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In the ignorance which still prevails regarding many details of the breeding-habits of the Cuckoo, we have a goof object lesson of how well Nature is able to guard her secrets, since, after years of careful and methodical investigation by distinguished naturalists, comparatively few authentic facts have been established. ...
The North Arnerican species of the genus Cremastocheilus are reviewed. These belong to 5 subgenera, Macropodina, Trinodea, Anatinodia, Mymcotonus, and Cremastocheilus. Taxonomie changes are: She inclusion of Crernastocheilus nitens and C. chapini in the subgenus Cremastocheilus rather than Myrmecotonus. Also Anatinodia is elevated to subgeneric status. A key to the subgenera is provided, as is a key to the species of the 5 subgenera, recognizing that the 35 species in the subgenus Cremastocheilus are in need of revision. A critical review of the host records, geographic distribution, and ecology of the Tribe Crernastocheilini (Family Scarabaeidae. subfamily Cetoniinae) is provided. This contains enormous numbers of new records for both the genera Genuchinus and CremastocheiLus both from the literature and from the extensive field work that is reported here for the first time. A Summary of the host records is presented in tabular form. This table shows the association of all species of Cremastocheilus with ants as adults and the larvae either associated with the vegetable material of the ant nests or with vegetable material in rodent burrows. Genuchinus is shown to be a general predator on soft bodied insects while the other genera of the Cremastocheilini are associated with plants, particularly bromeliads. A detailed study of the external morphology and sexual dimorphism of the genera Genuchinus and Crernastocheilus is presented. All species of Cremastocheilus can be sexed with the naked eye by the difference in the shapes of the abdominal terminal Segments, wherein males have the posterior border of the last ventral abdominal segment either straight or slightly bowed, while females have this border broadly rounded. There are other microscopic sexual differences in the structure of the legs. The rest of the external morphology is also presented, particularly from the point of view of adaptations to either a predaceous or rnyrmecophilous existente. Particularly adapted for predation are the pointed maxillae which are used for piercing prey. Particularly adapted for myrmecophily are the mentum, the maxillae, the generally thick exoskeleton, trichomes on both the anterior and posterior angles of the pronotum, the elytra, and the legs (which are adapted to the nest substrate of the host ant nests. Exocrine glands are described for Genuchinus ineptus and at least 1 species of each of the 5 subgenera of Cremastocheilus. In general, there are no gland cells nor glandular areas in Genuchinuc that are comparable to those of Cremastocheilus. The gland cells and glandular areas are quite extensive andvariable arnong species of Cremastocheilus. The frontal gland of some Cremastocheilus (strongly developed in C. castaneus and the C. canaliculatus species group, but weakly developed in the C. wheeleri species group) is described for the first time. Because these glands are not found in Genuchinus ineptuc, a species with general predatory habits, it is thought that these play a role, as yet unknown, in interactions with ants. The life cycles of the subgenera of Cremastocheilus are described. The general life cycle entails adult beetles eclosing in ant nests during the summer and then undertaking dispersal flights. The adults then enter ant nests and ovenivinter there, eating ant larvae during the Winter. Another dispersal flight occurs in the spring during which the adults mate and enter ant nests again. The females then lay eggs and the adults die. The eggs hatch and the larvae spend 3 instars feeding upon vegetable material in the nests. The lmae then pupate in typical scarabaeine earthen cells made of fecal material and soil. These eclose in the summer and the cycle is repeated. Variation from species to species is largely in the timing. Leaving the nest in late Summer, mating seems to be triggered by rainfall in all the species studied. Mating of C. (Macropodina) beameri takes place in rodent burrows. Males seem attracted to females from a distance but the mechanism of this remains obscure. In the subgenus Trinodia, mating takes place on sandy washes or roadsides where females land. In the subgenus Myrmecotonus, maüng also takes place in sandy areas. In C. (Cremastocheilus) mating takes place on sand bars along rivers in the southeastern U.S. and in sand dunes in northeastern U.S. The femaies dig down into the sand. Males locate these places by some unknown mechanism and then dig down to copulate with the females. Field experiments showed unequivocaily that males dig only into areas occupied by females. No sex-specific Sex attractant glands have been located in females so far. Dispersal to ant nests occurs after mating except for C. (Macropodina) beameri which lays its eggs in the rodent burrows and then probably disperses to ant nests. Beetle activity going in and out of nests was studied using wire hardware cloth screens over entrances to Mynnecocystus nests. The mesh size was such that the ants could move freely in or out but the beetles got stuck by their thoraces. The direction then could be interpreted by the direction in which they got stuck. By this method, C. stathamae was shown to leave nests from 23 June to 1 September with a peak on 6 July, just after the beginning of the summer rains. Beetles entered nests from June 23 to August 3, however 39% entered on July 16, probably pulsed by the leaving time which was correlated with the rains. Life cycle timing: C. (Macropodina) develop in the nests of Wood rats (Neotoma sp.]