A prelimina ry list of the Muscidae (Diptera) of the Magada n region, Russia
Vera S. Soroki naa*, Nikita E. Vikhrevb & Nikolay N. Tridrikhc
aSiberian Zoological Museum, Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Frunze str. 11, Novosibirsk 630091, Russia; bZoological Museum of Moscow University, Bolshaya Nikitskaya str. 2, Moscow 125009, Russia; cMagadan National Nature Reserve, Koltsevaya str. 17, Magadan 685000, Russia
Summary. A preliminary list is given of the species of the Muscidae (Diptera) of the Magadan region, including 93 species
in 23 genera. Eighty-one species are newly recorded from this territory. Six species [ Spilogona aenea Huckett, 1965, S. bifi mbriata Huckett, 1965, S. fulvibasis Huckett, 1965, S. incerta Huckett, 1965, S. separata Huckett, 1965, S. trigonifera
(Zetterstedt, 1838)] are newly recorded for Russia. All these species, except Spilogona trigonifera, are newly recorded for
the Palaearctic region. The species list includes the material examined, ecological data of some species, the distribution and
all known references to each species. According to preliminary estimates, this list reflects 60% of expected species in the
Magadan region. Two new synonyms are proposed: Coenosia shumshuensis Shinonaga & Zhang, 2000, n. syn. for C.
alaskensis Huckett, 1965, and Coenosia remissa Huckett, 1965, n. syn. for C. ciliata Hennig 1961.
Keywords: fauna; distribution; synonyms; Russian Far East
An approach for identifying the infl uence of carcass type and environmental feat ures on sarcosaprophagous Diptera communiti es
Mari a Pérez-M arcos a,b*, Maria Isabel Arnaldosa,c, Elena López-Gallegoa,b, Aurelio Lunac,d, Azza Khedree &
Maria Dolores Garcíaa,c
aDepartment of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Campus of International Excellence Mare Nostrum University of Murcia, Murcia 30100, Spain; bInstituto Murciano de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario y Alimentario (IMIDA), Murcia, 30100, Spain; cExternal Service of Forensic Sciences and Techniques, University of Murcia, Murcia 30100, Spain; dArea of Legal Medicine. Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia 30100, Spain; eDepartment of Zoology, University of Sohag, Egypt
Summary. Since the entomosarcosaprophagous community is affected by environmental variables, it needs to be studied under different environmental conditions. In addition, because most studies are usually conducted with biomodels rather than human corpses, it is necessary to verify whether or not the type of decomposing animal matter affects the decomposition process itself, as well as the related fauna. For this reason, a study was conducted on the sarcosaprophagous Diptera community in two different environments of the Region of Murcia (SE Spain), using piglet and chicken carcasses, and Schoenly traps as collecting devices. To analyse possible differences regarding faunal composition among samples, a one-way Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA) was applied. The results indicate significant differences concerning the bait. In this sense, Calliphoridae, Muscidae, Fanniidae and Sarcophagidae families are the main groups responsible for such differences. In terms of environment-related differences, the only species that contribute are those of the dominant families, Calliphoridae and Muscidae.
Keywords: bait influence; chicken carcass; pig carcass; Diptera community; environmental influence; forensic entomology
Contr ibution to the tachinid fauna of southwes tern Turkey (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Er ikas Lutovinova sa, Hans-Peter Tschorsnigb, Miroslav Bartákc, Štěpán Kubíkc*, Oktay Dursund, Hasan-Sungur Civelekd & Kenan Karae
aLaboratory of Entomology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius, 08412, Lithuania; bDepartment of Entomology, State Museum of Natural History, Stuttgart, 70191, Germany; cDepartment of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, 16521 Praha/Suchdol, Czech Republic; dBiology Department, Faculty of Science, Mu ğla S ıtkı Koçman University, 48000 Mu ğla/Kötekli, Turkey; ePlant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Gaziosmanpaşa University, 60100 Tokat/Taşl ıçiftlik, Turkey
Summary. Faunistic records for 139 tachinid species from southwestern Turkey (Mu ğla province and adjacent Aydın, Burdur, Denizli and Antalya provinces) are given. Another 17 species of the study area are known only from published records. The known fauna of Tachinidae of southwestern Turkey thus comprises 156 species. Zoogeographic analysis of the study area revealed that tachinids belong to 29 chorological categories, divided into two supergroups: 122 species (78.2%) are more eurybiontic, and also distributed in northern parts of the Palaearctic region (19 chorological categories belong here), whereas 34 species (21.8%) are distinctly thermophilic, and have a southern type of distribution (10 chorological categories are distinguished). Altogether, 52 species (33.3%) are recorded for the first time from Turkey.
