Dániel Winkler

New Lepidocyrtus Bourlet, 1839 from riverine woodland in Hungary (Collembola, Entomobryidae)

Systematic soil fauna survey of riverine and swamp woodland habitats in West Hungary provided the opportunity to describe the new species L. isabelleae sp. nov. belonging to the the Lepidocyrtus pallidus-serbicus group. The new species is characterized by the dorsal macrochaetae formula R0R1sR1R2STSo/00/0101+2, the absence of scales on the antennae and legs beyond coxae and an additional dorsolateral macrochaeta (a7) on Abd. III. On this occasion, the L. pallidus-serbicus group has been revised and reinterpreted, and a differentiation key for the derived L. serbicus group has been developed.

Redescription of Lepidocyrtus peisonis Traser & Christian, 1992 with notes on Lepidocyrtus mariani Traser & Dányi, 2008 (Collembola: Entomobryidae)

Two species of Lepidocyrtus Bourlet have been studied. L. peisonis Traser Christian, 1992 has been redescribed based on the type material and newly collected specimens. This species is characterized by dorsal macrochaetae formula R0R1sR1R2So/00/0101+3, truncate unguiculi and a newly observed character missing in the original description: a lateral tuft of long filiform chaetae on abd. III, never described for any European species of subgenera Lanocyrtus and Lepidocyrtus s.str. L. mariani Traser Dányi, 2008 has been revised based on the holotype and recently collected specimens. L. mariani is defined by the dorsal macrochaetae formula R0R1sR1So/00/0101+3 and the presence of small pseudopori on the apical membranous area of antennal segments, lateral region of th. III-abd. IV and dorsal surface of dens.

New data clarifying the taxonomy of European members of the Lepidocyrtus pallidus – serbicus group (Collembola, Entomobryidae)

The genus Lepidocyrtus is fairly well explored in Hungary and was up to now represented by 18 species. Systematic mesofauna survey of a swamp woodland gave us the opportunity to describe the new species, L. florae sp. nov., characterized by the dark blue color, the dorsal macrochaetae formula A0A2aA2A3S3Pa5/00/0101+2 and the absence of scales on the antennae. Related species L. arrabonicus, L. pallidus, L. pseudosinelloides and L. weidneri were also revised with particular attention to clarify the interpretation of the dorsal chaetotaxy of the head. The observed variability in abdominal chaetotaxy of L. pallidus suggests that the only character differentiating between this species and L. weidneri is the labial chaetotaxy, with chaeta r (in L. pallidus) and chaeta R (in L. weidneri). An identification key to European Lepidocyrtus species with dorsal trunk macrochaetae formula 00/0101+2 is also provided.

The Impact of Unmown Refuge-Strips on the Breeding Site Fidelity of Common Quail (Coturnix Coturnix) – A Case Study

NÉMETH, T.M. & WINKLER, D.: THE IMPACT OF UNMOWN REFUGE-STRIPS ON THE BREEDING SITE FIDELITY OF COMMON QUAIL (Coturnix coturnix) – A CASE STUDY. Hungarian Small Game Bulletin 13: 289–296. http://dx.doi.org/10.17243/mavk.2017.289 Common Quail (Coturnix coturnix) mainly breed in cereal crops and fallow grasslands, where they are threatened by harvesting/mowing. The aim of this research was to assess the impact of unmown refuge areas to the density and movements of Common Quails in the Moson Project, Northwest Hungary. The selected 80 ha study area was first visited shortly before mowing, while the second survey was carried out two weeks after mowing operation ended. Calling males of Common Quail were documented and their vocalizations were recoded. During the first survey (before mowing), a total of 18 Common Quails were recorded, while the second survey (after mowing) resulted in a lower number (14) of birds detected. In terms of density, the initially determined 2.25 calling males/10 ha decreased to 1.75 males/10 ha. For individual recognition bioacoustic methods were used. A total of six time and frequency-based variables were measured and were subjected to discriminant function analysis (DFA). A total of 9 males were re-identified with high probability, proving that the 15-20 m wide unmown refuge-srips can still provide optimal habitats for quails.

A new species of Lepidocyrtus (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from the Börzsöny Mountains, Hungary

The genus Lepidocyrtus was previously represented by 17 species in Hungary, including four species with locus typicus in this country. Opportunistic sampling in mid-mountain grassland and forest habitats resulted in records of several species from the L. lignorum group and allowed to describe the new species L. traseri sp. nov. The L. lignorum group, established and named after the eponymic species, is composed by a total of 11 species. The main characteristics shared by every species in this group are the dorsal body macrochaetotaxy R0R1R2/00/0101+3 and the presence of scales on the antennae and legs. The new species is close to L. lignorum (Fabricius, 1793) and L. violaceus (Geoffroy, 1762) but differs from them by the color pattern, number of interocular scales, type of labral papillae and the number of inner setae on the manubrial plate. An identification key is given for differentiating all species of this group.