Igor Malenovsky

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• PhD
• Professor (Assistant) at Masaryk University

Background Knowledge of the fauna of jumping plant lice or psyllids in Bulgaria is rather scattered. So far, 113 species of psyllids have been recorded from Bulgaria in 51 publications. The aim of this study is to provide an up-to-date checklist of the Psylloidea species from Bulgaria, based on extensive fieldwork by the authors and examination of...

The Neotropical proconiine sharpshooter genus Abana includes six previously described species, some of which have nearly identical male genitalia but differ in coloration. The taxonomy of the genus is here revised based on comparative morphological study and phylogenetic analysis of partial mitochondrial COI sequences coupled with the following mol...

The predominantly tropical tribe Paurocephalini of jumping plant-lice currently consists of seven genera and 94 described species worldwide, of which the genera Klyveria Burckhardt et al. and Melanastera Serbina et al. have been recorded from Brazil with two and one species, respectively. Here we review the taxonomy of the Brazilian species based o...

Species-rich grasslands of temperate Europe are threatened by the spread and increasing dominance of the rhizomatous grass Calamagrostis epigejos. Native hemiparasitic Rhinanthus species have been proposed as biocontrol to suppress C. epigejos, but experimental evidence is limited. We conducted a series of experiments at 21 grassland sites in Centr...

Psyllids, or jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea), are a group of small phytophagous insects that include some important pests of crops worldwide. Sexual communication of psyllids occurs via vibrations transmitted through host plants, which play an important role in mate recognition and localization. The signals are species-sp...

Even after decades of research on diversification in the Neotropics, our understanding of the evolutionary processes that shaped Neotropical clades is still incomplete. In the present study, we used different divergence times and likelihood-based methods to investigate the influence of biogeography and host plant associations on the diversification...

Over the past decade, the ÖEG Insect Camp has fostered collaborations between emerging biologists and senior entomologists, combining eldwork and knowledge exchange to document the biodiversity of various regions across Austria. In 2024, the camp took place in the Karwendel Nature Park, a biodiversity hotspot in the Austrian Alps, where 1,383 spec...

Lilaoshia psorospermi Burckhardt, Aléné and Serbina, sp. n. (Psylloidea: Liviidae: Liviinae: Paurocephalini), developing on Psorospermum glaberrimum (Hypericaceae), is described from the Western Highlands of Cameroon. Adults, fifth-instar immatures and eggs are diagnosed and illustrated, and relationships to other Lilaoshia species are discussed. I...

Even after decades of research on diversification in the Neotropics, our understanding of the evolutionary processes shaping Neotropical clades is still incomplete. In the current study, we used different divergence times and likelihood-based methods to investigate the influence of biogeography and host associations on the diversification of the mo...

The predominantly tropical tribe Paurocephalini of jumping plant-lice currently consists of seven genera and 94 described species worldwide, of which the genera Klyveria Burckhardt et al. and Melanastera Serbina et al. have been recorded from Brazil with two and one species, respectively. Here we review the taxonomy of the Brazilian species based o...

The specimens on which the record of the nogodinid planthopper Jamaha elevans (Walker, 1858) (Nogodinidae, Colpopterinae, Colpopterini) from Haiti published by Melichar (1902) was based were examined. These specimens were misidentified and belong to the flatid planthopper, Euhyloptera haitiana Fennah, 1965 (Flatidae, Flatinae, Selizini). Illustrati...

Psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) are plant sap-sucking insects whose identification is often difficult for non-experts. Despite the rapid development of DNA barcoding techniques and their widespread use, only a limited number of sequences of psyllids are available in the public databases, and those that are available are often misidentified. Here,...

Cui and huo, in huo and Shu (1985) erected the genus Liella (type-species Liella luonanensis yi, Cui and huo, in huo and Shu 1985, by original designation) for two species of bradoriid crustaceans (Crustacea, Bradoriida, Alutidae) from the Cambrian. Liella Cui and huo and six other Chinese genera are morphologically close to Alutella kobayashi and...

