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Volume
7 – 2002
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Diversity of Macrolepidoptera in steppe habitats of
Căianu Mic (Cluj)
Cristina Cremene1, László Rákosy2
& Andreas Erhardt3
1Str.
Iris, nr. 4, RO-3400, Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, România
2Babeş-Bolyai University, Department of
Biology, Str. Clinicilor 5-7, 3400 Cluj, Romania
3Institut für Natur-, Landschafts- und
Umweltschutz Abteilung Biologie, Universität Basel,
St. Johanns-Vorstadt 10, CH-4056 Basel
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 5-14, 2002
Summary: Steppe habitats in Transylvania are
rich in rare and endemic Lepidoptera species.
Because of their island-like distribution they
should be carefully studied and mapped in order to
develop efficient conservation practices. Căianu Mic
harbors steppe habitats similar to those in the
Suatu nature reserve but they have not been
investigated until now. We studied the Lepidoptera
fauna at 5 sites within the locality Căianu Mic in
order to make an inventory of the species present,
to evaluate and to compare the diversity with the
one found in similar steppe habitats situated in
protected areas. The Lepidoptera diversity of Căianu
Mic steppe grasslands was similar to that found in
Suatu and Viişoara nature reserves. Thus the
biodiversity of the Căianu Mic steppe habitats is
high and is well preserved without intense human
impact. The Căianu Mic hill with steppe vegetation
harbors also precious xerothermophilous plant and
insect species. However, Pinus plantations
and intensification of agriculture are severe
threats to the diversity of Transylvanian steppes by
reducing habitat area and modifying the floristic
and faunistic composition. In time, the
xerothermophilous plant associations that are still
found in the glades of the Pinus plantations
will disappear and with them the typical Lepidoptera
fauna. Immediate renaturation measures are required
for conservation of the xerothermophilous species in
the Căianu Mic area.
Keywords: Lepidoptera, species list,
diversity measures, steppe, Transilvania.
e-mail: christii_99@yahoo.com, laszlorakosy@hasdeu.ubbcluj.ro,
andreas.erhardt@unibas.ch |
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Hyalochiton komaroffii
(Jakovlev, 1880), a new lace bug in the fauna of Romania
(Heteroptera: Tingidae)
Dávid Rédei1
1Department
of Entomology, Szent István University, Budapest, Ménesi út 44.
H-1118, Hungary
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 15-16, 2002
Summary: A heteropteran species, Hyalochiton
komaroffii (Jakovlev, 1880) is proved to be new to the fauna
of Romania.
Keywords: Hyalochiton komaroffii, Tingidae,
Heteroptera, new record, fauna of Romania.
e-mail: dredei@freemail.hu |
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The distribution of thrips species (Insecta:
Thysanoptera) on different plants
Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1
1Institute
of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296,
RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 17-24, 2002
Summary: The paper presents a complete list
of the relations between plants, their families and
the European thrips species. This data had been
required by thysanopterologists, since could be very
useful criteria for thrips identification. The work
is based on the results coming from our own
investigations during the last 30 years, but also
from some other specialists.
Key words: thrips species, plants species
e-mail: liliana.oromulu@ibiol.ro |
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The
study of thrips fauna (Insecta: Thysanoptera) from the quercus-forests
of the Romanian plain
Liliana Vasiliu-Oromulu1
1Institute
of Biology Bucharest, Spl. Independenţei 296,
RO-79651, Bucharest, Romania
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 25-34, 2002
Summary: The praticolous species
Chirothrips molestus Priesner 1926 and the males
of Chiroihrips hamatus Trybom 1895 had now
been first recorded in Romania. The analysis of
thrips specific diversity pointed out a taxonomic
spectrum of 20 species, generally praticolous,
rarely arboricolous; 12 species were found in the
herbaceous layer of Măgura forest, 8 species in
Ogarca forest, 6 species in Ciofliceanca forest and
only 4 species in Comana forest. The values of the
structural and functional indices of the thrips
populations revealed the typical microconditions of
Quercus steppe-forests, investigated in 2002.
The presence of some xero-thermophilous thrips
species emphasises the thermophilous character of
the steppe-forests from Romanian Plain.
