Arhiva pentru cuvântul-cheie: Zoologie

Between September 15-17, the International Scientific Conference "Museum and scientific research", XXIXth edition, was held, being organized by the Natural Sciences section of the Oltenia Museum, Craiova, Romania. The researchers of the Institute of Zoology presented 5 works in the form of oral and poster communications. The opening of the conference took place in the Administrative Palace of the Dolj County Council, where Ph.D. Victoria Nistreanu, associate professor, and Ph.D. Svetlana Bacal, associate professor, made plenary presentations. The conference continued in sections at the Natural...

Lots complaints of Chisinau inhabitants regarding the appearance of small stinging insects were registered in the last few days. These turned out to be two species of invasive bugs - the platanus lace bug (Corythucha ciliata) and the oak lace bug (Corythucha arcuata). Both species are very similar to each other – they have a few millimetres in size, white colour with black-grey spots. C. ciliata finds shelter on the Platanus sp. tree, but C. arcuata has been initially feeding on oak, but then spread to other species of trees and shrubs. These insects are native to North America and appeared in...

The brochure „Ladybugs (Insecta: Coccinelidae) from the Republic of Moldova”, authors – Bușmachiu Galina, Bacal Svetlana, Burduja Daniela, Calestru Livia and Belova Victoria, includes the study of the diversity of ladybug species in the country – the best-known group of coleopterous insects, preferred and loved by children. For the first time for the Republic of Moldova, there were described 48 species of ladybugs, which belong to 28 genera and 7 tribes and were found in forests, parks, gardens and agrocenoses. As some of them are rare and little-studied species, this work can be used as a...