Latest Articles from Check List Latest 10 Articles from Check List https://checklist.pensoft.net/ Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:16:51 +0200 Pensoft FeedCreator https://checklist.pensoft.net/i/logo.jpg Latest Articles from Check List https://checklist.pensoft.net/ Diptera species recorded for the first time in Slovakia found along the Danube floodplain https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/110945/ Check List 19(6): 791-800

DOI: 10.15560/19.6.791

Authors: Marek Semelbauer, Ján Samay, Jan Zavřel

Abstract: Four species of Diptera are recorded as new for the fauna of Slovakia: Acrocera orbiculus (Fabricius, 1787) (Acroceridae), Conops insignis Loew, 1848 (Conopidae), Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus, 1758) (Stratiomyidae), and Tolmerus cowini (Hobby, 1946) (Asilidae). The specimens were collected by means of Malaise trap, yellow pan trap, and sweep nets, in the years 2019–2022. Our findings highlight the value of the Danube floodplain from a conservation point of view. The appearance of H. illucens in Bratislava fits well with what is known about this synanthropic species.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Thu, 2 Nov 2023 15:23:00 +0200
On the identity and distribution of the rare Rymosia tolleti Burghele-Balacesco, 1965 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) encountered in European caves https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/104421/ Check List 19(3): 381-389

DOI: 10.15560/19.3.381

Authors: Olavi Kurina, Jostein Kjærandsen, Heli Kirik, Dominika Hadbavná, Anna Dénes, Jozef Oboňa, Peter Manko

Abstract: The identity and distribution of a neglected fungus gnat species, Rymosia tolleti Burghele-Balacesco, 1965, in Europe is reviewed based on examination of newly collected specimens as well as available museum mate-rials. Rymosia tolleti is widespread but rather rare in Central Europe, with confirmed records from Romania, Slo-vakia, Germany, and France. All the specimens with known collection details originate from cave environments. Detailed photographs of the male terminalia are provided for the first time, along with two unique DNA barcodes for the species.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 2 Jun 2023 12:48:00 +0300
First record of the genus Anatopynia Johannsen, 1905 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Slovakia, in a semi-permanent oxbow lake https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/99601/ Check List 19(2): 177-181

DOI: 10.15560/19.2.177

Authors: Zuzana Vráblová, Igor Kokavec, Tomáš Navara, Miroslav Mláka, Ladislav Hamerlík

Abstract: We present the first record of Anatopynia plumipes (Fries, 1823) from Slovakia. Larva of this species was found in a semi-permanent oxbow lake, a remnant of a plesiopotamal-type side arm of the Danube River.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Thu, 16 Mar 2023 10:04:00 +0200
First records of three Pergamasinae species (Acari, Mesostigmata, Parasitidae) from Slovakia https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/85356/ Check List 18(3): 725-731

DOI: 10.15560/18.3.725

Authors: Kamila Ondrejková, Peter Fenďa

Abstract: We recorded three mite species, Pergamasus (Thenargamasus) instatutus Athias-Henriot, 1967, Pergamasus (Pergamasus) laminarius Witaliński, 1971 and Holoparasitus ampullaris Witaliński, 1994, from Slovakia for the first time. Mites of the genera Pergamasus Berlese, 1903 and Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 are predatory mites living mainly in a soil and a rotting organic matter of the Holarctic region with a centre of distribution in Europe. Till now, P. instatutus was recorded in Austria and Hungary, while P. laminarius and H. ampullaris were known only from Poland.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:10:00 +0300
New records of Hydraena schuleri Ganglbauer, 1901 from Slovakia (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae) https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/80661/ Check List 18(3): 571-574

DOI: 10.15560/18.3.571

Authors: Ján Kodada, Manfred A. Jäch, Dávid Selnekovič, Kamila Ondrejková

Abstract: Hydraena schuleri Ganglbauer, 1901 was rediscovered after 18 years in Starý Potok, a small stream in eastern Slovakia, and we recorded it, for the first time, from the small rivers Stará Rieka and Udava in southern and eastern Slovakia. Adults were collected mainly from submerged moss growing on rocks in shallow water, where they were found together with Hydraena minutissima Stephens, 1929, H. pulchella Germar, 1824, H. pygmaea Waterhouse, 1833; Ochthebius colveranus Ferro, 1979, O. melanescens Dalla Torre, 1877, and O. metallescens Rosenhauer, 1847. We provide illustrations of the habitus and aedeagus, and a distribution map.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Mon, 6 Jun 2022 21:41:00 +0300
Walckenaeria stylifrons and Spiracme mongolica (Araneae, Linyphiidae, Thomisidae), two new species to Slovakia https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/70547/ Check List 17(6): 1601-1608

