Libor Dvořák

• Researcher at Municipal Museum Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic

We present interesting records of fly species from one Malaise trap installed in eastern Slovakia during the growing season of 2023. One recorded species (Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931)) is invasive, five species are rare (Paraclusia tigrina (Fallén, 1820), Ptychoptera longicauda (Tonnoir, 1919), Rhagio latipennis (Loew, 1856), Oxycera termin...

An annotated list of 84 species from 21 families of Diptera is given, of them 41 species are recorded from the Republic of Mordovia for the first time, 27 species – from the Ryazan Region, 14 species – from the Nizhny Novgorod Region, 3 species – from the Voronezh Region, and 3 species – from the Penza Region. Seven species are new for the fauna of...

Our study focuses on the investigation of the ecological aspects (seasonal dynamics, height distribution, and preference of biotopes) of six species within the genus Panorpa (P. alpina Rambur, 1842, P. cognata Rambur, 1842, P. communis Linnaeus, 1758, P. germanica Linnaeus, 1758, P. hybrida MacLachlan, 1882, and P. vulgaris Imhoff & Labram, 1845)....

The following species interactions are published here for the first time from the territory of Czechia: the Dreyfusia nordmannianae (Eckstein, 1890)-D. piceae (Ratzeburg, 1844) species complex from Picea omorika, the species Gilletteella cooleyi (Gillette, 1907) from P. engelmannii, P. glauca, P. obovata, P. omorika, P. schrenkiana, P. × lutzii and...

We provide an overview of the knowledge on phylloxerids in Czechia and Slovakia. Investigation into these insects in both countries has a long tradition dating back to the late 19th century. A significant portion of the published papers was focused on the harmfulness of Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch, 1855) to vines. According to current knowledg...

In this contribution, data to 76 species and one subspecies are given: 29 species of Coleoptera (Buprestidae: 2, Carabidae: 9, Cerambycidae: 3, Chrysomelidae: 1, Coccinellidae: 1, Curculionidae: 2, Dytiscidae: 1, Geotrupidae: 1, Lucanidae: 1, Meloidae: 1, Scarabaeidae: 7), one species of Dermaptera (Forficulidae), 35 species of Diptera (Acroceridae...

In our study, we focused on the diversity of macroinvertebrates, specifically aquatic beetles and heteropterans, odonates and branchiopods, in 16 selected military training areas. The sites were located mainly in the north, west and south of the Czech Republic. In total, we identified 60 species of beetles, 29 heteropterans, 20 odonates and 3 crust...

This paper attempts to fill the gaps in knowledge about the biodiversity of some winter-active fly families from snowfields and caves in Vârghiș, Romania. A total of 15 fly species were recorded from caves and 9 species from snowfields. Exechiopsis (Exechiopsis) pseudindecisa Lastovka & Matile, 1974 and Rymosia placida Winnertz, 1863 from caves and...

This contribution fills the Diptera biodiversity knowledge gap of two National Nature Reserves in the east of Slovakia. In total, 53 flies species from 24 families were confirmed in NNR Dreveník and NNR Sivá Brada. Among them tree new records of Dolichopodidae for the fauna of Slovakia: Campsicnemus magius (Loew, 1845), Chrysotus palustris Verrall,...

Ptychoptera xanthopleura Dvořák, Oboňa & Manko, sp. nov. from Azerbaijan and Geor-gia, and Ptychoptera staryi Dvořák, Oboňa & Manko, sp. nov. from Bulgaria are described. P. xanthopleura sp. nov. differs from the other member of the lacustris group mainly by having almost completely yellow pleurae, and by the shape of the epandrium and gono-coxites...

Background and purpose: Two scorpionflies, Panorpa rufostigma Westwood, 1841 and P. lacedaemonia Lauterbach, 1972, are poorly known and understudied from faunistic and ecological aspects. A review of published and new records of two species in the Balkan Peninsula and Crete is presented. Material and methods: The scorpionflies were caught by vario...

The nature conservation depends on the completeness of the knowledge about the biodiversity in the study area. Today, data on distribution and diversity of Diptera taxa remain fragmentary. This paper supplements data on the diversity of Diptera species in Europe, Russia, and the Republic of Mordovia. We have studied 1321 specimens of 241 species co...