. Females lay about 40 eggs each. The 3 larval instars to pupation take about 1 month. Pupae are found from late August to weil into September. In other subgenera as well, larvae are found in parts of the nest devoid of ants, The timing is similar in all the subgenera found with ants. Mortality factors: While ants attack Cremastocheilus adults, there is no evidence that they are ever killed by ants nor is there evidence that ants kill larvae nor hard earthen pupae cases which protect the pupae. During dispersal fiights and mating, the adults are exposed to predation and evidence is presented that shows predation by horned toads, spiders, magpies, and tiger beetles. Probably most mortality occurs in the larval and pupd stages where the beetles are attacked by internal parasites and fungus. Further rnortality is caused by limitation of the food supply during the larval stage. Reentering nests: Females of C. (Macropodina) beameri select specific rodent and other burrows, attract males for rnating. and then enter the burrow for oviposition. C. stathamae are carried into the ants nests from as far away as 25ft. The beetles appear to land spontaneously after flying randomly over M. depilis nesting areas. Then the wander about waiting for the ants to carry them into the nests. Cremastocheilus hirsutus fly low over the ground searching for Pogonomyrrnex barbatus nests, land. and move straight for the nest entrances which they enter unhindered. Among all species, the ants frequently eject beetles but the net rnovement is in. Ants frequently attacked Cremastocheilus in laboratory observation nests when they were introduced. These attacks seldom resulted in the death of the beetles and the beetles were eventually ignored. When the beetles entered brood chambers, where they fed upon larvae, they were mostly ignored and even licked assiduously by the ants. A principle defensive behavior by the beetles is feigning death (letisimulation). The beetles give off an unpleasant "dead fish odor when collected in the I field. Experiments show that this substance functions to fend off some predators but further experiments indicated that these substances were ineffective against both ants and kangaroo rats. Experiments with various species of Cremastocheilus adults indicate that the adults eat only ant larvae. The beetles will eat larvae of non-host ants but show preferences for the larvae of their normal hosts. Under the same experimental conditions. Genuchinus ineptus adults will feed on a variety of insect adults and larvae. Field experiments on the function of trichome secretions did not indicate that they function to attract ants at a distance nor are they involved in worker acceptance. Laboratory experiments in which areas with a high concentration of gland cells were presented to ants showed that no ants were attracted. Laboratory introduction of Cremastocheilus hamisii adults into Fomica schau.si nests yielded many interactions including ants licking the anterior pronotal angles, the mentum area where the frontal glands empty and a carina over the eye with a dense pad of short setae. These are areas of concentration of gland cells and these are the first observations of licking by ants in specific sites containing exocrine glands. Radioisotope experiments showed food exchange among ants but never from ants to beetles. Other experiments showed that ants can pick up radioactivity from the beetles without feeding on trichome secretions. Evolutionary pathways: Adult Cremastocheilini probably followed the evolutionary route from adult predation on soft bodied insects to specialized feeding upon ant brood and the subsequent development of the beetle larvae in vegetable material in the ant colonies. Thus Genuchininseptus makes a logical outgroup in that they are general predators probably feeding mostly on Diptera larvae associated with Sotol plants in the field. The rnajor evolutionary step taken by Cremastocheiluswas to specialize on ant brood. Then the species radiated into ant colonies inhabiting southwestem North Arnenca. Most of the ant hosts invaded have quantities of vegetable material in their nests sufficient to support several developing scarab larvae. Host colonies are large, contain accessible brood, and are usually dominant foragers Evidence supports the idea that the species of Cremastocheilus have differentes in behavior and morphology that reflect adaptation to the behavioral ecology of different species of ants rather than different evolutionary levels of integration into ant colonies.
