Here we present additional data and the information about new records of Lepidoptera (Geometridae, Sphingidae, Lymantriidae, Erebidae s.str., Noctuidae, Arctiidae) from the Khakassia Republic and the ...South of Krasnoyarsk region. 45 species are reported for the fauna of both regions for the first time and the 4 species reliably confirmed. In our work, we use research records, collection of personal materials during 1986−2021 (collecting) seasons. As in works before, we acknowledge availability for several species, which were recorded here earlier doubtly. In addition, comparisons of moths flight activity 100 years agо and contemporary are given.
Information is given on observations of a number of mammalian species with secretive lifestyle and nocturnal activity, including dormice, made during field lepidopterological research. The use of ...artificial light and aromatic scents in entomological research is one of the most effective methods for obtaining rich and diverse ecological and faunal information. In addition to scale insects, many other invertebrates, primarily insects, are attracted to light and bait. At the same time, large clusters of invertebrates that flock in masse and converge on light and bait, as readily available food attract a number of mammals with nocturnal activity, mostly insectivores (Soriciformes), bats (Vespertilioniformes), and rodents (Muriformes). A number of species that are rare and lead a hidden way of life are attracted to artificial light and aromatic scents, including species of the dormice family (Gliridae) such as the edible, forest, and hazel dormice. The latter are obviously attracted to the light by the insects. Instead, in case of the use of baits, for edible dormice and yellow-necked wood mice, probably the aroma and taste of the bait is what attracts them, because they were repeatedly seem feeding on the bait. At the same time, bright sources of artificial light are obviously of interest to other mammals. In particular, in this way were noted: hare, fox, European roe deer, and wild boar, as well as such rare mammals as lynx, wild cat, great jerboa, and thick-tailed three-toed jerboa. Based on such observations, as an example, a small overview of new findings of the forest dormouse is given, in particular in areas where this rodent species has not been recorded before or it was observed very infrequently. The authors noted this species on traps for scale insects in the highlands of the Ukrainian Carpathians (Chornohora ridge) and in the Northern Black Sea coast, within Odesa Oblast. Thus, standard methods of collecting field material often used in lepidopterological research, such as attracting by artificial light and aromatic scents, can be quite effective for detecting a number of mammal species of different taxonomic groups, including nocturnal mammals.
Additions to the second edition of the Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia are given in the present communication. They concern three East Siberian regions of the Russian Federation: Irkutsk ...Province, the Republic of Buryatia, and Zabaikalskii Territory. An annotated check-list includes 54 species of 6 families. The publications with records of these species from the area studied are cited. For Irkutsk Province, 20 species are listed, 16 of which are recorded for the first time. For the Republic of Buryatia, 35 species are given, 19 of which are recorded for the first time. For Zabaikalskii Territory, 10 species not recorded previously are reported.
Eupithecia impolita
Vojnits, 1980 is new to the Russian fauna. The distribution limits are expanded for 9 species: the new eastern limit of the distribution is established for 3 species of Noctuidae:
Photedes captiuncula
(Treitschke, 1825),
Photedes fluxa
(Hübner, 1809), and
Noctua interposita
(Hübner, 1790); the western border of the distribution range is shifted for
Eogystia sibirica
(Alphéraky, 1895),
Scopula agutsaensis
Vasilenko, 1997,
Paragona multisignata
(Christoph, 1881),
Arytrura subfalcata
(Ménétriés, 1859),
Acronicta hercules
R. Felder et Rogenhofer, 1874, and
Sympistis kaszabi
(Ronkay, 1988).
A complete synopsis of the localities of 14
Vaucheria
taxa (13 species and 1 variety) for the Baikal region in Irkutsk oblast and the Republic of Buryatia is given. The total number of studied ...populations is 413. Only four widespread species,
V. bursata
,
V. racemosa
,
V. canalicularis
, and
V. frigida
var.
frigida
, prevail among
Vaucheria
collections, accounting for 79% of all populations. These data could be considered representative of the continental regions of Asian Russia.
The species diversity of green coccoid algae is often difficult to study using light microscopy due to their complex morphology. Algae, which have morphological and ecological similarities with the ...genera
Bracteacoccus
Tereg.,
Dictyococcus
Gerneck, and
Pseudomuriella
Hanagata, are one of the most taxonomically complex examples. Often, only a comparison of nucleotide sequences allows one to carry out a reliable identification and find out the phylogenetic identity of the studied objects.
Pseudomuriella
belongs to the group of genetically diverse genera with a homogeneous
Bracteacoccus
-like morphology. The combined use of two genetic markers (18S rDNA nuclear gene and chloroplast
rbc
L gene), along with light microscopy and comparison of fatty acid profiles, allowed the identification of the green algae strain isolated from the soil of the artificial pine and robinia plantation in the steppe zone of Ukraine as
Pseudomuriella engadinensis
(Kol et Chodat) Fučiková, Rada et Lewis—the first find of the species in the flora of algae in Ukraine. Analysis of the fatty acid composition of the studied strain’s cells showed that the total lipid content in the stationary growth phase was at the level of 87.9 ± 2.1 mg/g dry cell mass, and the main fatty acids were palmitic, hexadecadienoic, ruganic, oleic, linoleic, and α-linolenic—their share accounted for 82.4% of the total amount of fatty acids.
