagoons. We also provide information on its biometrics, phenology, ecology and behaviour including data of all collection specimens of the Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN). Because of its audible and particular song, we propose campaigns of night listening points to search for this species in other potential sites where it could be present. We believe that this species may be subject to a high risk of extinction in the Iberian Peninsula, and thus in the whole Western Europe. This is because of their restricted populations and the fragility of its specific habitat. We propose an urgent integral protection and the inclusion of the species in the lists of highly endangered invertebrate species.

}, keywords = {arid land, Castilla-La Mancha, disjunct distribution, extinction risk, Gryllodinus kerkennensis, hiper-saline lagoons}, issn = {0367-5041}, doi = {10.3989/graellsia.2008.v64.i210.3989/graellsia.2008.v64.i2.30}, url = {http://graellsia.revistas.csic.es/index.php/graellsia/issue/view/4}, author = {Cordero, P. J. and Llorente, V.} }