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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Autores principales:	Roberto Battiston, Elvira Castiglione, William Di Pietro, Stefano Lazzaretti, Francesco Manti, Arnold Sciberras
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Publicado:	PAGEPress Publications 2021
Materias:	Citizen science Europe islands Italy mantis map Zoology QL1-991
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5044c2f2572f4762acdd9c667d8567dd2021-12-05T12:54:25ZA social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region10.13133/2284-4880/5220429-288X2284-4880https://doaj.org/article/5044c2f2572f4762acdd9c667d8567dd2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/522https://doaj.org/toc/0429-288Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2284-4880 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. Roberto BattistonElvira CastiglioneWilliam Di PietroStefano LazzarettiFrancesco MantiArnold SciberrasPAGEPress PublicationsarticleCitizen scienceEurope islandsItalymantismapZoologyQL1-991ENITFragmenta entomologica, Vol 53, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Citizen science Europe islands Italy mantis map Zoology QL1-991 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
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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author	Roberto Battiston Elvira Castiglione William Di Pietro Stefano Lazzaretti Francesco Manti Arnold Sciberras
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title	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_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_sort	social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of iris oratoria in the central mediterranean region
publisher	PAGEPress Publications
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/5044c2f2572f4762acdd9c667d8567dd
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A social beauty: distribution, ecology and conservation of Iris oratoria in the Central Mediterranean Region

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