Four new species of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Psylloidea) are described from Dominican amber: Diclidophlebia venosa Burckhardt & Drohojowska sp. nov., Klyveria sucina Burckhardt & Drohojowska sp. nov., Melanastera casca Burckhardt & Drohojowska sp. nov. and M. vetus Burckhardt & Drohojowska sp. nov. (Liviidae, Liviinae, Pauroce...

The Neotropical planthopper genus Trigava O'Brien, 1999 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae, Nersiini) is revised. Four species are included: T. brachycephala (Melichar, 1912) (the type species, from Peru), T. obrieni Song, Malenovský & Deckert, sp. nov. (from Brazil), T. peruensis Song, O'Brien & Bartlett, sp. nov. (from Peru), and T. recurv...

Using molecular (COI, Cytb, H3, wg, 12S, 16S, and 28S) and morphological data (61 characters of adults and immatures), the phylogenetic relationships of the 20 nominal genera of Liviinae were analysed, and the monophyly of the subfamily was tested relative to the other two subfamilies of Liviidae. The analyses of the molecular, morphological, and c...

The entomological collection of the National Museum of Natural History at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia (NMNHS) preserves a total of 89 specimens representing 25 species of jumping plant lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea). These were recorded and digitised in the Specify platform as part of the Distributed System of Scientific Collections pr...

The planthopper family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha) and the tribe Adenissini are recorded here for the first time from the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen). A new genus, Oceatra gen. nov., is described for two new species from Socotra Island – Oceatra litoralis gen. et sp. nov. (type species) from coastal sand dunes and salt...

Rösch, V., Achtziger, R., Adam, P., Andreä, J., Attinger, A., Edo, M., Frenzel, M., Kramer, D., Malenovský, I., Mollmann, C., Mühlethaler, R., Nickel, H., Niedringhaus, R., van Klink, R., Walter, S., Witsack, W. & Zeman, Š. (2023): Zur Fauna der Zikaden, Wanzen und Blattflöhe der Pfalz, Deutschland (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha, Heteroptera und Psyll...

Livestock grazing is one of the most common management practices for grasslands and can greatly affect their biodiversity. However, arthropod diversity response patterns to grazing regimes are difficult to predict. We conducted a short-term grazing exclusion experiment in traditionally managed alkali grasslands in Hungary to investigate differences...

In the present study, Collartida eowilsoni sp. nov. is described from Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands), which extends the distribution of the genus and the tribe Collartidini as a whole to the Oceanian biogeographic realm. The highly aberrant morphology of the new species required a reassessment of the diagnostic characters and generic limits of Colla...

Wolbachia is one of the most abundant intracellular symbionts of arthropods and has profound effects on host biology. Wolbachia transmission and host phenotypes often depend on its density within the host, which can be affected by multiple biotic and abiotic factors. However, very few studies measured Wolbachia density in natural host populations....

Willows serve as a keystone host-plant genus for insect herbivores. The diversity of insect herbivore assemblages harboured by willows is typically affected by the diversity of specialised metabolites that willows produce. Here, we studied three small, shrubby willow species (Salix myrtilloides, S. repens and S. rosmarinifolia) that primarily occur...

Psyllids are phloem‐feeding insects that can transmit plant pathogens such as phytoplasmas, intracellular bacteria causing numerous plant diseases worldwide. Their microbiomes are essential for insect physiology and may also influence the capacity of vectors to transmit pathogens. Using 16S rRNA gene metabarcoding, we compared the microbiomes of th...

Bursinia genei (Dufour, 1849) is the most widespread species of the planthopper subfamily Orgeriinae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae) in Europe, found from the Iberian Peninsula to the Western Balkans. However, its diagnostically important genitalia and biology have been insufficiently described. We employ state-of-the-art synchrotron X-r...

Jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Psylloidea) are small phloem-feeding insects. With about 400 species distributed in Europe, the European fauna is considered well-studied. However, information on psyllids occurring in the eastern Balkan Peninsula is insufficient. So far, less than a hundred psyllid species are known for Bulgaria, most...

Parasitic plants have a strong negative effect on the growth of their hosts. On the community scale, parasitism can change competitive relationships among individuals, facilitate establishment of other species, and eventually increase diversity. Beyond the impacts on plant communities, parasites can directly and/or indirectly impact communities at...

Achtziger, R., Chen, P-P., Funke, L., Hartung, V., van Klink, R., Malenovský, I., Nickel, H., Nieser, N., Rösch, V., Walter, S., Zeman, Š. & Jessat, M. (2020): Zur Zikaden- und Wanzenfauna von Wasserbüffelweiden und angrenzenden Standorten im Altenburger Land – Ergebnisse der Sammelexkursionen zur 26. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Mitteleuropäisc...

Pyrrhocoroidea represents an important group of true bugs (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera) which includes fire bugs, cotton stainers and other taxa widely used in experimental studies or known as pests. However, the morphology and phylogeny of Pyrrhocoroidea have been only poorly studied so far. Here, structures of the external scent efferent syst...

The Socotra Archipelago (Yemen) is remarkable for unique ecosystems and high endemism, for which it is often referred to as the “Galápagos of the Indian Ocean”. Here we describe a new parasitic leech Myxobdella socotrensis sp. nov. from Socotra, the largest island of the archipelago. The new species was found in a freshwater spring attached to the...

The overwintering strategy of the mosquito Culex modestus, an important West Nile virus (WNV) vector in Europe, was explored under field conditions in reedbed (Phragmites australis) ecosystems in early 2019. A total of 30 Cx. modestus females were found in a BG-Sentinel trap placed in a plastic greenhouse as well as in a reference BG-Sentinel trap...

Soupis druhů nalezených během Speciálního botanicko-zoologického cvičení v terénu na Litomyšlsku (31. 8.-4. 9. 2020) Pořádající instituce Ústav botaniky a zoologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Masarykova univerzita, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, tel. 549491439, fax 549498331

The subfamily Aphrodinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) contains ~33 species in Europe within four genera. Species in two genera in particular, Aphrodes and Anoscopus, have proved to be difficult to distinguish morphologically. Our aim was to determine the status of the putative species Anoscopus duffieldi, found only on the RSPB Nature Reserve at Dunge...

The psyllids Cacopsylla melanoneura and Cacopsylla picta reproduce on apple (Malus × domestica) and transmit the bacterium ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, the causative agent of apple proliferation. Adult psyllids were collected by the beating-tray method from lower and upper parts of the apple tree canopy in the morning and in the afternoon. There...

The Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Insecta: Hemiptera: Psylloidea), a serious pest of citrus species worldwide, harbors vertically transmitted intracellular mutualists, Candidatus Profftella armatura (Profftella_DC, Gammaproteobacteria: Burkholderiales) and Candidatus Carsonella ruddii (Carsonella_DC, Gammaproteobacteria: Oceanospirillales)...

The Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) is a serious pest of citrus species worldwide because it transmits Candidatus Liberibacter spp. (Alphaproteobacteria: Rhizobiales), the causative agents of the incurable citrus disease, huanglongbing or greening disease. Diaphorina citri possesses a specialized organ called a bacteri...

Cicadas and many of their relatives (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) generate vibroacoustic signals using tymbal organs located on their first two abdominal segments. Although tymbals are well-studied in Cicadidae, their systematic distribution in other Cicadomorpha and their possible homologies to the vibroacoustic mechanisms of other Hemiptera have been...

Pear psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae: Cacopsylla spp.) belong to the most serious pests of pear ( Pyrus spp.). They damage pear trees by excessive removal of phloem sap, by soiling the fruits with honeydew which, in turn, provides a substrate for sooty mould, and by transmission of Candidatus Phytoplasma spp., the causal agents of the pe...

This is a biography of Pavel Lauterer with a bibliography of his scientific publications from 1998-2019.

