Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna of Palaearctic Latridiidae (Coleoptera)

A new species, Dienerella kerzhneri, was described from Kazakhstan. Four species are recorded from new localities: Enicmus atriceps Hansen (recorded from Belarus), Melanophthalma sericea (Mann.) and Migneauxia crassiuscula (Aubé) (the Ukraine), and Corticarina obfuscata Strand (the Caucasus).     

Contributions to the mosquito fauna (Diptera, Culicidae) of Belgorod Province

The results of long-term studies of mosquitoes in Belgorod Province are reported. The material was collected at 54 sites situated in 15 districts of the province. Different biotopes were investigated during the spring-autumn period. Larvae and adult mosquitoes were used for identification. A total of 27 mosquito species were found in the region examined. The following species were recorded for the first time: Ae. (Och.) communis. Ae. (Och.) diantaeus. Ae. (Och.) pulchritarsis. Ae. (Och.) sticticus, and Cx. (Bar.) modestus; and also the form Cx. (Cux.) pipiens pipiens biotype molestus. The frequency of occurrence of each species in different biotopes and different localities is given. The most widespread and common species in Belgorod Province include Ae. (Och.) cantans (Mg.), Ae. (Och.) cataphylla Dyar, Ae. (Fin.) geniculatus (Ol.), Ae. (Adm.) vexans (Mg.), Cx. (Cux.) pipiens, and Cx. (Cux.) pipiens pipiens biotype molestus.     

On the tachinid fauna (Diptera, Tachinidae) of Turkmenia: II

Cestonia deserticola sp. n. is described from Turkmenia (Repetek). The new species is similar to C. canariensis Vill. in having the frons wider than the eye. A key to Palaearctic species of Cestonia Rd. is given. Leucostoma abbreviata Herting is recorded from Turkmenia for the first time.     

Contribution to the blackfly fauna (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran

A collection of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from western Iran was examined, four species were recorded. Three new species are described: Tetisimulium iranicum sp. n., Wilhelmia lurestanica sp. n., and Crosskeyellum zagros sp. n. The presence of Tetisimulium coarctatum (Rubzov, 1940) in Iran is confirmed.     

Die abwandlung des eilegeapparates der bombyliidae (Diptera) Eine funktionsmorphologische studie

Skeleton, muscles, and functioning of the egg-laying systems of 38 species out of 16 subfamilies are studied. A development sequence toward a soil chamber to coat the eggs (b, c) can be characterized by the sternite 8: a) its inward position (Geroninae), b) its erection (9 subfamilies), c) its shell-shaped cavity (Exoprosopinae). Systropodinae and Heterotropinae cannot be fitted into this system.

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Abkürzungen in den Abbildungen VI–X 6.–10. Tergit - 6–8 6.–8. Sternit - A Analöffnung - Ac Acanthophorit 8. Sternits - Ac IX vom 9. Tergit abgetrenntes Acanthophorit - adr 1 schlauchförmige Geschlechtsanhangsdrüse - adr 2 wurstförmige Geschlechts-anhangsdrüse - Af After - AG Apikaler Gangabschnitt des R. sem. - Ak Analkegel - B IX Ausbuchtung am 9. Tergit - BG Basaler Gangabschnitt des R. sem. - Bo Borsten - Br präformierte Bruchstelle am Eideckel - Bu Bursatasche - Ch Chorion - Cö Coecum - D Darm - De Eideckel - Do Dornen - Do VIII Dornen am 8. Tergit - dR-S8 dorsaler Rand von Sternit 8 - Ed Enddarm - EmMG Einmündung der MalpighiGefäße - Er Eierrinne - Ggl 6, 7 Ganglion des 6. bzw. 7. Ab dominalsegments - Gö Geschlechtsöffnung - gOd gemeinsamer Eiergang - HaEr Haarflur entlang der Eierrinne - Ha-S8 Haare am 8. Sternit - Ha-Tv8 Haare an der Unterkante des 8. Tergits - hM häutiges Mittelfeld auf dem 8. Sternit - HPi Haarpinsel am 8. Tergit - Krs Kropfsack - Krst Kropfstiel - Ku Kufen am 8. Tergit - Lö häutige Löffelbildung - IZ lappenartige Zipfel des - M 1,2 Muskel Nr. 1, 2, etc. - MA Muskelapparat im Ductus receptaculi - Md Mitteldarm - Müadr 2 Mündung der Anhangsdrüsen-2 - MüRs Mündung der R. sem. - Od Ovidukt - Ov Ovar - PGP Postgenitalplatte - Pl Pleura - Po verdaute Pollenkörner im Enddarm - R VIII Rostrum am 8. Tergit - Rbl Rectalblase - rEi reifes Ei - Rp Rectalpapille - R. sem. Receptaculum seminis - S Sternit - Sbl Samenkapsel des R. sem. - SGP Subgenitalplatte - Sk Sandkammerbucht - Skl IX Sklerit im Dach der Sandkammerbucht - Spb Spatelborsten - Spdr Speicheldrüsen - Stg Stigma - T Tergit - Tv ventromedial verälangertes Tergit 8 - U IX, U X Zungenfortsatze des 9. bzw. 10. Tergits im Dach der Sandkammerbucht - U Ac Zungenfortsätze des Acan thophorits im Dach der Sandkammerbucht - Vag Vagina - Vag. Ap. Vaginalapodem - Vag-Es Vagina-Einsenkung in die Sternit 8-Schale - Vh Ventralhaut des Analkegels     

