Data Standartization for Mapping of Radioactive Contamination
of Animals. Frantsevich L. I. The map of vicinities of the Chernobyl Nuclear
Power Plant (85 x 65 km) depicts data on contamination of the fish, birds, rodents,
and ungulates with 137Cs, as well as data on the beta-activity of mollusc shells indicating
contamination with 90Sr. The goal of data processing was to reduce the arrays of measurements
to some standard date and standard species. Several trends for radioactive contamination
have been revealed: the seasonal trends in the boar (Sus scrofa) and the roe deer
(Capreolus capreolus), the temporal perennial trend in molluscs and fish, stable ratios
of accumulation in different species, genera, or ecological groups in molluscs, fish
and ungulates. The data have been recalculated to the standard species (pond snail
Lymnaea stagnalis among mollusks, carp Cyprinus carpio among fish, boar, Sus scrofa
among ungulates) and date 01 October 1996. Those procedures diminish the initial variance
of measurements in the given locality by two times. The nomogram helps to find the
percentage of samples, contaminated above the given level, by known values of the
average and variation quotient. Accumulation and transfer factors have been calculated.
We determined a positive correlation between radioactive contamination in neighboring
samples. The radius of positive correlation within a map area was about 30 km.
Key words: rodents, ungulates, mollusks, birds, cartography, accumulation factor,
transfer factor, radioecology, Chernobyl Catastrophe.
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A Revision of Afrotropical Species of the
Eupyrgota (Diptera, Pyrgotidae): the varipennis and melancholica Subgroups of Species.
Korneyev V. A. Based on the study of the type specimens described by C.
Curran, E. Brunetti, G. Enderlein and P. Vanschuytbroeck and exhaustive material from
many entomological collections, the species of the varipennis and melancholica subgroups
of Eupyrgota Coquillett are redescribed and a key to all the species occurring in
the Afrotropical Region and Arabian Peninsula is provided. Eupyrgota echinata Korneyev,
sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda and Eupyrgota crassipes Korneyev,
sp. n. from the Democratic Republic of Congo are described. The following synonymy
is established. Eupyrgota Coquillett, 1898 = Peltodasia Enderlein, 1942, syn. n. The
following species are transferred to Eupyrgota: E. varipennis (Curran, 1928), comb.
n., from Campylocera Macquart; and E. vespiformis (Enderlein, 1942), comb. n. from
Peltodasia Enderlein. E. rugosigenis Hendel is resurrected from synonymy. The host
species of Eupyrgota latipennis Walker is recorded for the first time: the adult beetle
Pachnoda interrupta Olivier (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). This is the first host record
for any representative of the genus Eupyrgota and for any Afrotropical pyrgotids.
Key words: Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Tephritoidea, Pyrgotidae, Eupyrgota, Afrotropical
Region, fauna, taxonomy, new taxa, synonymy.
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Aploparaksis (Tanureria) vanelli sp. n. (Cestoda,
Hymenolepididae), Parasite of the Lapwing from Northwestern Ukraine. Kornyushin V.
V., Bondarenko S. K., Greben O. B. A new species of cestodes, Aploparaksis
(Tanureria) vanelli Kornyushin, Bondarenko et Greben, sp. n. is described based on
the material from the lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) from Volynskaya Oblast in Ukraine.
The new species is characterised by aporal disposition of the vitellarium to the ovary,
which is the characteristic feature of the subgenus Tanureria Spassky et Yurpalova,
1968. It differs from other species of this subgenus by the form and length of the
rostellar hook and a foliaceous-shaped cirrus with heteromorphic armament.
Kew words: Cestoda, Hymenolepididae, Aploparaksis (Tanureria) vanelli sp. n., Vanellus
vanellus, Ukraine.
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Composition of Ichthyocoenoses of the Coastal
Part of the Arabian Sea. Manilo L. G. The quantitative and qualitative
composition of ichthyocoenoses, their most significant components and characteristic
representatives are listed. The frequency of occurrence of the bottom-dwelling and
near-bottom species in various coastal biotopes is considered.
Key words: ichthyofauna, ichthyocoenoses, complexes, species richness, benthopelagic
fishes, pelagic fishes, frequency of occurrence.
