Volume 6 – 2001
Die Erebien der Balkanhalbinsel und Karpaten V. Übersicht der subspezifischen Gliederung und der Verbreitung der Erebia Dalman, 1816 -Arten (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in der Balkanhalbinsel und in den Karpaten (II. Teil) Monographical Review of the Erebia Dalman, 1816 species (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), distributed in the Carpathians and Balkan peninsula (II) Zoltán Varga1 1Inst. F. Zoologie und Evolutionsbiologie, Universität Debrecen, H-4010 Debrecen, Hungary article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 5-39, 2001 Summary: Species groups of the genus Erebia Dalman, 1816 are considered, as follows: E. epiphron-group, consisting of E. epiphron (Knoch), E. orientalis Elwes, E. pharte (Hübner) and E. sudetica Staudinger; E. aethiops-group, consisting of E. aethiops (Esper) and E. triaria (De Prunner); E. medusa-group, consisting of E. medusa (Denis & Schiffermüller), E. albergana (De Prunner) and (provisorically) E. oeme (Hübner). Species of the E. pluto-, E. tyndarus-, E. pronoe- and E. pandrose-group will be treated in the last (III) part of the series. Key words: Erebia, taxonomy, species-groups, subspecies, distribution, habitats, Carpathians, Balkan peninsula.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
New records of Gelechiidae (Lepidoptera) to the fauna of Romania Zoltán Kovács1 & Sándor Kovács1 1Str. Laszlo Ferenc, Bl. 3A/16, RO-4000, Sfântul Gheorghe, România article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 41-43, 2001 Summary: Bryotropha azovica Bidzilya, 1996, Teleiodes flavimaculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854) and Streyella anguinella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1861) are mentioned from the south-eastern part of Romania. Keywords: Gelechiidae, new records, fauna of Romania. e-mail: kovacs@nextra.ro, adonis@cosys.ro	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
First record of Thiodia caradjana Kennel, 1916 (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) to the fauna of Europe; new records of Tortricidae to the fauna of Romania Zoltán Kovács1 & Sándor Kovács1 1Str. Laszlo Ferenc, Bl. 3A/16, RO-4000, Sfântul Gheorghe, România article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 45-52, 2001 Summary: Thiodia caradjana Kennel, 1916 is mentioned for the first time to the fauna of Europe from the south-eastern part of Romania, further 9 species are new records to the fauna of Romania: Cochylimorpha fucatana (Snellen, 1883), Cochylis salebrana (Mann, 1862), Cochylis defessana (Mann, 1861), Propiromorpha rhodophana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851), Exapate duratella Heyden, 1864, Lobesia indusiana (Zeller, 1857), Argyroploce noricanus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851), Olethreutes concretanus (Wocke, 1862) and Ancylis subarcuana (Douglas, 1847). Keywords: Thiodia caradjana, first record, new records, Tortricidae, Fauna of Romania. e-mail: kovacs@nextra.ro, adonis@cosys.ro	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
New records of Pyralidae (Lepidoptera) to the fauna of Romania Zoltán Kovács1 & Sándor Kovács1 1Str. Laszlo Ferenc, Bl. 3A/16, RO-4000, Sfântul Gheorghe, România article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 53-54, 2001 Summary: Pempelia albariella Zeller, 1839 and Pleuroptya balteata (Fabricius, 1798) are mentioned from the south-eastern part of Romania. Keywords: Pyralidae, new records, fauna of Romania. e-mail: kovacs@nextra.ro, adonis@cosys.ro	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Diversität der Schmetterlinge (Lepidoptera) im Cheile Turzii Naturschutzgebiet (Siebenbürgen, Rumänien) Biodiversitatea lepidopterelor în rezervaţia Naturală Cheile Turzii (Transilvania, România) László Rákosy1 1Forschungsinstitut für Biologie, Republicii 48, Cluj-Napoca, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 55-92, 2001 Summary: Cheile Turzii is one of the most significant Nature Preserves in Romania. Although long known to entomologists as a species-rich region, this is the first paper dedicated to the study of the Lepidoptera fauna of this place. The Preserve spreads over an area of 150 ha. 1334 species of Lepidoptera and about 900 species of vascular plants have been recorded within its boundaries. These data make the Cheile Turzii Nature Preserve the richest lepidopterological area in Romania and one of the richest ones in Central Europe. The paper gives a short overview of the local vegetation and tabulates all 1334 Lepidoptera species with their relative abundance and flight periods. Even though the number of recorded species is very high, this is a preliminary study. It is estimated that some 200 more species could potentially be found in this region. The paper discusses some rare species, some species with particular faunistic impacts and some species that need to be protected. Finally, the overgrazing and the uncontrolled tourism are identified as especially deleterious activities inside