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[ES] Las abejas son un grupo extremadamente diverso con más de 1000 especies descritas en la península ibérica. Además, son excelentes polinizadores y aportan numerosos servicios ecosistémicos fundamentales para la mayoría de ecosistemas terrestres. Debido a los diversos cambios ambientales inducidos por el ser humano, existen evidencias del declive de algunas de sus poblaciones para ciertas especies. Sin embargo, conocemos muy poco del estado de conservación de la mayoría de especies y de muchas de ellas ignoramos cuál es su distribución en la península ibérica. En este trabajo presentamos un esfuerzo colaborativo para crear una base de datos de ocurrencias de abejas que abarca la península ibérica e islas Baleares que permitirá resolver cuestiones como la distribución de las diferentes especies, preferencia de hábitat, fenología o tendencias históricas. En su versión actual, esta base de datos contiene un total de 87 684 registros de 923 especies recolectados entre 1830 y 2022, de los cuales un 87% presentan información georreferenciada. Para cada registro se incluye información relativa a la localidad de muestreo (89%), identificador y colector de la especie (64%), fecha de captura (54%) y planta donde se recolectó (20%). Creemos que esta base de datos es el punto de partida para conocer y conservar mejor la biodiversidad de abejas en la península ibérica e Islas Baleares, [EN] Bees are a diverse group with more than 1000 species known from the Iberian Peninsula. They have increasingly received special attention due to their important role as pollinators and providers of ecosystem services. In addition, various rapid human-induced environmental changes are leading to the decline of some of its populations. However, we know very little about the conservation status of most species and for many species, we hardly know their true distributions across the Iberian Peninsula. Here, we present a collaborative effort to collate and curate a database of Iberian bee occurrences to answer questions about their distribution, habitat preference, phenology, or historical trends. In total we have accumulated 87 684 records from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands of 923 different species with 87% of georeferenced records collected between 1830 and 2022. In addition, each record has associated information such as the sampling location (89%), collector and person who identified the species (64%), date of the capture (54%) and plant species where the bees were captured (20%). We believe that this database is the starting point to better understand and conserve bee biodiversity in the Iberian Peninsula., Esta base de datos se ha realizado con la ayuda de los proyectos EUCLIPO (Fundaçao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, LISBOA-01-0145- FEDER-028360/EUCLIPO) y SAFEGUARD (ref. 101003476 H2020-SFS-2019-2).

O Guia Prático da Flora Nativa dos Açores / Field Guide of Azorean Native Flora facilita não só o conhecimento das principais espécies da flora açoriana, como permite uma fácil e rápida identificação das endémicas, seja das mais comuns, seja das mais raras. Contempla quase três centenas de espécies, incluindo fichas de líquenes, musgos, hepáticas, antocerotas, fetos e licófitas, gimnospérmicas e angiospérmicas, e inclui a localização onde podem ser avistadas, juntamente com um conjunto de aspetos de natureza científica, divulgando o património natural da Região, bem como a sua rica biodiversidade. FINANCIAMENTO: Secretaria Regional do Ambiente e Alterações Climáticas, Governo Regional dos Açores. Projecto FCT “GUIA DE CAMPO: Ferramentas Móveis lnterativas para a Aprendizagem Baseada no Local” (PTDC/CED-EDG/31182/2017); Projecto FCT “MULTI-YEAR PROJECT 2020-2023” (cE3c/GBA UIDB/00329/2020); Projecto LIFE, “PRIBES - Estratégia Regional para a Prevenção e Controlo de Espécies Exóticas Invasoras” (LIFE IP AZORES NATURA, LIFE17 IPE/PT/000010). info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Tarphius furtadoi Borges & Serrano, new species (Fig. 11) Tarphius tornvalli in Gillerfors (1986b, p. 21) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli in Borges (1990, p. 112) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli in Borges (1991, p. 2) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli and Tarphius azoricus in Borges et al. (2005b, p. 207) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli and Tarphius azoricus in Orom�� et al. (2010, p. 232) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli and Tarphius azoricus in Amorim et al. (2012, Fig. 2) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius azoricus in Borges et al. (2005b, p. 207) (S��o Jorge Isl.) Tarphius azoricus in Orom�� et al. (2010, p. 232) (S��o Jorge Isl.) Tarphius azoricus in Amorim et al. (2012, Fig. 2) (S��o Jorge Isl.) Tarphius azoricus in Orom�� et al. (2010, p. 232) (Faial Isl.) Tarphius azoricus in Amorim et al. (2012, Fig. 2) (Faial Isl.) Type locality. The Azores, Pico Island, Lagoa do Caiado. Type material. HOLOTYPE, male, deposited at DTPC, labeled: Lagoa do Caiado, Pico, A��ores, 4���19/03/ 1990 (UTM 26S 390266, 4257172); Paulo A. V. Borges & Fernando Pereira leg.. PARATYPES, PICO ISLAND: 280 specimens���Ch��o Verde Superior (T01) (Natural Forest Reserve of Mist��rio da Prainha), IX.1999 (4 exx), VII.2010 (1 ex.) (UTM 26S 388838, 4259774); Lagoa do Caiado - Euphorbias (T02) (Natural Forest Reserve of Lagoa do Caiado), IX.1999 (36 exx) (UTM 26S 390266, 4257172); Ch��o Verde Inferior (T03) (Natural Forest Reserve of Mist��rio da Prainha) IX.1999 (39 exx) (UTM 26S 388946, 4260693); Picos do Caveiro (T08) (Natural Forest Reserve of Caveiro), IX.1999 (6 exx), VII.2010 (23 exx) (UTM 26S 395274, 4255409); Caveiro Base (T09) (Natural Forest Reserve of Caveiro), IX.1999 (19 exx), VII.2010 (23 exx) (UTM 26S 394341, 4255080); Ch��o Verde Inferior Cima (T14) (Natural Forest Reserve of Mist��rio da Prainha), VII.2000 (8 exx) (UTM 26S 389041, 4260364); Ch��o Verde Superior Perpendicular (T15) (Natural Forest Reserve of Mist��rio da Prainha), VII.2000 (2 exx) (UTM 26S 389035, 4259508); Lagoa do Caiado���Frente a Lagoa (T16) (Natural Forest Reserve of Lagoa do Caiado), VIII.2000 (21 exx) (UTM 26S 390537, 4257057); Lagoa do Caiado���Frente a Euphorbias (T17) (Natural Forest Reserve of Lagoa do Caiado), VIII.2000 (28 exx) (UTM 26S 390661, 4257058); Caveiro, Prado (T20) (Natural Forest Reserve of Caveiro), VIII.2000 (1 ex) (UTM 26S 394533, 4255179); Caveiro, Morro (T21) (Natural Forest Reserve of Caveiro), VIII.2000 (47 exx) (UTM 26S 394055, 4255376); Caveiro, Meio da Reserva (T22) (Natural Forest Reserve of Caveiro), VIII.2000 (22 exx) (UTM 26S 396643, 4255074) (collected with pitfall traps; Paulo A. V. Borges et al. leg.). FAIAL ISLAND: 142 specimens���Cabe��o dos Trinta, IX.2009 (3 exx) (UTM 26S 348327, 4271670), Fernando Pereira, leg.; Cabe��o do Fogo (T03) (Natural Forest Reserve of Cabe��o do Fogo), IX.2010 (1 ex) (UTM 26S 346239, 4272261); Caldeira do Faial (T10) (Natural Forest Reserve of Caldeira do Faial), IX.2010 (10 exx) (UTM 26S 351110, 4271917); Caldeira do Faial (TB26) (Natural Forest Reserve of Caldeira do Faial), IX.2010 (128 exx) (UTM 26S 350857, 4272272), (collected with pitfall traps; Paulo A. V. Borges et al. leg.). S��O JORGE ISLAND: 52 specimens���Ribeira Seca, VIII.2003 (32 exx) (UTM 26S 415675, 4273358) (collected by hand; Isabel R. Amorim & Paulo A. V. Borges leg.); Pico Pinheiro Inferior (T13) (Natural Forest Reserve of Pico Pinheiro), VIII.2004 (14 exx) (UTM 26S 409256, 4278677); Topo Euphorbia (T16) (Natural Forest Reserve of Topo), VIII.2004 (1 ex) (UTM 26S 422871, 4271075); Pico Pinheiro Erical (T09) (Natural Forest Reserve of Pico Pinheiro), IX.2010 (5 exx) (UTM 26S 408602, 4277888) (collected with pitfall traps; Paulo A. V. Borges et al. leg.). Deposited at FCULC, SNM and DTPC. Etymology. The species is named after the Azorean naturalist Francisco Arruda Furtado (1854���1887) who was one of the first Portuguese followers of the Darwin's theory of evolution. Diagnosis (Fig. 11). Small to medium species (2.60���4.24 mm; mean: 3.23�� 0.41 mm); body dorsal surface uniform reddish to reddish-brown, antennae, mouth-parts and legs yellowish-brown; body arched (convex); pronotum small and narrower than elytra, transverse, On average 1.45 times as broad as long (1.29x to 1.62x), disc with dense, large rounded granules, each one with a yellowish long, thin, erect rigid long and sub-obtuse seta, with lateral sides slightly rounded and maximum width at middle (Fig. 4 C). Differs from the most related species in some morphometrics (see Appendix S5), namely: - differs from T. tornvalli in having smaller W elytra/pronotum and L elytra/pronotum ratios, and larger W/L elytra and W/L pronotum ratios; and - differs from T. relictus sp. nov. by its larger size and in having smaller L elytra/ Lpronotum, W/L elytra and W/ L pronotum ratios. Description. Body length of holotype: 3.18 mm; small to medium size (length 2.60���4.24 mm; mean: 3.23�� 0.41 mm); width 1.42 mm ��� 2.17 mm (mean: 1.71�� 0.20 mm), body convex and subquadrate-ovate, reddish or reddish-brown, setose, with rigid setae and large granules. Head: Genae parallel; anterior clypeal margin straight; vertices protrude under the anterior margin of pronotum; surface brown or reddish brown, lighter in clypeus, with dense medium granules, except in clypeus which is more or less smooth, each one with one semi-erect fine hair-like seta slightly directed anteriorly; eyes clearly protruding, glabrous; antennae with segment II smaller than III, segment III 1.3x longer than IV, IV and V equal length, segments VII���IX as long as wide, compact club 2-segmented (segments X and XI); mouth-parts with mandibles brown, the other pieces lighter showing the general morphological pattern of the genus. Pronotum: Transverse, on average 1.45 times as broad as long, but quite variable (1.29x to 1.62x); surface dark brown, lateral parts reddish, widened in the middle; in general, shape of pronotum as rounded as T. tornvalli (cf. Figs 7 and 11) anterior margin deeply bisinuate, anterior angles strongly protruding and acuminate; hind margin largely bisinuate, in middle broadly produced rearwards; lateral margins arcuate with two irregular rows of long, fine and acuminate setae (20���25 each one) (Fig. 12), slightly or without sinuation just before the posterior angles which are prominent; disc with a clear median longitudinal sulcus, half latero-posterior region with a slight nodule; a distinct transverse channel just before the extreme base between the two lateral notches; lateral surface variable in terms of flatness; dorsal upper surface with dense distinct large rounded granules, gradually diminishing in diameter to the sides, each one with one rigid erect sub-obtuse yellowish or golden seta (Fig. 12); ratios width pronotum/width elytra 0.91��0.03 and length pronotum/length elytra 0.58��0.05 (see Appendix S6). Elytra: On average 0.92 times as broad as long, quite variable (0.84x to 1.09x); in general 1.10 times (mean) broader than pronotum, but less variable than in T. tornvalli (1.03x to 1.18x); disc reddish-brown, reddish laterally, convex, rugosely seriate-punctate, and wrinkled transversally on dorsal surface which is covered with dense granules each one with an erect rigid long and sub-obtuse yellowish or golden seta, with lateral sides slightly rounded and maximum width at middle (Figs. 4 C and D); nodules or gibbosities very distinct with a pattern formula 2, 3, 2, 1, covered with setae more aggregate which confers a pom-pom appearance. Ventral side. Prosternum as granulose as mesosternum and metasternum; grooves on anterior half of prosternal sides slightly present. Legs. Tibia normal not expanded apically; tarsi 4-segmented, simple, first three tarsomeres of all legs and in both sexes covered ventrally with several very long hyaline fine setae. Aedeagus: Similar to T. tornvalli (see Fig. 6 in Gillerfors 1985). Bionomics. Most specimens were collected in pitfall traps (Borges et al. 2005a), but also under the bark of endemic trees and under the bark of dead trunks of exotic trees (Cryptomeria japonica; Acacia sp.)., Published as part of Borges, Paulo A. V., Amorim, Isabel R., Terzopoulou, Sofia, Rigal, Fran��ois, Emerson, Brent C. & Serrano, Artur R. M., 2017, Cryptic diversity in the Azorean beetle genus Tarphius Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae): An integrative taxonomic approach with description of four new species, pp. 401-449 in Zootaxa 4236 (3) on pages 418-421, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/322231, {"references":["Gillerfors, G. (1986 b) Contribution to the coleopterous fauna of the Azores. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, 38, 16 - 27.","Borges, P. A. V. (1990) A checklist of Coleoptera from the Azores with some systematic and biogeographic comments. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, 42, 87 - 136.","Borges, P. A. V. (1991) Two new species of Tarphius Erichson, 1848 (Coleoptera, Colydiidae) from the Azores. Bocagiana, 143, 1 - 11.","Borges, P. A. V., Vieira, V., Dinis, F., Jarroca, S., Aguiar, C., Amaral, J., Aarvik, L., Ashmole, P., Ashmole, M., Amorim, I. R., Andre, G., Argente, M. C., Arraiol, A., Cabrera, A., Diaz, S., Enghoff, H., Gaspar, C., Mendonca, E. P., Gisbert, H. M., Goncalves, P., Lopes, D. H., Melo, C., Mota, J. A., Oliveira, O., Oromi, P., Pereira, F., Pombo, D. T., Quartau, J. A., Ribeiro, S. P., Rodrigues, A. C., Santos, A. M. C., Serrano, A. R. M., Simoes, A. M., Soares, A. O., Sousa, A. B., Vieira, L., Vitorino, A. & Wunderlich, J. (2005 b) List of arthropods (Arthropoda) In: Borges, P. A. V., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Martins, A. M. F., Silva, L. & Vieira, V. (Eds.), A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores. Direccao Regional de Ambiente and Universidade dos Acores, Horta, Angra do Heroismo and Ponta Delgada, pp. 163 - 221.","Oromi, P., Serrano, A. R. M. & Borges, P. A. V. (2010) Coleoptera (Coordination) In: Borges, P. A. V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Goncalves, V., Martins, A. F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R. S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.), A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Principia, Cascais, pp. 222 - 232. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / molbev / msn 083","Gillerfors, G. (1985) Two new species of the genus Tarphius Erichson from the Azores and redescription of Tarphius wollastoni Crotch (Coleoptera, Colydiidae) Bocagiana, 85, 1 - 7.","Borges, P. A. V., Aguiar, C., Amaral, J., Amorim, I. R., Andre, G., Arraiol, A., Baz, A., Dinis, F., Enghoff, H., Gaspar, C., Ilharco, F., Mahnert, V., Melo, C., Pereira, F., Quartau, J. A., Ribeiro, S., Ribes, J., Serrano, A. R. M., Sousa, A. B., Strassen, R. Z., Vieira, L., Vieira, V., Vitorino, A. & Wunderlich, J. (2005 a) Ranking protected areas in the Azores using standardized sampling of soil epigean arthropods. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 2029 - 2060. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10531 - 004 - 4283 - y"]}

