Volume 4 – 1999
Ceratoxanthis rakosyella sp.n., eine bemerkenswerte neue Schmetterlingsart aus Rumänien (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) Ceratoxanthis rakosyella sp.n., a remarkable new species of moth (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from Romania Christian Wieser1 & Peter Huemer2 1Abteilung 20 – Fachlicher Naturschutz, Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Wulfengasse 13,  A-9020, Klagenfurt, Österreich 2Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlugen, Feldstr. 11a, A-6020 Innsbruck, Österreich article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 5-9, 1999 Summary: Ceratoxanthis rakosyella sp.n., a new species of Cochylini (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) is descibed from Dobrogea (eastern Romania). The adult and its genitalia are figured and compared with the morphologically closely related C. iberica Baixeras 1992 from Spain. Keywords: Ceratoxanthis rakosyella sp.n., new species, Dobrogea.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The commented checklist of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) of Romania Zoltán Kovács1 & Sándor Kovács1 1Str. Laszlo Ferenc, Bl. 3A/16, RO-4000, Sfântul Gheorghe, România article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 11-44, 1999 Summary: The family Gelechiidae is revised based on the study of the material deposited in the “L. Diószeghy” collection in the Museum of Sf.. Gheorghe and the private collection of the authors. Results are completed with data obtained after the critical survey of the literature. 239 species of gelechiid moths are recorded from Romania, the systematic list and the synonyms are given. The checklist is followed by commentaries referring to 117 species: 37 species are new records to the Romanian fauna, their genitalia are figured; 16 species formerly recorded in different publications, but not included in the list of Popescu-Gorj (1984) are confirmed based on the examined material; 8 formerly recorded, but misidentified or improbable species are excluded from the list; 33 species are identified only in the bibliography. Keywords: Gelechiidae, Romania, faunistics, commented checklist. e-mail: kovacs@nextra.ro, adonis@cosys.ro	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
First record of Aethes fennicana (M. Hering, 1924) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae, Cochylini) in Romania Zoltán Kovács1, Sándor Kovács1 & Constantin Corduneanu2 1Str. Laszlo Ferenc, Bl. 3A/16, RO-4000, Sfântul Gheorghe, România 2Aleea Transilvaniei 4, bl. A7/5, RO-6800, Botoşani, România article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 45-47, 1999 Summary: Aethes fennicana (M. Hering, 1924) is reported from Romania for the first time. Description of the adult and the male and female genitalia, distributional and biological data are given. With 5 figures. Keywords: Aethes fennicana, Romania, faunistics. e-mail: kovacs@nextra.ro, adonis@cosys.ro	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Lepidopterologische Biodiversität eines kleinräumigen steppenartigen Naturschutzgebietes in Siebenbürgn (Suatu, Transsylvaniein, Rumänien) Biodiversitatea lepidopterologică dintr-o rezervaţie naturală stepică, cu suprafaţă restrânsă din Transilvania (Suatu, România) László Rákosy1 (unter Mitarbeit von Marg-Wladimir Manoliu) 1Forschungsinstitut für Biologie, Republicii 48, Cluj-Napoca, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 49-68, 1999 Rezumat: Rezervaţia stepică Suatu I şi-a câştigat renumele datorită unor specii endemice şi rare de plante. Deşi ridicată, biodiversitatea entomologică a fost neglijată. Pentru realizarea lucrării, autorul a studiat şi colectat lepidoptere în perioada 1977-1999. În 1997 şi 1998 a funcţionat o capcană luminoasă permanentă, amplasată la baza dealului care adăposteşte rezervaţia. Pentru colectările nocturne s-au utilizat 3-6 capcane luminoase portabile tip “găleată” alimentate de la acumulatori, ecranul şi turnul luminos, cu diverse surse de lumină, alimentate de generatoare portabile. Dintre macrolepidoptere s-au identificat 467 de specii (Tabel 1). Oncocnemis confusa (Freyer) se cunoaşte din fauna României deocamdată numai din acest punct. Alte specii ca Leucania putrescens (Hübner), L. zeae (Duponchel) se află la a doua semnalare din România şi la prima din Transilvania. Alte specii ca Conisania poelli ostrogovichi (Draudt), Cucullia mixta lorica (Ronkay & Ronkay), C. xeranthemi (Boisduval), Euxoa hastifera (Donzel), Philotes bavius hungaricus (Dioszeghy), Plebejus sephirus (Frivaldszky), Muschampia cribrellum (Eversmann), Cupido osiris (Meigen), Catopta thrips (Hübner) ş.a. sunt rare şi locale. Comunitatea macrolepidopterelor de la Suatu I este caracterizată prin specii xerotermofile, stepice. În mod paradoxal, la capcana luminoasă s-au înregistrat şi câteva specii higrofile (Archanara geminipuncta (Haworth), A. dissoluta (Treitschke)) precum şi numeroase coleoptere acvatice şi trihoptere. Aceste specii provin din zona lacurilor piscicole, situate la 3-4 km spre est de rezervaţia Suatu I. Speciile dominante şi codominante sunt prezentate în tabelul nr. 2. Dintre acestea se remarcă Phragmatobia fuliginosa (Linnaeus) cu 11,36% şi Dicallomera fascelina (Linnaeus) cu 9,24% din totalul indivizilor colectaţi la capcana luminoasă în 1998. Se menţionează măsuri concrete de protecţie şi conservare, propunându-se extinderea rezervaţiei, de la cel botanic la unul botanic-entomologic (zoologic). Argumentele pentru acestă necesitate sunt prezentate în articol. Keywords: Biodiversity, Conservation, Faunal work, Lepidoptera, Xerothermophilous species. e-mail: icb@mail.dntcj.ro	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Ethmia iraniella Zerny 1940 (Ethmiidae) und Aterpia circumfluxana Christoph 1881 (Tortricidae), zwei für Rumänien neue Mikrolepidopterenarten Heinz Neumann1 1Str. Arieş 20/20, RO-1900, Timişoara, România article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 69-72, 1999 Rezumat: Din zone geografice mai puţin cercetate entomofaunistic, autorul semnalează două specii de lepidoptere noi pentru fauna României: Ethmia iraniella Zerny, din sudul Olteniei, din zona dunelor de nisip de pe lângă Dunăre şi Aterpia circumfluxana Christoph, o specie rară în Europa, cunoscută numai din Italia, şi care a fost descoperită în vestul ţării la Căpâlnaş, în lunca Mureşului. Pentru ambele specii se face o descriere sumară a morfologiei externe şi a desenului aripilor. De asemenea sunt figurate şi descrise caracterele specifice ale armăturii genitale masculine la fiecare din cele două specii. Keywords: Ethmia iraniella Zerny, Aterpia circumfluxana Christoph, Faunistik, Rumänien, Morphologie.