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Elementos Para El Conocimiento De Los
Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 49 (31/12/2011): 309‒319. ELEMENTOS PARA EL CONOCIMIENTO DE LOS MELÁNDRIDOS Y TETRATÓMIDOS DEL NORTE DE ESPAÑA Y ACTUALIZACIÓN DEL CATÁLOGO DE ESPECIES IBÉRICAS (COLEOPTERA: TENEBRIONOIDEA: MELANDRYIDAE, TETRATOMIDAE) J. I. Recalde Irurzun1 & I. Pérez-Moreno2 1 C/Andreszar, 21. 31610 Villava. Navarra. Spain. ‒ [email protected] 2 Universidad de La Rioja. Depto. de Agricultura y Alimentación. C/Madre de Dios, 51. 26006. Logroño. Spain. ‒ [email protected] Resumen: Se registran 18 especies de Melandryidae y 2 de Tetratomidae de provincias septentrionales españolas. Dos de estas especies (Anisoxya fuscula (Illiger, 1798) e Hypulus quercinus (Quensel, 1790)) son nuevas para las faunas española e ibérica. Se presenta una lista de la fauna ibérica española de melándridos (27 especies) y tetratómidos (7 especies), junto con una actualiza- ción de su distribución conocida. Palabras clave: Coleoptera, Melandryidae, Tetratomidae, Tenebrionoidea, escarabajos saproxílicos, España. Contribution to the knowledge of the melandrids and tetratomids of northern Spain, with an update of the catalogue of Ibe- rian species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Melandryidae, Tetratomidae) Abstract: Eighteen species of Melandryidae and two of Tetratomidae are recorded from northern Spanish provinces. Two of those species (Anisoxya fuscula (Illiger, 1798) and Hypulus quercinus (Quensel, 1790)) are new records both for the Spanish and Iberian faunas. A list of the Spanish Iberian melandrids (27 species) and tetratomids (7 species) is presented, together with an update of their known distribution. Key words: Coleoptera, Melandryidae, Tetratomidae, Tenebrionoidea, saproxylic beetles, Spain. Introducción La superfamilia Tenebrionoidea Latreille, 1802 está constitui- desarrollados, sobre todo el artejo terminal, que adquiere da por un grupo de familias de apariencia y biología diversa formas diversas en las diferentes especies. -
Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with Redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia Argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) N
BOLL. SOC. ENTOMOL. ITAL., 145 (3): 103-115, ISSN 0373-3491 15 DICEMBRE 2013 Enrico ruZZiEr Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Italian Mordellidae (Coleoptera Tenebrionoidea) with redescription of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb. Riassunto: Note faunistiche e tassonomiche sui Mordellidi italiani con ridescrizione di Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura (Franciscolo, 1942) n. comb. Nel presente lavoro sono forniti nuovi dati faunistici sui Mordellidae italiani ed è redatta una nuova checklist. Viene inoltre ridescritta Variimorda argyropleura e fornita una nuova combinazione tassonomica. Abstract: New faunistic records of italian Mordellidae and an updated checklist are given. Variimorda argyropleura is re-described and the species is assigned to the genus Falsopseudotomoxia. Key words: Coleoptera; Tenebrionoidea; Mordellidae; faunistic. iNTroduCTioN species whose status was in doubt. in this paper the Mordellidae is an extremely complex and ho- new status of Falsopseudotomoxia argyropleura mogeneous beetle family where a secure identifica- (Franciscolo, 1942) will be explained and an updated tion at species level is not possible without a check list of italian Mordellidae will be given. combination of genital morphology, external charac- ters (such as ridges on hind tibiae and tarsi, colour CHECK LisT oF iTALiAN MordELLidAE of the hairs on the elytra) and morphometric analysis. (* status not clear; [?] doubtful presence) in particular, genera such as Mordella (Linnaeus, ErPC: Enrico ruzzier Personal Collection, Mirano 1758) and Mordellistena (A. Costa, 1854) require at- (Venezia). tention due to the richness of sibling species (K. Er- CBFV: Centro Nazionale per lo studio e la Conservazione misch, 1954; 1956; 1963; 1965b; 1969; 1977), often della Biodiversità Forestale Bosco Fontana, Verona. sympatric. Therefore, faunistic research requires FAPC: Fernando Angelini Personal Collection, Francavilla careful and precise study of all material available. -
(Insecta) a Mátra És Tarnavidék Területéről