Tarphius tornvalli Gillerfors, 1985 (Fig. 7) Tarphius tornvalli in Gillerfors (1985, p. 5) (S. Miguel Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli in Borges (1990, p. 112) (S. Miguel Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli in Borges (1991, p. 2) (S. Miguel Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli and Tarphius azoricus in Borges et al. (2005b, p. 207) (S. Miguel Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli and Tarphius azoricus in Orom�� et al. (2010, p. 232) (S. Miguel Isl.) Tarphius tornvalli and Tarphius azoricus in Amorim et al. (2012, Fig. 2) (S. Miguel Isl.) Type locality. The Azores, S��o Miguel Island, Furnas. Type material. There is one Holotype deposited in Museu Municipal do Funchal, Madeira and the remaining type series is deposited in the collection of G. Gillerfors and A. Tornvalli in Gothenburg, Sweden. Additional material examined. Graminhais, 12/08/1989 (1 ex) (UTM 26S 654557 4185354); Tronqueira, 11���12/08/1989 (5 exx) (UTM 26S 657757 4186138); Santo Ant��nio, S��o Miguel, A��ores, 12/08/1989 (1 ex) (UTM 26S 656878 4188871) (Paulo A. V. Borges & Fernando Pereira leg.); Miradouro da Tronqueira (T01) (Natural Forest Reserve of Pico da Vara), VIII.1999 (162 exx), VI.2 0 10 (88 exx) (UTM 26S 659806 4184815); Santo Ant��nio (T02) (Natural Forest Reserve of Atalhada), VIII.1999 (157 exx) (UTM 26S 6 56878 4188871); Graminhais (T03) (Natural Forest Reserve of Graminhais), VIII.1999 (58 exx), VI.2010 (2 exx) (UTM 26S 654557 4185354); Miradouro da Tronqueira Inferior (T04) (Natural Forest Reserve of Pico da Vara), VIII.1999 (152 exx), VI.2010 (18 exx) (UTM 26S 659850 4184997); Santo Ant��nio (T06) (Natural Forest Reserve of Atalhada) VIII.1999 (106 exx) (UTM 26S 656905 4188787); Ribeira dos Graminhais (T07) (Natural Forest Reserve of Graminhais), VIII.1999 (5 exx), VI.2010 (7 exx) (UTM 26S 654 838 4185138); Pico da Vara (T08) (Natural Forest Reserve of Pico da Vara), VII.1999 (3 exx) (UTM 26S 657757 4186138); Santo Ant��nio, Conteiras (T12) (Natural Forest Reserve of Atalhada), VI.2004 (53 exx) (UTM 26S 657009 4188841); Santo Ant��nio, Precip��cio (T13) (Natural Forest Reserve of Atalhada), VI.2004 (128 exx) (UTM 26S 657016 4188637); Ribeira dos Graminhais (T14) (Natural Forest Reserve of Graminhais), VI.2004 (5 exx) (UTM 26S 654669 4185360); Graminhais (T15) (Natural Forest Reserve of Graminhais), VI.2004 (13 exx) (UTM 26S 654385 4185571); (Paulo A. V. Borges et al. leg.); Material deposited in DTPC. Redescription (adapted from Gillerfors 1985). Diagnosis (Fig. 7). Small to medium species (2.37���3.77 mm; mean: 3.08��0.44); body dorsal surface uniform reddish to reddish brown, antennae, mouth-parts and legs of the same body colour or a slightly clearer hue; body strongly arched (convex); pronotum small and narrower than elytra, disc with dense, large rounded granules, each one with a yellowish erect rigid needle-like acuminate seta (Fig. 4 A). Elytra nodules or gibbosities very distinct with a pattern formula 2, 3, 2, 1. Differs from the most related species in some morphometrics (see Appendix S5): - larger than T. relictus sp. nov.; and - differs from T. furtadoi sp. nov. in having: larger W elytra/pronotum ratio; larger L elytra/pronotum ratio.; smaller ratio W/L elytra; smaller W/L pronotum. Description. Length 2.37���3.77 mm (mean: 3.08��0.44); width 1.19���1.99 mm (mean: 1.60��0.23), body convex and subquadrate-ovate, reddish to reddish-brown, setose, with large granules. Head: Genae parallel; anterior clypeal margin straight; vertices protrude under the anterior margin of pronotum; surface reddish dark brown with dense medium granules, except in clypeus which is more or less smooth, each one with one semi-erect fine hair-like seta slightly directed anteriorly; eyes clearly protruding, glabrous; antennae with segment II shorter than III, segment III 1.5x longer than IV, length of IV and V equal, segments VII���IX as long as wide, compact club 2-segmented (segments X and XI); mouth-parts with mandibles brown, the other pieces lighter showing the general morphological pattern of the genus. Pronotum: Transverse, on average 1.41 times as broad as long, but quite variable (1.22x to 1.59x); surface reddish dark brown, widened in the middle, half posterior-lateral region with a slight nodule; anterior margin deeply bisinuate, anterior angles strongly protrude and acuminate (Fig. 8); hind margin largely bisinuate, in middle broadly produced rearwards; lateral margins arcuate with two irregular rows of long, fine and acuminate setae (20���25 each one) (Fig. 8), slightly sinuate just before the posterior angles which are clearly prominent; disc with a clear median longitudinal sulcus; a distinct transverse channel just before the extreme base between the two lateral notches; lateral surface variable in terms of flatness; dorsal upper surface with dense distinct large rounded granules, gradually diminishing in diameter to the sides, each one with one rigid erect needle-like yellowish seta (Fig. 8); ratios width pronotum/width elytra 0.87��0.04 and length pronotum/length elytra 0.55��0.04 (see Appendix S6). Elytra: On average 0.90 times as broad as long, but quite variable (0.82x to 1.10x); in general 1.16 times (mean) broader than pronotum, but also quite variable (1.08x to 1.32x); disc concolorous (reddish dark brown), convex, rugosely seriate-punctate, and wrinkled transversally on dorsal surface which is covered with dense granules, each one with an erect rigid needle-like acuminate yellowish seta (Fig. 4 A); nodules or gibbosities very distinct with a pattern formula 2, 3, 2, 1, covered with setae more aggregate that confer a pom-pom appearance. Ventral side. Prosternum as granulose as mesosternum and metasternum; grooves on anterior half of prosternal sides slightly present. Legs. Tibia normal not expanded apically; tarsi 4-segmented, simple, first three tarsomeres of all legs and in both sexes covered ventrally with several very long hyaline fine setae. Aedeagus: See Fig. 6 in Gillerfors (1985). Bionomics. Most specimens were collected in pitfall traps (Borges et al. 2005a), but also under the bark of endemic and exotic trees., Published as part of Borges, Paulo A. V., Amorim, Isabel R., Terzopoulou, Sofia, Rigal, Fran��ois, Emerson, Brent C. & Serrano, Artur R. M., 2017, Cryptic diversity in the Azorean beetle genus Tarphius Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae): An integrative taxonomic approach with description of four new species, pp. 401-449 in Zootaxa 4236 (3) on pages 410-414, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/322231, {"references":["Gillerfors, G. (1985) Two new species of the genus Tarphius Erichson from the Azores and redescription of Tarphius wollastoni Crotch (Coleoptera, Colydiidae) Bocagiana, 85, 1 - 7.","Borges, P. A. V. (1990) A checklist of Coleoptera from the Azores with some systematic and biogeographic comments. Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal, 42, 87 - 136.","Borges, P. A. V. (1991) Two new species of Tarphius Erichson, 1848 (Coleoptera, Colydiidae) from the Azores. Bocagiana, 143, 1 - 11.","Borges, P. A. V., Vieira, V., Dinis, F., Jarroca, S., Aguiar, C., Amaral, J., Aarvik, L., Ashmole, P., Ashmole, M., Amorim, I. R., Andre, G., Argente, M. C., Arraiol, A., Cabrera, A., Diaz, S., Enghoff, H., Gaspar, C., Mendonca, E. P., Gisbert, H. M., Goncalves, P., Lopes, D. H., Melo, C., Mota, J. A., Oliveira, O., Oromi, P., Pereira, F., Pombo, D. T., Quartau, J. A., Ribeiro, S. P., Rodrigues, A. C., Santos, A. M. C., Serrano, A. R. M., Simoes, A. M., Soares, A. O., Sousa, A. B., Vieira, L., Vitorino, A. & Wunderlich, J. (2005 b) List of arthropods (Arthropoda) In: Borges, P. A. V., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Martins, A. M. F., Silva, L. & Vieira, V. (Eds.), A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores. Direccao Regional de Ambiente and Universidade dos Acores, Horta, Angra do Heroismo and Ponta Delgada, pp. 163 - 221.","Oromi, P., Serrano, A. R. M. & Borges, P. A. V. (2010) Coleoptera (Coordination) In: Borges, P. A. V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Goncalves, V., Martins, A. F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R. S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.), A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Principia, Cascais, pp. 222 - 232. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / molbev / msn 083","Borges, P. A. V., Aguiar, C., Amaral, J., Amorim, I. R., Andre, G., Arraiol, A., Baz, A., Dinis, F., Enghoff, H., Gaspar, C., Ilharco, F., Mahnert, V., Melo, C., Pereira, F., Quartau, J. A., Ribeiro, S., Ribes, J., Serrano, A. R. M., Sousa, A. B., Strassen, R. Z., Vieira, L., Vieira, V., Vitorino, A. & Wunderlich, J. (2005 a) Ranking protected areas in the Azores using standardized sampling of soil epigean arthropods. Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, 2029 - 2060. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10531 - 004 - 4283 - y"]}

