A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region
The distribution and knowledge on the Mediterranean mantid Iris oratoria (Linnaeus, 1785) is here updated. Despite is beautiful appearance and presence in the social media, the scientific knowledge on its real distribution is poor and incomplete and this may affect its conservation at local scales....
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| author | Roberto Battiston Elvira Castiglione William Di Pietro Stefano Lazzaretti Francesco Manti Arnold Sciberras |
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| description | The distribution and knowledge on the Mediterranean mantid Iris oratoria (Linnaeus, 1785) is here updated. Despite is beautiful appearance and presence in the social media, the scientific knowledge on its real distribution is poor and incomplete and this may affect its conservation at local scales. Citizen science records have been here compared with traditional science records, here updated with many new and original localities: this species is reported for the first time for Libya, Malta, Calabria and many Mediterranean islands and islets. The ecological preferences have been investigated in a retrodunal transect to investigate the preferred vegetation patterns for this species. The general value of citizen science records in evaluating the real distribution of a species have been tested here, using Iris oratoria as a case study for further investigations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5044c2f2572f4762acdd9c667d8567dd2022-12-22T03:35:56ZengUniversity La Sapienza of RomeFragmenta entomologica0429-288X2284-48802021-11-0153210.13133/2284-4880/522A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean RegionRoberto Battiston0Elvira Castiglione1William Di Pietro2Stefano Lazzaretti3Francesco Manti4Arnold Sciberras5Museo di Archeologia e Scienze Naturali G. ZannatoAssociazione di promozione sociale “Emozione Natura”Associazione Culturale ‘Arthropoda Live Museum’WBA World Biodiversity Association onlusAssociazione di promozione sociale “Emozione Natura”Animal kingdomThe distribution and knowledge on the Mediterranean mantid Iris oratoria (Linnaeus, 1785) is here updated. Despite is beautiful appearance and presence in the social media, the scientific knowledge on its real distribution is poor and incomplete and this may affect its conservation at local scales. Citizen science records have been here compared with traditional science records, here updated with many new and original localities: this species is reported for the first time for Libya, Malta, Calabria and many Mediterranean islands and islets. The ecological preferences have been investigated in a retrodunal transect to investigate the preferred vegetation patterns for this species. The general value of citizen science records in evaluating the real distribution of a species have been tested here, using Iris oratoria as a case study for further investigations.https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/522Citizen scienceEurope islandsItalymantismap |
| spellingShingle | Roberto Battiston Elvira Castiglione William Di Pietro Stefano Lazzaretti Francesco Manti Arnold Sciberras A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region Fragmenta entomologica Citizen science Europe islands Italy mantis map |
| title | A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region |
| title_full | A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region |
| title_fullStr | A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region |
| title_short | A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region |
| title_sort | social beauty distribution ecology and conservation of iris oratoria in the central mediterranean region |
| topic | Citizen science Europe islands Italy mantis map |
| url | https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/522 |
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