Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1), pp. 1–15, 2020
Title: New species of the genera Diplobodes and Machadocepheus (Acari, Oribatida, Carabodidae) from Thailand, with remarks on some related genera
Authors: Sergey G. Ermilov and Alexander A. Khaustov
Authors' address: Tyumen State University, Lenina str. 25, 625000 Tyumen, Russia; E-mails: ermilovacari@yandex.ru, alkhaustov@mail.ru
Abstract: Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Carabodidae are described from litter in Thailand. Diplobodes parakanekoi sp. n. differs from Diplobodes kanekoi, D. africanus and D. aokii by fewer notogastral setae in the c-row, different number of notogastral tubercles, presence of a translamella, and the localization of dorsal notogastral setae. Machadocepheus pararachii sp. n. differs from Machadocepheus rachii by the positions of dorsal notogastral setae c1, da and la. The generic status of the related genera Diplobodes, Machadocepheus, Gibbicepheus, Gibbibodes, Kalloia, Neocarabodes, Sagittabodes and Zimbabweae is discussed.
Key words: carabodid mites, systematics, morphology, Oriental region, Oribatida.
DOI: 10.17109/AZH.66.1.1.2020
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1), pp. 17–22, 2020 Title: A new species of the genus Stirellus Osborn et Ball,
1902 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) from the United Arab Emirates
Authors: Vladimir M. Gnezdilov Author's address: Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences,
Universitetskaya nab. 1, St. Petersburg 199034, Russia; E-mail: vmgnezdilov@mail.ru, vgnezdilov@zin.ru Abstract: Stirellus desertus sp. n. is described after male and female specimens collected in Sharjah of the United Arab Emirates. This is the first record of the tribe Stenometopiini Baker from the country.
Key words: Arabian Peninsula, new species, Stenometopiini, Stirellus, Cicadellidae. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.66.1.17.2020
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1), pp. 23–33, 2020 Title: The oldest Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) of the subfamily Diaperinae and the tribe Scaphidemini from the Paleocene of Menat (France)
Authors: 1, 2Maxim V. Nabozhenko and 3Alexander G. Kirejtshuk Authors' addresses: 1Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences Abstract: The oldest tenebrionid beetle Palaeobasanus neli gen. et sp. n. of the tribe Scaphidemini (subfamily Diaperinae) is described from the Paleocene of Menat (Thanetian) in France. The new extinct genus shows a distinct complex of characters of the tribe Scaphidemini, such as modified procoxal cavities, modified prosternal “cowling” and mesocoxal cavities partly closed by mesepimera. Palaeobasanus gen. n. differs from the extant Scaphidemini in the narrowly separated coxae, structure of prosternal process, which is moderately narrow at middle but strongly widened at apex and rounded (not truncate), abdominal intercoxal process, antennomeres 4–7 clearly covered by simple trichoid sensilla but without round sensory complexes as in recent Scaphidemini and Diaperini. All these mentioned characters seem to be symplesiomorphies within the tenebrionoid lineage, including oldest Mesozoic ‘tenebrionoid’ darkling beetles. It is thought that Palaeobasanus gen. n. could be a basal group within Scaphidemini, closely related to Diaperini, which probably existed at least in the border of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic. Key words: diversification of Diaperini and Scaphidemini, new species and genus, fossil tenebrionids, Tenebrionidae. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.66.1.23.2020
2Dagestan State University, M. Gadzhiev str. 45, Makhachkala 367000, Russia; E-mail: nalassus@mail.ru
3Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya emb., 1, St Petersbug 199034, Russia;
E-mail: kirejtshuk@gmail.com
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1), pp. 35–67, 2020 Title: Contribution to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Polia Ochsenheimer, 1816 (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Hadenini): species groups and pairs in the Holarctic subgenus Polia s. str.