A brief summary of knowledge of adelgids in Czechia and Slovakia is reported. The history of investigation in both countries has a long tradition dating back to the end of the 19th century. A big part of the published papers is focused on those adelgids that are harmful to conifers in forests and urban environs. The rest of papers deal with local f...

The study of the insect distribution in geographical areas is relevant since it is important in terms of understanding the global trend of biodiversity decline. The paper presents the results of a study on the distribution of six species of Panorpidae (Mecoptera), carried out in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017–2020. One part of data was collected by t...

Among the huge variety of insects, only a small number of species are capable of active lifestyles during the winter period. This paper give results of a detailed survey of the winter insect fauna collected by hand on snow in January and February 2021 in the westernmost Czech Republic. A total of 31 insect species (Coleoptera 3 spp., Diptera 27 spp...

The article shows the records of two Mecoptera species from North Ossetia-Alania: Panorpa connexa MacLachlan, 1869 and Panorpa similis Esben-Petersen, 1915. Both species are endemics or subendemics of the Caucasus and the recent Russian records are known from Krasnodarskyi kray and Republic of Adygea only.

New records of eight species in the family Bibionidae are presented based on the material collected in Azerbaijan and Georgia in 2019. Six species were recorded for the first time for Transcaucasia, five species for Azerbaijan, and eight species for Georgia. In addition, the first checklist of Transcaucasian bibionids is given.

This paper presents important faunistic records conducted in the Czech and Slovak Republics during 2021. In the Šumava Mts, South Bohemia, a hydrobiid snail of the genus Alzoniella was found. Monacha cantiana s. lato was genetically confirmed for the first time in the city of Bratislava, Slovakia. New sites of Cornu aspersum (Prague) and Tandonia k...

We have studied the material of some Diptera families collected with beer traps from middle part of the Volga River region (central part of European Russia: Nizhny Novgorod and Ulyanovsk regions, and southeastern part of European Russia: Saratov Region). Thirty species from 10 Diptera families are reported: Culicidae (2 spp.), Dryomyzidae (2 spp.),...

The first annotated checklist of Mecoptera of Ukraine is presented. Altogether, 11 species of scorpionflies are known with a confirmed or probable occurrence in Ukraine. This list is based on previously published data, as well as on recently collected materials and specimens housed in the collection of the State Museum of Natural History NAS Ukrain...

Panorpa clavigera Klapálek, 1902 was described based on a single male. Since then, no further specimens were found, and the type was believed lost. Here, we redescribe the type specimen and further individuals that were recovered during the last few years. We present a detailed comparison with P. hybrida McLachlan, 1882 that is confirmed to be the...

The distributional data for three Panorpa species from Bulgaria are presented here. The species Panorpa rufostigma Westwood, 1846 is published the first time from Bulgaria.

The rediscovery of Rhagio chrysostigma (Loew, 1857) after ca. 90 years, as well as the first record from Slovenia, are presented. The published data of this species are known only from northeastern Italy and are based on old records (Loew 1857, Schiner 1862, Szilády 1934).

Selected findings of beetles (Coleoptera) considered rare, threatened or faunistically remarkable, recorded in the region of western Bohemia in the years 2018–2020, are presented in the paper. Short notes on the distribution and bionomical preferences of certain species are given and collecting circumstances are also discussed. The recent occurrenc...

The species Chrysopilus laetus Zetterstedt, 1842 (Diptera: Rhagionidae) is recorded for the first time from the territory of Slovakia. One male was found in the urban area of Prešov town. The list of Rhagionidae recorded from the territory of Slovakia increased to 27 species. However, future thorough inspection of species Chrysopilus luteolus (Fall...

In total 65 Diptera species from 20 families (Anisopodidae (2 spp.), Asilidae (1), Bibionidae (1), Clusiidae (1), Culicidae (8), Dolichopodidae (7), Drosophilidae (4), Dryomyzidae (1), Empididae (2), Heleomyzidae (5), Hybotidae (5), Lauxaniidae (4), Limoniidae (9), Opomyzidae (2), Pallopteridae (2), Psychodidae (6), Rhagionidae (2), Scatopsidae (1)...