The first record of non-indigenous expanding mollusc species Monacha cartusiana (O.F. Müller, 1774) is reported – the species was found on a dam of a coal-ash settling basin near České Budějovice.
Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) (Acari: Acaridae) has the potential for controlling pest insects in the laboratory, although little is known about its interaction with beneficial species such as ...bees. Here we report an infestation of T. putrescentiae and its predatory effect in colonies of the stingless bee Frieseomelitta varia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. After the mite infestation, the F. varia colonies became weak and the population died. Because T. putrescentiae develops preferentially in warm and damp environments, special care should be taken when performing in vitro rearing (e.g., sterilizing transfer needles, tweezers, and incubators) of F. varia. Moreover, stingless bee colonies maintained in meliponaries should be periodically monitored, in order to prevent not only mite infestation but diverse health issues.
Early Iran Age settlement on Funen During the last thirty years, our knowledge of Early Iron Age settlement on Funen has been enlarged by the discovery of many new settlements and graves, so that 504 ...localities are now known from the Pre-Roman, Early Roman and Late Roman periods. A list of finds according to period follows the text and these are also plotted on the maps figs. 1-4.Figs. 1 and 2 show the extent of settlement in the Pre-Roman and Early Roman periods of the lron Age respectively. The similarity between the two maps is apparent. Settlement affects the same areas and is almost as dense in the former as in the latter period. The Pre-Roman settlement first gains momentum from Period II (the Ripdorf stage) however, only 4 finds being known on the island from Period I (see note 1). In general, there seems to be no connection between the areas cultivated in the Early Iron Age and those cultivated in the Late Bronze Age (note 2). The massive Iron Age settlement first commences c. 200 B.C. and continues till c. 400 A.D., when it ceases, to judge by the subsequent lack of finds at least. In the Late Roman Iron Age (200-400 A.D.) settlement becomes more sparse in the northwestern part of the island (Vends herred) and in the coastal strip to the east of this (see map 3); otherwise it follows that of the two earlier periods. The first three maps are combined in fig. 4.In the three maps 1-3, the distribution of settlement and grave finds shows a tendency to concentrate in small local tracts. This division has been shown to have some correspondence with the later division into administrative districts or »herreder« (notes 4-5) and may be seen clearly in fig. 5, where the five ancient types of placenames are plotted, together with the administrative district boundaries. Between some of these local tracts, at least, there has been uncultivated and impassable border country.The Early Iron Age settlement constitutes as far as archaeological finds are concerned a compact entity (map 4). This settlement occurs suddenly, since no continuity can be observed between the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. The reason for this is probably the transition from a transitory cut-and-burn cultivation in the Bronze Age to a more permanent agriculture in the Early Iron Age, which was perhaps made possible by the stalling of animals, whereby their manure became available for use on the fields. A corresponding problem concerns the cessation of Iron Age settlement around 400 A.D., at which time the archaeological finds cease. The reason for this may be, however, that the peasants decide about this time to give up the dispersed settlement which is indicated by the refuse pits of settlements and the graves, and instead live together in villages, as we know them from the Viking and Medieval periods.Several ancient place-name forms can probably be linked to the 600 years of Early Iron Age settlement (figs. 1-3). Therkel Mathiassen and I have in previous works (notes 6, 8-14) tried to show that the ancient place-name endings, as recorded in fig. 5, are parts of names which the Iron Age peasants gave to the dispersed settlement areas but not to the villages. In the areas of northwest Jutland studied by Mathiassen villages were present in the Early Iron Age, whereas on Funen settlement was in general dispersed.The over 200 new finds which have been made since I discussed the relationship between place-names and settlement in the Early Iron Age, in Fynske Aarbøger 1951, corroborate the conclusions I then reached. The local settlement tracts which have been described above cover, true enough, a large part of the area of the island group of Funen, but a comparison between the maps figs. 1-5 nevertheless shows an unambiguous correspondence between the settlements and the five ancient types of place-names. Prominent among these are the numerous names ending in -lev and -inge. Their link with the Iron Age settlements is shown in the scheme on p. 132. This employs hypothetical place-name settlements. The five types of place-names are all well represented within the settlement areas of the Early Iron Age, so that if each hypothetical place-name settlement is allowed to have a radius of 2 km there must be said to be complete coverage of place-names by Iron Age settlement. This is apparent from the percentages in the last column. It can also be shown that only a few finds fall outside the place-name circles. Some must necessarily do so, as the five types of names treated here are not the only ancient ones, and may no longer be extant.Each place-name was tied to the local settlement tract with its individual farms. Later this name seems to have been transferred to the village which the local population for unknown reasons, be they economic, technical or defensive, decided to found, probably in the Late Iron Age. If this is correct, one should not generally expect to find antiquities of the Early Iron Age on the site of the present villages with ancient names. Prof. Aksel Christensen (note 26) has recently described this situation, "the regulated village with a certain commonalty probably existed as a type of settlement by King Gotfred's time ... many were previously founded by neighbours in a dispersed settlement after joint decision".E. Albrectsen
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