Acta Musei Moraviae

Scientiae biologicae

Volume 94, Number 1-2, 2009
Published on 3 December 2009
  • Overwintering of spiders in land-snail shells in South Moravia (Czech Republic)

    Vladimír Hila, Jana Niedobová & Ondřej Košulič

    That spiders overwinter in land-snail shells is known, but the phenomenon has only rarely been studied. Anumber of published works from middle Europe address it, but none from the Czech Republic. The aim of this research is to find which spider species overwinter in empty land-snail shells in the xeric habitats of South...

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    That spiders overwinter in land-snail shells is known, but the phenomenon has only rarely been studied. Anumber of published works from middle Europe address it, but none from the Czech Republic. The aim of this research is to find which spider species overwinter in empty land-snail shells in the xeric habitats of South Moravia (Czech Republic). During the winter of 2008/2009 we collected 2448 empty land-snail shells from 31 localities in South Moravian. The shells were the remains of three species from three genera (Cepea vindobonensis, Helix pomatia and Helicella sp.). We found a total of 185 spiders . 150 adults and juvenile spiders that were determinable (20 species and 9 families) and 35 juvenile spiders (determined to family or genus level only). We also found six species that feature in the Red List of threatened species in the Czech Republic (four classified as vulnerable species and two as endangered). The most important record is of one juvenile gnaphosid Phaeocedus braccatus, hitherto known from only three historical localities. We confirmed that several species show a positive affinity to empty land-snail shells, particularly Pellenes tripunctatus, Pellenes nigrociliatus, Sitticus pennicilatus and Myrmarachne formicaria.

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  • A record of the Blue (Scarce) Chaser (Libellula fulva) in South Moravia, Czech Republic (Odonata)

    Petr Vlašánek

    A new record of the critically endangered dragonfly Libellua fulva Müller, 1764 is reported. It was observed close to the town of Kostice in South Moravia, the Czech Republic, on 6 May 2008.

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    A new record of the critically endangered dragonfly Libellua fulva Müller, 1764 is reported. It was observed close to the town of Kostice in South Moravia, the Czech Republic, on 6 May 2008.

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  • The occurrence of the Red-winged Grasshopper Oedipoda germanica in the Czech Republic (Orthoptera: Acridiidae)

    Jaroslav Holuša, Pavel Marhoul, Lucie Štěpánová & Petr Kočárek

    Oedipoda germanica has been confirmed in almost all its historical localities in the Czech Republic. The main range is the valley of the Radotín brook [Radotínský potok] at the south-west edge of Prague, and the surroundings of Velká Chuchle. The current situation of the species in the central part of the Czech Karst protected...

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    Oedipoda germanica has been confirmed in almost all its historical localities in the Czech Republic. The main range is the valley of the Radotín brook [Radotínský potok] at the south-west edge of Prague, and the surroundings of Velká Chuchle. The current situation of the species in the central part of the Czech Karst protected landscape area (central Bohemia) remains unclear but additional localities have been discovered. In the Czech Highlands (northern Bohemia), three localities were previously known but the population survives only in the locality of Ko.ťálov. With the exception of one place in Prague, all other localities are situated on the left banks of the Vltava and Labe rivers, indirectly demonstrating that this species is not able to surmount rivers. O. germanica was found on steep, non-weedy parts of rocks, ledges, debris, and worked-out parts of quarries. It is appropriate to classify the species as critically endangered in the Czech Republic.

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  • Oxycarenus lavaterae, an expansive species new to Romania (Hemiptera: Heteroptera:Oxycarenidae)

    Petr Kment

    Oxycarenus lavaterae (Fabricius, 1787) is recorded for the first time in the territory of Romania (Banat). This record confirms a further expansion of its range towards the north and east.

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    Oxycarenus lavaterae (Fabricius, 1787) is recorded for the first time in the territory of Romania (Banat). This record confirms a further expansion of its range towards the north and east.

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  • The distribution of Tropidothorax leucopterus in the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)

    Petr Kment, Pavel Štys, Alice Exnerová, Pavel Tomšík, Petr Baňař & Karel Hradil

    The past and recent occurrence of Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze,1778) (Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is analysed, and the biology and ecology of the species are reviewed. It is recorded for the first time from Bohemia, which testifies to its current northward spread in Central Europe. ...