16_Kovacs_Ritka_rovarok.qxd 2011.01.19. 15:23 Page 181 FOLIA HISTORICO NATURALIA MUSEI MATRAENSIS 2010 34: 181–195 Ritka és természetvédelmi szempontból jelentõs rovarok (Insecta) a Mátra és Tarnavidék területérõl II. KOVÁCS TIBOR, MAGOS GÁBOR & URBÁN LÁSZLÓ ABSTRACT: (Rare and protected insects (Insecta) in the area of the Mátra and Tarnavidék II.) This paper provides locality data of 106 insect species from the Mátra Mountains, the Tarna Region and the Uppony Hills. Eight spe- cies are of community interest listed in the Habitats Directive (Cerambyx cerdo, Cucujus cinnaberinus, Limoniscus violaceus, Lucanus cervus, Osmoderma eremita, Probaticus subrugosus, Rosalia alpina, Saga pedo); one species (Osmoderma eremita) is strictly protected and 49 species are protected in Hungary. Species interesting from faunistical point of view: Omoglymmius germari, Osmoderma eremita, Anthaxia plicata, Cerophytum elateroides, Megapenthes lugens, Podeonius acuticornis, Aplocnemus integer, Prostomis mandibularis, Tetratoma desmarestii, Mycetoma suturale, Necydalis ulmi. The following species are new to the Mátra Mountains: Omoglymmius germari (Rhysodidae); Anthaxia plica- ta (Buprestidae); Cerophytum elateroides (Cerophytidae); Ampedus elegantulus, A. nigerrimus, A. nigroflavus, Ischnodes sanguinicollis, Lacon querceus, Megapenthes lugens, Podeonius acuticornis, Reitterelater bouyoni (Elateridae); Chlorophorus hungaricus, Paracorymbia fulva, Necydalis ulmi (Cerambycidae); Camptorhinus simp- lex, C. statua (Curculionidae). The following natural habitats are especially valuable on the basis of their insect fauna (taking into the considera- tion a previous paper on the same area): Ágasvár – Ágasvár-oldal, Cserepes-tetõ, Disznó-tetõ – Fekete-tó, Ezerháztetõ – Szénégetõ – Tót-hegyes, Kisgombosi-legelõ, Mraznica-tetõ – Tõkés-kút-tetõ, Oroszlánvár, Óvár – Óvár-oldal, Som-hegy, Úrráteszi-rész (Mátra Mountains); Burja-hegyese, Debornya-fõ, Kis-Nádú-völgy, Ökör-hegy, Szállás- verõ-hegy, Szederjes-verõ, Vajdavár (Tarna Region); Damasa-hegy, Damasa-szakadék (Uppony Hills). -
(Coleoptera) in the Babia Góra National Park
Wiadomości Entomologiczne 38 (4) 212–231 Poznań 2019 New findings of rare and interesting beetles (Coleoptera) in the Babia Góra National Park Nowe stwierdzenia rzadkich i interesujących chrząszczy (Coleoptera) w Babiogórskim Parku Narodowym 1 2 3 4 Stanisław SZAFRANIEC , Piotr CHACHUŁA , Andrzej MELKE , Rafał RUTA , 5 Henryk SZOŁTYS 1 Babia Góra National Park, 34-222 Zawoja 1403, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 2 Pieniny National Park, Jagiellońska 107B, 34-450 Krościenko n/Dunajcem, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 3 św. Stanisława 11/5, 62-800 Kalisz, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 4 Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] 5 Park 9, 42-690 Brynek, Poland; e-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT: A survey of beetles associated with macromycetes was conducted in 2018- 2019 in the Babia Góra National Park (S Poland). Almost 300 species were collected on fungi and in flight interception traps. Among them, 18 species were recorded from the Western Beskid Mts. for the first time, 41 were new records for the Babia Góra NP, and 16 were from various categories on the Polish Red List of Animals. The first certain record of Bolitochara tecta ASSING, 2014 in Poland is reported. KEY WORDS: beetles, macromycetes, ecology, trophic interactions, Polish Carpathians, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Introduction Beetles of the Babia Góra massif have been studied for over 150 years. The first study of the Coleoptera of Babia Góra was by ROTTENBERG th (1868), which included data on 102 species. During the 19 century, INTERESTING BEETLES (COLEOPTERA) IN THE BABIA GÓRA NP 213 several other papers including data on beetles from Babia Góra were published: 37 species were recorded from the area by KIESENWETTER (1869), a single species by NOWICKI (1870) and 47 by KOTULA (1873). -
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough County Wildlife Sites
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough County Wildlife Sites Selection Guidelines VERSION 6.2 April 2014 CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH COUNTY WILDLIFE SITES PANEL CAMBRIDGESHIRE & PETERBOROUGH COUNTY WILDLIFE SITES PANEL operates under the umbrella of the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Biodiversity Partnership. The panel includes suitably qualified and experienced representatives from The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire; Natural England; The Environment Agency; Cambridgeshire County Council; Peterborough City Council; South Cambridgeshire District Council; Huntingdonshire District Council; East Cambridgeshire District Council; Fenland District Council; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Environmental Records Centre and many amateur recorders and recording groups. Its aim is to agree the basis for site selection, reviewing and amending them as necessary based on the best available biological information concerning the county. © THE WILDLIFE TRUST FOR BEDFORDSHIRE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 2014 © Appendices remain the copyright of their respective originators. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any type of retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, photocopying, mechanical, recording or otherwise) without the permission of the copyright owner. INTRODUCTION The Selection Criteria are substantially based on Guidelines for selection of biological SSSIs published by the Nature Conservancy Council (succeeded by English Nature) in 1989. Appropriate modifications have been made to accommodate the aim of selecting a lower tier of sites, i.e. those sites of county and regional rather than national importance. The initial draft has been altered to reflect the views of the numerous authorities consulted during the preparation of the Criteria and to incorporate the increased knowledge of the County's habitat resource gained by the Phase 1 Habitat Survey (1992-97) and other survey work in the past decade. -
