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Anomala albanica Reitter 1918
No full textAnomala albanica Reitter, 1918 Anomala albanica Reitter, 1918: 43. One syntype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. J. Hlisnikowski): SYNTYPE (♀): ‘E. Reitter jr. / Troppau [p] // Medua, Alb. / Matzenauer [p] // vend. Reitter jr. [p] / An. albanica / Rttr. Type // Reitter Type [p] / Anomala / albanica [p, red label] // Nord- [hw] / West Albanien [p] / Medua [hw, blue label]’. Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Anomala dubia (Scopoli, 1763), see, e.g., BARAUD (1992).Published as part of Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2010, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 279-320 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (1) on page 310, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.532573
Pollen grains morphology of Crepis albanica (jav.) Babcock (Sin. C. Baldaccii subsp. Albanica jav.)
Get PDFThis article includes the palynological study of pollen grains of Crepis albanica. The plant Crepis albanica is part of the Red List of Wild Flora of Albania. The material for the study is taken in National Herbarium in Tirana. For the palynological study of pollen grains of Crepis albanica is used acetolysis method and basic fuchsine. In order that the pollen grains stuck is used glycerin gelatin. The photos and the observation of palynological features are realized with light microscope with 1000X power. This study also includes the comparison of palynomorphological characteristics at Crepis albanica with Crepis dioscoridis, Crepis foetida, Crepis neglecta and Crepis aurea. From observation of pollen grains of Crepis albanica results that they are tricolporate. The shape of pollen grains from the outline is oblate spheroide. Exina appears thick, two- layers and with echinate sculpture of echinolophate type
Sesleria albanica Ujhelyi 1959
No full textSesleria albanica Ujhelyi (1959a: 63) Holotype:— ALBANIA. Valona: Albania australis, in calcareis versus jugum Logara infra portum Vlora (Valona), 20 June 1955, Jávorka et Ujhelyi s.n. (BP-734237, isotype BP-734236). Fig. 6.Published as part of Pietro, Romeo Di, Kuzmanović, Nevena, Iamonico, Duilio, Pignotti, Lia, Barina, Zoltan, Lakušić, Dmitar & Alegro, Antun, 2013, Typification of names in the Sesleria juncifolia species complex (Poaceae), pp. 18-32 in Phytotaxa 152 (1) on page 27, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.152.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/510062
FIGURE 3 in Tulipa albanica (Liliaceae), a new species from northeastern Albania
No full textFIGURE 3. Leaves: A: Tulipa albanica, canaliculate and strongly undulate. B: T. scardica, flat, weakly undulate. C: T. schrenkii, flat, not or weakly undulate.Published as part of Shuka, Lulëzim, Tan, Kit & Siljak-Yakovlev, Sonja, 2010, Tulipa albanica (Liliaceae), a new species from northeastern Albania, pp. 17-25 in Phytotaxa 10 on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.10.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/489969
Protonemura albanica Rauser 1963
No full textProtonemura albanica Raušer, 1963 (Figs 70–85) Protonemura albanica Raušer, 1963 — Raušer 1963: 802 –804. (Albania, Uji i Ftohtë: ♂ holotype, Ψ allotype; Albania, Borsh: 1 Ψ paratype) Topotypes: ALBANIA: Tepelenë County, Kendrevicë Mountains, Uji i Ftohtë (Cold water), karst springs 7 km S of Tepelenë, N 40 ° 15.011 ’ E 20 °03.548’, 165 m, 12.10. 2004, leg. ZF, JK, DM: 1 ♂ 1 Ψ, 6 larvae, 3 exuviae (1 larva prepared for SEM), 1 ♂ 1 Ψ, 2 larvae (CPZ); Sarandë County, Çikë Mountains, Borsh, Ixvor Spring, N 40 °03.429’ E 19 ° 51.277 ’, 100 m, 13.10. 2004, leg. ZF, JK, DM: 2 larvae; same locality, 11.05. 2006, leg. LD, JK, DM: 1 ♂ 5 Ψ, 1 larva. Other material: ALBANIA: Tepelenë County, Kendrevicë Mountains, stream and spring in a gorge 2 km W of Progonat, N 40 ° 12.467 ’ E 19 ° 55.499 ’, 740 m, 11.10. 