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Recoltes D'invertebres En Nouvelle-Caledonie RECOLTES D’INVERTEBRES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D’ETAPE M. DIERKENS avril 2014 1 Introduction Le présent rapport traite des récoltes d’invertébrées effectuées par l’auteur en Nouvelle- Calédonie, dans la Province Sud, du 25 février au 23 mars 2013. Il s’agit d’un rapport d’étape. Méthodologie de capture La majorité des spécimens a été capturée à vue, par battage ou fauchage. Les coprophages ont été obtenus par piégeage. Identifications Les identifications ont été réalisées par les experts suivants : - araignées : Michaël DIERKENS - Cicindelidae : Philippe RICHOUX - Cerambycidae : Jérome SUDRE et Sébastien ROJKOFF - Scarabaeidae : Michaël DIERKENS et Sébastien ROJKOFF La liste des références bibliographiques utilisées est fournie en fin de rapport. Destination du matériel Le matériel sera réparti entre diverses collections (collections des experts étudiant les groupes concernés et collections institutionnelles). - IAC : Institut Agronomique Néo-Calédonien - CCEC : Centre de Conservation et d’Etude des collections du Musée des Confluences, Lyon - MNHN : Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris - CD : collection Michaël Dierkens - CS : collection Jérome Sudre - CR : collection Sébastien Rojkoff - CRi : collection Philippe Richoux. Les Curculionidae seront intégralement déposés à l’IAC. Les Araignées seront déposées en fin d’étude au CCEC. Avancement des identifications : coléoptères Cicindelidae : identifications réalisées. Scarabaeidae : les Canthonini sont encore en cours d’étude. Les Paronthobium ont été confiés à Olivier Montreuil (MNHN), dans le cadre d’une révision du genre. Plsieurs espèces sont à décrire. Les identifications des Onthobium seront validées après comparaison avec le matériel du MNHN. Cerambycidae : 2 espèces sont à décrire (étude confiée à Jérome Sudre), les autres spécimens sont identifiés. Curculionidae : tous les spécimens seront déposés à l’IAC, qui prendra en charge leur étude. 2 Avancement des identifications : araignées Plus de la moitié des espèces sont identifiées. Les Gasteracantha sont en cours d’étude. Le mâle d’ Argiope caledonia n’est pas décrit. Pour les autres espèces, l’examen de matériel supplémentaire sur la base de récoltes ciblées serait utile pour confirmer le statut et l’identification des espèces concernées, en permettant notamment d’associer les mâles aux femelles et d’apprécier la variabilité intraspécifique. Spécimens correspondant à des espèces signalées de Nouvelle-Calédonie mais ne correspondant pas exactement aux descriptions ou ne pouvant être identifiées de manière certaine compte-tenu de la récolte d’un seul sexe : - Menneus neocaledonicus (Simon, 1888) - Cyclosa albopunctata Kulczyn'ski, 1901 : l’espèce parait très variable, les formes tuberculées sont probablement à l’origine des citations de C. mulmeinensis - Argyrodes cf. amboinensis Thorell, 1878 - Euryopsis sp. - Bianor sp. ? - Corambis sp. - Penionomus sp. - Thorelliolla cf. ensifera (Thorell, 1877) Espèces probablement déjà décrites mais non signalées de Nouvelle-Calédonie : - Myrmarachne sp. - Neoscona sp. Spécimens correspondant à des espèces non signalées, probablement nouvelles : - Menneus sp. : gibbosités caractéristiques sur l’abdomen. - Aranaeus sp. 1 à 6 : l’attribution des mâles aux femelles n’est pas certaine. Certaines de ces espèces sont probablement non signalées ou nouvelles . - Cyclosa sp. - Heurodes cf. turritus : genre non signalé de Nouvelle-Calédonie. - Tetragnatha sp1 à 3 - Ariamnes cf. cylindrogaster - Spheropistha sp . - Anelosimus sp1 et 2 - Episinus sp. ? - Phoroncidia sp. - Theridion (Achaearanea ?) sp. - Theridiidae sp1 - Theridiidae sp2 - Mimetidae : famille non signalée - Trite sp1 à 3 : l’attribution des mâles aux femelles n’est pas certaine. Certaines de ces espèces sont probablement non signalées ou nouvelles. - Salticidae sp. 3 bilan des récoltes : ARAIGNEES 4 SCYTODIIDAE Scytodes striatipes (L. Koch, 1872) Matériel : Bouloupari, sentier du pic Ouitchambo (15/03/2013, 1 fragment, n°6394) ; Farino, pont Théveniot, bord de rivière (11/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6327) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (1 mâle, 1 femelle, n°6423). Identification : d’après BERLAND (1924, 1935). DEINOPIDAE Menneus neocaledonicus (Simon, 1888) ? Matériel : Bourail, alentours de la forêt des cycas, forêt sèche (13/03/2013, 1 femelle, 1 immature, n°6335). Identification : d’après CODDINGTON , KUNTNER & OPELL (2012). Remarque : épigyne un peu différente du dessin de Coddington et al . L’examen d’un matériel plus diversifié est indispensable pour prendre en compte la variabilité intraspécifique et statuer sur l’identification de ces spécimens. Menneus sp. Matériel : Païta, col de la Pirogue, RM10, creek du Sanatorium, forêt primaire (28/02/2013 et 06/03/2013, 2 femelles et 1 immature, n°6125 et 6382). Remarque : espèce à abdomen gibbeux. ARANAEIDAE Anepsion semialbum (Simon, 1880) Matériel : Païta, col de la Pirogue, bord de la RM10, entre le sanatorium et le sentier du Mont Mou (28/02/2013, 1 femelle ; n°6215) ; Sarraméa, sentier du plateau de Dogny, forêt (14/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6147). Identification : d’après CHRYSANTHUS (1961). Arachnura simoni Berland, 1924 Matériel : Farino, sentier de la cascade des sources (11/03/2013, 2 femelles, 1 immature, n°6197). Identification : d’après BERLAND (1924). Aranaeus canalae Berland, 1924 Matériel : Bourail, col des Roussettes (13/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6132) ; Bourail, forêt des Cycas, forêt sèche (13/03/2013, 1 immature, n°6135). Identification : d’après BERLAND (1924). Aranaeus yatei Berland, 1924 Matériel : Bouloupari, plage de Bourake, mangrove (10/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6158). Identification : d’après BERLAND (1924). 5 Aranaeus sp1 Matériel : Bouloupari, RM1, alentours de la rivière Ouaméni (10/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6152) ; Bouloupari, intersection RM1-RT1, bord de rivière (10/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6163) ; Bouloupari, sentier du pic Ouitchambo (15/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6190) ; Bourail, alentours de la forêt des cycas, forêt sèche (13/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6136) ; Bourail, forêt derrière la plage de la Roche Percée, forêt sèche (13/03/2013, 3 mâles, n°6137) ; Farino, sentier de la cascade des sources (11/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6196) ; la Foa, CR 50 (17/03/2013, 1 mâle, 2 femelles, n°6173) ; Mont Dore, Plum, RP2, forêt derrière la plage de Carcassone (27/02/2013, 1 femelle, n°6179) ; Païta, col de la Pirogue, RM10, creek du Sanatorium, forêt primaire (28/02/2013, 1 immature, n°6153) ; Sarraméa, sentier du plateau de Dogny, forêt (14/03/2013, 3 femelles, n°6159) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (18/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6204). Aranaeus sp2 Matériel : Bouloupari, sentier du pic Ouitchambo (15/03/2013, 1 immature, n°6188) ; la Foa, CR 50 (17/03/2013, 1 immature, n°6172) ; Prony, Port Boisé (4-5/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6184) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (18/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6207). Aranaeus sp3 Matériel : Païta, col de