Aphid species (Hemiptera: Aphididae) new in the fauna of the Eastern Beskid Mountains (southern Poland)

Fifteen aphid species were found in the Eastern Beskid Mountains for the first time during the short faunistic study. Currently, 119 aphid species are recorded from this region, which may still constitute only a fraction of the fauna of neighboring regions and testify to an insufficient faunistic study on aphids.

Aphid species and morphs new to the fauna of Finland (Homoptera, Aphididae, Macrosiphini)

Entomologica Fennica ◽

10.33338/ef.83359 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 65-98

Author(s):

Osmo Heikinheimo

Keyword(s):

Diagnostic Value ◽

Aphid Species ◽

Junior Synonym ◽

New Subgenus ◽

Collecting data are represented on 26 species and subspecies new to Finland and some morphs are described for the first time. Comments on some species are given and new characters of diagnostic value are described for several species. Acyrthosiphon aurlandicum Heikinheimo, 1966 is a junior synonym of A. brachysiphon Hille Ris Lambers, 1952. A new subgenus, Metobion, with typus subgen. Acyrthosiphon (Metopolophium) graminearum Mordvilko, 1919, is erected in the genus Sitobion Mordvilko, 1914.

Episema glaucina (Esper, [1789]) in Poland (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Polish Journal of Entomology ◽

10.2478/pjen-2019-0010 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 88 (2) ◽

pp. 129-136 ◽

Author(s):

Janusz Nowacki ◽

Łukasz Dawidowicz ◽

Damian Sudoł ◽

Roman Wąsala

Keyword(s):

Southern Poland ◽

First Time ◽

Lepidoptera Noctuidae

Abstract Episema glaucina (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) has been recorded for the first time in Poland following the faunistic revision of material collected by A.S. Kostrowicki in the Nida Valley in the early 1950s, and on the basis of specimens trapped during fieldwork in the same region of the Małopolska Upland in southern Poland.

Virulence of Two Entomophthoralean Fungi, Pandora neoaphidis and Entomophthora planchoniana, to Their Conspecific (Sitobion avenae) and Heterospecific (Rhopalosiphum padi) Aphid Hosts

Insects ◽

10.3390/insects10020054 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 54 ◽

Author(s):

Ibtissem Ben Fekih ◽

Annette Bruun Jensen ◽

Sonia Boukhris-Bouhachem ◽

Gabor Pozsgai ◽

Salah Rezgui ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Fungal Pathogens ◽

Rhopalosiphum Padi ◽

Aphid Species ◽

Sitobion Avenae ◽

Cereal Aphids ◽

Infection Level ◽

Initial Exposure ◽

Pandora Neoaphidis ◽

First Time ◽

Aphid Host

Pandora neoaphidis and Entomophthora planchoniana (phylum Entomophthoromycota) are important fungal pathogens on cereal aphids, Sitobion avenae and Rhopalosiphum padi. Here, we evaluated and compared for the first time the virulence of these two fungi, both produced in S. avenae cadavers, against the two aphid species subjected to the same exposure. Two laboratory bioassays were carried out using a method imitating entomophthoralean transmission in the field. Healthy colonies of the two aphid species were exposed to the same conidial shower of P. neoaphidis or E. planchoniana, in both cases from a cadaver of S. avenae. The experiments were performed under LD 18:6 h at 21 °C and a successful transmission was monitored for a period of nine days after initial exposure. Susceptibility of both S. avenae and R. padi to fungal infection showed a sigmoid trend. The fitted nonlinear model showed that the conspecific host, S. avenae, was more susceptible to E. planchoniana infection than the heterospecific host R. padi, was. In the case of P. neoaphidis, LT50 for S. avenae was 5.0 days compared to 5.9 days for R. padi. For E. planchoniana, the LT50 for S. avenae was 4.9 days, while the measured infection level in R. padi was always below 50 percent. Our results suggest that transmission from conspecific aphid host to heterospecific aphid host can occur in the field, but with expected highest transmission success to the conspecific host.

The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in turbiditic deposits identified to the bed: a case study from the Skole Nappe (Outer Carpathians, southern Poland)

Geologica Carpathica ◽

10.2478/v10096-011-0025-8 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 62 (4) ◽

pp. 333-343 ◽

Author(s):

M. Gasiński ◽

Alfred Uchman

Keyword(s):

Precise Determination ◽

Thrust Sheet ◽

Southern Poland ◽

The Carpathians ◽

Early Paleocene ◽

Outer Carpathians ◽

The Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in turbiditic deposits identified to the bed: a case study from the Skole Nappe (Outer Carpathians, southern Poland)The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-T) boundary has been recognized in turbiditic sediments of the Ropianka Formation in the Skole Nappe (Bąkowiec section) on the basis of planktonic foraminiferids with an accuracy of 40 cm. Such precise determination of the K-T boundary for the first time in the Carpathians and in turbiditic flysch sediments in general was possible due to the successive occurrence of the Early Paleocene planktonic taxa of the P1 Zone above the latest MaastrichtianAbathomphalus mayaroensisZone with theRacemiguembelina fructicosaSubzone. The trends in composition of the latest Maastrichtian foraminiferal assemblages are similar to the Gaj section from the adjacent thrust sheet, probably due to the influence of the same paleoenvironmental factors.

