INJ Volume 38

The Irish Naturalists’ Journal Volume 38 

(published 12 December 2021, print circulation March 2022)

  • Two-tier badgers’ (Meles meles) territories in lowland Wicklow, Ireland.
  • Non-indigenous and cryptogenic charophytes (Characeae) forming meadows in the Shannon River, Ireland.
  • Modelling connectivity pathways between Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros (Bechstein)) maternity roosts in Ireland.
  • A shallow water population of Anseropoda placenta (Pennant, 1777) (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) in Irish waters
  • Strange rocks, rare sedges and forgotten ferns; rediscovering Filmy Ferns and overlooked habitats in the Slieve Aughty Mountains, (H9 and H15).
  • Records of Argulus foliaceus (Branchiura: Crustacea) from Irish inland waters.
  • A belated account of Pholiota pityrodes (F. Brig.) Holec (Agaricales: Strophariaceae) in Ireland.
  • New record of the invasive marine alga Undaria pinnatifida (Harvey) Suringar in eastern Ireland.
  • Discovery of Kerry Slug (Geomalacus maculosus) in Co. Tipperary.
  • Artioposthia exulans (Dendy) (Platyhelminthes: Geoplanidae), a New Zealand planarian new to Ireland
  • Viviparus viviparus (L.) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) on Lough Neagh, an update.
  • Theba pisana (O.F. Müller) (Mollusca: Gastropoda) found in North Kerry.
  • Southern range records of the Northern Stone Crab (Lithodes maja (L.)) (Decapoda: Anomura).
  • The presence of Atlantic Jackknife Clam (Ensis leei M. Huber) (Mollusca: Pharidae) in Belfast Lough, Co. Down.
  • Establishment and spread of Manila Clam (Ruditapes philippinarum (A. Adams and Reeve)) (Mollusca: Veneridae) in Strangford Lough, Co. Down.
  • A first Irish record of Xysticus kochi Thorell, 1872, collected in the late nineteenth-century.
  • Water beetles from Griston Bog, Ballylanders, Co. Limerick.
  • Agathomyia lundbecki Chandler in Shatalkin 1985 (Diptera, Platypezidae) new to Ireland and other Platypezidae records.
  • Lebia cruxminor (L.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae), a record from a new habitat type for Ireland and a range extension.
  • First records of the Brown Hairstreak Butterfly (Thecla betulae (Linnaeus)) from Co. Mayo, Ireland.
  • Stictoleptura rubra (L.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) new to Ireland.
  • Prionus coriarius (L.) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) new to Ireland, ovipositing in a Drogheda garden.
  • Cypress Carpet (Thera cupressata (Geyer)) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) a macro-moth new to Ireland.
  • Further records of Tachyura parvula (Dejean) and Bembidion quadrimaculatum (L.) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) on Lough Neagh.
  • Deraeocoris lutescens (Schilling, 1837), a mirid bug (Hemiptera, Heteroptera: Miridae) new to Ireland from counties Antrim, Carlow and Dublin.
  • Rhyzobius chrysomeloides (Herbst) a ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) new to Ireland from Co. Cork.
  • A review of records of Protonemura praecox (Morton) (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) records in Ireland and first report of adult specimens in nearly 40 years.
  • Small Ranunculus (Hecatera dysodea) (Noctuidae) a moth new to Ireland from Co. Dublin.
  • Saldula connemarae Walton, 1986, a synonym of Saldula saltatoria (Linnaeus, 1758) (Heteroptera: Saldidae).
  • Monodontomerus obscurus Westwood, 1833, a genus and species of torymid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) new to Ireland from Co. Wexford.
  • Addition of two species of Pilophorus (Hemiptera: Miridae) to the Irish list of true bugs.
  • Greater Weever (Trachinus draco L.) (Pisces: Trachinidae) in the Irish Sea.
  • Additional record of leucistic Lesser-spotted Dogfish (Scyliorhinus canicular (L.)).
  • First record of Marbled Electric Ray (Torpedo marmorata Risso) (Elasmobranchii: Batoidea: Torpedinidae) from Irish waters.
  • An inter-annual re-sighting of a Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) in Ireland.
  • Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) sightings, strandings and acoustic detections from within the inner Shannon Estuary.
  • Records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for 2019.
  • Records from the Irish Whale and Dolphin Group for 2020.
  • Review: Wasps the astonishing diversity of a misunderstood insect.
  • Review: Grasses: a guide to identification using vegetative characters.
  • Review: Life in Ireland: a short history of a long time.
  • Review: Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and other Irish words for nature.
  • Review: ‘The first National Museum, Dublin’s Natural History Museum in the mid-nineteenth century’.
  • Review: A species of delusion? The inspectors of Irish fisheries 1819-2019.
  • Review: Flight Identification of European Passerines and Select Landbirds: an illustrated and photographic guide.
  • Obituary: R.D. Meikle (1923-2021).