Bionomy

Contents. – Introduction – Outline of the orders – Outline of history – Terminology and definitions. External morphology – Habitus – Size of adults – Carapace – Cephalothorax – Pleon – Telson – Integument and colour – Cephalic appendages – Thoracic appendages – Pleonal appendages. Internal morphology – Musculature – Nervous system – Sensory organs – Digestive system and digestion – Circulatory system – Respiratory system – Reproductive system – Excretory system and excretion – Endocrine organs. Reproduction and sexuality – Sexual dimorphism – Intersexuality – Sex ratio – Mating and oviposition – Fecundity – Incubation – Adjustment of reproductive parameters. Development and moulting – Marsupial development – Moulting and growth – Regeneration – Life cycle. Ecology and ethology – Habitat and distribution – Locomotion, orientation, and taxis – Migration – Social aggregation – Grooming – Food and feeding – Trophic interactions – Symbiotic associations – Parasites. Ecological and economic importance – Contribution to biodiversity – Impact on ecosystems – Importance in fisheries. Phylogeny and biogeography – Fossil record – Phylogeny – Biogeography. Systematics – Guideline on classification – Classification – Keys to the families, subfamilies, and tribes of the Lophogastrida, Stygiomysida, and Mysida. Appendix. Acknowledgements. Bibliography.

This is a bionomical study based on a sampling of Orthoptera Caelilera carried out in Cantabria from 1985 to 1988.
The sampling was made in 119 localities, from which were obtained 162 samples
with which we have attempted to get exemplars from al1 the squares with U.T.M. coordinates of 1O km of side, and from all the biotopes.
As a result, we have obtained a total of 6,496 exemplars from 41 species of 20 genera grouped in 3 families (Tetrigidae. Catantopidae and Acrididae) of which 26 species and a subspecies are new for Cantabria. The sampled vegetal
communities and the species af Orthoptera are reviewed.

In this work, all known data about history of the publications in Romanian Buprestidae, faun-sitic, ecological, biological and bionomical, as well as some conclusions and recommendations are briefly given. Brief History of publications Before 1940, all these studies was non spe-cific, only inventoried species in Coleopteran checklists. seidlitz (1891) in "Fauna Transsylvanica" -84 Buprestid species from the Central Europe, in-cluding Transylvania. HuRmuzacHi (1901) -relationship of Acmae-odera degener and Perotis lugubris with xeric Med-iterran habitats. Fleck (1905) "Die Coleopteren Catalogus" lists 45 Buprestid species from the Southern and Eastern regions. kutHy (1918) publishes the Buprestid Cata-logue of Hungary -included Transylvania and Ba-nat. PetRi (1912, 1920) -publishes a synthesis of all coleopteran species from Transylvania from all prior authors -included 66 Buprestid species. maRcu (1928, 1930, 1931) publishes check-lists of coleopteran species fro...

Pyroleptomysis rubra is described as a new genus and species of the tribe Leptomysini. Its most prominent distinction from the well established genus Leptomysis is the complete absence of sympod and exopod of the first pleopod of the male. It is suggested that Leptomysis peresi Bacescu, 1966, is to be placed into the new genus. P. rubra breeds throughout the year in the Gulf of Naples, but stops breeding in winter in the North Adriatic. It lives in swarms mainly over rocky substrate in 3 to 25 m depth. The swarms disperse following sunset and reaggregate at sunrise. The animals are unspecialized bentho-pelagic filter feeders with transition to epibenthic detritus feeders.