A New Species of Mites of the Genus Geckobia
(Prostigmata, Pterygosomatidae), Parasitic on Mediodactylus kotschyi
(Reptilia, Gekkota) from Crimea. Bertrand M., Kukushkin O., Pogrebnyak
S. Geckobia sharygini Bertrand, Kukushkin et Pogrebnyak,
sp. n., a parasite of gecko Mediodactylus kotschyi danilewskii
(Strauch, 1887) collected from Crimea (Ukraine) is described.
The new species differs from other species of the genus by the
scutum with convex posterior edge and seven pairs of dorsal stout
setae on scutum. Almost 89?% of mites were found on the ventral
surface of lizards body. Maximum observed parasite charge is
60 specimens for a synanthropic locality and 17 mites for a natural
locations. With exception of the newborn lizards, the infestation
slightly increased from spring to autumn. The improved key to
Pterygosomatidae and some Geckobia is provided. Position of G.
sharygini sp. n. and some related species in the genus Geckobia
is discussed in connection with phylogeny, distribution and ecological
peculiarities of the hosts.
Key words: Acari, Prostigmata, Pterygosomatidae, Geckobia, Mediodactylus
kotschyi danilewskii, Gekkota, Crimea, Ukraine, host-parasite
relationships.
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First Records of Scolebythidae
and Chrysididae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) in Rovno Amber. Perkovsky
E. E., Rasnitsyn A. P. Recorded from the Late Eocene
Rovno amber (Ukraine) are above 300 families of Arthropoda. One
hundred, seventy-four new species, 35 new genera and one new tribe
have been described there in 45 families, including 42 species,
9 genera and one tribe of Hymenoptera. The first record of Scolebythidae
is documented herein along with more detail information about
Chrysididae which was only mentioned there before. Chrysidids
are diverse and not very rare in the Rovno amber: four known inclusions
represent at least three species in two genera. This makes a contrast
with the Baltic amber: of 34 specimens known to Brues (1933),
30 represent only two species. Genera Pristapenesia Brues, Palaeobethylus
Brues and Palaeobethyloides Brues and species Palaeobethylus politus
Brues and Pristapenesia primaeva Brues, previously known in Baltic
amber only, are recorded in Rovno amber as well.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Scolebythidae, Chrysididae, Pristapenesia,
Palaeobethylus, Palaeobethyloides, Rovno amber, Baltic amber,
Late Eocene, Ukraine, Russia.
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Anomalonine Wasps of
the Genus Agrypon (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Ukraine. Nuzhna
A. D. A key to the 12 species of the genus Agrypon
Forster recorded from Ukraine is given. Some additional invariable
characters such as morphometric index CI of the forewing, the
presence of the small concavity on the anterior margin of mesoscutum
and the metasternal tooth on propodeum are used in the key.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Anomaloninae, Agrypon,
Ukraine.
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A New Species of the
Genus Herina (Diptera, Ulidiidae) from Dominica (Lesser Antilles).
Kameneva E. P. Herina caribbeana Kameneva, sp. n. from
Dominica is described and figured. It is related to the narytia
group of species, to date represented by 4 North American species,
but differs from these by the wing pattern (dark spots at apex
of R1 and on the crossbands r-m and dm-cu separated, not forming
crossband), as well as male genitalia (prensisetae long and close
together). This is the first record of the genus Herina Robineau-Desvoidy,
1830 from the Neotropical Region. A key to the New World species
is provided.
Key words: Diptera, Ulidiidae, Otitini, Herina, Caribbean basin,
Lesser Antilles, Dominica, new species.
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The Species Composition
of the Family Eimeriidae (Coccidia, Apicomplexa) of Farms in the
North of Ukraine. Kychyluck Y. V., Soroka N. M. The
results of studies of samples of feces from 550 animals of different
age and sex of the 15 farms 5 regions (Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr,
Kyiv, Chernihiv) the presence of oocysts protozoa. Was established
that in the domestic swine in the North of Ukraine are registered
8 species eimeriid. Seven of them belong to the genus Eimeria
(E. debliecki Douwes, 1921; E. suis Noller, 1921; E. scabra Henry,
1931; E. polita Pellerdy, 1949; E. perminuta Henry, 1931 E. neodebliecki
Vetterling, 1965; E. guevarai Rodriguez, Herrera, 1971) and one
to the genus Isospora (I. suis Biester, Murray, 1934). Pathogens
E. neodebliecki and E. guevarai in Ukraine has been identified
the first time.
Key words: Eimeriidae, protozoa, swine, Ukraine.