Fossil flora of Middle Jurassic Grojec clays (southern Poland). Raciborski’s original material reinvestigated and supplemented. I. Sphenophytes

Acta Palaeobotanica ◽

10.1515/acpa-2015-0013 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 149-181

Author(s):

Agata Jarzynka ◽

Grzegorz Pacyna

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Middle Jurassic ◽

Fossil Flora ◽

Vascular Bundles ◽

Original Material ◽

Type Specimens ◽

Southern Poland ◽

The Poor ◽

The Common ◽

AbstractSphenopsid remains from Grojec clays (Grojec, Poręba, Mirów) collected and described by Raciborski in 1894 are re-examined for the first time and supplemented by Raciborski’s unpublished material housed at the Jagiellonian University (Institute of Botany) and by Stur’s preliminarily described material stored at the Geological Survey of Austria. Three species of Equisetum created by Raciborski (Equisetum renaulti, E. remotum, E. blandum) are now attributed to the common Jurassic species Equisetites lateralis, and the earlierundescribed Equisetites cf. columnaris is recognised. The occurrence of Neocalamites lehmannianus (originally described by Raciborski as Schizoneura hoerensis) has been confirmed from Grojec. The material that Raciborski referred to this species seems to be heterogeneous, and some specimens are now removed to the new proposed species Neocalamites grojecensis Jarzynka et Pacyna sp. nov. The new species is diagnosed by the following features: only a few prominent ribs present on shoot, leaf scars relatively large and ellipsoidal, numerous free leaves, vascular bundles alternate at node. Possibly the new species derives from Neocalamites lehmannianus or at least is closely related to it. Part of the poorly preserved remains can be determined only as Neocalamites sp. Another species created by Raciborski, Phyllotheca (?) leptoderma, is based on poorly preserved type specimens. Some of the unpublished specimens stored at the Jagiellonian University (Institute of Botany) correspond to Raciborski’s description, but considering the poor preservation of the original material and the not very realistic published illustrations of this species, they rather should be regarded as indeterminate cortical fragments of Neocalamites lehmannianus and/or badly preserved external cortical surfaces of the new species Neocalamites grojecensis. Phyllotheca (?) leptoderma should be considered a nomen dubium.

Twenty Three Aphid Species Νew to the Greek Aphidofauna Caught in Yellow Water Traps in Tobacco Fields

ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA ◽

10.12681/eh.14008 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 ◽

pp. 23

Author(s):

D.P. Lykouressis ◽

V.F. Eastop ◽

N. Katis ◽

J.A. Tsitsipis ◽

Η. Ntjanis

Keyword(s):

New Records ◽

Species Abundance ◽

Aphid Species ◽

Water Traps ◽

Aphid species abundance was studied by means of yellow Moericke water traps in several tobacco fields in two tobacco growing areas, Aitoloakarnania and Pieria, Greece. In 1992, from alate catches, in three different localities in Aitoloakarnania, a total number of 69, 40 and 31 taxa were caught and identified. Five of them are new records for the Greek aphidofauna. In 1993, from the traps established near Agrinio and in Nea Ephessos, Pieria, a total number of 55 and 139 aphid taxa were caught and identified. Twenty one of them aphid species are new records for Greece of which 3 had been already recorded in the previous year. In total, 23 aphid species recorded for the first time in Greece are presented in this work.

New for Lithuania aphid species of the tribe Eulachnini (Hemiptera: Aphididae, Lachninae): is there any threat to local coniferous forests?

BALTIC FORESTRY ◽

10.46490/vol25iss1pp025 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Jurij Danilov ◽

Jekaterina Havelka ◽

Rimantas Rakauskas

Keyword(s):

Host Plants ◽

Aphid Species ◽

Northern Caucasus ◽

Coniferous Forests ◽

Forest Pest ◽

Forest Pests ◽

Coi Sequences ◽

Ecological Specificity ◽

Available Information ◽

Information about Eulachnini species in Lithuania concerns fragmentary faunistic data, therefore, their diversity, abundancy and ecological specificity is insufficiently studied. The aim of this work was to present available information on the new to Lithuania Eulachnini aphid species detected on coniferous plants in Lithuania in 2004 - 2017, with special regard to their potential impacts on forestry. Partial COI sequences (652 bp) were used to confirm morphology-based identification of new to Lithuania Eulachnini species and to investigate their genetic diversity and relationships with samples collected in other countries. Twenty-seven aphid species of the tribe Eulachnini were detected in 2004 – 2017 in Lithuania. Eight of them are reported from Lithuania for the first time: Cinara (Cinara) brauni, C. (C.) kochiana, C. (C.) neubergi, C. (C.) laricis, C. (C.) pectinatae, C. (C.) piceae, Eulachnus brevipilosus and E. nigricola. Five species of Eulachnini (C. (C.) piceae, C. (C.) nuda, C. (C.) piceicola, C. (C.) pinea, and C. (C.) pini) appeared to be most promising honey dew producers because their host plants, Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris, are the most common conifers in Lithuania. Although five species of Eulachnini were listed in the identification key of forest pests in Lithuania, none of them were of particular importance for now. Out of the recently reported species, only Cinara piceae may be a potential forest pest as it appeared to be rather common in Lithuania and it has been reported as a pest of firs in nurseries of Czech Republic and Northern Caucasus. Most of the samples from Lithuania represented COI haplotypes, which were not previously detected in other countries.

