Volume 19 No 1 (2023) - North-Western Journal of Zoology

June 2023, Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 1-115

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Content

I. Research articles

3. Entomology

Redescription of Tachyura polita polita (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini: Tachyina), a new adventive species for Europe, and new distributional records from the southern Palaearctic and Oriental Region

Authors: Kopecký T., Bezděk J.

Art#e231301 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 1 - 5)

Saproxylic beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) from forest ecosystems of the Republic of Moldova

Authors: Bacal S., Bușmachiu G.

Art#e231302 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 6 - 10)

Biological characteristics of a new entomopathogenic fungus detected in Cydalima perspectalis (Walker, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)

Authors: Bayramoglu Z., Demir I., Gencer D.

Art#e231303 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 11 - 16)

5. Herpetology

Reproductive traits of sympatric populations of Physalaemus albonotatus (Steindachner, 1864) and P. santafecinus Barrio, 1965 (Anura: Leptodactylidae)

Authors: Demartín R. P., Ghirardi R., Antoniazzi C. E., López J. A.

Art#e231501 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 17 - 26)

Nest site and nest content variables affect invertebrate infestation of marine turtle nests on Alata Beach, Mersin, Türkiye

Authors: Uçar A. H., Aymak C., Başkale E., Katilmiş Y., Ergene S.

Art#e231502 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 27 - 34)

What the minute shield frogs Adelophryne eat at a humid forest relict in Ceará state, northeastern Brazil

Authors: Araújo K. C., Cassiano-Lima D., Brasileiro A. C., Bezerra C. H., Ávila R. W.

Art#e231503 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 35 - 40)

Photo identification of viperid snakes using pattern recognition software: a case study of Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Authors: Lukanov S., Dyugmedzhiev A.

Art#e231504 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 41 - 45)

Calling activity of urban and rural populations of green toads Bufotes viridis is affected by environmental factors

Authors: Vargová V., Čerepová V., Balogová M., Uhrin M.

Art#e231505 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 46 - 50)

6. Ornithology

Which parameters of woody biocorridors have a positive effect on bird diversity in cultural landscapes?

Authors: Dvořáková D., Šipoš J., Suchomel J.

Art#e231601 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 51 - 56)

7. Theriology

Atypical melanistic color in common hamsters Cricetus cricetus (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Romania

Authors: Chișamera G. B., Birău A. C., Cobzaru I., Gavril V. D.

Art#e231701 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 57 - 61)

8. General zoology and ecology

Road or railway: which is more deadly for the fauna? A puzzling answer from western Romania

Authors: Pop D. R., Petruș-Vancea A., Cicort A., Moș A. S., Cupșa D.

Art#231801 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 62 - 70)

9. Paleobiology

Eocene gavialoid teeth from southern Transylvania with notes on the diversity of Paleogene crocodilians from Romania

Authors: Venczel M., Codrea V. A., Trif N.

Art#e231901 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 71 - 79)

II. Short papers

2. Non-insect arthropods

First records of scuttle fly puparia (Diptera: Phoridae) on cranaid Andean harvestmen (Opiliones: Cranaidae)

Authors: Villarreal O., Barbosa L., Giupponi A. P. L.

Art#e232201 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 80 - 84)

5. Herpetology

Behavioral repertoire of Gonatodes humeralis (Squamata, Sphaerodactylidae) from an urban area in northern Brazil

Authors: Pinto R. O., Anaissi J. S. C., Pedroso-Santos F., Araújo A. S., Costa-Campos C. E.

Art#e232501 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 85 - 88)

VII. Correspondence/Notes

2. Non-insect arthropods

A note on Lepidurus apus Linnaeus, 1758 (Notostraca, Crustacea) from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Authors: Miličić D., Dmitrović D., Šukalo G., Ilić B., Šaganović I., Pavković-Lučić S.

Art#e237201 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 89 - 91)

3. Entomology

Discovery of Dysaphis (Pomaphis) gallica (Hille Ris Lambers, 1955) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on apple in Iran

Authors: Karimi Z., Afshari A., Mehrparvar M.

Art#e237301 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 91 - 94)

Notes on bark beetle fauna in forests of Bursa Province (Marmara Region) of Turkey, with new records for Marmara Region

Authors: Gencal T., Sarikaya O.

Art#e237302 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 94 - 98)

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First finding of Spalangiopelta Masi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Ceidae), in the Middle East

Authors: Taher H., Vafaei-Shoushtari R., Lotfalizadeh H., Gholdaste S.

Art#e237303 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 98 - 100)

5. Herpetology

A long way from home: citizen science documents an alien racer, Hemorrhois cf. nummifer (Reptilia: Colubridae), in Romania

Author: Strugariu A.

Art#e237501 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 100 - 101)

First report on the group mating of Vipera ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Authors: Čubrić T., Crnobrnja-Isailović J.

Art#e237502 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 102 - 104)

An observation of intraspecific caudophagy in the Lusitanian wall lizard, Podarcis lusitanicus (Reptilia: Lacertidae), from Northwestern Portugal

Authors: Santos L. E., Chelmis N., Harris D. J., Carretero M. A.

Art#e237503 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 104 - 106)

Acting for a living: First record of death-feigning for Dryophylax nattereri (Mikan, 1820) (Snakes: Dipsadidae)

Authors: Ugalde M., Salles T., Marinho A.

Art#e237504 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 106 - 108)

Parasitic nematodes in two species of lizards of the family Leiosauridae in Argentina

Authors: Castillo G. N., González-Rivas C., Acosta J. C., Acosta R.

Art#e237505 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 108 - 111)

7. Theriology

Noteworthy records of the Mexican hairy porcupine (Coendou mexicanus) in an urban protected natural area in southeastern Mexico

Authors: Villafañe-Trujillo Á. J., Avendaño-Díaz M., Monge-Pensado N. P., Martínez-Olivares S., Lizama-Hernández J. A., Delfín-Alfonso C. A.

Art#e237701 / 2023 (Vol.19, No.1, pp. 111 - 115)