Thomas Rupp

University of Salzburg · Department of Biosciences; Dötterl Group

Five species of the Holarctic genus Schizohelea occurring in Europe and North Africa are reviewed, diagnosed and illustrated. These are S. leucopeza (Meigen, 1804), S. incerta (Clastrier, 1963), S. algeriana Szadziewski, Dominiak, Rumišek et Rupp, sp. nov., S. clastrieri Szadziewski, Dominiak, Rumišek et Rupp, sp. nov. and S. withersi Szadziewski,...

The paper presents new and interesting findings of Lepidoptera for the federal territory of Austria, Salzburg

Remarkable records of Lepidoptera in Salzburg, Austria (Insecta: Lepidoptera) – report of the year 2022. – The paper reports on remarkable faunistic records of 59 species of Lepidoptera in the federal territory of Salzburg, Austria. These records include first findings of species for different regions of Salzburgs, as well as species which have not...

In this paper 13 species of wild bees are recorded for the first time for the federal state of Salzburg, Austria, among them the invasive species Megachile sculpturalis and Bombus semenoviellus. This bumblebee species was so far recorded only once in Austria. New locations of another three rare species are published. Actually, 333 species of bees a...

Seventh addition to “The butterflies and moths in the federal territory of Salzburg” (Insecta: Lepidoptera). – The paper reports 32 first records of Lepidoptera for the federal territory of Salzburg, Austria. Two misidentified species must be deleted from the fauna of Salzburg

Zusammenfassung Dysaletria florisamica Stark n. sp. wird aus Spanien beschrieben und detailliert abgebildet. Alle Exemplare der neuen Art, ausschließlich Männchen, wurden in Gleitfallenblüten von Aristolochia paucinervis Pomel gefunden. Ein molekularer Barcode der neuen Art wurde ermittelt und in der GenBank-Datenbank hinterlegt. Ein taxonomischer...

Bei den 10 ABOL-BioBlitz-Aktionen im Rahmen der Tage der Artenvielfalt 2019 und 2020, die großteils in Schutzgebieten stattfanden, wurden DNA-Barcodes von Or-ganismen erstellt, die im Zuge der Veranstaltungen gesammelt und bestimmt wur-den. Im Rahmen dieser Publikation werden insgesamt 2.172 Datensätze bzw. 1.750 DNA-Barcodes von 1.040 Arten veröff...

Deceptive flowers decoy pollinators by advertising a reward, which finally is not provided. Numerous deceptive plants are pollinated by Diptera, but the attractive cues and deceptive strategies are only identified in a few cases. A typical fly-deceptive plant genus is Aristolochia, which evolved sophisticated trap flowers to temporarily capture pol...

This study reports on a survey of the wild bee fauna (Apidae s.l.) in the Umbal and Virgen Valleys, East Tyrol, during 17–23 July 2020. Eighty-nine species were registered. Hylaeus (Hylaeus) annulatus (linnAeuS, 1758) and Osmia (Melanosmia) alticola BenoiSt, 1922 are recorded from East Tyrol for the first time.

Floral scent is a key mediator in many plant–pollinator interactions. It is known to vary not only among plant species, but also within species among populations. However, there is a big gap in our knowledge of whether such variability is the result of divergent selective pressures exerted by a variable pollinator climate or alternative scenarios (...

Floral scents play a key role in mediating plant-pollinator interactions. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by flowers are used by flower visitors as olfactory cues to locate flowers, both from a distance and at close range. More recently it has been demonstrated that reactive molecules such as ozone can modify or degrade VOCs, and this may...