Rhizostomen von Ambon
(1898)
Die im Folgenden behandelten Rhizostomen wurden bei der Insel Ambon (Molukken) im Januar und Februar 1893 von Herrn Prof. R. SEMON gesammelt. Die Sammlung enthält 34 wohl erhaltene Individuen, die sich mit je einer Art auf 8 Genera vertheilen. Davon waren 2, den Polyrhiziden angehörige Gattungen noch nicht bekannt, Cassiopeja und Toxoclytus, letztere bisher nur im Atlantischen und - wenn wir die fragliche Cephea Dubreuillii von Reynaud auch zu Toxoclytus ziehen wollen - irn Indischen Ozean gefunden, sind in je einer neuen Art vertreten. Die umfangreiche, mehrere Originale (zum Theil aus den Museum GODEFPROY) enthaltende Rhizostomensammlung des Zoologischen Instituts in Jena und des Museums für Naturkunde zu Berlin, für deren Benutzung ich Herrn Geh. Rath MÖBIUS und Herrn Dr. W. WELTNER zu grosseln Dank verpflichtet bin, lieferten mir werthvoIles Vergleichsmaterial. Bei der anatomischen und systematischen Vergleichung ging ich in erster Linie auf die grundlegende Monographie der Medusen von HAECKEL zurück, die dessen System und untereinander sich befehdenden Vorschläge von CLAUS und VANHÖFFEN zur Kontrolle jeder einzelnen Bestimmung heranziehend.
Neue Käfer vom Amur
(1879)
Neue Acariden
(1879)
Es sind vorzüglich die Engländer, die über die therapeutische Anwendung des Ammonium bromntum gearbeitet haben und dasselbe als nützlich in versohiedenen Nervenleiden preisen. (Gibb, Ritchie, Harley , Belgrave). Wir benutzten dasselbe auch vielfach in der Kinderklinik in Petersburg und besonders beim Keuchhusten, aber wenn wir auch einigermaassen die Krankheits-Anfälle abnehmen sahen, so trat diese Abnahme doch lange nicht in dem Grade ein, wie sie Gibb beobachtet haben will, und wonach er das Präparat als Radicalmittel gegen den Keuchhusten empfehlen zu können glaubt. Die Meinungen über die Art der Wirkung dieses Mittels sind getheilt. Belgrave will demselben die Wirkung des Kalium bromatum zuschreiben, nur in etwas geringerem Grade; Gibb vindicirt für dasselbe eine besondere Einwirkung auf die Empfindungsnerven des Schlundes; Binz, der es in einer Keuchhusten-Epidemie viel benutzte, behauptet, dass dasselbe gar keine Vorzüge vor dem Salmiak haben soll. Wir sahen uns daher veranlasst, um die Wirkung dieses Mittels genauer zu ermitteln, eine Reihe von Untersuchungen an verschiedenen Thieren anzustellen, und wir wollen hier kurz die Resultate dieser Untersuchungen mittheilen.
Background The Radical Pair model proposes that magnetoreception is a light-dependent process. Under low monochromatic light from the short-wavelength part of the visual spectrum, migratory birds show orientation in their migratory direction. Under monochromatic light of higher intensity, however, they showed unusual preferences in other directions or axial preferences. To determine whether or not these responses are still controlled by the respective light regimes, European robins, Erithacus rubecula, were tested under UV, Blue, Turquoise and Green light at increasing intensities, with orientation in migratory direction serving as a criterion whether or not magnetoreception works in the normal way. Results Under low light with a quantal flux of 8 times 10 to 15 power quanta s-1 m-2, the birds were well oriented in their seasonally appropriate migratory direction under 424 nm Blue, 502 nm Turquoise and 565 nm Green light, indicating unimpaired magnetoreception. Under 373 nm UV of the same quantal flux, they were not oriented in migratory direction, showing a preference of the east-west axis instead, but they showed excellent orientation in migratory direction under UV of lower intensity. Intensities of above 36 times 10 to 15 power quanta s-1 m-2 of Blue, Turquoise and Green light elicited a variety of responses: disorientation, headings along the east-west axis, headings along the north-south axis or 'fixed' direction tendencies. These responses changed as the intensity was increased from 36 times 10 to the 15 power quanta s-1 m-2 to 54 and 72 times 10 to 15 power quanta s-1 m-2. Conclusion The specific manifestation of responses in directions other than migratory direction clearly depends on the ambient light regime. This implies that although mechanisms normally providing magnetic compass information seem disrupted, processes that are activated by light still control the behavior. It suggests complex interactions between different types of receptors, magnetic and visual. The nature of the receptors involved and details of their connections are not yet known; however, a role of the color cones in the processes mediating magnetic input is suggested.
Ziel dieser Arbeit ist es, einen Überblick über die Verhaltensweisen zoolebender Zwergschimpansen (Pan paniscus Schwarz 1929) zu geben. Dabei nimmt die Beschreibung des Sozialverhaltens eine zentrale Stellung ein. Dieser Aspekt ist von besonderem Interesse, weil die Zwergschimpansen oder Bonobos durch eine regelmäßige Überflutung großer Teile ihres Lebensraumes zu einer stärker arborealen Lebensweise gezwungen sind (s. HOFW 1975) als die zweite Schiopansenart, Pan troglodytes. Das läßt neben morphologischen auch ethologische Anpassungen an ein Baumleben erwarten, und zwar sowohl in Bereichen wie Lokomotion etc.. als auch in Bezug auf das Sozialverhalten. Gerade auf diesem Gebiet aber ist unser ohnehin bruchstückhaftes Wissen über die Ethologie des Bonobo besonders gering....
