Faunistic Data Research Articles

The Tenebrionidae Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Philippines. Part 3. Description of a new species of Malayaplamius Masumoto, 1986 (Cnodalonini) and further faunistic records

This paper reports for the first time on the genus Malayaplamius Masumoto, 1986 in the Philippines and provides the description of Malayaplamius bejsaki Ruzzier, sp. nov. (type locality: Mt. Kitanglad - Bukidnon). In addition, new faunistic data pertaining to the Philippine fauna are provided, in combination with photos of the species.

Additional data on the fauna of Psilidae (Diptera) of France, with description of three new species of Chamaepsila and updated keys.

Since the first faunistic overview of the Psilidae (Diptera) of mainland France published in 2021 with data up to 2019, new material from 26 natural sites and three collections has been examined by the authors. 2663 specimens collected in continental France were identified, representing 37 species. From this material, three species from three mountain national natural reserves are described as new to science: Chamaepsila withersi sp. nov., Chamaepsila massanea sp. nov. and Chamaepsila ristolasiensis sp. nov. Chamaepsila andreji (Shatalkin, 1996) is mentioned for the first time in France. Keys to the species of Chamaepsila Hendel, 1917 from Europe are updated and provided in English and French. Illustrations of the genitalia of the males of Chamaepsila limbatella (Zetterstedt, 1847) and Chamaepsila strigata (Collin, 1959) are provided for the firt time. Male terminalia of Chamaepsila andreji (Shatalkin, 1996), Chamaepsila bicolor (Meigen, 1826), Chamaepsila ephippium (Zetterstedt, 1847), Chamaepsila luteola (Collin, 1944), Chamaepsila obscuritarsis (Loew, 1856), Chamaepsila quadrilineata (Strobl, 1898) and Chamaepsila villosula (Meigen, 1826) are redrawn from the authors material, more complete and more precise. Additional faunistic data are presented for all French species of Psilidae, derived from the 2600+ specimens identified since 2019.

Diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of Iran with province distribution based on literature records and new faunistic data

The species list of Dytiscidae of Iran has been composed using recently studied material and all literature data known to us. We report 139 species of Iranian diving beetles including one Dytiscus species of uncertain taxonomic position. Two species, Agabus amoenus Solsky, 1874 and Copelatus pulchellus (Klug, 1834) are recorded for the first time from Iran. For 57 species, new provincial records are provided. Twenty-two species and one genus have been excluded from the Iranian diving beetle fauna as based on misidentifications. The distributional pattern in Iran and preferred habitat (if available) are summarised for each species and discussed in general.

A new species and a new provincial record of the genus Acidota Stephens from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae).

New taxonomic and faunistic data for two species of the genus Acidota Stephens, 1829 from China are provided. A new species from Xizang (Linzhi) is described and illustrated: A.dawai Peng & Chen, sp. nov. Additional data (including photographs of the habitus and the type labels) on the type specimens of taxa described from Japan (A.crenatajaponica Watanabe, 1990) and Taiwan (A.montana Smetana, 1993 and A.nivicola Smetana, 1993) are given. A key to Chinese species of Acidota is given. Acidotacrenata (Fabricius, 1792) is recorded from Heilongjiang for the first time.

Two new species and faunistic records of the genus Mannerheimia Mäklin, 1880 from India, Nepal and China, and additional notes on some eastern Palaearctic species of Omaliinae Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae).

New taxonomic and faunistic data for four species of the genus Mannerheimia Mäklin, 1880 from India, Nepal and China are provided. Two new species from the Himalayan Region are described and illustrated: M. prolongata sp.n. (India, Uttarakhand) and M. punctatissima sp.n. (Eastern Nepal, Taplejung). The distribution map for both new species is given. Faunistic and diagnostic data for several species of Omaliinae Macleay, 1825 from the Eastern Palaearctic Region are also given. New diagnostic data for Acrolocha rogeri Shavrin, 2017 and Amphichroum telnovi Shavrin, 2021 are provided. Depositories of the type material for three species of the genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 are clarified. The modified distributional maps for Amphichroum pindarense Champion, 1920, A. telnovi and A. anthobioides Champion, 1925 are provided. Several species are recorded from the certain area for the first time: Acidota crenata (Fabricius, 1792) from Kyrgyzstan, Acrulia inflata (Gyllenhal, 1813) from Maritime Province of Russia, Amphichroum pindarense from Nepal, A. telnovi from India, and M. hartmanni Shavrin, 2018 from the eastern part of Nepal (Solukhumbu).

