TY - JOUR
T1 - The tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) of the southern Levant and adjacent territories
T2 - From cybertaxonomy to conservation biology
AU - Assmann, Thorsten
AU - Boutaud, Estève
AU - Buse, Jörn
AU - Gebert, Jörg
AU - Drees, Claudia
AU - Friedman, Ariel Leib Leonid
AU - Khoury, Fares
AU - Marcus, Tamar
AU - Orbach, Eylon
AU - Renan, Ittai
AU - Schmidt, Constantin
AU - Zumstein, Pascale
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Thorsten Assmann et al.
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The tiger beetles of the southern Levant (Egypt: Sinai, Israel, Jordan) and adjacent regions of the neighboring countries Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are reviewed in terms of species taxonomy, ecological and distributional traits and conservation biology. An illustrated dichotomous identification key from the species of this region is provided. Based on the classical identification key, we developed a digital identification application for smartphones and tablets. The species status of Calomera aulicoides (J.R. Sahlberg, 1913) is (re-) established (stat. rest.) as this taxon can be found sympatrically and para-patrically together with Calomera littoralis winkleri (Mandl, 1934). Morphological character states are discussed to identify Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861 and C. herbacea Klug, 1832. Calomera aphrodisia (Baudi di Selve, 1864) is recorded for the first time from Israel. The presence of Calomera aulica (Dejean, 1831) and Grammognatha euphratica (Dejean, 1822) is confirmed by new records. At least five taxa are threatened or extinct in Israel. For one of these species, Israel has a national responsibility for the conservation as the main part of the distribution range is within this country. Availability: The application TIGER BEETLE ID for Android devices can be freely downloaded at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989.suppl1. See also disclaimer of warranties.
AB - The tiger beetles of the southern Levant (Egypt: Sinai, Israel, Jordan) and adjacent regions of the neighboring countries Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are reviewed in terms of species taxonomy, ecological and distributional traits and conservation biology. An illustrated dichotomous identification key from the species of this region is provided. Based on the classical identification key, we developed a digital identification application for smartphones and tablets. The species status of Calomera aulicoides (J.R. Sahlberg, 1913) is (re-) established (stat. rest.) as this taxon can be found sympatrically and para-patrically together with Calomera littoralis winkleri (Mandl, 1934). Morphological character states are discussed to identify Cicindela javetii Chaudoir, 1861 and C. herbacea Klug, 1832. Calomera aphrodisia (Baudi di Selve, 1864) is recorded for the first time from Israel. The presence of Calomera aulica (Dejean, 1831) and Grammognatha euphratica (Dejean, 1822) is confirmed by new records. At least five taxa are threatened or extinct in Israel. For one of these species, Israel has a national responsibility for the conservation as the main part of the distribution range is within this country. Availability: The application TIGER BEETLE ID for Android devices can be freely downloaded at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.734.21989.suppl1. See also disclaimer of warranties.
KW - Android
KW - Application for smartphones and tablets
KW - Geadephaga
KW - Identification key
KW - Life history traits
KW - Middle east
KW - Mobile devices
KW - Sibling species
KW - Species status
KW - Species traits
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041999309&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3897/zookeys.734.21989
DO - 10.3897/zookeys.734.21989
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AN - SCOPUS:85041999309
SN - 1313-2989
VL - 2018
SP - 43
EP - 103
JO - ZooKeys
JF - ZooKeys
IS - 734
ER -