Coleópteros Saproxílicos De Los Bosques De Montaña En El Norte De La Comunidad De Madrid
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos Coleópteros Saproxílicos de los Bosques de Montaña en el Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid T e s i s D o c t o r a l Juan Jesús de la Rosa Maldonado Licenciado en Ciencias Ambientales 2014 Departamento de Producción Vegetal: Botánica y Protección Vegetal Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos Coleópteros Saproxílicos de los Bosques de Montaña en el Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid Juan Jesús de la Rosa Maldonado Licenciado en Ciencias Ambientales Directores: D. Pedro del Estal Padillo, Doctor Ingeniero Agrónomo D. Marcos Méndez Iglesias, Doctor en Biología 2014 Tribunal nombrado por el Magfco. y Excmo. Sr. Rector de la Universidad Politécnica de Madrid el día de de 2014. Presidente D. Vocal D. Vocal D. Vocal D. Secretario D. Suplente D. Suplente D. Realizada la lectura y defensa de la Tesis el día de de 2014 en Madrid, en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Agrónomos. Calificación: El Presidente Los Vocales El Secretario AGRADECIMIENTOS A Ángel Quirós, Diego Marín Armijos, Isabel López, Marga López, José Luis Gómez Grande, María José Morales, Alba López, Jorge Martínez Huelves, Miguel Corra, Adriana García, Natalia Rojas, Rafa Castro, Ana Busto, Enrique Gorroño y resto de amigos que puntualmente colaboraron en los trabajos de campo o de gabinete. A la Guardería Forestal de la comarca de Buitrago de Lozoya, por su permanente apoyo logístico. A los especialistas en taxonomía que participaron en la identificación del material recolectado, pues sin su asistencia hubiera sido mucho más difícil finalizar este trabajo. -
The Functions and Evolution of Social Fluid Exchange in Ant Colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Marie-Pierre Meurville & Adria C
ISSN 1997-3500 Myrmecological News myrmecologicalnews.org Myrmecol. News 31: 1-30 doi: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:001 13 January 2021 Review Article Trophallaxis: the functions and evolution of social fluid exchange in ant colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Marie-Pierre Meurville & Adria C. LeBoeuf Abstract Trophallaxis is a complex social fluid exchange emblematic of social insects and of ants in particular. Trophallaxis behaviors are present in approximately half of all ant genera, distributed over 11 subfamilies. Across biological life, intra- and inter-species exchanged fluids tend to occur in only the most fitness-relevant behavioral contexts, typically transmitting endogenously produced molecules adapted to exert influence on the receiver’s physiology or behavior. Despite this, many aspects of trophallaxis remain poorly understood, such as the prevalence of the different forms of trophallaxis, the components transmitted, their roles in colony physiology and how these behaviors have evolved. With this review, we define the forms of trophallaxis observed in ants and bring together current knowledge on the mechanics of trophallaxis, the contents of the fluids transmitted, the contexts in which trophallaxis occurs and the roles these behaviors play in colony life. We identify six contexts where trophallaxis occurs: nourishment, short- and long-term decision making, immune defense, social maintenance, aggression, and inoculation and maintenance of the gut microbiota. Though many ideas have been put forth on the evolution of trophallaxis, our analyses support the idea that stomodeal trophallaxis has become a fixed aspect of colony life primarily in species that drink liquid food and, further, that the adoption of this behavior was key for some lineages in establishing ecological dominance. -
Additions, Deletions and Corrections to the Staphylinidae in the Irish Coleoptera Annotated List, with a Revised Check-List of Irish Species
Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society Number 41 (2017) ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE STAPHYLINIDAE IN THE IRISH COLEOPTERA ANNOTATED LIST, WITH A REVISED CHECK-LIST OF IRISH SPECIES Jervis A. Good1 and Roy Anderson2 1Glinny, Riverstick, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland. e-mail: <[email protected]> 21 Belvoirview Park, Belfast BT8 7BL, Northern Ireland. e-mail: <[email protected]> Abstract Since the 1997 Irish Coleoptera – a revised and annotated list, 59 species of Staphylinidae have been added to the Irish list, 11 species confirmed, a number have been deleted or require to be deleted, and the status of some species and names require correction. Notes are provided on the deletion, correction or status of 63 species, and a revised check-list of 710 species is provided with a generic index. Species listed, or not listed, as Irish in the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (2nd edition), in comparison with this list, are discussed. The Irish status of Gabrius sexualis Smetana, 1954 is questioned, although it is retained on the list awaiting further investgation. Key words: Staphylinidae, check-list, Irish Coleoptera, Gabrius sexualis. Introduction The Staphylinidae (rove-beetles) comprise the largest family of beetles in Ireland (with 621 species originally recorded by Anderson, Nash and O’Connor (1997)) and in the world (with 55,440 species cited by Grebennikov and Newton (2009)). Since the publication in 1997 of Irish Coleoptera - a revised and annotated list by Anderson, Nash and O’Connor, there have been a large number of additions (59 species), confirmation of the presence of several species based on doubtful old records, a number of deletions and corrections, and significant nomenclatural and taxonomic changes to the list of Irish Staphylinidae. -
Nuevas Aportaciones Al Conocimiento De La Fauna De Coleópteros Saproxílicos (Coleoptera) Del Sistema Ibérico Septentrional, I
Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa (S.E.A.), nº 46 (2010) : 321−334. NUEVAS APORTACIONES AL CONOCIMIENTO DE LA FAUNA DE COLEÓPTEROS SAPROXÍLICOS (COLEOPTERA) DEL SISTEMA IBÉRICO SEPTENTRIONAL, I: ROBLEDALES DEL VALLE MEDIO DEL IREGUA (SIERRA DE CAMEROS, LA RIOJA, ESPAÑA)* Ignacio Pérez-Moreno Universidad de La Rioja. Departamento de Agricultura y Alimentación. c/Madre de Dios, 51. 26006 Logroño (La Rioja, España) − [email protected] * Trabajo financiado a través de la convocatoria 2005 de ayudas para estudios científicos de temática riojana, del Instituto de Estudios Riojanos (Gobierno de La Rioja) Resumen: Durante el año 2006 se realizó un muestreo de la fauna de coleópteros saproxílicos presente en dos robledales lo- calizados en el valle medio del Iregua (Sistema Ibérico septentrional). En total, se han estudiado 697 ejemplares y se han iden- tificado 154 especies, pertenecientes a 39 familias (excepto Staphylinidae). La mayoría de las especies se obtuvieron median- te trapas tipo tubo y multiembudo. Teniendo en cuenta su preferencia por microhábitats específicos, dominan las especies que viven en el leño y en la corteza, seguidas de las especies que habitan en los cuerpos fructíferos de hongos lignícolas y las que frecuentan las cavidades que se forman en los troncos de los árboles añosos. Con respecto al tipo de grupo trófico, las espe- cies xilófagas son las más abundantes, seguidas de las depredadoras y micetófagas. La biodiversidad saproxílica de estos bosques se ha caracterizado por presentar una mayoritaria presencia de especies de distribución europea. Se han identificado algunas especies raras, poco conocidas o indicadoras de la calidad de los bosques. -
A Baseline Invertebrate Survey of the Knepp Estate - 2015
A baseline invertebrate survey of the Knepp Estate - 2015 Graeme Lyons May 2016 1 Contents Page Summary...................................................................................... 3 Introduction.................................................................................. 5 Methodologies............................................................................... 15 Results....................................................................................... 17 Conclusions................................................................................... 44 Management recommendations........................................................... 51 References & bibliography................................................................. 53 Acknowledgements.......................................................................... 55 Appendices.................................................................................... 55 Front cover: One of the southern fields showing dominance by Common Fleabane. 2 0 – Summary The Knepp Wildlands Project is a large rewilding project where natural processes predominate. Large grazing herbivores drive the ecology of the site and can have a profound impact on invertebrates, both positive and negative. This survey was commissioned in order to assess the site’s invertebrate assemblage in a standardised and repeatable way both internally between fields and sections and temporally between years. Eight fields were selected across the estate with two in the north, two in the central block -
Do Permanently Mixed Colonies of Wood Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Really Exist?