Diversity of aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae) associated with potato crop in Tizi-Ouzou (North of Algeria), with new records

Acta agriculturae Slovenica ◽

10.14720/aas.2021.117.1.1768 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 117 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Samia AIT AMAR ◽

Karima BENOUFELLA-KITOUS

Keyword(s):

Myzus Persicae ◽

New Records ◽

Potato Crop ◽

Abundant Species ◽

Aphid Species ◽

Crop Plants ◽

Yellow Traps ◽

First Time ◽

Sampling Season ◽

Brachycaudus Helichrysi

Aphids are among the phytophagous pests that cause serious damage to crop plants. In Northern Algeria, we have little information on their diversity. In this context, the study of the diversity of aphids was carried out in three regions of Tizi-Ouzou (North of Algeria) namely Tizi-Ouzou center, Tizi-Rached and Aghribs on the potato crop using yellow traps. The results showed a total richness of 65 aphid species, divided into 36 genera, 9 tribes and 8 sub-families, of which 11 species were identified for the first time in Algeria. These are Aphis coreopsidis (Thomas, 1878), Capitophorus hippophae (Walker, 1852), Cavariella theobaldi (Gillette & Bragg, 1918), Hyadaphis coriandri (B. Das, 1918), Macrosiphoniella linariae (Koch, 1855),Monelliopsis pecanis Bissell, 1983, Myzus hemerocallis Takahashi, 1921, Pseudoregma panicola (Takahashi, 1921), Rhopalosiphoninus staphyleae (Koch, 1854), Schizaphis eastopi Van Harten & Ilharco, 1971 and Ovatus inulae (Walker, 1849). The field located in the center of Tizi-Ouzou is the richest with 55 species, followed by the field of Tizi-Rached with 30 species, and 24 species have been recorded in Aghribs. During the sampling season, Hyperomyzus lactucae (Linnaeus, 1758) and Brachycaudus helichrysi (Kaltenbach, 1843) are the most abundant species with 24.44 % and 21.8 % respectively. Three aphid species have been observed on potato leaves, namely Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas, 1878), Aphis gossypii Glover, 1877 and Myzus persicae (Sulzer, 1776). The latter species was observed in all three study regions.

Notes on some Phytopythium and Pythium species occurring in oak forests in southern Poland

Acta Mycologica ◽

10.5586/am.1052 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Robert Jankowiak ◽

Hanna Stępniewska ◽

Piotr Bilański

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Morphological Characteristics ◽

Its Sequences ◽

Oak Forests ◽

Forest Trees ◽

Pythium Species ◽

Southern Poland ◽

Micro Organisms ◽

First Time ◽

Comprehensive Study

Phytopythium and Pythium species are known to be soil-born oomycete pathogens of forest trees in Europe. Little is known, however, about the presence of these micro-organisms in Polish oak forests. During the period 2007–2009 a comprehensive study of Phytophthora species in soils of oak forests in southern Poland was conducted using baiting technique. In this study, baits were also colonized by oomycete resembling Pythium species. Based on morphological characteristics and the ITS sequences comparisons, 10 species of Phytopythium and Pythium were isolated from the soil-root samples, including three putative new species belonging to the genus of Phytopythium. The most commonly encountered Pythium species was Pythium anandrum. The present study demonstrates for the first time that Phytopythium citrinum and Pythium diclinum can also act as soil-borne organisms in oak forests. In addition, these species were reported for the first time in Poland.

Hitherto unknown and poorly known morphs of Macrosiphoniella davazhamci and M. nikolajevi (Hemiptera: Aphididae)—aphid species new to Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4524.5.2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4524 (5) ◽

pp. 536 ◽

Author(s):

MARIUSZ KANTURSKI ◽

SHALVA BARJADZE

Keyword(s):

Host Plants ◽

Aphid Species ◽

We present the first records from Iran of Macrosiphoniella (Asterobium) davazhamci Holman & Szelegiewicz, 1974 and M. (Ramitrichophorus) nikolajevi Kadyrbekov, 1999 (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Aphidinae) from samples collected by the late Prof. G. Remaudière. Previously, Macrosiphoniella davazhamci was known from Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China, whereas M. nikolajevi only from south Kazakhstan. The Iranian material includes hitherto unknown or poorly known morphs of those two species. We describe and illustrate for the first time the alate vivipara of M. nikolajevi and the ovipara and alate male of M. davazhamci. Additionally, we redescribe the poorly known alate vivipara of the latter species. Notes on the distribution and host plants in Iran are also provided.