Ua ʻike nā kānaka ʻepekema i kahi pepeke endemic hou i La Gomera

Hoʻohui ʻia ʻo La Gomera i kēia lā i kahi ʻano endemic hou, kahi ʻano pepeke kū hoʻokahi i ka mokupuni i ʻike ʻia e ka ʻepekema. Ua paʻi ka puke pai ʻepekema ʻo 'Zootaxa' i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi ʻano hou a me ka hopena o ka 'leafhopper' a i ʻole leafhopper mai ka mokupuni ʻo Canary.

Wahi a ka ʻikepili mai ka Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology of the CSIC, ʻo ia ka 'Morsina gomerae', i mālama ʻia ma La Gomera i ka wā o nā hōʻikeʻike o kahi papahana noiʻi i alakaʻi ʻia e Brent Emerson, mai ka Institute of Natural Products a me Agrobiology o ka CSIC ( IPNA-CSIC).

No ka 'ohana o 'leafhoppers', e like me ka mea i 'ike 'ia, 'o ia na'eneka li'ili'i no ka hui o ka homopterans e noho mau ana ma na mea kanu, nahelehele a me na kumulaau, e ai ana i ke kohu ma o ka hoopili ana i ko lakou mau waha i ke ano o ke kaila iloko o ka mea kanu. tissues. , ua loaʻa i kahi leka mai IPNA.

ʻO ka entomologist Vladimir Gnezdilov mai ka Russian Academy of Sciences, he loea kaulana i nā homopterans, ua ʻike koke lākou e pili ana lākou i kahi ʻano like ʻole, a me ka hui pū ʻana me nā mea noiʻi ʻo Heriberto López lāua ʻo Daniel Suárez, ʻelua mai IPNA-CSIC, hoʻomaka lākou i ke aʻo ʻana. morphology o nā specimens e ʻike i ka ʻepekema.

ʻO ka hopena o kā lākou hana i hōʻiliʻili ʻia ma ka ʻatikala 'Family Nogodinidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) mai ka Canary Islands, me ka wehewehe ʻana i kahi ʻano hou o ka genus Morsina Melichar, 1902', kahi o nā ʻano morphological o nā specimens i hopu ʻia mai kēia. he ʻano hou a paʻi i kekahi mau kiʻi o kona ʻano a me kona wahi noho.

Loaʻa nā mea hoʻohālike ma La Hoya, kahi kaiapuni ma San Sebastián de La Gomera i hōʻike ʻia e ka nui o nā ʻāpana mahiʻai i haʻalele ʻia i hōʻole a ua hoʻihoʻi hou nā mea kanu iā lākou iho.

Ua hōʻiliʻili kēia homopteran liʻiliʻi i nā mea kanu maʻemaʻe o tabaiba, verodes, balos a me nā daisies mai ia wahi, koe wale nō ka mea i hoʻolaha ʻia ma nā wahi like ʻole o ka mokupuni ma nā wahi like.

ʻAʻole pili i ka nohona

Hiki i kekahi mau ʻano homopterans ke lilo i mea ʻino o nā mea kanu a lākou e noho ai, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka hihia o nā ʻano invasive, ka mea maʻamau he kiʻekiʻe ka nui o ka heluna kanaka ma muli o ka nele o nā ʻenemi kūlohelohe, akā ʻaʻole kēia ka hihia. ʻO 'Morsina gomerae', he ʻano hopena me ka nui o nā ʻano hiʻohiʻona haʻahaʻa, ua ulu aʻe ma La Gomera no nā kaukani mau makahiki me ka ʻole o ka hoʻopilikia nui ʻana i nā ʻano mea kanu maʻemaʻe i kona wā e ola ana a, malia paha, ua hoʻohui pono ʻia i loko o ka laka trophic. o ko lakou wahi noho.

ʻO 'Morsina gomerae' ka ʻano mua o Morsina i wehewehe ʻia ma ka mokupuni ʻo Canary a me ka ʻano mua o ka ʻohana 'Nogodinidae' i ʻōlelo ʻia no kēia pae ʻāina, kahi i helu ʻia ai ka helu 16 ma ka honua o kēia ʻano o nā lau. Ma ka ʻatikala i paʻi ʻia, ʻōlelo ka poʻe noiʻi he ʻano morphologically ʻo 'Morsina gomerae' me 'Morsina ainsefra' mai Algeria, akā ʻo kona mau ʻēheu a me nā ʻōpū o nā kāne ke hōʻike nei i nā ʻokoʻa koʻikoʻi i ko lākou ʻano a me nā ana. No ka auquenorhynchos ka genus Morsina, he hui o na homopteran i a'o iki ia ma ka Mokupuni Canary.

ʻO ka hana a Heriberto López lāua ʻo Daniel Suárez, mai ka IPNA-CSIC, me Pedro Oromí, mai ke Kulanui o La Laguna, e hoʻomohala nei me ka hui pū ʻana me nā loea honua ma kēia mau homopterans e hoʻopuka nei i nā hopena maikaʻi loa e like me ka mea i paʻi ʻia e ' Zootaxa', a e hōʻike i ka pono e hoʻopololei i ka ʻike o kēia mau ʻiniko ma ka pae ʻāina.