Volume 14 – 2009
Confirmation du rang spécifique d’Hipparchia syriaca Staudinger (1871) par élevage et examen en Grèce du principe d’exclusion d’H. fagi et syriaca que Lorković (1976) avait découvert en Dalmatie (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) David Jutzeler1, Tristan Lafranchis2, Rudi Verovnik3 & Guido Volpe4 1Rainstrasse 4 CH-8307 Effretikon 2GR-25003 Diakopto 3Biotechnical Faculty, Dept. of Biology, Vecna pot 111, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 4Viale Mimose, Torre Orientale 1, I-81030 Castel Volturno (Caserta) article no.: Entomologica romanica 14: 5-12, 2009 Summary: Based on an examination of the genital armatures of both sexes and the hindwing underside pattern of ♀♀, Lorković (1976) demonstrated that Hipparchia syriaca should be considered as a distinct species separate from H. fagi, alcyone and genava. This has been confirmed by the present study based on the rearing of H. syriaca from Dalmatia. Lorković (1976) demonstrated that, in Dalmatia, this species occupied a coastal strip extending up to 700m, from where H. fagi was absent. However, from a study of the two species in Greece by T.L., the exclusion of the two species was not evident. Zusammenfassung: Lorković (1976) hat durch Untersuchung der Genitalarmaturen beider Geschlechter und der unterseitigen Zeichnung der Hinterflügel von ♀♀ von Hipparchia syriaca gezeigt, dass dieser Augenfalter als eine von Hipparchia fagi, alcyone und genava verschiedene Art angesehen werden muss. Die hier vorgestellte Zucht von H. syriaca aus Dalmatien bestätigt diesen Befund. Lorković (1976) hatte auch die Verbreitung von H. syriaca in Dalmatien untersucht und dabei festgestellt, dass diese Art dort einen Küstenstreifen mit Obergrenze bei etwa 700 m ü. M. bewohnt, wo Hipparchia fagi fehlt. Tristan Lafranchis beschäftigte sich mit der Verbreitung der beiden Arten in Griechenland und fand hier das Ausschlussprinzip von fagi und syriaca nicht bestätigt. Key words: Satyrinae, biology of Hipparchia syriaca, rearing, Lorković, exclusion of syriaca and fagi, Dalmatia, Greece e-mail: david.jutzeler@bluewin.ch, lafranchis@yahoo.fr, rudi.verovnik@bf.uni-lj.si, arion@arion2000.net	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Survival of dragonfly Libellula fulva males according to their mating status: a four year study Noémi Szállassy1, Zoltán D. Szabó2 & Beáta H. Nagy3 1Babeş-Bolyai University, Fac. of Psych. and Sci. of Educ., Dept. of Math. and Sci. Teaching Education, Sindicatelor Street 7, 400029, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2Babeş Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Dept. of Taxonomy and Ecology, Clinicilor Street 5-7, 400006, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 3Romanian Ornithological Society (BirdLife Romania), OP 7, CP 18, 400370, Cluj-Napoca, Romania article no.: Entomologica romanica 14: 13-17, 2009 Summary: The dragonfly is one of the favoured experimental groups of behavioural ecology. They can be marked individually and can be easily tracked without considerable disturbing. The use of mark-recapture models for measuring the survival and recapture rate of individuals allows a better understanding of the processes of population dinamics. During four seasons (2000-2003), a closed Libellula fulva (Müller, 1764) population was studied along a creek in Eastern Hungary. The movement of marked and solitary males was observed with binoculars and it was recorded along a 350 meter natural section of the Kutas-channel. Our aim was to analyse the recapture and survival rate of two male groups of scarce chaser (Libellula fulva) by using mark-recapture models. The model-selection showed that the recapture rate of mated males was higher than of solitary ones. Survival rate of mating males was also higher in every year than the survival of the solitary individuals. This result suggest, that even if it is costly for males to occupy and defend a territory, finding, guarding and mating a female, the succesful males have still a higher survival rate. Rezumat: Libelulele (Odonata) reprezintă una dintre grupele ţintă ale ecologiei comportamentale. Pentru a putea estima corect rata de supravieţuire şi mortalitatea indivizilor este necesar ca indivizii să fie marcaţi. Din rata de recapturare sau de observare a indivizilor marcaţi se poate deduce schimbarea parametrilor demografici. Odonatele sunt subiecte ideale ale studiilor de acest fel, deoarece, în special, între Anisoptere întâlnim specii bune zburătoare, care pot fi marcate şi observate cu uşurinţă fără a fi deranjate. Studiul s-a desfăşurat timp de patru ani între 2000-2003 dealungul canalului Kutas, lângă graniţa Ungariei cu România. Scopul lucrării este estimarea ratei de supravieţuire şi de recapturare a masculilor solitari şi în pereche cu ajutorul modelelor de capturare-recapturare în cadrul unei populaţii de Libellula fulva. Rata de supravieţuire şi de recapturare a masculilor în pereche a fost mai mare în fiecare an decât cea a masculilor solitari. Concluzia studiului este că deşi pentru masculii în pereche ocuparea şi protejarea teritoriului, capturarea femelei şi