Three new species of Carabidae from the Azores are described: Thalassophilus azoricus n. sp. from Sao Miguel, Trechus jorgensis n. sp. from Sao Jorge and Trechus montanheirorum n. sp. from Pico. All of them were found in ...

A new species from Madeira, Chlorocytus koponeni (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Pteromalidae), is described.

Parophidion vassali considered endemic to the Mediterranean is recorded for the first time the Atlantic Ocean: three specimens from Madeira belong to this species.

Three species of freshwater ostracods, i.e. Strandesia obliqua, Cypridopsis brincki and Potamocypris pallida, all belonging to the Podocopa-Cypridoidea-Cyprididae, are recorded for the first time from the island of Madeira. ...

This contribution reports the discovery of the first breeding record of the eurasian coot Fulica atra on the Island of Madeira (Madeira Archipelago). The breeding site (32° 40' 44.75" N, 17° 5' 19.70" W) is situated on a ...

In August 1988 when measures for the protection and conservation of the Monk Seal (Monachus monachus) colony on the Desertas Islands were being implemented a systematic assessement of the flora was also undertaken. Over a ...

A new endemic species of terrestrial isopods from El Hierro (Western Canary Islands) is described. We have found the relationships of Porcellio eserensis among species belonging to the scaber group in the Madeira Archipelago. ...

During the work connected with the monitoring of the colony of Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea borealis of the island of Berlenga (started in 1987) a nestling ringed in 1980 in the island of Selvagem Grande was ...

Dipljapyx humberti (Grassi) of the order Diplura is recorded for the first time from the Canary Islands and its probable appearence there is discussed.

Two research cruises carried out in Madeiran waters in 1990 and 1991 by the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, collected two species of Octopoda not previously recorded from the region, namely: Scaeurgus unicirrhus ...