Journal: Zootaxa

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  • Checklist of water bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha) of Slovakia
    Item type: Journal Article
    Klementová, Barbora R.; Kment, Petr; Svitok, Marek (2015)
    Zootaxa
    The water bugs represent a significant component of the freshwater biota, play an important role in trophic webs, and may have considerable economic importance. Nevertheless, systematic research of this group has been underdeveloped in Slovakia (central Europe) for decades. This work presents a list of water bug species of Slovakia based on an exhaustive review of the literature (time span: 1808–2013) and on more than 14,000 individuals collected during extensive field campaigns (2010–2014) or obtained from insect collections. Fifty-six species belonging to 11 families of Heteroptera were recorded from a total of 767 sites. Seven species were recorded for the first time from Slovakia during our research. Among those, the first exact records of Corixa panzeri Fieber, 1848, Sigara (Subsigara) distincta (Fieber, 1848), Notonecta (Notonecta) lutea Müller, 1776, Notonecta (Notonecta) maculata Fabricius, 1794 and Microvelia (Microvelia) buenoi Drake, 1920 are provided here. Confusion concerning the records of two additional species, Arctocorisa carinata carinata (C. R. Sahlberg, 1819) and Hesperocorixa parallela (Fieber, 1860) is clarified. The water bugs species inventory appears to be nearly complete (~97 %) given an asymptotic richness estimate. The occurrence of other species is discussed taking into account their habitat requirements and distribution in neighbouring countries. Recommendations for future research are provided.
  • Palaearctic Osmia bees of the subgenera Allosmia and Neosmia (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
    Item type: Journal Article
    Müller, Andreas (2022)
    Zootaxa
    Osmia (Allosmia) and O. (Neosmia) are two closely related Palaearctic osmiine bee subgenera (Megachilidae, Megachilinae, Osmiini) comprising eleven and ten species, respectively. Analysis of female pollen loads revealed that the representatives of O. (Allosmia) and O. (Neosmia) are pollen generalists collecting pollen on up to 13 and 17 plant families, respectively. The species of both subgenera exclusively nest in empty snail shells and use chewed leaves as main nest building material, often in combination with fragments of mollusc shells and densely packed small particles, such as small stones, earth crumbs or plant fibers, which are used to barricade the nests. The taxonomic revision of the two subgenera revealed the existence of two undescribed species, O. (Allosmia) gemina spec. nov. from the southern Levant and O. (Neosmia) nigrocalcaribus spec. nov. from the Maghreb. Osmia fossoria Pérez, 1890 syn. nov. and O. decorata Morawitz, 1886 syn. nov. are newly synonymized with O. (Allosmia) lhotelleriei Pérez, 1887 and O. (Allosmia) melanura Morawitz, 1871, respectively, whereas the former synonymization of O. (Neosmia) rosea Friese, 1920 with O. scutispina Gribodo, 1894 is rejected. Osmia (Neosmia) purpurata Ducke, 1899 is regarded as a nomen dubium. Osmia (Allosmia) soror Pérez, 1896 and O. (Neosmia) secunda Peters, 1977 are treated as species rather than as subspecies of O. rufohirta Latreille, 1811 and O. tingitana Benoist, 1969, respectively, due to clear morphological gaps and partly sympatric occurrence. Identification keys for all species of the two subgenera are given.
  • Palaearctic osmiine bees of the genera Hofferia and Stenoheriades (Megachilidae, Osmiini)
    Item type: Journal Article
    Müller, Andreas; Trunz, Vincent (2014)
    Zootaxa
  • The Palaearctic types of Chrysididae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) deposited in the Linsenmaier collection. Part 5. Elampini: genus Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845
    Item type: Monograph
    Rosa, Paolo; Felsner, Christian; Heim, René; et al. (2025)
    Zootaxa
    An illustrated catalogue of the Palaearctic types of species and subspecies of Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845 described by Walter Linsenmaier is presented. Linsenmaier described 48 species and subspecies of Holopyga and most of the primary types are deposited in the collection of the Natur-Museum in Luzern, Switzerland, with the exception of five holotypes which are deposited in other public and private collections. This catalogue includes the list of the described species, photographs of 41 holotypes and a synthesis of the recent changes in the taxonomy of Holopyga to update Linsenmaier’s classification. New synonymies are proposed for the subgenus Chamaeholopyga Linsenmaier, 1987 syn. nov. of Pseudolopyga Krombein, 1969 and for two species: Holopyga unitasculpta Linsenmaier, 1968 syn. nov. of H. solskyi (Radoszkowski, 1877) and H. jurinei Chevrier, 1862 syn. nov. of H. lucida (Lepeletier, 1806). Additionally, a new species, Holopyga dichroica Rosa sp. nov., formally referred to as H. jurinei sensu Linsenmaier 1959a is described.
  • Western Palaearctic Chelostoma bees of the subgenus Chelostoma (Megachilidae, Osmiini): biology, taxonomy and key to species
    Item type: Journal Article
    Müller, Andreas; Pisanty, Gideon; Dorchin, Achik (2025)
    Zootaxa
    Osmiine bees of the subgenus Chelostoma (Chelostoma) are restricted to the Palaearctic. Including the species newly described in the present publication, the subgenus comprises 21 species, 19 of which occur in the Western Palaearctic. Except for two pollen generalists, all species of C. (Chelostoma), whose pollen host preferences have been studied so far, are strict pollen specialists on actinomorphic flowers of a single plant genus, such as Ornithogalum (Asparagaceae) or Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae), of a single subfamily, such as Dipsacoideae (Caprifoliaceae), or of a single family, such as Asteraceae or Brassicaceae. In this study, Lamiaceae are identified as a new host plant taxon of C. (Chelostoma) used by probably three closely related species that are equipped with very long mouthparts and an elongated head, likely representing adaptations for the exploitation of the long-tubed and zygomorphic flowers of this plant family. The females of C. (Chelostoma) nest in insect burrows in dead wood or in hollow plant stems, the colonization of which is facilitated by their very slender and elongated body. They use mud to construct brood cell partitions and nest plugs, which is often reinforced by embedding tiny pebbles and sand grains in its outer surface. The taxonomic revision of C. (Chelostoma) revealed the existence of eight new species: C. dolichocephalum sp. nov. from southeastern Turkey and northern Iraq, C. kurdistanicum sp. nov. from eastern Turkey, northern Iraq and Iran, C. levantense sp. nov. from the Levant, C.meronense sp. nov. from northern Israel, C. miripalpum sp. nov. from southern central Turkey and northern Iraq, C. negevense sp. nov. from southern Israel, C. ornithogali sp. nov. from Turkey, and C. scabiosae sp. nov. from southeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran. Chelostoma dolosum (Benoist, 1935) syn. nov. is newly synonymized with C. mocsaryi Schletterer, 1899.
  • New European bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)
    Item type: Journal Article
    Müller, Andreas (2012)
    Zootaxa
  • New European bee species of the tribe Osmiini
    Item type: Journal Article
    Mülller, Andreas (2012)
    Zootaxa
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