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    The past and recent occurrence of Tropidothorax leucopterus (Goeze,1778) (Lygaeidae: Lygaeinae) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is analysed, and the biology and ecology of the species are reviewed. It is recorded for the first time from Bohemia, which testifies to its current northward spread in Central Europe.

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  • The distribution of Pinthaeus sanguinipes in the Czech Republic andSlovakia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae)

    Petr Kment, Karel Hradil & Zdeněk Jindra

    All available published and unpublished distributional records of Pinthaeus sanguinipes (Fabricius,1781) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are summarized, mapped and discussed. The distribution of this species in the Czech Republic (both Bohemia and Moravia) is disparate, with records pooled to three periods (c. 1890.1903,...

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    All available published and unpublished distributional records of Pinthaeus sanguinipes (Fabricius,1781) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia are summarized, mapped and discussed. The distribution of this species in the Czech Republic (both Bohemia and Moravia) is disparate, with records pooled to three periods (c. 1890.1903, 1936.1952, and 1993 . present). The pattern for Slovakia is less clear, with several records before 1897 and only seven scattered records between 1947 and 1992.

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  • Five new species of Antilochus Stĺl, 1863 from the Old World (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae)

    Jaroslav L. Stehlík

    A new subgenus and five new species of the genus Antilochus Stĺl, 1863 are described, namely Afroantilochus subgen.nov., Antilochus (Antilochus) angustus sp.nov. (Indonesia: Buton Island), Antilochus (Antilochus) sulawesiensis sp.nov. (Indonesia: Sulawesi), Antilochus (Antilochus) webbi sp.nov. (southern India), Antilochus...

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    A new subgenus and five new species of the genus Antilochus Stĺl, 1863 are described, namely Afroantilochus subgen.nov., Antilochus (Antilochus) angustus sp.nov. (Indonesia: Buton Island), Antilochus (Antilochus) sulawesiensis sp.nov. (Indonesia: Sulawesi), Antilochus (Antilochus) webbi sp.nov. (southern India), Antilochus (Afroantilochus) kmenti sp.nov. (Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania), Antilochus (Afroantilochus) similis sp.nov. (Côte d.Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Uganda).

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  • First records of Cercyon hungaricus Endrődy-Younga, 1967 from Slovakia, notes on its distribution and biology, and fixation of its type specimens (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)

    Martin Fikáček, Milan Boukal, Andor Lőkkös, Zdeněk Kraus & Václav Křivan

    Distributional data of the Pannonian endemic species Cercyon hungaricus Endrődy-Younga, 1967 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) are summarized and mapped, including of first records of the species from Slovakia and additional records from Hungary. The species is diagnosed and the diagnostic characters are illustrated....

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    Distributional data of the Pannonian endemic species Cercyon hungaricus Endrődy-Younga, 1967 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) are summarized and mapped, including of first records of the species from Slovakia and additional records from Hungary. The species is diagnosed and the diagnostic characters are illustrated. Based on data made available through recently collected specimens, the species is considered to inhabit leaf litter and plant debris on the shores of various kinds of standing water, but to avoid habitats that are too wet or seasonally submerged. A lectotype is designated in order to clarify a complicated situation arising out of three previously published .descriptions. of the species.

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  • New faunistic records of Trichoptera (Insecta) from the Czech Republic, III

    Pavel Chvojka, Potr Komzák & Jan Špaček

    Three species, Synagapetus dubitans McLachlan, 1879, Apatania carpathica Schmid, 1954 (both from Moravia), and Drusus chrysotus (Rambur, 1842) (from Bohemia), are reported from the Czech Republic for the first time, while HydroptilaNocculta (Eaton, 1873), Hydropsyche tenuis Navás, 1932, Setodes punctatus (Fabricius, 1793),...

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    Three species, Synagapetus dubitans McLachlan, 1879, Apatania carpathica Schmid, 1954 (both from Moravia), and Drusus chrysotus (Rambur, 1842) (from Bohemia), are reported from the Czech Republic for the first time, while HydroptilaNocculta (Eaton, 1873), Hydropsyche tenuis Navás, 1932, Setodes punctatus (Fabricius, 1793), and OecetisNtestacea (Curtis, 1834) are new records for Moravia. New faunistic data on several rare species are also provided.

