<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Two studies to establish standards of sampling of entomological evidence for crime scene technicians and forensic experts in the Czech Republic were pursued in years 2011 to 2013. During experiments, pigs (Sus scrofa f. domestica Linnaeus, 1758) were used as models for human bodies and important data about succession of decomposition of large carcasses were also obtained. Altogether 21 species of Calliphoridae were collected, of which ten are classified as forensically important: Lucilia caesar (Linnaeus, 1758), Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, Phormia regina (Meigen, 1826), Protophormia terraenovae (Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830), Lucilia illustris (Meigen, 1826), Lucilia ampullacea Villeneuve, 1922, Calliphora vomitoria (Linnaeus, 1758), Lucilia sericata (Meigen, 1826), Lucilia silvarum (Meigen, 1826), and Cynomya mortuorum (Linnaeus, 1761). The next eleven species belonged to genera Bellardia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1836, Melinda Robineau- Desvoidy, 1830, Onesia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, and Pollenia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830; the blow flies associated with earthworms and snails, and their role in decomposition is discussed. Finally, our results stated that a pyramidal trap along with pitfall traps and rearing of larvae from the carcass are suitable tool for successional studies of forensically important invertebrates.</abstract>

Institute of Criminalistics Prague, P.O. Box 62/KUP, Strojnicka 27, CZ-170 89 Prague 7; Czech Republic

Department of Zoology and Fisheries, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences, CZ-165 21 Praha 6 - Suchdol, Czech Republic

Forensically important Calliphoridae (Diptera) associated with animal and human decomposition in the Czech Republic: preliminary results

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The mosquito fauna was observed in mountain and lowland regions of Bohemia for 50, respective 40 years. As has been proven by the long term research of this medically significant family of the dipteran and its occurrence on the territory of both the Czech and Slovak republic, changes in species composition of mosquito fauna and ecology in central Europe are indicators of contemporary ongoing climatic change and climate warming.</abstract>

Changes in the occurrence of mosquitos in the recent period

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The paper compares historical and recent records of bryophytes within Orthotrichaceae family recorded in 10 National Nature Reserves of north-eastern part of the Czech Republic. Field survey was carried out in 2013. Altogether 15 species of Orthotrichaceae family were recorded. For data comparison were used the collection efforts of the author, historical and recent herbarium specimens and the available historical literature.</abstract>

Silesian Museum, Department of Natural Sciences, Nádražní okruh 31, CZ- 746 01, Opava, Czech Republic

Vítězslav Plášek, Dept. of Biology and Ecology, University of Ostrava, Chittussiho 10, CZ-710 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic

Species within Orthotrichaceae family (Bryophyta) in the National Nature Reserves of northern Moravia and Silesia (Czech Republic)

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The name Syrphus and Epistrophe were widely used for most of the species of the present subfamily Syrphinae during the first half of the twentieth century. In the years 1967- 1969 there appeared three independent proposals where these polyphyletic genera were split into putative monophyletic genera and subgenera. The schemes were not identical, and some species in the genera Epistrophella, Meligramma, Fagisyrphus, Megasyrphus, Eriozona, Leucozona, Xanthogramma, Lapposyrphus and Simosyrphus have subsequently been arranged in various ways by different authors. Semiscaeva is now for practical purposes classified as subgenus of Scaeva, even though we would rather it were a genus. We give a key of adults of all 27 European genera and of larvae from 26 genera of Syrphinae. This classification is based on a long term detailed study of larvae and biology, on male genitalia and on some new adult characters. This system was almost fully supported by the molecular analysis. Only one change was made from that of the molecular analysis - the status of Lapposyrphus. Our discussion is limited to nine genera which have a different classification from that of the last 30 years. For the remaining 18 genera, up to now there are no doubts about their classification. Our discussion will justify the submitted nomenclature. The key and discussion are destined for use by authors of articles and local keys. Our classification remains open for further changes made on the basis of newly found characters. We do not recommend using older nomenclature arbitrarily.</abstract>

