Ukrainian Entomological Journal

ROVE BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: STAPHYLINIDAE) IN THE RESERVE COLLECTIONS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL MUSEUM AT GOGOL STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHYN (CHERNIHIV REGION, UKRAINE)

2023-07-07T09:59:19+00:00

The paper systematically lists the species of beetles of the family Staphylinidae, Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera), stored in the reserve collections of the Zoological Museum at Gogol State University of Nizhyn. It contains data of the labels of all available and identified specimens collected in Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkey. A total of 1,082 specimens of rove beetles were processed. As the result, 175 species have been identified, information about family representatives of most regions of Ukraine, as well as for the territories of the nature reserve fund of Ukraine and other countries, has been specified and significantly supplemented.

LONGHORN BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CERAMBYCIDAE) OF REGIONAL LANDSCAPE PARK «NIZHYNSKY» (CHERNIHIV REGION, UKRAINE)

2023-07-07T09:59:20+00:00

The publication contains a faunistic list of longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) comprising 55 species, identified in Regional Landscape Park (RLP) «Nizhynsky» and its immediate surroundings: Prionus coriarius (Linnaeus, 1758), Rhagium mordax (De Geer, 1775), Rh. inquisitor (Linnaeus, 1758), Stenocorus meridianus (Linnaeus, 1758), Anisorus quercus (Gotz, 1783), Carilia virginea (Linnaeus, 1758), Dinoptera collaris (Linnaeus, 1758), Grammoptera ruficornis (Fabricius, 1781), Rutpela maculata (Poda von Neuhaus, 1761), Leptura quadrifasciata Linnaeus, 1758, L. aethiops Poda, 1761, Strangalia attenuata (Linnaeus, 1758), Stenurella melanura (Linnaeus, 1758), S. bifasciata (Müller, 1776), Alosterna tabacicolor (De Geer, 1775), Anoplodera sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775), Aredoplona rubra (Linnaeus, 1758), Stictoleptura maculicornis (De Geer, 1775), Pseudovadonia livida (Fabricius, 1776), Arhopalus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758), Tetropium castaneum (Linnaeus, 1758), Spondylus buprestoides (Linnaeus, 1758), Trichoferus campestris (Faldermann, 1835), Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758), Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus, 1758), Ropalopus clavipes (Fabricius, 1785), R. macropus (Germar, 1824), Callidium violaceum (Linnaeus, 1758), Pyrrhidium sanguineum (Linnaeus, 1758), Phymatodes testaceus (Linnaeus, 1758), Plagionotus arcuatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Chlorophorus varius (Müller, 1766), Ch. sartor (Müller, 1766), Rusticoclytus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1758), Mesosa curculinoides (Linnaeus, 1761), Mesosa nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781), Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier, 1795), Lamia textor (Linnaeus, 1758), Dorcadion holosericeum Krynicki, 1832, D. equestre (Laxmann, 1770), Pogonocherus fasciculatus (De Geer, 1775), Acanthocinus aedilis (Linnaeus, 1758), Exocentrus adspersus Mulsant, 1846, Saperda populnea (Linnaeus, 1758), Oberea oculata (Linnaeus, 1758), Musaria affinis (Harrer, 1784), Phytoecia virgule (Charpentier, 1825), Opsilia coerulescens (Scopoli, 1763), Theophilea cylindricollis Pic, 1895, Agapanthiola leucaspis (Steven, 1817), Agapanthia intermedia Ganglbauer, 1884, A. villosoviridescens (De Geer, 1775). The place and date of collection, the name of the collector are indicated. For each species, the literary data on studied territory are given.

