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Acta entomologica slovenica, 17 (2), 2009 napeva gorskega økræada napaœen in da ni omenjeno, da gre pri vrsti Cicadetta montana v resnici za skupino podobnih in ozko sorodnih vrst, ki jih je v Evropi vsaj 12 in se vse jasno razlikujejo ravno po napevih. Nekaj slovenskih vrstnih imen je brez potrebe drugaœnih kot v knjigi Æivalstvo <strong>Slovenije</strong> (Sket et al., 2003), katere se je smiselno dræati. Tako so peøœinske œebele (rod Andrena) na primer spet postale peøœene, diøavke (rod Osmia) po nemøkem izrazu Mauerbienen zidarice, kar je økoda, saj bi bilo poenotenje in ustalitev slovenskih izrazov koristnejøe. In strokovnjaki za posamezno skupino æuæelk bodo naøli øe kakøno napako ali pomanjkljivost. Kljub temu pa sem prepriœan, da je ta knjiga izredno dragocena obogatitev entomoloøke literature v slovenskem jeziku. Matija Gogala 134
D. Mader: Populationsdynamik, Ökologie und Schutz des Hirschkäfers (Lucanus cervus) im Raum um Heidelberg und Mannheim. Detlef Mader, 2009: Populationsdynamik, Ökologie und Schutz des Hirschkäfers (Lucanus cervus) im Raum um Heidelberg und Mannheim. Verlag Regionalkultur, Ubstadt-Weiher, ISBN 978-3-89735-594-1. The Stag Beetle (Lucanus cervus) is the largest and one of the most charismatic beetle species in Europe. Nowadays it is protected in most of European countries and is a species of high conservation concern since it is listed at Annex II of European Union Habitat Directive, important for declaring Natura 2000 sites. Despite this its ecology and population biology is still very poorly known. There are very few comprehensive studies of the species and very few works that would give general insight into Stag Beetle biology, for example Klausnitzer’s “Die Hirschkäfer” from 1982. This year we got a new book about Stag Beetle written by Detlef Mader. The book is principally focused on the local populations in Germany, especially at Heidelberg and Mannheim, but the author succeeded to collect a large number of studies and references from the whole Europe, including Slovenia. The book is consisted of 35 chapters. Some describe general features and population ecology of the species, and some more detailed descriptions of local German Stag Beetle populations. In the book the overview over species studies, development, seasonal dynamics and conservation is given. The species biology is also compared to some other larger saproxylic beetles (i.e. Dorcus parallelepipedus, Cetonia aurata, Prionus coriarius) as well as to some other beetle and insect species. In the first chapters the study areas in Germany and observation methods are given. More detailed remarks about Stag Beetle morphology, movements, swarming, sex ratio and flight characteristics with weather influence are given in following chapters. Some mortality causes are discussed in several chapters including predation, traffic influence and other human induced mortality causes. Special attention is paid on the possible occurrence of synantropy in the Stag Beetle, what is an important issue in the term of conservation efforts for the species in Europe. Other chapters are focused on descriptions of local Stag Beetle populations in different regions in Germany. For researchers the very valuable part of the book is large list of references given at the end. The book is written in German. The weakness of the book is that there are no tables or figures that would more clearly present results. However, I evaluate the book as an important part in the library of every Stag Beetle researcher due to a large quantity of data, which are given. Therefore I think the reference will be very useful source in further Stag Beetle studies over Europe. At the end also author’s personal observations are given from 2008, when he surveyed Stag Beetles, and also cerambycid Prionus coriarius, almost every day from the end of May till the mid of August. Therefore this data can be used for comparison in other similar studies in Europe. For conclusion it has to be pointed out that the main reason for preparing this book was an exceptional year 2008, when numerous Stag Beetles appeared in the author’s study area. Therefore the author named the year 2008 the Stag Beetle year. The book can be ordered at the author’s e-mail address (dr.detlef.mader@web.de) at the price of 49,00 EUR. Al Vrezec 135
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