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Contributions to the study of (: ) fauna from Nature Reserves of Iaşi County, Romania

Elena-Mădălina MORARIU* and Ioan MOGLAN

Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Faculty of Biology, B-dul Carol I, no. 20A, 700505 Iaşi, Romania. *Corresponding author, E.M. Morariu, E-mail: [email protected]

Received: 26. January 2014 / Accepted: 24. March 2014 / Available online: 06. October 2014 / Printed: December 2014

Abstract. In this study we present 18 species of Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) collected from 10 natural reserves of Iaşi County (Romania), from 2009 to 2013, of which 14 species were mentioned in Iaşi County in prior studies. The species homalonotus (Fieber 1851) is rare for Romania, being cited in the South of the country. The species Neottiglossa leporina (Herrich-Schaeffer 1830) and Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood 1837) were found as new species for the north-eastern region of Romania. Eurydema dominulus (Scopoli 1763) is mentioned for the first time in Iaşi County. This study adds 4 more species for Iaşi County to the original number of 23 species previously mentioned in the literature.

Key words: Heteroptera, fauna, Pentatomidae, Nature Reserves, Iaşi County, Romania.

Introduction from Iaşi County (Morariu 2008). The importance of preserving biodiversity has There have been few studies regarding family and been brought to the fore at the threat of pollution diversity of Pentatomidae and all Heteroptera in and excessive exploitation of natural resources the north-eastern area of Romania (Moldova). Ar- (Ursu et al. 2013). Most papers concerning biodi- nold L. Montandon has published some papers in- versity of natural reserves from Iaşi County are fo- cluding records of Pentatomidae from that area at cusing on plants or vertebrates (Dobrescu et al. the beginning of the 20th century. The pentatomid 1969, Krecsák & Zamfirescu 2008, Zamfirescu & species presented in his studies were collected Zamfirescu 2009). In this regard, we present an in- only from two counties belonging to the north- ventory of Pentatomidae species collected from 10 eastern region of Romania: Vaslui and Suceava nature reserves of Iaşi County from 2009 to 2013. (Montandon 1885, 1907, Sienkiewicz 1964). He also Natural reserves Forest Uricani, Forest Gheorghi- collected Heteroptera species from Iaşi County, ţoaia, Forest Tătăruşi, Făgetul Secular Humosu, but those species belong to other families (Mon- Poiana cu Schit, Valea Ilenei and Valea lui David tandon 1885). One of the few works containing in- are classified by I.U.C.N. belonging to the Cate- formation regarding family Pentatomidae gory IV of Protected Areas (IUCN 2013). Dealul lui throughout Romania is the volume of 'Fauna of the Dumnezeu and Pădurea şi pajiştile Mârzeşti are Socialist Republic of Romania' by Bela Kis (1984). In Sites of Community Interest (SCI) (IUCN 2013). that monograph, Kis cited 19 species of Penta- Moreover, considering that these natural re- tomidae from Iaşi County. serves belong to Iaşi County, in this paper we also In the fauna of Romania, Kis (1984) identified update the list of Pentatomidae for this region. 74 species of Pentatomidae, belonging to three subfamilies, 37 of which are considered rare in Romania. Besides those, three additional species, Material and methods

Aelia klugi Hahn, 1831, Neottiglossa bifida (Costa, The entomological material was collected from Iaşi 1847) and Nezara viridula (Linnaeus, 1758), are ex- County, Poiana cu Schit Natural Reserve (=NR), Forest pected in Romanian fauna though not collected Tătăruşi NR, Forest Uricani NR, Pădurea şi pajiştile Mâr- yet, while occurrence of Sciocoris helferi Fieber, zeşti NR, Valea lui David NR, Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR, 1852 requires confirmation due to the past mis- Forest Gheorghiţoaia NR, Făgetul Secular Humosu NR, identifications of the species (Kis 1984). Valea Ilenei NR and Lunca Mirceşti NR (Fig. 1) from 2009 In 2008, Morariu published an updated list of to 2013. All the species were collected with the entomo- logical net, sweeping the vegetation. The species were species from Iaşi County. There identified following keys by Kis (1984), Vinokurov et al. are cited 4 new species of the family Pentatomidae (1988) and Derjanschi & Péricart (2006). The terminology Pentatomidae from Iaşi County S39

Figure 1. Nature reserves from Iaşi County where the the collecting was made.

follows Rider (2006). To confirm some of the species, we Distribution: West-Palaearctic species (Derjan- examined the external male genitalia. schi & Péricart 2006, Rider 2006, Aukema et al. 2013). In Romania, this species is cited in all his-

torical regions of the country, except Bucovina Results (Montandon 1907; Kis 1984).

