@article {589, title = {Ground-dwelling invertebrate diversity in domestic gardens along a rural-urban gradient: Landscape characteristics are more important than garden characteristics}, journal = {PloS ONE}, volume = {15}, year = {2020}, month = {02/10/2020}, pages = {1-25}, abstract = {

Urbanisation is increasing worldwide and is regarded a major driver of environmental change altering local species assemblages. Private domestic gardens contribute a significant share of total green area in cities, but their biodiversity has received relatively little attention. Previous studies mainly considered plants, flying invertebrates such as bees and butterflies, and birds. By using a multi-taxa approach focused on less mobile, ground-dwelling invertebrates, we examined the influence of local garden characteristics and landscape characteristics on species richness and abundance of gastropods, spiders, millipedes, woodlice, ants, ground beetles and rove beetles. We assume that most of the species of these groups are able to complete their entire life cycle within a single garden. We conducted field surveys in thirty-five domestic gardens along a rural-urban gradient in Basel, Switzerland. Considered together, the gardens examined harboured an impressive species richness, with a mean share of species of the corresponding groups known for Switzerland of 13.9\%, ranging from 4.7\% in ground beetles to 23.3\% in woodlice. The overall high biodiversity is a result of complementary contributions of gardens harbouring distinct species assemblages. Indeed, at the garden level, species richness of different taxonomical groups were typically not inter-correlated. The exception was ant species richness, which was correlated with those of gastropods and spiders. Generalised linear models revealed that distance to the city centre is an important driver of species richness, abundance and composition of several groups, resulting in an altered species composition in gardens in the centre of the city. Local garden characteristics were important drivers of gastropod and ant species richness, and the abundance of spiders, millipedes and rove beetles. Our study shows that domestic gardens make a valuable contribution to regional biodiversity. Thus, domestic urban gardens constitute an important part of green infrastructure, which should be considered by urban planners.

}, issn = {1932-6203}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240061}, url = {https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0240061}, author = {Braschler, Brigitte and Jos{\'e} D. Gilgado and Zwahlen, Valerie and Rusterholz, Hans-Peter and Buchholz, Sascha and Baur, Bruno} } @article {576, title = {Hidden in plain sight: six millipede species (Myriapoda: Diplopoda) new for the fauna of Switzerland}, journal = {Revue suisse de Zoologie}, volume = {127}, year = {2020}, month = {28/10/2020}, pages = {249{\textendash}259}, abstract = {

Diplopoda are poorly studied in many regions. The last comprehensive work on the millipede fauna of Switzerland was published in 1993 and listed 124 outdoor-living species. Recent sampling efforts have resulted in the discovery of six millipede species of European origin that were not previously known to occur in Switzerland: Cylindroiulus britannicus (Verhoeff, 1891), C. salicivorus\ Verhoeff, 1908, C. vulnerarius (Berlese, 1888), Heteroiulus intermedius (Br\ölemann, 1892), Anamastigona pulchella (Silvestri, 1894) and Macrosternodesmus palicola\ Br\ölemann, 1908. None of them is currently invasive in Switzerland, but some are rapidly expanding across Europe and other regions of the world. A species which was previously only known from northern Italy, H. intermedius, was found in a forest close to Bellinzona. It is likely a native Swiss species which has previously been overlooked. The other five species were collected in human-made habitats in the city of Basel and its surroundings, suggesting human-caused introduction. Two species, C. britannicus and M. palicola, likely have an Atlantic origin, while the three remaining species, C. salicivorus, C. vulnerarius and A. pulchella, are originally from Italy. The biogeography of these six species is discussed, and photographs of specimens of each species and their gonopods are presented.

}, keywords = {Basel, Bellinzona, faunistics, invasive species, new records, non-native species, Soil fauna, urban biodiversity}, issn = {0035-418}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.35929/RSZ.0019}, url = {https://bioone.org/journals/revue-suisse-de-zoologie/volume-127/issue-2/RSZ.0019/Hidden-in-plain-sight--six-millipede-species-Myriapoda/10.35929/RSZ.0019.full}, author = {Jos{\'e} D. Gilgado} } @article {69, title = {Out of the dark void: Ommatoiulus longicornis n. sp., a new julid from Spain (Diplopoda, Julida) with notes on some troglobiomorphic traits in millipedes}, journal = {Zootaxa}, volume = {4420}, year = {2018}, month = {May-05-2019}, pages = {415-429}, abstract = {

A new millipede species, Ommatoiulus longicornis n. sp. is described from the subterranean habitat in eastern Spain, and the elongation of its antennae is discussed in relation to the habitat where it dwells. We take the occasion to discuss the elongation of appendages as a troglobiomorphic character in millipedes and shed the light on the various, sometimes controversial, hypotheses that could have led to these modifications in millipedes and other subterranean arthropods.

}, keywords = {new species, Schizophyllini, Spain, Taxonomy, troglomorphism}, issn = {1175-5326}, doi = {10.11646/zootaxa.4420.310.11646/zootaxa.4420.3.7}, url = {https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/issue/view/zootaxa.4420.3https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4420.3.7https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/viewFile/38811/33160}, author = {Akkari, Nesrine and Jos{\'e} D. Gilgado and Ortu{\~n}o, Vicente M. and Enghoff, Henrik} }