copulaţia este costisitoare, rata lor de supravieţuire şi de recapturare este mai mare decât a masculilor solitari. Key words: survival rate, recapture rate, mating success, Libellula fulva. e-mail: szallassy@gmail.com	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Camponotus tergestinus Müller, 1921 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): first records of a rare species for Romania and Hungary Armin Ionescu-Hirsch1, Bálint Markó2 & Sándor Csősz3 1Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty, of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel 2Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Clinicilor 5-7, 40006 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania 3Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History, Museum, H-1088 Baross u. 13, Budapest, Hungary article no.: Entomologica romanica 14: 19-22, 2009 Summary: Some new records of Camponotus tergestinus Müller, a rare sub-Mediterranean species, from Romania and Hungary are reported. Its distribution and a comparison with its closest relative C. fallax are briefly discussed. Rezumat: Comunicăm câteva date noi ale speciei Camponotus tergestinus Müller din România şi Ungaria. Discutăm pe scurt distribuţia acestei specii sub-meditareene rare şi o comparăm morfologia cu C. fallax Key words: Formicidae, Camponotus tergestinus, distribution, Hungary, Romania. e-mail: armini@post.tau.ac.il, balintm@gmail.com, csosz@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Contributions to the knowledge of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) fauna of Romania Valeriu Albu1 123032 Oak Meadow Ln., Friant, CA 93626 article no.: Entomologica romanica 14: 23-28, 2009 Summary: The paper presents 16 species of plume moths sampled at irregular intervals over the last 31 years in different locations of Romania. Aside from the more widespread species, it presents a number of rarely documented ones and it confirms some older, prior to 1980, records. Hellinsia tephradactyla (Hübner, 1813) and Wheeleria obsoletus (Zeller, 1841) are recorded for the first time from Transilvania. The larval food plants are given for each of the discussed species, as found in recent literature. Rezumat: Articolul prezintă 16 specii de pteroforide capturate la intervale neregulate pe teritoriul României în ultimii 31 de ani. Pe lângă specii comune şi bine cunoscute de pe întreaga zonǎ exploratǎ, sunt prezentate şi unele specii mai rar întâlnite. Totodată sunt semnalate câteva specii a căror prezenţǎ era atestatǎ doar de capturi mai vechi, dinainte de 1980. Hellinsia tephradactyla (Hübner, 1813) şi Wheeleria obsoletus (Zeller, 1841) sunt semnalate pentru prima oara din Transilvania. Fiecare specie discutatǎ are o scurtă notă de precizare a hranei larvare, compilatǎ din sursele bibliografice Key words: plume moths, Balkan lepidoptera, Carpathian fauna, Eastern European moths. e-mail: valalbu@netptc.net	[details, abstract]	[pdf]
Genus Camponotus Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: distribution and identification key to the worker caste Bálint Markó1, Armin Ionescu-Hirsch2, Annamária Szász-Len1 1Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Taxonomy and Ecology, Clinicilor 5-7, 40006 Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania 2Department of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel article no.: Entomologica romanica 14: 29-41, 2009 Summary: The genus Camponotus is one of the largest ant genera in Romania, with 11 species distributed across the entire country. In the framework of this study we present the distribution data of eleven Camponotus species in Romania: C. herculeanus, C. ligniperda, C. vagus, C. truncatus, C. atricolor, C. dalmaticus, C. fallax, C. lateralis, C. piceus, C. tergestinus, C. aethiops. The occurrence of C. sylvaticus in Romania is questionable, since the only published data are from the 19th century and the species could easily have been misidentified due to the lack of appropriate keys at that time. In addition to these data a key is provided to the worker caste of these species, including species with likely occurrence in Romania. Rezumat: Genul Camponotus este unul dintre cele mai mari genuri de furnici din România conţinând 11 specii distribuite pe tot cuprinsul ţării. În cadrul acestui studiu prezentăm datele de distribuţie a celor 11 specii de Camponotus: C. herculeanus, C. ligniperda, C. vagus, C. truncatus, C. atricolor, C. dalmaticus, C. fallax, C. lateralis, C. piceus, C. tergestinus, C. aethiops. Prezenţa speciei C. sylvaticus în România este nesigură, deoarece singurele date despre această specie au fost publicate în secolul al XIX-lea, iar la acea vreme datorită lipsei cheilor moderne de determinare specia respectivă putea fi confundată cu uşurinţă cu alte specii din acelaşi gen. Pe lângă datele şi hărţile de distribuţie articolul oferă şi o cheie de determinare pentru lucrătoarele acestui gen incluzând şi specii cu posibilă prezenţă pe teritoriul ţării Key words: ants, Camponotus, distribution, key, Romania. e-mail: balintm@gmail.com, armini@post.tau.ac.il, anici16@yahoo.com	[details, abstract]	[pdf]