Subfamily Podopinae Neottiglossa leporina (Herrich-Schaeffer 1830) (Fig. 2.a) Graphosoma lineatum (Linnaeus 1758) Material examined: 2♀, 1♂ - Poiana cu Schit NR Material examined: 1♂ - Valea Ilenei NR (IS, RO), (IS, RO), 20.06.2013. 12.05.2012; 1♂, 1♀ - Lunca Mirceşti NR (IS, RO), Distribution: Palaearctic species (Derjanschi & 25.07.2013; 1♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, RO), Péricart 2006, Rider 2006, Aukema et al. 2013). In 20.06.2013; 1♀ - Dealul lui Dumnezeu (IS, RO), Romania it is widely distributed in the South of 23.07.2013; 2♂, 1♀ - Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR (IS, the country (Montandon 1907, Kis 1984). RO), 22.08.2013. Distribution: Palaearctic species (Kis 1984, Tribe Eysarcorini Rider 2006, Aukema et al. 2013). In Romania it is Eysarcoris aeneus (Scopoli 1763) widely distributed, being cited in all the historical Material examined: 1♂ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, regions of the country (Kis 1984). RO), 20.06.2013.

Distribution: Palaearctic species (Derjanschi & Subfamily Péricart 2006, Rider 2006). In Romania it is cited in

Tribe Aeliini all historical regions of Romania, except Dobrogea (Montandon 1907, Kis 1984). Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus 1758) Material examined: 1♂, 5♀ - Valea Ilenei NR (IS, Eysarcoris venustissimus (Schrank 1776) RO), 13.06.2012; 2♂, 2♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, Material examined: 1♂ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, RO) 20.06.2013; 1♀ - Forest Gheorghiţoaia NR (IS, RO), 9.06.2009. RO), 18.07.2013. Distribution: Palaearctic species (Derjanschi & Distribution: Palaearctic species (Kis 1984, Péricart 2006, Rider 2006). Known distribution in Derjanschi & Péricart 2006, Rider 2006, Aukema et Romania: more frequent in the north and central al. 2013). In Romania it is widely distributed, be- parts of the country (Kis 1984). ing cited in all the historical regions of the country Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood 1837) (Fig. 2.b) (Kis 1984). Material examined: 2♂, 4♀ - Pădurea şi pajiştile

Aelia rostrata Boheman 1852 Mârzeşti NR (IS, RO), 23.07.2013. Material examined: 1♂, 1♀ - Valea lui David NR Distribution: Holomediterranean species, ex- (IS, RO), 22.08.2013. tending to the Ethiopian and Oriental Regions S40 E.M. Morariu & I. Moglan

(Rider 2006; Linnavuori 2012). In Romania it is 25.07.2013; 2♀, 2♂ – Pădurea şi pajiştile Mârzeşti more frequent in the South of the country (Kis NR (IS, RO), 22.08.2013. 1984). Distribution: It occurs through Palaearctic Re-

Stagnomus (Stagnomus) amoenus (Brullé 1832) gion (Rider 2006). Widespread in Romania (Kis Material examined: 1♀ - Forest Gheorghiţoaia NR 1984).

(IS), 18.07.2013. Rubiconia intermedia (Wolff 1811) Distribution: South-Palaearctic species Material examined: 3♂, 3♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (Aukema et al., 2013). In Romania it is cited in the (IS, RO), 5.07.2009; 3♂, 2♀- Forest Gheorghiţoaia South, in the north-east and in the centre of the NR (IS, RO), 18.07.2013. country (Kis 1984, Morariu 2008). Distribution: Euro-Siberian species (Rider 2006, Aukema et al. 2013). Widespread in Romania Tribe Carpocorini (Kis 1984). Carpocoris purpureipennis (De Geer 1773) Material examined: 2♂ - Valea Ilenei NR (IS, Tribe Pentatomini

