Life Cycle of the Trematode Neodiplostomum oriolinum (Diplostomatidae)
under Natural Conditions in Primorye Region (Russia). Besprozvannykh V. V.
— The life cycle and developmental stages of the trematode Neodiplostomum oriolinum
Oschmarin, 1963 are described. It was experimentally established that under natural
conditions of Primorye Region, the first intermediate hosts of this trematode
are snails Polypylis semiglobosa, Helicorbis sujfunensis, and the second are tadpoles
of Rana dybowskii. Adult worms were developed in chicken and rat. Based on comparative
morphological analysis of adult worms developed under experimental conditions
and data given in P. G. Oshmarin (1963) paper it is assumed that N. oriolinum
and N. paraoriolinum Oschmarin, 1963 are synonyms.
Key words: Neodiplostomum oriolinum, cercaria, metacercaria, adult worms, life
cycle.
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Two New Himalayan Ant Species (Hymenoptera,
Formicidae) Related to Myrmica indica. Elmes. W., Radchenko A. G. — Myrmica
weberi Elmes et Radchenko, sp. n. and M. alperti Elmes et Radchenko, sp. n. from
the Himalaya are described. Morphometric comparisons of the new species and their
close relative M. indica Weber, 1950 were made using Principal Component Analysis
and Discriminant Analysis.
Key words: ants, Formicidae, taxonomy, Myrmica, ritae-group, new species, Himalaya.
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Spalacids (Spalacidae, Rodentia) of the Pleistocene
of Ukraine. Stadnik Î. ². — The fossil remains of spalacides from the Ukrainian
Pleistocene localities are described in detail. Three species were identified:
Nannospalax odessanus (Early Eopleistocene), Spalax minor (Eopleistocene — Early
Neopleistocene) and Spalax cf. microphtalmus (Early, Middle Neopleistocene). The
temporal distribution of these species and their phylogenetic relations are discussed.
Key words: Spalax, Pleistocene, fossil remains, Ukraine.
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Zoogeographic Characteristic of Family Cardiidae
(Mollusca, Bivalvia) in Ponto-Caspian Basin. Munasypova-Motyash I. A. — The
fauna of the basin includes 43 species, of them 9 species belong to the subfamily
Cardiinae, and 34 species belong to the subfamily Lymnocardiinae. The species
of the Mediterranean zoogeographic complex are represented by 9 species (47,4%,
the subfamily Cardiinae) and of the Ponto-Caspian complex by 10 species (52,6%,
the subfamily Lymnocardiinae) in the Azov -Black Sea basin. The Mediterranean
complex is represented by 2 species (8%, Cerastoderma rhomboides rhomboides (Lamark,
1819) and C. isthmicum (Issel, 1869), but the Ponto-Caspian complex by 23 species
(92% Lymnocardiinae species) in the Caspian Sea. The last give us the opportunity
to consider the Caspian Sea as the centre of origin of the subfamily Lymnocardiinae.
Key words: Cardiidae, Cardiinae, Lymnocardiinae, fauna, Ponto-Caspian basin.
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Bivalve Mollusks of Superfamily Pisidioidea
from Inshore Zone of Small Lakes in Northwest of Murmansk Region: Distribution
of Species. Frolov A. A. — The data on distribution of bivalve mollusks of
the superfamily Pisidioidea from a coastal zones of lakes (northwest of Murmansk
region) are presented. Distribution of mollusks depends on surf, depths and type
of the substrate. Three inshore zones are determined depending on duration of
the influence surf: more 70%, about 3%, and less 0.1% period without ice. These
zones differ by quantitative characteristics of mollusks species. The depth 0.5
m is limit between zones of turbulence and calm, on which increase the number
of species, their abundance and biomass.
Key words: bivalve mollusks, Pisidioidea, fauna, distribution, ecology, lakes,
Murmansk region.
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Occurrence of Nematoda Larvae of the Superfamily
Acuarioidea (Spirurata) at the Black Sea Fish. Pronkina N. V., Belofastova L.
P., Machkevsky V. K. — New finds of nematoda larvae of the superfamily Acuarioidea
in the Black Sea fish (paratenic hosts for these nematodes) are recorded. Paracuaria
adunca (Creplin, 1846) and Cosmocephalus obvelatus (Creplin, 1825) are recorded
from Lipophrys pavo and Parablennius sanguinolentus (Bleniidae) and Neogobius
ratan (Gobiidae), whereas C. obvelatus is found in Liza saliens (Mugilidae), Pomatoschistus
minutus elongates (Gobiidae) and Atherina boyeri pontica (Atherinidae) for the
first time. Measurements and figures of found larvae are presented. Peculiarities
of life cycle realization in these nematodes with use of fish, dwelling coastal
biocenoses of the Black Sea shoal are discussed.
