ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Articulata - Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopterologie e.V. DGfO Jahr/Year: 2002 Band/Volume: 17_1_2002 Autor(en)/Author(s): Vlk Robert Artikel/Article: First record ot the bush-cricket Phaneroptera nana nana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the Czech Republic 101-102 Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopterologie e.V.; download http://www.dgfo-articulata.de/ Tribed Mts. ARTf GULATA 2002 17(11: 1o1 - 102 FAUNISTIK 9. Nitra - Mt. Zobor (KEMPNY, 1953; MnRnru,1954; MnRnru, 1965; DuotcH, 1969; enpurn, 1970; M|HALrK et al., 1971; KRUMPAI et al., 1978; Kuruon, 1985; GnlooS, AMBRos, 1988; SucHn, 1990; GultOrn, 1992; unpubl.data - Majzlan, Ponec, Kodada) First record of the bush-cricket Phanetoptera nana nana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the Czech Republic Slovenskf kras Mts. Robert Vlk 10. Plesivec - Plesiveck6 planina (LABLER, 1933; Mnnnn, 1954; Mnnaru, 1965; @, 1978;cnmorr, 19BB; GuLrcKA, 1992) 1 1. Z5dielska dolina (KLTNDA, 1985) Phaneroptera nana FTEBER, 1853 is a Circum-Meditenanean species (THoRENS & NADrc 1997) with the northern edge of its range in central Europe. Although it Beskvdsk6 predhorie is known from Burgenland and Hungary for a long time (Henz 1969), HoLUSA & 12. Kapu5any Kapu5anskf hradnf vrch (HonvnrH, 1916) - VIDLfOKA ('1997) reported the occurence ot Phaneroptera nana from south-west- ern Slovakia forthe first time in 1994 (one male caught in southern Slovakia al- Vihorlat Mts. ready in 1962 is deposited in the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava). Until 13. Vinn6 * Mt. Senderov (GuLrcKA, '1967) now there were no references conceming its occurrence in the Czech Republic Zemplinske vrchy Mts. Zempleni hegys6g Mts. - (as a part of the former Czechoslovakia) (KoiAnrK et al. 1999). *S6torafia-Uihelv-* (CHvzen, 1884; CHyzEn, 1897; PUNGUR, 1900; HoRVATH, 1916; PUNGUR, 1918) On 28 October 1992, two males ol Phaneropfera were observed and one was "Slovensk6 Nov6 Mesto'- (KEMpNY, 1953; MARAN, 1954; MARAN, 1965; KRUMPAL caught on the bank of a water reservoir (Stiedni novomlfnsk6 n6drZ) near the vil- et al., 1978) lage of Strachotin (faunistic field 7065, see PRUNNER & MIKA 1996), as a sample "* The locality S6toralja-Ujhely in Hungary (Mt. Varhegy) was erroneously of very late autumn occurence of Phaneroptera falcata (PoDA, 1761), which is a considered as locality Slovensk6 Nov6 Mesto in Slovakia. common species in south-eastem Moravia (CHleorx 1993). Later, after the cor- rect identification of the male as Phanercptera nana nana (Vlk leg., det. et coll.), Acknowledgements the possible introduction from Austria could not be excluded because both males were observed sifting We wish to thank to the following persons for their information on Saga pedo: L. on the front of a red car with a number plate of Burgenland. On 1 1 November eacko, F. Hergot, J. Holu5a, V. Knezl, J. Kodada, O. Majzlan, J. Majskf, Ondra- 2001 , another male of Phanercptera nana, was found dead (hit by a car) on the Ska and J. Ponec. Our thanks belong to l. Ok6li for reading the manuscript and road along the same lake near the village of Pouzdiany (7065), about for his comments as well. 2 km from the first locality (Vlk leg., det. et coll.). This confirmed the occurence of Phaneroptera nana in the Czech Republic. Both localities are situated at southem slopes of the northem bank of the com- Authors: plex [ubomir Vroltern: Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, of three large lakes built near the village of Nove Mllny (Novomlfnske n6drZe). young D0bravsk6 cesta 9, 842 06 Bratislava, Slovakia, e-mail: The slopes are covered by bushes or trees. Originally, before the lakes were built uzaevid [email protected] and flooded, Quercus spp., U/mus carpinifotia, Acer campestis, Fraxinus probably At Vladimir Jnrusrcl: Slovak National Museum - Natural History Museum, excelsior, Euonymus spp., etc. were dominant species. present, Vajansk6ho n6breZie 2,814 36 Bratislava, Slovakia, e-mail: invasive species such as Robinia pseudoacacia, Acer negundo, Sam- bucus [email protected] nign, Rosa spp., Sa/x spp. have colonised these habitats. Peter FEDoR. Department of Ecosozology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, ln 1994, HoLUSA & VtDLteKA (1997) recorded the flight activity ol Phaneroptera Comenius University, Mlynsk6 dolina 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia, e- nana mail: [email protected] using Malaise traps in south-western Slovakia, from the beginning of August peak Miroslav KRuvpAt-: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, to the end of September, with the in the first half of September. lt means, that both records in south-eastem Moravia (northem edge of the range of Comenius University, Mlynsk6 dolina 