RO), 13.06.2012; 2♂, 1♀ - Poiana cu Schit (IS), Piezodorus lituratus (Poda 1761) 20.06.2013; 1♂, 2♀ - Făgetul secular Humosu NR Material examined: 1♂ - Forest Gheorghiţoaia NR (IS, RO), 11.07.2013; 8♂, 2♀ - Forest Gheorghiţoaia (IS, RO), 18.07.2013; 1♂, 1♀ - Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR (IS, RO), 18.07.2013; 1♀ - Valea lui David NR NR (IS, RO), 23.07.2013. (IS, RO), 22.08.2013. Distribution: South-Palaearctic species (Rider Distribution: Euro-Siberian species (Rider 2006; Aukema et al. 2013). Widespread in Romania 2006; Aukema et al. 2013). Known distribution in (Kis 1984). Romania: frequent all around the country, being Tribe Sciocorini the most common species of the genus Carpocoris (Kis 1984). (Fieber 1851) (Fig. 2.d,e) Material examined: 1♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus 1758) RO), 20.06.2013. Material examined: 3♂- Valea Ilenei NR (IS, RO), Distribution: Holomediterranean species 13.06.2012; 1♂, 2♀ - Forest Uricani NR (IS, RO), (Rider 2006; Aukema et al. 2013). It is a rare spe- 13.06.2012; 1♂, 3♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, RO), cies for Romania, being cited only in the south of 20.VI.2013; 1♂, 3♀ - Forest Tătăruşi NR (IS, RO), the country (Desa (DJ), Cazane (MH) and in Do- 11.07.2013; 2♀ - Făgetul secular Humosu NR (IS, brogea) (Kis 1984). RO), 11.07.2013; 1♂ - Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR (IS,

RO), 23.07.2013; 1♂ - Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR (IS, Tribe Strachiini RO), 22.08.2013. Eurydema dominulus (Scopoli 1763) (Fig. 2.c) Distribution: It occurs throughout the Palae- Material examined: 2♀, 1♂- Forest Tătăruşi NR (IS, arctic region (Yathom 1980, Rider 2006). In Roma- RO), 11.07.2013. nia it is widespread, being one of the most com- Distribution: Palaearctic species (Rider et al. mon species of the family (Montandon 1907, Kis 2002). In Romania, it is frequent in the mountain- 1984, Stănescu 1997). ous regions of the country and is absent in Dobro- Peribalus strictus strictus (Wolff 1804) grea (Kis 1984). Material examined: 2♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus 1758) RO), 5.07.2009; 1♀ - Forest Gheorghiţoaia NR (IS, Material examined: 3♂ - Forest Gheorghiţoaia NR RO), 18.07.2013; 1♂, 1♀ - Valea lui David NR (IS, (IS, RO), 18.07.2013; 1♂, 2♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR RO), 22.08.2013; 1♀ - Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR (IS, (IS, RO), 5.07.2009; 1♂ - Pădurea şi pajiştile Mâr- RO), 22.08.2013; 1♂ - Pădurea şi pajiştile Mârzeşti zeşti NR (IS, RO), 22.08.2013; 2♀ - Dealul lui NR (IS, RO), 22.08.2013. Dumnezeu NR (IS, RO), 22.08.2013. Distribution: Palaearctic species (Rider 2006). Distribution: Euro-Siberian species, also found Widespread in Romania (Kis 1984). in Northern Africa (Derjanschi & Péricart 2006). Palomena prasina (Linnaeus 1761) Widespread in Romania (Kis 1984, Stănescu 1997). Material examined: 1♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, Eurydema ornata (Linnaeus 1758) RO), 5.07.2009; 3♀ - Poiana cu Schit NR (IS, RO), Material examined: 1♂ - Valea lui David NR (IS, 9.06.2009; 5♀, 2♂ - Forest Uricani NR (IS, RO), RO), 22.08.2013; 2♂, 1♀ - Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR 13.06.2012; 1♂, 1♀ - Lunca Mirceşti NR (IS, RO), (IS, RO), 22.08.2013; 1♀ - Forest Gheorghiţoaia NR

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a. b.

c. d. e.

Figure 2. Species new for Iaşi County collected from 2009 to 2013. a. - Neottiglossa leporina (Herrich- Schaeffer 1830); b. - Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood 1837); c. - Eurydema dominulus (Scopoli 1763); d. - Sciocoris homalonotus (Fieber 1851) (dorsal view); e. - Sciocoris homalonotus (Fieber 1851) (ventral view)