Key words: thysanoptera, herbaceous layer,
Quercus stepp-forests
e-mail: liliana.oromulu@ibiol.ro |
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Dicerca (s. str.) furcata
(Thunberg, 1787) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - a certain
presence in the Romanian fauna
Adrian Ruicănescu1
1Institute
of Biological Research 48, Republicii Str. 3400,
Cluj Napoca, Romania
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 35-36, 2002
Summary: O nouă specie de buprestid a fost
semnalată în fauna României. Prezenţa acestei specii
a fost estimată pe teritoriul Transilvaniei, dar
nici o colectare certă nu a avut loc până în anul
2002.
Keywords: new species, Buprestidae, Romanian
fauna
e-mail:
a_ruicanescu@yahoo.co.uk |
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The Ground Beetle Fauna (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of
Vlăhiţa and its Surroundings (Harghita: Romania)
István Máthé jr.1 & József Rudner2
1Sapientia University, Department of Natural and Technological
Sciences, 530104 Miercurea-Ciuc, Piaţa
Libertăţii Nr. 1, Romania
2Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088
Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 37-44, 2002
Summary: The ground-beetle (Carabidae)
fauna of the Eastern Transylvanian town Vlăhiţa (Szentegyháza)
and its surroundings was investigated between
1992-2000 with singling and pitfall trapping. Our
results plus existing literature data show 94
species in the study area. True faunistic curiosity
is the find of Carabus marginalis decorus
Seidlitz, 1888 which is an endemic subspecies of
Transylvania (Romania).
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Carabidae, faunistic, Vlăhiţa area. |
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A new Pedicia (Crunobia) from Romania and
other four species new to the country's fauna (Diptera:
Pediciidae)
Lujza Ujvárosi1 & Jaroslav Starý2
1Department
of Zoology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Str. Clinicilor
5-7, 3400 Cluj, Romania
2Department of Zoology and Anthropology,
Faculty of Science, Palacký University, tř. Svobody
26, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 45-50, 2002
Summary: Pedicia (Crunobia) apusenica
sp. n. is described from Padiş Protected Area,
Apuseni Mts., Romania. The new species is closely
related to P. (C.) spinifera Starý, 1974
described from Bulgaria. Four species of Pediciidae
are recorded as new to the fauna of Romania, viz.
Ula (Ula) mixta Starý, 1983, Dicranota (Paradicranota)
brevicornis Bergroth, 1891, D. (P) gracilipes
Wahlgren, 1905 and D. (P) martinovskyi Starý,
1974. D. (P) securifera Savchenko, 1986 is
placed in synonymy with D. (P.) mar-tinovskyi.
A checklist is appended of Romanian species of the
family Pediciidae.
Keywords: Pediciidae, new species, Romanian
fauna.
e-mail:
luiza@biolog.ubbcluj.ro |
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Records of new and insufficiently known species of
crane flies (Diptera: Tipulidae) in Romania
Lujza Ujvárosi1
1Department
of Zoology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Str. Clinicilor
5-7, 3400 Cluj, Romania
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 51-62, 2002
Summary: Based on personal collections data
on adult Tipulidae from Romania new data being
obtained for a number of 71 species, seven are new
for the country's fauna: Tipula (Lunatipula)
affinis Schummel, 1833; T. (L.) engeli
Theowald, 1957; T. (L.) fascingulata
Mannheims, 1966; T. (L.) humilis Staeger,
1840; T. (L.) laetabilis Zetterstedt, 1838;
T (L.) rufula Mannheims & Theowald, 1959 and
Nephrotoma lamellata (Riedel, 1910).
Diagnostic characters of the genitalia of these
species are figured. New data on species having a
single previous record or rather old data, from the
beginning of 1900, are also given.
Keywords:
new species, new records, Tipulidae, Romania,
faunistics.
e-mail:
luiza@biolog.ubbcluj.ro |
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New data on Trichoceridae (Diptera) from Romania
Lujza Ujvárosi1 & Ewa Krzemińska2
1Department
of Zoology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Str. Clinicilor
5-7, 3400 Cluj, Romania
2Institute of Systematic and Evolution of
Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Sławkowska
17, 31-016 Kraków, Poland
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 63-66, 2002
Summary: Thirteen species of Trichoceridae
are new records to Romanian fauna. Out of 45
European species 16 are known to occur here at
present. Between them Trichocera (Saltrichocera)
maculipennis Meigen has only very old data from
the beginning of 1900 and it was not confirmed by
our recent investigations. The other two literature
quoted species T. (S.) regelationis and T.