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  • The proposed Úvalský rybník Nature Monument, an important refuge for wetland insects in South Moravia (Czech Republic): A species inventory of Odonata, Heteroptera and Coleoptera (partim) with the first Czech record of Corixa panzeri (Corixidae)

    Michal Straka, Petr Kment, Jan Sychra & Jan Helešic

    In the course of surveys in the years 2000.2003 and especially in 2009, 162 species of Odonata (21), Heteroptera (50) and Coleoptera Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Carabidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, Scirtidae, Dryopidae, Heteroceridae) (91) were recorded within the area of the proposed Úvalský rybník...

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    In the course of surveys in the years 2000.2003 and especially in 2009, 162 species of Odonata (21), Heteroptera (50) and Coleoptera Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Carabidae, Helophoridae, Hydrophilidae, Hydraenidae, Scirtidae, Dryopidae, Heteroceridae) (91) were recorded within the area of the proposed Úvalský rybník Nature Monument. One species, Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848 (Heteroptera: orixidae), was recorded for the first time in the Czech Republic. Six of the recorded species are classified as critically endangered in the Czech Republic: Corixa affinis Leach, 1817, Haliplus furcatus Seidlitz, 1887, H. variegatus Sturm, 1834, Cybister lateralimarginalis (DeGeer, 1774), Hydrophilus atterimus (Eschscholtz, 1882) and Hydraena paganettii Ganglbauer, 1901; five species are endangered: Sympetrum meridionale (Sélys, 1841), Bidessus nasutus Sharp, 1887, Hydrovatus cuspidatus (Kunze, 1818), Pterostichus cursor (Dejean, 1828) and Dryops similaris Bollow, 1936; fourteen are classified as vulnerable and five as near threatened. The occurrence of the endangered species is commented upon and suggestions made concerning the management of this unique locality.

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  • Type specimens of birds in the collections of the Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

    Jiří Mlíkovský & Helena Sutorová

    The Moravian Museum, Brno, in the Czech Republic, houses types of two recent bird taxa: Tetrastes bonasia horicei Hachler, 1950 (Tetraonidae), and Emberiza schoeniclus seilerni Hachler, 1952 (Emberizidae). The holotype of Calamoherpe brehmii Müller, 1830 Sylviidae) was also deposited in the collections of this museum, but has...

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    The Moravian Museum, Brno, in the Czech Republic, houses types of two recent bird taxa: Tetrastes bonasia horicei Hachler, 1950 (Tetraonidae), and Emberiza schoeniclus seilerni Hachler, 1952 (Emberizidae). The holotype of Calamoherpe brehmii Müller, 1830 Sylviidae) was also deposited in the collections of this museum, but has long been missing.

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  • Distribution and ecology of Xerula melanotricha Dörfelt in the Czech Republic (Basidiomycetes, Physalacriaceae)

    Vladimír Antonín

    Xerula melanotricha Dörfelt is a distinctive fungus known from 36 localities in the Czech Republic. Most collections (with three exceptions explained in text) come from coniferous trees or forests (Picea abies and Abies alba). It is a late summer and autumnal species, usually growing from July to October, and occurs on both...

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    Xerula melanotricha Dörfelt is a distinctive fungus known from 36 localities in the Czech Republic. Most collections (with three exceptions explained in text) come from coniferous trees or forests (Picea abies and Abies alba). It is a late summer and autumnal species, usually growing from July to October, and occurs on both calcareous and acid soils. It is widely distributed in central, southern and western Europe, but has not yet been found in the Nordic countries. In the Czech Republic it grows in near-natural, man-influenced, and man-made forests and is not, therefore, of use as a bio-indicative species.

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  • Material of type character in the Münch-Bellinghausen collection in the Moravian Museum, Brno (BRNM). 8. Bryophytes

    Karel Sutorý

    The contribution presented is the eigth in a series evaluating material from the Münch-Bellinghausen collection in the Moravian Museum, following on from the W. Besser, F. Waldstein, P. Kiteibel, D. H. Hoppe, A. Rochel, K. B. Presl, P. Salzmann and the P. G. Gaertner, B. Meyer and J. Scherbius. Wetterauische Flora. exsiccate...