Wildfires considerably affect forest ecosystems. However, there is a lack of data on the post-fire status of insect communities in these ecosystems. This paper presents results of a study conducted in 2019 which considered the post-fire status of the insect fauna in a Protected Area, Mordovia State Nature Reserve (Republic of Mordovia, centre of Eu...

This paper presents important faunistic records including location data with all details conducted in the Czech and Slovak Republics during 2020. Four new non-native species, Arion intermedius, Ambigolimax valentianus, Clathrocaspia knipowitschii and Krynickillus melanocephalus, were recorded outdoors in Slovakia. Radix lagotis was genetically conf...

Faunistic records for 41 Diptera species from nine families (Anisopodidae, Drosophilidae, Dryomyzidae, Heleomyzidae, Lauxaniidae, Platystomatidae, Sciomyzidae, Syrphidae and Ulidiidae) collected at six sites at Felsőörs and Lovas in the Balaton Highland, Hungary are presented. amongst the material, the species Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) (...

Several xeric sites in the Karlovy Vary Region, mainly along railways, were surveyed for thermophilic snails of open habitats in 2019 and 2020. Two localities of Euomphalia strigella (Draparnaud, 1801), 13 localities of Monacha cartusiana (O. F. Müller, 1774) and two localities of Xerolenta obvia (Menke, 1828) were found. These three species are al...

Altogether 12 species from six Diptera families are presented in this paper. The species Lipoptena fortisetosa Maa, 1965 and Euthera fascipennis (Loew, 1854) are new records to Bulgaria.

The green lacewing Pseudomallada zelleri (Schneider, 1851) is found for the first time in the Czech Republic. It is the northernmost known record of this species.

Records of 27 species/subspecies from 11 Diptera families, namely Anisopodidae, Blephariceridae, Diastatidae, Dixidae, Dryomyzidae, Hesperinidae, Lonchopteridae, Micropezidae, Pallopteridae, Platystomatidae, and Stratiomyidae are presented in this paper based on specimens collected in Azerbaijan and Georgia. Two species are recorded for the first t...

Results of beer trapping of in three biotopes in Klyucharky village near Mukachevo town (Ukraine) are presented. More attention of some Diptera families (Limoniidae, Anisopodidae, Culicidae, Uli-diidae, Platystomatidae, Heleomyzidae, Drosophilidae) is paid. Three invasive species were recorded: Callopistromyia annulipes Macquart, 1855, Euxesta nota...

In this paper, we present the findings of 14 females Culiseta glaphyroptera (Schiner, 1864) in six Slo-vak caves. The issue of species abundance / rarity in Slovakia is discussed in relation to new knowledge on distribution of Cs. glaphyroptera in neighbouring countries.

The monograph is a summary of a faunistic survey of the molluscan fauna within the Greater Bratislava City, which the authors obtained during field surveys in 2000–2018 at 156 sites. In addition to comprehensive faunal data, the publication also contains original knowledge about the ecology of individual species, obtained during fieldwork. The publ...

Six species of the order Mecoptera and 24 species of the order Neuroptera were recorded during the long-term survey of insects in the Liberec region in 2003–2020. Of this number, three species of the order Mecoptera and nine species of the order Neuroptera are published from the study area for the first time. Five species are included in the Red Li...

The authors summarize faunistic information from recently published works and unpublished data on the distribution of genus Sylvicola (Diptera: Anisopodidae) in the Czech Republic. Altogether six species of the genus Sylvicola are known from the Czech Republic: two species of the subgenus Anisopus (S. fuscatus and S. punctatus) and four species of...

We have studied the fauna of several Diptera families caught with beer traps. In this paper, 36 species from 12 Diptera families are reported: four species of Anisopodidae, one species of Bibionidae, one species of Clusiidae, two species of Dryomyzidae, 11 species of Lauxaniidae, five species of Limoniidae, one species of Megamer-inidae, three spec...

Pseudotephritis millepunctata (Hennig, 1939) (Diptera Ulidiidae)-New species in European fauna. We report the discovery of Pseudotephritis millepunctata (Hennig, 1939) (Diptera Ulidiidae) in Europe (centre of European Russia, Republic of Mordovia) for the first time. Information on identified specimens is given and the habitat of the species is des...

Dvořák L. & Dvořáková K. 2020: Výsledky odchytu vybraných skupin hmyzu pomocí vinných pastí na Mariánsko-lázeňsku. (Results of capturing selected insect groups using wine traps in the Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) Region). Západočeské entomologické listy 11: 37-47, 6-7-2020. Abstract. The survey using wine traps was made at eight localities of the Ma...

The scorpionfly species, Panorpa rufostigma Westwood, 1846 has been recorded for the first time in North Macedonia. This finding shifts the range border of the species by ca. 145 km northwards. A photograph detailing the male genitalia of P. rufostigma is presented for the first time.

Four species of Mecoptera and four species of Dermaptera were collected from Sarnena Gora Mts. Second record of Panorpa vulgaris in Bulgaria is reported.

The first records of Sylvicola cinctus (Fabricius, 1787) from Albania and Croatia, S. fuscatus (Fabricius, 1775) from Croatia and Ukraine, S. stackelbergi Krivosheina et Menzel, 1998 from Romania, and the second record of S. fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) from France are presented. Several other records are briefly discussed.

New and interesting records of 60 Diptera species in ten families, namely Anisopodidae, Blephariceridae, Campichoetidae, Dixidae, Drosophilidae, Limoniidae, Lonchopteridae, Pediciidae, Psychodidae and Scatopsidae, are presented in this paper based on the specimens collected in Azerbaijan and Georgia. A total of 26 species are recorded for the first...

Electronic supplementary material 1 to the article: Oboňa J., Dvořák L., Haenni J.-P., Hrivniak Ľ., Japoshvili B., Ježek J., Kerimova I., Máca J., Murányi D., Rendoš M., Słowińska I., Snegovaya N., Starý J. & Manko P. 2019. New and interesting records of Diptera from Azerbaijan and Georgia. Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(2): 277–295.

Electronic supplementary material 2 to the article: Oboňa J., Dvořák L., Haenni J.-P., Hrivniak Ľ., Japoshvili B., Ježek J., Kerimova I., Máca J., Murányi D., Rendoš M., Słowińska I., Snegovaya N., Starý J. & Manko P. 2019. New and interesting records of Diptera from Azerbaijan and Georgia. Zoosystematica Rossica, 28(2): 277–295.

Culiseta glaphyroptera was found for the first time in Rhineland-Palatinate. One female was reported from a water transport tunnel in the Southern Palatinate.

The results of beer trapping from westernmost Ukraine (Uzhhorod and Mukacheve Raion) are presented. From all obtained insect taxa more attention was dedicated to selected groups: Dermaptera, Diptera (Anisopodidae, Bibionidae, Heleomyzidae, Lauxaniidae, Scatopsidae and Ulidiidae) and Mecoptera. Altogether 17 taxa were recorded. Four species, namely...

Faunistic records of 41 species from 13 Diptera families (Bibionidae, Cylindrotomidae, Dixidae, Empididae, Heleomyzidae, Hybotidae, Lauxaniidae, Limoniidae, Lonchopteridae, Pediciidae, Psychodidae, Ptychopteridae, and Rhagionidae) are presented. Among them, seven species are new to the fauna of Poland territory: Ula (Ula) mixta STARÝ, 1983 (Pedicii...

New faunistic data on 147 species from the selected Diptera families (Agromyzidae, Anisopodidae, Asilidae, Bibionidae, Conopidae, Drosophilidae, Empididae, Fanniidae, Heleomyzidae, Hybotidae, Opomyzidae, Pallopteridae, Piophilidae, Platystomatidae, Asilidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Tephritidae, Therevidae and Xylophagidae) recorded at eight sites o...

Cepaea nemoralis was found in four settlements in the Krušné Hory Mts. in altitudes between 685 and 900 m a.s.l. Two of these records represent the highest known locations of the species in the Czech Republic; so far the species has not been found above 730 m a.s.l.

Altogether 9295 specimens of five species of Anisopodidae (Diptera) have been recorded in the Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad) Region (western Bohemia, Czech Republic). The most remarkable species are Sylvicola fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) (known only from 13 mapping squares in the Czech Republic) and S. zetterstedti (Edwards, 1923) (known only from nine...