Durch Beobachtungen individuell farbmarkierter Meisen und Kleiber an einer Futterstelle zwischen Sommer und Frühjahr konnte erstmals die Struktur gemischter Meisenschwärme und ihre Veränderung im Jahresverlauf systematisch analysiert werden. Nur im Winter bilden sich sehr kompakte Schwärme von durchschnittlich 27 Individuen, die sich schnell fortbewegen und nur zehn bis fünfzehn Minuten an der Futterstelle verweilen. Ihr Auftreten ist sowohl mit der Tageslänge als auch direkt mit der Temperatur korreliert. Eine Erniedrigung der Temperatur führt zu einem engeren Zusammenschluß der Individuen, vor allem auch verschiedener Arten. Dieses Verhalten ermöglicht eine effizientere Nahrungssuche, weil die Individuen von den Kenntnissen der übrigen Schwarmmitglieder über Nahrungsquellen profitieren und weil sie weniger Zeit zum Sichern aufwenden müssen. Die Schwarmgröße ist jedoch nicht temperaturabhängig. Sie wächst mit der Anzahl der Individuen, die an einem Tag die Futterstelle nutzen. Demnach erweitern die Individuen im Winter ihre Aktionsräume, vermutlich aufgrund des erhöhten Nahrungsbedarfs. Dadurch begegnen sich mehr Individuen bei der Nahrungssuche und bilden größere Schwärme. Die individuelle Zusammensetzung der Schwärme verändert sich dabei ständig. Es gibt keine Gruppen fester Zusammensetzung, die auch nur tage- oder stundenweise zusammen blieben. Während die Neigung der Individuen, sich anderen Meisen anzuschließen, im Winter sehr stark ist, spielen individuelle Bindungen für die Schwarmbildung offensichtlich keine Rolle. Dieser offenen Struktur der Schwärme entsprechend, wurde bei der Kohlmeise, die den größten Anteil an den gemischten Schwärmen hatte, nur eine schwach entwickelte, nicht strikt lineare Rangordnung gefunden. Lediglich das Männchen, in dessen Brutrevier die Futterstelle lag, war allen anderen Individuen eindeutig überlegen. Territorialität beeinflußte bei Männchen und Weibchen die Aggressivität. Männchen sind aggressiver als Weibchen, jedoch nicht immer dominanter, das Alter spielt für die Dominanz keine Rolle. Männchen sind um so dominanter, je schwerer sie sind. Männchen, die bis Ende Juli im Gebiet eintreffen oder im Vorjahr schon ansässig waren, sind dominanter als Männchen, die erst ab Oktober eintreffen. Bei jungen Männchen wird die Dominanz hauptsächlich von der Aggressivität bestimmt. Die einzige nachweisbare individuelle Bindung bei Kohlmeisen in Winterschwärmen ist die Paarbindung, die im Gegensatz zu bisherigen Vermutungen bereits ab Oktober besteht. Die Wahl von Freßkumpanen ist dennoch nicht völlig beliebig. Männchen meiden einander, und Weibchen ziehen andere Weibchen als Freßkumpaninnen vor, weil sie von Männchen vom Futter verdrängt werden könnten. Bei einander bereits bekannten Brutvögeln ist dies jedoch nicht festzustellen. Männchen, die sich gegenseitig einschätzen können, meiden einander nicht grundsätzlich. Auch verpaarte Weibchen meiden bekannte Männchen nicht. Sie profitieren vielleicht auch vom Status ihres Männchens. Sowohl die schwach ausgeprägte Rangordnung als auch das Fehlen individuell aneinander gebundener Gruppen bei Kohlmeisen widerspricht der einzigen systematischen Freilanduntersuchung zur Sozialstruktur der Kohlmeise, die in einer Population der japanischen Unterart P. m. minor feste Gruppen konstanter Zusammensetzung fand. Ein selektiver Vorteil von Gruppen konstanter Zusammensetzung ist nicht zu erkennen, da keine gemeinsamen Territorien verteidigt werden und sich Individuen verschiedener Gruppen frei mischen. Die zwischenartliche Dominanzstruktur in den gemischten Schwärmen war eindeutig. Kleiber, die sich einzeln oder paarweise Meisenschwärmen anschließen, dominieren alle Meisenarten, Kohlmeisen dominieren Blau- und Sumpfmeisen. Letztere sind allen anderen Arten unterlegen. Dementsprechend bevorzugen Sumpf- und Blaumeisen Artgenossen als Freßkumpane. Kohlmeisen ziehen jedoch die schwächeren Blaumeisen ihren eigenen Artgenossen vor. Dominante Arten profitieren von der gemeinsamen Nahrungssuche mit untergeordneten Arten, weil sich die Nahrungskonkurrenz, die mit der Schwarmbildung immer verbunden ist, auf sie weniger negativ auswirkt. Als schwächste Art bleiben die Sumpfmeisen innerhalb gemischter Schwärmen meist deutlich unter sich und mischen sich nur im Winter stärker mit anderen Arten. Durch den erhöhten Nahrungsbedarf und die stark herabgesetzte Aggressivität der Individuen in dieser Zeit übersteigt dann der Vorteil großer Schwärme für die Nahrungssuche den Nachteil der Konkurrenz auch für unterlegene Individuen.
