Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae最新文献

{"title":"New species of Flagellozetes (Cosmogalumna) (Acari, Oribatida, Galumnidae) from Vietnam","authors":"S. Ermilov, Vladimir Salavatulin","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.4.293.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.4.293.2022","url":null,"abstract":"Two new species of the genus Flagellozetes (Oribatida, Galumnidae) – F. (Cosmogalumna) carinodentatus sp. n. and F. (C.) pseudoareticulatus sp. n. – are described from the bark of different trees in Vietnam. A comparative analysis of the F. (Cosmogalumna) group included species with neural ridges on the notogaster is presented.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48714697","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Aviation safety ranking values and bird species at Trabzon International Airport, Türkiye","authors":"A. Sari, A. Arpacık, Ş. Başkaya, A. Çelik","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.4.375.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.4.375.2022","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated bird species at Trabzon International Airport (TIA) in Türkiye and their Aviation Safety Ranking Values (ASRV). During the study period between February 2021 and February 2022, 75 observations were carried out using direct and indirect observation methods (camera traps, bird nests, eggs, feathers and; pellets) to identify species. As a result, 109 bird species were identified belonging to 39 families. Migration status of the observed birds ranged from overwintering (27), to summer visitors (26), residents (17), wintering and passage migrants (14), passage migrants (9), residents and wintering (8), residents and summer visitors (5), and residents and passage migrants (3). The bird hazard ranking system is based on bird size, average weights, flocking characteristics, and flight behaviour. According to the criteria of the ASRV, a total of 36 bird species at TIA with hazard levels of intermediate (3), high (4), and very high (5) were determined. Among the species identified, 25 weighed between 700 and 2200 grams. Wildlife professionals should be assigned to all airports to successfully control bird strikes and increase flight safety, and bird observations should be performed regularly.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47963943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rocky nests are better nesting sites than woodpecker cavities for the Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta Tephronota","authors":"A. Shafaeipour, B. Fathinia, Jerzy Michalczuk","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.4.361.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.4.361.2022","url":null,"abstract":"The reproductive success of birds depends on many factors, including nest construction and placement. In the mountainous regions of southwestern Iran, broods of Eastern Rock Nuthatch Sitta tephronota were surveyed in 2016 and 2017. During the study, 11 broods in rocky cavities and 16 in abandoned Syrian woodpeckers’ Dendrocopos syriacus tree cavities were compared in terms of breeding performance (phenology, clutch size, hatching success, number of fledglings, breeding success). The Eastern Rock Nuthatch began egg-laying on March 24 and continued until April 15. The number of eggs in the clutch ranged from 3 and 7 (mean 5.6±1.19, median 6, N = 27). The two types of clutches compared usually contained 6 eggs, and the number of nestlings was statistically lower in tree cavities than in rocky nests. Hatching success was almost 30% higher in rocky nests than in tree cavities. In broods located in trees, 4 nestlings hatched most often (42%, N = 12), and in rock nests, 5 nestlings hatched (50%, N = 10). Rocky nests were also statistically greater (by over 40%) for breeding success. For all analysed broods and broods with success, roughly two extra fledglings left the rocky nests compared with tree cavities. 5 fledglings (50%, N = 10) most often left rocky nests, whereas, in general, 4 fledglings (50%, N = 10) left tree nests. Research results did not confirm that woodpecker cavities are safe nest sites for cavity dwellers.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44629219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Winter distribution and migratory strategies of Eurasian Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) from the Pannonian breeding population: are they long-distance migrants?","authors":"Csaba Pigniczki","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.4.341.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.4.341.2022","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, the wintering characteristics of the Eurasian Spoonbills (Platalea leucorodia) breeding in the Carpathian Basin (Pannonian population) were analysed. The data of 305 wintering Spoonbills marked with colour-rings in Hungary was used. A significant part, 80% of the Spoonbills, wintered in Africa, while 20% spent the winter in Europe and only two birds in the Asian part of western Turkey. The most important wintering sites were in the central part of North Africa (in Algeria, Libya, but mainly Tunisia) and Italy. The tidal area in the Gulf of Gabes in Tunisia was the most important area where a significant proportion, 65% of all wintering Spoonbills, spent the winter. This study provided new evidence of Spoonbills occurring in Saharan wetlands (Chott Tindla in Algeria) in winter. 