Tarphius gabrielae Borges & Serrano, new species (Fig. 13) Tarphius azoricus in Gillerfors (1986a, p. 21) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius depressus in Borges et al. (2005b, p. 207) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius depressus in Orom�� et al. (2010, p. 232) (Pico Isl.) Tarphius depressus in Amorim et al. (2012, Fig. 2) (Pico Isl.) Type locality. The Azores, Pico Island, Lagoa do Caiado. Type material. HOLOTYPE, male, deposited at DTPC, labeled: Lagoa do Caiado, 18/08/2003, (UTM 26S 390266, 4257172) (Ant��nio Machado leg.). PARATYPES, Lagoa do Caiado, 18/08/2003 (7 exx); Lagoa do Caiado, VIII.2009 (2 exx), (UTM 26S 390 266, 4257172), (Fernando Pereira leg.). Deposited at FCULC, SNM and DTPC. Etymology. The name refers to the bryologist and naturalist Rosalina Gabriel in honor of her important work in the study of Azorean native forests. Diagnosis (Fig. 13). Medium to large species (3.24���4.64 mm; mean: 3.72�� 0.39 mm); body dorsal surface uniform reddish to reddish-brown, antennae, mouth-parts and legs reddish; body arched (convex); lateral margins of pronotum clearly arcuate (Fig. 6 C) in contrast with a more straight latera-posterior sides in T. depressus (Fig. 6 E) small and narrower than elytra, transverse. On average 1.39 times as broad as long (1.35x and 1.42x), disc with dense, medium rounded granules, each one with a yellowish medium, obtuse, semi-erect rigid seta (Fig. 5 C); width ratio pronotum/ elytra 0.95��0.15 (see Appendix S6). Description. Body length of holotype: 4.50 mm; medium to large size (length 3.24���4.64 mm; mean: 3.72�� 0.39 mm); width 1.61 mm ��� 2.20 mm (mean: 1.82�� 0.18 mm), body convex and subquadrate-ovate, reddish or reddishbrown, setose, with rigid obtuse setae and medium granules. Head: Genae parallel; anterior clypeal margin straight; vertices protrude under the anterior margin of pronotum; surface brown or reddish brown, lighter in clypeus, with dense medium granules, except in clypeus which is more or less smooth, each one with one semi-erect fine hair-like seta slightly directed anteriorly; eyes clearly protruding, glabrous; antennae with segment II shorter than III, segment III longer than IV, V a little shorter than IV, VI shorter than V, segments VI���VIII as long as wide, compact club 2-segmented (segments X and XI); mouth-parts with mandibles brown, the other pieces lighter showing the general morphological pattern of the genus. Pronotum: Transverse, on average 1.39 times as broad as long, little variable (1.35x to 1.42x); surface reddish-brown to reddish, widened in the middle; anterior margin deeply bisinuate, anterior angles strongly protrude and acuminate (Fig. 6 C); hind margin largely bisinuate, in middle broadly produced rearwards; lateral margins arcuate (Fig. 6 C), contrasting with straight lateral sides in T. depressus (Fig. 6 E) with two irregular rows of medium, semi-erected obtuse setae (30���32 each one) (Fig. 6 C), slightly sinuate just before the posterior angles which are prominent; disc with a clear median longitudinal sulcus, half medium latera-posterior region with a slight nodule; a distinct transverse channel just before the extreme base between the two lateral notches; lateral surface variable in terms of flatness; dorsal upper surface with uniformly dense distinct medium rounded granules, each one with one rigid semi-erect obtuse yellowish seta (Fig. 6 C); ratios width pronotum/width elytra 0.95 +0.15 and length pronotum/length elytra 0.60+0.02 (see Appendix S6). Elytra: On average 0.88 times as broad as long, little variable (0.82x to 0.91x); in general 1.06 x (mean) as broad as pronotum, and 1.67x (mean) as long as pronotum (in T. depressus 1.5x), at shoulders distinctly broader than pronotum between hind angles; disc reddish to reddish-brown, convex, rugosely seriate-punctate, and wrinkled transversally on dorsal surface which is covered with dense granules each one with a recumbent, obtuse yellowish or golden seta (Fig. 5 C); nodules or gibbosities distinct with a pattern formula 3, 3, 2, 1, covered with setae more aggregate conferring a pom-pom appearance. Ventral side. Prosternum as granulose as mesosternum and metasternum; grooves on anterior half of prosternal sides slightly present. Legs. Tibia normal not expanded apically; tarsi 4-segmented, simple, first three tarsomeres of all legs and in both sexes covered ventrally with several very long hyaline fine setae. Aedeagus: Similar to T. tornvalli (see Fig. 6 in Gillerfors 1985). Bionomics. Most specimens were collected in dead twigs of Euphorbia stygiana., Published as part of Borges, Paulo A. V., Amorim, Isabel R., Terzopoulou, Sofia, Rigal, Fran��ois, Emerson, Brent C. & Serrano, Artur R. M., 2017, Cryptic diversity in the Azorean beetle genus Tarphius Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae): An integrative taxonomic approach with description of four new species, pp. 401-449 in Zootaxa 4236 (3) on pages 421-423, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/322231, {"references":["Gillerfors, G. (1986 a) Two new species of Tarphius Erichson (Coleoptera, Colydiidae) and a new species of Mniophilosoma Wollaston (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the Azores. Bocagiana, 98, 1 - 10.","Borges, P. A. V., Vieira, V., Dinis, F., Jarroca, S., Aguiar, C., Amaral, J., Aarvik, L., Ashmole, P., Ashmole, M., Amorim, I. R., Andre, G., Argente, M. C., Arraiol, A., Cabrera, A., Diaz, S., Enghoff, H., Gaspar, C., Mendonca, E. P., Gisbert, H. M., Goncalves, P., Lopes, D. H., Melo, C., Mota, J. A., Oliveira, O., Oromi, P., Pereira, F., Pombo, D. T., Quartau, J. A., Ribeiro, S. P., Rodrigues, A. C., Santos, A. M. C., Serrano, A. R. M., Simoes, A. M., Soares, A. O., Sousa, A. B., Vieira, L., Vitorino, A. & Wunderlich, J. (2005 b) List of arthropods (Arthropoda) In: Borges, P. A. V., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Martins, A. M. F., Silva, L. & Vieira, V. (Eds.), A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) from the Azores. Direccao Regional de Ambiente and Universidade dos Acores, Horta, Angra do Heroismo and Ponta Delgada, pp. 163 - 221.","Oromi, P., Serrano, A. R. M. & Borges, P. A. V. (2010) Coleoptera (Coordination) In: Borges, P. A. V., Costa, A., Cunha, R., Gabriel, R., Goncalves, V., Martins, A. F., Melo, I., Parente, M., Raposeiro, P., Rodrigues, P., Santos, R. S., Silva, L., Vieira, P. & Vieira, V. (Eds.), A list of the terrestrial and marine biota from the Azores. Principia, Cascais, pp. 222 - 232. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / molbev / msn 083","Gillerfors, G. (1985) Two new species of the genus Tarphius Erichson from the Azores and redescription of Tarphius wollastoni Crotch (Coleoptera, Colydiidae) Bocagiana, 85, 1 - 7."]}

Helochares lividus (Forster, 1771) Material. 18 AdUlT SpEcImEnS. COllEcTEd On 03/x/2012. "LAgOA dO CAIAdO"���PIcO ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 390945 4257289; OnE AdUlT SpEcImEn. 20/Ix/2012. "LAgOA dO CAldEIr��O GrAndE"���S��O MIgUEl ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 610277 4186665. Habitat. Helochares lividus IS WIdESprEAd And lOcAllY AbUndAnT In nATUrAl pOndS, ESpEcIAllY In pOndS rIch In SIlTY SUbSTrATES (RIbErA et al. 1996b And DEnTOn 2013). ThE SpEcIES cAn AlSO bE fOUnd In ArTIfIcIAl EnVIrOnmEnTS SUch AS dITchES Or ArTIfIcIAl pOndS (DOnISThOrpE 1913; PIcAzO et al. 2010). Azorean habitat. ThE SpEcIES hAS bEEn dETEcTEd In A lArgE VArIETY Of hAbITATS And EnVIrOnmEnTAl cOndITIOnS. IT hAS bEEn rEgISTErEd In TEmpOrArY And pErmAnEnT pOndS, lAkES And ArTIfIcIAl TAnk-WATEr, lOcATEd In nATIVE fOrEST And In ArEAS clOSE TO pASTUrElAndS, frOm 387 TO 912 m. A.S.l. ThE AQUATIc SYSTEmS hAd pH VAlUES rAngIng frOm 4.9 TO 9.9, ThE dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn rAngEd frOm 4.2 TO 10.7 10.7 mg L���1, WhIlE ThE ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY prESEnTEd lOW VAlUES (frOm 28.8 TO 79.5 ��S cm���1). World distribution. ThIS SpEcIES hAS A WESTErn PAlEArcTIc dISTrIbUTIOn. IT IS prESEnT In EUrOpE, ASIA And NOrTh AfrIcA (GArrIdO-GOnz��lEz et al. 1996; HAnSEn 1996; HAnSEn 2004; KArAmAn et al. 2008). Azores distribution. ThE SpEcIES hAd OnlY bEEn prEVIOUSlY rEcOrdEd In TErcEIrA ISlAnd. WITh ThIS nEW rEcOrd, ThE ArEA Of dISTrIbUTIOn In ThE AzOrES ISlAndS ExpAndS TO PIcO And S��O MIgUEl ISlAndS (SEE FIg. 1)., Published as part of Lamelas-L��pez, Lucas, Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Florencio, Margarita, 2017, Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status, pp. 117-132 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on pages 124-125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1064562

Anisops sardeus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1849 Material. OnE jUVEnIlE. COllEcTEd On 20/VIII/2014. "LAgOInhA dA SErrETA" - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 471127 4289052. Habitat. Anisops sardeus InhAbITS SEVErAl AQUATIc hAbITATS, InclUdIng pOndS And lAkES, TEmpOrArY Or pErmAnEnT, frEShWATEr, brAckISh Or SAlT WATErS WITh prESEncE Of AQUATIc VEgETATIOn (BrOOkS 1951; BArrY 1997; LAhr et al. 1999). ThE SpEcIES IS AlSO cOmmOnlY fOUnd In cATTlE TAnkS (AbEll��n et al. 2004). Azorean habitat. WE cOllEcTEd A SInglE SpEcImEn In A pErmAnEnT pOnd lOcATEd In A hIgh-ElEVATIOn nATIVE fOrEST (767 m. A.S.l). ThIS pOnd IS chArAcTErIzEd bY SlIghTlY AcIdIc WATEr ExhIbITIng A pH VAlUE Of 5.5; ThE WATEr ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY WAS 47.8 ��S cm���1, And ThE dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn WAS 7.6 mg L���1. World distribution. ThIS SpEcIES hAS A WIdESprEAd dISTrIbUTIOn. IT IS prESEnT In MEdITErrAnEAn EUrOpE, NOrTh AfrIcA And MIddlE EAST (BrOOkS 1951; POlhEmUS 1996; KlEmEnTOV�� & SVITOk 2014). Azorean distribution. AzOrES IS ThE WESTErnmOST dISTrIbUTIOn Of ThIS SpEcIES. ITS prESEncE hAd bEEn prEVIOUSlY rEgISTErEd In ThE AzOrES bUT WIThOUT A rEfErEncE TO AnY SpEcIfIc ISlAnd (ZImmErmAnn 1984)., Published as part of Lamelas-L��pez, Lucas, Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Florencio, Margarita, 2017, Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status, pp. 117-132 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on pages 122-123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1064562