(T.) hiemalis with the same old literature data
were confirmed by our recent data.
Key words: new records, Trichoceridae,
Romania.
e-mail:
luiza@biolog.ubbcluj.ro,
krzeminska@isez.pan.krakow.pl |
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Contributions to the study of cicada fauna (Hemiptera:
Cicadomorpha, Fulgoromorpha) in the Valea Morii -
Vâlcele area, Cluj County, Romania
Valentin Popa1
1Department
of Zoology, Babeş-Bolyai University, Str. Clinicilor
5-7, 3400 Cluj, Romania
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 67-78, 2002
Summary: This article presents the checklist
of cicada species (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha,
Fulgoromorpha) identified in the Valea Morii -
Vâlcele area, Cluj County, Romania. As a results of
our systematic studies performed during 2000 year in
the Valea Morii - Vâlcele area we have identified
140 cicada species, which indicate an extreme rich
fauna for such a small area (5 km2).
There are no faunistic data in literature,
concerning the cicada fauna from the studied area.
We also, identified in the studied area three new
species for the fauna of Romania: Kybos populi
(Edwards, 1908), Edwardsiana avellanae
(Edwards, 1888), Edwardsiana spinigera
(Edwards, 1924) and one species new for the fauna of
Transylvania. The zoogeographic data indicate the
presence of species with large distribution (Palaearctic
and Eurosiberian) in the studied area.
Keywords:
cicada fauna, Valea Morii - Vâlcele area, Romania.
e-mail:
valentin@hasdeu.ubbcluj.ro |
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Study of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in the
Fânaţele Clujului Botanical Reservation
István Urák1
1Căpeni,
Kinizsi 235, RO-4022, Romania
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 79-84, 2002
Summary: The present paper deals with the
spider-fauna of the Fânaţele
Clujului Botanical Reservation, Cluj, Romania.
Spiders were sampled by pitfall (Barber) traps. List
of species is presented.
The spider-fauna of this area is characterized by a
relatively great diversity 2541 spider specimens
were caught belonging to 21 families and 120
species. Tapinocyboides pygmaeus (Menge,
1869), Cheiracanthium campestre Lohmander,
1944. and Talavera thorelli Kulczynski, 1891
are new for the Romanian fauna.
Some aspects of their ecology are discussed.
The presence of such faunistical values should
suggest a more severe protection of this area.
Keywords: Aranea, taxonomy, faunistics,
ecology. |
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Faunistical data on the spiders
(Arachnida: Araneae) of the Nemira Mountain's bog
complex with two new species 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 7: 85-88, 2002
Summary: This paper presents spider
faunistical data obtained on a joint expedition by
Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Romania) and
Szeged University (Szeged, Hungary) to the Fagul
Rotund and Apa Lentă bog complex (Nemira Mountain,
Romania). We collected 394 specimens, 250 adults (74
males and 146 females) and 144 juveniles. 34 species
of 11 families were identified. Notioscopus
sarcinatus (OP-Cambridge, 1872) and
Haplodrassus moderatus (Kulczynski, 1897) are
new for the Romanian fauna.
Keywords:
Aranea, taxonomy, faunistics, first records, Romania |
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New and rare exochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae,
Exochinae) for the Romanian fauna
Irinel Constantineanu1, Raoul Constantineanu1
&
Camil Ştefan Lungu-Constantineanu2
1Institutul
de Cercetări Biologice,
Bd. Carol I, Nr. 20 A, RO-6600
Iaşi, România
2Universitatea
“Al. I. Cuza”, Fac. de Biologie, Bd. Carol I, Nr. 20
A, RO-6600
Iaşi, România
article no.: Entomologica romanica 7: 89-96, 2002
Summary: In this paper the authors present 27
species of Ichneumonidae belonging to 4 genera of
subfamily Exochinae, collected from different
counties in Romania. The species Exochus citripes
Thoms. and E. separandus Schm. are new for
the Romanian fauna. The male of E. citripes
Thoms, is new for science. The other 25 species are
rare in Romanian fauna.
Keywords: Exochinae, new & rare species,
Romanian fauna. |
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