Ecomorphological Aspects of the Phytoseiid Mite Evolution
(Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata, Phytoseiidae) of Palearctic Forms as Example. Kolodochka
L. A. — The ecomorphological adaptations of the mites of the family Phytoseiidae
(Parasitiformes, Mesostigmata) from vari-ous habitats was conducted. The obtained
results represent the background of the explana-tion of the evolutionary changes on
various taxonomic levels within the family. A scheme of the evolutionary formation
of phytoseiid mites is proposed. Phytoseiid mites are treated as Gamasid group being
occupied nearly full spectrum of the biomorphes of the terrestrial high plants. An
appreciation of evolutionary advanced genera and estimate evolutionary progress of
the group, as a whole, is given. It is proposed that the ancestral forms of the phytoseiid
mites have colonized various plants (as a new adaptive zone) repeatedly.
Key words: phytoseiid mites, Pelearctic region, ecomorphology, evolution.
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A New Species of Marine Fish Leeches Crangonobdella
maculosa sp. n. (Hirudinea, Piscicolidae) from the Tatar Strait and Coastal Waters
of the Kuril Islands. Utevsky S. Yu. — A new species of marine fish leeches
from the North Pacific is described. This leech deposits its cocoons on the crustaceans
Paralithodes camtschatica, Lithodes aequispina, and Chionoecetes opilio, but feeds
on the fish blood. Crangonobdella maculosa S. Utevsky, sp. n. is related to Crangonobdella
fabricii (Malm, 1863), but differs in the following characters: in the new species,
segmental bands consist of separate spots; the conductive tissue is weakly de-veloped;
the vagina is provided with a glandular organ.
Key words: Crangonobdella maculosa, Hirudinea, Piscicolidae, leeches, crustaceans,
trypanosomes.
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New Species of Aylacine Gall Wasps (Hymenoptera,
Cynipidae, Aylacini) from Ukraine. Melika G., Klymenko S. — Two new species
of aylacine gall wasps are described from eastern Ukraine: Diastrophus hieracii Melika
et Klymenko, sp. n. from the “Kamyani Mohyly” Natural Reserve (Donets’k Region) and
Aulacidea diakontschukae Melika et Klymenko, sp. n. from the “Khomutovs’kyi Step”
Natural Reserve (Donets’k Region). The following synonymy is es-tablished: Rhodus
oriundus Quinlan, 1968 = Salviela kezivi Melika, 2003, syn. n.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Aylacini, taxonomy, Ukraine, new species.
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Peculiarities of Speciation in Palaearctic
Yponomeutid Moths (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae). Gershenson Z. S. — Characteristic
of faunistic complexes of palaearctic yponomeutid moths as probable examples of specific
formation of the microlepidopteran group is given. Obvi-ously, among possible ways
of formation the faunas of yponomeutids, the sympatric speci-ation predominates conforming
with the presence of numerous sibling species, conjugate species as well as with phenomena
of oligophagy and topological isolation.
Key words: yponomeutid moths, speciation, phytophagy, trophic connections.
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Winter Aggregations of Bats (Chiroptera)
in Caves of Central Podillya (Ukraine). Godlevska O. V., Petrushenko Ya. V., Tyschenko
V. M., Zagorodniuk I. V. — In 1999–2003 winter cen-sus of bats was carried
out in 12 caves of Central Podillya region (S.-E. part of Ternopilska and S.-W. part
of Khmelnytska administrative provinces of Ukraine): Chaplynski quarries, At-lantyda,
Zaluchanska, Khrystynka, Ugryn’, Mlynky, Juvileina, Slavka, Kryshtaleva, Opty-mistychna,
Ozerna and Verteba caves. All of them, beside one — Nigynska Cave — are places of
bats’ hibernation. 9 bat species were found during hibernation: Rh. hipposideros,
M. myotis, M. bechsteinii, M. daubenonii, M. mystacinus sensu lato, P. auritus, P.
austriacus, B. barbastellus, E. serotinus. Base of the list is formed by two species
— Rh. hipposideros and M. myotis, which have been dominants almost in all examined
cavities. On sum of our data, part of the first one amounts 67,8%, and the second
one — 30,4% of all individuals, a part of all other species doesn’t exceed 2%. The
most important places of bats’ hibernation are Ver-teba Cave, Vitrova Cave (of Optymistychna
system) and Lysyachiy Khid Cave (of Kryshtaleva system). In Verteba Cave 3 bat species
are found (dominants are M. myotis, nmax = 127, and Rh. hipposideros, nmax = 52),
in Vitrova Cave — 4 species (dominant is Rh. hipposideros, nmax = 204) and in Lysyachiy
Khid — 6 species (dominant is Rh. hipposideros, nmax = 162).
Key words: bats, hibernation, caves, Central Podillya, Ukraine.
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Trophic connections of Yellow-legged gull,
Larus cachinnans (Laridae, Charadriiformes), on Middle Dnieper. Atamas N. S., Loparev
S. A. — The trophic connections of the Yellow-legged gull (Larus cachinnans
Pall., 1811) of Middle Dnieper, namely specificity of foraging, structure and distribution
of forages on seasons, trophic acclimatizations, which have arisen after in-vading
by a species of Middle Dnieper’s water storage basins are parsed and studied. Yellow-legged
gull is the settled species on of the given territory. It prolongs to settle up-stream
on a water area and permanently augments the number. In a feed a large diversification
of alimen-tary objects, specially fish and mammals is watched. The policies of foraging
also are connected to human activity both straight and by indirection. The competitive
interplays appar-ented poorly, biotic connections are at the stage of formation.
