Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (1), pp. 1-14, 1994

Title: Comparative analysis of edge effect on bird and beetle communities

Authors: A. Báldi & T. Kisbenedek

Authors' address: Ecological Research Group, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Baross u. 13. H-1088, Hungary

Abstract: Effect of edge was studied at the same time and place on bird and beetle communities in a riparian forest in Hungary. The diversity of birds was similar in the edge and in the interior habitats, but density increased in the edge. There were no significant differences between the edge and the interior bird communities. The beetle communities sampled in the forest edge, interior-edge and interior habitats differed significantly from each other. There were differences in calculated species number, diversity and equitability. Flying ability was related to habitat, with the number of species with flying ability increasing towards the edge. Our study revealed that the effect of edge may have similar consequences on taxonomically distant groups, but the applied scale was appropriate to detect significant differences only for beetles, not for birds. With two original figures.

Key words: edge effect, bird communities, beetle communities, spatial scale

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (1), pp. 15-19, 1994

Title: New Granuloppiidae (Acari: Oribatei, Oppioidea) from Costa Rica

Author: P. Balogh

Author's address: Department of Zoosystematics and Ecology, Loránd Eötvös University, H-1088 Budapest, Puskin u. 3, Hungary

Abstract: A new genus, Bornemiszaella, is established. Three new species are described. With 9 figures. Three new species are described. With 9 figures.

Key words: Oribatida, Granuloppiidae, Costa Rica, Bornemiszaella

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (1), pp. 21-27, 1994

Title: New taxa of the genus Orthosia Ochsenheimer, 1816 (s.l.) III. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Authors: M. Hreblay and J. Plante

Authors' addresses: H-2030 Érd, Somfa u. 15, Hungary
2, Rue des Prés de la Scie, CH-1920 Martigny, Switzerland

Abstract: Descriptions of Orthosia (Orthosia) faqiri sp. n., O. (O.) feda sp. n., from North Pakistan and O. (O.) reshoefti from Afghanistan. With 20 figures.

Key words: Orthosia, Palaearctic, taxonomy

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (1), pp. 29-49, 1994

Title: Further notes, additions and redescriptions of the oribatid species preserved in the Berlese collection (Acari, Oribatida) I.

Author: S. Mahunka

Author's address: Zoological Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary

Abstract: Discussion of 25 Oribatid species preserved in the Berlese Collection (Florence). Among them the statement of the up-to-date systematic position of 2 species, 9 new combinations, 1 new status and for 2 species the establishment of new genera (Ovobates gen. n. in the family Oribatulidae and Italobates gen. n. in the family Haplozetidae) are also given. With 27 original figures.

Key words: Acari, Oribatida, Berlese collection, taxonomy

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (1), pp. 51-63, 1994

Title: Supplement to the revision of the genus Ceropales Latreille (Hymenoptera, Ceropalidae), II.

Author: L. Móczár

Author's address: H-1114 Budapest, Szabolcska Mihály utca 1, Hungary

Abstract: Two species are described as new ones: Ceropales (Priesnerius) schwarzi sp. n. (male) (Mali) and C. (Ceropales) albitarsa sp. n. (male) (Senegal). A new key for the subgenera of Ceropales and the exact ranging of the two sp. n. as well as of the C. (C.) atra Móczár, 1991 (female) and C. (C.) mochii Móczár, 1991 (male) are given in the previously published key of the world species. With 17 original figures.

Key words: Hymenoptera, Ceropalidae, Ceropales, taxonomy, distribution

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (1), pp. 65-86, 1994

Title: Additional new species and analysis of phylogenetic relationships of Achaetothorax Hedicke (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

Authors: A. L. Norrbom & L. Papp

Authors' addresses: Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, PSI, c/o National Museum of Natural History, NHB 168, Washington, D.C. 20560, U.S.A.
Zoological Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary

Abstract: Seven Afrotropical species of Achaetothorax Hedicke are described: completus (Zaire, Kenya), concavus (Zaire, Uganda), coninckae (Zaire), grootaerti (Zaire, Uganda), medialis (Zaire), pectinatus (Zaire), and whittingtoni (South Africa). Additional distribution data are provided for A. acrostichalis Papp & Norrbom, crypticus Papp & Norrbom, and rhinocerotis (Richards), and A. straeleninus (Richards) is redescribed. A key to the 16 known species of Achaetothorax is provided, and their phylogenetic relationships are analyzed. With 33 original figures.

Key words: Achaetothorax, Sphaeroceridae, phylogeny, cladistic analysis, identification key

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 40 (1), pp. 87-97, 1994

Title: Additional notes with the description of a new species and redescription of two misidentified species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Authors: Z. Varga & L. Ronkay

Authors' addresses: Zoological Institute, Lajos Kossuth University, H-4010 Debrecen
Hungary Zoological Department, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary

Abstract: Designation of the lectotype of Eugnorisma chaldaica Boisduval, 1840, with the discussion of the synonymy of E. chaldaica with E. caerulea Wagner, 1931. Description of two new species, E. ignoratum sp. n. (chaldaica auct., nec Boisduval) and E. cuneiferum sp. n. (Turkmenistan). With 29 original figures.

Key words: Eugnorisma, revision, check list