the Preserve. The high biodiversity encountered at Cheile Turzii is attributed to the interecosystemic effect (Rakosy, 1995) and to the numerous microhabitats extant in the area. Hie author recommends the inclusion of the Cheile Turzii Nature Preserve into a European system of protected natural areas. Key words: Cheile Turzii Protected Area, high biodiversity, Lepidoptera, faunistics, protection and servation. e-mail: icb@mail.dntcj.ro	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The systematic revision of thysanoptera species from the swedish fauna and their geographical distribution Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1, Richard Zur Strassen2 & Hans Larsson3 1Institute of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296, RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania 2Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 3Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Dept. Crop Sciences, Box 44, S-23053, Alnarp – Sweden article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 93-101, 2001 Summary: This paper is the second revision of the Swedish thrips fauna after Ahlberg 1926. The revision updates the generic and the specific denomination of 119 thrips species found in Sweden. This revision of the Swedish fauna of Thysanoptera consists of both a literature review of all published species and a determination of the collections of the Swedish museums. New species to the science were described by Linnaeus, Zetterstedt and Trybom. The first list of Thysanoptera from Sweden was published by Trybom 1917 and 1926. Ahlberg published his monograph about Swedish Thysanoptera. After this monograph new species have been published by Oettingen, Quick, zur Strassen, Kobro and Nedstam. The authors have found 10 new species that have not been published before which are now published with short descriptions separately. The authors also present the scheme of this Order's classification for Swedish Thysanoptera and their geographical distribution. Keywords: systematic revision, Thysanoptera, Swedish fauna.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The Dynamics of the Sex Ratio Index of thrips populations from the mountainous meadows Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1 1Institute of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296, RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 103-108, 2001 Summary: In our researches, the main goal was to determine the sex ratio index of all the 78 thrips species from different meadows sites on the Gârbova Massive, three consecutive years and later in investigations of the monitoring type, during about 22 years, utilizing two collecting methods, shaking and sweeping. In the case of the dominant species we could notice a different sexual index, depending on the thrips sampling method. The year 1968, considered draughtier year than 1967 and 1969 produced a larger number of males. Also, in the draughtier time of the year 1982, the sex ratio index display lower values for some species, the values rose to 72.82% and 71.43% in 1968 and 1982 and to 94.87% in 1967 and 87.80% in 1998, years considered as „normal". Keywords: Dynamics, sex ratio, thrips populations.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Monitoring study of thrips populations (Insecta: Thysanoptarea) from mountainous meadows, in Romania Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1 1Institute of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296, RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 109-116, 2001 Summary: The work presents the place and the role of the thrips associations in the praticolous biocoenosis from the Gârbova Massif, Southern Carpathians, Romania. The values of some structural indices of thrips populations (the specific presence, dominance, numerical abundance) were studied in relation with the abiotical factors, in researches of the monitoring type. Keywords: Thysanoptera, structural indices, monitoring.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
On the Presence of Neurateles papyraceus Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae, Orthocentrinae) in the Romanian Fauna Irinel Constantineanu1, Raoul Constantineanu2 & Camil Ştefan Lungu-Constantineanu1 1Universitatea “Al. I. Cuza”, Fac. de Biologie, Bd. Carol I, Nr. 20 A, RO-6600 Iaşi, România 2Institutul de Cercetări Biologice, Bd. Carol I, Nr. 20 A, RO-6600 Iaşi, România article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 117-119, 2001 Summary: In this paper the authors present a new genus (Neurateles Ratz.) and a new species (Neurateles papyraceus Ratz.) for the Romanian fauna. Also, the following three bark beetles species: Ips typographus (L.), Pityogenes chalcographus (L.) and Polygraphus polygraphus (L.) are new hosts in Romania for Neurateles papyraceus Ratz. Keywords: Ichneumonidae, new genus, new species, Romanian fauna, bark beetles.