Vestnik Zoologii

Volume 41, No. 5 (September-October, 2007)
abstracts

Information Factors of Pathosystems Organisation and Their Coevolution on an Example of Regulation of Onthogenesis and Reproduction of Acari and Insecta and Synchronization of Their Phylogenesis with Angiospermae. Mitrofanov V. I., Fadeev Yu. M., Man’ko A. V., Mytrus E. R., Popov S. Ya., Khodakov G. V., Khaustov A. A., Yagodinskaya L. P. — Izoprenoid regulation of ontogenesis of organisms, demographic processes in structure of populations and also evolution and adaptation of species are considered. Theoretical substantiations of its practical use for management of population growth in rare species conservation and in plant pathogene control are attempted based on analysis of birth and death rate categories (productivity), which form the life tables.
Key words: terpenoids, biochemical regulation, ontogenesis, phylogenesis, adaptogenesis, metabolism of ecosystems.

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A New Species of Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) from Switzerland, with a Key to European Species and Notes on Nomenclature and Distribution. Kameneva E. P. — Herina merzi Kameneva sp. n. is described based on a male from Switzerland (type locality: Merishausen, Canton Schaffhausen); its similarity to species from Oriental and Australasian Regions is discussed. The following synonymy is established: Ortalis gyrans Loew, 1864 = Anacampta unimaculata Czerny, 1909, syn. n., Ortalis oscillans Meigen, 1826 = Herina schlueteri Becker, 1913, syn. n. An improved key to species of Herina Robineau-Desvoidy occurring in Europe is provided. New finds of Herina species in European countries are listed. H. gyrans, H. scutellaris Robineau-Desvoidy and H. tristis (Meigen) are briefly redescribed and figured.
Key words: Diptera, Ulidiidae, Europe, new species, new synonymy, new records.

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The Comparative Morphological Analysis of Diploid Aporrectodea caliginosa and Triploid A. trapezoides Earthworm Species (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) in Ukraine. Garbar A. V., Vlasenko R. P., Mezhzherin S. V. — Morphological analysis of quantitative and qualitative characters shows that the trip-loid species A. trapezoids can be characterized only by the tendency to fixation of the quantitative charac-ters and cannot be recognized from A. caliginosa with certainty. In spite of this the clones of A. trapezoids often differ not less than the two species from each other. As a result, a reliable diagnostics based on the morphological characters can be achieved only if the morphological peculiarities of the specific clones of earthworms inhabiting a certain area is taken into account.
Key words: earthworms, Aporrectodea, morphology, taxonomy, clones.

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Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Family Chrysididae of Byelorussia. Shlyakhtenok A. S. — 2933 specimens of Chrysididae (1002 {, 1931 }) were collected in Byelorussia from 1985 to 2004. Dominating are Trichrysis cyanea (Linnaeus) — 28,4% Chrysis angustula Schenck — 24,0%, Chrysis ignita Linnaeus — 10,9%, Chrysis fulgida Linnaeus — 9,4%, Chrysis mediata Linsenmaier — 7,8%. The maximum seasonal activity of the Chrysididae is noted in June. Vast majority of specimens was collected in open biotopes. They were noted to be the most numerous in open biotopes. The material was collected mainly (90%) in Malaise traps.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Chrysididae, Byelorussia, ecology, Malaise traps.

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Use of Kyiv Caves by Bats (Chiroptera): Hibernation and Swarming. Godlevskaya E. V. — We present results of bat observation in the underground cavities of Kyiv and vicinities carried out in 1999–2006. In the studies we examined 28 objects of four different types (sacral artificial caves, loess natural caves, desolated military constructions, and drainage gallery systems (DGS)). We found that DGS were the most used by bats. In one of the DGS we counted up to 269 specimens. The dominant of the hibernation aggregations was M. daubentonii — 97.4% of found individuals. The rest 2.6% was represented by M. dasycneme, M. mystacinus, P. auritus. We discovered that bats start departing DGS no later than the end of March, with the departure peak falling at the middle of April. We observed autumn swarming by the DGS. Totally, five species were registered in the swarming: M. daubentonii, M. dasycneme, M. mystacinus, P. auritus and E. serotinus. Again the dominant species was M. dau¬bentonii — 97.4% of individuals captured.
Key words: bats, hibernation, swarming, urban caves, Ukraine.

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Seasonal Aspects of Genus Martes (Mustelidae) Diet in Forest Ecosystems of the Ukrainian Steppe Zone. Mikheyev A. V. — Data on diet of the stone and pine marten by the different seasons under conditions of shared inhabitaion are presented. Quality and quantity parameters of seasonal diet range are compared. Seasonal dynamics trend in quality composition and relative biomasses of different food objects are determined.
Key words: stone marten, pine marten, diet seasonality, forest ecosystems, ecology.

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Regular Egg-Positioning by an Aeshnid Species (Odonata, Aeshnidae) with Comments on its Phylogenetic Value. Matushkina N. A. — Prolarvae and first-instar larvae of an aeshnid anisopteran, probably Aeshna sp. or Anaciaeschna isoceles, were reared from an endophytic egg-clutch with eggs positioned in line and zigzag orders in stems and flowerstems of Myriophyllum spicatum in central Ukraine. Descriptions of the prolarva and the first-instar larva, the distance between neighbouring eggs in the clutch, as well as discussion on evolution of the endophytic egg-laying behaviour in Odonata, are provided.
Key words: Odonata, dragonfly, endophytic oviposition, clutch, Aeshnidae.

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Distribution of Heterotrophic Flagellates in Different Water Reservoirs of the Central Part of Ukrainian Polissya Area. Shevchuk S. Yu. — In different water reservoirs of Kyiv and Zhytomir Polissya, 53 spe¬cies of heterotrophic flagellates were found. Similarity of species composition in different types of water bodies (ponds, rivers, swamps, lakes and drainage canals) was estimated. 12 flagellate species were found to be eurytopic, whereas 15 species were collected only in one reservoir type. 12 are considered to be riverine under conditions of Ukrainian Polissya, as they have not been observed in other reservoirs so far.
Key words: heterotrophic flagellates, water body types, ecology, Polissya area.

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The First Find of Representative of the Genus Pentaria (Coleoptera, Scraptiidae) in Ukraine. Odnosum V. K., Prokhorov A. V. — The genus Pentaria Mulsant is recorded from Ukraine for the first time. An improved diagnosis of the genus and a redescription and Pentaria badia (Rosenhauer, 1847) male and female are provided.
Key words: Coleoptera, Scraptiidae, Pentaria, Europe, distribution.

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