Abstract
A recently published book authored by six botanists (Rak NS, Goncharova OA, Poloskova EY, Litvinova SV, Zotova OE, Lipponen IN. 2018. Bioecological analysis of introducents of the family Rosaceae Juss. Kola Science Centre, Apatity, 87 pp.) reports information on 19 species of insects that are declared to damage woody Rosaceae plants in the central part of the Murmansk oblast of Russia. Examination of photographs published in this book revealed that 15 of these 19 species were identified incorrectly and that several of the illustrated species are unlikely to damage woody Rosaceae plants. The most striking examples are errors in determination at the order level: a syrphid fly (Diptera) identified as a leafcutter bee (Hymenoptera), and a sawfly (Hymenoptera) identified as a psyllid (Hemiptera). I provide correct identifications of the insects illustrated in the cited book in order to prevent the spread of erroneous information across future publications and databases.
Highlights
The insect fauna of the Murmansk oblast of Russia is relatively well studied (Dmitriev 2002, Kozlov and Kullberg 2011, Blinova 2013, Paukkunen and Kozlov 2015, Stekolshchikov and Buga 2018); new faunistic records from this polar region immediately attract the attention of entomologists
This attraction especially concerns findings that extend the distribution range of certain species by some 1000−2000 km towards the Pole. Several records of this kind have been recently published in a book that describes some aspects of the ecology of woody Rosaceae species that were introduced to the central part of the Kola Peninsula (Rak et al 2018)
Three moth species (Archips crataegana, A. podana and Erannis defoliaria) reported in this book to occur around Kirovsk have not yet been found either in the Murmansk oblast or in the more southern Karelia (Sinev 2008)
Summary
The insect fauna of the Murmansk oblast of Russia is relatively well studied (Dmitriev 2002, Kozlov and Kullberg 2011, Blinova 2013, Paukkunen and Kozlov 2015, Stekolshchikov and Buga 2018); new faunistic records from this polar region immediately attract the attention of entomologists. This attraction especially concerns findings that extend the distribution range of certain species by some 1000−2000 km towards the Pole. This paper, by providing correct identifications of insects illustrated in the book by Rak et al (2018), is aimed at preventing the spread of erroneous information across future publications and databases
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