XXVIII Nordic - Baltic Congress of Entomology, August 2nd – 7th, 2010, Birštonas

ORAL PRESENTATIONS 5

On the biology of Simulium ornatum group (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Rasa Bernotienė .............................................................................................................................6

What do the trap-nesting wasp and bee communities tell us about the habitat naturalness?

Eduardas Budrys, Anna Budrienė..................................................................................................7

Fauna and ecology of spiders (Araneae) in the Apšuciems fen in Latvia

Inese Cera, Voldemars Spungis .....................................................................................................8

Lithuanian Entomological Society 1965-2010

Dalius Dapkus ................................................................................................................................9

Macrolepidoptera of Lithuanian and Belarus peatlands

Dalius Dapkus, Genadij Suško, Anatolij Kulak...........................................................................10

Predicting species geographic distribution using ecological niche modeling: how does the amount of data influence the quality of predictions?

Vladimir Gusarov, Bente Støa .....................................................................................................12

Leafhoppers of the Linnaean landscape Uppland

Sten Jonsson.................................................................................................................................13

Some data on ecology of Boros schneideri, an endangered beetle species

Vidmantas Karalius, Laima Blažytė-Cereškienė .........................................................................14

Population characteristics of Leptura maculata and L. quadrifasciata: a mark-recapture approach

Atte Komonen, Tuuli Tikkamäki .................................................................................................15

Introduced or overlooked? New bark beetle species in Sweden (Coleoptera; Curculionidae)

Åke Lindelöw...............................................................................................................................16

Cuckoo wasps of Finland (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

Juho Paukkunen ...........................................................................................................................17

Diversity of tick species in Baltic region

Algimantas Paulauskas, Jana Radzijevskaja, Daiva Ambrasienė................................................18

Trichocera winter gnats (Diptera: Trichoceridae) of the Palaearctics

Andrius Petrašiunas .....................................................................................................................19

Action plan for threatened beetles on recently dead pine in Sweden

Roger B. Pettersson......................................................................................................................20

Blackflies of Northern Europe (Diptera:Simuliidae)

Jan Emil Raastad, Zinaida Ussova and Kalevi K. Kuusela .........................................................21

Effects of the newest changes to the Code of Zoological Nomenclature

Hans Silfverberg ..........................................................................................................................22

Estimation of Gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus, 1758) population reproductivity in mass outbreak region

Ingars Silinš .................................................................................................................................24

Cecidophyopsis mites on different currant cultivars in Latvia

Arturs Stalažs ...............................................................................................................................25

Taxonomic bias in Estonian entomology: implications for biodiversity research and conservation

Tõnu Talvi....................................................................................................................................26

A review of the Coleoptera fauna in Lithuania

Vytautas Tamutis, Romas Ferenca, Brigita Paulaviciutė.............................................................27

The Entomological Society of Finland 75 years old

Ilkka Teräs ...................................................................................................................................30

DNA taxonomy in aphids – integrated approach

Jurga Turcinavicienė....................................................................................................................31

Ichneumonid-parasitoid species richness in differently treated Inner-Mongolian larch forests

Sanna Välimäki, I. E. Sääksjärvi, R. Jussila, Y. Luo, K. Heliövaara ..........................................32

The portion of caddisflies (Trichoptera) in benthic macroinvertebrate communities of different Lithuanian rivers

Giedrė Višinskienė.......................................................................................................................33

POSTERS 

Fauna and researches of beetles (Coleoptera) on the territory of the Kaliningrad region

Vitaly I. Alekseev ........................................................................................................................36

Materials on Latvian Cionini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Maksims Balalaikins ....................................................................................................................37

Cuticular compounds of Simulium lineatum (Diptera: Simuliidae) act as sex pheromone

Vilma Baužienė, Vincas Būda .....................................................................................................38

On the Culicoides obsoletus group biting midges in Lithuania: the fauna, seasonal activity and diversity

Rasa Bernotienė ...........................................................................................................................39

Response of walking spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) to bark odours of Norway spruce (Picea abies)

Laima Blažytė-Cereškienė, Vidmantas Karalius, Violeta Apšegaitė ..........................................40

Body weight change during the development of predatory wasp Symmorphus allobrogus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Anna Budrienė, Žaneta Nevronytė, Eduardas Budrys .................................................................41

Dependence of brood cell length on nesting cavity width in solitary wasps of genera Ancistrocerus and Symmorphus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Eduardas Budrys, Anna Budrienė, Žaneta Nevronytė .................................................................42

Seed-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) of the Latvian fauna

Andris Bukejs...............................................................................................................................43

Parasites and predatory insects occurring in Brevicoryne brassicae L. (Homoptera: Aphididea) colonies on ecologically grown white cabbage (Brassica oleracea L.)

