Roland Dobosz

• PhD MSc
• Head of Department at Upper Silesian Museum

Two species used to be included in the African genus Nadus: Nadus overlaeti (Navás, 1931) and Nadus sudanensis Navás, 1935. Following our revision of the genus, we propose that Nadus sudanensis Navás, 1935 (syn.nov.) should be a new junior synonym of Nadus overlaeti (Navás, 1931). The monobasic genus and species are redescribed. Several photographs...

Two new species of the Torunotum Hosseini & Cassis, 2019-T. hirsutum sp. nov. and T. flavomaculatum sp. nov.-are diagnosed and described. Photographic images of habitus and male genital structures, as well as scanning electron micrographs of the selected structures of these species, are provided. Additionally, the paper also presents a new locality...

The present study aims to provide an updated checklist of the owlfly subfamily Ascalaphidae Lefèbvre, 1842, with the first records of the genus Deleproctophylla Lefèbvre, 1842, from the country. The new records give an improved understanding of owlfly distribution within the country. The record of the genus Deleproctophylla in Georgia is based on a...

The endemic species Stiphroneura inclusa (Walker, 1853) and Vellassa maunieri Navás, 1924 occurring in the Oriental realm were compared. We identified that the original designation and monotypic genus Vellassa Navás, 1924 syn. n. is a junior synonym of Stiphroneura Gerstaecker, 1885, so Stiphroneura maunieri (Navás, 1924) comb. n. is a new combinat...

Arrhaphipterus schelkownikoffi Reitter, 1893, is reported from Georgia for the first time. Detailed information on the trapping localities, as well as photographs of the male, female, male genitalia, and empodium, are provided.

The psocid species Cyclopsocus hyalinus Thornton & Smithers, 1984 from the family Calopsocidae is recorded for the fauna of Thailand for the first time. In total, 38 psocid species are known from Thailand. The species was collected in January 2014 in Sakaerat Environmental Research Station in the evergreen forest by light trap. This species is know...

The paper presents information on 18 species of barkflies (Psocodea) collected in the years 2004-2022 in various regions of Poland, deposited in the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom and in the collection of the second author.

The genus Dominikon Dobosz, Krivokhatsky & Ábrahám gen. nov. is separated from the genus Nedroledon Navás, 1914, along with two previously described species: Dominikon lagopus (Gerstaecker, 1894) and Dominikon iranensis (Hölzel, 1972) comb. nov. A new species, Dominikon aspoecki Dobosz, Ábrahám & Krivokhatsky sp. nov. is described from Iran and Tur...

1. Cavity-bearing trees are important nesting sites for many birds and mammals but have become rare due to anthropogenic modification of natural environments. Nest boxes are often used to compensate for the loss of these microhabitats. 2. Nest boxes contain amounts of organic debris exploited by a variety of organisms, mainly insects. We studied th...

This paper describes the lifetime scientific achievements of Lionel A. Stange. A list is appended of his scientific publications and the taxa he described in three orders of insects: Hemiptera, Hymenoptera and Neuroptera. It contains a list of the names of taxa dedicated to him: five generic names from three insect orders (Coleoptera, Hymenoptera,...

How to cite this article: Paramonov N.M., Dobosz R., Sergeyev M.E. 2021. Contributions to the knowledge of the entomofauna of the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve. II. New records of Chionea Dalman, 1816 (Diptera: Limoniidae) in Primorsky Krai // Russian Entomol.

Hemerobius schedli Hölzel 1970 is recorded for the first time from Poland (Tatra Mountains). A total of 13 specimens were collected, of which 10 were females and three were males. One specimen (female) from Poland and one specimen (male) from North Macedonia were intended for molecular identification for the COI marker. Molecular studies of three E...

A new species, Meschia brevirostris sp. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Meschiidae), is described from New Caledonia. Photographs and SEM micrographs of the male and female habitus, genital structures and selected morphological structures are presented.

• Cavity-bearing trees are important nesting sites for many birds and mammals but have become rare due to anthropogenic modification of natural environments. Nest boxes are often used to compensate for the loss of these microhabitats. • Nest boxes contain amounts of organic debris exploited by a variety of organisms, mainly insects. We studied the...