Hygrotus confluens (Fabricius, 1787) Material. OnE AdUlT SpEcImEn. COllEcTEd On 15/V/2014. ArTIfIcIAl TAnk-WATEr - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 471955 4289511; ThrEE AdUlTS And OnE lArVA. 16/V/2014. ArTIfIcIAl TAnk-WATEr - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 476038 4287687; OnE lArVA. 16/V/2014. ArTIfIcIAl TAnk-WATEr - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 476465 4287767; OnE AdUlT And OnE lArVA. 23/V/2014. ArTIfIcIAl TAnk-WATEr - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 481296 4285624; TWO SpEcImEnS. COllEcTEd bY IgnAcIO RIbErA. 03/Ix/2012. " CASAS dA FAlcA" - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 475521 4286501; 11 SpEcImEnS. COllEcTEd bY IgnAcIO RIbErA. 03/Ix/2012. "LAgOA dO GInjAl" - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. 26 S 486263 4282967. Habitat. Hygrotus confluens IS USUAllY fOUnd In pErmAnEnT pOndS WITh mInErAlIzEd WATErS And In TEmpOrArY ShAllOW pOndS, WITh SpArSE AQUATIc VEgETATIOn. ThE SpEcIES IS AlSO frEQUEnTlY fOUnd In SmAll ArTIfIcIAl pOndS (PIcAzO et al. 2010) And In ThE cATTlE TAnkS (RIbErA & AgUIlErA 1995; RIbErA et al. 1996A). Azorean habitat. ThE SpEcIES hAS bEEn fOUnd In hAbITATS ASSOcIATEd WITh hUmAn AcTIVITIES, lIkE ArTIfIcIAl TAnk- WATEr lOcATEd In mEdIUm-hIgh AlTITUdE (498- 793 m.A.S.l.) WITh bASIc WATErS (pH VAlUES rAngIng frOm 9.9 TO 10.3), dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOnS rAngIng frOm 7.8 TO 11.2 mg L���1 And ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY rAngIng frOm 50 TO 112 ��S cm���1). ThE SpEcIES hAS AlSO bEEn dETEcTEd In A dITch In An AgrO-fOrESTrY ArEA AT 550 m. A.S.l. And In An AnThrOpOgEnIc dISTUrbEd pOnd, In InTEnSIVElY mAnAgEd pASTUrElAnd AT 390 m. A.S.l. And ExhIbITIng lArgE cOVEr Of AQUATIc VEgETATIOn (mAInlY Potamogeton Spp.). World distribution. EUrOpE, ASIA And NOrTh AfrIcA (FErY 2003). Azorean distribution. ThE SpEcIES IS prESEnT In S��O MIgUEl, SAnTA MArIA And fOr ThE fIrST TImE IS rEcOrdEd fOr TErcEIrA ISlAnd (SEE FIg. 1)., Published as part of Lamelas-L��pez, Lucas, Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Florencio, Margarita, 2017, Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status, pp. 117-132 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1064562

Enochrus fuscipennis (Thomson, 1884) Material. OnE AdUlT SpEcImEn. COllEcTEd On 15/V/2014. ArTIfIcIAl TAnk-WATEr - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 471955 4289511; fIVE AdUlT SpEcImEnS. 21/V/2014. "LAgOA dAS PATAS " - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 478548 4287528; 13 AdUlT SpEcImEnS. 23/V/2014. "LAgOA dO PIcO dO ArEEIrO" - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 483574 4285357; FOUr AdUlT SpEcImEnS. 03/x/2012. "LAgOA dO CAIAdO" - PIcO ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 390945 4257289; ThrEE SpEcImEnS. COllEcTEd bY IgnAcIO RIbErA. 03/Ix/2012. "LAgOA dO NEgrO" - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 476639 4287739. Habitat. ThIS SpEcIES IS cOmmOnlY fOUnd In pOndS And OThEr AQUATIc hAbITATS (BIlTOn et al. 2009), SUch AS nATUrAl pOndS ASSOcIATEd WITh SmAll And cOnTInUOUS SUrfAcE drAInAgE SYSTEmS (PIcAzO et al. 2010). IT IS AlSO prESEnT In STrEAmS (P��rEz-BIlbAO et al. 2010) And STAgnAnT WATErS rIch In OrgAnIc mATTEr (VAllAdArES 1995). E. fuscipennis IS A cOmmOn SpEcIES In TEmpOrArY pOndS In ThE MEdITErrAnEAn rEgIOnS. ThESE pOndS USUAllY ExhIbIT lOW ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY VAlUES (55.0 ��S cm���1) And lArgE cOVEr Of EmErgEnT VEgETATIOn (ArOUnd 86%). ThIS SpEcIES hAS bEEn AlSO fOUnd In pErmAnEnT pOndS WITh hIghEr VAlUES Of ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY (485.9 ��S cm���1) And A mEdIUm cOVEr Of EmErgEnT VEgETATIOn (ArOUnd 62%) (P��rEz-BIlbAO et al. 2014). Azorean habitat. ThIS SpEcIES hAS bEEn rEgISTErEd In SEVErAl AQUATIc SYSTEmS, (I) In nATUrAl pOndS WITh lOW cOVEr Of EmErgEnT VEgETATIOn (25-50%) lOcATEd AT mEdIUm AlTITUdE (bETWEEn 448 TO 553 m. A.S.l.), pH VAlUES rAngIng frOm 5.2 TO 6.9, lOW VAlUES Of ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY (frOm 37.9 TO 49.5 ��S cm���1) And dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn Of 7.1 mg L���1; (II) In A dISTUrbEd pOnd WITh SlIghTlY AcId WATErS (pH VAlUE 5.6), lOW ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY (38.8 ��S cm���1) And dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn Of 7.1 mg L���1; (III) And In ArTIfIcIAl TAnk-WATEr AT hIgh AlTITUdE (736 m. A.S.l.), WITh bASIc WATErS (pH VAlUE 9.9), lOW ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY (60.5 ��S cm���1) And dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn Of 10.7 mg L���1. World distribution. Enochrus fuscipennis hAS A WESTErn PAlEArcTIc dISTrIbUTIOn, OccUpYIng EUrOpE, NEAr EAST And CEnTrAl ASIA (VAllAdArES 1995; HAnSEn 2004). Azorean distribution. ThIS SpEcIES hAd nOT bEEn cITEd fOr ThE AzOrES. OUr nEW rEcOrdS cOnfIrm ITS prESEncE In TErcEIrA And PIcO ISlAndS, AS WEll AS fOr ThE fIrST TImE In ThE AzOrES ArchIpElAgO (SEE FIg. 1)., Published as part of Lamelas-L��pez, Lucas, Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Florencio, Margarita, 2017, Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status, pp. 117-132 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1064562

Ochthebius freyi d���Orchymont, 1940 Material. SIx SpEcImEnS. COllEcTEd bY IgnAcIO RIbErA. 04/Ix/2012. ROckpOOlS In S��O PEdrO- TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 479719 4278623. Habitat. ROck pOOlS (ISrAElSOn 1984). IT mAY AlSO bE fOUnd In TErrESTrIAl EnVIrOnmEnTS clOSE TO ThE cOASTlInE (SVEnSSOn 1973). World distribution. Ochthebius freyi IS An EndEmIc SpEcIES In ThE AzOrES ArchIpElAgO. Azores distribution. FlOrES, FAIAl And S��O MIgUEl ISlAndS. OUr nEW rEcOrdS cOnfIrm ITS prESEncE In TErcEIrA ISlAnd (SEE FIg. 1)., Published as part of Lamelas-L��pez, Lucas, Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Florencio, Margarita, 2017, Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status, pp. 117-132 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on page 125, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1064562

Agabus bipustulatus (Linnaeus, 1767) Material. OnE AdUlT SpEcImEn And TWO lArVAE. COllEcTEd On 13/VII/2011. "CAldEIr��O" - COrVO ISlAnd. UTM: 25 S 662065 4397306. Habitat. ThIS SpEcIES IS A cOmmOn SpEcIES InhAbITIng A lArgE VArIETY Of AQUATIc hAbITATS InclUdIng SmAll rIVErS, pOndS, lAkES And EnVIrOnmEnTS WITh pEbblY dEpThS, SIlT And mArgInAl VEgETATIOn. ThIS TAxOn AlSO InhAbITS TEmpOrArY pOndS And hUmAn-mAdE rESErVOIrS (FrIdAY 1988; DOnISThOrpE 1913; PIcAzO et al. 2010; DrOTz et al. 2012). Azorean habitat. ThIS SpEcIES hAS bEEn fOUnd In pErmAnEnT And TEmpOrArY pOndS, frEQUEnTlY lOcATEd In mEdIUm-hIgh AlTITUdES (bETWEEn 500 TO 912 m. A.S.l.), AlThOUgh IT hAS AlSO bEEn ObSErVEd In lOW AlTITUdES (390 m. A.S.l. "CAldEIr��O - COrVO) And In cATTlE TAnkS. A. bipustulatus USUAllY OccUrS In AcIdIc WATErS (pH VAlUES rAngIng frOm 4.4 TO 7.1) And OxYgEnATEd WATErS (dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn VAlUES rAngIng frOm 6.7 TO 8.1 mg L���1). World distribution. Agabus bipustulatus hAS A PAlEArcTIc dISTrIbUTIOn. WIdESprEAd And ExTEndEd In EUrOpE, NOrTh AfrIcA And SOmE rEgIOnS Of AfrIcA (SErrAnO & BOrgES 1987; DrOTz et al. 2003; DrOTz et al. 2012). Azorean distribution. AzOrES IS ThE WESTErnmOST ArEA In ThE dISTrIbUTIOnAl rAngE Of ThIS SpEcIES. IT IS prESEnT In FlOrES, PIcO, S��O JOrgE And TErcEIrA ISlAndS. OUr nEW rEcOrd cOnfIrmS ThE prESEncE In COrVO ISlAnd (SEE FIg. 1)., Published as part of Lamelas-L��pez, Lucas, Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Florencio, Margarita, 2017, Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status, pp. 117-132 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on page 123, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1064562

Gyrinus distinctus Aub��, 1836 Material. FIVE AdUlT SpEcImEnS And OnE lArVA. COllEcTEd On 23/V/2014. "LAgOA FUndA" - TErcEIrA ISlAnd. UTM: 26 S 472391 4287599. Habitat. Gyrinus distinctus InhAbITS In lAkES (FrIdAY 1988), cOASTAl ArEAS Of ThE rESErVOIrS And In SlOW-mOVIng rIVErS, In frESh Or brAckISh WATErS (SVEnSSOn 1977; KıYAk et al. 2006). DUE TO ITS AbIlITY TO flY, ThE SpEcIES cAn dISpErSE TO OThEr pOndS WhEn ThE OrIgInAl hAbITATS drY OUT (DOnISThOrpE 1913). Azorean habitat. WE hAVE fOUnd ThIS SpEcIES OnlY In "LAgOA FUndA", WhIch IS A frEShWATEr pErmAnEnT pOnd nEAr TO nATIVE VEgETATIOn pATchES, In ThE "RESErVA NATUrAl InTEgrAl dE SAnTA B��rbArA", ApprOxImATElY AT 850 m. A.S.l. ThIS pOnd hAd AcIdIc WATErS (pH VAlUE Of 5.5), WATEr ElEcTrIc cOndUcTIVITY Of 28.0 ��S cm���1 And dISSOlVEd OxYgEn cOncEnTrATIOn Of 8.3 mg L���1. World distribution. ThIS SpEcIES IS WIdESprEAd And dISTrIbUTEd In EUrOpE, ASIA And RUSSIA (ZAITSEV 1972; BrInck 1978; FrAncIScOlO 1979; GUEOrgUIEV 1981; HOlmEn 1987). Azorean distribution. ThIS SpEcIES hAS bEEn dETEcTEd In ThE S��O MIgUEl, SAnTA MArIA, PIcO, FAIAl And FlOrES ISlAndS. ThE nEW rEcOrd cOnfIrmS ThE prESEncE In TErcEIrA ISlAnd (SEE FIg. 1)., Published as part of Lamelas-L��pez, Lucas, Raposeiro, Pedro Miguel, Borges, Paulo A. V. & Florencio, Margarita, 2017, Annotated checklist of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera) and true bugs (Heteroptera) in the Azores Islands: new records and corrections of colonization status, pp. 117-132 in Zootaxa 4353 (1) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/1064562