Key words: nematodes, Cosmocephalus obvelatus, Paracuaria adunca, Lipophrys pavo,
Parablennius sanguinolentus, Neogobius ratan, Pomatoschistus minutus elongatus,
Atherina boyeri pontica, Liza saliens, Ukraine, Black Sea.
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Conchological Peculiarities of Introduced
Species Chondrula microtraga (Gastropoda, Pulmonata, Enidae) in Odessa. Gural-Sverlova
N. V., Gural R. I. — Discovered in one from the urban biotopes of Odessa at
1999 the population of Chondrula microtraga (Rossma#ssler, 1839) remains the only
known discovery of this species on the territory of Ukraine. In that biotope C.
microtraga is found together with the autochtone species the same genus C. tridens
(Mu#ller, 1774). The linear parameters and proportions the shell of the both species
were analysed in this article. The results of the biometrical investigations of
the C. microtraga shells correspond to data that were received earlier for the
autochthon populations this species (Bulgaria). The prospects of the further conchometrical
studies the molluscs of the genus Chondrula in Odessa were analysed.
Key words: land molluscs, Chondrula, conchometry, Ukraine.
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A New Amphipod Species Echinogammarus karadagiensis
sp. n. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) from Crimean Coasts (Black Sea). Grintsov V. A.
— Echinogammarus karadagiensis Grintsov, sp. n. (Amphipoda, Gammaridae) is described
and illustrated based on specimens collected from the pebble-sand beach on Crimean
coasts (0 m) (Black Sea). Morphological and ecological data are given.
Key words: Amphipoda, Echinogammarus, new species.
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New Collembola Species from the Floodplain
Forests of the Transcarpathian Lowland (Ukraine). Kaprus’ I. J., Tsalan J. V.
— As a result of an ecological study of the springtails communities of floodplain
oak forests (Transcarpathian Lowland), Spinonychiurus epaphius Kaprus’ et Tsalan,
sp. n. and Tetracanthella pericarpatica Kaprus’ et Tsalan, sp. n. are collected
and described. S. epaphius sp. n. belongs to species group of Onychiuridae with
abdominal sternum III, divided into two subsegments. A T. pericarpatica sp. n.
new species is distinguished among similar taxa by reduced chaetotaxy of body.
Key words: Collembola, Onychiuridae, Isotomidae, new species, Transcarpathia,
Ukraine.
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The New and Little-Known Species of Beetles
(Insecta, Coleoptera) in Ukrainian Carpathians Fauna. Mateleshko A. Yu. —
Fourteen species are recorded for the first time in the Ukrainian Carpathians,
among them 10 species and 4 genera (Liodopria serricornis (Gyllenhal, 1813), Agathidium
nudum Hampe, 1871, Triarthron maerkeli W. L. E. Schmidt, 1841, Pleurotobius magnifica
Roubal, 1932, Clambus pilosellus Reitter, 1876, Odontosphindus grandis Hampe,
1861, Aspidiphorus lareyniei Jacquelin du Val, 1859, Triplax elongata Lacordaire,
1842, Clemmus troglodytes Hampe, 1850, Symbiotes latus L. Redtenbacher, 1849)
are new for Ukraine. The new localities of 3 species: (Rhopalocerus rondanii (Villa,
1833), Ditylus laevis (Fabricius, 1792), Agnathus decoratus Germar, 1818 are given.
Distribution and ecology of some species are discussed.
Key words: Coleoptera, Histeridae, Leiodidae, Staphylinidae, Clambidae, Sphindidae,
Erotylidae, Endomychidae, Colydiidae, Oedemeridae, Cononotidae, fauna, ecology,
Ukrainian Carpathians.
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Distribution of Steppe Mouse, Mus spicilegus
(Mammalia), in Mountain Crimea. Tsvelykh A. N. — Findings of Mus spicilegus
Petenyi, 1882 in Crimean Mountains are described. The settlements of this species
are found in south-west part of Mountain Crimea on the northern macroslope of
the Main Ridge of the Crimean Mountains and in the different areas of the Second
Ridge no more up to an altitude of 400 m above sea level. The settlements of the
Steppe Mouse are sparse in mountains. They are isolated with substantial physical
and ecological barriers from the main natural habitat of this species in the Steppe
Zone. It is assumed that settlements of the species in mountains are relict and
extant since the open steppe type of habitats were extending far further in mountains,
e. i. on border of Pleistocene and Holocene.
Key words: Mus spicilegus, distribution, Mountain Crimea.