Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2), pp. 85–92, 1997

Title: The impact of grazing and road use on hatching success of Lapwings (Vanellus vanellus)

Authors: Liker, A. and T. Székely

Authors' present addresses: Behavioural Biology Group, Department of Ecology, University of Veterinary Sciences, Pf 2, H-1400 Budapest, Hungary; e-mail: aliker@ns.univet.hu
Centre for Behavioural Biology, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1UG, UK

Abstract: Hatching success of Lapwings was studied in a Hungarian alkaline grassland ("puszta") between 1992 and 1994. We estimated that 85% of nests fail during egg-laying and incubation. Two potential reasons for the high nest loss were investigated: trampling due to grazing livestock and disturbance due to the use of unmade roads. Hatching success was not significantly different between grazed (14%) and ungrazed grasslands (16%); thus we conclude that grazing did not influence hatching success. Similarly, hatching success was not significantly different between nests close to unmade roads (14%) and distant nests (17%). Behavioural observations supported both results, since the proportion of time when the nests was incubated by the parents was not different either between grazed and ungrazed, or between close and distant nests. Our results suggest that the influence of nest-predators (mammals and birds) are more significant on hatching success than trampling by sheep or disturbance due to road use.

Key words: conservation biology, reproductive success, grazing, road use, shorebirds, Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2), pp. 93–110, 1997

Title: Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Korea, XIX.

Author: J. Papp

Author's address: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross utca 13, Budapest, H–1088, Hungary

Abstract: Descriptions of seven new species of the genus Bracon Fabricius (subfamily Braconinae) are presented as follows: B. (Foveobracon) belokobylskiji sp. n., B. (B.) cisellatus sp. n., B. (Glabrobracon) koreanus sp. n., B. (Foveobracon) nodulosus sp. n., B. (Glabrobracon) patens sp. n., B. (Foveobracon) pinguis sp. n. and B. (Glabrobracon) trilateris sp. n. B. (Orthobracon) cinctus (Walker, 1874) comb. n. is transferred from the genus Hecabolus Curtis, redescribed and differentiated from its nearest ally B. (Orthobracon) epitriptus Marshall, 1885. Bracon cinctus (Provancher) is renamed as B. provancheri nom. n. The type specimens of the new species are deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. With 57 original figures.

Key words: Hymenoptera, Braconidae, new species, nearest allies, Korea

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2), pp. 111–119, 1997

Title: A review of Mimoborchmania Pic (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Lagriini)

Authors: Merkl, O. and B. Chen

Authors' addresses: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary, merkl@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu
Department of Plant Protection, Southwest Agricultural University, Chongqing 630716, P. R. China

Abstract: The lagriine genus Mimoborchmania Pic, 1934 and its type species, M. coloripes (Pic, 1922) are redescribed. M. yangi sp. n. is described from China, Thailand and Vietnam. Notes on a possible mimetic complex are given. A key for the identification of the two species is presented. With 10 figures.

Key words: taxonomy, Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriini, Mimoborchmania, Oriental, ovipositor, female genital tube, mimicry

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2), pp. 121–132, 1997

Title: A taxonomic study on the genus Anarsia Zeller from the mainland of China (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)

Authors: Li Houhun and Zheng Zhemin

Authors' addresses: Department of Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
Institute of Zoology, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710062, China

Abstract: In this paper, 17 species belonging to the genus Anarsia Zeller are recognized from China. Of these, 7 species are described as new to science and 5 species are recorded for the first time from the mainland of China. The new species are: A. beitunica sp. n., A. decora sp. n., A. eximia sp. n., A. largimacularis sp. n., A. magnibimaculata sp. n., A. novitricornis sp. n. and A. squamerecta sp. n. The genital structures are illustrated.

Key words: Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae, Anarsia, new species, China

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2), pp. 133–147, 1997

Title: Six new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) from Asia

Authors: Ronkay, L. and P. Gyulai

Authors' addresses: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H–1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary, ronkay@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu
H–3530 Miskolc, Mélyvölgy u. 13/A, Hungary

Abstract: Descriptions of six new Noctuidae species, Chamyla salki sp. n. (China), Chamyla metaleuca sp. n. (China), Brachygalea leptographa sp. n. (Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan), Agrochola azerica sp. n. (Azerbaijan), Pseudohadena (s. l.) nobilis sp. n. (China) and Euchalcia aureolineata sp. n. (Syria) are given. With 34 figures.

Key words: Noctuidae, new species, Asia

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2), pp. 149–161, 1997

Title: New taxa of the genera Auchmis Hübner, [1821] and Nekrasovia Ronkay et Varga, 1993 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Authors: L. Ronkay and Z. Varga

Authors' addresses: Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H–1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary, ronkay@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu
Department of Evolutionary Zoology, Kossuth Lajos University, H–4010 Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, Hungary

Abstract: Descriptions of Auchmis martini sp. n. (China), A. detersa margarita ssp. n. (Turkmenistan), A. mongolica expallescens ssp. n. (China), A. curva zolitudia ssp. n. (Russia, Altai), A. peterseni nekrasovi ssp. n. (Azerbaijan) and Nekrasovia sinica sp. n. (China) are given. With 25 figures.

Key words: Noctuidae, new species and subspecies, Auchmis, Nekrasovia

Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43 (2), pp. 163–171, 1997

Title: New species of the Conisania suavis (Staudinger, 1892) species-group (Noctuidae, Hadeninae)

Authors: L. Ronkay, Z. Varga and P. Gyulai

Abstract: Descriptions of two new species of the Conisania suavis (Staudinger, 1892) species-group, C. clara sp. n. (China, Kuku-Noor; Sechuan) and C. dentirena sp. n. (China, E Tibet) are given, with the discussion on the taxonomy and biogeography of the Himalayan–Tibetan Conisania species. With 14 figures.

Key words: Conisania, Noctuidae, new species, Himalayan–Tibetan region