Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (2), pp. 119–158, 2022
Title: A new darkling beetle of the genus Nalassus Mulsant, 1854 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Transcaucasia with a key to species from the Greater Caucasus and notes on the taxonomy, distribution, bionomics and trophic relations
Authors: Maxim V. Nabozhenko1,2,3, Ludmila V. Gagarina4 and Ivan A. Chigray5
Authors' addresses: 1
Precaspian Institute of Biological Resources of the Daghestan Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, M. Gadzhiev str. 45, 367000 Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia; E-mail: nalassus@mail.ru
2Dagestan State University, M. Gadzhiev str. 43a, 367000 Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia
3A. N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospect 33, 119071 Moscow, Russia
4Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Popov str. 2, 197376 St Petersburg, Russia; E-mail: gagarinalv@binran.ru
5Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Emb. 1, 199034 St Petersburg, Russia; E-mail: chigray93@bk.ru
Abstract: A brief well-illustrated review of the tenebrionid genus Nalassus Mulsant, 1854 from the Greater Caucasus is presented. A new species, N. (Caucasonotus) negrobovi Nabozhenko, sp. n. is described from the alpine zone of Abkhazia. This species is similar to N. dombaicus (Nabozhenko, 2000), N. adriani (Reitter, 1922) and N. alanicus (Nabozhenko, 2000), but differs in the structure of eyes, antennae, pronotum and elytral interstriae. The following new synonyms are proposed after examination of a series of beetles and type specimens: Nalassus dissonus Nabozhenko, 2001 = Nalassus lutshniki Nabozhenko, 2001, syn. n.; Nalassus colchicus madlenae Nabozhenko, 2013 = Nalassus kartvelius Nabozhenko, 2013, syn. n.; Helops cambyses Seidlitz, 1895 = Cylindronotus ahngeri Medvedev, 1998, syn. n. Keys to species from the Greater Caucasus on males and females are given. New data on bionomics, landscape and habitat distribution and trophic relations are given. Interesting patterns are observed at the level of ecological groups: forest species feed mainly on corticolous foliose lichens from the family Physciaceae Zahlbr., while alpine Nalassus use saxicolous foliose lichens from the family Parmeliaceae Zenker; steppe species feed on terricolous foliose lichens at least from the family Cladoniaceae Zenker.
Key words: new taxa, synonymy, darkling beetle, Nalassus, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, habitat, host lichen, Caucasus.
DOI: 10.17109/AZH.68.2.119.2022
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (2), pp. 159–168, 2022 Title: A second European Axysta species (Diptera: Ephydridae)
Author: Jens-Hermann Stuke Author's address: Roter Weg 22, 26789 Leer, Germany; E-mail: jstuke@zfn.uni-bremen.de Abstract: Axysta clausseni sp. n. is described from Finland and Germany. All available names of European Axysta are discussed, and Hydrina viridula Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 is placed as nomen dubium in the genus Hyadina (stat. rev.). Key words: Ephydridae, Axysta, Europe, new species, key. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.68.2.159.2022
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (2), pp. 169–178, 2022 Title: Contributions to the taxonomy and biogeography of Afrotropical Eriborus Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae)
Author: Zoltán Vas Author's address: Hymenoptera Collection, Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary; E-mail: vas.zoltan@nhmus.hu Abstract: In this paper, two new species of Eriborus Förster, 1869 (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) are described from the Afrotropical region: Eriborus elgonensis sp. n. from Kenya and Eriborus rubens sp. n. from South Africa. Eriborus pallipes (Brullé, 1846), a species known from Mauritius and Réunion, is reported from continental Africa (South Africa) for the first time, and Eriborus regulator (Seyrig, 1935), a species known only from Kenya, is firstly reported from Ethiopia. Additionally, further South African distributional data on Eriborus pomonellae (Cameron, 1906) are also given. Key words: parasitoids, taxonomy, distribution, new record, new species, Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Afrotropical. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.68.2.169.2022
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (2), pp. 179–182, 2022 Title: A new freshwater gastropod species of the genus Pseudamnicola Paulucci, 1878 from Algeria (Gastropoda: Hydrobiidae)