The 25th Central European Auchenorrhyncha meeting took place in Arnhem, The Netherlands on 14−17 September 2018. It was the first time the meeting was held in The Netherlands, and for this reason, excursions were undertaken to five typical Dutch landscapes. Three of the excursions involved newly created nature reserves, located on former agricultur...

For a long time, Dutch entomologists showed limited interest in jumping plant lice (or psyllids). The most recent species list of the Netherlands dates back to 1926. Since then only a few short papers have appeared. This is surprising as some species are important agricultural pests. The pear psyllid causes harvest loss worth several tens of millio...

Pyrrhocoroidea (including Largidae: Larginae, Physopeltinae, and Pyrrhocoridae) constitutes the second smallest superfamily of the true bug infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Although this group includes several taxa widely used as models in experimental studies, as well as a number of economically important pests (inc. c...

A mechanism involving interaction of the metathoracic wing and third abdominal segment of derbid plan-thoppers was first discovered over a century ago, and interpreted as a stridulatory organ for sound production. Although referred to occasionally in later taxonomic works, the detailed morphology, systematic distribution, and behavioural significan...

Hyocephalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) is a small family of true bugs containing two genera and three species endemic to Australia. For the fi rst time, we examine here selected structures of their external morphology using scanning electron microscopy-the external structures associated with the metathoracic and dorsoabdominal scen...

The Oriental and eastern Palaearctic planthopper genus Orthopagus Uhler, 1897 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae, Dictyopharinae, Orthopagini) is revised. Six species are included: O.bartletti Song, Malenovský & Deckert, sp. n. (described from India), O.exoletus (Melichar, 1903), comb. n. , stat. rev. (material studied from India and Sri Lan...

A new monotypic genus of fl atid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae),Medleria gen. nov., is described for Medleria caudata gen. et sp. nov. (type species) from the island of Socotra (Yemen). Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new species are illustrated and compared with similar taxa. Medleria cau...

A new genus of flatid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) is described from the island of Socotra (Yemen): Socoflata gen. nov., for S. aurolineata sp. nov. and S. histrionica sp. nov. (type species). Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new species are illustrated and diagnosed. Both Socoflata speci...

Based on an extensive field survey in 1998–2017 combining several sampling methods, altogether 241 species of Auchenorrhyncha (Hemiptera) are reported from the Jizerské hory Mts, Frýdlant region and vicinity of the city of Liberec in the northernmost part of the Czech Republic. This represents 41% of all Auchenorrhyncha species known from the Czech...

We provide records of two endangered species of saproxylic insects, Aradus obtectus Vásárhelyi, 1988 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) and Peltis grossa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae), documenting for the first time their presence in the Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve in the eastern Czech Republic (= the...

This is an updated and revised second edition of the Red List of Auchenorrhyncha (leafhoppers, planthoppers, spittlebugs and cicadas) of the Czech Republic. Altogether 253 species, i.e. 44% of the Czech fauna, are classified as threatened in varying degrees.

This is an updated and revised second edition of the Red List of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) of the Czech Republic. Altogether 56 species, i.e. 42% of the Czech fauna, are listed as threatened or data deficient.

This is an updated and revised second edition of the Red List of Strepsiptera of the Czech Republic. Altogether 16 species out of 28 currently known from the Czech Republic, are listed as threatened or data deficient.

This is the first Red List of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea) of the Czech Republic. Altogether 4 species, i.e. 20% of the Czech fauna, are listed as threatened or data deificient.

Biodiversity of semi-natural grasslands depends on the management practices used. However, management systems suitable for one taxon, such as plants, can be detrimental to other taxa, such as insects, and vice versa. This study attempts to support conservation management planning by clarifying the effects of different grassland management practices...

A new monotypic genus of flatid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) is described from Socotra island (Yemen): Haloflata gen. nov. for H. arthrocnemi sp. nov. (type species). Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new species are illustrated and compared with similar taxa. The new species was found in...

