144 kbThe Germ Similarity in Ontogeny of Ciliates (Ciliophora).
Dovgal I. V. — The paper deals with the regularities of ontogenesis of mobile
and sessile ciliated protozo-ans. It is shown, that the germ similarity is characteristic
both in mobile and sessile ciliates. The mechanisms of controlling of morphogenesis
in ciliates are probably homologues with the controllers of early morphogenesis
in multicellular organisms. The special statement for the case of law of germ
similarity in unicel-lular eucaryots named "principle of tomits similarity"
has been offered.
Key words: ciliates, ontogeny, germ similarity, recapitulation.
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The Fauna of Springtails (Collembola) from
the Forest Ecosystems of South-East Ukraine. Bondarenko-Borisova I. V., Sandul
N. G. — The fauna of springtails (Collembola) was investigated for seven years
in natural forest ecosystems of the Donetsk highland, namely in gully forests,
flood-land forests and highland woods. The list of Collembola of forest habitats
of the eastern Ukraine has been compiled basing on the original and literature
data. It includes 115 species belonging to 52 genera and 16 families. The core
of the fauna of Collembola in investigated forests is formed by such families
as Entomobryidae, Onychiuridae and Isotomidae. Eight zoogeographical complexes
of species were defined by the authors. The European, the Holarctic and the cosmopolitan
complexes predominate in the number of species. Species richness, representation
of ecological groups, life forms and Collembola hygromorphs differ in the three
types of forests investigated. Most of the biotopes are characterized by the predominance
of forest species, the considerable representation of eurybionts as well as meadow
and steppe forms of species, the predominance of upper-litter biomorphs and a
wide spectrum of hygromorphs. The ecological-faunistic peculiarities of springtails
ecosystems reflect the specifics of forest microclimate in steppe and can be used
for zoodiagnostics of natural and artifical forests.
Key words: Collembola, springtails, forest communities, gully forests, fauna,
zoogeographical complexes, life forms, ecological groups, hygromorphs, sylvatization
process, zoodiagnosis, biotops.
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A Review of Some Type Specimens of the Cremastinae
(Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) Wasps Described by G. Szepligeti in the Collection
of the Hungarian National Mu-seum. Narolsky N. B. — Type specimens of species
currently placed in genera Pris-tomerus (Pristocelus atriceps, Pristomerus celebensis,
Pristomerus novoguineensis), Temelucha (Cremastus australiensis, Cremastus javanus),
Trathala (Epicremastus concolor, Cremastus niger) are revised. Redescriptions
and compara-tive diagnoses, and data on condition of type-specimens are provided.
Key words: Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae, type material, taxonomy.
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Contribution to the Knowledge of Aculeate
Hymenoptera of Byelorus. Family Digger Wasps (Sphecidae). Shlyakhtenok A. S.,
Skibinska E. — During the period from 1984 to 1998 14 675 specimens of digger
wasps, which belong to 181 species, were col-lected. Currently, the fauna of Sphecidae
of Byelorus consist of 187 species. The number and species variety of digger wasps
in the south part of republic were higher in comparison with northern part. The
representatives of genuses šīäīā Bem-becinus A. Costa, Larra Fabricius, Prionix
v. d. Lind., Sphex Linnaeus, Stizus La-treille were collected only in the southern
part of Byelorus. The main part of the material (95%) was received with the use
of Malaise traps.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Sphecidae, fauna, Byelorus, Malaise traps.
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New Genus of Darkling Beetles of the Tribe
Helopini (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae). Nabozhenko M. V. — New genus Armenohelops
Nabozhenko gen. n. (type species — Ar-menohelops armeniacus Nabozhenko sp. n.
from Armenia) belongs to the Cylindronotus group of genera of the subtribe Cylindronotina
(tribe Helopini) with strongly sclerotized aedeagus and parameres flattened on
the apex. The new genus is closely related to the genera Cylindronotus Faldermann,
1837 and Odocnemis Allard, 1876, from which it differs in the structure of aedeagus:
parameres very short, apical part of parameres curved upwards, dorsal part of
parameres deeply gutter-shaped pressed, penis (or at least sclerites of the penis)
completely placed in the phallobase. Armenohelops gen. n. also differs from both
genera in the lacking of tubercles or denticles on the fore and middle tibiae
of the male, lacking tuber-cles on the elytra, and presence of dense brush of
the long erected setae on the trochanters.
Key words: darkling beetles, Tenebrionidae, Helopini, new genus, new species.
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Peculiarities of Musculocutaneus Complex
Structure in Triclada (Turbellaria, Tri-cladida). Chernysheva A. O. — The
musculocutaneus complex of ten planarian species from three families and two marine
triclads were studied with the use of light mi-croscopy and transmission electronic
microscopy. Some differences in structure of basal plate, subepidermal and dorso-ventral
musculature were found.
Key words: triclads, epidermis, basal plate, musculature, Turbellaria, Tricladida.
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The Comparison of Peculiarities of the Construction
and Efficacy of Function of the Copial Propulsor of Aquatic Birds and Semi-Aquatic
Mammals. Mordvinov Yu. E. — The indices of efficacy of the function of copial
propulsor (Sė%Sm; ; Sė/S) were analyzed on the basis of collected morphological
and experimental materials of the water locomotion 16 species birds and 9 species
mammals of different sys-tematically and ecomorphologically. It has been established,
that the indices in-creased off species of the aeronectoxeron ecomorph to species
of the nectoxeron and xeronecton ecomorph, or with increase communication with
water medium.