Keywords: Tachinid flies; faunistics; new records; distribution; chorological analysis; Mediterranean region
Introduced ants (Hymenoptera: Formicida e) of mainland France and Belgium, with a focus on greenhouses
Rum saïs Blatr ix a,b, Théotime Colinb,c, Philippe Wegnezb,d,e, Christophe Galkowskib,f & Philippe Geniezg
aCEFE, CNRS, University of Montpellier, University Paul Valéry Montpellier III, EPHE, IRD, 1919 route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France; bAntarea , association for the study and mapping of the ants of France; cBiology Department, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia; dRue de la Grotte 23, 4651 Herve, Belgium; eWalbru; f104 route de Mounic, 33160 Saint-Aubin-de-Médoc, France; gEPHE, PSL Research University, CNRS, UM, SupAgro, IRD, INRA, UMR 5175 CEFE, 34293
Montpellier, France
Summary. The monitoring of introduced species is becoming more important as global trade intensifies. Although ants make up a larger proportion of species on the list of the most invasive species in the world compared with other groups, little is known about the occurrence of those introduced in France, especially inside heated buildings. Here we review the literature available for mainland France and Belgium and report the results of a survey conducted with the help of tropical building managers between 2014 and 2016. We report for the first time in France the presence of Technomyrmex vitiensis and Plagiolepis alluaudi in multiple greenhouses. Technomyrmex difficilis was also found in one greenhouse for the first time in Europe. The diversity of introduced ants in greenhouses is very low, and these buildings are most often dominated by one or two species. We compared the most recent data and those collected throughout the twentieth century and showed that ant communities have changed substantially. Greenhouses could be responsible for the introduction of invasive species because they regularly import exotic plants, but we found no evidence that the three species of invasive ants present outdoors in France were introduced from greenhouses, where they rarely occur. We also report that introduced ants are pests in greenhouses because they disperse scale insects and kill biological control agents. The suppression of these ants could ease the maintenance of plants inside greenhouses.
Keywords: Introduced species; tropical greenhouses; biolog
New or little known Sphodrina from Iran (Coleo ptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)
Achi lle Casale*a & David W. Wraseb
ac/o Università di Sassari (Zoologia), Private: Corso Raffaello 12, Sassari, Torino 10126, Italy; bOderstr. 2, 15306 Gusow-Platkow,Germany
Summary. Notes are provided on some new, unexpected Sphodrina species from Iran, a country apparently well known from the entomological point of view. Notes on the species of Taphoxenus (Lychnifugus) of the Sphodrus phyletic lineage are added, with descriptions of Taphoxenus (Lychnifugus) elburzenis n. sp. (type locality: Iran, Elburz: Damavand Mt, 10 km W of Reine, 52°02ʹ24ʺE, 35°53ʹ22ʺN, 2200–2650 m) and Taphoxenus (Lychnifugus) murzini n. sp. (type locality: Iran, Fars: NW Sepidan, Poolad Kaf, 30°22ʹ01ʺN, 51°54ʹ00ʺE, 3100 m). Laemostenus (Arabosphodrus) laserae n. sp. (type locality: S Iran: Hormozgan, Genu Mts, N Bandar Abbas, 27°24ʹ04.5ʺN, 56°10ʹ49.6ʺE, 1680 m) is described. This species is particularly interesting, because it is the first representative of subgenus Arabosphodrus besides the type species of the subgenus, endemic to the mountains of North Oman. New records and illustrations of Laemostenus (Laemostenus) luristanus are provided, a little-known species from central Iran described from only two specimens. The diagnostic features of all species newly described are illustrated and their possible relationships are discussed.
Keywords: taxonomy; systematics; morphology; faunistics; biogeography; key to sp