Entomological diversity associated with tomato cultivation under organic shelter in the El-Outaya Region, Biskra (Algeria)

"The aim of the present work is to determine harmful and beneficial insects associated with tomato greenhouse cultivation in the arid region of El-Outaya (Biskra, Algeria). Insect trapping was conducted using yellow water plates and yellow glue traps. Faunistic data have revealed the presence of 2754 individuals distributed on seven orders, 33 families and 38 species of insects. From specific point of view, the majority of these insects were represented by potential insect pests with sixteen phytophagous species amongst them three species attacking tomatoes. Whereas nine species are predators and two pollinators. Our results can be used to plan strategies for the management of harmful pests and beneficial insects associated with the tomato greenhouse crops in this locality. Keywords: Entomofauna, inventory, tomato, greenhouse, arid."

Taxonomy, distribution and host plants of some southern European and North African Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Symphyta)

New taxonomic, biological and faunistic data are presented for some species of sawflies occurring in southern Europe and North Africa. Pamphilius mediterraneussp. nov. is described from Italy (Sicily). It belongs to the alternans sub-group of the alternans species group. Pristiphora omalossp. nov. is described from Greece (Crete). It belongs to the depressa species group. New junior synonyms are Calameuta tazzekae Lacourt, 1991 of Calameuta gaullei (Konow, 1896), and Emphytus leucostomus Costa, 1890 of Allantus cingulatus (Scopoli, 1763). Periclista rufiventris Zombori, 1979 is moved from the subgenus Periclista to the subgenus Neocharactus. Ametastegia (Protemphytus) persica Khayrandish, Talebi & Blank, 2015 is recorded for the first time in Europe, from Italy (Sicily), and a key to West Palaearctic Protemphytus species provided. Allantus enslini (Forsius, 1918) is more widespread in southern Europe than previously recorded. An identification key distinguishes it from its closer West Palaearctic relatives. New hostplant records are for Halidamia affinis (Fallén, 1807) (Rubia peregrina), Janus compressus (Fabricius, 1793) (Sorbus torminalis), and Macrophya albicincta (Schrank, 1776) (Centranthus ruber). New distribution records are given for a few other species.

New species and records of the genus Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Papua New Guinea, and notes on some species from India, Indonesia and Philippines.

New taxonomic and faunistic data for six species of Paraphloeostiba Steel, 1960 (Omaliini) from Papua New Guinea are provided. Five species are described or redescribed and illustrated: P. conjuncta sp.n., P. coriacea (Cameron, 1952), P. flaveola sp.n., P. papuana (Cameron, 1931), and P. ullrichi sp.n. (all from the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea). The key for the species of Papua New Guinea is provided. The spermatheca of P. papuana is figured for the first time. New diagnostic and faunistic notes for four species from India, Indonesia and Philippines are presented. Several members of Paraphloeostiba are newly recorded: P. apicalis (Cameron, 1925) from India, P. subopaca (Cameron, 1924) from Tamil Nadu (India), and P. tonkinensis (Cameron, 1940) from Philippines (Leyte).

Synurbization of the Common Wood Pigeon, Columba palumbus Linnaeus, 1758 in Prešov city (Slovakia)

Abstract In recent decades there has been an increased tendency of colonization of cites. This phenomenon posed the need for a new term – synurbization. The Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) is a Palearctic species that has a predominantly European distribution. Although it is the typical woodland species, it has adapted to urban habitats, colonising cities of Western and Central Europe. A total of 32 individuals (i.e., 12 pairs (24 inds.) and 8 inds.) of C. palumbus were documented over the four years (2019 – 2022) in Prešov city (Slovakia). The obtained faunistic data from the monitored areas contribute to overall knowledge about the occurrence of the species in urban environment from Slovakia.

Visiting Ladakh Himalaya for a better knowledge of butterflies: new faunistic data with annotations (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea).

The present study enumerates 65 species of Papilionoidea from the Ladakh Himalaya with the geographical locations and adult flight data. All the species are documented by museum vouchers. Most of the species recorded, have restricted distribution or they are endemic to the Pamir-NW Himalaya region. Sixteen species are protected in the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972; three species highly protected under schedule I: Baltia butleri, Pieris krueperi, Lasiommata menava; and others under schedule II: Papilio machaon, Parnassius charltonius, Parnassius epaphus, Colias ladakensis, Colias eogene, Colias stoliczkana, Pieris deota, Pontia chloridice, Alpherakya devanica, Pamiria metallica, Paralasa mani, Paralasa kalinda and Polygonia c-album. We report lower occurrences for the endemic Pieris deota, where the migrant Pontia chloridice is reported to fly at more than 600 m higher than earlier records indicated. Lastly, the male and female genitalia of some endemic and rare species are illustrated, including Euchloe daphalis.

Moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Abkhazia (western Caucasus, Georgia) with some additional faunistic data from Armenia, Georgia, and Russia

This paper attempts to fill the knowledge gaps in biodiversity of non-biting moth flies in the Caucasus (especially in Abkhazia) and create a suitable basis for subsequent (not only) ecological studies. In total, records of 65 Psychodidae (Sycoracinae - one sp., Psychodinae 64 spp., altogether 33 genera) species/subspecies are presented based on specimens collected mainly in Abkhazia, with some additional data from Armenia, Georgia, and Russia (12 new records). The Psychodidae fauna of Abkhazia now comprises 57 species, 31 of which are newly listed here. The Caucasus region (including the territory of Abkhazia presented here) should be considered the most biologically rich and most endangered region in the world, with an exceptional richness of endemic and endangered species also from the point of view of psychodids biodiversity. Sixteen extremely rare species in this family (probably Caucasus or highland endemics) which need to be given increased attention, whether from the point of view of island ecology or biodiversity protection, have been herein confirmed.

FAUNISTIC STUDIES ON MAMMALS: HISTORY OF APPROACHES AND RECENT TRENDS

An analysis of faunistic studies on mammals has been carried out over the past two and a half centuries. Historical changes in faunistics and their link to arealogical concepts are traced. The main factors that hindered the development of arealogy, despite the constant growth of faunistic information, are identified. Recently, the problems of storing and searching for faunistic information have been solved due to the technological and theoretical changes that have taken place over the last decades, approaches to the use of amateur data have been developed, the necessary structure of the collected faunistic information has been formulated, and the problem of planning the collection of material has been solved. Actively using the faunistic data in species distribution modelling has made it possible to understand their necessary spatial distribution for a species range description.

On the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Iran collected by Antoine Senglet (1927–2015)

The paper presents new taxonomic and faunistic data on the Salticidae from Iran collected by Antoine Senglet (1927–2015) and deposited in the Museum d'historie naturelle, Gèneve, Switzerland. A total of 61 Iranian species are reported. Seven species are descrbed as new: Attulus croceus sp. n. (♂♀, Tehran, Mazandaran), Heliophanus kavar sp. n. (♂♀, Fars, Khuzestan, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad), Menemerus sengleti sp. n. (♂♀, Kermanshah, Kohgiluyeh & Boyer-Ahmad), Mogrus sivand sp. n. (♂♀, Fars, Kurdistan), Pellenes ignotus sp. n. (♂♀, Hamedan), Plexippus scleroepigynalis sp. n. (♀, Fars), and Synageles khorasanicus sp. n. (♀, Razavi Khorasan). One species and one subspecies are synonymized: Plexippus strandi dushanbinus Andreeva, 1969, syn. n. from Tajikistan and Plexippus gershomi Prószyński, 2017, syn. n. from Israel with Plexippus strandi Spassky, 1939. The male lectotype is designated for Attus vilis Kulczyński, 1895, and its synonymy with Attulus ammophilus (Thorell, 1895) is confirmed and reinstated, syn. reinst. Six species are recorded for the Iranian spider fauna for the first time: Attulus inexpectus (Logunov & Kronestedt, 1997), A. inopinabilis (Logunov, 1992), Euophrys pseudogambosa Strand, 1915, Heliophanus kochii Simon, 1868, H. potanini Schenkel, 1963, and Synageles venator (Lucas, 1836). Additional faunistic records from Afghanistan are given for three species: Mogrus antoninus Andreeva, 1976, Myrmarachne tristis (Simon, 1882), and Thyene imperialis (Rossi, 1846), of which M. tristis is a new species record for the country. Comparative materials from Kazakhstan were included for five species. It is also shown that the record of Heliophanus verus Wesołowska, 1986 from Turkey (Kırıkkale Province) actually belongs to H. mordax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872.

Review of the genus Cybister in China, with description of a new species from Guangdong (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)

The genus Cybister Curtis, 1827 is reviewed with respect to the fauna of China. A new species, Cybister (Melanectes) danxiaensis sp. nov. is described and illustrated. Altogether, 16 Cybister species are recorded from China, although the status of two of them remains in question. All species are diagnosed, with their habitus and male genitalia illustrated. Additional faunistic data from China are provided for the following species: C. guerini Aubé, 1838 from Hainan; C. lewisianus Sharp, 1873 from Guangdong and Hainan; C. limbatus (Fabricius, 1775) from Guangdong, Guangxi and Hainan; C. rugosus (W. S. Macleay, 1825) from Chongqing, Guangdong, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang; C. tripunctatus lateralis (Fabricius, 1798) from Chongqing, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Shanghai; C. brevis Aubé, 1838 from Guizhou, Hunan, Zhejiang; and C. sugillatus Erichson, 1834 from Guangxi and Yunnan. An updated identification key and distribution maps for all species are provided. Cybister lateralimarginalis torquatus (Fischer von Waldheim, 1829) is recorded for the first time from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