2004, leg. ZF, JK, DM: 1 Ψ; Delvinë County, Gjerë Mountains, Syri i Kaltër (Blue eye spring), karst springs 7 km W of Muzinë, N 39 ° 55.286 ’ E 20 ° 11.330 ’, 155 m, 13.10. 2004, leg. ZF, JK, DM: 1 ♂, 9 larvae, 1 ♂ 1 Ψ, 1 larva (CGV); same locality, 12.05. 2006, leg. LD, JK, DM: 3 ♂ 4 Ψ. Description of the mature larva: Body relatively slender, body length 8.0– 10.5 mm. General colour brown. Pilosity distinct. Scales present only in the dorsal midline of the femora and on tarsi. Legs typical for the genus, tibiae slightly longer than femora; width of hind femora less than one third of its length. Head stout, with distinct dark patches on the frons. Pronotum subtrapezoidal, corners rounded, slightly narrowing towards the posterior margin; its length four fifths of its maximum width. Cervical gills simple, the longest one equivalent to the width of the fore coxa (Fig 72). Wing pads of length typical for the genus, abdomen relatively slender, first 5 abdominal segments divided by pleura. Posterior margin of sternite IX of the mature male larva triangular, weakly pointed; paraprocts not pointed (Fig 70). Genital opening well visible on the mature female larva, placed under the anterior half of sternite VIII (Fig 71). Cerci long, with more than 35 segments; segment sides nearly parallel, segments 13–17 are slightly longer than wide. Pilosity: Head with dense, stout bristles, thin hairs and sensilla. Antennal segments with short pilosity. Pronotum with dense, stout bristles, thin hairs and sensilla. Margin of the pronotum bearing bristles with their apex divided in three teeth, the longest ones are <1 / 15 the pronotum’s width (Fig 73). The bristles on the anterior corners of the meso and metanotum are as long as the marginal bristles of the pronotum. The setae placed in lines on the wing pads are short. Legs with dense setation. All femora bear both short and long, acute bristles and thin hairs. Long bristles occur mostly on the outer surface; on hind femora they are only placed on the apical half. Bristles not in a regular arrangement; the longest ones reach one third the femur width on all legs (Figs 74–75). Bald median line is conspicuous on the dorsal surface of all femora, covered with rounded scales. Tarsi relatively slender, covered with thin hairs, metatarsi with triangular scales on the dorsal surface; apical spike of tibiae short. Tergal segments with scarce, short bristles and dense, thin hairs. Paired spines on the posterior margin apparent, on tergite V they reach two thirds of the segment’s length (Fig 76). Distal margin covered with tiny triangular spikes around the row of bristles. Cercal segments with acute bristles (Figs 77–78). The apical whorl is a set of 15–18 strong, acute spikes and a few short setae. Longest bristles reach more than two thirds of the segment’s length on segments 13–15. FIGURES 73–78. Larva of Protonemura albanica Raušer — 73: marginal setae of pronotum; 74: hind femur; 75: bristles and spikes of the femora; 76: bristles on tergite V; 77: cercus, basal segments; 78: cercus, 15 th segment —scale 0.1 mm. Affinities: Raušer (1963) pointed out that P. albanica, P. talboti Navás and P. algirica Aubert are closely related taxa. Since that time many other members of the Protonemura corsicana group sensu Aubert (1964) have been described (Fig 104), and P. albanica more closely resembles in epiproct and paraproct structure to species from North Africa, Lebanon and Iran (especially to P. talboti, P. algirica, P. libanica Aubert and P. hassankifi Aubert) than species described from Aegean isles (P. malickyi Zwick, P. cressa Zwick and P. androsiana Pardo & Zwick) and from the northwestern Mediterranean area species to be consistent. Up to now, larvae of 11 species of the P. corsicana group have been described, but there are no features that should characterize the group. Although all of them have simple, short cervical gills, the pilosity is rather variable from very short (P. cressa Zwick) to very long (P. phoenicia Sivec & Dia). Remarks: