Revision of the Terellia virens Group
(Diptera, Tephritidae) with Description of Three New Species.
Korneyev V. A., Evstigneev D. A., Karimpour Y., Kutuk M., Mohamadzade
Namin S., Omur Koyuncu M., Yaran M. The Terellia virens
group includes eight species of uniformly greenish flies with
white setulose abdomens and hyaline wings, variable in the characters
of the male and female terminalia. Three new species are described
and illustrated: Terellia freidbergi sp. n. from Middle and Near
East, from flower heads of Centaurea behen L., T. ivannikovi V.
Korneyev et Evstigneev, sp. n. from European Russia, Kazakhstan
and Uzbekistan, breeding in flower heads of Ce. chartolepis Greuter,
and T. whitei V.?Korneyev et Mohamadzade, sp. n. reared from flower
heads of Cousinia spp. in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan
and Iran. Illustrated diagnoses or redescriptions of other species
and a key to the species of Terellia with hyaline wings and white
setulose abdominal tergites are given.
Key words: Diptera, Tephritidae, Terelliini, Terellia, key, new
species, Palaearctic Region, Centaurea, Cousinia.
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Diversity of the Larval
Cranial Setae in Palaearctic Notodontidae (Noctuoidea) and and
their Taxonomic Distribution. Dolinskaya I. V. Larval
cranial setae of each larval instar of 66 species belonging to
35 genera of Palaeartic Notodontid moths from Ukraine and Far
East of Russia (Primorskii krai) was examined with the use of
a scanning electron microscope. A comparison with outgroup species
Lasiocampoidea (Lasiocampidae), Sphingoidea (Sphingidae) and
Noctuoidea (Erebidae: Lymantriinae, Arctiinae; Noctuidae) is conducted.
Main kinds of setae during larval development and their transformation
are discussed. Possible apomorphic and plesiomorphic states of
the different characters are discussed in relation to the different
taxa.
Key words: Notodontidae, Lepidoptera, larvae, morphology, larval
cranial setae, classification, scanning electron microscopy.
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The Life Cycles of Mayflies
of the Eastern Ukraine. Subfamily Baetinae (Ephemeroptera, Baetidae).
Martynov A. V. The life cycle types of mayflies of
the subfamily Baetinae in Eastern Ukraine are determined. The
scheme for identification of larval age structure is given. The
age structure changes of Baetis braaschi, B. nexus and Alainites
muticus larvae during the year are described in detail. The flight
periods of imagoes throughout the studied region are delimited
for almost all species of the subfamily. B. braaschi is shown
to have the bivoltine life cycle, with its populations overwintering
as the larval stage (MBws) independently on temperature conditions
in the water body. The peculiarities of oviposition are described
for this species. The following aspects of life cycles were revealed:
nymphs, subimagoes and imagoes of different generations of B.
braaschi differ considerably in size; the voltinity of B. vernus
in the region can vary (Us and/or MBss), mainly due to temperature
conditions of the water bodies, where its development takes place;
geographically isolated populations of A. muticus in the Eastern
Ukraine reproduce only by thelytoky.
Key words: mayflies, Ephemeroptera, life cycles, bionomy, parthenogenesis,
Eastern Ukraine.
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The Periodicity and Daily
Rhythm of Emission of Cercariae of Particular Trematode Species
(Digenea). Zhytova O. P. The paper covers the investigation
into the daily rhythm and periodicity of Echinoparyphium aconiatum
Dietz, 1909; Haematoloechus asper Looss, 1899; Plagiorchis elegans
(Rudolphi, 1802) Braun, 1902; Notocotylus attenuatus Rudolphi,
1809 cercaria emission of Lymnaea stagnalis (L.) and Planorbarius
corneus (L.) mollusks. It has been established that the maximum
withdrawal of H. ΰsper, P. elegans, N.?attenuatus, E. aconiatum
larvae at different periods of the day is stipulated by the biological
peculiaritics of the life cycle of these trematodes.
Key words: freshwater mollusks, cercariae, emission, daily rhythm.