2% of the resighted Spoonbills were reported from the wetlands of the Sahel in Sudan, Nigeria, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, and Senegal. European winterers were mainly found in Italy and, to a lesser extent, in the Balkans and the Carpathian Basin. The mean distance between the natal colonies and the wintering areas was 1,535 km. Spoonbills migrated in a south-southwestern direction (mean: 213°) to reach their wintering sites. In the Hungarian population, most specimens (94%) were short-distance migrants (wintered north of 22°N), 2% were long-distance migrants, and 4% were residents. However, the proportions of the residents and short-distance migrants are supposed to be overestimated and the proportion of the long-distance migrants is likely to be underestimated due to the lack of observation effort in sub-Saharan Africa. However, based on the winter census data and the proportion of ringed individuals of Hungarian origin in the wintering flocks, I estimated that the lack of observation effort would only slightly modify the result. There were two shifts in migratory strategies on an individual level: a resident Spoonbill became a short-distance migrant, and a short-distance migrant became a long-distance migrant by a following winter. While most of the East Atlantic Spoonbills are long-distance migrants, the results of this study indicate that most birds in the Pannonian population are likely to be rather short-distance migrants. The results of the GPS tracking also confirm that most Pannonian Spoonbills are short-distance migrants and support the main conclusion of this paper.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41898395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Review of the genus Pseudocoruncanius Meng, Qin et Wang, 2020 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae), with the description of a new species from Vietnam","authors":"V. Gnezdilov","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.4.305.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.4.305.2022","url":null,"abstract":"Pseudocoruncanius Meng, Qin et Wang, 2020 (in Zhang et al. 2020) is placed in the tribe Sarimini and reviewed with its relationships discussed. Pseudocoruncanius nigrifrons sp. n. is described from Tam Dao forest in northern Vietnam, which is the first record of the genus from mainland Asia. A key to species of the genus Pseudocoruncanius is given.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45539323","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ifrania bahhouensis sp. n. a new valvatiform snail (Gastropoda, Hydrobiidae) from Morocco","authors":"Y. Mabrouki, P. Glöer, A. F. Taybi","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.4.313.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.4.313.2022","url":null,"abstract":"The genus Ifrania Glöer, Mabrouki et Taybi 2020 (Hydrobiidae) was recently described from Morocco; its type species is Ifrania zerroukansis Glöer, Mabrouki et Taybi, 2020 found in the Middle Atlas massif, geographically isolated and known for its other endemic molluscs. Ifrania bahhouensis sp. n. is a new valvatiform hydrobiid gastropod from Morocco; it can be distinguished from I. zerroukansis by the morphology of the shell and anatomical criteria. The new species was found in the northern part of Morocco, in the Sebou River basin. The aim of this paper is to describe the new springsnail species.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46280818","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Larval development and habitat usage of stream-breeding Fire salamanders in an urban environment","authors":"I. Kiss, J. Vörös, A. Hamer","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.4.321.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.4.321.2022","url":null,"abstract":"Urbanisation adversely affects the abiotic and biotic characteristics of watercourses, including freshwater streams that support the development of stream-breeding salamanders. We conducted a study over four years on an isolated fire salamander population inhabiting a stream valley northwest of Budapest, Hungary. Our aim was to understand aspects of larval development and habitat usage within this population. The maximum number of larvae was observed in April and the first weeks of May. Due to drifting caused by heavy rainfall, there was a mean decrease of 63.3% in the number of larvae. The abundance of larval salamanders within 16 stream segments showed strong temporal and spatial variation, and there was a strong relationship between larval abundance and the % cover of fine gravel substrate. Some of the larvae could escape drift by entering pools with slower water flow and shelter. Larvae were predominantly solitary in smaller pools but occasionally aggregated in high numbers in some segments. The first larvae with yellow spots (indicative of metamorphosis) appeared in June, and by early September, all larvae were metamorphosing. Our results show that in this urbanised environment, larval development through to metamorphosis is occurring, but increasing urbanisation and alterations to stream flow threaten the persistence of the local population.