Aromia moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) and Dorcadion equestre (Laxmann, 1770) listed in the Red Data Book of Ukraine, Stenocorus meridianus (Linnaeus, 1758) and Anisorus quercus (Gotz, 1783) are considered as regionally rare. Calamobius filum (Rossi, 1790) was first identified in the Chernihiv Region (on the northern border of the range). Following species rare in the Chernihiv Region were recorded within the RLP «Nizhynsky»: Carilia virginea (Linnaeus, 1758), Anoplodera sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775), Chlorophorus varius (Müller, 1766), Ch. sartor (Müller, 1766), Mesosa nebulosa (Fabricius, 1781), Oberea oculata (Linnaeus, 1758), Musaria affinis (Harrer, 1784), Calamobius filum (Rossi, 1790), Theophilea cylindricollis Pic, 1895, Agapanthiola leucaspis (Steven, 1817).

This list of identified species is not final. Overall, 138 species of longhorn beetles can be given for the Chernigov Region (personal data); thus, the present list, with further targeted studies of the corresponding biocenoses of the territory of the RLP, can by increased two times at least.

CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE ON THE TAXONOMIC COMPOSITION AND DISTRIBUTION OF NOCTUOID MOTHS (LEPIDOPTERA: NOCTUOIDEA) OF UKRAINE

2023-07-07T09:59:20+00:00

The paper contains data on the distribution of 265 species of Noctuoid moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea), that are little-known, new for different regions or local and rare in Ukraine. One species, Episema amasina, is reliably registered for the first time in Ukraine and Europe as a whole; four species, Eublemma porphyrina, Grammodes bifasciata, Oncocnemis nigricula and Conistra ragusae, are recorded for the first time in Ukraine; three species: Dysauxes famula, Aporophyla nigra and Divaena haywardi are first revealed on the mainland of Ukraine; and one species, Mythimna congrua is found for the first time in the Ukrainian Carpathians and western part of Ukraine as a whole. A number of species appeared to be recorded for the first time in certain regions of Ukraine: 27 species — in Poltava Region, 25 — in Odesa Region, 19 — in Kirovohrad Region, 17 — in Kherson Region, 12 — in Ivano-Frankivsk Region, 9 — in Vinnytsia Region, 8 — in Zaporizhzhia Region, 7 — in Kyiv Region, 6 each — in Donetsk and Khmelnytskyi Regions, 5 each — in Chernihiv, Luhansk and Mykolaiv Regions, 4 each — in Volyn and Zhytomyr Regions, 3 — in Rivne Region, 2 each — in Chernivtsi, Sumy and Ternopil Regions, and one each — in Cherkasy, Kharkiv and Zakarpattia Regions. Moreover, new records for a number of local, rare and little-known (yet insufficiently studied in Ukraine) species, are also given.

NEW RECORDS OF RARE BEETLES WITHIN LOWLAND PART OF RIGHT-BANK UKRAINE. I. GROUND BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CARABIDAE)

2023-07-07T09:59:21+00:00

Data on new records of 15 species of ground beetles from the lowland part of Right-bank Ukraine are provided (namely Leistus rufomarginatus (Duftschmidt, 1812), Blethisa multipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758), Ophonus sabulicola (Panzer, 1796), Acupalpus brunnipes (Sturm, 1825), Stenolophus proximus Dejean, 1829, S. skrimshiranus Stephens, 1828, Dromius quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758), Microlestes maurus (Sturm, 1827), Agonum angustatum Dejean, 1828, A. duftschmidi J. Schmidt, 1994, A. emarginatum (Gyllenhal, 1827), A. longicorne Chaudoir, 1846, Paranchus albipes (Fabricius, 1796), Platynus livens (Gyllenhal, 1810), Pterostichus quadrifoveolatus Letzner, 1852). Leistus rufomarginatus (Duftschmidt, 1812) is reported from Zhytomyr Region for the first time; Stenolophus skrimshiranus Stephens, 1828 is first registered within Right-bank Polissya.