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Recent State and Mechanisms
of Invasions of Exotic Decapods in Ukrainian Rivers. Son M. O.,
Novitsky R. A., Dyadichko V. G. Lower reaches of largest
Ukrainian rivers are zones of migrations for exotic euryhaline
decapods. During 2000s new records of invasions of three euryhaline
exotic decapods, Rhithropanopeus harrisii (Gould, 1841), Eriocheir
sinensis Milne-Edwards, 1853 and Macrobrachium nipponense (De
Haan, 1849), were made in the channels of Ukrainian rivers. Chinese
mitten crab, E. sinensis, spread in the Danube Delta and reservoirs
of the Dnieper River; Rh. harrisii in the channels of the Danube,
Dnieper, Southern Bug and small river Gruzskij Yelanchik in the
Azov Sea Basin; M. nipponense that was introduced in the Kuchurgan
Liman (cooler reservoir of the Moldavian Hydro-power Station)
in the Dniester Delta. The migration zone of the established
population can cover significant part of river watershed; it is
necessary to take this fact into account at an estimation of biological
invasion risk. Main problem in the investigation of exotic decapods
in Ukrainian waters is absence of specialized methods used in
the standard ecological monitoring. Among euryhaline exotic decapods,
only Rh. harrisii is sometimes sampled with the equipment used
in the monitoring of macrozoobenthos. A few records of these species
at the large extent of their supposed ways of migration are the
result of gaps in the study of their distribution in Ukrainian
inland waters. Realistic attitude toward this fact is very important
for the estimation of invasions in the inland waters of this region.
Key words: invasive alien species, Decapoda, Rhithropanopeus harrissii,
Eriocheir sinensis, Macrobrachium nipponense, Ukraine.
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Evidences of Multicomponent
Structure of the Migratory Stock and Morphological Distinctions
of Shads from the Genus Alosa (Clupeaformes, Alosiinae) of the
Sea of Azov. Mezhzherin S. V., Vernygora O. V. Migratory
stocks of shads passing through the Kerch strait during their
seasonal migrations consist of three groups of specimens, that
can be identified based on the number of gill rakers on the first
arch. These are so called Kerch shad A. maeotica (50.2 %), Pontic
shad A. immaculata (48.7 %) and Caspian shad A. caspia (1.1 %).
This ratio of species in the region remains stable for the last
60 years. Populations of Kerch and Pontic shads have similar age
structure and sex ratio with a shift toward females 5254 %. Specimens
of A. maeotica have greater linear size and weight than those
of A. immacuta, that indicates higher growth rate of the former.
Analysis of 26 body measurements shows definite differences between
these shads in their absolute features, there are also some differences
in the proportions of the head. Nevertheless, degree and reproducibility
of interspecific differences during various periods of time, do
not allow for the reliable discrimination of specimens of these
species assumed by some researchers.
Key words: pontic shad, Alosa, stock structure, morphometry, ecomorphs.
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Correlations Between
Hardness of Food and Craniodental Traits in Nine Myotis Species
(Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae). Ghazali M., Dzeverin I.
We studied 8 skull and 42 dental characters in nine Myotis species
(M. myotis, M. blythii, M. bechsteinii, M. dasycneme, M. emarginatus,
M. nattereri, M. daubentonii, M. brandtii, M. mystacinus) to analyze
correlations between hardness of food and skull and dental traits.
Contrary to the common bat pattern, Myotis that are specialized
on hard-shelled dietary items tend to have relatively narrow skull
and long tooth rows. The dentition of durophagous Myotis is composed
by relatively enlarged second and reduced third molars.
Key words: Myotis, hardness of food, skull, teeth.
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A New Species of Cloacitrema
(Digenea, Philophthalmidae) from Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus
roseus) with Remarks on the Genera Cloacitrema and Pygorchis.
Schuster R. K. Cloacitrema dubaiensis Schuster, sp.
n. is described from four adult specimens found in the cloaca
of greater flamingos in Dubai, UAE. It is the first Cloacitrema
species found in the Afrotropic ecozone. The new species is medium-sized
and slim, with the ventral sucker in equatorial position and the
uterus that extends laterally to intestinal caeca. It has oval,
unlobed, touching each other testes in parallel to slightly oblique
position. C. dubaiensis resembles C. narrabeenensis but differs
in body shape, position of acetabulum, size of the seminal vesicle
and number of vitelline follicles and their extension lateral
to caeca.
Key words: Cloacitrema, new species, Digenea, Philophthalmidae,
Phoenicopterus roseus, the UAE.
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Review of Cheyletid Mites
of the Genus Cheletopsis (Acari, Cheyletidae) from the Quills
of Waders in Southern Ukraine, with Description of a New Species.
Chernichko K. I., Kivganov D. A. Cheyletid mites of
the genus Cheletopsis Oudemans, 1904 from the quills of waders
of southern Ukraine are listed. Cheletopsis ferrugineae Chernichko
et Kivganov, sp. n. from Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
(Pontoppidan, 1763) is described. Previously unknown male of Ρ.
charadrii Mironov, Bochkov et Chirov, 1991 is described.
Key words: Cheletopsis, Cheyletidae, Ukraine, new species.