Faunistic and diagnostic notes on some species of the genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 of Caucasus, Turkey and Iran (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae, Omaliini)

Faunistic and diagnostic notes on eleven species of the genus Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 of Caucasus, Turkey and Iran are presented. Faunistic data of all species are summarized, and distributional maps for O. falsum Eppelsheim, 1889, O. turcicum Smetana, 1967 and O. wunderlei Zanetti, 2002 are given. Several new records are provided for the first time from certain areas: O. caesum Gravenhorst, 1806 from several regions of Russia (Stavropol Territory, Karachay-Cherkessia, North Ossetia-Alania) and Armenia, O. falsum from Russia and Iran, O. excavatum Stephens, 1834 from Krasnodar Territory and Karachay-Cherkessia, O. littorale Kraatz, 1857 from Kabardino-Balkaria and Dagestan, O. rivulare (Paykull, 1789) from Kabardino-Balkaria and Iran, O. rugatum Mulsant & Rey, 1880 from south-western region of Russia, Georgia and Iran, and O. turcicum from Russia.

Preliminary list of horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Lake Kolon Nature Reserve

The first faunistic data of the horse fly (Diptera: Tabanidea) from the Lake Kolon Nature Reserve (Hungary, Kiskunság National Park) are published in this paper. The samples were collected in the summer of 2020, with H-traps, on a pasture of El Bronco Ranch, near Soltszentimre. A total of 1,038 horse flies belonging to 11 species were collected. Eudominant elements were Haematopota pluvialis, Tabanus maculicornis, Hybomitra ciureai, Chrysops viduatus and H. muehfeldi, while Tabanus autumnalis and T. bovinus proved to be subrecent.

To the knowledge of owlfly and antlion fauna of Cape Verde (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae)

The authors publish new faunistic surveys carried out in Cape Verde. An annotated checklist of the Myrmeleontidae fauna was compiled. The general and local distribution of the species is described. Creoleon cinerascens (Navás, 1912) is a new species in the fauna of Cape Verde (Maio). Cueta divisa (Navás, 1912), Myrmeleon hyalinus caboverdicus Hölzel, 1987, Neuroleon modestus (Navás, 1912) from Brava were found for the first time from the local fauna. The endemic Myrmeleon amicus Hölzel & Ohm, 1983 is a new record for the fauna of Maio and Brava. The owlfly fauna 1 and the antlion fauna includes 12 species. The current investigations provide new faunistic data of 201 specimens for the distribution of 8 species.

Adatok a Dunántúl közösségi jelentőségű bogarainak ismeretéhez II. – Cincérek (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Between 2011 and 2021, surveys of the longhorn beetle fauna in 80 Natura 2000 sites in Transdanubia were carried out. Previously, a significant part of the sites was poorly mapped 226 faunistic data of Cerambyx cerdo Linnaeus, 1758) was documented. The species was found in large numbers in the areas of Inner Somogy and South Zala but it was also recorded in many other sampling locations, however, it turned out to be much rarer in these locations. Morimus asper funereus Mulsant, 1863 was found at 30 sampling points. The species was found in previously known places, such as Bakony Mts., Mecsek Mts., and Zselic hills. The species was previously unknown from South Zala and North Somogy. 147 data of Rosalia alpina (Linnaeus, 1758) were recorded. The occurrence of the species was not previously known from North Somogy and North Zala.

First record of Scrobipalpa chrysanthemella (E. Hofmann, 1867) from Poland and new faunistic data on Lepidoptera from Bieszczady National Park

Scrobipalpa chrysanthemella (E. Hofmann, 1867) was recorded for the first time in Poland. In addition, new data on the occurrence of 13 Lepidoptera species in the Bieszczady National Park are presented. Elachista dimicatella Rebel, 1903 was reported for the first time from Poland outside the Tatra Mountains.

Spiders from Sharr Mountain - new faunistic data (Arachnida: Araneae)

In this paper, we present new faunistic data of the spider fauna from the Sharr Mountains (Kosovo), one of the least investigated areas in the Balkans. Previously only 27 species of spiders were known from the Kosovo part of the Sharr Mountains but with this investigation, the number has increased to 74. Pictures of rare and interesting species are provided. We also include a new record from the North Macedonian part of the Sharr Mountains. In total we report fifty species, eight of which are first records for Sharr Mountains, twenty-eight are first records for Kosovo, and one species is reported for the first time for North Macedonia. Species recorded for the first time from the Sharr Mountains belong to the following genera: Histopona, Clubiona, Zelotes, Ceratinella, Mughiphantes, Robertus and Ozyptila. We also provide a checklist of spider species for the Sharr Mountains in Kosovo.