Five specimens of Eumunida bella ranging from 6 to 39 mm carapace length (CL) were collected off Gran Canaria, which confirms the presence of this species off the Canary Islands, the northernmost distribution limit of the ...

In the present account the authors analyse the effects caused by several species of Nitidulidae (Coleoptera) on the fruits of the Canary Date Palms and give the geographical distribution of attacks on the Archipelago of ...

Three new species of Ichneumonidae: Zoophthorus rufithorax, Campoletis (Campoletis) madeirae, and Diadegma (Nythobia) flavoclypeatum, are described from material collected in several localities in Madeira by M. W. R. de ...

During a ringing expedition of 1988 three juvenile Cory's Shearwaters with malformation of their bills were found among a total of 801 birds (0.375%). No adults with similar malformations were observed, and it is suggested ...

The oriental latrine fly, Chrysomya megacephala (Fab.), which is known to be extending its range, has been detected in Madeira for the first time.

A list of some new records is given together with a few corrections and other remarks. Six species have not been recorded before from the archipelago. Rhopalomesites azoricus Méquignon was found to be inseparable from R. ...

Reproduction of Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata on Porto Santo (Madeiran Archipelago) is confirmed for the first time. This species seems fully established in the island, that is for the moment the only site of Macaronesia ...

The black triggerfish Melichthys niger is recorded for the first time from the Island of Madeira. This represents the northernmost record of this species in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and is another example of ongoing ...