As a result of studies carried out in 2007-2020-39 species belonging to four orders of insects were found near Pleszew: Mecoptera (4 species), Raphidioptera (5 species), Megaloptera (1 species) and Neuroptera (29 species). Eight of them were recorded for the first time in the Wielkopolska-Kujawy Lowland: Panorpa vulgarus, Subilla confinis, Chrysope...

Początki współczesnego Muzeum Górnośląskiego w Bytomiu sięgają 1910 r. Fundament zbiorów przyrodniczych obecnego Muzeum Górnośląskiego w Bytomiu tworzyły głównie kolekcje Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum Beuthen oraz zbiorów zburzonego w 1939 r. Muzeum Śląskiego w Katowicach, przewiezionych do Bytomia i włączonych jako zbiory wydzielone. Po ustaniu dz...

New localities of Blaps mortisaga (Linnaeus, 1758) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Poland. This mainly synanthropic beetle is regarded as endangered in Poland and listed in both Polish Red List and Polish Red Data Book of Animals in category EN. Authors described six new records of Churchyard beetle and postulated active searching and conservation...

Urania sloanus is an endemic species in Jamaica. The species probably became extinct at the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century. During the work on combining the collections of exotic butterflies in the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, one specimen of this taxon was found. The discovery of this species in the Museum of Upper...

Neuropterida are represented in Poland to date by 103 species from nine families. Chrysopidae (31 species) is one of the two largest families, second only to Hemerobiidae (34 species). The first studies from the early 19th century (Perthées’ MS – Weigel 1806) described two species of green lacewings from the area of present-day Poland. Between 1802...

A short rationale and historical background of the Upper Silesian Museum and its Department of Natural History is presented. The authors also discuss the mission of the museum as exemplified by the Natural History Department of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom. The collections of material of the hemipteran insects – Heteroptera, Fulgoromorpha, Ci...

A survey of Neuropterida in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve, conducted in 2018 (supplemented with other specimens collected mainly in 2015-2017), yielded 41 species of alderflies (2), snake-flies (3) and lacewings (36). Conwentzia pineticola End., Wesmaelius quadrifasciatus (Reuter) and Chrysopa gibeauxi (Leraut) are new for Primorskiy Krai. The...

A survey of Neuropterida in the Sikhote-Alin Biosphere Reserve, conducted in 2018 (supplemented with other specimens collected mainly in 2015-2017), yielded 41 species of alderflies (2), snake-flies (3) and lacewings (36). Conwentzia pineticola End., Wesmaelius quadrifasciatus (Reuter) and Chrysopa gibeauxi (Leraut) are new for Primorskiy Krai. The...

We present and comment on the list of Megaloptera specimens deposited in the collections of Natural Sciences Museum of Angers (France). We will also identify the few specimens preserved in entomologists Angevins’collections. Twenty-three specimens are indexed. Fourteen insects are determinated to the species rank: Neochauliodes bowringi (McLachlan,...

A list of Asian species of Megaloptera deposited in the Upper Silesian Museum which includes 35 species of Corydalidae and four species of Sialidae. A new species of the dobsonfly genus Protohermes van der Weele, 1907, P. stangei sp. nov. from central Vietnam is described. Protohermes weelei Navás, 1925 and Protohermes yangi Liu, Hayashi & Yang, 20...

New records of the praying mantis Mantis religiosa religiosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (Insecta: Mantodea) in Silesia and South Wielkopolska. Praying mantis Mantis religiosa (L.) is one of those species in Polish entomofauna, which in the last dozen years have significantly increased the range. The expansion of this insect in Poland is probably related to t...

We have determined in the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection collection of two closely related species: Palpares libelluloides (Linnaeus, 1764) and P. turcicus Kocak, 1976 from Iranian provinces of Azarbayjan Sharghi, Kermanshah, Fars, Tehran, Kordestan, Markazi, Zanjan, and Lorestan, which are never recorded together in the same biotop...