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    The contribution presented is the eigth in a series evaluating material from the Münch-Bellinghausen collection in the Moravian Museum, following on from the W. Besser, F. Waldstein, P. Kiteibel, D. H. Hoppe, A. Rochel, K. B. Presl, P. Salzmann and the P. G. Gaertner, B. Meyer and J. Scherbius. Wetterauische Flora. exsiccate collections.

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  • Squills (Scilla s.lat., Hyacinthaceae) in the flora of the Czech Republic, with taxonomical notes on Central-European squill populations

    Bohumil Trávníček, Martin Duchoslav, Petra Šarhanová & Lenka Šafářová

    The division of the genus Scilla L. (sensu latissimo) into several narrowly defined genera is discussed. These narrow genera are, with exceptions, accepted; with reference to this, a few new nomenclatural combinations are proposed: Nectaroscilla littardierei (Breistr.) Trávníèek, Othocallis amoena (L.) Trávníèek, O. siberica...

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    The division of the genus Scilla L. (sensu latissimo) into several narrowly defined genera is discussed. These narrow genera are, with exceptions, accepted; with reference to this, a few new nomenclatural combinations are proposed: Nectaroscilla littardierei (Breistr.) Trávníèek, Othocallis amoena (L.) Trávníèek, O. siberica subsp. armena (Grossh.) Trávníèek, subsp. caucasica (Miscz.) Trávníèek and subsp. otschiauriae (Mordak) Trávníèek. The division of the genus Scilla s.str. into two sections is proposed: (1) sect. Scilla, comprising all species of the S. bifolia group in the broader sense, and (2) sect. Chionodoxa (Boiss.) Trávníèek, which contains taxa formerly included in the genus Chionodoxa Boiss. The first section consists of taxa native to the Czech Republic, the second of solely alien and cultivated taxa. A spontaneous hybrid between S. bifolia subsp. bifolia from sect. Scilla and a species from the group of S. luciliae from sect. Chionodoxa was found in a park in the Czech Republic. A new taxonomic concept of the S. bifolia group in the Czech Republic, central Europe, and adjacent parts of the Carpathians and the Pannonian Plain, is proposed. Three species are recognized: the diploid (2n = 18, 2x), Carpathian S. kladnii Schur (= S. subtriphylla Schur), the diploid (2n = 18, 2x), predominately Pannonian S. vindobonensis Speta and the widely distributed S. bifolia L. The microspecies S. buekkensis Speta, S. drunensis (Speta) Speta, S. laxa Schur and S. spetana Kereszty are co-opted as well as S. bifolia s.str. into the latter species. Three relatively widely distributed and vicariant subspecies are recognized within S. bifolia: (1) subsp. bifolia from the Alps and adjacent parts of Europe, comprising S. bifolia s.str. and (peri-)Alpine populations of S. drunensis; (2) subsp. buekkensis (Speta) Soó from the Carpathians and the Matricum, comprising S. buekkensis, S. laxa, and Carpathian populations formerly classified as S. drunensis; and (3) subsp. spetana (Kereszty) Trávníèek from the Pannonian Plain, comprising S. spetana and also some Pannonian populations formerly classified as S. laxa and S. drunensis. A fourth subspecies is described herein: subsp. rara Trávníèek, endemic to a single locality in south-western Moravia in the Czech Republic. Subsp. bifolia comprises diploid populations (2n = 18, 2x) treated as var. bifolia and tetraploid ones (2n = 36, 4x) treated as var. drunensis (Speta) Trávníèek and the stenoendemic var. bohemica Trávníèek, newly described from Bohemia. Populations of subsp. buekkensis and subsp. rara are tetraploid (2n = 36, 4x). Populations of subsp. spetana are hexaploid (2n = 54, 6x), and may be dividend morphologically into two varieties: var. spetana and var. magnomoravica Trávníèek, which is known from only a single locality in South Moravia. In subpopulations of the subspecies mentioned, there is a signifiant proportion of individuals morphologically strongly converging towards other subspecies of S. bifolia, and plants with an aberrant ploidy level sometimes occur (except in subsp. rara). Therefore, all four subspecies can be identified only at the population level and not at the level of ndividual plants.

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