Water bugs (Heteroptera) of Neman River, some of its tributaries and riverine reservoirs

Biesiadka, Eugeniusz; Kurzątkowska, Alicja

doi:10.3161/00159301ff2003.46.2.131

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“…Owing to the above, the investigated aquatic environments create a faunistically integrated system. This phenomenon was also observed in studies investigating other groups of aquatic invertebrates, including Heteroptera, Trichoptera and Hydrachnida (Biesiadka & Kurzątkowska 2003;Biesiadka & Cichocka 2004;Czachorowski 2004). A similar observation was made in reference to the water beetle fauna of other river valleys, including Narew and Bug (Przewoźny et al 2006).…”

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“…It is dominated by rheobiontic species which are found in every studied watercourse. The above observation was confirmed by studies on aquatic hemipterans (Biesiadka & Kurzątkowska 2003), Hydrachnida (Biesiadka & Cichocka 2004) and Trichoptera (Czachorowski 2004). Those beetles migrate to the Nemen River and its large tributaries only to a limited extent.…”

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“…This problem deserves attention and goes beyond the regional issues. All the more that these issues are mentioned not only by entomologists (Biesiadka & Kurzątkowska 2003, Biesiadka & Cichocka 2004, Czachorowski 2004, Przewoźny et al 2006, but also by hydrobiologists, in relation to other groups of organisms (Castella et al 1984(Castella et al , 1991Castella & Amoros 1988;JurkiewiczKarnkowska 2006;Kajak 1959;Obolewski et al 2009;Reckendorfer et al 2006, Ward 1998, Ward et al 2002.…”

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The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

Pakulnicka

Nowakowski

2012

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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The middle course of the Neman River is the habitat of 120 water beetle species. Water beetles were most abundant in the Neman River, its major tributaries and oxbow lakes. They consisted of four synecological groups: rheobiontic and rheophilic organisms, type "a" and "b" stagnobionts. The diverse types of aquatic environments constitute faunal centers which, in addition to the specific and dominant Coleopteran populations, also feature migrational elements. The presence of close relations between the fauna of different environments indicates that they form a single, faunistically integrated hydrological system.

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The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

Pakulnicka

Nowakowski

2012

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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“…Similar data can be found also in relation to other water organisms, e.g. dragonflies, aquatic Heteroptera, Trichoptera and Hydrachnidiae (Czachorowski et al, 1993;Biesiadka and Kurzątkowska, 2003;Biesiadka et al, 2004;Czachorowski, 2004;Buczyński, 2007). The vast diversity of the hydrographic network that makes up an entire mosaic of various habitats obviously promotes species exchange, which, in turn, contributes to a more diverse and richer fauna (Stanley et al, 1997;Wissinger, 1999;Junk, 2000;Tockner et al, 2000;Robinson et al, 2002).…”

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“…Full species names are given in Table 3. 2006) and Niemen (Pakulnicka and Nowakowski, 2012). Oxbows are also considered to be of major significance to Hydrachnidae À as attested by Biesiadka and Cichocka (2004) À as well as to aquatic Heteroptera (Biesiadka and Kurzątkowska, 2003).…”

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Development of fauna of water beetles (Coleoptera) in waters bodies of a river valley – habitat factors, landscape and geomorphology

Pakulnicka

Buczyński

Dabkowski

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Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.

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-The goal of the study was to identify the beetle fauna of a small lowland river valley against its spatial arrangement and the directions of beetle migrations between habitats, as well as to determine which environmental factors affect the characteristics of water beetle populations in a river valley's lentic water bodies. The field studies were carried out in various types of water bodies. 112 species of beetles with various ecological characteristics were identified. It was demonstrated that the diversity of water bodies in the valley is conducive to high local species richness. At the same time, the observed high degree of faunistic individualism may be regarded as a sign of poor symmetry in the directions of fauna propagation, particularly that of stagnobionts. The authors argue that high individualism is the consequence of poor hydrological contact between the water bodies due to topography and rare instances of high tide in the river, which, in turn, is the reason for active overflights remaining the main mean of migration between those water bodies. The factors restricting migration of fauna between the water bodies include certain landscape characteristics of the catchment which form topographical obstacles, mainly numerous and dense forest areas. The character of fauna in the respective types of water bodies is affected also by internal environmental factors, particularly the degree to which they are overgrown with macrophytes, type of bottom, type of mineral and organic matter as well as physical parameters of water, such as saturation, pH, temperature and biological oxygen demand.Keywords: water beetles / river valley / migrations / hydrological system / ecological groups / landscape characteristics / environmental factors Résumé -Développement de la faune de coléoptères aquatiques (Coleoptera) dans les eaux d'une vallée -facteurs de l'habitat, paysage et géomorphologie. Le but de l'étude était d'identifier la faune de coléoptères d'une petite vallée d'une rivière de plaine en fonction de son paysage et des directions des migrations des coléoptères entre les habitats, ainsi que pour déterminer quels facteurs environnementaux influent sur les caractéristiques des populations de coléoptères aquatiques dans les plans d'eau d'une vallée. Les études sur le terrain ont été effectuées dans divers types de masses d'eau. 112 espèces de coléoptères avec diverses caractéristiques écologiques ont été identifiées. Il a été démontré que la diversité des masses d'eau dans la vallée est propice à la haute richesse des espèces locales. Dans le même temps, le degré élevé observé de l'hétérogénéité faunistique peut être considéré comme un signe de mauvaise symétrie dans les directions de propagation de la faune, en particulier celle des stagnobiontes. Les auteurs soutiennent que la forte hétérogénéité est la conséquence d'un mauvais contact hydrologique entre les masses d'eau en raison de la topographie et de rares inondations de la rivière, ce qui, à son tour, est la raison pour laquelle les survols