The material representing 14 species and subspecies belonging to the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) deposited in the Museum and Institute of Zoology Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw was studied. A brief comment on the history of the Museum is provided. General comments on natural history, distribution, and other details are presented for each mention...

New distribution records of Myrmeleon bore (Tjeder, 1941) (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) in Poland. A rare species of lacewings, Myrmeleon bore, is reported from new localities in Baltic coast and Southern Poland.

Retracing complex population processes that precede extreme bottlenecks may be impossible using data from living individuals. The wisent (Bison bonasus), Europe's largest terrestrial mammal, exemplifies such a population history, having gone extinct in the wild but subsequently restored by captive breeding efforts. Using low coverage genomic data f...

Interesting lacewings (Neuroptera: Berothidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae) from the United Arab Emirates. This paper presents the species of lacewings (Neuroptera: Berothidae, Chrysopidae, Myrmeleontidae, Nemopteridae) collected in two locations in Jebel Hafeet, a mountain located south to the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. New fauna...

New data on the occurrence of lacewings (Neuroptera) in Georgia. New data on the Neuroptera of Georgia are presented. Eighteen species are reported, six of which – Wesmaelius (K.) nervosus, Cueta lineosa, Neuroleon microstenus propinquus, Neuroleon nemausiensis piryulini, Neuroleon (G.) lukhtanovi and Nedroledon maculatus – are new for Georgia.

Pseudomallada venosus (Rambur, 1838) – a green lacewing new to Russia – and some new faunistic data on lacewings (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae, Hemerobiidae, Mantispidae) from Dagestan. Data on Neuroptera of the Dagestan (North−Eastern Caucasus) are presented. Eleven species are reported; Pseudomallada venosus (Rambur, 1838) is new to Russia and six spe...

A new genus and species, Linnavuorifulvius cheroti gen. et sp. nov., is described on the basis of specimens collected in Namibia. A dorsal habitus picture, pretarsal structure and genitalia illustrations of the new species are presented. The key to Afrotropical genera of the tribe Fulviini is given.

Annotated checklist of the antlions of Iran (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). This review of the antlion fauna of Iran names 97 species in the current list of antlion records, 9 of them are new to the Iranian fauna. Sampling dates and locations in Iran with their geographical coordinates are given. A list of Iranian antlion species deposited in museums...

The myrmeoleontoid Neuroptera fauna of Kyrgyzstan comprises 34 species-group taxa, among which 23 are recorded from the republic for the first time. Epacanthaclisis alaica Krivokhatsky, 1998 is known only from the holotype collected in the Alai Mt. Range; Kirghizoleon cubitalis Krivokhatsky et Zakharenko, 1994 is known from Kyrgyzstan and from the...

Urania sloanus (Cramer, 1779) is an endemic Lepidoptera species from Jamaica. It is believed to be extinct since the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th. While revising the exotic Lepidoptera' collection of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Poland, a well preserved specimen of this species was found. As far as we know, it could b...

First specific records of chironomids of the tribe Tanytarsini from New Caledonia based on detailed descriptions of new species are presented. Cladotanytarsus (Cladotanytarsus) stylifer sp. nov. and its closest relatives, i.a. Cladotanytarsus (C.) isigacedeus (Sasa et Suzuki, 2000), comb. nov., known from males bearing extraordinarily elongate hypo...

Lacewings (Neuroptera) of Roztocze – new data and an updated list of species. The paper presents a new faunistic data on lacewings (Neuroptera) from Roztocze (SE Poland), on the background of literature data. In the years 1987–1991, 27 species, including eleven new ones to the region, were recorded. The occurrence of some rare species, reported fro...

Ochetostethomorpha secunda sp. nov. from Namibia, the second species of the South African endemic genus is described, illustrated, and compared with O. nollothensis Schumacher, 1913. The new species is the third of the subfamily Sehirinae known from Namibia. Moreover, a DNA barcode sequence was generated for this new species (827 bp of cytochrome o...

A poorly known species of antlions, Omoleon jeanneli Navás, 1936 is redescribed and illustrated with five photos and genitalia drawings. A key for African Dendroleontini is given. This is the first record of O. jeanneli from Kenya.