A three-week survey of window gnats was performed in the Šumava National Park in June 2016 and all records of Anisopodidae from the Czech part of the Bohemian Forest (Šumava) were summarised. Altogether the data to six species in 187 specimens of Anisopodidae were analysed. The record of Sylvicola fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) was the first finding f...

A successful control or eradication programme using biological control or genetically-mediated methods requires knowledge of the origin and the extent of wasp genetic diversity. Mitochondrial DNA variation in the native and invaded range of the social wasp Vespula germanica was used to examine intra-specific genetic variation and invasive source po...

The second record of Micropeza lateralis Meigen, 1826 from the Czech Republic is presented. The distribution of the species in Europe is summarised. In addition to Denmark, France, Germany and the Great Britain (the countries quoted in the Fauna Europaea portal), M. lateralis occurs also in Andorra, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Italy, the Netherlan...

Insect pollinators are a key component of biodiversity; they also play a major role in the reproduction of many species of wild plants and crops. It is widely acknowledged that insect pollinators are threatened by many environmental pressures, mostly of anthropogenic nature. Their decline is a global phenomenon. A better understanding of their dist...

Insect pollinators are a key component of biodiversity; they also play a major role in the reproduction of many species of wild plants and crops. It is widely acknowledged that insect pollinators are threatened by many environmental pressures, mostly of anthropogenic nature. Their decline is a global phenomenon. A better understanding of their dist...

We studied scorpionflies of Lagodekhi Reserve for the first time. Three species were recorded from the area, Panorpa similis Esben-Petersen, P. connexa McLachlan, and P. arcuata (Navás). Seasonal activity is also studied

Geophilomorph centipedes, due to their soil life style, are frequently transported with plants. This report tries to underline some adaptations that facilitate them being introduced and becoming alien species. Tygarrup javanicus (Attems, 1907), tropical species reported recently from different greenhouses in Central Europe, is used as an example of...

New records of Panorpa rufostigma Westwood, 1846 from Greece are presented here as well as the first published photos of the species.

The records of Neuroptera (one species of Hemerobiidae, one species of Chrysopidae, and three species of Myrmeleontidae) from the Samothraki Island are presented. Among them, Psectra diptera (Burmeister, 1839) is a new species for Greece and Nedroledon anatolicus Navás, 1914 is a new species for North Aegean islands. For latter one, it is the eight...

Initial results of beer trapping from Uzhhorod City (Ukraine) are presented. From all obtained insect taxa more attention was dedicated to selected groups: Dermaptera, Diptera (Anisopodidae, Drosophilidae, Periscelididae, Platystomatidae, Scatopsidae), and Mecoptera. The Diptera records: minute black scavenger fly Coboldia fuscipes (Meigen, 1830) (...

New records of an introduced peacock fly Callopistromyia annulipes (Macquart, 1855) from 19 localities in Slovakia are presented.

The first records of the scorpionfly Panorpa similis Esben-Petersen, 1915 from Turkey are presented. The known distribution of two scorpionfly species, P. similis and P. connexa McLachlan, 1869 in northernmost Turkey is briefly discussed.

In Bulgaria, there are only two Panorpa species common and widely distributed: P. communis and P. germanica. Zelený (1971) published the first, and up-to-know the only, record of P. hybrida, Willmann (1977) published also first, and up-to-know the only, record of P. germanica rumelica, and WARD (1979) confirmed occurrence of P. alpina.The records o...

The peacock fly Callopistromyia annulipes (Macquart, 1855) (Diptera: Ulidiidae) is recorded from the localities Libušín and Praha, both in Central Bohemia. The species represents a new addition to the fauna of Diptera of the Czech Republic. An updated distribution of this alien species in Europe is briefly summarised.

Seven species of the family Corydalidae (Insecta: Megaloptera) are newly recorded from Myanmar, including a new species of the dobsonfly genus Protohermes van der Weele, 1907, P. burmanus sp. nov. A total of 18 species of Megaloptera are now known from Myanmar.

The first record of Osmylus cilicicus Krüger, 1913 from Samos is presented and the species' distribution is briefly discussed. This is a new species for Greece and Europe simultaneously.

