Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 1–20, 2006
Title: Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) species from Angola
Author: Kontschán, J.
Author's address: Systematic Zoology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum
H-1088, Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary. E-mail: kontscha@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu
Abstract: Ten Uropodina species were found in the soil, moss and litter materials collected in Angola and presently kept in the Soil Zoology Collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. A new genus (Afrotrachytes gen. n.) and ten species were identified in this rich material. One of them is a known species [Uropoda elegans (Marais & Theron, 1986)], but the other nine (Afrotrachytes seticaudatus sp. n., Leonardiella machadoi sp. n., Oplitis angolensis sp. n., Oplitis csuzdii sp. n., Cheloniuropoda cheloniforma sp. n., Uropoda cornuata sp. n., Uropoda afra sp. n., Rotundabaloghia mahunkaiana sp. n., Uroactinia angolensis sp. n.) are proved to be new to science. With 45 figures.
Key words: Acari, Uropodina, new species, Angola
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 21–33, 2006 Title: Ununguitarsonemus tremulae,
a new species of tarsonemid mites (Acari: Heterostigmata) from Crimea, Ukraine
Authors: Magowski, W. L.1 and Khaustov, A. A.2
Authors' addresses: 1Department of Animal Taxonomy and Ecology, A. Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61–614 Poznan, Poland, E-mail: magowski@amu.edu.pl Abstract: Ununguitarsonemus tremulae sp. n. is described and illustrated based on the female, male and larva. Morphology and systematics of
the new taxon are briefly discussed.
Key words: Tarsonemidae, Ununguitarsonemus, new species, taxonomy, kambio- and xylophages
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 35–48,
2006 Title: West African earthworm genus Millsonia Beddard, 1894 (Oligochaeta: Acanthodrilidae, Benhamiinae) reviewed and separation of a new genus
Author: Csuzdi, Cs.
Author's address: Systematic Zoology Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest Baross u. 13, Hungary,
e-mail: csuzdi@nhmus.hu
Abstract: A detailed morphological revision of the species belonging to the genus Millsonia Beddard, 1894 is presented, and a
new species Millsonia bouna sp. n. is described. To accommodate
the species possessing enteronephric excretory system a new genus
Reginaldia gen. nov. is erected. The new genus is divided into
two subgenera according to the number of oesophageal gizzards: Reginaldia
(Reginaldia) subgen. nov. for the species possessing two gizzards
in v and vi, and Reginaldia (Peritogaster) subgen.
nov. for the species provided with only one gizzard in vi.
Key words: earthworms, Oligochaeta, Acanthodrilidae, Benhamiinae, Millsonia, new species and genus, Reginaldia (Reginaldia),
Reginaldia (Peritogaster), Africa
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 49–75,
2006 Title: New and little-known species of scythridid moths collected by Z. Kaszab in Mongolia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae)
Authors: Passerin d'Entreves, P. and Roggero, A.
Authors' address: Dipartimento Biologia Animale, Via Accademia Albertina 13, I-10123 Torino, Italy, E-mail: pietro.passerin@unito.it, angela.roggero@unito.it
Abstract: We examined the scythridid specimens collected in Mongolia by Dr. Z. Kaszab during his six expeditions between 1963 and 1968,
now preserved in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest, Hungary).
Seven new species are described, namely Scythris kaszabi sp.
n., S. mongholica sp. n., S. bajanlegi sp. n., S.
talyniella sp. n., S. gobiensis sp. n., S. sachkovi
sp. n. and S. pallidella sp. n.; new records of some little-known
species from Mongolia are added and the female of S. cirra
Falkovitch, 1972 is described for the first time.
Key words: Scythrididae, Mongolia, new species, faunistics
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 77–80,
2006 Title: Owl pellet avoidance in Yellow-necked mice Apodemus flavicollis and House mice Mus musculus Authors: T. Sike1 and L. Rózsa2
Authors' addresses: 1Satu Mare Territorial Museum, Department of Natural History Abstract: Owls feed mainly on rodents, which may harbour a diverse set of pathogen
species. Their pellets often contain undigested body parts of the
prey that may also contain viable rodent pathogens. Therefore, avoiding
pellets may serve to reduce pathogen transmission in rodents. Alternatively,
rodents may also avoid pellets as a form of predator avoidance, since
pellets are likely to indicate owl presence in the vicinity. These
alternative hypotheses both lead to the prediction that the behavioural
repertoire of rodents should include owl-pellet avoidance, an adaptive
behaviour to reduce the chance of infection or predation. The present
study tested whether rodents avoid pellets by live-trapping yellow-necked
mice Apodemus flavicollis using traps with and without pellets,
and in house mice Mus musculus in Y-maze experiments. We show
that both the yellow-necked mice in the field and the house mice in
the laboratory exhibit conspicuous owl-pellet avoidance. We argue
that this behaviour is an adaptive way to reduce either the transmission
of unspecified rodent pathogens or predation pressure.
Key words: pellet avoidance, rodent, barn owl
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52 (1), pp. 81–96,
2006
Title: Spatial organization and home range
of Apodemus flavicollis and A. agrarius on Mt. Avala, Serbia
Authors: Vukicevic-Radic, O.1, Matic, R.1, Kataranovski, D.1 and Stamenkovic, S.2
Authors' addresses: 1Institute for Biological Research "Sinisa Stankovic", Despota Stefana 142, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, E-mail: olivera@ibiss.bg.ac.yu Abstract: Spatial organization and home range size of Apodemus flavicollis and A. agrarius were studied in a forest community
(Orno-Quercetum petraeae) at Avala mountain (Serbia). From
1997–1999 a mark-recapture method on a 4 ha study plot was
used to follow both species. Observed range length (ORL) and home
range area (HR) were calculated for individuals recaptured 4–6
times. A. flavicollis had a smaller home range than A. agrarius,
while males of both species had larger home ranges than females. The
differences were significant for species but not for sexes. Both species
had similar values of ORL and HR in periods of low density of both
species, high density of both species and in periods of high density
when the other species had low density. The magnitude of ORL and HR
expansion in periods of low density was significantly smaller when
the other species was in present in high density. This effect was
more pronounced in A. agrarius than in A. flavicollis.
We suggest that differential micro-habitat utilization within the
study area by the two species was partly responsible for this phenomenon.
Key words: Apodemus flavicollis, A. agrarius, home range, spatial organization
2Department of Agroecology, Nikita Botanical Gardens –
National Scientific Center, 98648 Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, E-mail: alkhaustov@ukr.net
V. Lucaciu 21 Ro-440031 Satu Mare, Romania. E-mail: sike@datec.ro
2Animal Ecology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
and Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér
2, Hungary, E-mail: rozsa@nhmus.hu
2Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro