Vestnik Zoologii

Volume 43, No. 2 (March-April, 2009)
abstracts

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.

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