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44247759","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Occurrence and abundance of invasive and native Arion slugs in three types of habitats in urban area of Wrocław (SW Poland)","authors":"Adrianna Wosinek, Elżbieta Kuźnik-Kowlaska, T. K. Maltz, M. Proćków","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.3.247.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.3.247.2022","url":null,"abstract":"Arion vulgaris and Arion rufus are two cryptic slug species whose ranges overlap in vast areas of Europe. In Poland, A. rufus is native; it reaches the eastern border of its range near Wrocław, while the invasive A. vulgaris was previously not recorded in this area. The study aimed to map the distribution of both species in the city of Wrocław and determine the size and abundance of their populations. Twenty-six sites were surveyed in 2019-2020. They represented three types of habitats: natural, semi-natural and anthropogenic. Because the investigated species are externally indistinguishable, their identification was based on the genital organs. Among 280 analysed specimens, 72% were identified as A. vulgaris, 23% as A. rufus and 5% were classified as hybrids. The hybrids and A. vulgaris were most abundant in semi-natural (83%) and anthropogenic habitats (95%), while A. rufus most often occurred in natural habitats (51%). Arion vulgaris occupied most of the sites (88.5%), and in 50%, it was collected alone. Arion rufus occurred in 46% of the sites (in 11.5% alone), and the hybrids were noted in 27%. In Wrocław A. vulgaris dominates in most sites, and its populations are much more abundant than those of A. rufus where the two species co-occur. This finding indicates that A. vulgaris, with its better adaptive skills and competitive abilities, may negatively impact the native species and, consequently, the latter’s displacement. Although the recorded frequency of hybridisation was very low (5%), it may also have an effect on the local extinction of A. rufus. Interspecific hybridisation is assumed to foster invasions, and climate change may further exacerbate displacement; therefore, they should continue to be monitored.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43405051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Two new species of the rare genus Gastrotrypes Brues (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from India","authors":"Patra Sunita, K. Rajmohana, Kandoth Manoj, Madathil Anjana","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.3.239.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.3.239.2022","url":null,"abstract":"Gastrotrypes Brues (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) is a rare genus, represented so far by only 7 species globally. Two new species viz. Gastrotrypes brevis Sunita et Rajmohana sp. n. and Gastrotrypes carinatus Sunita et Rajmohana sp. n. are hereby described as new to science from Kerala, India. A revised identification key to species is also provided.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44816134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Long term (1985–2018) changes of the habitat suitability of European souslik assessed by Maxent modelling based on Landsat satellite imagery – a case study from a mountain landscape of Central Bulgaria","authors":"Sirma Zidarova, Vasil Popov","doi":"10.17109/azh.68.3.277.2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17109/azh.68.3.277.2022","url":null,"abstract":"The spatial and temporal aspects of the habitat suitability of the European souslik (Spermophilus citellus L.) in an area of Sredna Gora Mountain (Bulgaria) were studied. We used Landsat satellite imagery data to model changes in the habitat suitability of the species from 1985 to 2018. The obtained results demonstrate that the habitat suitability of the European souslik increased during the studied period, presumably due to raised temperatures and the accompanying drought during summertime, as well as the human-caused modifications in pasture livestock breeding. Based on statistical modelling, the employed procedure applies to long-term monitoring and assessment of the role of land cover change because of climate change and human activity on the habitat suitability of the European souslik. This approach can be useful for conservation planning.","PeriodicalId":55558,"journal":{"name":"Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2022-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46436961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}