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Stana Valley (Romania): Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Myrmecological Survey Sándor Csőcz1, Bálint Markó1,2, László Gallé1 1Dept. of Ecology, University of Szeged, HU-6701 Szeged, PO Box 51, Hungary 2present address: Babeş-Bolyai University, Catedra de Zoologie, Clinicilor 5-7, 40006 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 121-126, 2001 Summary: The myrmecofauna of Stana Valley is presented with an evaluation of the effectiveness of the sampling. Altogether 45 ant species were collected, which is almost the half of the known number of existing ant species in Romania. The slope of the tangent fitted to the species number - sample unit number was used to estimate the effectiveness of the sampling, as well as the Chao2 function, and the Jackknife estimate. The results show that there are no further species expected to occur in the meadow, whereas additional species are expected to occur in the forests of the valley. The majority of the species are wide-spread in Central and Eastern Europe, however, there are some new species recorded for the Romanian fauna, like Myrmica specioides, Leptothorax affinis, Leptothorax tuberum, Tetramorium impurum, and Lasius distinguendus. Keywords: Formicidae, Stana Valley, Romania, new species, sampling effort e-mail: csoszs@bio.u-szeged.hu, mbalint@biolog.ubbcluj.ro, galle@bio.u-szeged.hu	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Nine new ant species in the Romanian fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): morphology, biology, and distribution Bálint Markó1,2, Sándor Csőcz1 1Dept. of Ecology, University of Szeged, HU-6701 Szeged, PO Box 51, Hungary 2present address: Babeş-Bolyai University, Catedra de Zoologie, Clinicilor 5-7, 40006 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 127-132, 2001 Summary: Nine new ant species for the Romanian fauna are presented including their morphological characteristics, biology, and distribution. Some of the species, like Myrmica specioides, Leptothorax affinis, Leptothorax tuberum and Tetramorium impurum, are common in Central and Eastern Europe, nevertheless they were not recorded from Romania, due to their overlapping characteristics with some other common species. Harpagoxenus sublaevis and Formicoxenus nitidulus are social parasites. Myrmica lonae, Leptothorax clypeatus and Lasius distinguendus are relatively rare, poorly known species. On the basis of this study 93 ant species are recorded from Romania, which number is still considered to be low. Keywords: Formicidae, Romania, fauna, new species. e-mail: mbalint@biolog.ubbcluj.ro, csoszs@bio.u-szeged.hu	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
The parasitic complex of Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae): influencing factors and interspecific relationships Zoltán Laszló1 1Babeş-Bolyai University, Catedra de Zoologie, Clinicilor 5-7, 40006 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 133-140, 2001 Summary: The cynipid gall wasp, Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus, 1758) is one of the most frequent gall wasps on rose shrubs (Rosa spp.) in Europe. The rose bedeguar gall is parasitized like other galls. The para-sitoid community consists of ecto- and endoparasitoids of D. rosae, and those of the inquiline species. The structure of this parasitoid community is constant from Spain to Central-Eastern Europe. A large number of wasp species are associated with the rose bedeguar gall, and the factors influencing the galls parameters, as well as the parasitoid community structure are poorly known. The aim of this paper is to investigate factors which can influence the structure of the community, and the parameters of the galls. Galls were collected from three different sites. Differences between the structure of communities from the three sites were weak. There was found positive significant correlation between the survival rate of gall wasps, and the size of the gall, whereas negative significant correlation between the distance of galls from soil, and total number of hatched specimens, and positive and negative correlations between several parasitoid species. Keywords: Diplolepis rosae, parasitoids, community structure, influencing factors. e-mail: feherlofialz@yahoo.com	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Contribution to the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of upper Mureş river valley with some new data for the Romanian fauna Róbert Gallé1 & István Urák2 1Dept. of Ecology, University of Szeged, Egyetem u.2, H-6722, Hungary 2Căpeni, Kinizsi 235, RO-4022, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 6: 141-145, 2001 Summary: 32 species of 11 families were identified from the Mureş' riverhead. Gnaphosa nigerima L. Koch, 1887 and Centromerus laevitarsis (Simon, 1884) are new for the Romanian fauna. Furthermore the occurence of three questionable species [Lophomma punctatum (Blackwall, 1841), Walckenaeria kochi (O.P.-Cambridge, 1872) and Clubiona reclusa O.P.-Cambridge, 1863] is prooved. Keywords: Aranea, new species, taxonomy, faunistics.	[details, abstract]	[pdf]