Key words: index of efficacy, ecomorph, aeronectoxeron, nectoxeron, xeronecton,
copial propulsor.
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The Fauna of Springtails (Collembola) in
Lviv. Shrubovych J. — 119 species of Col-lembola have been recorded in various
ecosystems of Lviv, differing by degree of the urban pressure. Successful coexistence
of great number of springtail species with different ecological preferences (forest,
meadow, meadow-steppe, eurytopic, compost, ruderal, synanthropic, troglophilous
forms) is the most characteristic peculiarity of faunal communities in urban conditions.
Key words: Collembola, springtails, urban ecosystems, fauna.
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Paramysis sowinskii sp. n., a New Species
of Mysidacea (Crustacea) from Ponto-Caspian Basin. Daneliya M. E. — Paramysis
sowinskii sp. n. from Ponto-Caspian ba-sin is described based on material collected
by the author in the Sea of Azov ba-sin and Caspian Sea, deposited at Zoological
Institute, RAS (St.-Petersburg). Di-agnosis: ventral setae of middle segment of
mandibular palpi roughly notched. Carpal segment of pereiopoda with 6–7 groups
of setae on ventral side.
Key words: Mysidacea, Paramysis, new species, Ponto-Caspian Basin, distribu-tion,
ecology.
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Land Mollusks (Gastropoda, Pulmonata) of
the “Medobory” Natural Reserve (Podolian Hills, Ukraine). Baidashnikov A. A.
— 70 species, including Deroceras turcicum (Simroth) and mountain species, common
with the Carpathians — Vertigo alpestris Alder, Balea fallax (Rossmassler), Vestia
elata (Rossmassler), Plicuteria lubomir-skii (Slosarski), Deroceras rodnae Grossu
et Lupu, and others were found to occur in the reserve. Distribution of species
among vegetation types is discussed.
Key words: forest-dwelling mollusks, vegetation, Podolian Hills.
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Bat Ectoparasite Fauna of Podolia. Bobkova
O. Ą. — Species composition of ecto-parasites from 6 observed caves in Podolia
is studied and compared. It includes 5 species of mites (Ichoronyssus sp., Spinturnix
myoti (Kolenati), Spinturnix ple-cotinus (C. L. Koch), Ixodes vespertilionis Koch,
Leptotrombidium sp.), one spe-cies of bat-flies (Nycteribiidae gen. sp.) and 1
species of flea (Pulex irritans Linne).
Key words: Podolia, bats, ectoparasites.
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Description of the Old-Stage Larva of the
Weevil Liparus transsylvanicus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Nazarenko V. Yu.
— Detailed description of the old-stage larva of weevil Liparus transsylvanicus
Petri with the use of chaetotaxy is provided.
Key words: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Liparus transsylvanicus, larva, morphology,
chaetotaxy.
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Review of East-Mediterranean Species of
Calyptorhina with Two-Colored Elytra (Coleoptera, Chryso-melidae, Clytrinae).
Lopatin I. K. — New species — Calyptorhina rapillyi sp. n. near C. persica
Pic and new subspecies of C. biornata Lef., Calyptorhina biornata angorensis subsp.
n., from Turkey are described. The latter differed from the nominative form by
having a smaller size and the shape of the aedoeagus.
Key words: Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Clytrinae, new taxons, East Mediterranean
region.
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The Cholevine Beetle Eocatops pelopis (Coleoptera,
Leiodidae, Cholevinae) in the South of Eastern Europe and its Prochoresis to the
North in Holocene. Perkovsky E. E., Gontarenko A. V. — Populations of the
cholevine Eocatops pelopis (Reitter) from the extreme north-east of its continental
distribution range (Odessa, Kherson, Rostov regions and Crimea) are studied for
the first time. Vari-ability of such stable in the other congeners characters,
as the form of elytral apex and the structure of antennae, was demonstrated; specimens,
indistinguishable in these characters from those described from Lapland as a distinct
species (Szymczakowski, 1975), were found. The latter form is reconsider as a
subspecies of E. pelopis. All records of Eocatops from Ukraine and European part
of Russia assigned to E. pelopis. Appearance of E. “lapponicus” in Lapland might
not take place before Holocene optimum; the most parsimonious explanation of this
event suggests transition of one of the East European populations of E. pelopis
to com-mensalism on Formica lemani Bondroit in Holocene, with the subsequent prochoresis
to the North together with the host population. This hypothesis well explains
lim-ited range of E. pelo-pis in Sweden and Finland.
Źey words: Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae, Holocene, Formica, Ukraine, Rus-sia,
Sweden, Finland.
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Vulpes corsac (Carnivora, Canidae) in Ukraine.
Borovik E. N. — For the first time in Ukraine, the population of the corsac
fox Vulpes corsac Linnaeus, 1768 is de-scribed; it enumerates, depending on seasons,
20–25 individuals. This single re-corded population oceurs close to boundaries
of the “Streltsovskaya Step” Nature Reserve. The hight and thickness of snow cover
is shown to be the limiting factor for the corsac population. The further prospectives
of distribution of the corsac are rather uncertain, because of reduction of suitable
areas; it needs immediate inclusion to the Red Book and providing of conservation
arrangements.
Key words: Vulpes corsac, population, Red Book.