Apparently, this species is endemic to southwest Albania, living in major karst spring systems. Hitherto, it was known only from the types, which seem to be lost (pers. com. P. Zwick). Herein, I designate topotypes for males, females and larvae. The male paraproct shows some differences from the original description, as the outer lobe has an unsclerotized apical lobe and bears two spikes on its outer projection. Although these differences are not so important and the redescription of the imago is not necessary, drawings of a topotypic male and female are presented herein (Figs 79–85). Description of the matured larva is also based on topotypic specimens.Published as part of Murányi, Dávid, 2007, New and little – known stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Albania and the neighbouring countries, pp. 1-40 in Zootaxa 1533 on pages 26-29, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17775
Lesteva albanica BERNHAUER 1936
No full text<i>Lesteva albanica</i> BERNHAUER 1936 <p> <b>Material examined</b>: 2 exs. (det. A. Zanetti), Thásos, above Primos, 40°44N, 24°39E, 16.X.1980, leg. Malicky (cAss); 1 ex. (det. A. Zanetti), Pelopónnisos, Erimanthos, above Kalendzi, 37°57N, 21°47E, 1200 m, 27.III.1997, leg. Assing (cAss).</p> <p>C o mme n t: The species was previously known from Albania, Bulgaria, and Cyprus, but had not been recorded from Greece.</p>Published as part of <i>Assing, V., 2006, New species and records of Staphylinidae from Greece, with two new synonymies (Insecta: Coleoptera), pp. 333-379 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (1)</i> on page 349, DOI: <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5433223">10.5281/zenodo.5433223</a>
Concentration of some metals in soil and plant organs and their biochemical profiles in Tulipa luanica, T. kosovarica and T. albanica native plant species
Get PDFThe purpose of this study was to determine the concentration of some metals (Al, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, Zn, Ca and Mg) in soil of serpentine and limestone sites, their bioaccumulation and impact on some biochemical parameters in T. luanica, T. kosovarica and T. albanica plants. T. kosovarica and T. albanica grows in serpentine soil, while T. luanica grow in limestone soil. The research showed that concentrations of Cd, Co, Cr, Fe, Mn and Ni were significantly higher at serpentine soil sites in comparison with limestone sites, while concentrations of Pb, Cd, Co and Cr in bulbs, leaves and seeds were under the limit of detection. The concentration of Ni in plant samples of T. kosovarica was significantly higher in comparison with its concentration in T. albanica, but it was under the limit of detection in T. luanica. Moreover, concentrations of Al and Fe in leaves of T. kosovarica and T. albanica were higher in comparison with T. luanica. The concentration of Mg was significantly higher in T. kosovarica and T. albanica than in T. luanica. The delta-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase activity, malondialdehyde and glutathione contents in leaves of T. luanica were higher in comparison with T. kosovarica and T. albanica. In addition, the amounts of total chlorophyll and delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) in leaves of T. albanica were higher in comparison with T. kosovarica and T. luanica. Our findings show that target organs of metal accumulation in three Tulip species appears to be leaves[seeds[bulbs, while the biochemical parameters show that limestone sites represent a less stressful habitat for growing these plant species in comparison with serpentine sites
Bitis cornuta subsp. albanica Hewitt 1937