[…]. El Departamento de Biología de la Universidad de las Azores organizó un total de 15 expediciones científicas en el periodo 1977-2011, que dieron lugar a varias publicaciones incluyendo muchas sobre los Lepidoptera del archipiélago (Carneiro, 1982; Carvalho, 1982, 1984, 1992; Guimarães, 1982; Sousa, 1982, 1985a, b, 1991, 1999; Meyer, 1991a, b; Vieira & Pintureau, 1991, 1993; Henderickx, 1995; Vieira, 1997, 2003, 2009; Carvalho et al., 1999; Tennent & Sousa, 2003; Vieira et al., 2003a; Karsholt & Vieira, 2005; Vieira & Karsholt, 2010). Desde 1975 a 1990, se realizaron estudios autoecológicos centrados en plagas agrícolas y sus parásitos, tales como Mythimna unipuncta Haworth (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) (Tavares, 1979; Vieira, 2000; Silva et al., 2003; Vieira et al., 2003b); Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) (Simões & Martins, 1985) y Trichogramma sp. (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) (Oliveira, 1987). No fue hasta 1990 cuando los estudios sobre la ecología de las comunidades de artrópodos comenzaron a desarrollarse en el archipiélago (por ejemplo Cruz De Boelpaepe, 1991; Braz, 1992; Garcia, 1992; Oliveira & Tavares, 1992; Borges, 1995) (Fig. 6). El archipiélago de las Azores fue objetivo de menos expediciones científicas entomológicas o de entomólogos individuales que Madeira o las Islas Canarias. Sin embargo, recientemente se ha incrementado el interés en su fauna y flora. Esto, junto con el establecimiento de una universidad en las Azores, hace posible la proliferación de un gran conjunto de trabajos entomológicos, lo que se manifiesta en un incremento en el número de publicaciones sobre la biogeografía, ecología, entomología aplicada, bioespeleología y sistemática de los artrópodos de Azores (ver Vieira & Borges, 1993; Borges & Vieira, 1994). […]. ABSTRACT: […]. The Department of Biology of the University of the Azores organized a total of 15 scientific expeditions in the period 1977-2011, which led to several publications including many on the Lepidoptera of the archipelago (Carneiro, 1982; Carvalho, 1982 1984, 1992; Guimarães, 1982; Sousa, 1982, 1985a, b, 1991, 1999; Meyer, 1991a,b; Vieira & Pintureau, 1991, 1993; Henderickx, 1995; Vieira, 1997, 2003, 2009; Carvalho et al., 1999; Tennent & Sousa, 2003; Vieira et al., 2003a; Karsholt & Vieira, 2005; Vieira & Karsholt, 2010). From 1975 to 1990, some auto-ecological studies were carried out focusing on agricultural pests and on their parasites such as Mythimna unipuncta Haworth (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) (Tavares, 1979; Vieira, 2000; Silva et al., 2003; Vieira et al., 2003b); Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) (Simões & Martins, 1985) and Trichogramma sp. (Hymenoptera, Trichogrammatidae) (Oliveira, 1987). But it was only in 1990 that studies on the ecology of arthropod communities started to develop in the archipelago (e.g. Cruz De Boelpaepe, 1991; Braz, 1992; Garcia, 1992; Oliveira & Tavares, 1992; Borges, 1995) (Fig. 6). The Azorean archipelago was less targeted by entomological scientific expeditions and individual entomologists than Madeira or the Canary Islands. However, recently there has been an increased interest in Azorean fauna and flora. This, together with the establishment of a university in the Azores, made possible the proliferation of a large set of entomological works, which is manifested in the increasing number of publications on the biogeography, ecology, applied entomology, biospeleology and systematics of Azorean arthropods (see Vieira & Borges, 1993; Borges & Vieira, 1994). […]. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

[…]. El número de taxones de artrópodos terrestres citado de los archipiélagos de Madeira y Salvajes es respectivamente 3.801 y 201, entre los que hay un número significativo de endemismos (Borges et al., 2008b) (ver Tabla I; Fig. 5; Lámina II). Madeira, la isla más grande, con una orografía compleja y con el número mayor de diferentes tipos de hábitat, destaca claramente sobre las otras islas de los dos archipiélagos tanto en la riqueza de especies como en el número de taxones endémicos. Sin embargo, también se debe tener en cuenta que la biodiversidad de Madeira se ha estudiado más en detalle, ya que esta isla ha sido el objetivo de varias expediciones de historia natural y muchas visitas de taxónomos expertos de todo el mundo (ver la sección anterior). […]. ABSTRACT: […]. The number of terrestrial arthropod taxa reported from Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos is respectively 3801 and 201, among which there is a significant number of endemics (Borges et al., 2008b) (see Table I; Fig. 5; Plate II). Madeira, the largest island, with a complex orography and highest number of habitat-types, clearly stands out both in species richness and in number of endemic taxa from the other islands of the two archipelagos. Nevertheless, we must also take in consideration that Madeira’s biodiversity has been studied in more detail since this island has been a target for several natural history expeditions and many visits from worldwide taxonomic experts (see above section). […]. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Canariphantes junipericola Crespo & Bosmans new species (Figs. 9���15; 25���26) Lepthyphantes acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992: 378, figs. 399���402 (descr. ♀, not ♂, misidentification). Type material. Holotype ♂, Flores���Caldeira Funda e Rasa Nature Reserve (UTM 25 S 136738 4370215), 28.VI- 14.VII. 2010, pitfall trapping, deposited at EDTP. Paratype ♀, same site and date as holotype, deposited at EDTP (most legs torn apart). Paratype ♂ (with a separated embolic division), same site and date as holotype, deposited at the SNM. Additional material examined. Paratype ♀ of Lepthyphantes acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992 (misidentification), Flores, Lago do Seco (this should probably refer to Lagoa Seca, as there is no lagoon in Flores with that name), SNM 60150 ��� 124, epigynum missing. Etymology. The species name refers to the local dominant endemic tree, Juniperus brevifolia combined with the Latin verb colo (to live in). Diagnosis. Males of Canariphantes junipericola n. sp. can be diagnosed from all other congeners by the combination of the following palp characters: absence of Fickert���s gland, massive lamella characteristica, and paracymbium bearing a keel, resultant from the merged apical and anterior pockets (Fig. 9). Females are diagnosed by the protruding lateral lobes of scape (Fig. 13) and coiled entrance grooves (Figs. 14, 15). Description. Male holotype (from Flores). Total length 2.7. Prosoma 1.3 long, 1.1 wide. All eyes except AME equal in size, large, AME small, posterior row slightly recurved, anterior row recurved. PME separated by less than half their diameter, separated from PLE by half their diameter. PLE touching ALE. ALE separated from AME by half the diameter of the former. AME separated by half their diameter. AME separated from PME by the diameter of the latter. Clypeus height ca. 2.5 times an AME diameter. Chelicerae with 40 to 50 stridulatory striae, 3 promarginal teeth and 6 retromarginal denticles. Prosoma yellow. Sternum anteriorly truncated, roughly triangular, darkened. Opisthosoma whitish with a black longitudinal band in the cardiac area and with posterior black chevrons (Fig. 25), ventrally black. Legs with a prolateral spine in femur I; all patellae with 1 dorsal spine; 2 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine in tibia I, 2 dorsal and 1 retrolateral spine in tibia II and 2 dorsal spines in tibiae III and IV; 1 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine in all metatarsi. TmI 0.2. TmIV absent. L Sp Ti I 2.7, L Sp Ti IV 3.8. Overall color yellow, with black annulations in femora and tibiae near the joints. Palp (Figs. 9���12). Patella with 1 dorsal spine, roughly as long as diameter of patella. Tibia as long as wide, with 1 dorsal spine, twice the diameter of tibia. Tibial spine roughly twice the length of patellar spine. Cymbium with a retrolateral keel. Paracymbium simple, with a distal keel, resultant from the merged anterior and apical pockets, with 4 to 6 hairs in its basal part. Suprategular apophysis a wide tooth, with a sclerotized dorsal arch above the large opening of the column. Lamella characteristica wide, terminally pointed. Terminal apophysis with a small ventral branch and a large dorsal branch, terminally pointed. Radix base widely rounded, without a pointed tail. Median membrane laminar. Embolus with a lobed thumb extending retrolaterally, anteriorly and dorsally. Fickert���s gland absent. Female (from Flores). Total length 4.0. Prosoma 1.8 long, 1.4 wide. Eyes same as in males except the distance of PME, separated by half their diameter. Clypeus height ca. 3.5 times an AME diameter. Chelicerae with 30 to 40 stridulatory striae, 3 promarginal teeth and 7 retromarginal denticles. Prosoma yellowish to brown. Sternum as in male. Opisthosoma with a dorsal reticulate pattern of black patches interspersed with whitish areas, ventrally black (Fig. 26). Leg spination same as in male. TmI 0.2. TmIV absent. Overall color yellowish to brown, with black annulations in femora and tibiae near the joints. Epigynum (13���15). Scape sigmoid, with short proximal part, as long as wide, somewhat angular, with a total reduction or merging of the median part of the scape, distal part ending into rounded sclerotized lateral lobes on each side. Stretcher wide, with a large pit. Posterior median plate protruding in ventral view, heart-shaped in dorsal view. Entrance grooves coiled, ascending from the distal part of scape to the proximal part of scape into a coil, then proceeding in posterior direction to the oval receptacula. Variation. Total body size in male varies from 2.6 to 2.8, in female from 3.5 to 4.0. Prosoma length from 1.1 to 1.2 in male, from 1.3 to 1.6 in female. Prosoma width in male varies from 0.9 to 1.0, in female from 1.1 to 1.4. Distribution. Endemic to the island of Flores (Fig. 8). Natural history. This species is yet to be collected by direct hand sampling, having appeared solely through the use of pitfall trapping. Although several sites in Flores Island were sampled covering a wide area in the two main native forest areas and other habitat types spread through the island, the site where this species occurs is a small native forest fragment and the only one sampled in this island devoid of abundant Sphagnum mosses covering the ground. In this small patch of Juniperus brevifolia dominated forest, the ground has few or little herbaceous cover, due to a closed canopy. We can safely assume that C. junipericola builds its webs on the ground layer of the shady J. brevifolia forest. In other sites with J. brevifolia cover but no extensive shade or with abundant moss cover, C. junipericola is yet to be found. Adults were collected solely in June and July., Published as part of Crespo, Lu��s Carlos, Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Borges, Paulo A. V., 2014, On three endemic species of the linyphiid spider genus Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Azores archipelago, pp. 403-417 in Zootaxa 3841 (3) on pages 408-410, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/228724, {"references":["Wunderlich, J. (1992) Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln. Beitrage zur Araneologie, 1, 1 - 619."]}