(IS, RO), 18.07.2013 ested in the Pentatomidae from the Moldova re- Distribution: Palaearctic species, reaching as gion. The latest data concerning Pentatomidae far north as Southern Sweden (Derjanschi & Péri- family from Moldova were presented by Kis cart 2006, Aukema et al. 2013). Widespread in (1984). In this paper, were recorded 19 species of Romania (Kis 1984). Pentatomidae collected in Iaşi County (Table 1). In our previous study, published in 2008, we confirmed presence of 15 species belonging to two Discussions subfamilies (Podopinae and Pentatominae) of Pen- tatomidae (Morariu 2008; Kis 1984) and we men- For Moldova region there are few studies concern- tioned the presence of another 4 species (Eysarcoris ing the family Pentatomidae. Since Montandon's venustissimus (Schrank 1776), Sciocoris distinctus pioneer papers that were published at the begin- (Fieber 1851), Sciocoris microphtalmus (Fieber 1851) ning of the 20th century (Montandon 1885; 1907), and Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus 1758) (Morariu there were very few other entomologists inter- 2008).

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Tabel 1. List of pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) collected from natural reserves (NR) from Iaşi County (2009- 2013) (DD- Dealul lui Dumnezeu NR, FG- Forest Gheorghitoaia NR, FSH- Fagetul Secular Humosu NR, FT- Forest Tatarusi NR, FU- Forest Uricani NR, LM- Lunca Mircesti NR, PPM- Pădurea şi pajiştileMârzeşti NR, PS- Poiana cu Schit NR, VI- Valea Ilenei NR, VD- Valea lui David NR).

Species PS FT FG FU FSH LM VI VD PPM DD NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR Graphosoma lineatum (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X X Sciocoris homalonotus (Fieber, 1851) X Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X Aelia rostrata (Boheman, 1852) X Neottiglossa leporina (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1830) X Eysarcoris aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) X Eysarcoris venustissimus (Schrank, 1776) X Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837) X Stagnomus amoenus (Brullé, 1832) X Rubiconia intermedia (Wolff, 1811) X X Carpocoris purpureipennis (DeGeer, 1773) X X X X Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X X X X Peribalus strictus strictus (Wolff, 1804) X X X X X Palomena prasina (Linnaeus, 1761) X X X X Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) X X Eurydema ornata (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X X X Eurydema dominulus (Scopoli, 1763) X

Table 2. Updated list of the pentatomids (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from Iaşi County.

Species Species Species identified in Species cited by cited by Nature Reserves from Iaşi Kis (1984) Morariu (2008) County (2009-2013) Graphosoma lineatum (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X Sciocoris distinctus (Fieber, 1851) X Sciocoris macrocephalus (Fieber, 1851) X Sciocoris homalonotus (Fieber, 1851) X Aelia acuminata (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X Aelia rostrata (Boheman, 1852) X X X Neottiglossa leporina (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1830) X Eysarcoris aeneus (Scopoli, 1763) X X X Eysarcoris venustissimus (Schrank, 1776) X X Eysarcoris ventralis (Westwood, 1837) X Stagnomus amoenus (Brullé, 1832) X X X Rubiconia intermedia (Wolff, 1811) X X X Carpocoris purpureipennis (De Geer, 1773) X X X Carpocoris fuscispinus (Boheman, 1851) X Dolycoris baccarum (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X Antheminia lunulata (Goeze, 1778) X Peribalus strictus strictus (Wolff, 1804) X X X Palomena prasina (Linnaeus, 1761) X X Piezodorus lituratus (Fabricius, 1794) X X X Pentatoma rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758) X X Rhaphigaster nebulosa (Poda, 1761) X X Eurydema ornata (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus, 1758) X X X Eurydema dominulus (Scopoli, 1763) X Arma custos (Fabricius, 1794) X Picromerus bidens (Linnaeus, 1758) X Zicrona coerulea Amyot et Serville, 1843 X X

