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The first record of the genus Phytodietus Gravenhorst, 1829 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Tryphoninae) in Papua New Guinea, with description of a new species 1829年在巴布亚新几内亚首次记录绿蜂属(膜翅目:姬蜂科:姬蜂科)并附有一新种描述

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-17 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2182921

A. Kostro-Ambroziak

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Do females of Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida renest after offspring desertion? 在后代被遗弃后，短须燕鸥的雌性会再婚吗?

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2184876

M. Ledwoń, A. Flis, A. Banach, B. Kusal, H. Łożyńska, N. Atamas, S. Broński, J. Betleja

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Presence and distribution of pests and diseases of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Mexico: a review 墨西哥蜜蜂(膜翅目:蜜蜂科)病虫害存在与分布综述

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-02 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2182920

G. Peña-Chora, E. Toledo-Hernández, C. Sotelo-Leyva, P. Damián-Blanco, A. G. Villanueva-Flores, P. Álvarez-Fitz, F. Palemón-Alberto, S. Á. Ortega-Acosta

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Do non-direct heterospecific cues of avian predator activity alter reproductive modes of a passerine bird? 鸟类捕食者活动的非直接异性线索会改变雀形目鸟类的繁殖模式吗？

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2181988

R. Martyka, P. Skórka

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Comparative cytogenetics of Hemorrhois hippocrepis and Malpolon monspessulanus highlights divergent karyotypes in Colubridae and Psammophiidae (Squamata: Serpentes) hippocrepis和Malpolon monspesulanus痔疮的比较细胞遗传学突出了Columbridae和Psammophidae的不同核型（Squamata：蛇）

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-27 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2180547

M. Mezzasalma, E. Brunelli, G. Odierna, F. Guarino

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Water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) of the Caucasus ecoregion 高加索生态区的水虫（异翅目：Gerromorpha，Nepomorpha）

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-26 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2174190

G. M. Berchi, D. Copilaș‐Ciocianu, P. Kment, L. Mumladze

{"title":"Water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) of the Caucasus ecoregion","authors":"G. M. Berchi, D. Copilaș‐Ciocianu, P. Kment, L. Mumladze","doi":"10.1080/24750263.2023.2174190","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2174190","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The Caucasian fauna of water bugs (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha, Nepomorpha) is reviewed based on data originating from literature survey, museum and private collections, and extensive field sampling. The diversity of Caucasus ecoregion is quite significant with 77 species and subspecies framed within 25 genera (17 in Nepomorpha, 8 in Gerromorpha), and 13 families (8 in Nepomorpha, 5 in Gerromorpha). Micronecta anatolica anatolica Lindberg, 1922, Sigara iranica Lindberg, 1964, S. samani tigranes Jansson, 1986, Velia kiritshenkoi Tamanini, 1958, and Gerris asper (Fieber, 1860) are reported for the first time from Georgia, M. anatolica anatolica, Notonecta maculata Fabricius, 1794, Mesovelia thermalis Horváth, 1915, and Gerris lacustris (Linnaeus, 1758) represent new records for Armenia, and Microvelia macani Brown, 1953 is new for Azerbaijan. A chorological and similarity analysis highlighted the connections with and between adjacent countries, with Caucasus ecoregion having the highest similarity of the water bug fauna with Turkey, whereas Iran and Russia (European territory) have the lowest. The largest number of shared species/subspecies was found between the Caucasus and Turkey (64 taxa), while the lowest was between Iran and Russia (40 taxa). Our results indicate that the Caucasus represents a composite of various faunal elements of different origin, ranging from Caucasian endemics to Afrotropico-Indo-Mediterranean and Holarctic.","PeriodicalId":56040,"journal":{"name":"European Zoological Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2023-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47871430","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}

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The use of drones to study the breeding productivity of Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 使用无人机研究天鹅座天鹅繁殖生产力

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-26 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2181414

A. Sikora, D. Marchowski

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New species and new records of Polynema-group genera (Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) from India 印度多烯虫群属的新种和新记录（蛙总科：Mymaridae）

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-20 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2166605

P. Anwar, S. B. Zeya, S. U. Usman, F. Khan, M. Mahamood, F. Zahir, S. Alhewairini

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Notes on two nests of Ancistrocerus oviventris (Wesmael, 1836), with new records of its prey and brood parasites (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) 关于两个卵小蜂巢的说明（Wesmael，1836）及其猎物和繁殖寄生虫的新记录（膜翅目：小蜂科：小蜂亚科）

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-07 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2174191

P. Olszewski, A. Fateryga

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Impact of water level on spring bird assemblages in a natural river valley in central Europe 中欧天然河谷中水位对春季鸟类群落的影响

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European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2023-02-06 DOI: 10.1080/24750263.2023.2170480

Ł. Krajewski, A. Goławski, Ł. Jankowiak, M. Polakowski

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