A new leafhopper, Odomas linnavuorii sp. nov. (Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae: Megophthalmini), is described based on a brachypterous female collected in the subalpine grassland in the highest part of the Mt Nimba massif, Guinea, West Africa. The new species has a highly derived head and wing structure and is densely covered with chalazal setae. As...

The Afrotropical planthopper genus Centromeriana Melichar, 1912 (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Dictyopharidae, Dictyopharinae, Orthopagini) is revised. Four species are included: C. jocosa (Gerstaecker, 1895) (the type species, with confirmed records from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon), C. lindbergae sp. nov. (described from Sierra Leone), C. r...

The jumping plant-lice of Laos are reviewed based on material collected during recent expeditions by the Moravian Museum (1997–2011), the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (2003–2012) and the Seoul National University (2012–2015). To date, only three psyllid species, viz. Diaphorina citri, Heteropsylla cubana and Pseudophacopteron tuberculatum, have b...

Type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in natural history museum collections in the Czech Republic are catalogued. Altogether, we list types of 19 extant taxa housed in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague; the Department of Entomology, Moravian Museum, Brno; the Department of Natural History, Museum of the High...

Two new monotypic genera of fl atid planthoppers (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae) are described from Socotra island (Yemen): Dixamflata gen. nov. for D. petri sp. nov. and Kesaflata gen. nov. for K. lubosi sp. nov. Habitus, male and female external and internal genital structures of the new species are illustrated and compared to similar taxa....

The Afrotropical planthopper genus Fernandea Melichar, 1912 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Dictyopharidae: Dictyopharinae: Orthopagini) is revised to include two species: F. conradti Melichar, 1912 (the type species), with material studied from Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko island) and Togo, and F. latifemorata sp. nov., described as new from main...

Type specimens from the insect collections deposited in the Department of Entomology, National Museum, Prague, are currently being catalogued. In this part of the catalogue we deal with Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha. This group is namely represented in the museum by the whitefl y collection of Jiří Zahradník and the scale insect collections of Jiří Zah...

Gravel-sand river terraces were nearly eliminated from central European landscape by river channelization. Monotypic stands of common reed (Phragmites australis) growing on such terraces are often stressed by drought, which makes them vulnerable to Lipara spp. (Diptera: Chloropidae) gallmakers. Although Lipara are considered ecosystem engineers, on...

The metathoracic scent gland efferent system (MTSG) is one of the apomorphic and diagnostic structures in true bugs (Heteroptera), developed only in adults. External structures of MTSG, such as ostiole, vestibular scar, peritreme, and evaporatorium (terminology by Kment & Vilímová 2010: Zootaxa 2706: 1–77) provide useful characters for systematics...

Two new species of the large pantropical jumping plant-louse genus Pseudophacopteron Enderlein, 1921 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Phacopteronidae) are described from dry woodland habitats in the Midwest, Southeast and South of Brazil. Pseudophacopteron aspidospermi sp. nov. is associated with Aspidosperma australe, P. longicaudatum sp. nov. has been fou...

Three new species of gall-forming psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) in the families Triozidae and Phacopteronidae are described from Papua New Guinea: Trioza incrustata Percy, sp. nov. makes enclosed leaf margin galls on Celtis philippensis (Cannabaceae), Trioza grallata Percy, sp. nov. makes enclosed leaf surface galls on Elaeocarpus schlechterianu...

The superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea (Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) contains 69 genera with 663 species in two families – Largidae (23 genera, 213 species) and Pyrrhocoridae (46 genera, 450 species). Both families were first recognized by Amyot & Serville (1843). Van Duzee (1916) treated Largidae as a subfamily of Pyrrhocoridae under the name Euryophthal...

Recently, fly ash deposits have been revealed as a secondary refuge of critically endangered arthropods specialised on aeolian sands in Central Europe. Simultaneously, these anthropogenic habitats are well known for their negative impact on human health and the surrounding environment. The overwhelming majority of these risks are caused by wind ero...