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Flight Seasonality of Dragonflies (Insecta,
Odonata) in Northeastern Ukraine. Khrokalo L. A., Sheshurak P. M. Data
on seasonal flight periods of Odonata in Northeastern Ukraine (Kyiv, Chernigiv, Sumy,
Chekasy and Kharkiv administrative regions) based on field observations and a review
of material collected during 19922004 are provided. It resulted in revised datasets
on flight seasonalities for Chalcolestes parvidens Artobolevsky, Coenagrion armatum
Charpentier, Brachytron pratensis Mueller, Aeshna affinis van der Linden, Anax imperator
Leach, Gomphus vulgatissimus Linnaeus, Ophiogomphus cecilia Geoffroy, Cordulia aenea
Linnaeus, Epitheca bimaculata Charpentier, Sympetrum danae Sulzer, Leucorrhinia rubicunda
Linnaeus and L. caudalis Charpentier. The graphs of flight seasonalities of 13 frequently
occurred species are plotted. All 55 species recorded are distributed among six seasonally
defined groups. Own field data on the numbers of species occurring during seasons
of year as adults, and the data from the literature are compared.
Key words: dragonflies, Odonata, flight periods, seasonal groups.
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The Migratory Activity Peculiarities of the
Land Snails Brephulopsis cylindrica (Pulmonata, Buliminidae). Vitchalkovskaya N. V.,
Kramarenko S. S. The dispersal of the land snail Brephulopsis cylindrica
Menke, 1828 from the Crimean and Nikolaev populations was measured in different experimental
conditions. The dispersal of the Crimean snails was significantly influenced by the
resident snails from Nikolaev. The behavioral differences between these two groups
of snails were examined.
Key words: Pulmonata, Buliminidae, dispersal, interpopulative competitive interactions.
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Two New Species of Mites of the Genus Scutacarus
(Acari, Heterostigmata, Scutacaridae) from Ukraine. Khaustov A. A. Two
new species of mites of the genus Scutacarus Gros, 1845 of spengleri-group: S. yuliae
Khaustov, sp. n. and S. livshitsi Khaustov, sp. n. are described from Ukraine.
Key words: Acari, Scutacaridae, Scutacarus, new species, Ukraine.
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Acaroidea Complexes of Right-Bank Central
Forest-Steppe Antropogenic Biotopes. Kovalishina S. P. 23 mites forms from
superfamily Acaroidea have been registered on the Right-bank Central Forest-Steppe
territory, which belong to 2 families (Suidasiidae, Acaridae). Acarines complexes
have been discovered in different anthropogenic biotopes, according to substratum
and organic bases presence. Forms substitution in the complex, depending on external
environment conditions and substratum age particularities has been registered.
Key words: acari, complex, anthropogenic biotope, Right-bank Central Forest-Steppe.
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Phenomenon of the Displacement of Predatory
Phytoseiid Mites (Parasitiformes, Phytoseiidae) Coupled with Introduced Plants and
its Role in Enrichment of Local Fauna. Kolodochka L. A., Omeri I. D. The
importance of research of phytoseiid mites (Phytoseiidae, Parasitiformes) on introduced
plants for the study of potentialities of the rising of protective function of mite
complexes in plant associations is stated.
Key words: phytoseiid mites, inroduction, adventive species, acclimatization.
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Psocoptera (Insecta) in Eocene Rovno Amber
(Ukraine). Engel M. S., Perkovsky E. E. A brief, annotated checklist of
the described barklouse (Paraneoptera, Psocodea, Psocoptera) fauna from Rovno amber
is provided. All species are also documented in the roughly contemporaneous Baltic
amber fauna. The fauna includes representatives of all three suborders and most major
lineages of the Psocoptera, including the interesting families Archipsocidae and Sphaeropsocidae.
Key words: Paraneoptera, Psocodea, Psocoptera, barklice, booklice, amber, checklist,
Psocomorpha, Trogiomorpha, Troctomorpha, palaeontology.
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A Case of Teratology in Weevil Hypera transsylvanica
(Coleoptera, Curculionidae) Nazarenko V. Yu. A specimen of Hypera transsylvanica
(Petri) with abnormal (5-segmented) antennae, right second protarsal segment shortened
and partly bilobate on front margin, light coloured and elytra somewhat pointed behind.
The review of the literature, the description of differences from a normal condition
of morphological characters, figures of details of a structure is given.
Key words: Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Hypera transsylvanica, morphology, teratology,
antenna, tarsus, elytra, colour.
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Diphyllibothrium cordatum (Pseudophyllidea,
Diphyllobothriidae) from the Walrus of the Chuckchi Sea. Protasova E. N., Sokolov
S. G., Tzeitlin D. G., Kazakov B. E. Record of the cestode Diphyllobothrium
cordatum (Leuckart, 1863) from the walrus (Odobenus rosmarus Linnaeus, 1758) in the
Chuckchi Sea is considered the first opportunity to study morphology of the species
since the initial finds 50 years ago. The species is redescribed based on scanning
electron and light microscopy.
Key words: cestodes, morphology, Pseudophyllidea, Diphyllobothrium cordatum, walrus,
Chuckchi Sea.