Authors: Ghania Sadouk1, Houria Bouaziz-Yahiatene1, ramdiniramdane@hotmail.com1,medjdoubferroudja@yahoo.fr1 and Peter Glöer2 Authors' addresses: 1Laboratoire de production, sauvegarde des espèces menacées et des récoltes, Influence des variations climatiques. Département de Biologie. Faculté des Sciences Biologiques et des Sciences Agronomiques. Université Mouloud Mammeri de Tizi-0ouzou, 15000, Algeria; E-mails: ghania.sadouk@ummto.dz, houria.bouaziz@gmail.com, ramdiniramdane@hotmail.com, medjdoubferroudja@yahoo.fr Abstract: Pseudamnicola thawintae sp. n. (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) is described from Ait-Bouaddou, Tizi-Ouzou (Algeria) by the shells and the anatomy. In addition, photos of the shell and the penis morphology are given and photos of the type locality. Key words: Algeria, Hydrobiidae, Kabylie, new species, Pseudamnicola. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.68.2.179.2022
2Biodiversity Research Lab, Schulstr. 3, D-25491 Hetlingen, Germany; E-mail: gloeer@malaco.de
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (2), pp. 183–188, 2022 Title: A description of the male drumming call of Besdolus ventralis (Pictet, 1841) (Plecoptera: Perlodidae)
Authors: Kirill Márk Orci1, Tibor Kovács2 and Dávid Murányi3 Authors' addresses: 1MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group, a joint research group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University and the Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary; E-mail: orci.kirill.mark@nhmus.hu
Abstract: This paper gives the first description of the male drumming call of Besdolus ventralis. Based on the examination of a single male specimen of this rare stonefly species, its male call is composed of 3 beat groups, each containing 3–6 beats repeated at decreasing inter-beat intervals. Beat groups are separated by 184–212 ms intergroup intervals. Call duration varied between 496–549 ms at ambient air temperature 18.7–20.4 °C. These results show that the male call of B. ventralis is clearly different from the diphasic call of B. ravizzarum, and is rather similar to that of B. bicolor, which is the closest relative of B. ventralis according to mitochondrial DNA sequences. The main difference between the male calls of the two species seems to be that B. ventralis produces 3–6 beats per group, while B. bicolor is reported to produce only 2 (rarely 3) beats per beat group. Key words: Plecoptera, vibrational communication, drumming call, oscillogram. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.68.2.183.2022
2Mátra Museum of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-3200 Gyöngyös, Kossuth L. u. 40, Hungary; E-mail: koati1965@gmail.com
3Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, H-3300 Eger, Leányka út 6, Hungary; E-mail: d.muranyi@gmail.com
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Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68 (2), pp. 189–216, 2022 Title: Difference in small mammal assemblages in the diet of the Common Barn-Owl Tyto alba between two landscapes
Authors: Adrienn Horváth, Anita Morvai and Győző F. Horváth Authors' address: Department of Ecology, Institute of Biology, University of Pécs, Faculty of Sciences, H-7624 Pécs, Ifjúság u. 6, Hungary; E-mails: horvath.adrienn.1989@gmail.com;
morvai.anita92@gmail.com; hgypte@gamma.ttk.pte.hu Abstract: As an opportunistic predator, the Common Barn-owl (Tyto alba) proved to be an appropriate model organism to survey the composition of small mammal assemblages. This study analysed barn owls’ pellet samples from 14 localities containing 34 animal taxa and 4,088 prey items in two years (2015–2016). Two groups of samples (7–7 localities) were separated based on the dominance of semi-natural habitats and agricultural lands. Rarefaction analysis proved that the species richness and diversity of Barn owls’ diet were significantly higher in semi-natural landscapes. The multiple regression analysis between PCA scores showed that in the agrarian landscape the abundance of generalist species was influenced by the proportion of forests, while the value of the trophic level index was determined by the size of arable fields. In the case of semi-natural landscapes, the abundance of the synantrop guild and generalist species, especially S. araneus and A. agrarius, was influenced by the proportion of urban areas, the number of habitats and the size of arable fields. The results of this study suggested that the small mammal consumption of the Common Barn-owl is significantly different in the two landscapes, which reflects the impact of habitat heterogeneity and agricultural activity on prey availability. Key words: pellet analysis, land use, small mammals, guilds, Tyto alba. DOI: 10.17109/AZH.68.2.189.2022