Invertebrate cave fauna in three protected areas in Catalonia: an excellent teambuilding exercise
Although of great scientific interest, studies of hypogean fauna are still not undertaken by many of the government bodies in charge of protected areas. This deficiency is usually attributed to the lack of teams of speleologists that have at their disposal trained entomologists who can collect, sort...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2072/522708 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/2072/522708 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Fauna cavernícola Catalunya Espanya Península Ibèrica Coleòpters Dípters Tipúlids 59 |
| Sumario: | Although of great scientific interest, studies of hypogean fauna are still not undertaken by many of the government bodies in charge of protected areas. This deficiency is usually attributed to the lack of teams of speleologists that have at their disposal trained entomologists who can collect, sort and identify specimens and/or document and preserve collected specimens. In addition, adequate funding for conducting studies of cave-dwelling fauna and for transferring acquired knowledge is required. To help solve this problem, we began collaborating with four entities whose combined efforts constitute a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts: two public bodies, the Barcelona Provincial Council (DIBA) and the Natural Science Museum of Barcelona (MCNB), a naturalist association, the Catalan Biospeleological Association (BIOSP), and a sports federation, the Catalan Speleological Federation (FCE). In 2016–2020, we studied 18 caves in three protected areas in Catalonia. The most outstanding results include a new species of Dicranophragma (Diptera: Limoniidae) and new records for Catalonia of Troglobisium racovitzai (Ellingsen, 1912) (Pseudoscorpiones: Bochicidae), Linderia armata (Schaufuss, 1863) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), Dactylolabis sexmaculata (Macquart, 1826) and Elliptera hungarica Madarassy, 1881 (Diptera: Limoniidae). |
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