Bumblebees in Europe have been in steady decline since the 1900s. This decline is expected to continue with climate change as the main driver. However, at the local scale, land use and land cover (LULC) change strongly affects the occurrence of bumblebees. At present, LULC change is rarely included in models of future distributions of species. This...

First records of 12 species of the Diptera families: Anisopodidae, Bibionidae, Dixidae, Ptychopteridae, and Scatopsidae from Armenia are presented together with the first checklist of these families from this area. The species richness of the anisopodid fauna in Armenia currently comprises 2 species, the bibionid fauna 3 species, the dixid fauna 3...

The first record of Scolia (Discolia) varicolor Lucas from Morocco is presented.

Altogether 473 specimens of 12 species of Pallopteridae (Diptera) have been recorded in the Marienbad Region (western Bohemia, Czech Republic). The most remarkable species are Palloptera bimaculata Strobl, 1910 (the second record from the Czech Republic), Eurygnathomyia bicolor (Zetterstedt, 1837), Palloptera marginata (Meigen, 1826), Temnosira amb...

Results of faunistic research of eight selected dipteran families (Bibionidae, Blephariceridae, Dixidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Platypezidae, Ptychopteridae, and Rhagionidae) in the Uzh River Basin (Ukraine) are presented thanks to the support by the FAN (B) - Förderkreis für allgemeine Naturkunde (Biologie) in the framework of the project "Epheme...

While eusociality arose in species with single-mating females, multiple mating by queens has evolved repeatedly across the social ants, bees, and wasps. Understanding the benefits and costs of multiple mating of queens is important because polyandry results in reduced relatedness between siblings, reducing kin-selected benefits of helping while als...

This paper presents a research of the mollusc fauna in the Branžovský hvozd Forest in southwestern Bohemia. Altogether, 77 mollusc species (69 terrestrial gastropods, 6 freshwater gastropods and 2 bivalves) were recorded at 55 selected sites. We primarily focused on the research of natural woodlands and eight forest nature reserves in the area. The...

The paper presents Labidura riparia (Pallas, 1773) as the first veryfied records on Cyprus. The specimens were collected from salt lake SW of Lemesos and Kouris Dam near Limassol.

The first record of Stratiomys hispanica (Pleske) from Portugal is presented.

Altogether 1070 specimens of four species of Anisopodidae were recorded in the southern part of the Krušné hory Mts (western Bohemia, Czech Republic). The list is based on material collected in 2014–2016 by beer baited traps. Sylvicola fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) is the most remarkable species.

The first record of an alderfly from Albania, Sialis fuliginosa Pictet, 1836, is presented. The distribution of the species is discussed.

The known records of Panorpa nigrirostris McLachlan, 1882 from Iran are presented, geographical implications are discussed, and threats to future existence are pointed out. This is the only species of Mecoptera definitely known from Iran.

The current version of the check-list follows Horsák et al. (2013) with up-to-date modifications supplemented with a reference. Distribution map for each species was constructed based on published data and our knowledge based on unpublished records. So far 251 species of molluscs, including 223 species of gastropods (51 aquatic and 172 terrestrial)...

A scorpion-fly species, Panorpa germanica rumelica LAUTERBACH, 1972, was recorded for the first time from the area of Macedonia. The present distribution of this species is discussed. It is the westernmost record of this subspecies in the whole area.

Records of two species of the family Anisopodidae from Portugal are presented. Sylvicola punctatus is new to the Portuguese fauna.

Two new records of Laciniaria plicata (Draparnaud, 1801) from western Bohemia are presented. All previous records are summarised and the distribution in western Bohemia is briefly discussed.

The author presents the first record of Panorpa thrakica Willmann, 1976 from Bulgaria which is also the second published record of this species. Moreover, this is the second record of any species of the Panorpa aspoecki group outside of Turkey. Two males (one of them dissected) were captured in 1976 in Izgrev (Strandzha Plain, near to Velikovo, Bul...

Background: Anisopodidae (window gnats or wood gnats) is a small family of nematocerous Diptera. Until now only Sylvicola (Anisopus) punctatus (Fabricius, 1787) and Sylvicola (Sylvicola) fenestralis (Scopoli, 1763) were reported from Romania. New information: New faunistic records of Sylvicola (Diptera: Anisopodidae) are presented. Sylvicola (Sy...