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia, e- the mail: [email protected] species) are very late in the season. The species is a thamnobiont (RAcz 1998), shrubs Jozef LuxAS. Department of feeding on the leafs of deciduous trees and as well as laying eggs of Zoology, Faculty Natural Sciences, Inlo Comenius University, Mlynsk6 dolina 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia the leafs (BEy-BtENKo 1954) and is only occasionally found on the ground (there is no suitable recording method). But after the end of warm period (first naf of October) the surviving adults can be found on the ground or walls (authors (1) ARTTCULATA 2002',l7 ARTTCULATA2OO2 17 (1) 10'l Deutschen Gesellschaft für Orthopterologie e.V.; download http://www.dgfo-articulata.de/ experience from southern Tyrol in ltaly) attracted by the heat emitted from the ICULATA 2Oo217 (1): 103 - 106 BIOLOGIE surface (including cars parked in the sun). b Author Mgr. Robert Vlk, Ph.D. ;,' rn Kannibalismus der Gottesanbeterin Mantis religiosa (LINNAEUS, 1758) Department of Biology Eberhard Pfeuffer Pedagogical Faculty Masaryk University Poiili 7 CZ 603 00 Bmo z ammenfassung e-mail. [email protected] B, chtet wird eine Einzelbeobachtung von Kannibalismus der Gottesanbeterin (l ntis religiosa) nach der Paarung im Freiland. Bei BerUcksichtigung neuerer List of references Li atur scheint dieses Verhalten nur als Ausnahmefall vozukommen. Demnach lie fruhere Annahme, dass ein Kannibalismus" der Gottesanbeterin BEY-BIENKo, G. Ja. (1954): Pryamokrylyye. Tom tl, vyp.2. Kuznyetschikovyye. podsem. Lis- is ,,sexueller tovyye Kuznyetschiki (Phaneropterinae). - tzdatyelstvo Akadyemii Nauk SSSR, Moskva in iinne der Arterhaltung fungiert, wohl nicht haltbar. & Leningrad, 387 pp. CHLADEK, F. (1993): K roziiieni kobylky Phanercpten falcata (poda), (Orthoptera, phanero- A tract pterinae) na Tiebid.sku a v Ceskoslovensku. (Zur Verlcreitung von Laubheuschrecke Phaneropten falcata (Poda), (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae), in der Umgebung von Tt paper reports an isolated case of cannibalism after mating of Mantis Tiebid und in derTschechoslowakei.). - Prirodoved. Sbor. Z6padomorav. Muz. Tiebic n ,osa in the field. According to recent literature this kind of behaviour seems to 19: 101-104 (in Czech, German abstr.). bt exceptional. Therefore the capturing of the male by the female Mantis HARZ, K. (1969): Die Orthopteren Europas/The Orthoptera of Europe. Vol. | (Ensifera). Dr. W. r( 'iosa can no longer be considered as a means of preservation of the species. Junk N.V., The Hague, 434 pp. HouuSa, J. & VrDLteKA, [. (1997): Orthoptera in the Devinska Kobyla hill. - Entomofauna car- oatica 9: 54-59 r-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) hat wohl als erster in seinen,,Souyenlrs entomo- la detaflliert Uber den Kannibalismus der (Mantis religi- KocAREK, P., HoLUSA, J. & VTDL|CKA [., (1999): Check-list Blaftaria, 7ues" Gottesanbeterin of Mantodea, Orthoptera '1989). and Dermaptera of the Czech and Slovak Republics. - Articulata 14(2\: 177-184. )wdhrend und nach der Paarung berichtet (GucceruHetu Danach fra- t5, die Weibchen nahezu regelmaBig wdhrend oder nach der Begattung die PRUNNER, L. & MIKA, P (1996): Seznam obci a jejich c5sti v e esk6 republice s cisly mapovfch M poli pro sifov6 mapov6ni fauny. (List of the settlements in the Czech republic with rnchen.2 Fabre betont, daB seine Beobachtungen sich nur auf Tiere in Gefan- associated map field codes for faunistic grid mapping system.). - Klapalekiana, 32 c' schaft beziehen: ,,Was sich nun tatsichlich im freien Buschwerk, im Gras und (Suppl.): 1-175. (in Czech, English abstr.). (; iUsch abspielt, weiB ich nicht". Trotz dieser Einschrdnkung wurde in speteren RAcz, l. A. (1998): Biogeographical survey of the Orthoptera Fauna in Central Part of the Car- lffentlichungen ein ,,sexueller Kannibalismus" weitgehend als normaler Be- pathian Basin (Hungary). Fauna types and community types. - Articulata 13(1): 53-69. )l :dteil des Paarungsverhaltens der Mantis religiosa Ubernommen. Er galt g( 'ldezu als Paradebeispiel fur das Konzept der Arterhaltung unter Opferung THoRENS, P., NADIG, A. (1997): Atlas de distribution des orthopteres de Suisse. - Dokumenta Helvetica 16. Pro natura, Neuchatel, 236 pp. e elner Individuen. Erst Untersuchungen neueren Datums (HARZ 1983, H fEMANN 1984, DAVrs & LrsKE 1985, EHRMANN 1986) weisen darauf hin, dass d :e Art von Kannibalismus bei Mantls religiosa als Artefakt der Gefangenschaft o( r bedingt durch den Hungezustand des Weibchens auftritt. Dieser Deutung ar 'reBen sich auch DETZEL & EHnunruru (1998) an. 2 rr Kannibalismus der Gottesanbeterin wird in dem Fabre gewidmeten Insektenmuseum IV cpoils, er6ffnet im Jahr 2000 in Fabres Geburtsort Saint-L6ons/Frankrerch. in einem D ama in humorvoller Weise daroestellt. ARTICULATA 2OO2 17 (1) cuLATA2002 17(1).