Pubblicazioni

Delle 226 specie di Farfalle diurne e Zigene valutate, 78 (34,5 %) figurano nella Lista Rossa svizzera secondo i criteri proposti dall’UICN e 44 (19,5 %) sono potenzialmente minacciate (NT). La presente Lista Rossa delle Farfalle diurne sostituisce l’edizione precedente (Gonseth in Duelli 1994). Le Zigene sono invece valutate per la prima volta in questa sede

Amphibians, a class of animals in global decline, are present in agricultural landscapes characterized by agrochemical inputs. Effects of pesticides on terrestrial life stages of amphibians such as juvenile and adult frogs, toads and newts are little understood and a specific risk assessment for pesticide exposure, mandatory for other vertebrate groups, is currently not conducted. We studied the effects of seven pesticide products on juvenile European common frogs (Rana temporaria) in an agricultural overspray scenario.

The Swiss weevil fauna numbers 1069 taxa, present results included. Rhinusa vestita (Germar, 1821) is recorded as new for the Swiss fauna. Records of Aspidapion validum (Germar, 1817), Ceutorhynchus resedae (Marsham, 1802), Lixus scolopax Boheman, 1835, Minyops variolosus (Fabricius, 1775), Otiorhynchus conspersus (Herbst, 1795) and Sitona lineellus (Bonsdorff, 1785) are confirmed or renewed by reference specimens. The overlooked record of Gymnetron aper Desbrochers.

We present an updated list of Ciidae for Switzerland, based on identifying and checking of specimens in museums and private collections as well as new field records and literature searches. Compared to the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Jelinek in Löbl & Smetana 2008) the number of species recorded in Switzerland increased from 26 to 41. First records for Switzerland are presented for Xylographus bostrichoides (Dufour. 1843), Orthocis linearis (J. R. Sahlberg. 1901) and Orthocis coluber (Abeille de Perrin. 1874a).