INJ Volume 32 Part 1

The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Volume 32, Part 1 (published 22 June 2013)

  • The distribution and ecology of Arenaria norvegica Gunn. in Ireland.
  • Further range expansions of two North American amphipods in Ireland.
  • The discovery and subsequent history of Spiranthes romanzoffiana Chamisso [Orchidaceae] at Castletown Bearhaven in West Cork (H3).
  • First record of the earthworm Prosellodrilus amplisetosus (Oligochaeta:
  • Lumbricidae) outside continental Europe.
  • First recording of the Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774)) from the River Shannon, with preliminary notes on population size and size class distribution.
  • A review of the Irish scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea).
  • Ageing of Slipper Limpet (Crepidula fornicata) shells from Belfast Lough.
  • Telenomus laeviusculus (Ratzeburg) and Telenomus lopicida Silvestri (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) new to Ireland with records of other rare species.
  • The Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775)) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Co. Donegal.
  • Rubus records 2007-2008 . Part 4: principally vice-counties Kildare (H19), Monaghan (H32) and Tyrone (H36).
  • Rubus records 2007-2008 . Part 5: principally East Leinster.
  • Lathraea squamaria Linnaeus in West Mayo (H27).
  • Two notable wood-decay fungi from St John’s Wood, Co. Roscommon.
  • Aulodrilus pigueti (Kowalewshi), a freshwater oligochaete worm (Haplotaxida: Naididae, Tubificinae) new to Ireland.
  • Potamothrix heuscheri (Bretscher), a Ponto-Caspian oligochaete worm (Haplotaxida: Naididae, Tubificinae) new to Ireland.
  • Second record of Pyrenean Glass Snail (Semilimax pyrenaicus (Férussac)) in Co. Cork.
  • Halocladius variabilis (Staeger, 1839) (Insecta: Chironomidae) from the rocky intertidal zone of Galway Bay.
  • A second Irish record of Tiphodytes gerriphagus (Marchal) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae).
  • Confirmation of the barkfly Atlantopsocus personatus (Hagen) (Insecta: Psocoptera) as an Irish species
  • A possible sighting of the bee Anthophora plumipes (Pallas) (Hymenoptera: Apidae).
  • Some rare Irish wood-decay beetles discovered in St John’s Wood, Co. Roscommon (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae and Scydmaenidae).
  • Notes on the Irish Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): Chlorocytus Graham, Holcaeus Thomson and Stenomalina Ghesquiere including six species new to Ireland
  • A sinistral juvenile flounder (Platichthys flesus L.) from Fintra Strand, Killybegs, Co. Donegal.
  • First record of the freshwater turtle Trachemys scripta scripta from the Shannon
  • Greylag goose Anser anser (L.) nesting activity on a ruined castle.
  • Gizzard contents and morphometrics of overwintering diving ducks shot at Lough Neagh
  • An extension to the known range of Shannon Estuary Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821)).
  • Stranded pregnant Killer Whale (Orcinus orca (L.)) in Co. Mayo, Ireland.
  • Review of: ‘Mayfly larvae (Ephemeroptera) of Britain and Ireland: Keys and review of their ecology’ by J.M. Elliott and U.H. Humpesch.
  • Review of: ‘The wild flowers of Ireland, the habitat guide’ by Declan Doogue.
  • Review of: ‘The making of Ireland’s landscape, since the Ice Age’ by Valerie Hall.