Authors: 1*Zoltán Varga, 2Gábor Ronkay, 1Jenő Nagy and 3László Ronkay
Authors' addresses: 1*Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary; E-mail: varga.zoltan@science.unideb.hu Abstract: We review the phylogenetic and biogeographical connections of the Holarctic subgenus Polia, re-considering the diagnoses of the species groups based on the external morphology and the characterisation of the male and female genitalia, as well. We produced trees based on genital morphological characters. A preliminary CO1 consensus tree was also constructed which generally supports the morphologically outlined species groups. The plesiomorphic abdominal brush organ was observed to become lost in different species groups independently. The asymmetrisation of the tufts of bristles on the saccular extensions represents one of the most important traits of the genus. These are weakly differentiated, and the shape is nearly symmetrical in supposedly plesiomorphic character states. The most differentiated asymmetrical saccular processes were found in P. serratilinea and, parallel, also in the species of the Holarctic P. nebulosa group. Holarctic connections are present in most Arctic-Boreal species and certain sister species and/or species groups in temperate taxa (i.e. in the P. bombycina and the P. nebulosa species groups), with subsequent speciation in the Nearctic. It means that Trans-Beringian migrations should have occurred at least three times in the geographical history of Polia, from which the trans-migration of the basally split P. nebulosa group was the most ancient. Key words: diagnosis, consensus tree, genital morphology, character status, sister species, biogeography, Polia, Noctuidae. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.66.1.35.2020
1Department of Evolutionary Zoology and Human Biology, University of Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary; E-mail: jenonagy.off@gmail.com
2Heterocera Press Ltd., H-1137 Budapest, Szent István krt.4, Hungary; E-mail: gaborronkay@gmail.com
3Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary; E-mail: ronkay.laszlo@nhmus.hu
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1), pp. 69–84, 2020 Title: Shell morphology, growth pattern and population dynamics of the land snail Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828) in two areas of different climatic conditions within a temperate climate region
Authors: 1Magdalena Marzec, 2Elżbieta Kuźnik-Kowalska and 3Małgorzata Proćków Authors' addresses: 1Suwalski Landscape Park, Malesowizna-Turtul 24, 16-404 Jeleniewo, Poland, E-mail: magdamarzec@poczta.onet.pl Abstract: To determine the relative role of climatic variables (temperature and precipitation) on land snail Xerolenta obvia populations, field surveys were conducted in Poland at two sites (SW and NE) with striking differences in climatic regime during two growing seasons. In a temperate climate of Central Europe X. obvia is an annual species with the majority of snails hatching in autumn. They overwinter as juveniles, continue their growth in spring and summer, and reproduce in the following autumn. Due to the comparatively milder climate, the SW population is more plastic, some individuals can live and reproduce longer. The two variants of the growth model are presented. We found that the length of growing season and temperature were additional factors determining differences in snails’ growth and population dynamics between the sites. The growth rate of X. obvia is negatively correlated with the initial size of their shells and varies among sites. These two geographically distant populations differ in terms of their shell size and morphology. The SW population is characterised by larger, dark banded shells compared to the NE one, which is dominated by snails with smaller, white shells. A pattern of decreasing body size in areas with shorter growing season may explain differences in the shell size of X. obvia. Larger shells in regions with warmer and drier environment perhaps constitute responses to selection by environmental factors.
Key words: growth rate, size structure of population, life cycle, terrestrial molluscs, Geomitridae, land snail, shell morphology. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.66.1.69.2020
2Department of Invertebrate Systematics and Ecology, Institute of Biology, Wrocław University
of Environmental and Life Sciences, Kożuchowska 5b, 51-631 Wrocław, Poland
E-mail: elzbieta.kowalska@upwr.edu.pl
3Museum of Natural History, University of Wrocław, ul. Sienkiewicza 21
50-335 Wrocław, Poland; E- mail: malgorzata.prockow@uwr.edu.pl
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66 (1), pp. 85–98, 2020 Title: Nest characteristics of the Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) in southwestern Iran
Authors: 1*Arya Shafaeipour, 1Behzad Fathinia and 2Jerzy Michalczuk Authors' addresses: 1*Department of Biology, University of Yasouj, Yasouj, Iran; E-mail: shafaei@yu.ac.ir Abstract: In the springs of 2015–2017, the population size and nest characteristics of the Eastern Rock Nuthatch (Sitta tephronota) were investigated. The study was conducted in a 400 hectare area of the mountainous region of southwestern Iran. In 2016, the population of the Eastern Rock Nuthatch was estimated at 33 pairs and its density was 8.25 breeding pairs per 100 ha of the study area. During the study, 45 nuthatch nests were investigated, of which 15 (33%) were found in cliffs and 28 (62%) were located in tree holes; 2% were built in house and bridge walls. The height of the nest was 214.3±112.3 cm above ground level. The mean of the horizontal and vertical depths of the nest chambers in trees was 17.8±3.7 and 12.6±3.2 cm respectively, and statistically differed from those in rocky nests (respectively 23.9±5.5 and 10.8±4.6 cm). However, chamber volumes did not statistically differ between these two nest type categories. The inner entrance areas of rocky nests were significantly smaller than those located in tree holes (respectively 11.1±2.3 and 15.3±5.5 cm2). Our findings suggest that differences in nest characteristics may be an adaptation of the Eastern Rock Nuthatch to predation.
Key words: Eastern Rock Nuthatch, secondary hole-nesters, nest-cavity characteristics, mountains, rocky habitats, forests, Iran. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.66.1.85.2020
1Department of Biology, University of Yasouj, Yasouj, Iran; E-mail: bfathinia@gmail.com
2Department of Nature Protection and Landscape Ecology, University of Rzeszów
Zelwerowicza 4, 35-601 Rzeszów, Poland; E-mail: jurmich@univ.rzeszow.pl