No full text<i>Bitis cornuta albanica</i> Hewitt, 1937b <p>Guide to the Vertebrate Fauna of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Part II Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes; p. 76; Plate 21.</p> <p> Current name: <i>Bitis albanica</i> Hewitt, 1937.</p> <p> <b>Lectotype:</b> PEM R8279 (formerly AMG 6860); Klienpoort, near Comittees, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; W. Pannell, date unknown.</p> <p> <b>Paralectoypes</b> (4): a) PEM R8278 (formerly AMG 7135); same details as lectotype. b) PEM R8281 (formerly AMG 664); Brakkloof, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa; G. White, 1 October 1892. c) PEM R8280 (formerly AMG 453); no locality (Springvale or Brakkloos), Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. d) PEM R1183; The Dene (“ Die Duine), Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa.</p> <p> <b>Remarks.</b> <i>Bitis cornuta albanica</i> was informally described in “Guide to the Vertebrate Fauna of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Part II Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes (Hewitt 1937b). This was a popular work and it is evident that Hewitt had a detailed manuscript prepared, describing this subspecies and several others, that he planned to publish elsewhere. However, a disastrous fire at the Albany Museum in 1941 stalled this, and afterwards Hewitt never published anything else relating to herpetology. Branch (1999) designated PEM R8279 as lectotype. The same specimen is illustrated in Plate XXI (Hewitt 1937b) and Figure 6 (Branch 1999). Lectotype intact, but paralectotypes have ventral incisions.</p>Published as part of <i>Conradie, Werner, Branch, William R. & Watson, Gillian, 2019, Type specimens in the Port Elizabeth Museum, South Africa, including the historically important Albany Museum collection. Part 2: Reptiles (Squamata), pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 4576 (1)</i> on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4576.1.1, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/2624562">http://zenodo.org/record/2624562</a>
Isoperla albanica Aubert 1964
No full textIsoperla albanica Aubert, 1964 (Figs. 43–61) Isoperla albanica Aubert, 1964 — Aubert 1964: 296 (original description of male and female); Illies 1966: 393 (catalog); Zwick 1973: 241 (catalog). Material examined: Holotype male: ALBANIA: Skala Bicajt (Kukës district, Shkallë Bicaj, gorge of the Tershanë Stream at Bicaj), 17.06.1918 (WNHM; penial armature prepared on slide Nr. 5, terminalia prepared on plastic sheet and pinned under the dry specimen, labels of the pinned specimen: Coll. Nat-Mus. Wien; I. albanica / Aub / J. Aubert / dét. 1963; Typus; 2; Alban. Exped. / Skala Bicajt / 17. VI. 1918); Paratype female: same locality and date (WNHM; labels of the pinned specimen: I. albanica / Aub / J. Aubert / dét. 1963; Paraypus; Alban. Exped. / Skala Bicajt / 17. VI. 1918); Paratype male: Gjalica Ljums (Kukës district, Mts Gjalica e Lumës), 17– 26.06.1918 (WNHM; terminalia with penis prepared on plastic sheet and pinned under the dry specimen, labels of the pinned specimen: I. albanica / Aub / J. Aubert / dét. 1963; Paratypus; Alban. Exp. 1918 / Gjalica Ljums / 17–26. VI.); Shkodër district: Okol, Mts Prokletije, stream along the path towards Pejë Pass, N 42°24.496’ E 19°45.271’, 1010m, 30.05.2005, leg. K. Balogh, Z. Barina, D. Murányi, D. Pifkó: 1f (HNHM); brook along the path towards Pejë Pass, N 42°24.510’ E 19°45.300’, 1000m, 30.05.2005, leg. K. Balogh, Z. Barina, D. Murányi, D. Pifkó: 1m 1f (HNHM; penial armature prepared on slide); Dibër district: Radomirë, Mts Korab, spring and stream E of the village, N 41°49.032’ E 20°30.016’, 1440 m, 26.06.2007, leg. L. Dányi, Z. Erőss, Z. Fehér, A. Hunyadi, D. Murányi: 3m 17f (HNHM; used for drawings, one male terminalia and eggs prepared for SEM), 2m 2f (CGV); torrent E of the village, N 41°49.131’ E 20°30.160’, 1460 m, 26.06.2007, leg. D. Murányi: 3m 11f (HNHM); AUSTRIA: Burgenland: Kobersdorf, 18.05.1996, leg., det. W. Graf: 3m (CWG). Diagnosis: This small, generally dark species is characterized by a triangular penial armature on the median lobe, its scales being dart-shaped and thin. Lateral penial armatures lacking. In females the subgenital plate has