Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2026.35.19
Cecidia in the Zoological Collection of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science in Zagreb, including species new to Croatia
Lucija Šerić Jelaska
; Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Horvatovac 102 a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Institute for Security and Defense Studies, Defense and Security University Dr. Franjo Tuđman, Ilica 256 b, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia; Department of Ecology, Agronomy and Aquaculture, University of Zadar, Mihovila Pavlinovića 1, HR-23000 Zadar, Croatia
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Dinka Matošević
; Croatian Forestry Institute, Cvjetno naselje 41, Jastrebarsko, Croatia
Enrico de Lillo
; Department of Soil, Plant and Food Sciences, University of Bari Aldo Moro, via Amendola, 165a, 70121 Bari, Italy
Marcela Skuhravá
; Bitovska 1227/9, 140 00, Prague 4, Czech Republic
George Melika
; Várkör 20-22, 3, 9730 Kőszeg, Hungary
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
This paper presents the cecidological collection held in the zoological collection of the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb. The collection was assembled by Vlasta Mužny as part of her graduate thesis research in 1953. Most of the galls were sampled in the vicinity of the town of Nova Gradiška, in continental Croatia. In total, 56 galls were recorded, induced by insect species belonging to the orders Hymenoptera, Hemiptera and Diptera, and by Acari. Most of them are well preserved, and Contarinia cybelae Gagné, 1972, is new to Croatia. This collection is one of the few publicly available zoocecidia collections in Croatia stressing the importance of preserving natural history collections within university departments. By making this collection accessible, it can support further research in taxonomy, systematics, and conservation.
Keywords
Acari; Diptera; first record; galls; Homoptera; Hymenoptera; University collection
Hrčak ID:
347201
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Publication date:
30.6.2026.
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