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Two interesting antlion (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) species from Romania György Sziráki1 1Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088, Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 73-75, 1999 Summary: Two myrmeleontid species Neuroleon microstenus (McLachlan 1898) and Gymnocnemia variegata (Schneider, 1845) were collected first time in Romania. G. variegata was not reported neither from this country, nor from the whole Carpathian region. In addition to the generally used distinctive features of the two discussed species, newly recognized details of male and female genitalia of N. microstenus and the related N. nemausiensis (Borkhausen 1791) are given. Keywords: Myrmleontidae, Romania, Carpathian region, new findings, male and female genitalia.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The spatial distribution of the praticolous thrips species (Insecta: Thysanoptera) Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1 1Romanian Academy, Institute of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296, RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 77-80, 1999 Summary: It is mentioned for the first time that, for the thrips species collected in the meadows of the Gârbova Massif, by the sweeping and by the bloomed plants shaking method, the spatial distribution belongs to the negative binomial type and for some species, it has the tendency to go towards the logarithmic series. Keywords: Thysanoptera, spatial distribution, sweeping, shaking method.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The study of the temporal dynamics of the thrips populations (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from mountains meadows Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1 1Romanian Academy, Institute of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296, RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 81-84, 1999 Summary: The diurnal dynamics of thrips populations, their ethology have been studied in a secondary meadow at 800 m, in the Gârbova Massif.. Keywords: Thysanoptera, diurnal dynamics, ethology, mountain meadow.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The taxonomical structure of the thysanoptera (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from the Gârbova Massif Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1 1Romanian Academy, Institute of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296, RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 85-87, 1999 Summary: The study of the thysanoptera associations’ structure in the secondary meadows, in the Gârbova Massif, allowed the mentioning of 65 new species for this massif, from the total of 78 identified species. By the sweeping method 68 thysanoptera species were sampled, out of which 23 species only by this method, and by the method of shaking the plants in bloom 58 species, out of which only 15 characteristic to this method. Keywords: Thysanoptera, specii noi pentru Masivul Gârbova.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Tachinidae (Diptera) reared from Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in Romania Alecu Diaconu1 & Hans-Peter Tschorsnig2 1Institute of Biological Researches, Laboratory of Biological Control, Bd. Copou 20A, RO-6600 Iaşi, Romania 2Naturkundemuseum, Rosenstein 1, D-70191, Stuttgart, Germany article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 89-93, 1999 Summary: Five species of Tachinidae (Diptera) have been reared from six species of Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) in Romania. Ancylis selenana is a new host of Actia pilipennis. The role played by tachinids in the destruction of foliphagous torticid larvae from orchards is reduced, compared with other parasitoids, especially Hymenoptera. In the climatic conditions of Iaşi, hosts’ parasitization by tachinids obtained begins in the lest ten days’ period of May. Keywords: Tachinidae, Tortricidae, parasitoid.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
New ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Romanian fauna Bálint Markó1 1Babeş-Bolyai University, Catedra de Zoologie, Clinicilor 5-7, 40006 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania; present address: Dept. of Ecology, University of Szeged, HU-6701 Szeged, PO Box 51. article no.: Entomologica romanica 4: 95-98, 1999 Summary: Three new ant taxa are presented for the Romanian fauna: Leptothorax slavonicus, Stenamma debile and Myrmica vandeli. The first two species are described as new based on some revisions in ant taxonomy made lately, while M. vandeli has never been reported from Romania up to now. This speices is considered rare and to have a patchy distribution all over Europe. Morphological and distributional characteristics of the species are presented. Keywords: Formicidae, Romania, Leptothorax slavonicus, Stenamma debile, Myrmica vandeli. e-mail: mbalint@biolog.ubbcluj.ro, mbalint@bio.u-szeged.hu	[details, abstract]	[pdf]