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Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records

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Çamur-Elipek

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Zootaxa

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An annotated check-list of the aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs of the infraorders Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha of Turkey and its geographical parts (Turkish Thrace [i.e., European Turkey] and Anatolia [i.e., the Asian Turkey]) is presented. The nomenclatoric history of Alpagut Kıyak, 1995 (= Harpago Linnavuori, 1951, = Raunocoris Baena & Alonso-Zarazaga, 2009) is reviewed, its gender is fixed, and two new combinations are proposed: Alpagut maroccanus (Wagner, 1960) comb. nov., and Alpagut medius (Rey, 1888) comb. nov. The list is based on a survey of all published records as well as on examination of collection material, including recent material collected in the poorly explored Turkish Thrace. The following numbers of species are accepted as occurring in Turkey: Enicocephalomorpha—1 species (Asian Turkey only), Dipsocoromorpha—2 species (Asian Turkey only), Nepomorpha—49 species (29 in European and 47 in Asian Turkey), Gerromorpha—27 species (10 in European and 25 in Asian Turkey), and Leptopodomorpha—21 species (6 in European and 20 in Asian Turkey). Forty species are known from both European and Asian Turkey, whereas 5 are recorded only from European Turkey and 55 only from Asian Turkey. Eight species and subspecies, Micronecta scholtzi (Fieber, 1860), Hesperocorixa sahlbergi (Fieber, 1848), Sigara iranica Lindberg, 1964, Hebrus ruficeps Thomson, 1871, Velia affinis filippii Tamanini, 1947, Velia rhadamantha rhadamantha Hoberlandt, 1941, Gerris kabaishanus Linnavuori, 1998, and Saldula pilosella pilosella (Thomson, 1871), are reported from Turkey for the first time; and four species, Sigara scripta (Rambur, 1840), Corixa punctata (Illiger, 1807), C. panzeri (Fieber, 1848), and Gerris argentatus Schummel, 1832, are new records for Turkish Thrace. First exact localities of several other species are provided as well. Three species, Sigara kervillei (Poisson, 1927), Microvelia hozari Hoberlandt, 1952, and Velia mariae Tamanini, 1971, seem to be endemic to Anatolia; 22 species occur only in Turkey and the adjacent regions (Balkan Peninsula, Cyprus, Near East, Iran, and Transcaucasia). The 75 remaining species have a wider distribution. Occurrences of 10 species, previously recorded from Turkey, need further confirmation. Finally, 19 species-group taxa are excluded from Turkish fauna as they are based on proven or suspected misidentifications or taxonomic confusion: Micronecta minutissima (Linnaeus, 1758), Cymatia bonsdorffii (C. R. Sahlberg, 1819), Arctocorisa carinata carinata (C. R. Sahlberg, 1819), Callicorixa praeusta praeusta (Fieber, 1848), Hesperocorixa castanea (Thomson, 1869), Hesperocorixa occulta (Lundblad, 1929), Sigara hoggarica Poisson, 1929, Sigara scotti (Douglas & Scott, 1868), Heleocoris minusculus (Walker, 1870), Anisops debilis canariensis Noualhier, 1893, Velia caprai caprai Tamanini, 1947, Aquarius najas (De Geer, 1773), Gerris costae costae (Herrich-Schaeffer, 1850), G. gibbifer Schummel, 1832, G. lateralis Schummel, 1832, Saldula fucicola (Sahlberg, 1870), S. pilosella hirsuta (Reuter, 1888), Salda morio Zetterstedt, 1838, and S. muelleri (Gmelin, 1790). In addition, first records of Aquarius ventralis (Fieber, 1860) from Syria, and Saldula melanoscela (Fieber, 1859) and Leptopus marmoratus (Goeze, 1778) from Lebanon, are provided. The previously published records of Rhagovelia nigricans nigricans (Burmeister, 1835) from Cyprus and Israel (Hoberlandt 1952b) belong to R. infernalis africana Lundblad, 1936.

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Water bugs (Heteroptera) of Neman River, some of its tributaries and riverine reservoirs

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The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

The effect of hydrological connectivity on water beetles fauna in water bodies within the floodplain of a lowland river (Neman river, Belarus)

Development of fauna of water beetles (Coleoptera) in waters bodies of a river valley – habitat factors, landscape and geomorphology

Annotated catalogue of Enicocephalomorpha, Dipsocoromorpha, Nepomorpha, Gerromorpha, and Leptopodomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Turkey, with new records

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