shallow, narrow medial notch that continues anteriorly to form a short sulcus on the posterior margin. Description: Small-sized species, macropterous. Body length: males 8.0– 9.5 mm (n=12), females 10.5–12.0 mm (n=32); forewing length: males 9.5–11.0 mm (n=14), females 10.0– 11.5 mm (n=33). General colour brown but the head and pronotum mostly yellow with dark brown markings; pilosity of the body and legs short and dense. Head yellow, with an H-shaped dark brown patch connecting the three ocelli and the apical parts of the M-line; tentorial callosities and M-line distinct, occiput with brown rugosities laterally (Fig. 43). Eyes as large as the area delimited by the three ocelli. Scape dark brown, pedicel partly yellowish brown, the following three or four antennomeres are yellowish brown but distal part of the antenna is dark brown; palpi brown to dark brown. Pronotum yellow, rectangular, edges angled; rugosities are small but numerous and brown coloured, anterior and posterior lines brown under and above the rugosities. Mesonotum dark brown but yellow anteriorly and medially, metanotum dark brown. Wings yellowish, venation pale in the anterior fourth, costa and the other parts brown. Ventral surface of thorax mostly pale, meso- and metabasisternum mostly dark brown; furcasternites light brown, furcal pits black (Fig. 46). Femora pale but the dorsal surface and the ventral edges brown. Tibiae brown, tarsi dark brown. Male abdomen: First tergite dark brown but yellowish brown medially. Tergites II–VII dark brown, tergites VIII–IX paler, tergite X yellowish brown (Fig. 45). Transverse row of four pigmented spots seen on all segments. Sternites II–VII brown with a medial transverse row of four spots. Sternite VIII paler and with a dark pattern, but only two spots. Vesicle of sternite VIII brown, usually much longer than wide, its posterior margin is rounded; as long as half the segment’s length (Fig. 44). Sternite IX yellow but with dark brown patches anteriorly and laterally, the medial penial armature hardly transparent in the posterior half. Paraprocts dark brown, sharp, thin and recurved; cerci dark brown, base of the first cercal segment usually paler. Penis: Divided into six lobes and a basal section in extruded position (Figs. 48–51). The medial penial armature located on the ventral lobe, lateral penial armatures lacking. The medial penial armature a narrow triangle, broadest toward basal section; length 450 µm, width 300 µm (Fig. 52). The scales are dart-shaped, most of them are slightly bent (Figs. 53–54). The length of the longer ones in the basal part is 80–100 µm, width 10 µm; shorter scales of the apical part are about 30 µm. The ventral lobe is elongated, covered with sausage-like scales with hairy tip around the apical part of the medial penial armature (Fig. 54). These scales are grading into smaller triangular ones towards the medio-apical part of the lobe which is bald; into branched hair-like scales towards the lateral and the basal parts. Along the basal part of the medial penial armature only simple hair-like scales occur, basolateral areas of the ventral lobe bald. The medial lobe is long and narrow, bearing triangular scales on its end at the ventral lobe (Fig. 57). These scales are grading into a few hydra-like scales, then stout triangular hairy scales towards the central part (Fig. 58); apical part bald and smooth. The upper lateral lobes are long and their ventral part curved downwards. They bear a strip of elongated triangular hairy scales mixed with a few sensilla along the medial lobe (Fig. 56), from its ventral origin to the dorsal fifth. Besides this strip, most of the lobes covered with branched and simple hair-like scales but the ventral and dorsal tips are bald. The lower lateral lobes are smaller than the upper ones, and their medial areas bear small, hydra-like scales mixed with sensilla (Fig. 55); ventral and dorsal parts bald. The basal section bears sparse simple hair-like scales. Female