Abstract. – A specimen of the green lacewing Chrysopa gibeauxi (Leraut, 1989), recorded until now only in the south-east of France, was recently collected in Poland. In the male genitalia of C. gibeauxi, the shape of the internal structural differences (gonocristae and entoprocessus) shows valuable characters for unambiguous separation of the two s...

Lesser white-toothed shrew, Crocidura suaveolens, is one of two species of this genus that occur in Poland. in the course of the present study that covered the period between 1926 and 2014, the authors collected data on 311 localities of lesser white-toothed shrew occurrence in the territory of Poland. the highest number of localities was recorded...

Three mantidfly species, Mantispa styriaca (Poda), M. perla Pallas and M. aphavexelte Aspöck & Aspöck (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) are recorded for the first time for Albania. The findings represent the first record of the family Mantispidae for the country.

Visca silvaticus sp. n. is described from Madagascar and compared to other Malgassan endemic Visca Navás, 1927 species. A key for Visca species is also given. With 7 figs.

In this paper the authors listed 27 ant-lion (Myrmeleontidae) and 7 owl-fly (Ascalaphidae) species from Madagascar preserved in both museum collections: SCMK (Kaposvár, Hungary) and USMB (Bytom, Poland). Palpares germaini Navás, 1919 is a junior synonym of Palpares martini van der Weele, 1907, its type locality was confused in the original descript...

The paper summarizes the state-of-the-art on Neuroptera recorded on the Polish Baltic coast. The results of investigations conducted since the eighties of the 20 th century against the background of revised original data on the area are presented. The complete list of local neuropteran fauna comprises 6 families and 51 species (ca. 59% of the total...

The history and development of the neuropterological collection at the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom (Beuthen O/S) is discussed. --------- [In:] "DGaaE Nachrichten" (ISSN 0931-4873), Jg. [Vol.] 23, H. [issue] 2, p. 76–78. --------- [History of museology, entomological collections, entomology, neuropterology, entomological collections, Silesia,...

Literature data on Ascalaphidae in Poland are critically discussed. Libelloides macaronius has never been found in the present-day territory of Poland. Libelloides coccajus most likely occurred in Poland at the end of the 18th century. Evidence for this statement comprises a drawing and a note in a manuscript of Charles de Perthées from 1802–1803.

In their study, the authors publish the data of nemopterid species collected in Turkey and the material preserved in both natural history museums in Poland (USMB, Bytom) and in Hungary (SCM, Kaposvár). New faunistical data are reported for 1 Croce, 3 Dielocroce, 2 Nemoptera, 6 Lertha species, earlier only 11 species in the Turkish nemopterid fauna...

The first record of Mantispidae from New Caledonia is presented. The description of male and female of Spaminta wanati sp. n. is given. It is well differentiated by brownish darkening of the basal part of the wings, characteristic pattern of markings on the head and male and female genital structures.

The paper contained faunistic data of 37 species of Oedemeridae from 187 localities in Eu-ropean and Asian parts of Turkey. Sparedrus testaceus, Ischnomera cyanea and I. sanguinicollis are recorded from this country for the first time. The checklist of 56 turkish Oedemeridae is given.

In their study, the authors publish the data of ascalaphid species collected in Turkey and preserved in a Polish (Byton) and a Hungarian (Kaposvár) natural history museum. New faunistical data are reported for 9 species out of the 15 already known species in the Turkish ascalaphid fauna. The daily activity types are described and the habitats are l...

The faunistic review of 24 species and subspecies of Raphidioptera of Turkey including new data is given. Their occurrence is given based on original literature data. Six species – Pheostigma (Phe-ostigma) pilicollis, Pheostigma (Crassoraphidia) cyprica, Pheostigma (Pontoraphidia) rhodopica, Di-chrostigma flavipes, Xanthostigma xanthostigma, Parain...

Sialis nigripes Pictet, 1865 is reported from the Turkey for the ferst time from the Kayseri and Muş Provinces. It is the first complete record with locality data on S. morio in Turkey. The known localites of S. morio and S. nigripes are given on map.