The objective of this study is the avifauna of the North American Green River Formation. Five new Green River bird species as well as several new specimens of already known species are described. * Galliformes: Gallinuloides wyomingensis EASTMAN 1900 A second specimen of the galliform Gallinuloides wyomingensis could be identified. Gallinuloides wyomingensis resembles closely Paraortygoides MAYR 1999, which is known from Messel and the London Clay. The new specimen exhibits characters such as a cup-like cotyla scapularis of the coracoid that clearly indicate that Gallinuloides is a stem-group representative of galliforms. * Eurypygidae: Eoeurypyga olsoni gen. et sp. nov. Eoeurypyga is the only fossil representative of the Eurypygidae. Eoeurypyga and the modern sunbittern Eurypyga helias share the typical long bill, the caudally situated neck and the elongated vertebrae cervicales. Additional synapomorph characters were found. The new species indicates a North American origin for the Eurypygidae. * Messelornithidae: Messelornis nearctica HESSE 1992 The original description of Messelornis nearctica was based on a single specimen. Ten new specimens, described in this study, reveal additional information. Messelornis nearctica shows the same large intraspecific size range as Messelornis cristata HESSE 1988 from Messel, the type species of the genus. * Apodidae: Wyomingcypselus pohli gen. nov. sp. nov. Wyomingcypselus pohli is the first described fossil apodiform bird for North American. Due to characters of the wing, especially the position of the processus musculi extensor metacarpi radialis, Wyomingcypselus is referrred to the Apodidae. * Trogoniformes: unnamed species The Green River birds include a poorly preserved, but apparently heterodactyl specimen, which also resembles trogons in overall appearance. * Primobucconidae: Primobucco mcgrewi BRODKORB 1970 Originally, Primobucco mcgrewi was only known from a partial skeleton consisting of the right wing. Three new specimens could be referred to the species. Primobucco mcgrewi clearly exhibits an anisodactyl foot, which makes the assignment to the zygodactyl Bucconidae highly doubtful. Instead, Primobucco mcgrewi is referrred to the Coraciiformes s.s. Thus, Primobucconidae are the first New World representatives of stem-group Coraciiformes. * ?Leptosomidae: Plesiocathartes wyomingensis sp. nov. and Plesiocathartes major sp. nov. Plesiocathartes wyomingensis and Plesiocathartes major represent the first North American record for the genus. Both species exhibit the diagnostic characters for the Leptosomidae as listed by MAYR (2002a, b). * Primoscenidae: Eozygodactylus americanus gen. et sp. nov. and unnamed species Eozygodactylus americanus is the first North American member of this taxon. Both Eozygodactylus americanus and the unnamed species show the zygodactyl foot and the large processus intermetacarpalis of the carpometacarpus, which are typical for Primoscendiae. Due to differences mainly of the humerus, it was placed in a new genus. Besides the descriptionof new species, the avifauna of the Green River Formatin was studied and compared with the avifauna of Messel. The formations show a high concordance, more than 60 % of the Green River taxa also occur in Messel. Such a high concordance is also found for mammals. This is due to the existence of two landbridges, the Thule landbridge and the de Geer landbridge, between Europe and North America during the early Eocene.
Nachstehend folgt mit Beschreibung der neuen Arten eine Zusammenstellung aller vom herrn EDM. KOVÁCS für das Ungarische National-Museum in den Jahren 1911 und 1912 in Abessynien gesammelten Chloropiden, die in ihrer Gesammtheit geeignet sind, ein Bild von der Reichhaltigkeit der dortigen Fauna zu geben. ...