Contribution to the tachinid fauna of southwestern Turkey (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Faunistic records for 139 tachinid species from southwestern Turkey (Mu?la province and adjacent Ayd?n, Burdur, Denizli and Antalya provinces) are given. Another 17 species of the study area are known only from published records. The known fauna of Tachinidae of southwestern Turkey thus comprises 156 species. Zoogeographic analysis of the study area revealed that tachinids belong to 29 chorological categories, divided into two supergroups: 122 species (78.2%) are more eurybiontic, and also distributed in northern parts of the Palaearctic region (19 chorological categories belong here), whereas 34 species (21.8%) are distinctly thermophilic, and have a southern type of distribution (10 chorological categories are distinguished). Altogether, 52 species (33.3%) are recorded for the first time from Turkey.     

Zoogeographic analysis of the Palaearctic fauna of Drosophilid flies (Diptera, Drosophilidae) with description of clusterization software for provincial faunas

Distribution of 1730 Drosophilidae species of the Palaearctic and neighboring faunas was included in a data matrix where the geographic ordinate was represented in the Palaearctic part by the provinces of the general zoogeographic regionalization scheme of Emeljanov (1974), and in other realms, by larger units, usually of regional rank. Thus, the matrix represented a list of the provincial faunas. An original cluster analysis program was used to calculate qualitative and quantitative similarity indices for these faunas and build a similarity dendrogram. Particular zoogeographic regionalization of the Palaearctic was performed based on computer analysis of the provincial faunas (Krivokhatsky and Emeljanov, 2000). A dendrogram was constructed clustering 15 elementary Drosophilidae faunas of the Palaearctic, 7 of them being associated with the faunal centers (of species diversity and speciation) which principally correspond to those of some other insect taxa.     

A revision of the western Palaearctic species of Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Abstract A key is provided to twenty-four western Palaearctic species of Urophora Robineau-Desvoidy. The hosts of twenty-three species which attack Asteraceae are listed, including those being used or investigated as possible weed biocontrol agents. The species are divided into four species groups and the differing host relationships and types of galls induced by these groups are discussed. U.lopholomae sp.n. and U.affinis ssp. calcitrapae ssp.n., associated with Centaurea (Lopholoma) spp. and C. (Calcitrapa) spp. respectively, are described. U. algerica (Hering) and U.sjumorum (Rohdendorf) are both treated as subspecies of U. quadrifasciata (Meigen). U.pontica is given full specific status and U.hispanica is removed from synonymy. The following new synonymies are made (junior synonyms in parentheses): U. angustifascia (Hering) (= Euribia phaeocera Hering); U. cardui (Linnaeus) (= U. reaumurii Robineau-Desvoidy, lectotype designated); U. jaceana (Hering) (= E.conyzae Hering); U.maura (Frauenfeld) (= E. tecta Hering); U. mauritanica Macquart (= U. lejura Rondani, Trypeta macrura Loew); U.solstitialis (Linnaeus) (= E.sonderupi Hering, U. veruata Rondani ); U.stylata (Fabricius) (= E.pia Hering, U. vulcaanica Rondani); U. terebrans (Loew) (= E. approximata Hering, T. eriolepidis Loew, E. manni Hendel). The possibility that U. quadrifasciata is a species complex is discussed; it is also suggested that U.affinis and U.jaceana represent the morphological extremes of a complex. The misuse of the name Musca stylata Fabricius in the genus Myopites Blot is noted.     

On the fauna of Scathophagidae (Diptera) of Yakutia

The fauna of the family Scathophagidae of Yakutia, including 44 species of 15 genera, was studied. 23 species are recorded from the territory for the first time. The Arctic and subarctic zones of Yakutia have been still poorly studied, and additional species are found there. The scathophagid fauna of Yakutia was compared with the faunas of the neighboring regions using the dendrogram similarity method based on calculation of the Czekanowski–Sørensen coefficient.     