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In this paper we present a list of 18 species be- Derjanschi, V., Péricart, J. (2006): Hémiptères Pentatomoidea Euro- Méditerranéens. Volume I. Faune de France. Vol. 90. Fédération longing to the family Pentatomidae, collected from Françaises des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris (2005), 10 natural reserves from Iaşi County, from 2009 to 494pp + 16 pls. 2013. We confirmed the presence of 14 species, Dobrescu, C., Eftimie, E., Mititelu, D., Pascal, P. (1969): Aspecte floristice şi geobotanice cu privire la pădurea şi pajiştile de la previously cited as present in Iaşi County, and we Mârzeşti-Iaşi. Analele Ştiinţifice ale Universitatii Al. I. Cuza din added another 4 new species for this region. The Iaşi 15(1): 165-179. species Sciocoris homalonotus (Fieber 1851), Eysarco- IUCN (2013): Protected Areas Category IV. rina (Herrich-Schaeffer 1830) are new for the Kis, B. (1984): Heteroptera - parte generală şi suprafamilia north-east area of Romania. The first one is a Pentatomoidea. Fauna R.S.R., Vol 8, fasc. 85. Editura Academiei R.S.R., Bucharest, 216 pp. [in Romanian] holomediterranean species (Rider 2006; Aukema et Krecsák, L., Zamfirescu, Ş. (2008): Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii in al. 2013), mentioned only in several south Roma- Romania: historical and present distribution. North-Western nian localities (Kis 1984). Eysarcoris ventralis Journal of Zoology 4(2): 339-359. Linnavuori, R.E. (2012): Studies on Pyrrhocoroidea, Coreoidea and (Westwood 1837) is more frequent in the xero- Pentatomoidea of Khuzestan and the adjacent provinces in Iran thermic ecosystems of the southern areas of Ro- (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis mania (Kis 1984). The latter species recorded in the Pragae 52(1): 67–88. Montandon, A.L. (1885): Hémiptères Hétéroptères de Moldavie et North-East of the country is Neottiglossa leporina description de deux nouveau Eurygaster. Revue d'Entomologie (Herrich-Schaeffer 1830). The identification of the 4: 164-172. species in this geographical region is in agreement Montandon, A.L. (1907): Contribution à la Faune entomologique de la Roumanie. Buletinul Societăţii de Ştiinţe din România 16: 55- with previous studies that have located the species 82. up to N 53° (Derjanschi & Péricart 2006). Kis (1984) Morariu, E.M. (2008): Contributions to the knowledge of mentioned the region of Bârlad (N46°15') as being Pentatomoidea species (Heteroptera, Pentatomoidea) of Iasi County. Lucrările Simpozionului „Entomofagii şi Rolul Lor în the north-easternmost locality of N. leporina in Păstrarea Echilibrului Natural”, Universitatea „Al.I. Cuza” Iaşi Romania. The species Eurydema dominulus (Scopoli 2008: 163-168. 1763) is mentioned being present in Iaşi County Nicoară, M.N., Bomher, E. (2010): Conservarea biodiversităţii în judeţul Iaşi. Editura Pim, Iaşi, 188pp. for the first time; the species was mentioned be- Rider D.A. (2006): Family Pentatomidae Leach, 1815, pp. 233-402. fore for the mountain regions of the country. The In: Aukema, B., Rieger, C. (eds), Catalogue of the Heteroptera of species idenfied in the natural reserves from Iaşi the Palaearctic Region. Vol. 5. II. The Netherlands Entomological Society, Amsterdam, xiii + 550 pp. County since 2009 to 2013 are listed in Table 1. Rider, D.A., Zheng, L.Y., Kerzhner, I.M. (2002): Checklist and To sum up, the original number of 19 species nomenclatural notes on the Chinese Pentatomidae belonging to family Pentatomidae cited for Iaşi (Heteroptera). II. Pentatominae. Zoosystematica Rossica 11: 135- 153. County (Kis 1984) was enlarged by the new find- Sienkiewicz, I. (1964): The Catalogue of the „A.L.Montandon ings (4 new species) made by Morariu (2008). collection” of Palaearctic Heteroptera preserved in the „Grigore Also, during the collecting process made from Antipa” Museum of Natural History, Bucharest. Intreprinderea Poligrafică „13 Decembrie 1918”, Bucharest, 145pp. 2009 to 2013 in the natural reserves from Iaşi Stănescu, A. (1997): Contribuiton to the knowledge of the County, 4 more species were discovered, species Heteroptera fauna from Maramureş (Romania). Travaux du that were not previously mentioned for this region Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle „Grigore Antipa” 37: 55-67. Ursu, A., Nicoară, M., Grădinaru, I. (2013): Ghidul siturilor Natura of Romania. Thus, there are 27 species of Penta- 2000. Dealul lui Dumnezeu, Pădurea şi pajştile de la Mârzeşti, tomidae currently known in Iaşi County (Table 2). Judeţul Iaşi. Editura StudIS, Iassy, 96p. [in Romanian] Vinokurov, N.N., Golub, V.B., Kanyukova, E.V., Kerzhner, I.M., Tshernova G.P. (1988): Order Heteroptera (Hemiptera) – bugs, pp. 727-943. In: Lehr, P.A. (ed.), Keys to the of the far east

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