Insects identified by unqualified scientists: multiple "new" records from the Murmansk oblast of Russia are dismissed as false
A recently published book authored by six botanists (Rak NS, Goncharova OA, Poloskova EY, Litvinova SV, Zotova OE, Lipponen IN. 2018. Bioecological analysis of introducents of the family Rosaceae Juss. Kola Science Centre, Apatity, 87 pp.) reports information on 19 species of insects that are declar...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:3690488 2024-09-15T17:50:08+00:00 Insects identified by unqualified scientists: multiple "new" records from the Murmansk oblast of Russia are dismissed as false Kozlov, MV 2019-12-31 https://doi.org/10.3897/issn2541-8416.2019.19.4.153 unknown Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://doi.org/10.3897/issn2541-8416.2019.19.4.153 oai:zenodo.org:3690488 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Arctic Environmental Research, 19((4)), 153-158, (2019-12-31) Coleoptera Diptera insect misidentification faunistic information Hemiptera Hymenoptera Lepidoptera research ethics info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.3897/issn2541-8416.2019.19.4.153 2024-07-25T20:39:38Z A recently published book authored by six botanists (Rak NS, Goncharova OA, Poloskova EY, Litvinova SV, Zotova OE, Lipponen IN. 2018. Bioecological analysis of introducents of the family Rosaceae Juss. Kola Science Centre, Apatity, 87 pp.) reports information on 19 species of insects that are declared to damage woody Rosaceae plants in the central part of the Murmansk oblast of Russia. Examination of photographs published in this book revealed that 15 of these 19 species were identified incorrectly and that several of the illustrated species are unlikely to damage woody Rosaceae plants. The most striking examples are errors in determination at the order level: a syrphid fly (Diptera) identified as a leafcutter bee (Hymenoptera), and a sawfly (Hymenoptera) identified as a psyllid (Hemiptera). I provide correct identifications of the insects illustrated in the cited book in order to prevent the spread of erroneous information across future publications and databases. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Murmansk Oblast Zenodo Arctic Environmental Research 19 4 153 158 |
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A recently published book authored by six botanists (Rak NS, Goncharova OA, Poloskova EY, Litvinova SV, Zotova OE, Lipponen IN. 2018. Bioecological analysis of introducents of the family Rosaceae Juss. Kola Science Centre, Apatity, 87 pp.) reports information on 19 species of insects that are declared to damage woody Rosaceae plants in the central part of the Murmansk oblast of Russia. Examination of photographs published in this book revealed that 15 of these 19 species were identified incorrectly and that several of the illustrated species are unlikely to damage woody Rosaceae plants. The most striking examples are errors in determination at the order level: a syrphid fly (Diptera) identified as a leafcutter bee (Hymenoptera), and a sawfly (Hymenoptera) identified as a psyllid (Hemiptera). I provide correct identifications of the insects illustrated in the cited book in order to prevent the spread of erroneous information across future publications and databases. |
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Insects identified by unqualified scientists: multiple "new" records from the Murmansk oblast of Russia are dismissed as false |
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Insects identified by unqualified scientists: multiple "new" records from the Murmansk oblast of Russia are dismissed as false |
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Insects identified by unqualified scientists: multiple "new" records from the Murmansk oblast of Russia are dismissed as false |
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Insects identified by unqualified scientists: multiple "new" records from the Murmansk oblast of Russia are dismissed as false |
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Insects identified by unqualified scientists: multiple "new" records from the Murmansk oblast of Russia are dismissed as false |
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Northern (Arctic) Federal University named after M.V. Lomonosov |
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