DOI: 10.15560/17.6.1601

Authors: Pavol Purgat, Peter Gajdoš, Adrián Purkart, Natália Hurajtová, Ľubomír Volnár, Katarína Krajčovičová

Abstract: The spiders Walckenaeria stylifrons (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1875) and Spiracme mongolica (Schenkel, 1963) are reported from Slovakia for the first time. These new records are based on adult males found in Western Slovakia in xerothermic habitats. The occurrence of W. stylifrons in Slovakia fills the gap in its distribution in Pannonian Basin and between Austria and Ukraine. Spiracme mongolica has been known only from the Balkans and south-eastern part of Europe to central Asia, this is the first record for Central Europe. We suggest Spiracme mongolica (Schenkel, 1963) new combination for Xysticus mongolicus Schenkel, 1963. Characteristic features, photographs of habitus and copulatory organs, and habitats of the new records are presented.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:48:00 +0200
First records of Mordellochroa humerosa (Rosenhauer, 1847) from Slovakia (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/63889/ Check List 17(3): 1015-1020

DOI: 10.15560/17.3.1015

Authors: Dávid Selnekovič, Katarína Goffová, Ján Kodada

Abstract: Mordellochroa humerosa (Rosenhauer, 1847) is reported from Slovakia for the first time based on 13 specimens collected in 2017–2020 in two localities. The known distribution of the species and collection circumstances are discussed, and four mtDNA sequences of COI gene fragment are submitted to GenBank and BOLD. Photographs of the habitus and drawings of the diagnostic characters are provided for M. humerosa.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:47:00 +0300
Polistes associus (Kohl, 1898) recorded from Slovakia after 66 years (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/58291/ Check List 17(1): 247-252

DOI: 10.15560/17.1.247

Authors: Katarína Goffová, Dáša Matisková, Dávid Selnekovič, Adrián Purkart, Vladimír Smetana

Abstract: We present the second record of Polistes associus (Kohl, 1898) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) from Slovakia after 66 years and discuss the distribution of this species in Europe. Morphological features of the species are compared with those of other morphologically similar congeners occurring in Central Europe, Polistes bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937 and Polistes nimpha (Christ, 1791), and the differential diagnoses are supplemented with figures.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 19 Feb 2021 16:47:00 +0200
The second record of Cryphaeus cornutus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1823) in Slovakia and its possible expansion in Central Europe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/57966/ Check List 16(6): 1557-1559

DOI: 10.15560/16.6.1557

Authors: Samuel Krčmárik, Dávid Selnekovič, Ján Kodada

Abstract: The first record of Cryphaeus cornutus (Fischer de Waldheim, 1823) in western Slovakia represents the second report from the country. The new locality is a on the northern edge of the distributional range of the species. The possible expansion of the species in Central Europe is discussed based on the recently published records.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:52:00 +0200
First record of Parasitus americanus (Berlese, 1905) and Cornigamasus ocliferius Skorupski & Witaliński, 1997 (Acari: Mesostigmata: Parasitidae) from Slovakia https://checklist.pensoft.net/article/19886/ Check List 13(4): 239-243

DOI: 10.15560/13.4.239

Authors: Kamila Hrúzová, Peter Fenďa

Abstract: Two species of Parasitidae, Parasitus americanus (Berlese, 1905) and Cornigamasus ocliferius Skorupski & Witaliński, 1997 were found for the first time in Slovakia. Parasitus americanus is a cosmopolitan species, which was found in several cemeteries and in a botanic garden in Bratislava. Almost all records of C. ocliferius are from Poland except for one record from Egypt. Cornigamasus ocliferius was found in decomposed plant material in Western and Central Slovakia and in bird nests in Western and Eastern Slovakia; part of the material was previously published as Cornigamasus lunaris (Berlese, 1882) and is revised here.

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Notes on Geographic Distribution Fri, 4 Aug 2017 13:56:35 +0300