Canariphantes relictus Crespo & Bosmans new species (Figs. 16–21; 27–28) Type material. Holotype ♂, Santa Maria, Pico Alto Nature Reserve (UTM 26 S 670284 4094208, datum WGS 84), 10.VIII. 2011, collected by hand, deposited at EDTP. 1 Paratype ♂ (in the course of the analyses, some of the genitalic structures of this specimen were lost or destroyed. Only the left embolic division, without the lamella characteristica, and the right pedipalp, with its components torn apart and without the embolus, remain) and 5 paratype ♀, same site and date as holotype, deposited at EDTP. 2 Paratype ♂ and 6 paratype ♀, same site and date as holotype, deposited at SNM. Additional material examined. Santa Maria—Pico Alto Nature Reserve (UTM 26 S 670284 4094208), VI.1997, 1 ♂ and 11 ♀; VI.2004, 2 ♂; 27.VII- 10. VIII.2010, 20 ♂, collected by pitfall trapping, deposited at EDTP. Etymology. The species name is derived from the Latin relictum and refers to the highly reduced area of native forest where this species lives, the disappearance of which threatens it with extinction. Diagnosis. Males of Canariphantes relictus n. sp. can be diagnosed from all other congeners by the combination of the following palp characters: absence of the Fickert’s gland and long and sharp tail of the radix (Figs. 18–19). Females are diagnosed by the shape of the scape (Fig. 20–22) and the highly coiled entrance grooves (Fig. 21–22). Description. Male holotype (from Santa Maria). Total length 2.3. Prosoma 1.1 long, 0.9 wide. All eyes except AME equal in size, large, AME small, posterior row straight, anterior row recurved. PME separated by less than half their diameter, separated from PLE by less than half their diameter. PLE touching ALE. ALE separated from AME by less than half their diameter. AME separated by half their diameter. AME separated from PME by the diameter of the latter. Clypeus heicht ca. 2.5 times an AME diameter. Chelicerae with 30 to 40 stridulatory striae, 3 promarginal teeth and 4 retromarginal denticles. Prosoma yellow, with a black band along the border of carapace. Sternum anteriorly truncated, roughly triangular, black. Opisthosoma with a dorsal pattern of black chevrons on a whitish background (Fig. 27), ventrally black. Legs with 1 dorsal and 1 prolateral, sometimes 2 prolateral spines, in femur I; all patellae with 1 dorsal spine; 2 dorsal, 2 prolateral and 2 retrolateral spines in tibia I; 2 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 2 retrolateral spines in tibia II; tibia III and IV with 2 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine, occasionally tibia III with 2 retrolateral spines. All metatarsi with 1 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine. TmI 0.2. TmIV absent. L Sp Ti I 4.2, L Sp Ti IV 5.3. Legs generally the same colour as prosoma, but with darker annulations in femora and tibiae near the joints. Palp (Figs. 16–19). Patella with 1 dorsal spine, slightly longer than the diameter of patella. Tibia roughly as long as wide, with 1 dorsal spine, twice the diameter of tibia. Tibial spine twice the length of patellar spine. Three tibial trichobothria present, 2 retrolateral, 1 dorsal. Cymbium with a retrolateral keel. Paracymbium with a broad base with two basal hairs, gradually narrowing, distal part with a prolateral terminal lobe. Suprategular apophysis a tooth pointing dorsally in retrolateral view, with a small sclerotized dorsal arch encircling the opening of the column. Lamella characteristica long and thin. In ventral view, two teeth, the apical slightly sclerotized, and the basal, unsclerotized, separate the lamella characteristica and the long, thin and dorsolaterally folded lanceolate terminal apophysis. Radix unsclerotized, with a very long and thin tailpiece. Median membrane leaf-shaped, in close association with the embolus. Embolus with a thumb extending retrolaterally and dorsally. Fickert’s gland absent. Female (from Santa Maria). Total length 4.6. Prosoma 1.9 long, 1.6 wide. Eyes as in males. Clypeus height ca. three times an AME diameter. Chelicerae with 30 to 40 stridulatory striae, 3 promarginal teeth and 5 retromarginal denticles. Colour of prosoma dark yellow to brown. Sternum as in males. Opisthosoma with a dorsal reticulate pattern of black patches interspersed with non-pigmented areas (Fig. 28). Legs with 1 dorsal and 1 prolateral spine in femur I; 1 dorsal spine in all patellae; 2 dorsal, 2 prolateral and 2 retrolateral spines in tibia I; 2 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 2 retrolateral spines in tibia II; tibiae III and IV with 2 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine. All metatarsi with 1 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine. TmI 0.23. TmIV absent. Coloration as in males. Epigynum (Figs. 20–22). Scape sigmoid, with proximal part wider than long, distal part of scape not visible ventrally, except for the small stretcher. Posterior median plate much wider than scape. Entrance grooves coiled, ascending from distal part of scape along the median part into proximal part coiling anteriorly and then posteriorly into the oval receptacula. Distribution. Endemic to the island of Santa Maria (Fig. 8). Natural history. This species builds typical sheet-webs at ground level. The site where the majority of these spiders were caught is a marginal forest patch on Pico Alto Nature Reserve, and it was mainly composed of the exotic Cryptomeria japonica and the invasive species Acacia sp. and Pittosporum undulatum, with a residual presence of native trees. Adults were collected from June to August, but the absence of sampling outside this period might obscure the complete phenology of this species.

Canariphantes acoreensis (Wunderlich, 1992) new combination (Figs. 1���7; 23���24) Lepthyphantes acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992: 378, figs. 399���402 (description of male, not female, misidentified). Type material. Holotype ♂ (right pedipalp missing) from Mist��rios Negros, Terceira, 28.VII. 1987, ULT; paratype ♀ from Mist��rios Negros, Terceira, 30.VIII. 1987, ULT; 1 paratype ♂ from Caldeira, Pico, VIII. 1987, SNM 37603 - 124; 1 paratype ♀ from Mist��rios Negros, Terceira, SNM 37610 - 124; 5 paratype ♂ and 3 paratype ♀ from Fonte da Faneca, Terceira, SNM 60151 - 124; 2 paratype ♂ from Fonte da Faneca, Terceira, SNM 60162 - 124. Additional material examined. Terceira���Biscoito da Ferraria Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 479370 4289985), VI.1999, 1 ♀; VII.2003, 1 ♂; VI.2011, 1 ♀. Terceira���Pico Galhardo Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 479664 4287554), VII.2002, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; VI.2003, 3 ♂; VII.2003, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; IX.2003, 3 ♂, 2 ♀; VIII.2003, 1 ♀; V.2007, 1 ♂; VI.2010, 1 ♀. Terceira���Serra de Santa B��rbara Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 472028 4288949), VII.2001, 2 ♂; VI.2003, 1 ♂; VII.2003, 3 ♂; VIII.2003, 5 ♂; IX.2003, 1 ♂; VII.2008, 1 ♂; IX.2010, 1 ♂, 5 ♀. Terceira���Terra Brava Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 482438 4287412), V.1999, 1 ♂, 1 ♀; VIII.1999, 3 ♂, 1 ♀; VI.2002, 4 ♂, 1 ♀; VII.2002, 3 ♀; VI.2003, 1 ♂; IX.2003, 5 ♂, 2 ♀; VII.2007, 1 ♀; VII.2008, 3 ♂, 2 ♀; VIII.2010, 3 ♂, 1 ♀. Terceira���Caldeira Guilherme Moniz Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 482285 4284477), IX.2003, 2 ♀. S��o Jorge���Pico Pinheiro Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 408602 4277888), VII.2000, 4 ♂, 3 ♀; VII.2004, 2 ♂, 2 ♀; IX.2010, 2 ♂, 2 ♀. S��o Jorge���Topo Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 421857 4272031), VIII.2000, 1 ♀; IX.2010, 2 ♀. Pico���Mist��rio da Prainha Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 388683 4257957), IX.1999, 3 ♂, 3 ♀; VII.2000, 4 ♂, 1 ♀; VII.2010, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Pico���Caveiro Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 395274 4255409), VII.2000, 1 ♂, 1 ♀. Pico���Lagoa do Caiado Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 390826 4257032), VII.2000, 1 ♂, 2 ♀. All specimens collected by pitfall trapping and deposited at EDTP. Diagnosis. Males of Canariphantes acoreensis can be diagnosed from all other congeners by the combination of the following palpal characters: absence of Fickert���s gland, paracymbium with a bifurcated tip (Fig. 1) and terminal apophysis with several apical digitiform processes (Figs. 3���4). Females are more difficult to diagnose because the epigynum is very similar to that of C. zonatus (see Bosmans 2006), but it can be distinguished from it (and all other congeners) by the short and rounded proximal part of scape (Figs. 5���7). Description. Male (from Terceira). Total length 2.4. Prosoma 1.0 long, 0.8 wide. All eyes except AME equal in size, large, AME small, posterior row slightly recurved, anterior row recurved. PME separated by half their diameter, separated from PLE by less than half their diameter. PLE touching ALE. ALE separated from AME by half the diameter of the former. AME separated by less than half their diameter. AME separated from PME by the diameter of the latter. Clypeus height ca. two AME diameters. Chelicerae with roughly 20 stridulatory striae, 3 promarginal teeth and 4 retromarginal denticles. Prosoma yellow. Sternum anteriorly truncated, roughly triangular, black. Opisthosoma whitish with a dorsal pattern of black chevrons (Fig. 23). Legs with a prolateral spine in femur I; all patellae with 1 dorsal spine; tibiae I and IV with 2 dorsal, 1 prolateral and 1 retrolateral spine, tibiae II and III with 2 dorsal and 1 prolateral spine. Metatarsi with 1 dorsal spine. TmI 0.16. TmIV absent. L Sp Ti I 5, L Sp Ti IV 5.8. Legs uniformly dark yellow. Palp (Figs. 1���4). Patella with 1 dorsal spine, 3 times longer than diameter of patella. Tibia slightly longer than wide, with 1 dorsal spine, as long as diameter of tibia. Tibial spine roughly half the length of patellar spine. Three tibial trichobotria present, 2 retrolateral, 1 dorsal. Cymbium with a retrolateral keel. Paracymbium simple, with an incised tip, the inner tooth larger than the outer, with 6 to 7 hairs scattered from the basal to the median section. Suprategular apophysis hookshaped in ventral view, directed anteriorly in retrolateral view, with a small sclerotized dorsal arch close to the column opening. Lamella characteristica simple, with an incised distal part. Embolic division with a terminal apophysis with several apical, small, digitiform processes. Lamella characteristica and terminal apophysis separated by a membranous area bearing two small teeth, which can be variable in size. Radix unsclerotized, with a short, pointed tailpiece. Median membrane laminar. Embolus with a lobed thumb extending retrolaterally and dorsally. Fickert���s gland absent (contra Wunderlich 1992). Female (from Terceira). Total length 2.8. Prosoma 1.3 long, 1.0 wide. Eyes same as in male. Clypeus height ca. three AME diameters. Chelicerae with roughly 20 stridulatory striae, 3 promarginal teeth and 5 retromarginal denticles. Prosoma same color as in male. Sternum as in male. Opisthosoma with a dorsal pattern of black chevrons, these are more diffuse than those of males and sometimes only interspersed white patches appear in a black opisthosoma (Fig. 24). Leg spination and coloration as in male. L Sp Ti I 3.6, L Sp Ti IV 4.7. Epigynum (Figs. 5���7). Proximal part of scape short, wide and rounded, directly passing into distal part, with a total reduction or merging of the median part of scape; distal part of scape reduced, lateral lobes and stretcher very short (Figs. 5���7). Posterior median plate not visible in ventral view, heart-shaped in dorsal view. Entrance grooves not coiled, proceeding from the distal part of scape into the proximal part of scape and almost directly into the oval receptacula. Variation. Total body size in male varies from 1.9 to 2.5, in female from 2.8 to 3.1. Prosoma length from 0.9 to 1.1 in male, from 1.2 to 1.4 in female. Prosoma width in female varies from 0.9 to 1.1. Some female specimens present 2 prolateral spines in Femur I. Comments. In the original description of C. acoreensis by Wunderlich (1992: 567, Fig. 407) illustrated an epigynum with coiled entrance grooves and a wide stretcher. This morphology was not consistent with the genital structure of recently collected females together with males of C. acoreensis from nearly all the Azorean islands of the central group (Terceira, S��o Jorge and Pico). All collected females appeared to have an epigynum differing from Wunderlich���s description, except for one single female from Flores. The first author studied the type material deposited by Wunderlich at ULT and SNM. All males and females of the central group of islands appeared to be identical to our specimens, but this could not be confirmed for a female from Flores islands with the missing epigynum. Since none of the females of the type series of C. acoreensis has an epigynum resembling Wunderlich���s figures, the female with the missing excised epigynum must be the one used by Wunderlich to describe the female of C. acoreensis. Both females from Flores belong in fact to a new species described below. Distribution. The central group of islands with native forest patches (Terceira, S��o Jorge, Pico and Faial) (Fig. 8). Although C. acoreensis was cited from Faial (Wunderlich 1992), the referred material was not found at ULT, thus rendering the presence of C. acoreensis unconfirmed. Natural history. This species builds small sheet-webs at ground level, exclusively in patches of native laurel forest. Adults were collected from May to September, but sampling outside this period was not performed., Published as part of Crespo, Lu��s Carlos, Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Borges, Paulo A. V., 2014, On three endemic species of the linyphiid spider genus Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Azores archipelago, pp. 403-417 in Zootaxa 3841 (3) on pages 405-408, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/228724, {"references":["Wunderlich, J. (1992) Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln. Beitrage zur Araneologie, 1, 1 - 619.","Bosmans, R. (2006) Contribution to the knowledge of the Linyphiidae of the Maghreb. Part X. New data on Lepthyphantes Menge (sensu lato) species (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Belgian Journal of Zoology, 136, 173 - 191."]}

Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 Type species: Canariphantes alpicola Wunderlich, 1992 Composition. C. alpicola Wunderlich, 1992, C. atlassahariensis (Bosmans, 1991), C. epigynatus Tanasevitch, 2013, C. homonymus (Denis, 1934), C. naili (Bosmans & Bouragba, 1992), C. nanus (Kulczynski, 1898), C. palmaensis Wunderlich, 2011 and C. zonatus (Simon, 1884). Distribution. C. alpicola and C. palmaensis from Canary Islands, C. nanus from Central, Eastern Europe to Israel, the remaining species from the Mediterranean., Published as part of Crespo, Lu��s Carlos, Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Borges, Paulo A. V., 2014, On three endemic species of the linyphiid spider genus Canariphantes Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae, Linyphiidae) from the Azores archipelago, pp. 403-417 in Zootaxa 3841 (3) on page 405, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3841.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/228724, {"references":["Wunderlich, J. (1992) Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln. Beitrage zur Araneologie, 1, 1 - 619.","Bosmans, R. (1991) Two new Lepthyphantes species from the Saharian Atlas (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Biol. Jaarb. Dodonaea, 58, 63 - 70.","Tanasevitch, A. (2013) On linyphiid spiders (Araneae) from Israel. Revue suisse de Zoologie, 120, 101 - 124.","Denis, J. (1934) Sur quelques araignees des Pyrenees-Orientales. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 39, 72 - 77.","Bosmans, R. & Bouragba, N. (1992) Trois nouvelles Linyphiidae de l'Atlas Algerien, avec la description du male de Lepthyphantes djazairi Bosmans, et la redescription de Lepthyphantes homonymus Denis (Araneae). Bulletin et Annales de la Societe Royal d'Entomologie de Belgique, 128, 245 - 262.","Kulczynski, W. (1898) Symbola ad faunam aranearum Austriae inferioris cognoscendam. Rozprawa i sprawodzanie wydziat matematyczno-pzyrodniczy Academia umiejetnosi Cracov, 36, 1 - 114.","Wunderlich, J. (2011) Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beitrage zur Araneologie, 6, 1 - 40.","Simon, E. (1884) Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5, 180 - 885."]}

Genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 Type species: Savigniorrhipis acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992. Diagnosis. Leg spination 2 / 2 / 1 / 1; tmIV present; abdominal pattern present; male pedipalpal tibial apophysis large and unciform, projecting dorsally to the cymbium; radix with a wide base and with two apical processes, the posterior one in close contact with the embolus; distal suprategular apophysis a hook-shaped lobe and a small bifid marginal process; dorsal plate of the epigynum undivided through most of its length; receptacula U-shaped. Savigniorrhipis can be separated from other genera of the Savignia -group by comparison of several characters: it differs from Araeoncus in the males by the presence of the protegulum and shared absence of the tegular sac (see Hormiga, 2000, fig. 1), in the females by the undivided epigynum and somatically by the presence of tmIV; it differs from Dicymbium in the males by the very wide non-spiral radical base and in the females by the undivided epigynum; it differs from Savignia in males by the absence of an AME-lobe, in females by the undivided epigynum and somatically by the presence of tmIV; it differs from Diplocephalus and Erigonella in the females by the undivided epigynum and somatically by the presence of tmIV; it differs from Glyphesis in the males by the absence of lateral sulci, in the females by the undivided epigynum and somatically by the presence of tmIV; it differs from Saloca in the males by the presence of a marginal suprategular apophysis, in the females by U-shaped spermathecae and somatically by the presence of tmIV; it differs from Alioranus in the males by the presence of a marginal suprategular apophysis and somatically by the presence of tmIV. Composition. S. acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992; S. topographicus Crespo, n. sp. Distribution. The archipelago of Azores. Phylogenetics. See Systematics in Discussion., Published as part of Crespo, Lu��s Carlos, Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Borges, Paulo A. V., 2013, On the endemic spider species of the genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in the Azores (Portugal), with description of a new species, pp. 330-342 in Zootaxa 3745 (3) on pages 332-333, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/221824

Savigniorrhipis topographicus Crespo new species (figs. 9���16; 19���20) Type material. Holotype male, S��o Jorge: Topo Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 421857 4272031, datum WGS 84), VIII. 2000 (P.A.V. Borges et al. leg.), deposited at EDTP; Paratypes: from same locality and date as holotype: 1 ♂ and 2 ♀ (P.A.V. Borges et al. leg.), deposited at EDTP; 2 ♂ and 3 ♀ (P.A.V. Borges et al. leg.), deposited at SNM. Additional material. 1 ♂, same locality and date as holotype (without opisthosoma). S��o Jorge: Topo Natural Reserve (UTM 26 S 422089 4271756, datum WGS 84) 13.IX- 1.X. 2010: 2 ♂ and 1 ♀ (P.A.V. Borges et al. leg.), deposited at EDTP. Diagnosis. The males of this species differ from S. acoreensis by the shape of the anterior radical process, the posterior radical process, the coiled embolus and the tibial apophysis. Females can be diagnosed by the epigynal folds that divide the dorsal plate only slightly and converge anteriorly, and by the shape of the copulatory ducts. Etymology. The species name ��� topographicus ��� is an adjective, showing its affinity with the soil stratum (in contrast to S. acoreensis, dwelling in canopies). The species epithet, composed of two segments ��� topo ��� and ��� graphicus ���, also relates to the fact that topo is the site of the discovery, the Topo Natural Reserve, and that graphicus could also refer to the presence of an abdominal pattern. Description. Male. Total length 1.45 (1.37���1.50). Prosoma 0.67 (0.58���0.72) long, 0.52 (0.50���0.55) wide. Male cephalic area slightly elevated, without tubercles or sulci but with distinct concavity behind the eyes (fig. 14). Clypeus not protruding. Eye region of prosoma with few small hairs. Eyes in a compact group. Anterior row of eyes recurved. Posterior row procurved. AME separated from ALE by the diameter of the former. AME separated by half their diameter. PME separated from AME roughly two times the diameter of the former. PLE touching ALE. PME separated by their diameter. PME separated from PLE by 1.5 times the diameter of the former. Coloration of prosoma and legs yellowish to brown. Sternum slightly darker. Chelicerae with 10 to 15 imbricated stridulatory striae, with 5 promarginal and 4 smaller retromarginal denticles. Opisthosoma generally black with a dorsal pattern of non-pigmented patches along its dorsal side (specimens were captured with pitfall traps and the conservation of the abdominal marks might differ from living specimens). Legs with basal and apical spines on tibiae I and II, and one basal in tibiae III and IV (2211). L Sp Ti I-II = 1.4; L Sp Ti III���IV = 2.2. Patelar apical spine present on all legs. Measurements of legs in Table 3. Male palp (Figs. 9���13). Tibia with stiff setae, with a large unciform prolateral apophysis, curving retrolaterally. Paracymbium simple without apophyses or hairs, with a narrow base. Cymbium with a dorsal depression that accommodates the terminal section of the tibial apophysis. Suprategular apophysis with a bifid marginal apophysis, and a curved widened terminal lobe. Anterior radical process a sharpened process that points out frontally, posterior radical process a filiform ventral process, in close contact with the embolus. Embolus coiling backwards while descending in front of tegulum. Female. Total length 1.63 (1.50���1.75). Prosoma 0.72 (0.70���0.75) long, 0.51 (0.47���0.53) wide. Clypeus not protruding. Anterior row of eyes recurved. Posterior row procurved. AME separated from ALE by the diameter of the former. AME separated by their diameter. PME separated from AME by the diameter of the former. PLE touching ALE. PME separated by half their diameter. PME separated from PLE by half their diameter. Coloration of prosoma and legs yellowish to brown. Sternum slightly darker. Chelicerae with 5 to 7 small stridulatory striae, with four promarginal teeth and five smaller retromarginal denticles. Opisthosoma as in the male (see above). Leg spination as in the male. Tm IV present. Tm I values (for 5 females): 0.51 (0.49���0.57). Measurements of legs in Table 4. Epigynum (Figs. 15, 16). Ventral plate wide, unsclerotized, divided slightly by epigynal folds, which converge anteriorly. Dorsal plate nearly triangular, in ventral view visible for its greater part by reduction of the ventral plate. Receptacula U-shaped, with coiled slender copulatory ducts. Ecology. This species dwells only at the soil stratum of the largest Natural Reserve of S��o Jorge (Topo). Specimens were solely collected by the use of pitfall traps and never by direct hand sampling. The dominant habitat in Topo is the Juniperus brevifolia high altitude cloud forest. Endemic trees, such as Juniperus brevifolia or Ilex perado subsp. azorica are present but do not form large forested areas, the trees being spread in patches with some open spaces with natural hyper-humid grassland. Several small streams cross the area. Phenology. Adults of both sexes were collected in August and September. This might not represent its phenology. No sampling was made in the island of S��o Jorge in other months. Distribution. The island of S��o Jorge, and most precisely, the Topo Natural Reserve., Published as part of Crespo, Lu��s Carlos, Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Borges, Paulo A. V., 2013, On the endemic spider species of the genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in the Azores (Portugal), with description of a new species, pp. 330-342 in Zootaxa 3745 (3) on pages 336-338, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/221824