MYCETOPHILIC BEETLES (INSECTA, COLEOPTERA) OF BEECH PRIMEVAL FORESTS OF THE UHOLSKY MASSIF OF THE CARPATHIAN BIOSPHERE RESERVE

2023-07-07T09:59:21+00:00

The species composition of fungicolous species of Coleoptera identified during 2011—2012 and 2017-2018 in the territory of beech primeval forests of the Uholsky massif of the Carpathian Biosphere Reserve was analyzed. A total of 31793 individuals were studied. The species richness was 173 species from 22 families. These species are fungicolous. The species of fungi that beetles use as habitats or food substrate are given for each beetles species. In addition to this, the guilds of coleoptera, which form entomocomplexes within their food substrate or habitat, were analyzed.

The families of beetle, the representatives of which belong entirely to fungicolous, have been singled out: Ciidae — 29 species, Mycetophagidae — 14 species, Erotylidae — 12 species.

The importance of natural forests for the preservation of faunal diversity is discussed.

THE ECOMORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION OF STONEFLIES LARVAE (INSECTA: PLECOPTERA) OF THE UKRAINIAN CARPATHIANS

2023-07-07T09:59:22+00:00

The main classification of the ecological and morpho-ecological types stoneflies larvae have been analyzed. The papers that be the basis for creation the unified ecomorphilogical classification of Plecoptera are analyzed. Morphogical method is suggested as the main for selecting the categories of stoneflies larvae ecomorphs. It is suggested to take into account ecological (spatial niche), ethological (the type of movement, behavioral characteristics) and morphological (body shape, type of mouthparts, structure of sense organs and legs) criteria. Nineteen dimensional features have been analyzed for larvae of 12 genera of stoneflies from the Ukrainian Carpathians. Seventeen indicators have been selected, which exactly characterize relation of larvae with environment.

A comprehensive analysis of autecological features, morphological and morphometric characteristics of the larvae allowed us to propose a classification of ecomorphs of Ukrainian Carpathians stoneflies. 3 types and 6 classes were identified. The division into types is based on the coverture used by stoneflies. To distinguish the classes, a distribution was proposed according to the following characteristics: the substrate, which acts as a hiding place; type of trophic strategy and mode of food capture reflected in behavior and microstationary distribution.

The type of lithophilic cryptobionts includes representatives of the following genera: Perla Geoffroy, 1762; Dinocras Klapálek, 1907; Perlodes Banks, 1903; Arcynopteryx Klapálek, 1904; Diura Billberg, 1820; Isoperla Banks, 1906; Isogenus Newman, 1833. Larvae from genera: Amphinemura Ris, 1902; Brachyptera Newport, 1851; Nemoura Latreille, 1796; Protonemura Kempny, 1898 — belong to the type of phytophilic cryptobionts. The type of cryptobiont of cracks in the Ukrainian Carpathians is represented by genera: Chloroperla Newman, 1836; Xantoperla Zwick, 1967; Siphonoperla Zwick, 1967; Leuctra Stephens, 1835; Capnia Pictet, 1841; Zwicknia Murányi, 2014.

In the future, a more detailed classification of ecomorphs will make it possible to use it for hydroindication of reservoirs of the Ukrainian Carpathians. The proposed classification will also make it easier to find out which ecomorph a particular species belongs to.

VIKTOR MYKYTOVYCH GRAMA (1937—2020): «I'M HAPPY THAT MY TEACHERS WERE NOBLE, WONDERFUL PEOPLE»

2023-07-07T09:59:22+00:00

Viktor Mykytovych Grama (1937—2020) is a man-epoch: a witness to the war, a student of V.B. Zakharenko, S.I. Medvedev and M.G. Shvalb, a famous entomologist, ecologist and historian, poet and patriot of Ukraine. On May 30, 2020, Viktor Mykytovych passed away. This paper adduces the main milestones of his life, and colleagues who he cooperated with (from the memories of the author and relatives of V.M. Grama, as well as from the processing of his manuscripts). The main publications of Viktor Mykytovych are listed. Four photos of him are added to the article.