Key words: Larus cachinnans, water storage basins of Middle Dnieper, trophic connections.
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Three New Genera of Cestode Parasites of
Birds of the Family Echinocotylidae. Spassky A. A. — Three new genera of
cyclophillid cestodes from the family Echinocotylidae Ariola, 1899 have been introduced
into nomenclature: 1 — Moroshandia Spassky, gen. n.; type species — Moroshandia formosoides
(Spasskaya et Spassky, 1961), comb, n.; syn. Microsomacanthus formosoides Spasskaya
et Spassky, 1961. 2 — Vladilepis Spassky, gen. n.; type species — Vladilepis cavoarmatus
(Sudarikov, 1950). 3 — Mariicotyle Kornyushin, gen. n.; syn. Echino-cotyle (Mariicotyle)
Kornyushin, 1983; type species — Mariicotyle brachycephala (Creplin, 1829), comb.
n.; syn. Taenia brachycephala Creplin, 1829. Bird parasites. Genera diagnoses and
differential diagnosis for those genera are given.
Key words: cestodes, Echinocotylidae, new genera, bird parasites.
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Trematode Chrisomon tropicus (Trematoda,
Monorchiidae) — Parasite of the Black Sea Scads. Korniychuk Y. M. — Trematode
Chrisomon tropicus (Manter, 1940) Manter et Pritchard, 1961 is registered from scads
(Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus Aleev) fry in a new region of the Black Sea, near
Crimean coasts. Dimensions of ovigerous specimens and morphological characters of
Ch. tropicus from the Black Sea scads are given for the first time, the description
of this species is detailed.
Key words: Chrisomon tropicus, trematodes, morphology, Trachurus mediterraneus ponticus,
fauna, Black Sea.
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Psammophaga simplora, the First Record of
Foraminifera Species of the Family Saccam-minidae in the Black Sea. Anikyeyeva O.
V. — We stated that one of the most frequently oc-curring representatives
of afore named organisms belonged to a new (for the Black Sea) spe-cies Psammophaga
simplora (Arnold, 1982). By general characteristics this species doesn’t differ from
the type one, but shell of Black Sea representatives has a more length. Correlation
between a quantity of P. simplora and general number of soft-shelled foraminifera
in the Se-vastopol bay has been shown in the article. The data about spatial distribution
of this species depending on granule-metrical composition of a sediment have been
given. It is settled that P. simplora in the Sevastopol bay prefers the fine silts.
Key words: meiofauna, soft-shelled foraminifera, Saccamminidae, Black Sea.
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Finding of Marine Worms Sipuncula and Echiura
in the North-West of Atlantic. Murina V. V. — The small material (24 sipunculans
and 1 echiuran) was collected in North-West of Atlantic from 3 deep-sea stations during
the 46th cruise of r/v “Akademic Mstislav Keldish”. Four species of sipunculans and
one species of echiuran were identified. New morphological charac-ters are added to
the description of Alomasoma chaetiferum.
Key words: Sipuncula, Echiura, fauna, distribution.
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Mites and Ticks (Acari) as Bats’ (Chiroptera)
Ectoparasites of Eastern Part of Ukraine. Bobkova O. À. — During the studying
of bats’ ectoparasites in the territory of Eastern Ukraine it was revealed 15 species
of mites and ticks concerning 9 genera of 7 families. In total it was registered 797
specimens of mites and ticks. This work is one of the first attempts to estimate a
current status of bats’ ectoparasites fauna. Conditions of a habitation of hosts and
their ec-toparasites are discussed.
Key words: ectoparasites, bats, eastern part of Ukraine.
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The Peculiarities of Biotopical Distribution
of Tiger-Beetle Larvae (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae). Putchkov A. V. — The data
on the distribution of the tiger-beetle larvae into biotopes are summarized based
on the analysis of the World fauna. Based on the ecotope preference, most of which
are intrazonal, the larvae are distributed into 2 main groups (dendro- and geo-bionts)
and 8 subgroups. The dendrobionts are includes about 15% of cicindelid species of
family. The remaining 85% are typical geobionts, predominantly inhabiting shore biotopes.
The poorest species compositions of cicindelids are in steppes and forests of the
temperate zone. The new data on the seasonal activity of the tiger-beetle larvae and
population of adults are provided.
Key words: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae, larvae, biotopes, population.
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Census of waterbirds near Kyiv in the winter
2000/2001. Kostyushin V. A., Poluda A. M. — In January 2001 census of waterbirds
on the Dnepr river near Kyiv was conducted. Totally was counted 6541 birds of 13 species.
Waterbirds concentrated in areas of the river, which were free of ice due to changing
of water level, as a result of hydro electric power stations work, and discharging
of warm water from thermoelectric power station or water purification plants.
Key words: waterbirds, winter, Kóiv.
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A Find of the Sparus aurata (Perciformes,
Sparidae) in the Northwestern Part of the Black Sea. Tkachenko P. V. — One
individual of the rare for the Black Sea species Sparus aurata Linnaeus, 1758 is described;
the species is recorded for the first time in the northwestern part of the Black Sea.
Key words: Sparus aurata, Perciformes, Sparidae, Black Sea Biosphere Reserve, Black
Sea.
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