Key to adults and larvae of the genera of European Syrphinae (Diptera, Syrphidae)

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> Altogether 2 genera and 16 species of the family Chloropidae (Diptera) are recorded from the Czech Republic (2 genera, 12 species) and Slovakia (4 species): 2 genera and 4 species represent first records from the Czech Republic, 8 species are new for the fauna of Bohemia and 4 for the fauna of the Slovak Republic. The most interesting findings are Eutropha variegata Loew, 1866, Chlorops babosae Dely-Draskovits, 1978, Chlorops longipalpis (Duda, 1933), Calamoncosis rhenana Wendt, 1994, Lasiambia subsplendens (Duda, 1933) and Sabroskyina sziladyi (Duda, 1933).</abstract>

New records of Chloropidae (Diptera) from the Czech and Slovak Republics

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> New faunistic records of sixty-four species of family Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the West Palaearctic Region are given as follows: Austria (1), Bulgaria (8), Czech Republic (5), Cyprus (4), Egypt (1), France (4), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Israel (1), Italy (12), Norway (1), Portugal (13), Slovakia (2), Switzerland (3), Turkey (3).</abstract>

Additional records of Agromyzidae (Diptera) from the West Palaearctic Region

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> A new locality Veronica triloba (Opiz) Kern was found in the Nida Basin (southern Poland) in 2007. The locality is situated near Kalina village (ATPOL grid square: EF 31). The plant occurs there as a weed in arable field and in the baulks between fields neighbouring dry grasslands protected as Special Area of Conservation (SACs) called Kalina-Lisiniec established under NATURA 2000. The modified distribution map of V. triloba in Poland is presented.</abstract>

A new locality of Veronica triloba (Scrophulariaceae) in Poland

<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The iron ore mineralizations at the Horní Benešov sulphidic deposit are located in the Devonian Šternberk-Horní Benešov Belt which is enveloped by the Lower Carboniferous flysch of the Culm Foreland Basin. The belt consists of metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks. Horní Benešov is the only site in the Jeseníky Mountains, where the oxidic iron ores occur in close association with the sulphide orebodies of the VMS/SHMS type. The ores are composed of magnetite, Fe-silicates [stilpnomelane, often Ba-dominated, chamosite, berthierine and odinite (in the former literature described as greenalite)], carbonates (calcite, siderite, rhodochrosite and rarely dolomite and ankerite), sulphides (pyrite, sphalerite, galena, arsenopyrite, chalcopyrite, cobaltite and a mineral of the linneite-group with unusual composition), apatite, krauskopfite, barite and scheelite. Fluid inclusion and stable isotope data are in agreement with a low-temperature metamorphic/diagenetic reworking of the ores, which does not exceed 200- 250 °C. These low temperatures are also confirmed by the abundance of clastic material and fossils which both survived metamorphism, occurrence of stilpnomelane, diffusively zoned Fe-Mn carbonate crystals and remnants of undigested material in replacement textures. The associated fluids were lowsalinity (1-5 wt. % NaCl eq.), high-δ18O (+8 to +19 ‰ SMOW) aqueous solutions belonging to the Na-Mg-Cl salt system. The post-metamorphic fluid evolution involved the zero-salinity meteoric waters (with negative δ18O values) and high-salinity Ca-Na-Cl brines. The isotope data suggest participation of sulphur derived from the reduction of marine sulphate and carbon from organic matter during the formation of pyrite and carbonate, respectively. However, the latter originated predominantly from CO2-rich volcanogenic exhalations. The studied iron mineralizations are characterized by the absence of ooids, low abundance of hematite, presence of Mn/Fe carbonates and the absence of basic volcanites in the immediate contact with iron ores. The iron ores differ from the typical Lahn-Dill type and therefore, they may represent the iron-rich distal facies of hydrothermal vents which gave rise to the polymetallic sulphide + barite deposit at Horní Benešov. However, magnetite was formed by the replacement of primary siderite or is inferred to originate, at least partially, from precipitation of Fe-rich fluids.</abstract>