A N N A L E S Z O O L O G I C I (Warszawa), 2006, 56(4): 667-673 DO PERMANENTLY MIXED COLONIES OF WOOD ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) REALLY EXIST? WOJCIECH CZECHOWSKI and ALEXANDER RADCHENKO Laboratory of Social and Myrmecophilous Insects, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland; e-mails: [email protected], [email protected] Abstract.— We describe the composition of two colonies of wood ants (FM-1 and FM-2) from southern Finland, identified on the basis of morphological investigations of workers (for FM-1, also of alate gynes and males) as mixed colonies comprising individuals with phenotypes typical of Formica aquilonia Yarr., F. polyctena Först. and F. rufa L. The prevailing species (phenotypes) were F. polyctena in FM-1, and F. rufa in FM-2. Colony FM-1 was observed every year in the period 1996–2006, almost from the moment it was formed. A first tentative investigation in 1999 revealed that it was already a mixed one and was probably also polygynous. Systematic follow-up investigations from 2002 to 2006 demonstrated relative stability of the proportions of individual species (phenotypes). A possible origin of this permanently mixed colony is postulated and discussed. ± Key words.— Ants, Formicidae, Formica rufa-group, Formica polyctena, Formica aquilonia, Formica rufa, mixed colonies, polygyny, morphology, phenotypes. INTRODUCTION able intraspecific variability of individuals often make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to determine the Palaearctic wood ants, i.e. the species of the sub- species affiliation of a given colony. Such difficulties genus Formica s. -
Insect Fauna Compared Between Six Polypore Species in a Southern Norwegian Spruce Forest
--------------------------FaunanorY. Ser. B 42: 21-26.1995 Insect fauna compared between six polypore species in a southern Norwegian spruce forest Bj0rn 0kland 0kland, B. 1995. Insect fauna compared between six polypore species in a southern Norwegian spruce forest. - Fauna norv. Ser. B 42: 21-26. Beetles and gall midges were reared from dead fruiting bodies of the polypore species Phellinus tremulae, Piptoporus betulinus, Fomitopsis pinicola, Pycnoporus cinnabari nus, Fomes fomentarius and Inonotus radiatus. The number of species differed signifi cantly among the polypore species. The variation in species richness conformed well with the hypothesis that more insect species may utilize a fungi species with (1) increasing durational stability, and (2) increasing softness of the carpophores. Strong preferance for certain polypore species was indicated for most of the Cisidae species, and a few species in the other families of beetles and gall midges (Diptera). The host preferances of the Cisidae species were in good agreement with records from other parts of Scandinavia. The host records in two of the gall midge species are new. Many of the species were too low-frequent for an evaluation of host preferances. Bjf/Jrn 0kland, Norwegian Forest Research Institute, Hf/Jgskolevn. 12, 1432 As, Norway. INTRODUCTION Karst., Fomes fomentarius (Fr.) Kickx, Piptoporus betulinus (Fr.) Karst., Phellinus A large number of mycetophagous insects uti tremulae (Bond.) Bond.& Borisov, Pycnoporus lize fruiting bodies of wood-rotting fungi as cinnabarinus (Fr.) Karst. and Inonotus radiatus food and breeding sites (Gilberston 1984). The (Fr.) Karst. All six species form sporocarps of a species breeding in Polyporaceae display vary- bracket type, and are associated with different t ing degree of host specificity.