Laisvunė Duchovskienė, Rimantas Tamošiunas..........................................................................45

The ant-like flowerbeetles (Coleoptera: Anthicidae) of Curonian Spit National Park (Lithuania)

Romas Ferenca, Povilas Ivinskis .................................................................................................46

Investigation of Collembola in arenasols of the East Lithuania

Neda Grendienė ...........................................................................................................................47

Distribution of two sister species Leptidea sinapis and L. reali (Lepidoptera, Pieridae) in Lithuania

Povilas Ivinskis ............................................................................................................................48

Dragonfly (Odonata) conservation in Latvia

Martinš Kalninš............................................................................................................................49

Arachnology in Finland. 1. From Laxmann to Palmgren 50

Seppo Koponen............................................................................................................................50

Investigation of fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) in Lithuania

Indrė Kundrotaitė, Algimantas Paulauskas..................................................................................51

Additional notes on biology of the scarce fritillary (Euphydryas maturna L. ) in Estonia

Mati Martin ..................................................................................................................................52

Abundance and species distribution peculiarities of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) in the regenerating forest soils

Audronė Matuseviciutė................................................................................................................53

How many species are there in the Xestia rhaetica species group (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)?

Kauri Mikkola..............................................................................................................................54

Species composition and abundance of click - beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in agrobiocenozes 55

Povilas Mulercikas, Vytautas Tamutis, Sonata Kazlauskaitė......................................................55

Coccinellids of Azerbaijan (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) and their application in biological control of pests

Gulzar Aliheydar Mustafayeva, Zoxra Yusif Musayeva, Povilas Ivinskis, Jolanta Rimšaitė .....56

Susceptibility of coniferous forest defoliators to entomopathogenic fungi

Irena Nedveckytė, Dalė Peciulytė, Vaidilutė Dirginciutė-Volodkienė, Vincas Buda .................57

The effects of prey abundance on nesting behaviour of predatory wasp Symmorphus allobrogus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)

Žaneta Nevronytė, Eduardas Budrys, Anna Budrienė .................................................................58

Morphometric differences between the European cuckoo wasp sibling species of the Chrysis ignita group (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae)

Svetlana Orlovskytė, Anna Budrienė, Eduardas Budrys .............................................................59

Towards a molecular phylogeny of the aleocharine tribe Oxypodini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Judith Osswald, Lutz Bachmann, Vladimir Gusarov...................................................................60

The seasonal patterns of the macroinvertebrate drift in the Strikupe stream in Latvia

Davis Ozolinš, Agnija Skuja........................................................................................................61

Citochrome oxydase I sequences analysis of Elachista (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) species

Brigita Paulaviciutė, Algimantas Paulauskas, Virginijus Sruoga................................................62

Predaceous diving-beetle assemblages of flooded wetlands in relation to time, wetland type and Bti-based mosquito control

Thomas Z. Persson Vinnersten, Jan O. Lundström, Erik Petersson, Jan Landin.........................63

Homoptera species composition from cultivated strawberry

Liga Jankevica, Valentina Petrova...............................................................................................64

Saproxylic beetles in hollow trees - study in Helsinki metropolitan area

Elina Peuhu, Juha Siitonen ..........................................................................................................65

The seasonal cold-hardening of the carabid beetle Platynus assimilis Payk.

Angela Ploomi, Irja Kivimägi, Luule Metspalu, Katrin Jõgar, Ivar Sibul, Külli Hiiesaar and Aare Kuusik ......66

Mitochondrial CO1 gene sequence in European Eumeninae wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): intra-specific diversity and applicability for species identification

Rita Radzeviciutė, Anna Budrienė, Eduardas Budrys, Jurga Turcinavicienė..............................67

Notes on fungus gnats (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) of Lithuania

Jolanta Rimšaitė ...........................................................................................................................68

Influence of hydration state on gas exchange patterns of the pine weevil Hylobius abietis (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Ivar Sibul, Aare Kuusik and Angela Ploomi ...............................................................................69

Longitudional gradient of caddisfly (Trichoptera) species distribution at medium sized lowland streams in Latvia

Agnija Skuja.................................................................................................................................70

Fauna of Millipedes (Diplopoda) in Latvia with Notes on Occurrence, Habitat Preference and Abundance

Voldemars Spungis ......................................................................................................................71

Review of scripta, excisa and erectiloba species groups in Tipula subgenus Vestiplex (Diptera, Tipulidae)

Pavel Starkevic.............................................................................................................................72

Spread and habitat preference of the wasp spider Argiope bruennichi (Araneae: Araneidae) in Estonia

Tõnu Talvi....................................................................................................................................73

Technological aspects of modeling closed aquasystem for keeping and breeding Dytiscus latissimus Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera; Dytiscidae) in laboratory conditions

Valerijs Vahruševs .......................................................................................................................74

Index of Authors 76

Contents 79