2023-12-20
Nikola Mihajlović, Stefan Stepić, Vukan Lavadinović, Dejan Beuković, Aleksandar Ignjatović, Zoran Popović
Research was conducted on the European hare ( Lepus europaeus Pall.), one of the most numerous and important small game species both in Europe and in the Republic of Serbia. The aim of the research was to examine the possibility of modifying the standard method, which is a standard in the Republic of Serbia, for determining the age of hares based on the mass of their lenses in order to shorten its duration. Additionally, the goal was to investigate whether there was a difference in the age structure determined by the standard and modified methods. For the purpose of processing and analyzing samples, a total of 410 hare heads were collected from hunting grounds in Central Serbia and Vojvodina, and only heads with intact lenses of both eyes (399) were included in the analysis, resulting in the examination of 798 lenses. It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference in the lens mass between the standard and modified methods, both for age categories of hares up to one year and over one year. High correlation coefficients were found, indicating a strong relationship between the lens mass obtained by the standard and modified methods within both age categories. Furthermore, the real growth rates of hares determined by the standard and modified methods were equal.
2023-10-30
Neelavar Ananthram Aravind, Barna Páll-Gergely
Cycloryx pemaledai Gittenberger & Sherub, 2022, which was described from northwestern Bhutan, is reported for the first time in Sikkim, India. That species differs from all its congeners by the short R3 (the region between the constriction and the peristome). The differences between the Bhutanese and Indian shells are minimal, therefore the Indian shells are identified as Cycloryx cf. pemaledai . Furthermore, Alycaeus himalayae n. sp. is described from Arunachal Pradesh. This is so far the only Alycaeus species inhabiting the Himalayas, and thus, its discovery is a real surprise.
2023-09-19
Lu Qiu, Alexander Prosvirov
Two new flightless species of Lacon Laporte, 1838 are described from Yunnan, China: L. taotie sp. n. and L. yejiei sp. n. Key to the known species of flightless Lacon from China is also provided. Additional notes on the bionomics and morphology of recently described L. habashanensis Platia, Mertlik et Dušánek, 2023, including characters of previously unknown female, are given.
2023-08-25
Barna Páll-Gergely, Attila Hettyey
2023-08-25
Ivan Chigray, Alexander Kirejtshuk
Years of research of the subtribe Blaptina made it possible to clarify relations between some species and propose changes in supraspecific structure of this subtribe. Blaps scabiosa Baudi di Selve, 1874 is designated as a type species of Caraboblaps Bauer, 1921, the new synonymy is proposed: Blaps Fabricius, 1775 = Caraboblaps Bauer, 1921, syn. n. Blaps nitens nitens Laporte, 1840 is designated as a type species of Periblaps Bauer, 1921, Blaps ominosa Ménétriés, 1832 is designated as a type species of Holoblaps Bauer, 1921; type species of Periblaps and Holoblaps are transferred here to genus Lithoblaps , as a result the following new synonymy is proposed: Lithoblaps Motschulsky, 1860 = Periblaps Bauer, 1921, syn. n. = Holoblaps Bauer, 1921, syn. n. The similarity of the structure of the aedeagus of Ablapsis compressipes Reitter, 1887 and some species of the subgenus Prosoblapsia Skopin et Kaszab, 1978 (genus Blaps Fabricius, 1775) gives a base to transfer the taxon Ablapsis Reitter, 1887 into the genus Blaps as a separate subgenus ( Ablapsis stat. resurr.). Blaps tentyrioides Seidlitz, 1893 (= Blaps socia Seidlitz, 1893) is designated as a type species of the subgenus Protoblaps Bauer, 1921. As the genera Protoblaps Bauer, 1921 and Genoblaps Bauer, 1921 have one type species and the aedeagal structure of type species of Ablapsis , Protoblaps and Prosoblapsia is similar, the new synonymy is proposed: Ablapsis Reitter, 1887 = Protoblaps Bauer, 1921 syn. n. = Genoblaps Bauer, 1921 syn. n. = Prosoblapsia Skopin et Kaszab, 1978, syn. n. Analysis of imaginal and larval structures of the species here united in the taxon Lithoblaps Motschulsky, 1860 and other members of Blaps showed that differences between these two groups are comparable with those between other genera of the subtribe and, therefore, the former taxon is here regarded as a distinct genus Lithoblaps gen. resurr. Thus, 100 species and subspecies (marked as comb. n. or comb. resurr.) are transferred from Blaps to Lithoblaps . The additional new combination is established: Dila platythorax (Gemminger, 1870), comb. n. (from Blaps ). The key to genera and the catalogue of the subtribe Blaptina are given.
2023-06-30
Tamás Vásárhelyi, Ernst Heiss
Acantharadus flora sp. n. and Kema pamae sp. n. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae: Mezirinae) from Halmahera Island, Indonesia are described and figured. Photos of the male holotypes of K. bloetei Usinger et Matsuda, 1959 and K. papuasica Kormilev, 1971 and non-type females of A. quaternarius (Bergroth, 1886), male and female of K. acutissima Kormilev, 1971 as well as a female of K. lobulata (Kormilev, 1953) are presented, with comments and a key to Kema species. A. quaternarius is reported from Sumatra for the first time.