Experimentelle und Angewandte Mineralogie, Göttinger Zentrum Geowissenschaften, Georg-August-Universität, Goldschmidtstrasse 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

Department of Geology, Palacký University, Tř. 17, listopadu 12, 771 46 Olomouc, Czech Republic

Institute of Geological Sciences, Masaryk University, Kotlářská 2, 611 37 Brno, Czech Republic

Czech Geological Survey, Geologická 6, 152 00 Prague, Czech Republic

Faculty of Sciences, Charles University, Albertov 6, 128 43 Prague, Czech Republic

The Horní Benešov ore deposit in the Devonian Šternberk-Horní Benešov Belt, Jeseníky Mts, Czech Republic. Part II: Fe-ore occurrences

AHEAD OF PRINT

Volume 72 (2023): Issue 3 (December 2023)

Volume 72 (2023): Issue 2 (October 2023)

Volume 72 (2023): Issue 1 (June 2023)

Volume 71 (2022): Issue 3 (November 2022)

Volume 71 (2022): Issue 2 (May 2022)

Volume 71 (2022): Issue 1 (March 2022)

Volume 70 (2021): Issue 3 (December 2021)

Volume 70 (2021): Issue 2 (December 2021)

Volume 70 (2021): Issue 1 (June 2021)

Volume 69 (2020): Issue 3 (December 2020)

Volume 69 (2020): Issue 2 (July 2020)

Volume 69 (2020): Issue 1 (March 2020)

Volume 68 (2019): Issue 3 (December 2019)

Volume 68 (2019): Issue 1-2 (July 2019)

Volume 67 (2018): Issue 3 (December 2018)

Volume 67 (2018): Issue 2 (December 2018)

Volume 67 (2018): Issue 1 (September 2018)

Volume 66 (2017): Issue 3 (December 2017)

Volume 66 (2017): Issue 2 (November 2017)

Volume 66 (2017): Issue 1 (March 2017)

Volume 65 (2016): Issue 3 (December 2016)

Volume 65 (2016): Issue 2 (September 2016)

Volume 65 (2016): Issue 1 (March 2016)

Volume 64 (2015): Issue 3 (December 2015)

Volume 64 (2015): Issue 2 (October 2015)

Volume 64 (2015): Issue 1 (March 2015)

Volume 63 (2014): Issue 3 (December 2014)

Volume 63 (2014): Issue 2 (November 2014)

Volume 63 (2014): Issue 1 (March 2014)

Volume 62 (2013): Issue 3 (December 2013)

Volume 62 (2013): Issue 2 (December 2013)

Volume 62 (2013): Issue 1 (March 2013)

Volume 61 (2012): Issue 3 (December 2012)

Volume 61 (2012): Issue 2 (November 2012)

Volume 61 (2012): Issue 1 (October 2012)

Volume 60 (2011): Issue 3 (September 2011)

Volume 60 (2011): Issue 2 (June 2011)

Volume 60 (2011): Issue 1 (March 2011)

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

ISSN 2336-3193 (Print) ISSN 2336-3207 (Online) Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales is an English-language international journal publishing original papers on various aspects of biology, biodiversity, biosystematics, phytogeography, molecular biology, evolution and ecology. The journal was established in 1951 and is published continuously - tree times a year - until today.  Why submit  The journal publishes news from the biological researches carried out (not only) in Central Europe. It is printed 3 times a year. Manuscripts that are positively evaluated are within 3-4 months published (online and in paper version). Color photographs and other graphic attachments are welcome.  Rejection Rate   about 45%   Archiving  Sciendo archives the contents of this journal in Portico - digital long-term preservation service of scholarly books, journals and collections.  Plagiarism Policy  The editorial board is participating in a growing community of Similarity Check System's users in order to ensure that the content published is original and trustworthy. Similarity Check is a medium that allows for comprehensive manuscripts screening, aimed to eliminate plagiarism and provide a high standard and quality peer-review process. 