Ecology and classification of dermestid beetles (Coleoptera,Dermestidae) of the Palaearctic fauna

Data on ecology of 90 species of dermestid beetles from all the known subfamilies, tribes and most of genera in the Palaearctic fauna were obtained and summarized. The ecological groups of species were distinguished, and their hierarchical classification was elaborated. Comparison of this classification with the taxonomic classification of the family Dermestidae has shown the coincidence of the two systems down to the tribe level. The ecological groups of lower ranks correspond to genera, subgenera, or groups of closely related species. Thus, members of each taxon occupy a certain adaptive zone. The ecological groups of the same classification level are characterized by a particular type of adaptations. The data obtained were used for development of hypotheses on the origin and evolutionary trends of the basal dermestid lineages. These data may also be used for improvement of the classification of the family and solution of some taxonomic problems.     

A supplement to the grassfly fauna of Japan (Diptera, Chloropidae)

Two new grassfly species, Gampsocera diversicolor closely related to G. tenuisinuosa Kanmiya, 1983 and Conioscinella subdivitis closely related to C. divitis Nartshuk, 1971, are described from Japan. Keys for the new species are given. Oscinisoma ussuriense Nartshuk, 1973, known in Primorskii Territory of Russia and Korea, was found in Japan (Honshu Island) for the first time. The genus Oscinisoma Lioy, 1864 was also first recorded in Japan.     

On the distribution of broad-winged moths (Lepidoptera, Oecophoridae) of the Palaearctic fauna

The Palaearctic fauna of broad-winged moths (Oecophoridae with the subfamilies Oecophorinae, Pleurotinae, and Deuterogoniinae) comprises 47 genera and 329 species. The number of species rapidly increases from north to south, from 19 species in the Euro-Siberian taiga Region to 149 in the Mediterranean Region, but the Scythian steppe Region (30 species) and Sethian desert Region (49 species) have relatively poor faunas because the majority of oecophorid species are trophically associated with arboreal plants. The proper desert species are very rare among Oecophoridae moths, and the majority of species in the Sethian desert Region occur in the mountains. The number of endemic species is also greater in southern regions; it amounts for more than half of the total number of species in the Hesperian and Orthrian evergreen forest regions and in the Sethian desert Region. The faunas of European (62 species) and Far Eastern (67 species) deciduous forests comprise close numbers of species but are very different, having only 5 species in common. This fact indicates their long isolation. The Oecophoridae are represented in the Palaearctic mainly by the genera with a small number of species, except for 2 genera, Pleurota (100 species) and Promalactis (85 species). The distribution patterns of these genera are opposite: the species of Pleurota are numerous in the south of West Europe and in North Africa, their number quickly decreasing from west to east and only 2 species being present in China (Wang, 2006). The species of Promalactis are numerous in Southeast Asia, their number quickly decreasing from east to west: 3 species occur in Tibet and only 1, P. splendidella (Amsel, 1935), in Israel and Turkey.     

Palaearctic species of Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group (Diptera,Empididae)

Palaearctic species of the Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group are revised. Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) biflexata sp. n., Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) lineodorsata sp. n., Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) nudiscutellata sp. n., and Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) shatalkini sp. n. (all from Russian Far East) are described and illustrated. A key to Palaearctic species of the Rhamphomyia (Pararhamphomyia) anfractuosa group is provided.     

New species of the genus Attagenus (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) from the Palaearctic fauna

Attagenus arboreus sp. n. differs from A. silvaticus Zhant. in the structure of the antennae and aedeagus. A. cuneatus sp. n. may be distinguished from A. turcomanus Zhant. by the enlarged eyes and by the structure of the male antennae and aedeagus; A. gilanicus sp. n. differs from the two preceding species in the dark elytra and in the structure of the aedeagus, and from A. turcomanus, in addition, in the structure of the antennae of the male. A. fortis sp. n. differs from A. steinbergi Zhant. in the shape of the body and structure of the male antennae and aedeagus. A. doricus sp. n. differs from A. posticalis Fairm. and A. lynx Muls. et Rey in the fine pubescence, absence of distinct pale elytral bands, and the structure of the aedeagus. A. omanicus may be distinguished from the species mentioned above mainly by the structure of the aedeagus.     

Corrections to the Chironomidae part of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera

An extensive list of corrections to the Chironomidae part of the Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera (ASHE and CRANSTON, 1990) is given.     

Contributions to the rove-beetle fauna (Coleoptera,Staphylinidae) of the Republic of Tatarstan

The fauna and distribution of the rove-beetle subfamilies Oxyporinae, Steninae, Paederinae, Staphylininae, and Tachyporinae in the Republic of Tatarstan have been investigated. A total of 218 species have been revealed. The rove-beetles occur in 12 types of habitats, among which the soil and forest litter possess the greatest species diversity.