Savigniorrhipis acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992 (figs. 1���8; 15���16) Material examined: Portugal, Azores, Santa Maria���Pico Alto Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 669927 4094384, datum WGS 84), VII.2002, 22 ♂, 14 ♀; VI.2004, 3 ♂, 1 ♀; V.2009, 6 ♂; VIII.2010, 54 ♂, 37 ♀. S��o Miguel��� Atalhada Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 656878 4188871, datum WGS 84), VIII.1999, 2 ♂, 4 ♀; VII.2000, 1 ♀; VI.2004, 10 ♂, 11 ♀. S��o Miguel���Graminhais Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 654838 4185138, datum WGS 84), VIII.1999, 29 ♂, 65 ♀; VII.2000, 14 ♂, 16 ♀; VII.2004, 9 ♂, 9 ♀; VI.2010, 19 ♂, 27 ♀. S��o Miguel���Pico da Vara Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 659806 4184815, datum WGS 84), VII.1999, 1 ♂; VIII.1999, 8 ♂, 12 ♀; VII.2000, 6 ♀; VI.2010, 9 ♂, 9 ♀. Terceira���Biscoito da Ferraria Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 479370 4289985, datum WGS 84), VI.1999, 6 ♂, 38 ♀; IX.2000, 7 ♂, 16 ♀; VII.2003, 2 ♂, 34 ♀; VII.2003, 31 ♂, 39 ♀; VIII.2003, 9 ♂, 10 ♀; VI.2011, 3 ♂, 19 ♀. Terceira���Caldeira Guilherme Moniz Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 482285 4284477, datum WGS 84), VII.2002, 17 ♂, 10 ♀; IX.2002, 16 ♂, 8 ♀; IX.2003, 2 ♂, 1 ♀. Terceira���Pico Galhardo Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 479664 4287554, datum WGS 84), VII.2002, 31 ♂, 20 ♀; IX.2002, 24 ♂, 76 ♀; VI.2003, 16 ♂, 22 ♀; VII.2003, 27 ♂, 6 ♀; VIII.2003, 14 ♂, 5 ♀; IX.2003, 6 ♂, 16 ♀; VI.2010, 9 ♂, 36 ♀. Terceira���Serra de Santa B��rbara Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 472028 4288949, datum WGS 84), VI.1999, 2 ♂, 41 ♀; VIII.1999, 58 ♂, 33 ♀; VII.2001, 8 ♂, 26 ♀; VI.2003, 3 ♂, 81 ♀; VII.2003, 25 ♂, 32 ♀; VIII. 2003, 217 ♂, 238 ♀; IX.2003, 8 ♂, 50 ♀; VIII.2010, 42 ♂, 30 ♀; IX.2010, 48 ♂, 4 ♀. Terceira���Terra Brava Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 482438 4287412, datum WGS 84), VII.2001, 8 ♂, 23 ♀; IX.2001, 15 ♂, 28 ♀; VII.2002, 6 ♂, 17 ♀; VI.2003, 2 ♂, 6 ♀; VIII.2003, 93 ♂, 58 ♀; IX.2003, 72 ♂, 167 ♀; IX.2004, 38 ♂, 64 ♀; VI.2010, 2 ♂, 6 ♀; VII.2010, 3 ♂, 3 ♀; VIII.2010, 82 ♂, 55 ♀. S��o Jorge���Pico Pinheiro Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 408602 4277888, datum WGS 84), VII.1999, 15 ♂, 14 ♀; VII.2000, 63 ♂, 52 ♀; VII.2004, 3 ♂, 4 ♀; IX. 2010, 123 ♂, 142 ♀. S��o Jorge���Topo Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 421857 4272031, datum WGS 84), VII.2004, 10 ♀; IX.2010, 10 ♂, 1 ♀. Faial���Caldeira do Faial Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 351110 4271917, datum WGS 84), VII.2004, 1 ♂, 21 ♀; IX.2010, 11 ♂, 8 ♀. Pico���Caveiro Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 395274 4255409, datum WGS 84), VII.1999, 1 ♀; IX.1999, 7 ♂, 10 ♀; VII.2000, 53 ♀; VII.2010, 1 ♂, 19 ♀. Pico���Lagoa do Caiado Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 390826 4257032, datum WGS 84), IX.1999, 7 ♂, 15 ♀; VII.2000, 24 ♀. Pico���Mist��rio da Prainha Natural Reserve, (UTM 26 S 388683 4257957, datum WGS 84), IX.1999, 21 ♂, 4 ♀; VII.2000, 4 ♂, 8 ♀; VII.2010, 1 ♂, 7 ♀. Flores���Caldeira Funda e Rasa Natural Reserve, (UTM 25 S 136817 4370019, datum WGS 84), VII.1999, 31 ♂, 65 ♀; IX.2000, 24 ♂, 53 ♀; VII.2010, 41 ♂, 50 ♀. Flores���Morro Alto e Pico da S�� Natural Reserve, (UTM 25 S 137809 4376293, datum WGS 84), VII.1999, 14 ♂, 38 ♀; IX.2000, 94 ♂, 204 ♀; VII.2007, 4 ♂, 7 ♀; VII.2010, 61 ♂, 109 ♀ (P.A.V. Borges et al. leg.). All cited material is deposited at EDTP. Diagnosis. The males of this species differ from S. topographicus n. sp. by the anterior radical process sensu Hormiga (2000), which is long, thin, pointing out in a roughly 45 �� angle from the base of the radix, by the straight embolus with a slightly curved tip and by the tibial apophysis, which shows a dorsal widening process hump in its prolateral side. The females can be diagnosed by the wide undivided dorsal plate of the epigynum, and by the shape of the copulatory ducts. The apical position of the metatarsal trichobotria appears to be unique in the Savignia - group (Tm I 0.81 (0.74���0.85)). Redescription. Male. Total length 1.70 (1.60���1.75). Prosoma 0.85 (0.83���0.87) long, 0.59 (0.57���0.60) wide. Male cephalic area slightly elevated, without tubercles or sulci (Fig. 6). Clypeus protruding. Anterior side of prosoma with small hairs. Anterior row of eyes recurved. Posterior row procurved. AME separated from ALE twice the diameter of the former. AME separated by half their diameter. PME separated by four times their diameter. PLE touching ALE. PME separated from AME roughly four times the diameter of the former. PME separated from PLE 1.5 times the diameter of the former. Coloration of prosoma and legs yellowish to brown. Sternum slightly darker. Chelicerae with 15 to 20 imbricated stridulatory striae, with four promarginal teeth and five smaller retromarginal denticles. Opisthosoma with a dorsal pattern of black patches along its dorsal side in a whitish background and black areas along the sides reaching the spinnerets, this pattern being variable to an extent where some specimens present one single large black patch with non-pigmented areas in its center. Legs with a basal and apical spine on tibiae I and II, and one basal on tibiae III and IV (2211). L Sp Ti I���II = 0.4; L Sp Ti III���IV = 1.6. Patellar apical spine present on all legs. Tm IV present. Measurements of legs in Table 1. Male palp (Figs. 1���5). Tibia with three trichobothria, and a large unciform apophysis extending prolaterally, curving retrolaterally. Halfway its length with a flag-like extension. Paracymbium simple without apophyses or hairs, with a wide base. Cymbium with a smooth dorsal depression accommodating the terminal section of the tibial apophysis. Suprategular apophysis with a bifid marginal apophysis and a curved sharpened terminal lobe. Radix with two apophyses, the anterior radical process a thin, long process pointing ventrally in a 45 �� angle direction in regard to the radix���s base, the posterior radical process a stout, short ventral process, in close contact with embolus. Embolus short, descending straight in front of tegulum. Female. Total length 1.89 (1.75 ���2.00). Prosoma 0.83 (0.83 ��� 0.83) long, 0.59 (0.57���0.60) wide. Clypeus not protruding. Anterior row of eyes recurved. Posterior row procurved. AME separated from ALE by the diameter of the former. AME separated by half their diameter. PME separated from AME roughly 1.5 times the diameter of the former. PLE touching ALE. PME separated by their diameter. PME separated from PLE by their diameter. Coloration of prosoma and legs yellowish to brown. Sternum slightly darker. Chelicerae with about five to seven small stridulatory striae, with five promarginal teeth and five smaller retromarginal denticles. Opisthosoma same as in male (see above). Leg spination same as in male. Tm IV present. Tm I values (for 10 females): 0.81 (0.74���0.85). Measurements of legs in Table 2. Epigynum (Figs. 7, 8). Dorsal plate wide and rectangular, in ventral view visible for its greater part by the reduction of the ventral plate. Receptacula J-shaped, with short thick copulatory ducts. Ecology. This species dwells in the canopy of endemic bushes and trees such as Ilex perado subsp. azorica, Vaccinium cylindraceum, Laurus azorica, Erica azorica and Juniperus brevifolia. In the latter species, it is the most abundant endemic spider species. Juniperus brevifolia has numerous short leaves, which provide refuge for the spiders. Using the Lloyd Index (see Ribeiro et al. 2005) this species could be considered as specialist of the endemic tree Juniperus brevifolia. The related gymnosperm exotic tree Cryptomeria japonica is also an important habitat for this spider, particularly at high altitudes when C. japonica is planted as a monoculture near native forests. Phenology. Adults of both sexes are continually found from June to September. This might not represent its phenology as no sampling was carried out in other months. Distribution. Azorean islands with patches of native forest and possible extinct in the remaining islands (Corvo and Graciosa)., Published as part of Crespo, Lu��s Carlos, Bosmans, Robert, Cardoso, Pedro & Borges, Paulo A. V., 2013, On the endemic spider species of the genus Savigniorrhipis Wunderlich, 1992 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) in the Azores (Portugal), with description of a new species, pp. 330-342 in Zootaxa 3745 (3) on pages 333-336, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/221824

MOVECLIM, Mid Course Meeting, 2-6 September 2013, Réunion (Mascarenes). As climate change is warming our planet, biodiversity is responding to that input through several different processes, such as range or phenology shifts (Bellard et al., 2012). The main problem with species’ responses is that many seem to be unable to keep up with the fast pace of climate change. Quintero & Wiens (2013) established that projected rates of climate change until 2099 are about 10.000 times superior to the historical climatic niche evolution rates of 540 species of terrestrial vertebrates. If species’ fail to adapt, local extinctions can occur. This is especially true for islands, due to isolation and dispersal barriers. Plants, for example, can only migrate upwards until they reach the mountain summits. From there, they have no place to go, no area to colonize.

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Jornadas "Ciência nos Açores – que futuro? Tema Ciências Naturais e Ambiente", Ponta Delgada, 7-8 de Junho de 2013. As alterações que o clima do planeta tem vindo a sofrer nas últimas décadas têm efeitos variados sobre a biodiversidade, alterando a distribuição das espécies e as interacções entre estas, afectando a jusante os serviços de ecossistemas e, consequentemente, o ser humano. Nos Açores, vários desses serviços são garantidos pelos briófitos. Para além das suas funções ecossistémicas, estes organismos respondem rapidamente a variações ambientais, sendo por isso indicados para detectar os efeitos biológicos das alterações climáticas. Este estudo procura determinar que impactos terão as alterações climáticas previstas pelo Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change sobre a distribuição e composição específica e funcional da brioflora dos Açores e que novos dados podemos integrar no sistema de gestão de áreas protegidas do arquipélago. Para tal, pretende-se inventariar a diversidade específica e funcional de briófitos ao longo de gradientes altitudinais em várias ilhas dos Açores, relacionar os padrões de distribuição encontrados com uma série de factores ambientais e desenvolver, através de modelação bioclimática, previsões da distribuição futura destas espécies em resposta a diferentes cenários de alterações climáticas. Utilizando a brioflora açoriana, pretende-se assim ilustrar de que forma o estudo dos futuros efeitos das alterações climáticas sobre a biodiversidade pode servir como base para o desenvolvimento de estratégias de gestão e conservação da natureza a curto, médio e longo prazos. Ao fazê-lo, estaremos a contribuir para garantir a sustentabilidade do arquipélago, preservando a sua biodiversidade, os serviços dos ecossistemas e os benefícios e lucros por eles gerados em sectores como o do turismo, fortemente ligado à qualidade ambiental das ilhas. ABSTRACT: The changes the planet's climate has undergone in recent decades have numerous effects on biodiversity, altering the distribution of species and the interactions between them, affecting the ecosystem services they provide and, consequently, human beings. In the Azores, many of these services are guaranteed by bryophytes. Besides, these organisms respond quickly to environmental changes, being thus very suitable for exploring the biological effects of climate change. This project aims to determine what will the impacts of climate change, as predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, on the distribution, taxonomic and functional composition of native forest bryophytes be and which new data can we integrate in the archipelago’s protected areas management system. In order to do that, we will sample the taxonomic and functional diversity of bryophytes along altitudinal gradients in several islands of the Azores in a stratified way, and relate the emerging distribution patterns with a number of environmental factors. Then, using bioclimatic modeling, we will predict the future distribution of these species in response to different climate change scenarios. By means of the Azorean bryophytes, we aim to illustrate how the study of future climate change effects on biodiversity can serve as a foundation for the development of short to long-term nature management and conservation strategies. In doing so, we will help to ensure the sustainability of the archipelago, preserving its biodiversity, ecosystem services and the benefits and profits generated by them in sectors such as tourism, strongly linked to the environmental quality of the islands. Governo dos Açores; Fundo Regional para a Ciência.

Jornadas "Ciência nos Açores – que futuro? Tema Ciências Naturais e Ambiente", Ponta Delgada, 7-8 de Junho de 2013. Submitted by Paulo Borges (pborges@uac.pt) on 2014-05-12T11:39:10Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Henriques, D. et al. (2014). Diversidade de briófitos e alterações climáticas nos Açores Olhar para o futuro para delinear o presente.pdf: 152253 bytes, checksum: 46c2aaa7c0c4449a4a139ec574fad105 (MD5) Submitted by Paulo Borges (pborges@uac.pt) on 2014-05-12T14:56:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Henriques, D. et al. (2014). Diversidade de briófitos e alterações climáticas nos Açores Olhar para o futuro para delinear o presente.pdf: 1911372 bytes, checksum: c9b63f27c29d287532b8cb2ff055d0b0 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-12T15:24:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Henriques, D. et al. (2014). Diversidade de briófitos e alterações climáticas nos Açores Olhar para o futuro para delinear o presente.pdf: 1911372 bytes, checksum: c9b63f27c29d287532b8cb2ff055d0b0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 Governo dos Açores; Fundo Regional para a Ciência.