The plant Jurinea cyanoides (L.) Reichenbach (Asteraceae), protected under the European Commission Directive on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (92/43/EEC), is critically endangered in Central Europe. The centre of its continuous range of distribution is in Ukraine and in a part of European Russia. Natural isolated...

The jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) of the island of Socotra (Yemen) are reviewed. A total of eight species are recorded, six of them for the first time from Socotra. Four species are described as new: Colposcenia dioscoridis sp. nov. (Aphalaridae), Diaphorina caliginosa sp. nov., D. hagherensis sp. nov. (both Liviidae: E...

Based on a faunistic survey in 2010–2014 and a few previously published records, we report 118 species of Heteroptera, 107 species of Auchenorrhyncha and 21 species of Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea from the environs of the town of Přebuz in the western part of the Krušné hory Mts. (= Erzgebirge) in western Czech Republic. The area is remarkable for we...

The paper describes a new genus of the Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Flatidae, Kirkamflata gen. nov., and a new species K. socotrana sp. nov. from the Hagher Mountains in central Socotra island (Yemen). Habitus, external morphology, male and female terminalia and internal genital structures of the new species are illustrated. The new genus is similar t...

The egg and fifth instar immature of the jumping plant-louse Bactericera lyrata Seljak, Malenovský & Lauterer, 2008 (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Triozidae) are described and illustrated for the first time based on material collected in Slovenia and reared on Potentilla reptans (Rosaceae) which is confirmed as a host plant. The morphology of the fifth in...

Platyobria biemani sp. nov. (Aphalaridae, Spondyliaspidinae) is described from the island of Lesbos (Greece) based on a series of adult specimens which were collected on a long-leaved Eucalyptus species. This is a likely host as immatures of three of the nine previously known species of Platyobria Taylor, 1987 develop on young succulent terminal br...

Faunistic data on 17 species of planthoppers and leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) from the Czech Republic are provided and discussed. Five species are recorded from the Czech Republic for the first time: Javesella bottnica Huldén, 1974; Litemixia pulchripennis Asche, 1980; Cicadella lasiocarpae Ossiannilsson, 1981; Euscelis ohausi Wagner, 1...

A list of Auchenorrhyncha species collected from field excursions during the 17th Central-European Auchenorrhyncha Meeting held in Mikulov, South Moravia, Czech Republic in August 2010 is given. A total of 133 species was recorded at four sites. One species, Macrosteles spinosus Kwon, 2013, is recorded for the first time for the Czech Republic and...

Molecular phylogenetic and traditional morphometric methods were applied to examine six Palaearctic taxa of the taxonomically difficult tachinid fly genus Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae), with particular reference to D. carinifrons (Fallén) and D. fuscata Zhang and Shima. Results of a phylogenetic analysis based on the mitochondrial...

The planthopper genus Pseudoparicana Melichar, 1914 is revised. Three previously known species, P. curvifera (Distant, 1907), P. sanguinifrons Muir, 1931 and P. tepida Melichar, 1914 are re-described and P. analoga Wang & Malenovský sp. n. is described as new. Lectotypes are designated for P. curvifera and P. tepida. An identification key and illus...

This paper summarizes the basics of the geology, geomorphology, hydrology, climate, soils, post-glacial history, nature conservation, flora, vegetation, and fauna of the Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve in south-eastern Moravia, Czech Republic. The aim is to provide a general background, particularly for the contributions...

A total of 85 species of jumping plant-lice (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Psylloidea) were recorded in the Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve and a few closely adjacent localities (south-eastern Moravia, Czech Republic). Most of the records come from field surveys carried out in 1998–2011, with some additional data based on l...

We review the history of investigations into invertebrates in the Bílé Karpaty Protected Landscape Area and Biosphere Reserve (PLA), which is situated along the Czech-Slovak border in south-eastern Moravia, the Czech Republic, and provide corresponding bibliographical references to principal faunistic information on each systematic group of inverte...