la Pirogue, RM10, creek du Sanatorium (06/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6174). Aranaeus sp4 Matériel : Bouloupari, sentier du pic Ouitchambo (15/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6187) ; Païta, col de la Pirogue, RM10, creek du Sanatorium (06/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6176) ; Prony, Port Boisé, de nuit (05/03/2013, 3 femelles, n°6211) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (18/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6205). Aranaeus sp5 Matériel : Sarraméa, sentier du plateau de Dogny, forêt (14/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6149). Aranaeus sp6 Matériel : Mont Dore, Mont Dore par le sud, embranchement ouest RP1-RP2, forêt humide (27/02/2013, 1 mâle, n°6181) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (18/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6206). Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983 Matériel : Bouloupari, sentier du pic Ouitchambo (15/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6186) ; Dumbéa, l'Hermitage (03/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6208) ; Farino, sentier de la cascade des sources (11/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6192) ; Mont Dore, Plum, RP2, forêt derrière la plage de Carcassone (27/02/2013, 1 femelle, n°6180) ; Païta, col de la Pirogue, RM10, creek du Sanatorium, forêt primaire (28/02/2013, 1 femelle, n°6126) ; Prony, Port Boisé (4-5/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6183 ; 05/03/2013, de nuit, 1 mâle, n°6212) ; Sarraméa, sentier du plateau de Dogny, forêt (14/03/2013, 1 femelle, n°6144) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (18/03/2013, 1 mâle, 1 femelle, n°6199). Identification : d’après LEVI (1983) pour la femelle ; mâle non décrit. 6 Arkys brevipalpus Karsch, 1878 Matériel : Bouloupari, sentier du pic Ouitchambo (15/03/2013, 4 femelles, n°6189) ; Dumbéa, l'Hermitage (03/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6210) ; Farino, pont Theveniot, bord de rivière (11/03/2013, 1 immature, n°6168) ; Farino, sentier de la cascade des sources (11/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6193) ; la Foa, CR 50 (17/03/2013, 2 femelles, morphe sombre, n°6170) ; Païta, col de la Pirogue, bord de la RM10 entre le sanatorium et le sentier du Mont Mou (28/02/2013, 3 mâles, n°6216) ; Sarraméa, sentier du plateau de Dogny, forêt (14/03/2013, 2 mâles, 1 immature, n°6161) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (18/03/2013, 1 mâle, 1 femelle, n°6202). Identification : d’après BERLAND (1924, sub perlatus ) ; HEIMER (1984). Cyclosa trilobata (Urquhart, 1885) Matériel : Bourail, forêt derrière la plage de la Roche Percée, forêt sèche (13/03/2013, 2 mâles, n°6138) ; Dumbéa, alentours de l’auberge des Koghis, forêt primaire (03/03/2013, 4 femelles, 4 immatures, n°6139) ; Païta, col de la Pirogue, bord de la RM10 entre le sanatorium et le sentier du Mont Mou (28/02/2013, 1 mâle, n°6218) ; Prony, CR9, avant parking (27/02/2013, 1 femelle, n°6375) ; Sarraméa, sentier du plateau de Dogny, forêt (14/03/2013, 3 mâles, 6 femelles, 1 immature, n°6160) ; Thio, tribu de Koua (18/03/2013, 1 mâle, n°6424). Identification : d’après DAVIES (1988). Le statut de cette espèce n’est pas clair par rapport à Cyclosa insuana (Costa, 1834). Cyclosa albopunctata Kulczyn'ski, 1901 Matériel : la Foa, presqu'île de Ouano, plage Sauveur, mangrove (11/03/2013, 1 mâle, 2 femelles, n°6154) ; Sarraméa, sentier du plateau de Dogny, forêt (14/03/2013, 1 femelle, abdomen tuberculé n°6148). Identification : d’après BIGOT (1992, pour le mâle et l’habitus) ; CHRYSANTHUS (1961 ; 1971).
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