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The Biological Characteristic
of Representatives of the Genus Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa, Adeleorina)
in the Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) Separate Populations
of Zaporozhzhya Region. Korzh A. P., Zadorozhnyaya V. Y.
In blood of frogs in two of seven studied biotopes the presence
of the genus Hepatozoon representatives was revealed. Morphometric
parametres allowed defining a specific accessory of the revealed
haemoparasite Hepatozoon in a blood channel of village Malozaharino
frogs which were closest to the species H. magna (Grassi et Feletti,
1891) Labbe, 1899.
Key words: hepatozoon, marsh frog, invasion extensiveness, invasion
intensity, gamont, erythrocyte.
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Morphological Traits
of the Radula in Viviparidae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) as a
Master Key to Discrimination of Closely Related Species. Anistratenko
V. V., Ryabceva Yu. S., Degtyarenko E. V. The radula
morphology and variability in four European species of the family
Viviparidae viz. Viviparus viviparus (Linnaeus, 1758), V. sphaeridius
(Bourguignat, 1880), V. ater (Cristofori et Jan, 1832) and Contectiana
listeri (Forbes et Hanley, 1853) were examined using scanning
electron microscopy (SEM). Statistical methods reveal a certain
value of rachidian tooth dimensional parameters as an efficient
tool for taxonomy and discrimination of closely related species
of the family.
Key words: morphology, radula, taxonomy, Viviparidae, Viviparus,
Contectiana, Europe.
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A New Species of Mites
of the Genus Bdella (Acari, Bdellidae) from Ukraine. Maslov S.
I., Khaustov A. A. Bdella kuznetsovi Maslov et Khaustov,
sp. n. is described from storm detritus of Black Sea and Sivash
Gulf of the Sea of Azov, Ukraine.
Key words: Bdellidae, Bdella, new species, storm detritus, Ukraine.
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Species of the Genus
Idiomacromerus (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Torymidae) Reared from
Flower Heads of Some Asteraceae in Israel. Zerova M. D., Seryogina
L. Ya., Kuslitzky W. S., Argov Ya. Four species of
the genus Idiomacromerus Crawford, 1914 are recorded from Israel
as reared from flower heads of Centaurea spp. (Asteraceae). Two
of them, Idiomacromerus artusis Zerova, sp. n. and I. persimilis
Zerova, sp. n. are described.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Torymidae, Idiomacromerus, new species,
Asteraceae, Centaurea.
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A New Species of the
Genus Tephritis (Diptera, Tephritidae) from Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan,
and Iran. Korneyev S. V., Mohamadzade Namin S. Tephritis
tridentata S. Korneyev and Mohamadzade Namin, sp. n. reared from
the flower heads of Jurinea baissunensis Iljin in South-Eastern
Kazakhstan, Western Turkmenistan and Southern Iran is described.
It is similar to T. bardanae Schrank, T. dilacerata Loew, T. formosa
Loew, T. kovalevi V. Korneyev et Kameneva, T. valida Loew and
T. zernyi Hering in the widely brown wing pattern with two dark
spots at apices of veins R4+5 and M (instead of apical fork) and
three spots (two large hyaline and one small yellowish ) in cell
r1, differing from all known species by having three brown bar-like
crossbands in the posterior half of the wing (diffusely spotted
in compared species).
Key words: Diptera, Tephritidae, Tephritis, new species, Jurinea,
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Iran.
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A New Species of Vollenhovia
(Hymenoptera, Formicidae) From India with Key to Known Indian
Species. Bharti H., Kumar R. Vollenhovia gastropunctata
Bharti et Kumar, sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) is described
and illustrated based on the worker caste from India. A key to
the Indian species of Vollenhovia Mayr, 1865 is provided.
Key words: Hymenoptera, Formicidae, ants, Vollenhovia, new species,
India, key.
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Mosquitoes as Intermediate
Hosts of Dirofilarias in Sumy and Poltava Regions of Ukraine.
Dakhno Yu. ฒ., Soroka N. ฬ. Found that in Sumy and
Poltava regions intermediate hosts of dyrofilarias (Dirofilaria
sp.) are mosquitoes of genera Aede๕ and Culex. Larvaes of dirofilarias
were found in genera Aedes (64.5 %), than Culex (34.6 % infected
mosquitoes). Prevalence of invasion of mosquitoes in Poltava region
was more than in Sumy region (0.98 % ่ 0.43 %). The method of
research mosquitoes, includes: catching of insects, holding them
for 24 hours in oksypropion acid and compressor research them
under a microscope.
Key words: Dirofilaria sp., larvae, mosquitoes, Aedes, Culex,
Anopheles.