abdomen: First tergite yellow anteriorly and medially, posterior margin dark brown. Tergites II–VII dark brown, tergites VIII–IX paler, tergite X brown only anteriorly and medially, other parts yellowish brown. Transverse row of four pigmented spots seen on all segments. Sternites II–VII brown with a dark brown transversal anterior line interrupted in the middle, and a medial transverse row of four spots. Subgenital plate covers most of the sternite VIII and the anterior part of sternite IX; anterior part of sternite VIII brown, darker anteriolaterally. Most of the plate yellowish, lateral margins dark at least in the medial section; posterior margin rounded with a characteristic, shallow and usually narrow medial notch that continues in a short sulcus on most of the specimens (Fig. 47). Sternite IX yellow, but bears two brown lateral patches on the posterior half. Sternite X and the paraprocts yellow; cerci dark brown, base of the first cercal segment usually paler. Egg: Chorion dark brown, 0.30–0.32 mm long and 0.18–0.22 mm wide (n=30). Shape rectangular, cross section quadrangular; narrowing towards the collar end, sides slightly depressed (Fig. 59). Hatching line inconspicuous. Micropyles placed in a transverse row close to the opercular end, not raised, each located on the meeting point of carinae between the follicular cell impressions (FCIs) (Fig. 61). Chorion with marked ornamentation of penta- or hexagonal FCIs with usually two excrescences in their centres. Collar round, rim slightly flanged; bears one row of FCIs (Fig. 60). Anchor not studied. Larva: unknown. Affinities: The species was originally assigned to the rivulorum group sensu Consiglio 1961 (Aubert 1964); later Consiglio (1967) transferred it to the saccai group sensu Consiglio 1967. Herein, it is transferred to the albanica group. It differs from the closely related I. belai by lacking lateral and having triangular medial penial armatures. The female is unique in the genus with a shallow medial notch that continues as a short sulcus on the posterior margin of the subgenital plate (not apparent in a minority of specimens). Ecology and distribution: The species was originally described from the Gjalica e Lumes Mountains (Aubert 1964). This is in close proximity to the Korab Mountains from where the new material was collected. It has also been reported from Montenegro, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia (Sivec 1980a), Macedonia (Ikonomov 1986), SE Germany (Weinzierl 1999), Austria (Graf 1999, Konar 1999, Ruzicka 2001) and Western Slovakia (Krno 2003) which suggests an Eastern Alpine–Illyrian distribution. The present data mark its current southern limit. This species was collected in June from the Korab Mountains in high gradient streams above 1400 m. The first location also produced I. oxylepis balcanica, while the second yielded I. citrina as well. The species was quite numerous at both localities and found on bushes, sedges, and Petasites leaves. Remarks: Though the vesicle of sternite VIII of the types and the Austrian specimens are much wider than shown in Fig. 44, these are not as wide as in the original description (Aubert 1964: Fig. 25). The female paratype has a wide, but more rounded medial notch on the subgenital plate than described by Aubert (1964: Fig. 24).Published as part of Murányi, Dávid, 2011, Balkanian species of the genus Isoperla Banks, 1906 (Plecoptera: Perlodidae), pp. 1-46 in Zootaxa 3049 on pages 16-2
Chemical composition of the essential oil of micromeria albanica (Griseb. ex K. Maly) Silic
No full textThe composition of the essential oil of the Balkan peninsula endemic plant Micromeria albanica (Griseb. ex. K. Maly) Silic was analyzed for the first time by GC and GC/MS. The oil, which was present in 0.9% (v/w) yield, was found to contain piperitenone oxide (44.0%) as the major constituent. © 1999, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved
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